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UFC Welterweight Champion Fears the Drake Curse Might Strike Alex Pereira at UFC 313

Is the infamous Drake curse about to strike once again?

Drake has been pretty good at making hit singles and getting absolutely owned during Super Bowl halftime shows, but when it comes to picking winners, he’s far from reliable. It all started back in 2022 when the Canadian hip-hop star dropped $275,000 on Jorge Masvidal to beat Colby Covington in their UFC 272 grudge match.

Two months later, he lost nearly half a million dollars betting on Justin Gaethje to beat Charles Oliveira.

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In the time since, Drake put big money on Jose Aldo to beat Merab Dvalishvili, Israel Adesanya to best Alex Pereira in their inaugural UFC clash, and ‘Gamebred’ to bounce back with a win over Gilbert Burns.