Why this card matters
The base card of his championship year — he knocked out Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 on 8 May 2010 to take the light heavyweight title, and this is the Topps base card from that season. Allender's checklist also records a nickname variation of the same number, 'Shogun (Mauricio Rua)', with a print run of 250, which is the version of #96 worth chasing; the plain base card is common.
Identification
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- Base #96 in a 200-card set
- Nickname variation of #96 reads 'Shogun' on the nameplate and is listed at a 250 print run by Allender
- Base parallels per Allender: Gold (unnumbered), Onyx /88, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1
- SportsCardsPro catalogues the product as plain '2010 Topps UFC'; Allender titles it 'UFC Round 4'; other guides call it Series 4
| The 'Shogun' nameplate card is a parallel of #96. | Allender lists it as a nickname variation of the base card, not a colour parallel; its print run of 250 sits outside the Gold / Onyx / Ruby / Diamond ladder. |
Disputed
The nickname variation's 250 print run comes only from Allender's checklist; SportsCardsPro's page for #96 lists no variations at all. Product naming is inconsistent across sources (Series 4 / Round 4 / plain 2010 Topps UFC), and the archive carries both a '2010-topps-ufc' and a '2010-topps-ufc-series-4' set record for what appears to be the same product — this file uses the Series 4 slug, as the archive's other PRIDE-era fighters do.
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nslists.com (Jeff Allender's House of Checklists) — UFC Round 4 checklist — base '96 Mauricio Rua' and nickname variation 'Shogun (Mauricio Rua)' /250
SportsCardsPro — Maurício Rua #96 — 2010 Topps UFC
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2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #96 — Maurício Rua.
The nickname variation's 250 print run comes only from Allender's checklist; SportsCardsPro's page for #96 lists no variations at all. Product naming is inconsistent across sources (Series 4 / Round 4 / plain 2010 Topps UFC), and the archive carries both a '2010-topps-ufc' and a '2010-topps-ufc-series-4' set record for what appears to be the same product — this file uses the Series 4 slug, as the archive's other PRIDE-era fighters do.