Hasbulla Magomedov (AKA “Mini Khabib”) now has his own sports trading card.
A year ago, typing such a sentence would have left me feeling strange and confused, but given the social media sensation’s rising star and the fact that he now has a five-year deal with the UFC, it seems an inevitability that the pint-sized MMA superstar would be immortalised with an officially licensed and autographed UFC trading card.
As revealed by Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, the Hasbulla trading card will be released sometime this month in extremely limited quantities. The company created this UFC rookie ‘Prizm’ card as a homage to the viral sensation and an easy validation of the 20-year-old fighter’s reputation in the world of sports.
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Considering Panini America has also created trading cards for the likes of Lebron James and Lionel Messi, its decision to create some sports memorabilia for Hasbulla shows how far the Degestani national has come, with his name often mentioned along the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Island Makhachev.
Needless to say, this autographed Hasbulla trading card will fetch a high price on the market in the coming years, demonstrating a broad appeal that goes far beyond Hasbulla’s condition – Growth Hormone Deficiency – and his beloved social media antics.
