Polymarket Dealer Earnings $67K on UFC Combat Combine-Up

A Polymarket dealer turned $676 into $67,608 on Saturday by capitalizing on a uncommon mistake throughout a UFC heavyweight bout, the place the mistaken fighter was initially introduced because the winner. 

The dealer, referred to as LlamaEnjoyer on Polymarket and Verrissimus on X, watched the dwell battle between Tyrell Fortune and Marcin Tybura and suspected {that a} mistake could have been made when UFC presenter Bruce Buffer introduced Tybura because the winner.

Throughout that point, Polymarket shares for Fortune fell to 1 cent, and LlamaEnjoyer was capable of place the $676 guess moments earlier than Buffer corrected himself and declared Fortune the winner. 

LlamaEnjoyer profited roughly $67,000 from the UFC’s temporary blunder, permitting him to seize a close to 100x return.

The incident exhibits the pace at which odds on prediction markets can whipsaw throughout dwell occasions. 

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LlamaEnjoyer nearly misplaced $100,000 initially

Talking in regards to the incident, the Polymarket dealer stated they nearly put $100,000 on Tybura at 99 cents, presumably as soon as the preliminary determination was made earlier than realizing that one thing “was off.”

“Cancelled my order, scooped up 1c shares as a substitute. the UFC corrected the winner seconds later. best 100x ever.”