Jake Paul is out half-a-million dollars after betting on an enormous two-way parlay for tonight’s UFC and losing.
Despite having a one-sided rivalry with each Conor McGregor and Paddy Pimblett for years, Paul decided to place a whopping $500,000 on the duo to win their UFC 329 headliners. Unfortunately, the result didn’t go his way after the Irishman suffered one other leg injury.
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‘Notorious’ suffered a serious knee injury moments into his comeback fight against Max Holloway.
Paul can afford the loss, after reportedly pocketing tens of hundreds of thousands for his Netflix super-fight with Anthony Joshua back in December. He also owns Betr, the gambling app on which he placed the large money wager yesterday.
Jake Paul drops half-a-million on Paddy Pimblett and Conor McGregor bet
In a bizarre social media video on Friday that mocked Conor McGregor’s recent sponsored posts, Jake Paul declared that he could be backing the Irishman to beat Max Holloway. He also tacked on Paddy Pimblett to defeat Benoit Saint-Denis within the co-main event.
He placed $500,000 on the two-way parlay with the intention of cashing out for $3,140,000 should he win. And Pimblett did the business scoring a shocking first round submission after his rival bizarrely attempted to take him down within the opening seconds.
Unfortunately, the comeback of the 12 months resulted in the worst possible circumstances for McGregor as he re-injured his leg and was forced to quit throughout the first minute. It didn’t upset him an excessive amount of, nevertheless, as he shared a series of laughing emojis to X.
He also posted a video re-enacting the highlights by his pool, making fun of McGregor’s decision to go for a flying kick early.
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