Hello everyone!

My name is Robert Olinger "rolinger".   I live in Iowa and have loved MMA since 1994 when I watched UFC 3 on VHS.   I was in Tae Kwon do for many years growing up and a co worker said I would enjoy this video.   I was hooked and have been a nut since.   Since I live in Iowa, the home of Cauliflower ear, I've always enjoyed wrestling with my friend until one of us gives up.   I started learning jitz from someone who knew what they were doing and just love it.  I enjoy fights with a lot of transitions on the ground.   Perfect examples would be Diaz/Sanchez or Condit/Kampmann.  

I then saw on a PPV that they were going to start making MMA trading cards.  I said to myself that I was going to buy as many as I could.   I did not collect trading cards before (except when a little kid) so I had no idea that they would not just show up at Wal Mart.   I missed the first couple weeks and finally was searching on Ebay for other stuff and saw them on a UFC search.   I started buying as many cases as I could.   I also snagged most of the 1/1's of the current champs.   I had invested so much that I figured to build site that I could sell my own cards.   I picked a domain name that I knew would be perfect when people are looking to "buy mma cards".   I worked very hard to show up on Google first and had established myself there.   I also started talking to people who would email me through my site.   Each one was just as big of MMA fan as I.  

When it came to re selling things, I really did not like losing so much to fees, so that was my big motivation for starting this.   I figured others would enjoy no fees as much as me so I decided to invest a ton more and have this built for others.   I also had a strong desire to support fighters financially.  I really enjoy this sport and want to give back.   When I thought about advertising, I know most is just down the drain.  I figured if I was going to lose a bunch on advertising, I'd rather have it support a fighter for a few months, so that they can train full time.    The way this site works is that everyone helps each other and everyone mutually benefits.  There are no losers when it comes to Our site, the fighters, and you the members.   We all benefit from each other.

So that's my story.  I have more passion for MMA than I know what to do with, therefore I will pour everything I have into making this the best  MMA trading card site on the planet.     The way you help is hang out, get to know who you buy from, and list your cards.   The more you do this, the more of a snowball will happen, and we will all do well, especially the fighters.  

Here's a snapshot of my family. 


So, who are you?




Edited by rolinger - 26 Oct 2010 at 1:57am

Well I guess I am Bruce #2, but I will go by my ID on many forums, kromeace... and I too was involved in Tae Kwon Do years ago and competed in a few tournaments... and have loved the UFC from the get go. I finally went to a MMA fight (Faber / Brown 2) in Sacramento, 3rd row!! Except for Faber losing it was a great night. I have meet a few fighters in person (Bonner, Griffin, Liddell (Dude is crazy!), and I had Forest Griffin autograph a drawing I was doing of him.

I am currently chasing a few cards from UFC2 and my wallet hates me!

Robert... thanks for the site!

Hey all.  I'm John.  I've been an MMA fan since I watched UFC 4 on PPV a few weeks after watching 2 and 3 on rental.  I was in 8th grade at the time.  I've only seen one event in person.  It was UFC 32 in New Jersey.  Got to see some great fighters that day.  Ortiz, Militech, Penn, Uno, Carter, Matyushenko, Arlovski, Rodriquez, great card.  I've been collecting MMA cards since the first topps ufc came out in February.  Lack of money means my collection is modest.

Hi, my name is Jason.  29 year old accountant from Portland, Oregon.  I grew up watching WWF.  My friend had one of the old cable boxes where you could get all the pay per views for free so we would go over there and watch all the WWF ones.  That's where we heard about the first UFC.  We were hooked and also confused.  I've been a huge fan ever since.

Edited by aznbala - 10 Oct 2009 at 7:27pm

I won't give a big long story here, just the basics.

My name is Joe and I'm from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  I've been watching MMA for as long as I can remember.  I died a little when Pride died.

I am the creator of http://www.mmadb.com and spent way too much time working on it considering I'm the only one who uses it.  I'm currently re-designing the database on the back-end so you won't see anything new until I'm done re-designing stuff and at the rate I work it may be awhile.

Anyways, that's it for now.