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2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #1 Royce Gracie / Art Jimmerson — front
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Catalogue No. 660 · Card record

Royce Gracie /
Art Jimmerson

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 · card #1

Rookie cardKey card
  • FighterRoyce Gracie with Art Jimmerson
  • Year2009
  • ManufacturerTopps
  • Set2009 Topps UFC Round 1
  • Card number#1
  • TypeBase card · multi-fighter
  • AutographNo
  • Serial numberedNo
  • Rookie statusCard #1 of the first Topps UFC set; sold as (RC) in eBay's catalogue and listed as his rookie by Collectibles.com. SportsCardsPro's own rookie field says 'No'.
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this card matters

Topps opened its first UFC set with UFC 1: Gracie against Art Jimmerson and his single boxing glove, 12 November 1993. It is the hobby's rookie card for Gracie and the card most collectors mean when they ask for one, and being card #1 of the licence's first set gives it a status nothing later can take.

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Identification

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  • Card #1, the first card of the 102-card common set per Jeff Allender's checklist
  • Two-fighter matchup front: Gracie vs Art Jimmerson at UFC 1
  • Silver parallel is serial numbered to 288; Black retail parallel to 888; Red is a 1/1; Gold is unnumbered
Often confused with
Gracie has a 1990s UFC rookie card from his UFC 1-4 run.No 1990s UFC-licensed card of Gracie is catalogued anywhere. Topps only took the UFC licence in October 2008, and the 1990s-dated Gracie items sold online are customs or later reprints.
The 2006 Pride FC #97 is his rookie card because sellers title it 'Royce Gracie Rookie'.That is listing language. #97 is his earliest licensed card, but it is a Japanese PRIDE issue shared with Hidehiko Yoshida and no database, grader or price guide designates it a rookie.
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Disputed

Sources disagree

Rookie status is flagged inconsistently: eBay's catalogue title carries (RC) and Collectibles.com says 'Royce Gracie debuted as a Rookie in 2009', while SportsCardsPro's rookie-card field for this exact card reads 'No'.

04

Parallels

Base
—
This card
Red
1/1
Probable
Silver
/288
High confidence
Black
/888
Probable
Gold
—
Probable
05

Population & market

Population figures will be taken directly from the grading companies and dated when they are. None are shown yet.

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Jeff Allender's House of Checklists (nslists.com) — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 checklist and set breakdown
SportsCardsPro — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 — Art Jimmerson, Royce Gracie #1

FightCardboard verified sales

No FightCardboard verified sales recorded yet.

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06

Available copies

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07

More Royce Gracie

2006PRIDE FC #097
2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-RG Royce Gracie — front
2009Topps UFC Round 1 #A-RGAuto
2009Topps UFC Round 1 #UG-RGRelic/500
2010Topps UFC (Series 4) #1
2010Topps UFC Autographs #FA-RGAuto
2010Topps UFC Main Event #1
Sources & research High confidence×1Uncertain×1

Every factual claim on this page, the evidence behind it, and an honest confidence level. Where sources disagree the disagreement is kept, not quietly resolved.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #1 — Royce Gracie / Art Jimmerson.

Uncertain

Rookie status is flagged inconsistently: eBay's catalogue title carries (RC) and Collectibles.com says 'Royce Gracie debuted as a Rookie in 2009', while SportsCardsPro's rookie-card field for this exact card reads 'No'.