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.
Rapper, Drake, from Canada won $2.7
million after Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to reclaim
the middleweight title, the Mirror reports.
Drake lost $1.6 million after
backing Adesanya to win in that fight but he made amends for the rapper in his
rematch with Pereira.
Drake 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 $1.8 million.
‘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.”
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