Season 10 of the Ultimate Fighter is underway and this year’s weight class is heavyweight. The coaches this year are Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans, who seem to be dying to kick each others heads in. So far all the UFC’s marketing for the show and most of the show itself has centered around the presences of Kimbo Slice. For anyone who doesn’t know who Kimbo Slice is, just Youtube him and you will see him fighting random street thugs for money as well as the occasional eye hanging out of a man’s face.
So far it seems the UFC is really trying to build an audience around the idea of Kimbo fighting in the ring and/or fighting in the house. After seeing the first three episodes it is clear why the UFC is scrambling to build a buzz solely for Kimbo, and that reason is simply that the season blows. It seems that the UFC and Dana White were so busy trying to get Kimbo that they forgot to find some fighters with actual talent. So far this season the fights have consisted of one man being brutally tossed around and beaten over the head for ten straight minutes without mounting a single ounce of defense or offense, an ex-NFL monster throwing four punches followed by the inability to move for the next nine minutes of the fight due to fatigue, and Kimbo getting dominated by 265 lb fat mess who thinks the Ultimate Fighter is on PPV every week.
It was a mistake to have an Ultimate Fighter season revolve around the heavyweight decision as this division was dead for years, only to be shortly revived by Brock Lesner. In my opinion that buzz will die down soon as it will be seen that there isn’t a challenger in the world to give Lesner a good fight. Of course, the show has had it’s best rating ever do to the Kimbo freak show but it is in jeopardy of losing true UFC followers, like myself. Hopefully some of the future fights show some kind of real talent and skills and stop with the gimmicks.
More TUF 10 coverage to come.
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