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Catalogue No. 769 · Card record

Chael Sonnen /
Demian Maia

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 · card #137

Rookie cardKey card
  • FighterChael Sonnen with Demian Maia
  • Year2009
  • ManufacturerTopps
  • Set2009 Topps UFC Round 2
  • Card number#137
  • TypeBase card · multi-fighter
  • AutographNo
  • Serial numberedNo
  • Rookie statusRC-flagged on the Trading Card Database and sold on eBay as '(RC)'; SportsCardsPro's rookie field says 'No'. Either way it is his first licensed card.
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
High confidence×1Uncertain×1View sources & research
01

Why this card matters

The only Chael Sonnen card issued before 2010, and it is a shared bout card from a fight he lost — Demian Maia's triangle choke at UFC 95 on 21 February 2009. Topps used the back half of the Round 2 checklist for two-man fight cards precisely to cover fighters who had no portrait card, which is how a twelve-year veteran who had already headlined a WEC title fight got onto cardboard for the first time. It sits eleven numbers from the Junior dos Santos / Stefan Struve card and four from the Carlos Condit / Martin Kampmann card in the same run.

02

Identification

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  • #137 in the 150-card base set, inside the bout-card run that starts at #101
  • Two fighters on one photograph; Allender's checklist prints the line as 'Chael Sonnen Vrs Demian Maia'
  • Round 2's black-heavy border shows edge wear immediately — raw copies photograph better than they grade
  • Do not confuse with Round 1, which has 100 base cards and no Sonnen
Often confused with
This is a 'UFC Debut' card.eBay titles say so, but UFC 95 was neither fighter's debut. Sonnen debuted at UFC 55 in October 2005 and Maia at UFC 77 in October 2007.
Sonnen has a 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 card.Allender's Round 1 checklist contains no Sonnen entry in any subset.
03

Disputed

Sources disagree

Rookie status only. The parallel list is the set-level Round 2 structure rather than something a source confirms for #137 specifically, hence 'probable' on each parallel.

04

Parallels

Base
—
This card
Gold
—
Probable
Onyx
/188
Probable
Ruby
/8
Probable
Diamond
1/1
Probable

Parallel identification guide

05

Population & market

Population. 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 — UFC Round 2 (2009 Topps) checklist
SportsCardsPro — Chael Sonnen, Demian Maia #137 | 2009 Topps UFC Round 2

06

Available copies

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07

More Chael Sonnen

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2010Topps UFC (Series 4) #63b/250
2010Topps UFC Autographs #FA-CSAuto
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2011Finest UFC — Finest Feuds Dual Autographs #FF-SSAuto/25
2011Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures #CS-CSAuto
Sources & research High confidence×1Uncertain×1

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High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #137 — Chael Sonnen / Demian Maia.

Uncertain

Rookie status only. The parallel list is the set-level Round 2 structure rather than something a source confirms for #137 specifically, hence 'probable' on each parallel.