Ultimate Fighting for the MTV generation

I was flipping through channels a couple of nights ago and came across Final Fu, a show on MTV2 hosted by Ernie Reyes, Jr. pitting contestants from various forms of martial arts against each other in a Survivor-like game where the group is widdled down until they have an ultimate winner. Sort of like a tamer reality television version of Mortal Combat (it's even on a beach) except no points for decapitations and such.

As cool as the idea sounded, I found it about as interesting as watching one of Scootypuff jr.'s tae kwon do tournaments back in the day, no offense. The Korean guy in the picture above did a few flashy jump kicks and such that didn't amount to anything other than him losing his sparring match. Yeah, without any climactic crane kicks, nothing ever seems to be as exciting as The Karate Kid. ;-) The cheesy commentary and slick MTV style edits didn't help much, either. Nevertheless, it sounds like something Scootypuff should apply to compete in. $20K to the winner...