Celebrity MMA Reality Show
ProElite and Mark Burnett (producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, and other top reality shows) are teaming up to create a reality-based MMA television show starting celebrities and former well known athletes. The show is without a name at this point, but what is known is that it will be shown on network television (unlike the UFC’s partner on cable TV). Combine network distribution and household names, and you’ve got a pretty powerful MMA footprint.
The first “season” will focus on MBL and NFL studs Jose Canseco and Herschel Walker who together with a group of other former pros will train as a team to cross over into the sport of mixed martial arts. These athletes will fight with select EliteXC fighters in each episode with the series finale featuring a famous celebrity athlete match up. I’m sure EliteXC fighters will take it easy on the former pros, but nonetheless it should be highly entertaining to watch someone as athletic as Herschel Walker (he used to do 2,500 crunches and 1,000 push-ups every day during the NFL off season) learn mixed martial arts.
This might be a good opportunity forShaq to show off his MMA skills.
Source: www.proelite.com
