Why this card matters
Alvarez's only card in the first Topps Chrome UFC release, and the one Chrome autograph of his career — Cardboard Connection's checklist puts him in the 37-card Fighter Autographs insert but not in the 100-card base set, an odd omission for a man who had held the lightweight title months earlier. The refractor ladder runs Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1; Collectibles.com registers the Black Refractor /10 for Alvarez.
Identification
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- Insert number FA-EA, same prefix Topps used for Bloodlines autographs three years earlier
- Chrome stock; refractor parallels are the identifying feature rather than a separate number
- Cardboard Connection's 2017 Topps UFC Chrome checklist shows no Alvarez base card — only the autograph
| There is a 2017 Topps Chrome UFC Alvarez base card. | Cardboard Connection's checklist lists him only under Fighter Autographs. His Chrome base card is the 2018 issue, #3. |
Disputed
Cardboard Connection notes the product mixes on-card and sticker autographs and names McGregor and Rousey among the sticker signers, but does not say which Alvarez used. Print runs above are the insert's product-level ladder; only the Black Refractor /10 is confirmed to exist for Alvarez specifically.
Parallels
Population & market
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Cardboard Connection — 2017 Topps UFC Chrome — release 20 September 2017, 100-card base set, 37-card Fighter Autographs insert listing 'FA-EA Eddie Alvarez'; parallel ladder to SuperFractor 1/1
Collectibles.com — Eddie Alvarez card registry
Available copies
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2017 Topps Chrome UFC Fighter Autographs #FA-EA — Eddie Alvarez.
- Cardboard Connection2017 Topps UFC Chrome Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Collectibles.comEddie Alvarez card registry, accessed September 23, 2026
Cardboard Connection notes the product mixes on-card and sticker autographs and names McGregor and Rousey among the sticker signers, but does not say which Alvarez used. Print runs above are the insert's product-level ladder; only the Black Refractor /10 is confirmed to exist for Alvarez specifically.
- Cardboard Connection2017 Topps UFC Chrome Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Collectibles.comEddie Alvarez card registry, accessed September 23, 2026