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Catalogue No. 638 · Card record

Nick Diaz

2012 Finest UFC · card #26

Rookie cardKey card
  • FighterNick Diaz
  • Year2012
  • ManufacturerTopps
  • Set2012 Finest UFC
  • Card number#26
  • TypeBase card
  • AutographNo
  • Serial numberedNo
  • Rookie statusRookie-year card, and the one the market most often calls the rookie — eBay's catalogue title reads 'Nick Diaz #26 Refractor (RC)', SGC-slabbed copies are labelled ROOKIE and Topps' own article gives it a rookie designation. It is not the archive's pick: it followed Knockout #57 by almost five months and carries no printed rookie logo. SGC applies the same ROOKIE label to the 2012 Knockout Full Contact autograph, which suggests the slab marks his rookie year rather than a single card.
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this card matters

The card the market treats as the Nick Diaz rookie: chrome stock, released 28 August 2012, and the one slabbed copies carry ROOKIE on the label. It is not his first card — the Fight Poster Review insert is three years older and Knockout #57 is five months older — but the Finest refractor ladder (X-Fractor /188, Gold /88, Black Octa-Fractor /8, Red 1/1) is what collectors chase, and Topps' own Ripped article singles out the Gold Refractor /88.

02

Identification

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  • Base #26 in a 100-card chrome-stock set
  • White Refractor is unnumbered; Blue X-Fractor /188, Gold Refractor /88, Black Octa-Fractor /8, Red Refractor 1/1, four printing plates 1/1
  • The same product carries his Fight Mat Jumbo Relic #FFJM-ND and the autographed version #FMAR-ND
  • Nate Diaz's Finest cards are from the 2011 product (#37), not this one
Often confused with
Numbered refractors sold as 'the rookie'.The X-Fractor /188 and Gold Refractor /88 are parallels of #26; the base card is unnumbered.
03

Disputed

Sources disagree

SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' field reads 'No' for this card, while eBay's catalogue, SGC slab labels and Topps' own article call it a rookie. Cardboard Connection's product page describes no rookie-card logo or rookie subset in 2012 Topps UFC Finest at all.

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Parallels

Base
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This card
Red Refractor
1/1
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Printing Plates
1/1
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Black Octa-Fractor
/8
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Gold Refractor
/88
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+2 more
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down to /188 · 1 unnumbered
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Population & market

Population figures will be taken directly from the grading companies and dated when they are. None are shown yet.

FightCardboard doesn't republish other sites' price data, and won't label an asking price as a value. What appears here instead: sales we made or watched happen, and public auction results — each tagged with its source.

Cardboard Connection — 2012 Topps UFC Finest: Set Checklist, Info, Reviews, Boxes for Sale
eBay — 2012 Topps Finest UFC - Nick Diaz #26 Refractor (RC)

FightCardboard verified sales

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06

Available copies

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07

More Nick Diaz

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #57 Nick Diaz — front
2012Topps UFC Knockout #57Rookie
2009Topps UFC Round 2 — Fight Poster Review #FPR-TUF2
2012Topps UFC Knockout — Full Contact Autographs #FC-NDAuto/99
2012Topps UFC Bloodlines #81
2012Topps UFC Bloodlines Autographs #A-NDAuto
2012Topps UFC Bloodlines — Bloodlines Dual Relics #BDR-DDRelic/88
Sources & research High confidence×1Uncertain×1

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High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #26 — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' field reads 'No' for this card, while eBay's catalogue, SGC slab labels and Topps' own article call it a rookie. Cardboard Connection's product page describes no rookie-card logo or rookie subset in 2012 Topps UFC Finest at all.