Drake makes ₦200m bet on Nate Diaz to beat Jake Paul

Drake has bet 200 million naira on UFC star Nate Diaz to beat Jake Paul.

Drake appears to be making an effort to avoid committing the same error twice in a row when Jake Paul is fighting.

Drake has made a bet on the celebrity fight between Nate Diaz and Jake Paul on Saturday, August 5, 2023.

The rapper lost his $400,000,000 wager on Paul to defeat Tommy Fury in February.

Fury recorded a split-decision victory against Paul to cost Drake a whole lot of money.

This time, Drake isn't even betting that Paul will win his next fight, putting Nate Diaz in line of the "Drake Curse" given his lengthy history of losing

In order to win $1 million, he bet $250K approximately 200 million naira on Nate Diaz to defeat the YouTube celebrity turned boxer in the match at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday night.

Along with the bet was a message on his Instagram story that said, "Jake is a dog but I can never bet against a Diaz brother that's just how I was raised."

Drake Curse involved in Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz

With a 22-13 record in MMA, Diaz, 38, is competing for the first bout since 2007 outside of the UFC.

Despite having defeated Tony Ferguson in September of last year, he has lost three of his previous five fights.

In his boxing career, Paul, 26, is 6-1 and has already defeated former MMA stars Ben Askrin, Anderson Silva, and Tyron Woodley.

Drake has suffered significant losses on bets including Premier League soccer, Anthony Joshua, Kamaru Usman, and Conor McGregor.