Drake loses 1.5 billion naira betting on Adesanya to beat Pereira

Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Aubrey Drake Graham rose to the top of the trend after the action at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 281.

Drake placed a massive amount of money on Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist (MMA) Israel Mobolaji Adesanya.

Adesanya suffered a shock defeat to Brazilian Alexsandro Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Drake a high-profile celebrity is known to gamble on several UFC fights with huge amounts of money.

Drake recently dropped a new project Her Loss with 21 Savage. He then took to his official Instagram stories to reveal that working on the album has not made him have time for betting however he returned to stake on Adesanya.

The Canadian superstar put down a token of two million dollars on Adesanya to get revenge on Pereira.

Despite Adesanya losing twice to Pereira in kickboxing Drake was confident enough to stake an estimated 1.5 billion naira on the Nigerian.

This is not the first time Drake would lose massive money on a UFC fight. He put down a token of 120 million naira on Nigerian-American professional mixed martial artist (MMA) Kamarudeen Usman in the welterweight championship fight.

However, Usman suffered a shock defeat to Jamaican-born British professional MMA star Leon Edwards at UFC 276.

Drake is estimated close to worth being worth a billionaire hence this cash outlays on Usman and now Adesanya sets him back just 2.15 million dollars.