Why this card matters
Liddell's first card in a UFC-licensed Topps product (Round 1, released 23 February 2009 per TCDB). Like the rest of Round 1's fighter cards, it's a 'UFC Debut' card, showing his UFC 17 win over Noe Hernandez on 15 May 1998. TCDB flags it RC and the eBay catalogue lists it as (RC).
Identification
Missing a back scan. Contribute one.
- #5 on a horizontal card with a red nameplate reading 'CHUCK LIDDELL vs NOE HERNANDEZ'
- Silver-foil 'UFC DEBUT' logo with '5.15.98 UFC 17'
- Base has no serial number; Silver parallel is numbered /288
| Silver /288 copies listed as the base rookie. | The Silver parallel is serial-numbered /288; the base card is unnumbered. |
Disputed
TCDB flags both this card and Round 2 #39 as RC; Cardboard Connection says none of his first-year cards is an 'official' rookie.
Parallels
Population & market
Population. Population figures will be taken directly from the grading companies and dated when they are. None are shown yet.
FightCardboard doesn't republish other sites' price data, and won't label an asking price as a value. What appears here instead: sales we made or watched happen, and public auction results — each tagged with its source.
Trading Card Database — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez
Trading Card Database — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 checklist
Available copies
None in the vault right now.
Further reading
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.
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.
Chuck Liddell rookie card guide
The long version, with every card people confuse it with.
More Chuck Liddell
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.
2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 — Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez.
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 — MMA Checklist, accessed September 20, 2026 Used to establish the negative: Round 1 is a 100-card set and contains no Jon Jones card.
- eBay2009 Topps UFC Round 1 - Chuck Liddell, Noe Hernandez #5 (RC) (catalog), accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProChuck Liddell, Noe Hernandez #5 | 2009 Topps UFC Round 1, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard ConnectionChuck Liddell Cards, Rookie Cards and Autographed Memorabilia Guide, accessed September 21, 2026
TCDB flags both this card and Round 2 #39 as RC; Cardboard Connection says none of his first-year cards is an 'official' rookie.
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 — MMA Checklist, accessed September 20, 2026 Used to establish the negative: Round 1 is a 100-card set and contains no Jon Jones card.
- eBay2009 Topps UFC Round 1 - Chuck Liddell, Noe Hernandez #5 (RC) (catalog), accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProChuck Liddell, Noe Hernandez #5 | 2009 Topps UFC Round 1, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard ConnectionChuck Liddell Cards, Rookie Cards and Autographed Memorabilia Guide, accessed September 21, 2026