UFC Signs Card Deal With Topps

[kiwiboy]

The American Chronicle announces a deal between the UFC and card maker Topps. The deal comes on the heels of other cardmakers to make a play for the MMA market. Other recent deals include the Ring Kings card set from Donruss, and an offering of MMA cards from Upper Deck. More details on the UFC-Topps deal:

The Topps Company, best known as a creator and marketer of sports and related trading cards from the ranks of baseball, football, basketball and hockey, has joined forces with The Ultimate Fighting Championship. UFC, the world´s leading professional mixed martial arts organization, has agreed to give Topps exclusive rights to produce UFC brand trading cards featuring current, future and former UFC athletes. The deal lasts through May 2011 for UFC trading cards and stickers.

“We are excited to be working with Topps to showcase our incredible athletes on UFC trading cards,” said Dana White, UFC President. “We look forward to having great success with Topps, and to giving UFC fans a product they can collect and trade with other fans of our sport.”

The UFC trading cards will launch in early 2009.

UFC Signs Card Deal With Topps : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA

Anyone here watch the UFC or MMA in general at all??
I think this is going to be bad for my back pocket, i hope they include the Pride Fighters.

 

[Dr. Curlytek]

Anyone here watch the UFC or MMA in general at all??
I think this is going to be bad for my back pocket, i hope they include the Pride Fighters.

Do you mean Pride fighters who will fight/have fought in the UFC? Because I don't see why they would have Pride fighters in a UFC product...they are two different leagues/entities.

 

[bongman]

Do you mean Pride fighters who will fight/have fought in the UFC? Because I don't see why they would have Pride fighters in a UFC product...they are two different leagues/entities.

Zuffa (UFC Parent Co.) bought out Pride over a year ago hence the reason Pride no longer has events & most of their bigger name fighters now fight in UFC (Wanderlai Silva, Big Nog, "Shogun" Rua, Crocop etc etc)

I wants an Anderson Silva or GSP auto

 

[Dr. Curlytek]

Zuffa (UFC Parent Co.) bought out Pride over a year ago hence the reason Pride no longer has events & most of their bigger name fighters now fight in UFC (Wanderlai Silva, Big Nog, "Shogun" Rua, Crocop etc etc)

I wants an Anderson Silva or GSP auto

Yeah, so then there is no need to "include" Pride fighters, they are UFC fighters now. Regardless of ownership, UFC and Pride are different entities, different brands.

 

[bas]

woe cant wait 4 these 2 come out, i think they would only release cards of fighters that have fought in the ufc

 

[911_Turbo]

Hopefully they are easier to come by than the Donruss Ring Kings series.

 

[adhunt99]

Yeah I watch it, wouldn't mind a bisping or machida - got this one already;

 

[jimboiitmac]

anyone here follow UFC, it's pretty entertaining.

 

[911_Turbo]

anyone here follow UFC, it's pretty entertaining.

Yeah, im a big fan. Been following for about 5-6 years now id say.

Pumped for next couple of weeks, UFC 89 this weekend followed by UFC 90 the week after. Can't wait! Unfortunately wont be able to watch but will keep an eye on results as always.