Why this card matters
Cardboard Connection says 'the first Brock Lesnar MMA cards are in 2009 Topps UFC Round 1', and this is the card: his UFC debut at UFC 81 (2 February 2008), which he lost to Frank Mir by kneebar. Round 1 had no Lesnar autograph. His first autographs came in Round 2.
Identification
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- Horizontal Round 1 'UFC DEBUT' design with the stamp '2.2.08 UFC 81'
- Red strip reading 'BROCK LESNAR vs FRANK MIR'
- Parallels: Gold (unnumbered), Silver /288, Red 1/1 (TCDB)
| #81 is Lesnar's rookie card. | It is his first MMA card and TCDB flags it RC, but he had RC-flagged WWE cards in 2002 and football rookies in 2004. |
Parallels
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Trading Card Database — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #81 Brock Lesnar / Frank Mir
Cardboard Connection — Brock Lesnar Cards, Rookie Cards and Autographed Memorabilia Guide
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Available copies
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Further reading
Brock Lesnar's Rookie Card Is a WWE Card
Three sports, several RC-flagged cards. The first one came from Fleer in 2002.
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.
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.
Brock Lesnar rookie card guide
The long version, with every card people confuse it with.
More Brock Lesnar
Sources & research Verified×1
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2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #81 — Brock Lesnar / Frank Mir.
- Trading Card Database2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #81 Brock Lesnar / Frank Mir, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard ConnectionBrock Lesnar Cards, Rookie Cards and Autographed Memorabilia Guide, accessed September 21, 2026
- NSListsUFC Round 1 (Topps, 2009) checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProBrock Lesnar, Frank Mir #81 — 2009 Topps UFC Round 1, accessed September 21, 2026