Animoca Brands and Lympo Partner UFC Champ Rose Namajunas on Digital Sports Memorabilia Collector’s Challenge

(Press release – Vilnius, Lithuania, April 25, 2023)

Animoca Brands, the company that develops digital property rights to games and the metaverse, and its subsidiary Lympo, a leading global NFT sports ecosystem, today announced a partnership with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Champion Rose Namajunas to present a digital memorabilia collecting challenge called “ Build your own fighter with Thug Rose.

The “Build Your Own Fighter with Thug Rose” Collector’s Challenge is a collectible NFT project from Digisport that offers a collect and win experience for sports fans. It features unique, limited-edition digital items that users can purchase and trade. The project is aimed at Rose fans and the Web3 community, allowing them to own unique digital items and take part in a new era of combat sports participation. The limited-time trial will be available from May 26 to June 18, 2023 at http://rose.digisport.xyz.

Rose Namajunas is an American mixed martial artist signed with the UFC. Namajunas competes in the women’s strawweight division and has held the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship twice. Namajunas is second in the current UFC strawweight rankings for 2023.

The Collector’s Challenge invites Rose Namajunas fans and sports fans of all kinds to participate by collecting digital NFT stickers obtained from limited edition NFT mystery boxes. Once users have collected enough digital stickers, participants can claim rewards such as autographed keepsakes and personal experiences with Rose. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to create custom fighter avatars inspired by Rose Namajunas.

“The partnership with Rose Namajunas is an important opportunity to bring blockchain and NFTs to a global audience of sports fans,” said Yat Siu, Co-Founder and CEO of Animoca Brands. “This collaboration showcases fan engagement in Web3 and fosters greater understanding of these emerging technologies among fans.”

“By combining the excitement of sports with Web3 technology, the collaboration with Thug Rose will revolutionize the way we interact with sports,” said Tadas Mouroukas, CEO and Co-Founder of Lympo. “We are thrilled to provide a platform that enables fans to connect with their favorite athletes in a new and exciting way while also exploring the possibilities blockchain too.”

About Lympo

Lymphoma, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is on a mission to deliver real, digital property-based sports experiences through innovative, high-quality solutions. Lympo is building a digital sports ecosystem based on officially licensed athletes’ non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Lympo products include NFT Mining and NFT Staking platforms. Lympo owns the intellectual property rights to more than 50 of the world’s leading athletes, including five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, who is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time; Slovenian basketball star Goran Dragić; and Rose Namajunas, two-time UFC Women’s Heavyweight Champion.

About Anemoka Brands

Animoca Brands, Deloitte Tech Fast Award Winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 Company, and one of the Financial Times High Growth Companies Asia Pacific 2023, is a leading digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification company that advances Digital property rights and contribution to the creation of the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad range of products including original games such as The Sandbox, Phantom Galaxies, Life Beyond, Crazy Kings and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™ and Formula E. It has many subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Life Beyond Studios, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be Media, PIXELYNX, and WePlay Media. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 380 Web3 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and more. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com Or follow us on Twitter or Facebook.