Drake apparently is trying to avoid making the same mistake in two straight Jake Paul fights. It didn’t work out.
The rapper didn’t cash in on a $400,0000 wager on Paul to knock out Tommy Fury in February, as Fury ended up winning by split decision.
This time around, Drake wasn’t even betting on Paul to win his next fight – placing Nate Diaz straight in the crosshairs of the ‘Drake Curse’ as the rapper added to a long history of losing big bets on some of sports’ most significant events.
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He revealed on his Instagram story that he wagered $250K in order to win $1 million on Diaz to beat the YouTube-star-turned boxer in the bout at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
“Jake is a dog but I can never bet against a Diaz brother that’s just how I was raised,” is how Drake explained why he bet against Paul this time.
Paul, of course, ended up defeating Diaz by unanimous decision meaning Drake lost another bet.
The 38-year-old Diaz was fighting for the first time outside the UFC since 2007 and holds a 22-13 record in MMA.
He was coming off a win over Tony Ferguson last September but was just 2-3 in his last five fights before taking on Paul.
Paul, 26, is now 7-1 as a boxer and already holds wins over former MMA stars Ben Askrin, Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley.
“They all boxed him and he knocked them out, so you can’t put anything past the guy in a boxing ring,” Diaz told Yahoo.
“He’s tough and he’s good and he’s got a lot going on for him.”
Paul laughed off his loss and Drake lost big on it in February.
“F–k. This is Drake’s fault,” Paul said sarcastically about the bet in the post-fight press conference.
“Drake, bro, why did you do this to me?”
Paul would apologise for failing the rapper: “It’s my fault. $400,000 is nothing to him. He has won a lot more money betting on me before. He’s probably about even now.”
Paul was a big favourite this time, but none of that seemed to phase Diaz, who said he didn’t respect his opponent as a pure fighter.
“No matter how the fight goes, let’s don’t forget this motherf–ker can’t really fight,” Diaz said of Paul during their faceoff.
Drake, who has lost big on Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua and plenty of Premier League soccer games, appeared to be betting his money – and a lot of it — on that premise and the fact Diaz seems motivated by being the underdog.
“I always want to fight people who everyone thinks will whip my ass,” Diaz told Yahoo.
“So I have to show them that’s not true.”
This article first appeared on The New York Postand was reproduced with permission.
