Drake, the Canadian music star, suffered a $2 million CAD loss after Israel Adesanya was defeated by Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 on Saturday night.
Alex Pereira won the UFC middleweight championship with a fifth-round technical knockout of Israel Adesanya.
The defeat ends Adesanya’s stranglehold on the middleweight division. He was attempting his sixth consecutive title defense and will almost certainly face a rematch right away if he wants it.
Drake, who bet on Israel Adesanya, lost two million Canadian dollars after the Nigerian-born New Zealand kickboxer was defeated in the main event of UFC 281 in New York.
If Adesanya had won the fight, the rapper would have received an additional CAD 900,000 in prize money.
Below is a copy of the bet slip…
DRAKE DROPPED $2M CAD ON ISRAEL ADESANYA 😳
(via @Drake) pic.twitter.com/gW4olBM1lU
— br_betting (@br_betting) November 13, 2022