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Guides, set histories and market commentary, written by people who buy these cards.
Hokit vs. Gane at UFC 334: Why the Odds Are Wrong, and What It Means for His Leaf Smack Talk Auto
Hokit is +243 to take the heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden. We make him a 60% favourite, and look at how the result moves his first-year Leaf autograph.
Panini Instant UFC Rookies: When the First Card Isn't the Rookie
Panini prints an RC logo on its print-to-order Instant cards. TCDB doesn't flag them. Here's how FightCardboard handles the gap, fighter by fighter.
Randy Couture Has No Official Rookie Card. Here Are the Candidates.
Allen & Ginter in 2006, a wrestling card in 1998, or Topps UFC in 2009 — three answers, and what each one rests on.
Chuck Liddell's Rookie: Round 1 #5 or Round 2 #39?
TCDB flags both. Cardboard Connection says neither is official. What each card is, and why FightCardboard leads with #5.
Brock Lesnar's Rookie Card Is a WWE Card
Three sports, several RC-flagged cards. The first one came from Fleer in 2002.
Israel Adesanya Rookie Card: 2018 Museum Collection #42 and What Came Next
Adesanya had one card in 2018, and it came from a one-pack, high-end box. Here is what makes it the rookie and why his 2019 Chrome card is not.
Fedor's Early Cards: A Collector's Guide
No Octagon, no Topps UFC rookie. What Fedor has instead is a Japanese PRIDE set from 2006, a Leaf release from 2010, and a genuine argument over which came first in collectors' minds.
GSP Rookie Card: Donruss Americana vs Topps UFC Explained
A 2008 Donruss insert, a 2009 Topps debut card and a 2009 Topps solo card. Three candidates, one working pick, and a dispute that isn't going away.
Max Holloway's Three 2013 Rookies: Knockout, Finest or Bloodlines?
Topps put Holloway in three products in 2013, and the Trading Card Database flags all three as rookies. Here is how they differ and why one came first.
Khabib's 2012 Bloodlines Rookie and Every Parallel
The rookie question has one answer. The parallel ladder above it has five rungs, one naming muddle and a version no checklist explains.
Ronda Rousey Rookie Cards: Strikeforce Bloodlines to WWE
Her first card is an autograph, her MMA rookie wears a Strikeforce logo, and six years later WWE gave her a second rookie. How to keep the three apart.
Topps Chrome UFC: 2017–2019 and the 2024 Return
Three chromium sets, then Panini took the UFC licence, then Topps came back. The run year by year, with the rookies and autographs worth knowing.
Why 2009 Topps UFC Matters
Two products, released seven months apart, that hold the first UFC-licensed cards of almost every name from the sport's first era.
The Jon Jones Rookie Is In Round 2. Here's Why So Many Listings Say Round 1.
One card, one number, and a mistake that has been copied between card sites for over a decade.
