{"id":8887,"date":"2023-03-06T04:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=8887"},"modified":"2023-03-06T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:00:30","slug":"drake-wins-1-7-million-after-betting-on-ufc-285","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/drake-wins-1-7-million-after-betting-on-ufc-285","title":{"rendered":"Drake Wins $1.7m After Betting On UFC 285"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/drake-wins-ufc-285-bet-on-jon-jones-winning-by-submission.jpg\" alt=\"Drake wins UFC 285 bet on Jon Jones winning by Submission\" class=\"wp-image-8888\" width=\"285\" height=\"188\" title=\"Drake Wins $1.7m After Betting On UFC 285\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canadian rapper Drake placed a $250,000 bet for Jon Jones to submit Ciryl Gane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jon Jones did exactly that to beat Gane and become the new UFC heavyweight champ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drake pocketed a whopping $1.7 million on his bet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canadian rapper <strong>Drake<\/strong> is one of the most popular rappers in the world with an estimated net worth of over $260 million. It\u2019s no secret that Drake is a huge sports fan and regularly places massive bets on some of his favorite sports which include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/basketball\/nba\">NBA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/mma\/ufc\">UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bets-250000-on-jon-jones-winning-submission\"><strong>Bets $250,000<\/strong> <strong>On Jon Jones Winning Submission\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UFC 285 which took place on March 04 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada was headlined by a title fight in the heavyweight division between <strong>Jon Jones<\/strong> and <strong>Ciryl Gane<\/strong>. Jon Jones is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/can-jon-jones-be-considered-the-mma-goat\/\">widely considered the greatest of all time<\/a> (GOAT) in the history of MMA. Jones was making his return to the Octagon after a 3 year lay-off and he was moving up a weight class from lightheavyweight to heavyweight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones was set to fight the number one contender Frenchman Ciryl Gane to see who would become the new heavyweight champ. <strong>Drake decided to put down a $250,000 bet on Jon Jones to finish Ciryl Gane by submission.<\/strong> It was a calculated bet by Drake as Gane is known for being a good striker but having a weak ground game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpWqasjuVDS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpWqasjuVDS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpWqasjuVDS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took <strong>Jones less 2 minutes and 4 seconds to finish the fight<\/strong> as he took Gane down early and then submitted him to become a two division champ and the new heavyweight champ in the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drake ended up taking in a total payout of $1.7 million on his Jon Jones submission bet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jon-jones-breaks-drake-curse\"><strong>Jon Jones Breaks &#8220;Drake Curse&#8221;\u00a0?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UFC fans tend to get worried when Drake bets on a fighter and <strong>he has got it wrong often and they tend to label that as the &#8220;<em>Drake curse<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;. Some MMA were worried when they found out that Drake put down $250,000 on Jones to win as they felt the Drake curse might cause Jones to his heavyweight fight but Jones showed fans why he is indeed the GOAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drake recently said that he plans to exit the music industry gracefully to make room for the new generation of rappers but his exit will not be immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary Canadian rapper Drake is one of the most popular rappers in the world with an estimated net worth of over $260 million. It\u2019s no secret that Drake is a huge sports fan and regularly places massive bets on some of his favorite sports which include the NBA and UFC. 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