{"id":902149,"date":"2026-09-19T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/902149\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:00:10","slug":"cursed-drake-bets-650k-on-ufc-331-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/902149\/","title":{"rendered":"Cursed! Drake Bets $650K On UFC 331 Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Drake has a knack for betting on UFC fights and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-329-mcgregor-vs-holloway-2\/456129\/drake-curse-alert-canadian-rapper-drops-1-million-bet-on-outcome-of-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway-at-ufc-329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">picking the wrong winner<\/a>, which is why Joshua Van fans are shaking in their boots right now ahead of tonight\u2019s (Sat., Sept. 19, 2026) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/462735\/ufc-331-fight-card-start-time-date-location-van-vs-pantoja-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 331<\/a> main event LIVE on Paramount+ from inside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Van, who defends his 125-pound title in a rematch against former UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja, is a slight betting favorite according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-331-fight-card-start-time-date-location-van-vs-pantoja-2\/472334\/ufc-331s-best-betting-props-parlays-and-picks-van-vs-pantoja-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">current pre-fight odds<\/a>. Of course, those lines could change in the lead-up to tonight\u2019s UFC 331 card on Paramount+, but many believe Van\u2019s youth, speed, durability, and elite striking will be too much for Pantoja to handle. Drake has officially joined that bandwagon as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While Drake isn\u2019t overly familiar with Van the rap mogul is still slapping a cool $650,000 on \u201cFearless\u201d to ward off Pantoja in the rematch and walk away with his UFC flyweight strap. If victorious, Drake stands to win just north of $1 million. It\u2019s not the biggest payout Drake has ever concocted, but it\u2019d be one hell of a win nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Check out Drake\u2019s official bet slip below and let us know who you\u2019re riding with tonight at UFC 331!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI don\u2019t know bro&#8230; but he better win,\u201d wrote Drake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For complete UFC 331 results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/472336\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drake has a knack for betting on UFC fights and picking the wrong winner, which is why Joshua&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,296664,702],"class_list":["post-902149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-331","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}