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Round 5 unveils wave 9 of UFC Collector toys, along with classic Don Frye

By The Fight Nerd on May 01, 2012 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 President Damon Lau announces the release of the Ultimate Collector Series 9 featuring brand new fighters to the Round 5 collection, including two PRIDE tributes, and a Championship Edition available today. The “Ultimate Collector” Series 9 is headlined by a limited edition debut of UFC and Pride great Don “The Predator” Frye, featuring [...]

Round 5 Unveils Don Frye Action Figure

By The Fight Nerd on Nov 29, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 MMA has revealed a new figure for next year’s ninth series of their “Ultimate Collector Series” – a Pride FC version of everyone’s favorite moustached warrior, Don “The Predator” Frye. Frye will be available in April, 2012, but only through select online retailers. This also means he will most likely be limited in [...]

Round 5 unveils series 8 of “Ultimate Collector” Action Figures

By The Fight Nerd on Nov 15, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 President Damon Lau, announces the release of the “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 featuring updated versions of some of the UFC’s most popular fighters as well as all new characters hitting retail shelves this Christmas. The “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 is anchored by a Championship Edition Jon “Bones” Jones commemorating his historic victory over [...]

Roy Nelson joins wave 8 of Round 5 “Ultimate Collector Series” figures

By The Fight Nerd on Sep 19, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Over on Round 5 MMA’s Facebook page, the company has revealed details for their eighth wave of the “Ultimate Collector Series”. The figures in this line-up will be Jose Aldo, Roy Nelson (pictured above), Brock Lesnar (New Sculpt), Jon Jones Championship Edition (New Sculpt), and George St. Pierre Championship Edition with a sculpted gi. Limited [...]

Round 5 Releases New Line Of Collectible Figures – “UFC Titans”

By The Fight Nerd on Aug 23, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 President Damon Lau announces an all-new line of collectible figures, UFC Titans, the latest brand extension of Round 5’s incredibly popular UFC license. “For the last 3 years, we have had a great time working on our Ultimate Collector Series and the complementary UFC Live and UFC Versus collections. We are incredibly excited [...]

Dana White and TapouT Crew see their action figures for the first time

By The Fight Nerd on May 13, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Ringside Collectibles was on hand at the UFC Fan Expo in Toronto in April 2011 when Dana White, Punkass, and Skyscrape were all shown their Jakks Pacific UFC action figures for the first time! The above video is their initial reactions of seeing themselves immortalized in plastic, as well as seeing the figure of the [...]

Round 5 MMA announces UFC Fan Expo Toronto GSP exclusive & chance to become a figure

By The Fight Nerd on Apr 26, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Round 5 President Damon Lau officially announced the release of the Georges “Rush” St-Pierre UFC Fan Expo Toronto 2011 Exclusive figure and gave details on how Round 5 collectors can have their likeness turned into a Round 5 figure. The limited edition GSP figure will only be available at the UFC Fan Expo in Toronto, [...]

Round 5 unveils new classic UFC figure, and it’s Bas Rutten!

By The Fight Nerd on Mar 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

We love “El Guapo” on this site, but we also love action figures. What happens when you combine those two things together? MMA nerdgasm. Round 5 MMA, producer of many fine combat sports action figures, has announced that their newest classic figure will be the man who can make livers explode faster than Kenshiro from [...]

Round 5 reveals UFC Fan Expo Toronto figure of GSP

By The Fight Nerd on Mar 04, 2011 in News

Round 5 MMA has revealed their next UFC exclusive action figure, and it’s Georges St Pierre! George is the most logical choice since this toy will debut, and only be available, at the UFC Fan Expo in Toronto, leading into UFC 129 which is headlined by Georges St Pierre defending his belt against Jake Shields, [...]

Tis’ the season to buy bloody UFC toys

By The Fight Nerd on Dec 20, 2010 in News

As Christmas comes closer, many shoppers are scrambling to buy some last-minute gifts for the MMA fans in their life. Last week, I offered some helpful hints for those who train with reviews of many different types of MMA training equipment, from gloves to focus mitts and more. Regular viewers on the site now that [...]