Drake enjoys making significant bets on fights, and UFC 293 will be no exception.
The 36-year-old Canadian rapper flaunted a massive $500,000 wager made on UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya to defeat Sean Strickland in the main event before Saturday’s broadcast from Australia.
Drake would receive $920,000 if Adesanya were defeated.
Adesanya responded to the post by saying “dialed in.”
Drake has supported Adesanya for the second time in a row after placing a significant wager on him prior to the rematch with Alex Pereira at UFC 287 in April.
On that night, Drake scored over $2.7 million in winning after betting that Adesanya would not only avenge his previous loss to Pereira but that he would get it done by knockout. Adesanya came through after he delivered a vicious second-round knockout to reclaim the UFC middleweight title.
Of course, Drake has bet big on Adesanya throughout his UFC career so it’s no surprise that he put down another massive wager on the Nigerian born champion to get the job done on Saturday.
With Dricus Du Plessis unable to compete due to a foot injury sustained in his victory over Robert Whittaker back in July, Strickland was given the opportunity to challenge Adesanya for the title. Strickland will enter the cage as the clear favourite to defeat Adesanya.
Adesanya is currently a 6-to-1 favourite to defeat Strickland and retain his title in the main event, according to the bookmakers.
