Drake seems to attain greater than a $1 million payday after taking part in an enormous wager on Alex Pereira to win in the principle occasion at UFC 300 on Saturday.

The rapper, who notoriously places down critical cash forward of a few of the greatest fights in fight sports activities, confirmed off his newest wager on Saturday forward of the historic occasion in Las Vegas. Drake wagered $675,000 on Pereira to win with the possibility to earn again simply over $1.194 million if the Brazilian profitable defends his title towards Jamahal Hill.

Pereira stays a slight favourite in keeping with most sportsbooks after he knocked out Jiri Prochazka to turn into champion this previous November. In the meantime, Hill seems to drag off the upset after he relinquished the sunshine heavyweight title when he suffered a torn Achilles’ tendon taking part in a pickup sport of basketball final summer time.

The struggle at UFC 300 serves as Hill’s first motion since January 2023 when he defeated Pereira’s mentor and coach Glover Teixeira to win the belt.

After all, Drake’s wagers all the time come together with wholesome quantity of superstition as a result of the hip-hop star from Canada additionally notably picks improper in a lot of his greatest bets. That’s led to a moniker generally known as the “Drake curse” every time he places cash down on anyone.

Satirically, Drake gained over $2 million when he backed Israel Adesanya in his rematch with Pereira again in April 2023, however he additionally famously misplaced $400,000 betting on Jorge Masvidal on the identical card and he ended up dropping a choice to Gilbert Burns.

Pereira makes an attempt to interrupt that curse on Saturday when he headlines UFC 300 towards Hill.