Why am I watching TUF 10?

Can somebody please explain to me why I am bothering to watch this season's Ultimate Fighter? I'm not saying the TUF series has simply been a media ploy to gain publicity for the UFC, but this seasons episodes seem to have been more detrimental to the business than beneficial. Matt Mitrione vs. Scott Junk? Despite Dana White's raving over the fight as "two guys going toe to toe banging," the reality is that the fight consisted of two poorly conditioned fighters throwing punches like they were on an amateur circuit and that was just the first round. The last two looked to be in slow motion in between Mitrione gasping like a fish out of water and Junk appearing to have two concrete blocks attatched to his wrists. The same goes for McSweeney vs. Shivers, both of whom spent the majority of their fight together with their hands on their hips.

While I understand Kimbo Slice is season 10's poster boy (and while he seems to be a humble, respectful and kind man) is anyone else tired of hearing as a preview, "so and so appears to be injured and all eyes turn to Kimbo Slice." Look, I get it, he's big publicity for the UFC but to a person that knows anything about the fight game, knows that Kimbo is a mid-level striker with zero ground game and poses no real threat to anyone that is a blue belt in jiu-jitsu and had at least 2 years of JV wrestling.

The only two people that have stood out this season seem to be Roy Nelson and Marcus Jones. While Roy's performances on the show may not have earned him fight of the night honors on a UFC card, he has shown a solid ground game (oh btw, he beat Frank Mir at Grapplers Quest in jiu-jitsu,) solid standup and composure when he's been rocked by Justin Wren, and despite one of the biggest bellies in MMA, relatively good conditioning. While we havent seen much of Marcus Jones or what his true skill set is, I was impressed with his one fight so far on the show. True, his standup showed much to be desired, arms outstretched, but he appears to have a solid ground game (ableit going for a keylock from half-guard,) but taking his back, then pulling off one of the quickest armbars I've seen from a heavyweight since Frank Mir armbared Tim Sylvia. While we still have yet to see his full skill set, Jones appears to have bright future.

Look, I respect the guy, as I respect any fighter that gets into that cage, but the way I look at fighters on TUF is, "could I see this guy one day fighting for a UFC title?" The answer for virtually all the fighters on the show is an emphatic, no. I don't think I have seen one fight so far this season in which each of the fighters were gassed out by the first round and if they were lucky, the second. Could you honestly see Brock Lesnar vs. Scott Junk? Frank Mir vs Kimbo Slice? Kongo vs. McSweeney? Nogueria vs. Mitrione? Switch any of these fighters around with each other but the bottom line is simple. The elite of this division would chew up these fighters and spit them out without a second though. While I may be forced to eat my words at a later point, I just don't see the point in this season's. These fighter's seem to be going nowhere fast and Dana is loving every minute of it.