Drake wins $2.7million (N1.2B) after placing two huge bets on Israel Adesanya to defeat Alex Pereira at UFC 287 (Video)
Rapper Drake has won a whopping $2.7million (₦1,255,500,000.00 ) after Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to reclaim the middleweight title this morning.
The Nigerian-born New Zealander won back the 185lb title just five months after he lost it to his bitter rival Pereira, who has previously beaten him twice in kickboxing.
Drake lost $1.6million after backing Adesanya to win in that fight but he made amends for the rapper in his rematch with Pereira.
According to Mirror UK, the Canadian placed a $500,000 bet on Adesanya to win which returned $885,000, and a $400,000 bet for him to win by knockout, which returned a massive $1.8million.
‘Stylebender’ was asked about Drake’s bet after his fight, to which he said: “Shoutout to everyone that bet on me but you have to realise that when I step into the octagon I put my life on the line. That’s the biggest parlay you can ever do. I’m a betting man too so shoutout to stake, we are about to make another deal and get more money.”
The win over Pereira is Adesanya’s 24th in his career in mixed martial arts (MMA) and he had suffered just two losses.
Following his victory, Israel Adesanya via his verified Instagram page wrote; “I don’t throw and hope, I aim and fire!”