What: 2025 Topps Knockout UFC trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 10
Box basics: Two autographs, one autographed Relic and one Relic per four-pack, 32-card box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' hit-driven brand showcasing the stars of the Octagon is back for another round with a mix of men's and women's stars in there along with a variety of looks based on just the early teasers alone.

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The box: 2024 Topps Finest UFC trading cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What: 2024 Topps Finest UFC trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 24, 2025
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack hobby box (eight boxes per case), one auto per six-pack mega box (20 boxes per case), four autos per 40-box blaster case
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' Finest brand enters the Octagon for the first time in more than a decade with a mix of stars and plenty of the color and flash collectors know for this brand -- but with three formats all packing their own exclusives.

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What: 2024 Topps UFC Knockout MMA cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: Two autos, one auto Relic and one Relic per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: Knockout returns to the Octagon for the first time in years with a smaller lineup of hit inclusions but a wide array of star power for the men's and women's stars of the promotion.

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The box: 2023 Donruss UFC trading cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby and retail)

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC trading cards
Arrives: Feb. 28
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the Octagon after three years away with its heavyweight brand, Chrome, opening the new deal -- a release that's packed with insert sets, plenty of color and some long-odds chases, too.

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What: 2023 Panini Chronicles UFC trading cards
Arrives: Sept. 20
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Chronicles returns to the Octagon for another round with several brands all found in one spot -- more than 20 once again -- in this third edition that Panini America says is "most diverse release in the history of UFC trading cards."

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What: 2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC
Arrives: Feb. 1
Box basics: Three autographs and two memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate Collection's second round in the hobby's Octagon once again is nearly all hits and once again showcases top stars from the men's and women's ranks all in one spot.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ... and it's one of my biggest groupings ever.

RARER THAN RARE ...
The Book: Batman No. 457 -- second-print newsstand edition
The Reason Graded: This one is why you grade. Why? Well this book is more than obscure ... it's obscure on top of obscure with a pop report that shows that in a couple ways. I had this sitting in a junk box of books -- comics bagged in bulk with others taped shut in between a couple boards -- since the late 1990s with it having absolutely no thought in my mind for that time. When I opened up the bag, though, I remembered its cool cover -- that's why I saved it -- and in the here and now it's an example of how the grading world has changed a lot of stuff. It wasn't popular back in the day and that makes it more valuable (potentially) now. What is it? It's a second printing of a newsstand copy for an issue that had the debut of a key character, Tim Drake as Robin. The regular edition of this book has been graded almost 1,400 times -- actually still a modest number for the era -- but a newsstand copy is something else. And a second-printed newsstand copy? Nobody wanted that. How many could have even been made and how many went unsold or were trashed? There's some mystery there as with a lot of things but the pop report talks.
The Grade: CGC 9.8 (Universal)

Reality Check: Just four copies of the 78 graded have checked in at my mark -- not bad considering I got this in some Sears catalog mystery box with like 25 comics for $10 back in the early 1990s. It wasn't a really impressive buy at all at that time -- a lot of stuff that just wasn't appealing or was later printings and I'm betting some of them were pitched or given away. Nobody wanted that then. But now? The numbers game and speculation has people on eBay sellers challenging the market. A 9.6 -- with twice as many copies as this one in existence -- has an eBay asking price of ... well just see it for yourself. It's not alone, either, as a 8.5 checks in with an asking of $3,800, an 8.0 checks in at $3,500 and a 6.5 is $1,499. Other versions (first print direct and newsstand) are cheaper along with direct second prints as they've all got far higher pop reports. People like the easier versions a lot -- eBay highs as much as $255 but not for this one -- and who knows where the other three 9.8s might even be? What might mine command? I'm not sure ... but I know this is pretty solid potential for something that was pocket change from years ago. Again, this is why you grade.

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What: 2022 Panini Chronicles UFC trading cards
Arrives: Aug. 26
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Chronicles gets in the Octagon for another bout with several brands all found in one spot -- more than 20 once again in this sophomore edition.

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What: 2022 Panini Select UFC trading cards
Arrives: May 25
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Select gets in the Octagon for a second bout with some new faces and new inclusions but the familiar parallel-packed action.

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