Beginning at this weekend’s UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Barber occasion on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, fighters making their octagon debut will see a change to their Venom struggle shorts.
It was introduced on Wednesday that fighters making their promotional debut will put on a “debut patch” on their struggle gear. The transfer was made in partnership with Topps buying and selling card firm to create distinctive one-of-a-kind collectibles.
JUST IN: Debut Patches are coming to UFC.UFC athletes will now put on a Debut Patch on their gear for his or her first struggle. After the bout, the patch will go right into a 1/1 signed buying and selling card.Andreas "Bane" Gustafsson would be the first athlete in historical past to put on a UFC Debut Patch. pic.twitter.com/GzmU0UjDjM
— Topps (@Topps) Might 28, 2025
“JUST IN: Debut Patches are coming to UFC,” Topps wrote on social media. “UFC athletes will now put on a Debut Patch on their gear for his or her first struggle. After the bout, the patch will go right into a 1/1 signed buying and selling card.”
The struggle promotion has an unique attire take care of VENOM. The sports activities gear and attire firm offers in-octagon Battle Kits and Battle Week attire to competing athletes. The partnership deal was signed in April 2021. Earlier than the unique deal, VENOM sponsored over 200 UFC athletes between 2009 and 2015.
The primary fighter to show the “debut patch” of their struggle gear shall be Swedish middleweight Andreas “Bane” Gustafsson (11-2) on the preliminary struggle card. Gustaffson earned a spot within the UFC by knocking out Pat Pytlik on Dana White’s Contender Sequence final August. He takes on UFC veteran Trevin Giles (16-7).
The 34-year-old Gustafsson will make his debut using a three-fight successful streak. His solely two profession losses had been by majority resolution and break up resolution. Giles will make the stroll to the octagon going the wrong way. He is misplaced his final three fights and is in determined want of a win.
UFC on ESPN 68 is headlined by a girls’s flyweight conflict between No. 4 ranked Erin Blanchfield and No. 5 ranked Maycee Barber. The 2 had been initially scheduled to satisfy at UFC 269 in December 2021, however Barber withdrew attributable to undisclosed causes.
