{"id":288215,"date":"2023-09-10T10:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288215"},"modified":"2023-09-10T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:35:46","slug":"drake-loses-big-payout-after-israel-adesanya-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/drake-loses-big-payout-after-israel-adesanya-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake loses big payout after Israel Adesanya loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Drake loses ANOTHER big bet as he misses out on a \u00a3738,000 payout after Israel Adesanya&#8217;s shock middleweight title loss to Sean Strickland&#8230; a month after the musician lost \u00a3200,000 from betting on Nate Diaz to beat Jake Paul<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sean Strickland stunned the MMA world by defeating Israel Adesanya<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The American won via unanimous decision to claim the world middleweight title<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drake had staked a \u00a3430,000 bet on Adesanya to defeat Strickland on Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drake has suffered another big betting loss after Sean Strickland&#8217;s shocking victory over Israel Adesanya at UFC 293.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland pulled off one of the biggest upsets in MMA history to win the UFC middleweight title via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>All three judges scored it 49-46 for the American, who clearly won the first round by dropping his opponent and managed to continually pressure his rival and land big shots as the fight went on.<\/p>\n<p>And Drake &#8211; who has become notorious for his\u00a0high-stakes sports bets &#8211; had shared a bet slip on his Instagram on Saturday that showed he risk \u00a3430,000 on Adesanya to beat Strickland by knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya&#8217;s shocking defeat though meant he missed out on a giant \u00a3738,000 payout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/10\/75262741-12501147-image-a-6_1694337086559.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Drake has again lost big after Sean Strickland&#8217;s stunning upset win over Israel Adesanya<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/10\/75262937-12501147-image-m-13_1694337731329.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Drake missed out on a potential \u00a3738,000 payout after placing \u00a3430,000 on Adesanya to win<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/10\/75262925-12501147-Drake_shared_his_bet_slip_to_his_Instagram_account_before_Strick-a-11_1694337665783.jpg\" height=\"617\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Drake shared his bet slip to his Instagram account before Strickland&#8217;s stunning victory<\/p>\n<p>The result is the latest betting defeat for the Canadian in what has become known as the &#8216;Drake Curse&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month he placed a \u00a3196,000 bet on Nate Diaz to defeat Jake Paul, only for the YouTuber-turned-boxer to pick up an unanimous decision victory in a hard fought contest in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>If Diaz had beat &#8216;The Problem Child&#8217; then he would have won around \u00a3784,000.<\/p>\n<p>Drake probably backed Diaz after previously placing a bet on Paul to defeat Tommy Fury earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>On that occasions he staked \u00a3313,000 on the American who lost via split-decision to Fury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/10\/75262743-12501147-image-a-8_1694337178094.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It is the second time that Drake has lost big while backing Adesanya to pick up a victory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/10\/75262827-12501147-image-a-9_1694337232323.jpg\" height=\"369\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Drake also had a big loss last month after backing Nate Diaz (right) to beat Jake Paul (left)<\/p>\n<p>This also marks the second time that he has lost money on backing UFC star Adesanya &#8211; who is also a long-time friend of the musician.<\/p>\n<p>Drake lost \u00a31.7m\u00a0after backing Adesanya to beat Brazilian Alex Pereira\u00a0in October last year.<\/p>\n<p>On that occasion Pereira took a second round TKO victory over Adesanya, although the latter got his revenge with a knockout win in April this year to reclaim the middleweight title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in December, he lost\u00a0\u00a3784,000 a<span>fter <\/span>betting on Argentina to beat France in normal time in the World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland, after his victory over Adesanya said: &#8216;<span>Am I f**king dreaming? 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