When a famous hip-hop artist calls, you answer.

Bellator President Scott Coker jumped at the opportunity to meet Curtis James Jackson III – better known as 50 Cent – in Los Angeles when a mutual friend recently connected them.

Coker is mum on 50 Cent’s plans after the celebrity tweeted a chummy picture of the pair, but if a two-hour conversation about the MMA business is any indicator, there could be another promoter in the business before long.

“I explained to him a lot about our fighter-recruitment system and how we build athletes and sign free agents,” Coker told MMAjunkie. “He was interested. He had a lot of questions – a lot of good questions.”

At a hotel in Beverly Hills, Coker said the two swapped stories about the fight business; 50 Cent started his own boxing promotion in 2012 and signed several high-profile fighters before a series of personal lawsuits prompted him to declare the company bankrupt.

“I think he has a genuine interest in the business,” Coker said.

Asked whether the two could eventually work side by side, Coker said his first priority is with Bellator and he isn’t moonlighting. With this past Saturday’s Bellator 198 event drawing strong peak ratings for the Viacom-owned promotion, he’s got his hands full with MMA.

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