Get your hands on Round 1 cards early!

We are happy to announce that every fan in attendance at UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2 will be receiving a special sample pack containing exclusive versions of BJ Penn's and GSP's base card.

This will be the first time that UFC fans will be able to hold the actual UFC Round 1 cards featuring BJ and Georges in their first Octagon matches. This is very exciting as we will be able to finally get the product in to the hands of UFC fans and get their feedback on the product we have been working hard on for several months.

Samples of the cards can be seen below.

Special Request

Due to a request from a reader, here is a sample of the base card backs.

Keep your suggestions, questions, and comments coming!

Own the Octagon

We have been lucky enough to work in conjunction with the UFC to bring fans even closer to the

action for the UFC Round 1 trading cards. How close you ask? How about so close you can touch

it!

Through our relationship with the UFC we have been able to get the mats used in many of their events. Match where fighters such as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Rashad Evans, Anderson Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria, and Michael Bisping stormed onto the scene and made their UFC debuts. Now you will be able to collect these cards with pieces of these mats and OWN THE OCTAGON.

Here you can see some of the mats we received before they went out to be embedded in the cards.

First Step in the Octagon

I would like to give you all a bit of background on how we decided to attack this initial release of UFC cards.

When we were planning UFC Round 1 we knew that for many of these fighters this would be their first trading card and for all of them, their first official UFC card. These would be their rookie cards, but how do you produce a “rookie card” for legends of a
sport, some of which that have been fighting for years?

What we decided to do was to feature 90 fighters and their first official fight within the UFC Octagon. Royce Gracie is pictured grappling with Art Jimmerson at UFC 1. Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar are shown in their battle at the TUF 1 finale in one the most exciting MMA matches yet. Shane Carwin is photographed during his 44 second TKO victory over Christian Wellisch.

Personalities other than the fighters will be presented as well such as the lovely Octagon Girls, referee Herb Dean, Bruce Buffer, and Dana White.

Included are some photos of the cards mentioned above. Please let us know what you think and submit any questions you may have in the comment field.

IT’S TIME!!!

Welcome UFC fans to the new Topps-UFC Card Blog. My name is Jeremy and I am one of the many people working on the brand new UFC: Round 1 trading cards from Topps. We met with UFC six months ago and together shared the same passion to bring a UFC trading card to life, now in just a few weeks this vision will come to reality!

I am hopeful this blog will provide fans an insider’s perspective on how our first product comes to life and how our relationship with UFC evolves. Here I along with others on the Topps team will provide updates on our progress and an inside peek on soon to be released products. There will even be a chance to win tickets to an upcoming UFC event for all of our readers!

Please be sure to check back often and get ready to be one of the first fans to get your hands on UFC Round 1 trading cards in stores at the end of January!