My first UFC sports card! Dustin 'The Diamond' Poirier Topps 2020 #42

Man, I really love watching and following MMA. Mainly UFC to be honest, but I definitely respect and enjoy watching other MMA organizations as well.

In recent years my love for MMA has only grown. I am a fan for life, no doubt. I only realized about maybe a year or two ago that there are MMA cards out there. I had no idea they existed! Ever since discovering that I have wanted to collect them.

Well here is officially my first MMA card ever. The card is of one of my favorite fighters ever, Dustin Poirier!

I've been following Dustin's career for a long time. He's a legend! He's fought through many ups and downs in his career, his persistence is very admirable and motivating. He has beaten many notable fighters like:

• Max Holloway (x2)
• Bobby Green
• Jim Miller
• Eddie Alvarez
• Anthony Pettis
• Justin Gaethje
• Dan Hooker
• Conor McGregor

To go along with that awesome list of victims, Dustin has also been an Interim Lightweight Champion. He's also got a lot of momentum going for him in his career as he is facing Conor McGregor for the third time, to settle a trilogy.

No matter what happens, Dustin will go down in history as one of the best, most respected fighters in MMA/UFC history.

Not only is Dustin's career gaining steam, but the UFC as a whole is growing rapidly. The UFC in the grand scheme of things, is a relatively young sport. Some might say it's very young. So there have only been so many UFC cards in circulation and for so long.

Also, and I don't know if this is actually true but, owning UFC fighters cards feels kind of rare, not sure why. I feel like fighter have shorter careers and there are only so many elite fighters worthy of having a card made for them. I'm not sure if I'm correct but it feels like it may be the case.

The simplicity of this card is wonderful. The photograph fantastically captures Dustin landing a right hook on fellow legend of the sport Max Holloway. The picture is from the night Dustin captured his Interim Lightweight Championship, and of course like I said, defeated the legend Max Holloway for the SECOND time!

This is such a cool card. Next I think I want Valentina Shevchenko, Rose Namajunas, Stipe Miocic, Khabib most definitely, Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier Conor....

The more I think about it, the more cards I wanna collect! I am a big fan of a lot of fighters!

This might be the start of a fun, cool, unique collection!

Hive on, keep collecting and sharing!