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Tom Cavilla

Drake offers Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett reward after £1.9m UFC bet lands

Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett are set to each receive a Rolex watch from Canadian rapper Drake after their UFC success on Saturday evening.

The Scouse duo were backed to come out on top in their respective UFC fights by Drake, who had a Bitcoin stake worth of $2.296,211.30 (£1.9million) on the line ahead the action.

The four-time Grammy winner has since bagged a return of $3,723,077.00 (£3.1m), a profit of £1.2million, after 'Meatball Molly' earned a first round win over Hannah Goldy while 'Paddy the Baddy' won by submission against Jordan Leavitt in round two.

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Celebrating their victories backstage once the dust had settled on their achievements, McCann posted a video on her Instagram accompanied by Pimblett and made a request to Drake after learning of his pre-fight wager.

The former said: "Drake we have just broken your curse lad. Can I have a Rolex please?" Pimblett then appeared on the video, adding: "Champagne Papi come on what are we getting for that?"

Delivering on this demand, Drake added to his story on the social media platform by asking the betting company he used to make his selection, Stake, to make this a reality: "@stake Rollies for Meatball and the Baddy," wrote the 35-year-old.

Pimblett later added: "Molly sent him a video right after it on Instagram and he said he was going to give us both a Rolex, so we are swimming it."

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