Another MMA reality show?

From sherdog.com's Web site:

By Mike Fridley (Mike@sherdog.com)

Joining the likes of "The Ultimate Fighter" and various other planned mixed martial arts-themed projects, ProElite announced plans Thursday to develop "multi-program MMA content for network TV" with the cooperation of Mark Burnett, who produces popular shows such as ESPN's "The Contender" and CBS's "Survivor."

The untitled initial reality series will focus on former professional athletes Jose Canseco and Herschel Walker, who will lead undisclosed sports stars to train mixed martial arts. The "team" of former greats will do battle with EliteXC talent, with the show's finale touting a "famous celebrity athlete match up."

Ted's Take: For all you pro wrestling fans out there, remember when the most dominant defensive player in the history of the NFL headlined WrestleMania? Lawrence Taylor's "performance" was sub-par as far as rasslin' goes. And that was scripted. What happens when the punches, take-downs and chokes are for real?

So, I'm not looking forward to see Jose Canseco's roided-out ass try to take on another aging sports star inside a cage/ring. From all that I understand, MMA is not something you just go to a short boot camp for. It's a serious sport. I love how all these guys who spend 10 years or more in different professional sports think they can just come in and pick up MMA.

To be fair, I think the show will bring in more exposure to the sport, and to EliteXC in particular, which is what parent company ProElite wants. I'll probably end up watching it, just so I can give you updates here, so you don't have to watch it.