SAN JOSE, Calif. – Bellator President Scott Coker was just as surprised as anyone when he found out about rapper 50 Cent’s Instagram post this week teasing a fight between him and Quinton Jackson.

The post, a split image of the two men in fighting stances, has since been deleted. But it came just a few days after a meeting took place between Coker and 50 Cent, which fueled rumors of a Jackson vs. Jackson MMA fight (50 Cent’s real name is Curtis Jackson) in Bellator.

For his part, Coker isn’t sure how this started.

“I left the meeting. Then I come home, and there he is. Boom, to his (18 million) Instagram followers,” Coker told MMAjunkie after weigh-ins for Bellator 199, which 50 Cent is expected to attend Saturday night. “And then my phone is blowing up: ‘Hey, are you signing 50 Cent to a fight?’ A lot of speculation at what’s going on. But, listen, the guy, I haven’t even talked to him about fighting.”

Whatever the case may be, 50 Cent caught the attention of “Rampage,” who responded with a couple of Instagram posts of his own.

50 Cent is no stranger to combat sports. He’s a former Golden Gloves boxing champion. On the business side of things, the 42-year-old rapper formed The Money Team with Floyd Mayweather in 2012 but parted ways with the promotion while it was still a fledgling entity.

50 Cent has even had beef with former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, which has gotten ugly.

But does any of that mean 50 Cent would actually be willing to step inside a Bellator cage? And against a former champion in “Rampage” Jackson no less?

“Jackson vs. Jackson? I mean, you know, they shouldn’t be fighting,” Coker said. “I think that, with 50 Cent, if he wanted to train and really get in there and do it, I think he probably could do it. The guy is in great shape. But to fight Rampage?”

Coker then joked, “Maybe we’ll do it at 180 pounds, 190 pounds. We’ll have a battle royale.”

On the surface, a fight between 50 Cent and “Rampage” seems highly unlikely to happen in Bellator. Then again, it’s hard to to tell.

“I’m like this: Why can’t we all just be friends, you know? We should all just be friends,” Coker said. “I think when ‘Rampage’ and 50 Cent meet one day, I think they’ll get along. It’ll all be fun. It’s a good time. …

“But I mean, seriously, what (50 Cent) wants to do in the sport, who knows?” Coker continued. “Maybe he wants to manage some fighters. I think he wants to sponsor some fighters.”

But is that all?

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