Adam WellsApril 13, 2024
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If you’re a sports fan who thinks in the Drake curse, you will be anticipating Jamahal Hill to win at UFC 300.
The rap super star positioned a $675,000 wager on Alex Pereira to maintain the light heavyweight champion in the primary occasion of Saturday’s program at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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DRAKE DROPPED $675K ON ALEX PEREIRA AT UFC 300 < br><> < br>>(through << a href="https://twitter.com/Drake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> @Drake<) << a href="https://t.co/Dkm4G6oIe4">> pic.twitter.com/Dkm4G6oIe4
The bet will pay simply under $1.2 million for Drake if Pereira wins.
Per DraftKings Sportsbook, Pereira is a minor favorite in the bout with moneyline chances of -130 (wager $130 to win $100). Hill is +110 to win the champion.
Drake is not off to an excellent start with his bets on UFC centerpieces this year. He lost $700,000 when Dricus du Plessis beat Sean Strickland to win the middleweight title at UFC 297 on Jan. 20.
The bet did trigger a reaction from du Plessis after he won the champion.
Dricus Du Plessis @dricusduplessis
O snap practically forgot, Thanks << a href="https://twitter.com/Drake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> @drake<
Drake did rebound in the Super Bowl when his $1.15 million bet on the Kansas City Chiefs settled when they beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime. He likewise won $1.9 million on March 8 thanks to Anthony Joshua’s knockout win over Francis Ngannou.
Pereira is making his very first defense of the UFC light heavyweight champion on Saturday night. He beat Jiří Procházka to win the uninhabited title at UFC 295 last November in simply his 2nd battle in the 205-pound department.
Poatan started his profession contending in the middleweight department. He won the 185-pound title by beating Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, however Adesanya won it back in the rematch at UFC 287.
Hill is wanting to restore the light heavyweight crown after an injury required him to leave it. He initially won the title from Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 in January 2021, however gave up the title 6 months later on after suffering a burst Achilles.
The 32-year-old Hill has actually won 4 successive battles, with 3 of them coming through knockout or TKO.
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