UFC Partnered With Dapper Labs To Launch New NFT Collection

UFC partnered with Dapper Labs to launch a new NFT collection dubbed “UFC Strike” as we are reading more today in our latest blockchain news.

Today, UFC partnered with DApper Labs according to an announcement on their official website, and it will now launch a new NFT collection dubbed UFC Strike. The collection will start with a round of 100k packs and each will include three moments from UFC in a form of non-fungible tokens. These moments will feature a short video of the fight scene of popular fighters alogn with multiple camera angles, crowd response, and commentary. The fans can now join a queue on the official UFC Strike website to get a chance to buy a back of 50 USD and the website includes a P2P marketplace where teh fans can connect, buy and sell their moments.

The second round of packs will arrive on January 31^st and the company also said that in the upcoming few months, there will be some additional drops aligned with the UFC event calendar. UFC is partnering with Dapper Labs to make these NFTs possible and the company is known as the creator of the FLow Blockchain. Dapper Labs is an innovator in this field as it created an industry that didn’t exist for a few years now. Their vision for the potential of the products is the reason that UFC chose Dapper Labs as its first NFT partner. They noted:

“We’re thrilled to finally be able to offer these amazing digital collectibles to enrich the UFC experience for our fans.”

This is not UFC’s first bout with blockchain and the crypto space. Last year the organization signed a sponsorship deal worth $175 million with Crypto.com exchange. Dapper Labs also partnered with other sports organizations to bring fans NFTs and they are behind the famous NBA Top Shot NFT collection and they also have partnered with the NFL. The NFT market is becoming quite big in the past year and it is only continuing to grow as it grows mainstream. While the trading volume is far from its all-time high, it is still at a healthy value as the charts show. Bitcoin’s price floats around $38.5K marking a drop of 9% in the past week and today we can see it trading below $35,000 again.

Source: https://www.dcforecasts.com/blockchain-news/ufc-partnered-with-dapper-labs-to-launch-new-nft-collection/