Khalil Rountree Jr’s upset loss to Marcin Prachnio at UFC 257 price one bettor a whopping $60,000 (£44,000).
The sunshine-heavyweight bout went the gap on Battle Island, with the Polish fighter ending a run of three defeats in a row.
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Regardless of being dropped, Rountree Jr couldn’t end the struggle and in the end did sufficient to win the bout.
In line with ESPN’s Dan Pardum, a bettor at Borgata drop the large guess on the next parlay between UFC 257 fights and Sunday’s NFL convention championship video games: Khalil Rountree (-390), Amanda Ribas (-325), Conor McGregor (-340), Inexperienced Bay Packers (-3.5) and Kansas City Chiefs (-3).
Talking after the victory, Prachnio admitted he managed to face up to the strain to safe the win.
He stated: “I used to be fairly certain I received the primary and third rounds and I knew I misplaced the second due to the punches.
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“He dropped me a bit bit, however I stood up and stored shifting ahead. I believe that was additionally a very good transfer from my aspect.
“I moved the strain, so he couldn’t maintain shifting ahead with the punches. I used to be certain I received the primary and the third, however you by no means know. I used to be fairly certain, however I nonetheless needed to wait.
“I used to be okay, I used to be not like unconscious. I noticed all the things properly. It was probably not laborious; I simply dropped a bit bit then stood up. It was not a very massive deal.
“It feels nice. After three years and losses, lastly I received. I labored actually laborious on this three years and eventually I may present one thing to myself, that I may do it, I may deal with it. I’m tremendous happy with myself. I did it for my youngsters, for my household.”
