Fanatics - Future of UFC trading cards?

leewei · 09-29-2021, 12:50 PM

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/f...160327617.html

2nd paragraph of article:

The latest financing round was led by existing investors Silver Lake and Insight Partners, the source said. Endeavor, the owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), also invested in the round, the source added.

leewei · 09-29-2021, 12:53 PM

I know Panini heavily promoted UFC as the future at the Industry Summit. Anyone know the length of Panini-UFC license?

sthoemke · 09-29-2021, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by leewei

I know Panini heavily promoted UFC as the future at the Industry Summit. Anyone know the length of Panini-UFC license?

Both companies have only stated that the licensing agreement is "multi-year".

https://www.paninigroup.com/en/us/ne...g-card-partner

https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-names-p...d-partner-read

Crashingwaves · 09-30-2021, 09:21 AM

Fanatics used to handle UFC memorabilia and merch sales for a few years.... they were brutal with shipping. I.e. crudely folding an event poster and putting it in a box

Brobocop · 10-01-2021, 07:10 AM

I feel like Panini hasn’t done a good job whatsoever with UFC. Pumping out way too many products at way too high a price. I’d be fine with Fanatics taking it.

Mahomie · 10-02-2021, 12:49 AM

Interesting news.

I'm not that attached to Panini (prefer the older Topps UFC sets), but I'm also collecting some younger fighters who have only appeared in Panini products (e.g. Ciryl Gane, Brandon Moreno, Khamzat Chimaev).

Which means I gotta collect both: personal faves from older sets and Panini-only rookies. I'll probably just continue to do something similar once Fanatics takes over.

AwesomeBrian · 10-03-2021, 03:05 PM

Topps cards were nicer, but they put minimal effort into putting new fighters into sets and getting them to sign redemptions (Ngannou). Panini will Panini it... print to death, pointless unnumbered parallels and stupid prices.

YayNJ · 10-04-2021, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by AwesomeBrian

Panini will Panini it... print to death, pointless unnumbered parallels and stupid prices.

You've not opened a Topps box in a while then I take it?

You want green or carbon bubbles?

09-29-2021, 12:50 PM	#1
leewei Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 1,209 wesellcorp	Fanatics - Future of UFC trading cards? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/f...160327617.html 2nd paragraph of article: The latest financing round was led by existing investors Silver Lake and Insight Partners, the source said. Endeavor, the owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), also invested in the round, the source added.

10-02-2021, 12:49 AM	#6
Mahomie Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 4,451	Interesting news. I'm not that attached to Panini (prefer the older Topps UFC sets), but I'm also collecting some younger fighters who have only appeared in Panini products (e.g. Ciryl Gane, Brandon Moreno, Khamzat Chimaev). Which means I gotta collect both: personal faves from older sets and Panini-only rookies. I'll probably just continue to do something similar once Fanatics takes over. __________________ PC: Taylor Heise, Kia Nurse, Trinity Rodman, Grogu, Electric Bill

09-29-2021, 12:53 PM	#2
leewei Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 1,209 wesellcorp	I know Panini heavily promoted UFC as the future at the Industry Summit. Anyone know the length of Panini-UFC license?

09-30-2021, 09:21 AM	#4
Crashingwaves Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Posts: 364 crashingwavesmma	Fanatics used to handle UFC memorabilia and merch sales for a few years.... they were brutal with shipping. I.e. crudely folding an event poster and putting it in a box

10-01-2021, 07:10 AM	#5
Brobocop Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 13,530 brobocop2	I feel like Panini hasn’t done a good job whatsoever with UFC. Pumping out way too many products at way too high a price. I’d be fine with Fanatics taking it.

10-03-2021, 03:05 PM	#7
AwesomeBrian Temporarily Suspended Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: NE O-H-I-O Posts: 6,011	Topps cards were nicer, but they put minimal effort into putting new fighters into sets and getting them to sign redemptions (Ngannou). Panini will Panini it... print to death, pointless unnumbered parallels and stupid prices.