SUPERSTAR musician Drake won over £3MILLION at UFC London after backing Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett to win their fights.
The 35-year-old Canadian rapper staked just over £1.9m on a double bet for the Scouse duo come out on top in the octagon.
McCann, 32, won with a stunning spinning elbow knockout over Hannah Goldy.
Meanwhile Pimblett, 27, submitted Jordan Leavitt at a raucous O2 Arena.
The victories gave Drake a whopping $3.7m (£3.1m) payout after his ($2.3m) £2m stake.
And the Grammy award winning recording artist took to his Instagram story to show off his winnings.
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He captioned the post of his betting slip "A scousers parlay," as he tagged crypto betting platform Stake.
In a separate story Drake vowed to buy Rolex watches for both Pimblett and McCann.
The music star is set to use his winnings to gift the pair a fancy new watch after they helped him land his bet.
Drake wrote on his account: "Rollies for Meatball and the Baddy."
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Toronto native Drake, who has recently enjoyed a luxury holiday to St. Tropez, is no stranger to high-stakes betting – especially on UFC.
Earlier this month he staked $1m (£833k) on Israel Adesanya to beat Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 in Las Vegas.
Adesanya won the bout, and Pimblett and McCann's victories mean the famous 'Drake Curse' could finally be over.
Drizzy has been well known topublicly back sports stars, only for them to lose in their next appearance.
Justin Gaethje fell victim to it after Drake placed £346k on him to beat Charles Oliveira in May – and then he lost.
Jorge Masvidal was also struck by it in March when Drake laid a whopping $275k (£229k) bet on him to win his grudge match with Colby Covington, which he also lost.
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