Round 5 MMA has officially sent out a press release announcing the lineup for Series 3 of their MMA figurines. Series 3 will feature former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlvoski, current UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, former UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Nogueira and long-time MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy.
Series 3 figurines are expected to be released in April of 2009.
ARLOVSKI, McCARTHY, MIR, NOGUEIRA TO BE FEATURED IN NEXT SERIES OF ROUND 5 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGURINESFour MMA Legends Comprise Series 3 Collectible Figures Scheduled to Hit Shelves Throughout North America By April 2009
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada, January 12, 2009 – Mixed martial arts stars Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski, “Big John” McCarthy, Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira will be featured in Round 5’s Series 3 of mixed martial arts collectible figures, it was announced today by Round 5 C.E.O. Barron Lau and President Damon Lau. Series 3 figures are projected to be available at retail outlets throughout North America and online at www.Round5MMA.com beginning in April.
The Series 3 figurines follow successful launches of the first two series in April 2008 and November 2008, respectively, which featured eight MMA fan favorites. Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Tito Ortiz comprised Series 1 while Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva were released in Series 2.
“We are excited that four huge MMA standouts like Arlovski, McCarthy, Mir and Nogueira will be our partners in creating the next Series of Round 5 figurines,” said Damon Lau. “These are some of the biggest names in the sport today and we think fans will love to show their support of these great stars with a high-quality collectible on their desks.”
As in the earlier series, the four newest Round 5 stars maintain creative control of their likenesses, including the pose, facial design and shorts. Each will be instrumental in creating the final design and will benefit from a royalty agreement that gives them a considerable portion of the sale of their respective figurines.
Round 5 collectible figures may be purchased at leading retailers such as Toys ‘R’ Us, Champs Sports and FYE. Other retailers can be found at www.round5mma.com/wheretobuy.php.
Arlovski, the former UFC heavyweight champion, will next be competing in the highly-anticipated battle with Russian star Fedor Emelianenko on January 24 at the Affliction “Day of Reckoning” event in Anaheim, Calif. The Minsk, Belarus, native has a 14-5 career record, 10 of those by knockout. He has won five straight bouts, including all three of his 2008 fights.
McCarthy has been recognized as the pre-eminent MMA referee since the early days of the UFC. He has been in charge in more than 600 bouts worldwide and was one of the original authors of the MMA rules and regulations that are used today. His “larger than life” personality has also made him one of the most recognized and celebrated figures in the sport.
Mir is coming off the biggest win of his career, when he defeated Nogueira with a second-round TKO on Dec. 27 to win the UFC heavyweight title. He has persevered through devastating injuries, including a broken leg suffered in a motorcycle accident, to reach the pinnacle of the sport and looks forward to defending his crown. He earned additional attention as a coach in the recently concluded eighth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” television program on Spike TV.
Despite the loss to Mir, Nogueira remains one of the sport’s most legendary and popular athletes, particularly in his native Brazil. He first gained attention as one of the top stars in PRIDE and was also a coach in season 8 of “The Ultimate Fighter” opposite Mir. Of his 31 career victories – against just five defeats and one draw – 20 have come by submission.
Round 5 plans to release three additional series of athletes in 2009, one during each quarter. Athletes to be represented in those series are yet to be announced.
About Round 5
Round 5 (www.Round5MMA.com), headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada, is the MMA industry’s fastest growing worldwide collectible figure company. Committed to developing intricately detailed figures, Round 5 strives to remain true to the sport of MMA and its personalities.
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lol i was just going to post something about this, my wife is gonna order me ALL of the Round 5 guys lol shes cool like that, except she still hasnt let me take my Anderson Silva out of the box and play with him yet, guaranteed Anderson would kill Spider-man, Batman, and Optimus Prime…. all i want is to have my toys dominate my kids toys lol.
I bought all the Series 1 figures when they came out but haven’t bought any of the Series 2 ones yet.
I left mine in the packaging for like 2 months before I finally broke down and took them out. Now they are all set up surrounding me in my office, which is sweet.
Does is surprise anyone else that they havent done a Chuck one yet? i thought that would have been like one of the first ones they did. Now they have big john but still no Chuck, hmmm…
I’m pretty sure that is a licensing thing. I think Liddell signed the UFC licensing deal with Jaaks. When the Jaaks announcement was made, Liddell was the prototype figure they showed, thats why they will probably never make a Round5 Liddell figurine.
Ya good point doc, so what do you think about this Huerta thing.
I think it’s too bad for us as fans, but it doesn’t surprise me.
I think Huerta looked at the current guys in the lightweight division and knew he probably either 1) wouldn’t get a title shot within the next 12-18 months or 2) wasn’t good enough to compete for the lightweight title in the next 18-24 months so he figured that he would take his shot in hollywood in the mean time.
The only way to get better and move up the ranks is to stay and fight, but he is young and always can return to fighting if/when hollywood doesn’t pan out for him. As long as Dana and the UFC will have him back, of course.
ya thats what i was thinking too.. he probably doesnt feel like hes a contender, but in a few years maybe BJ will retire or move to 170. Also the fighter money has only been going up over the years, maybe a few years down the road they paydays will be even bigger. Plus maybe a “comeback” will generate some hype for him and his contract could be fatter than the one he just rejected.
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hey could u hook me up with the site u watch the fights on
@Richard
Ill be putting up links around 10 min before the event starts, then probably 10 min after it starts because the feeds often get shut down. So i cant really tell you at this point because i dont know which channels are hosting it yet.
Another source is the MMATV channel on TVU player, you can download the player from tvunetworks.com. Let me know if you need help with any of that..
the TVU player is probably your best option, ive never had an issue with it going down yet. although ive only ever watched Japanese MMA and the Liddell vs. Evans p.p.v. on there, so im not 100% on if it will go down or not…. hopefully it wont go down because thats how i plan on watching it this weekend.
i will hit u guys up early saturday for me over here it starts at 12pm for u guys its like 3.
yea the TVU is the most reliable, but depending on your region, sometimes some of the justin.tv channels are better quality or less lag etc.. The main thing is that i like to have alot of different sources so you can pick and choose whats best for you and ofcourse if the feed goes down backups are a must.