Why this card matters
His first UFC-licensed card, released 30 September 2009 — eleven years after his UFC debut against Vitor Belfort. For North American collectors who never saw the Japanese product, this is where Wanderlei's card history appears to begin, and the Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels are the first genuinely short-printed Silva cards.
Identification
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- Base card #21 in a 150-card set (100 fighters in Octagon competition, 40 UFC debuts, 10 personalities)
- Four parallel treatments exist for all 150 base subjects: Gold (unnumbered), Onyx /188, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1
- Onyx copies carry a stamped serial on the front, e.g. 028/188
Disputed
One SportsCardsPro fetch reported a 'Bronze /88' version of this card; Cardboard Connection's product page lists only Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 for Round 2 base cards, and an eBay listing shows an Onyx-style 028/188. Bronze /88 is not recorded here because it could not be corroborated — /88 is the Knockout autograph print run, which is a likely confusion.
Parallels
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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SportsCardsPro — Wanderlei Silva #21 — 2009 Topps UFC Round 2
Cardboard Connection — 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 (release date, base set breakdown, parallels)
Available copies
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2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #21 — Wanderlei Silva.
- SportsCardsProWanderlei Silva #21 — 2009 Topps UFC Round 2, accessed September 22, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Review, accessed September 20, 2026 Source for parallel structure, insert sets and box configuration. Internally inconsistent on Onyx serial numbering (base /188 vs insert /88) — see claim-r2-onyx.
- Combat Kingdom2006 DSE Pride Fighting Championships Trading Card - Best Bouts - #068 - 2003GP Wanderlei / Rampage, accessed September 22, 2026
One SportsCardsPro fetch reported a 'Bronze /88' version of this card; Cardboard Connection's product page lists only Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 for Round 2 base cards, and an eBay listing shows an Onyx-style 028/188. Bronze /88 is not recorded here because it could not be corroborated — /88 is the Knockout autograph print run, which is a likely confusion.
- SportsCardsProWanderlei Silva #21 — 2009 Topps UFC Round 2, accessed September 22, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Review, accessed September 20, 2026 Source for parallel structure, insert sets and box configuration. Internally inconsistent on Onyx serial numbering (base /188 vs insert /88) — see claim-r2-onyx.
- Combat Kingdom2006 DSE Pride Fighting Championships Trading Card - Best Bouts - #068 - 2003GP Wanderlei / Rampage, accessed September 22, 2026