What: 2017 Leaf Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: Four hits per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release returns with nothing but the hits from some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls and the NSCC in today's edition.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2017 Topps UFC Knockout
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Anderson Silva, Rashad Evans, Ronda Rousey, Nate Diaz, Miesha Tate, Arianny Celeste, CM Punk

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls from around the collecting world as we start a new week.

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What do you collect when it comes to cardboard? It's a simple question ... tell us in our latest Buzz Poll below or in the comments here or on Twitter. (You can select multiple answers.)

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It was a busy one on The Buzz this past week. Here are 10 stories worth a look if you missed out. Check 'em out & hit the subscribe button at right if you want email updates.

Heritage is King ...
This past week's big winner was the arrival of 2017 Topps Heritage, which took us all back to 1968. Here's our catch-all gallery of short-printed variations and big hits -- and there's a checklist found in there, too.

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What: 2017 Topps UFC Chrome MMA cards
Arrives: July 19
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: UFC comes to Chrome for the first time, giving MMA stars from the past and present their shots at Chrome rainbows, Superfractors and, of course, autographed Refractors in this hobby-only release.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big breaks, the Boogie deal, chasing rainbows, Trea Turner expectations and O.J. Simpson

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Slabbed cards have been a part of the hobby for decades now but a few autograph companies have started getting into the trend in recent years by encasing cards to give them a bit better display presence at a fraction of the price for a signed photo or memorabilia piece.

And it helps that while storage and protection concern go away, too.

Two big autograph dealers -- Steiner Sports and Fanatics Authentic -- have pretty beefy runs of signed trading cards available that in some cases take the interesting creations of card companies and makes them better.

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What: 2017 Topps UFC Fire MMA cards
Arrives: Tomorrow on Topps.com
Box basics: One autograph per 20-card box

What's buzz-worthy: UFC gets another online-only release that focuses on autographs and showcases artwork form Tyson Beck as part of a colorful and energetic release.

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What: 2017 Leaf Memorabilia Treasury
Arrives: April 2017
Box basics: Five memorabilia pieces per box.

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards follows up its Treasury release of last year with the same type of surprises inside -- autographed and notable items from the sports world and beyond.

Keep reading for more.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Transcendent Collection, Bowman's Best and Panini Contenders breaks along with prospecting, elusive cards, player collectors and ... Ronda Rousey's future?

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Demand for autographs from the new UFC Bantamweight champion is high.

How high? Here's what the card above went for -- and it's not even the priciest one.

That's not the only Cody Garbrandt card available, either, though he doesn't have many.

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A new year is almost here and Buzz has a few questions for you about your collecting habits.

Simply put, we want to know more about what you collect and here are 10 questions we hope you'll take a few minutes to answer.

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When Ronda Rousey enters the Octagon for UFC 207 on Friday night in Las Vegas it will have been one year, one month and 16 days since her career trajectory changed from unprecedented dominating badass with mainstream cameos everywhere to a rattled ex-champ with a 12-1-0 record.

Her cardboard is still arguably the hottest in the hobby -- at least based on asking prices -- but we all know it's not the same as it had been when the steamroller got shocked. A win against Amanda Nunes might get the gravy train rolling back to its super-marketed hype levels -- you know, something to justify all that super marketing that's been done in her return.

But ... what's next for her cardboard if she loses again?

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What: 2017 Topps UFC Knockout MMA cards
Arrives: March 29
Box basics: Four autos/auto Relics and four Relics per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: UFC Knockout will once again sport fewer packs per box but still have a heavy reliance on the hits in this latest MMA release -- one that also will weave in some familiar looks we've seen in other sports from Tier One.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2016 Topps Museum Collection UFC
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 8
Base set completion: 
3 of 45 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (3) – Cat Zingano, Tecia Torres, Ryan Hall

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What: 2017 Super Break Super Fight Edition
Arrives: Jan. 17
Box basics: Between four and six items per box

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break gets in the ring with this one that will include notable stars' autographs and memorabilia from the worlds of boxing, wrestling and MMA all in one place.

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The stars of the Octagon are coming to cardboard once again -- and this time it's a high-end release.

It's 2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection and it arrives on Wednesday. What's already here? Its  checklist.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: UFC 205, the Barry Bonds debate, retro MLB rips, Goodwin Champions and some shredded cases from Black Friday.

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We're a week away from former WWE star CM Punk's MMA debut at UFC 203 in Cleveland. It's been a long time coming -- so much so it's coming well after his UFC cardboard debut -- and that got Buzz wondering what collectors think of the crossover.

Here are four simple questions about Punk and collecting.

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If you were wondering, his first UFC autographs can be found here in what is an affordable three-hit box.

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The second fight between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor continues to have a life of its own.

It's this week's 2016 Topps Crossover pack.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Superfractors from 2016 Topps Chrome, Immaculate breaks, digging into Leaf Pop Century and more.

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Update: Sales stats have been added to the images in the gallery -- McGregor set a new sales record, topping Lesnar's previous mark.

UFC 202 is tonight and that means there are four new 2016 Topps Now UFC cards presently on pre-sale.

On Monday, the four cards will be updated with images from key matches tonight and a final 24-hour window will begin. The rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor should be the most-watched match and the most-bought card and it could set a record for Topps NOW UFC sales.

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Topps Bunt brought baseball cards to the digital realm in 2012 -- and Topps Crossover is bringing them back.

Topps revealed Crossover on Tuesday with an announcement on its website. Every Tuesday, Topps will list a Crossover card set on its site that can be ordered for just one week -- cards that had been found only in the digital realm. And they won't just be baseball, either.

“We are constantly hearing from physical trading card collectors and users of Topps’ apps how great it would be to get printed versions of the digital cards.” said Jeff Heckman, Director of New Product Development and Ecommerce marketplace. “We have taken that feedback to heart and decided to launch Topps Crossover.”

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