Joe Rogan is hoping to get Drake on the cellphone — and to not invite the rap celebrity onto his fashionable podcast. As an alternative, the long-time UFC commentator is hoping to speak with the rapper about his bets on boxing and MMA fights.
“I need to get ahold of Drake and speak to him about his combat picks,” Rogan instructed document producer Scott Storch on a latest episode of the Joe Rogan Expertise podcast. “That motherf**ker loses extra money on fights… I need to name him up.”
Rogan is correct — to a level. Drake has an extended and verifiable monitor document of shedding big piles of cash on UFC fights, in addition to boxing matches.
For instance, he misplaced $200,000 when long-time UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman was knocked out by Leon Edwards in 2022. He additionally misplaced a whopping $2 million when former middleweight king Israel Adesanya was knocked out by Alex Pereira later that yr. Extra not too long ago, he misplaced $355,000 betting on a 58-year-old Mike Tyson to beat Jake Paul within the boxing ring — and everyone knows how that one went.
Nonetheless, Drake has made some good bets too.
For instance, he gained over $1 million when Alex Pereira knocked out Jamahal Hill in a lightweight heavyweight title combat at UFC 300 earlier this yr. Extra not too long ago nonetheless, he wager nearly half one million {dollars} on Jon Jones to beat Stipe Miocic by knockout or TKO at UFC 309 earlier this month. He turned out to be proper about that end result — however he gained’t be getting any credit score from Rogan for the profitable wager.
“That’s what I’d have thought [would happen] anyway,” Rogan mentioned. “That’s a simple wager.”
Time will inform if the UFC commentator is ready to get in contact with Drake, nevertheless it looks as if the Canadian rapper’s luck could also be altering this yr.
