Fans have warned that Drake’s ‘curse’ might return after he lumped £550,000 on Sean Strickland at UFC 297.
Strickland seems to be to defend his UFC Middleweight Championship towards South African Dricus Du Plessis within the UFC 297 predominant occasion on Saturday night time in Drake’s hometown of Toronto. Ahead of the bout, tensions have boiled over between the 2 and the motion is certain to be ferocious, with Strickland beforehand threatening to ‘stab’ his rival.
The rapper has nailed his colors to the mast, backing Strickland to efficiently defend his title, staking a whopping $700,000 (round £550,000) guess, which might return $1.379million if Strickland retains his title in his first defence.
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But followers are involved for Strickland given Drake’s notorious knack of placing his help behind athletes or groups, just for them to lose afterwards – convincing those who he has a ‘curse’. Some followers have even put cash on Du Plessis to win.
One touch upon Twitter learn: “Drake curse strikes again”, a second wrote: “The Drake curse scares me lol.” A 3rd added: “I’m throwing my paper on Dricus… Drake curse is in effect baby, easy.” While a fourth mentioned: “Lol poor Strickland. The Drake curse is real haha DDP new champ.”
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The rapper beforehand backed Conor McGregor in his notorious light-weight title battle towards Khabib Nurmagomedov, even coming collectively on the weigh-in. However, Nurmagomedov tapped out McGregor within the fourth spherical, with their infamous crowd brawl following.
Drake additionally picked his hometown Maple Leafs to win Game 7 of their 2019 playoff collection towards Boston Bruins, however Toronto misplaced. He additionally backed Alabama to win the CFP National Championship over Clemson, they usually had been dominated in a 44-16 defeat.
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It’s not simply over within the States and Canada that Drake’s ‘curse’ has struck. Anthony Joshua suffered a humiliating first defeat of his skilled profession towards Andy Ruiz Jr again in 2019 after being snapped with the musician within the build-up.
Most famously in soccer, Drake posed with former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero. The Argentine quickly missed a penalty towards Tottenham Hotspur which noticed City knocked out of the Champions League in 2019. PSG additionally fell sufferer after Drake took an image with their former defender Layvin Kurzawa – they then suffered their largest defeat in 19 years, shedding 5-1 to Lille.