UFC Fighter Turned Hobby Breaker: Josh Emmett on Building One Punch Cards

Man, if you told me when I was a little kid that eventually I was going to have my own

trading card or be in a video game, I'm going to be like, you're crazy.

That's the cool crossover that's kind of going on. You're seeing athletes and

you know, superstars and sports like yours and what you're doing and then

and other ones where you never know you're going to pop up in a break.

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Five, four, three, two, one of one.

Most athletes are on trading cards, but not many are actually in the hobby.

Josh Emmett is a UFC featherweight known for his knockout power, but he's also

building something in the car world with one-punch cards. Today we're talking about fighting,

and what it's like being on both sides of the hobby. Josh, welcome to Collector Nation.

Yeah, it's great to be here. How are you?

I'm great, man. You're the first fighter I've had on the show, so there's a first for everything.

One of one, one of one fighters on the collectible show, and I'm sure one of many that

probably collect, but the first thing when I talk to someone that has cards with their face on,

I'm like, you got to admit, it's pretty fucking cool to have your face on a trading card.

You know, I was always, as a young child, I was such a big sports fan, and you know,

what got me into collecting was 90s basketball, and man, if you told me when I was a little kid

that eventually I was going to have my own trading card, or be in a video game, I would be,

I'm like, you're crazy, but yeah, it is pretty cool. I feel like it's been such a, you know,

quite a while now that I've been on the trading cards, and a bunch of different collectibles,

and things like that. So now I feel like it's more just the norm, but it's, I still have to like

zoom out and be like, man, this is fucking, this is amazing. This is so.

What's it like? I want to focus mainly about what you're doing in cards, man. That's what the

show's about, but what's something, maybe the audience or something, what's it like being a world

fighter, like a world class UFC fighter? Like, what is the true mindset that maybe people don't

understand about what it takes to do what you do? Yes, just, man, it's just mentality. It's like,

mindset is everything, and that's with whatever you're trying to do in life, whether it's a relationship,

for, you know, you're trying to accomplish something in school or just get a, get a job or

a career, everything is a mindset. And for me, it's just, it's literally hard work,

it's discipline, it's consistency. I write out my goals, like, I know what I want to achieve,

what I'm trying to achieve. And so I just get up every day, and I work towards those goals,

trying to become a better person, a better athlete, a better fighter, and just, just get as close

to that goal as possible. And you've heard it time and time before, I'm trying to be one percent

better than I was yesterday. And it's just, it's never ending. Like, a lot of people think,

you know, it's a, I don't know, anyone that's a fan of the sport, the UFC or in the

May, like I've traveled the world. And, you know, if they're a fan, they'll know who I am.

But it's a, it's a very, people think it's like this lavish lifestyle and just a bunch of like,

you know, whether they're thinking it's like parting, just crazy, but it's just, it's boring.

Like, I feel like me, I live a very boring life because I can tell you when I'm in camp,

um, I like to be in camp anywhere from like seven to nine to 10 weeks.

If I have a fight book in you tone, you say, I can tell you what I'm doing actually. Like,

six weeks out on this day at two p.m., I can tell you exactly what I'm doing because I map out

my entire camp. So, um, all my training sessions, all my meals, uh, all my recovery sessions and

modalities, like I literally, yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's very boring. It's just, it's, so,

it's the plan and structured. And, uh, I, but it, but it's amazing. It's, it's truly, uh, I'm blessed.

I, uh, things that I always dreamed of doing. Um, I've turned into reality and that's just,

that's just from hard work. It's, uh, Josh and I think they're, they're what you described,

you know, to people do go, oh rockstar lifestyle of a fighter or something. And I think they know

you work out and work hard, but I don't know if they know just how scheduled, like every minute is

to be prepared, you know, to be a world class fighter. I mean, maybe there's guys that aren't

taking a serious, that aren't, maybe truly professional or, you know, at the level that you've been

and are, I guess, but I guess at the end of the day, I think about, I know guys in business,

they're, you know, billionaires, millionaires. I've done well in business, but, you know, I don't

climb in that ring. And so, like, I think that's what I have always like, what is the, is it one

looser screw than everybody else or I don't know what it is. I know it's bravery and mindset and

all that, but I, I don't know how you bottle it because I don't know because there's a lot of

guys that probably can train like you, Josh, but can't get in that ring. Yeah. Yeah. And there's

a lot of people and you've heard before, people like, oh, this guy's getting paid that much. I'll

fight my Tyson for this or I'll fight anywhere for this. I'm like, no, you wouldn't. No, you wouldn't.

Yeah. No, you wouldn't. You're backstage and then you start thinking, you're not thinking.

You're, you're like, oh, shit, I'm not walking out there to go fight that guy. And, and it's like,

and it's like, you're under a spotlight, you know, so it's like anything you do, it's like,

then you hear all the critics and all the things. It's just like, yeah, it's, it's a wild, wild

thing. And you, and you talk about knowing all these like, millionaires and billionaires and

people that are super successful. And this is something that kind of opened my, my mind. I,

I went out and I did this little fireside chat with all these executives and like,

extremely wealthy and successful people. And I'm sitting there and I'm just talking to them,

like how, how I think, how I process things. And there was, there was so many of them that were like,

I couldn't stop thinking about like what you were saying and your mentality and your mindset when

you're like preparing for a fight or you're stepping into the octagon. And I was like, it blew me

away because I was like, isn't that how you guys think? Isn't that, that's why you guys are

successful. And he's like, no, we don't think like that at all. And I was like, no way, just, it,

I was, I was like, I thought, because they're in this position, that's why they got there. They're like,

no, it's not. And so I was like, after talking to a handful of them, I was like, oh my God,

like he's like, I want you to come on this circuit and just like, you know, talk to all of our,

our employees and stuff like that. And it just blew me away. I was like, and that's the,

that's the first time that I just really, you know, it was the first time that I was like, I'm

going to you. I was what you said. Yeah, it's like, it's maybe they don't all think like that.

And they don't, you know, he's just like, oh, we just get here, not saying like certain things

are luck, but it's all about like, you know, people you know and connections and things like this.

And they're like, no, we don't think like you. I'm like, no, it's, I don't want to, it's not easy.

And you definitely have to have a mindset and business and you've got to put the pieces together.

But I don't think there's a level of preparation mentally that comes with, you know, being good in

business that compares to what, again, and I've never done it. But I think I'm just, I think I

do a fairly good job of like, whether it's empathy or understanding or going,

because I have those same friends who've done that, Mike Tyson thing. And I'm like, no, you wouldn't,

and no, I wouldn't. Like, I, you, there's not enough money because I know what would happen.

And I think maybe because I have been successful in business and I know people, I've been in

pressure situations that are pressure enough, but aren't that kind of pressure that I know, nah,

that's a different, different thing and a different sort of, I think I don't know if you can prepare

yourself completely for, again, being the brutality and the reality of fighting not for your life,

but in some ways you are. Okay. Yeah. I would agree with you because every fight could be your last

fight. You never know what's going to happen in there. And it's like the unknown. It's a, it's like,

I'm hoping everything turns out for the best, but you really don't know. I'm stepping in there.

And I always say it's like, it's like flooring your sports car into a tree with no seat belt on.

You hope everything turns out for the best, but you have no idea. You've seen some like horrible

things that have happened. And it's just like, yeah, and it's like, it is a preparation.

But you're willing to do it. It is a very select few that are willing to do that.

Yeah. And it's like, even like going back to the mindset, I, I work with a mind coach. I have

to prep and prime myself because there's so much work that goes into it physically and mentally

and all these things. And then I have to have this little, you know, time fight day. I'm, I'm getting

myself ready and I'm, I'm welcoming like, what could happen? And I'm okay with what could happen,

whether it's like the absolute worst thing, like physically mentally, like everything, like,

I'm okay. I'm about to go throw myself into the fire. But I have to, I have to be okay with it.

And it's just, it's a, it's a wild, it's a wild.

Josh, I want to turn to cards. I know you didn't have the result that you wanted this weekend,

just to put a fine, you know, kind of clothes on the, the fighter side of things.

Where do you, where do you plan to go from here or have you even thought through that?

It's just kind of like processing. Yeah, it's like, I have to just kind of, you know,

I don't know, just kind of processing from the result and kind of like get like level and then go,

okay, what's next? Yeah, pretty much. It's like, you know, we were on Vegas and I was just,

I stayed out there for a few days. I just got home last night. And then that's Sacramento.

And then yeah, I'm just, I, I literally all talked to my manager soon,

get things going. But for me, it's like, I already know, I have to move on. I can't sit there.

And dwell on the past because then it'll affect me moving forward and when I want to accomplish.

So obviously it wasn't my, my, my night, the, you know, Kevin, you know, he's a young up

and comber. Good kid. He'll, he'll have a lot of success. So, you know, I wish him all the best

and more power to him. But yeah, I'll get back in there. It's life, you know, it's a, I just,

I have to keep on, keep on getting better and keep on moving forward. That's, that's one thing

that, you know, whether you're talking about maybe a screw loose or something, like I'll never stop.

And then it's, yeah, I still have a lot of goals. I want to accomplish. And so I'll get back

in there and I'll, I'll be back sooner than later. Cool, man. I appreciate you opening up

about that. I know it's tough. I mean, you're just removed. But I didn't want to like, it's kind

of like that thing. Like dude, I know it's painful. But dude, you got, you got the strength,

you got the mental power to do or the hell you want.

Let's talk some cards, brother. Um, so when did we get into trading cards and why?

Yes, it's just going back to, uh, man, 90s basketball. I was such a big football,

basketball baseball fan. Um, I was, I was riding my bike up to the local card shop, um, just,

just buying basketball was mainly my, like, uh, it was my sport. So I, I was a huge fan. And,

and I still have all my, uh, my original collection, uh, I have tons of like Kobe, uh, rookies,

not, not like the really high end ones, but you know, the, the, the, the ones that are like a thousand

bucks, I've tons of him, Iverson, Vince Carter, uh, Tim Duncan was my, one of my favorites.

Uh, so I, I just, I loved sports. I loved basketball. And uh, that, that's what,

that's what got me into, uh, the, the hobby really did. Uh, how many did you keep from those?

Yeah. Like when you started back as an adult or it kicked back in, something probably made it,

imagine there was a pause, like, most people like me, like you had a pause in there. Like,

I clicked to grow it up and then pause, but then I had kids, that boys had got into it. Uh,

but how many did you hold on to? Yeah. So it says, yeah, yeah, exactly. I was collecting everything,

even the original, you know, Pokemon cards, like I'm one of those. I was in, like, eighth grade

or my freshman year when Pokemon had just come out and I'm buying all like that, the original

Pokemon cards. And I have no idea where the hell those things are. They're probably in the trash,

but I, but I do have like all my original basketball cards, like I have all those still. Um,

so I have those. And then it's like, you know, I was a collector just in general of, um,

just collect the bowls and like, pugs and slammers, uh, back then. And then, uh, I just,

I have this long mole, I guess. Um, and then what really got me back into it was, um,

you know, I got into the UFC and now I have my own trading card. I'm in the product. I have a lot

of my friends, one of my best friends. He's, he's been in the hobby forever and his, his

children are my, my God children and he's like buying all of these cards for himself, especially

mine, you know, he's like, buying them on eBay and, and they're outbidding all of our friends and

stuff like that. Um, and even then I was like, I kept telling him like, hey, you guys stop wasting

your money on my cards and stuff like that. Look at this. I just got this, you know, to five or

whatnot in that once they kind of, they, they were doing it for a few years, a bunch of my friends

and, and my little brother and everything. And then I went down to the Burbank card show because,

there was, uh, Eric's his name, uh, the, the UFC card father. He had my rookie 101 and one of

my friends, Alex was down there. He's a, hey, Josh, he's got your, your rookie 101. And so I was

already down in Anaheim because I was going to, I was watching Ilya and Volcanoski fight for the

world title. So me and my buddy to hop into Uber all the way down there and, uh, met up with him. So

he's like, you're the first fighter to ever come and buy their rookie cards. So he was kind of like

star struck a little bit, um, but he's like, he gave me such a good deal for the, for the 101 and

the to five. So it can complete my rainbow. And he's like, we just signed these cards for me. I

said, Oh, 100%. And then that kind of like really got me back into it just because, you know,

for one of all my friends doing this and then like once I, it just, it just brought like the child

back out at me. I was like, Oh, this is so fun. And, uh, and then I went down this, you know,

rabble again and just like collecting a lot of my one of ones. And then if I get the 101,

then it's like, I have to complete the set, you know, or the rainbow. So I have multiple sets and

things like that. And then it got me into, you know, just other collectibles again. I kind of got

back into some, um, Pokemon. And of course, I like Pikachu and in Gengar, all the popular ones,

the pricey, uh, characters. And then I'm managed by Vayner Sports. Uh, that's Gary Vayner Chucks

and, uh, and AJ Vayner Chucks Agency. And then with Gary doing his own IP of V friends, I've been in

that ecosystem for a long time since the digital collectibles back during the pandemic. Uh, and so

now he has his top V friends. And I'm like, you know, I'm a big, uh, I'm digging that, that community

in space. I'm like collecting V friends Pokemon. My buddy's got me into one piece. I'm like, it's, uh,

it's been so fun. You're in all of it. Uh, we're distributor for V friends. And I know Gary,

he's been on my business show a couple of times. He's been on this show as well. So, uh, I know,

you know, Gary and I are, I would, I'd stop sort of friends, but pretty good acquaintances business

was, um, yeah. And, uh, well, I love I'm staring. I was just looking at some V friends, the

super stickers. We've, we carry those that just came out. So you probably, you got one within reach?

Oh, yeah. There you go. Yep. Right here. I got cases over there. I'm like stashes. I'm like,

my son and I have been ripping through some of those. We got some pretty good numbered ones.

And some pretty good decent ones. So it's fun. Are you, uh, are you a rip? Are you a pack

ripper? Are you a, uh, goodbye and hold? Uh, I'd say more, uh, yeah. I'm definitely ripping whatever

I get my hands on. But to be honest, I've been really good. I surprised myself just because like,

I am, I am stashing a few things, but it's like, it's so hard for me because even when, uh,

going back to like all the digital collectible, the NFTs and stuff, like I, I own, I have several,

series one and a shit ton of series two. I was buying like cases of books just to get like the,

the series two. And, and from the original, uh, V friends, like, I think I got like 16,

whatever you, if you want to call those a case or a box, and, and I was in the stash,

a handful of them, I ended up opening all of them. And then it's, uh, yeah, it's just, it's,

it's wild, but I, but I am doing better with a handful of stuff. I do want to open a case of the,

uh, super stickers and then I'll maybe I'll keep these, but it's, uh, yeah, I'm definitely ripping

things when I, when I give that. What's up with one punch cards? What are you doing with that?

And, you know, what's the kind of the goal with it? Yeah, so, so one punch cards. It's, uh, you know,

it's, uh, it's an online breaking, uh, business that, uh, my buddy and I started. It's, uh, uh,

you know, world whatnot and fanatic slide. And we're just trying to, uh, we're just,

we're just having to blast, so we're literally just trying to, you know, do, do our part and, uh,

you know, just, we're just like everybody else and it's, it's been a little, it's been fun just

for people because, uh, I don't know, it's like a live Q&A. It's like people come in and every single

time that I'm on, people will be like, oh, I'm such a big fan. What do you, what are you doing on

this show? And I'm like, you're obviously not that big of a fan. Otherwise, you would know it's,

it's my, uh, our panel. But, uh, no, we're just, we're just having a good time at, and obviously,

the hobby and the community has been so welcoming. And, uh, we're, we've been, now we've been

breaking on, online scents. Yeah, about like a year and a half, uh, but we have some goals,

you know, it'd be cool to have a brick and mortar, do a retail shop. It'd be awesome to get,

you know, a handful of, you know, breaking rooms in the back so we could have, we weren't like

a aim and a PM shift. We went a weekend shift. We want to just continue to grow into, uh,

to a business and, and have people on multiple platforms, almost 24 seven and have a physical

location where people can come into and we can do different, you know, I don't know, events and

meet greets and kids can come in and just kind of hang out after school and, you know, collect and

trade and, and do all these type of things. It's, uh, it's been, it's just been so fun. And,

yeah, we're going to keep on, we're going to keep growing it. What, um, yeah, I mean, I did,

I, you know, my four boys got into it and I open the retail store literally have a grand opening

this weekend. We've been open for a month, soft opening for collector station. And so we've

got a 3000 square foot space. It's pretty much exactly what you just described. Wow. And that's

South Carolina. Yeah. South Carolina, we're on the other end of the spectrum here. Yeah. But

it's fun. We got lots of space for people to come in and do. And I, you know, we're kind of our

taglines trade night every day because we've got space where, you know, you know, old school

card shops are, you know, some of them are like 10 by 10. It's like, well, get in, get out. You

know, we got tons of space and tables and it, it feels almost like, uh, a sports bar, but it's,

a trade and card store, you know, we've got to use big screens and lots of places for people to

kind of hang out and do trades and rip stuff. And then we did some breaking before the show,

but the last, I mean, before the store opened, but the last four months, we've been

getting the store ready. So then we're going to start back on the breaking side. But, um,

what are you guys breaking? Are you, you have, you have C stuff or is it all over the map?

Yeah, right right now we're with, uh, obviously with tops and fanatics. Uh, we, we have

partnership with them and we're, uh, predominantly, we're under the combat division. So we're doing

mostly UFC, um, we're doing WWE and then, but we're gonna break, we want to break everything,

you know, uh, yeah, we have to build up that clientele right now. Our clientele is predominantly,

you know, UFC and WWE, but it's like anytime there's, there's cars like evenly being part of

V friends and stuff when we were ripping V friends early on, uh, you know, the V friends, the

top's chrome V friends, uh, people come in and we have some, some breakers that, you know,

that they, like our friend Anthony, uh, AP, he, he breaks, he's helping us out right now because

in camp I can't, I'm not going to go on there as much, you know, I mean, so it's, uh, he's,

he's holding it down and he's a huge baseball and football fan. So we just, we just want to build

that clientele, um, just because some of the product is obviously more expensive and we can,

we would like to, even if we're just breaking even, you know, building that clientele or losing

a little bit, we're okay with that. Um, but yeah, it's, uh, we, we want to get into everything.

Yeah. How often when you aren't like in camp or training or something, how often will you jump on

like a, a break? Yeah, we, we have a, uh, a studio. So typically, um, at least one, once or twice a

week, you know, okay, twice a week. That would be sweet. If you're, you know, if you're a fan

or whatever, that's, I mean, that's the cool crossover that's kind of going on. You seeing

athletes and, you know, superstars and sports like yours and what you're doing and then,

and other ones where, you know, they're like, oh, shit, it's Carl Anthony Towns. I like,

yeah, you know, you never know who's going to pop up in a break. And that's what we're trying to do

things a little different. So like the way we set it up, we were doing, uh, almost like, uh, kind of

like a podcast, podcast stylish. Like it's like, yeah, like my, my best friend and I always say my,

my wife and best friend only better than I do. I get hit in the head for a living. So I'm like,

they'll, they'll be like, they'll be saying stuff such in detail. Like, you remember this,

like from 18 years ago, I'm like, no, how the hell do you remember that?

I don't know. We do certain things and like, what we've had fighters on and stuff because I can,

you know, have some of like, by friends and teammates come on. So we've had like, Klee to come

on my boxing coach. We've done Anthony Fleffi Hernandez and Max Payne Griffin. They came on and

like, we're just doing like different games and, and then having them open, you know, open packs

and stuff and rip some, some boxes too. So we're just, we're trying to be like a little different,

but still, you know, obviously people are tuning in because they, they want to stuff, you know,

crack a case or a hobby box of whatever and pull a favorite card. But people think that are true

fans. They, they think it's amazing. And we always try to ask for feedback too from like everyone

that comes into our streams or like, do you guys like this type of stuff? And they're like,

oh, we love it. Please keep doing this. So we are mindful of like what we're doing as long as,

you know, the client wants, we just want to know what the client wants as well and stuff like that.

I love that, man. You're smart. I've, I've been, you know, I've, I've in the business and I've

been in the ad game and, you know, got in with my boys into this. But I've often thought you've

got a live audience here. And yeah, we can't like throw the baby out with the bath water.

They're here to buy cards or to see cool things, you know, ripped and they can buy in more

affordably. Maybe then buying a huge hobby box or multiple, but you've got an entertainment

platform. You have the screen. And how can we, you know, leverage the screen and that attention

in different ways while also doing commerce? So I think it's smart as hell. And I've often thought

that because we're in South Carolina and I went to Clemson and Clemson's really close and I'm

pretty connected to the program and a lot of the big athletes there. And I want to start doing like

rips where, you know, a couple of the big guys that are on the team, you know, and now that they

can do NIL and get paid or different things, have them breaking with me, you know, and that's,

you know, just as a surprise and delight kind of for the audience. And so though, you might,

you might promote it on one hand and then on the others, if it's big enough and you know, you got a

lot of people, they just kind of slide in and it's like, oh, shit. Yeah. Yeah. And that's some,

even with the crossover of like all the sports and like me being in the UFC, it's like,

there's so many, like I know of like really big stars and all sports that they come to my fights

and watch me fight and things like that. And like I always think about like, oh, maybe when we

get into football, we could have so and so kind of co-hosts and like hop in. It would just blow

people's minds too, you know, and and we just bring it on different. I can bring a lot of people

from the UFC on and we've been doing that and, you know, and some of the guys that we bring on

are so funny, just that naturally that's how they aren't just character is like, it's just, it's

it's hilarious too. So yeah, the fans and everyone there, they're super excited. They like what we're

doing. And so we're going to we want to continue to expand and just like, I don't know, we just want

to do more and more and just make it unique. And that's that's something that I always like, like

you said, even though they're there to to buy cards and stuff, like I like to be a little different

and not just do the same stuff everyone else is doing. Like I like to be like, kind of stand,

stand out and do my own thing. Or even like, you know, there's a lot of athletes that hop on

to certain streams and sometimes they'll break or they're in the hobby. But there's no athlete,

like out there that's consistently doing what I'm doing, like hopping on one to two times a week.

And yeah, and then going to all the you know, all the events going to like the local card shows.

And I go to like my card shops and then going to like the big events like, I want to go to the

national this last year, but I just had, you know, I was going to fight shortly after. So it's always like,

you know, as long as I don't have any like conflict with my schedule, we went to Fanat Express last

year. That was amazing. I want to I want to compete in the competition, but I'm going to try

to go out Fanat Express this year as well. That was a blast. Yeah, I was with my boys at both of

those and we'll be this year as well. I have to hook up if you end up doing that.

Talking with Josh, Emmett, UFC superstar and co-founder, I believe that's the right term

of one punch cards said I heard you and a friend. I don't know if that means you're the founder or

you're the co-founders of one punch. All the same. All the same. What's your biggest pull like

ripping cards? Well, it's like, okay, what did you pull out of your own pack that was either the

most meaningful or most valuable for myself? Yeah, either way, you can answer that either way. Hey,

I pulled a $20,000 or this or you just pulled something that was like, oh, shit, this is cool.

I think for going back to the EVO, we're just breaking for some of the clients and stuff. It's

neat that they can get into a break for that's a lot more affordable. Instead of hobby boxes

are expensive, but even just some of the UFC fans, there was a product, it was like a case break,

someone bought it for $30. I think it was like $30 and then we would do a lot of random fighters

too. So people aren't priced out. Well, when you're doing pick your fighter or pick your team,

it's like, you want that. It's like, obviously the best team or fighter. It's expensive. And so

then the people that maybe can't afford that, they can never get that. So we do a lot of random

fighters. This guy bought it for $30. He hit Islam, Mahatcha, if you know the pound for pound,

number one, 70, air dues, 55 and 70 champion. We pulled him a one of one auto. It was like a $4,500

car. The kid bought it for about $30. And so I was so excited for him because it's like,

obviously, when we rip something, we want to pull everyone heat. We want to pull everyone

fire. It's like sometimes that's not the case. But it's like the kid was so damn happy.

And he was like, actually at work. He's like, I'm on my break and all this stuff. I'm going

to go, I'm going to quit. I said, I don't do that. You don't want to do that. Another thing is

through that was really cool. And the same thing, we sometimes make mistakes, but we own it. You

know, it's like we, the someone wanted a certain fighter. And for whatever reason, someone else

bought it. But it's something that happened where it was our fault. We messed up. So we just told

them, Hey, tomorrow when we break, why don't you just come into our show. We're just going to

gift you this fighter for free. And so we did just that. We ended up pulling. And that's his PC.

We ended up pulling him a one-on-one. And it was his PC is like my first. And so this day,

he always pops in and tells a story. And he's just like, I don't know, it's just, it makes, I don't

know, it makes us feel good because we're happy. We're happy for like, yeah, we're happy when we

pull people big, big cars. We want to do a friend one. But as far as me pulling like out of a pack,

I feel like probably when I was doing the cactus jack, pull the pole skeens, rookie.

I think it was to 52. That was probably like big. I feel like I don't have like the the best

luck when I'm when I'm ripping my own, ripping packs and stuff like that. So now I just, if I want

something, I usually I'll just, you know, go to a car shop and buy or eBay. And I'll just buy

the car that I want. But I have had a lot of success with the friends, you know,

because I opened like a handful of cases of those and got some cars. And then I'm trying to

complete a set. So I have a French bulldog. And so like the bad ass bulldog is like my favorite

character. So I'm I'm hoping I don't think they've surfaced yet. But there's a I need the both

the one-on-ones to complete the rain, but like the blast off from the blasters. And then of course

the super fractures. So if you see those out there, I'm a buyer when they come out.

All right. I'll look through those and see if I got any of that out of the newest. Are they in

the new superstickers? The bad ass bulldog? The bad ass bulldog. But it's in the it's in the the

first that then. Yeah. I have a fair amount of the first set. I don't have to look back through it.

Maybe I have something good. I'll send them. But I need the I need those to the the blast off

one-on-one and the super fractal one-on-one to complete the rain. But I don't know that I have those,

but I might have something. I think I'd know that I had a one-on-one laying around.

What is your favorite character out of or some of your favorite characters out of?

I mean, I like the black cat because he's worth so much. Yeah, you know, I'm like and yeah,

and it's kind of interesting. I sort of I don't know. I think when I I don't know this to be true,

but when I think of a black cat, I think of like something that goes to be their own drum and

that's been me my whole life. So like I think every life of that, you know. No, I'm the same thing. Like I

like like obviously I PC certain things just because like I do like it. But then a lot of times

like you're talking about like from that, it's like okay, the black cat's like it's like it is

their mascot. It's like the Pikachu. And so it's like and it's valuable. So like I do have like a

lot of so I have the whole like rainbow set. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. You know what I mean? Like a wall.

You know, just because like the whole little thing around. Yeah. But it's funny. So you would

root. Yeah, the life of it to close out Josh. I know you've got a tight schedule. We got a

little fun rapid fire. I'll go through four quick things. You give me a quick take. Is that cool?

Yeah, let's try it. Favorite card in your collection.

My rookie 101, man, it's tough. Because so so I have two. I know it's not rapid fire, but I have

my my rookie sets. There's two of them. There's one from top's chrome and there's one from knockout.

So the one with the RC. I have the whole rainbow of my it's a 101 gold rookie with the RC on

there. But I also have my rookie year in top's chrome. And it's a super factor. So it's kind of hard

for me to go. It's like the super factor or that. But it's it's my rookie 101's I'd say.

I like it. I don't know how you know, I hear of all these people like the players in any sport

that don't have any of their own cards. And I'm like, how could you not want your best cards?

Let me let me show you real quick though. So here's the this is from pop knockout. This is to nine,

but it's a see that it has no RC on there. That's my my rookie. But then it's so it's between that

like I have the whole obviously the whole rainbow. But I how can you oh yeah. Oh,

the super factor. Yeah. And this rookie year as well. So it's like I have to watch it on YouTube

folks. You got to see this. Josh is holding up his 101's here. So those are like it's so tough,

but I'll never get rid of the either of those sets. So I'd say even though you asked for one,

I got two. All right. One card you want, but don't have.

But I'm going to get it's the Mario and Luigi Pikachu sequential

Jim that tens. Yeah, that it's a 2016 XY promos. I'll get those eventually. I was just

been on. I'm doing. I got out there. I'm like dammit like. How would you compare the UFC

market versus other sports? I think the UFC market is still in like an infancy stage. You know,

I think it's some of the cars are undervalued, but I think people didn't even know that there's

UFC cars feel like there's UFC cards. So I think I think we're we're so early.

Yeah, you're starting to see things and just like the quality of the cars or what tops does

is phenomenal. So I think yeah, we're very early. I'll say.

Great nascent market. So I'll describe that. That means by now. Well, it's low.

Repax or buy singles. It's tough. I love to do both. I feel like with with my luck, I need to

I need to buy singles. Typically don't get what I want.

It's all. Hey, it's the experience. It's like one of the movies. You know, like open

the pack is about the entertainment. That's what we told you. Like this is an entertainment.

And you actually get something for for that entertainment. Sometimes you just you get nothing.

Like you do a scratch off card. You don't get shit. You to get you know, a thousand bucks

or nothing. I'll say it's a love hate relationship. It's like one of the things that like I

went and bought a hobby box at one piece. And you know, I didn't really get anything. And then

the last pack, you know, last pack magic. I actually pulled one of the it was the monkey de luffy

wanted. Oh, yeah. It looks clean. It's like that was that was one of the like that card paid for

the whole box. You know, I did. I opened one mega box for going to bed last night.

Okay, of Don Russ football newest and popped a downtown Brian Thomas junior. So yeah,

it was a good night. And then like you just touched it on that like it's like when we we open

stuff, we have like an extra we have a hobby box left and we're like, oh, we should just open

this as like, you know, my friend and I or like Anthony who breaks for us because like we

something's in there. And then we're like, oh, no, that's yourself because we, you know,

we don't do a lot of pursues anymore. And so it's like, and then every time we do that, like,

because you're talking about the downtown, we, uh, we are like, oh, swear, we'll just we'll

just rip this for everyone else. And then it was a to 10 Travis Kelsi downtown. Oh,

right. That's a big one. I pulled a Josh Allen gold downtown last 18 months ago. That's the best

card I've ever pulled. Uh, then, uh, yeah. But that one was for that one was for daddy. Well,

then for nobody else. He's my favorite player. Yeah, irony in that. Josh has been a lot of fun.

Let's do it again soon. Uh, tell, tell everyone where they can learn more about one punch cards and

everything else you got going on. Besides the obvious, uh, easy way to find you on the video games,

on the cards, but uh, give them some beats. Yeah. If anyone wants to kind of follow along and

like our card journey, uh, one punch cards, you can find us on Instagram. It's one punch cards. Uh,

we have a ex account and a Facebook and, uh, anything that I'm involved in or doing,

you can always go to Josh him at dot com, uh, or follow me on my socials. Josh M at UFC everywhere.

It's been a pleasure, brother. All the best of luck to you in the future. Um, and, uh, can't

thank you enough for your time, man. Cool. Thanks. Right. Yeah. I know I had a great time. And then, uh,

yeah, I'll have to show up when, uh, yeah, go out to South Carolina. Yeah, look, yeah, get out here to

stop in. Yeah, check out. Come check out the store and we'll do some breaks or do something on

camera and maybe tell people and, you know, keep it to a light, uh, crowd, uh, driving

crazy. I want an autograph for something, but you never know. There's a lot of UFC. I'd be

amazing yet. I'd be a lot of fun. Yeah. Let's, we'll coordinate that. Bill and I will stay in touch.

Let's definitely hook up if you end up at the national and fanatics fest over the summer.

And, uh, we'll figure something out, brother. Best of luck to you. Appreciate it, bro.

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