The thing is the point of contender aside from something decent to watch is this..

Contender has its promotions company..And while they make theyr money by having the t.v show..

The main point is that they want to Build up these fighters and let the public see them and then take on the fighters who make a success of the competition..

So really its just scouting for talent by holding the contender competitions..

And theres only so much good talent they get anyway because in most cases prospects worth having on the show already have promoters..So they cant be signed up