Drake He is, without a doubt, one of the best-known rappers in the world, but, away from music, his figure does not seem to be as successful, even more so when it comes to betting, where he has proven to be the subject of a curse that seems to have no endand now adds a new affected person, Israel Adesanya.
The Nigerian fighter faced this weekend against Sean Strickland in a UFC 293 middleweight fightand although it may have seemed that Israel was going to keep its title, it ended up being defeated to the surprise of all followers of the competition after the American dominated in the five rounds.
Israel Adesanya lost his title, and Drake lost a huge amount of half a million dollars (more than 466,000 euros) after betting on the Nigerian’s victory.as could be seen in the bet that the rapper published through his Instagram profile.
In it you can see that Israel’s victory was paid at a rate of 1.84, and with the amount bet by Drake, The possible profits amounted to up to $920,000.which in exchange is more than 857,000 euros.
Those affected by Drake’s ‘curse’
The case of Israel Adesanya is not the only one, because before him there is a long list of those affected by the Canadian artist’s blunder, which has affected other sports such as football, basketball, tennis, boxing and the UFC.
As for football, it affected Paul Pogba during his time at Manchester United, also Wilfred Zaha y Layvin Kurzawabut the most remembered moment is when the FC Barcelona used their logo for the league match that faced them Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu last season, where the blaugranas lost 3-1. The rapper invested more than 800.000 euros in Barcelona and Arsenal’s victory against Leeds, and ended up losing all the money.
It has also affected Conor McGregor in his fight against Khabib, Joshua in his confrontation against Andy Ruiz, and also Jake Paul, who got into the ring against Tommy Fury, and who was defeated.
And, taking advantage of his fanaticism for Toronto Raptors, He used his jinx to ‘support’ the Philadelphia 76ers wearing his jersey in front of the Canadian franchise. This happened in their seventh game in the conference semifinals, when Kawhi Leonard hit a three-pointer from the corner and dotted it to take them first to the finals, and then to win the NBA title.
