Why this card matters
His first card in a UFC-licensed product, and it is a card of a defeat: Round 1 was built around UFC debuts, and Shogun's was the UFC 76 rear-naked choke loss to Forrest Griffin on 22 September 2007. Allender's checklist writes it 'Mauricio Rua - Forrest Griffin' while SportsCardsPro catalogues the same card as 'Forrest Griffin, Mauricio Rua', so it can be filed under either name — a two-name bout card that routinely goes missing in searches.
Identification
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- Base #70 in the Round 1 checklist; two subjects on one card number
- Allender's Round 1 listing counts 102 fighter and personality cards numbered 1-99 plus three checklist variants, while the archive's set record gives a base count of 100
- Parallels per Allender: Gold (unnumbered), Black /888, Silver /288, Red 1/1
- Search both 'Rua' and 'Griffin' plus the number — SportsCardsPro's title leads with Griffin
| Round 1 #70 is a Shogun solo card. | It is a two-fighter UFC-debut card shared with Forrest Griffin, and SportsCardsPro files it under Griffin's name first. |
Disputed
Base-set size is not settled: Allender's checklist describes 102 fighter/personality cards numbered 1-99 plus checklist variants, while the archive's existing set record for 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 gives a base count of 100. The card number itself, #70, is confirmed by both sources. Allender's Round 1 page also lists a Rua fight mat relic from 'UFC 76: Knockout' under a code that reads 'DM-RG'; the prefix could not be verified against a second source, so that relic is not recorded as a card here.
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Population & market
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nslists.com (Jeff Allender's House of Checklists) — UFC Round 1 checklist — '70 Mauricio Rua - Forrest Griffin', with Gold / Black 888 / Silver 288 / Red 1-1 parallels
SportsCardsPro — Forrest Griffin, Maurício Rua #70 — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1
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2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #70 — Maurício Rua / Forrest Griffin.
Base-set size is not settled: Allender's checklist and NSLists describe 102 fighter/personality cards plus checklist variants, which is the count the archive's set record for 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 carries, while TCDB's checklist for the same product stops at 100. The card number itself, #70, is confirmed by both sources. Allender's Round 1 page also lists a Rua fight mat relic from 'UFC 76: Knockout' under a code that reads 'DM-RG'; the prefix is not confirmed by a second source, so that relic is not recorded as a card here.