Will Alex Pereira grow to be the following sufferer of the notorious Drake Curse?
Over the previous couple of years, hip-hop star Drake has been accused of jinxing fighters after putting a sequence of bets that always see his chosen fighter fall. All of it started in 2022 when the Degrassi star dropped $275,000 in Jorge Masvidal to beat Colby Covington at UFC 272. ‘Chaos’ ended up profitable the struggle through a really decisive unanimous choice victory.
Two months later, Drake threw down $400,000 on Justin Gaethje to beat Charles Oliveira at UFC 274.
Gaethje was choked out within the opening spherical.
Kendrick Lamar’s least favourite individual misplaced one other $400,000 in 2023 when he positioned a guess on Jake Paul to knock out Tommy Fury in February 2023. Fury ended up handing ‘The Downside Youngster’ his solely loss in boxing through cut up choice.
‘The Curse will reign supreme’ at UFC 313
Lately, Drake was performing in Sydney, Australia when he ran into Pereira, the UFC’s reigning mild heavyweight champion who is ready to defend his gold for the fourth time towards top-ranked contender Magomed Ankalev subsequent month at UFC 313 in Las Vegas.
Unsurprisingly, followers instantly speculated that their temporary encounter may immediate Drake to drop a big-money guess on Pereira and make ‘Poatan’ the most recent sufferer of MMA’s largest superstition.
“ffs, I simply put $100 on Ankalaev,” one consumer stated.
“He beat the curse at 300, I wrestle to consider Alex can defy the percentages once more,” one other added.
“Alex goes to get hit with the Drake curse now,” a 3rd wrote.
“Drake curse incoming.”
“Poor Pereira, Drake going to finish up betting on him towards Ankalaev now… the curse will reign supreme.”
“If anybody can break the Drake curse it’s Alex. That being stated guess the home on ank.”
There have been a couple of situations of fighters breaking the Drake Curse. Most notably, undisputed UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones. In March 2023, Drake threw down a half million {dollars} on ‘Bones’ to finest Ciryl Gane in his heavyweight debut.
Jones ended up profitable the bout through a quick-fire submission victory so as to add to his legacy and Drake’s checking account.
