ESPN is acting like any other promoter. They have a high profile fighter in Mora and they are going to milk as much as they can out of him till he gets exposed for the average fighter that he is. Everybody knows he is never going to be a great fighter, he lacks the power to make anybody respect him.

I cant blame Mora for it, he is making more money now than he ever could have if he was never on that show. Same goes for the rest of The Contender fighters, there might be one maybe two that will win a title at some point. The fighters on that show were Ishe Smith and Manfredo. They both had previously won minor titles (Smith NABO, USBA, and WBC Continental Americas all at welterweight and Manfredo: EBA, IBU, and NABO titles at light middle). And another fighter had fought for a world title (Jonathon Reid I believe).

At best they were prospects the rest were unknowns.