50 Cent has been flirting with the idea of going into mixed martial arts for the past week, but it wasn't until he took a shot at brawler Rampage Jackson on Tuesday, May 8, that the possibility of him getting the strap for a matchup in the cage was raised.
Rumors began flying around about Fiddy getting in on the promotion end after he recently shared a photograph of him sitting with Bellator president Scott Coker. According to reports, they were connected by a mutual friend and hooked up to talk business in Beverly Hills. The meeting is said to have lasted for two hours, with the rap mogul inquiring into Bellator's "fighter-recruitment system and how we build athletes and sign free agents,” Coker told MMAJunkie.
50 Cent has promoted in the fight game before, but it was through a boxing venture under the SMS Promotions banner that didn't last very long after its inception in 2012. He has also competed in combat. Although never professionally, the rapper-turned-television producer was known to box around New York City's amateur circuit prior to committing to music. And then, of course, there is his venture into television.
Interestingly enough, 50 Cent and Rampage Jackson shared headlines in 2009 when it was reported that the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion beat him out for a role in The A-Team. It appears that the Queens entertainer never got over the fact, and seeing how Rampage now scraps under the Bellator banner, he took full advantage of their history by making a budding Jackson rivalry between them, a thing.
"Don't get it f**ked up. I'm the baddest Jackson around this motherf**ker. Now, if we can get the money right, Rampage got a problem on his hands," Fiddy wrote in an Instagram post. He then further teased a potential faceoff in the comments, writing, "Y'all talking all this s**t. Now I want to fight. Pay-per-view."
Source: sohh.com
