The rookie
2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111
His first RC-flagged card in a pack-issued flagship set, released five months after he beat Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title. Sports Card Investor and resale listings treat it as his main rookie, and it has a deep Prizm rainbow; the Gold /10 is the top numbered target.
Contested. (1) 2022 Panini Instant #79 (print run 616) and #139 (print run 784) are his first cards; eBay's product catalog lists both as '(RC)' with the 'Rookie' feature, but TCDB lists them without an RC flag. (2) TCDB flags 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111, 2023 Donruss UFC #209 and 2023 Donruss Optic UFC #108 as RC; Donruss and Optic also carry Rated Rookie (RR) flags. (3) SportsCardsPro's data fields show 'Is Rookie Card: No' for Prizm #111, while its sales listings call it RC. That leaves three candidates: 'first card' (Instant), 'first flagship RC' (Prizm #111) and 'Rated Rookie' (Donruss #209).
Rookie-year inserts and autographs get sold as rookies. Sellers title 2023 Prizm Color Blast #9 'ROOKIE Color Blast', and 2023 Select Rookie Signatures RS-APR is rookie-branded by name, but TCDB flags neither as RC. Neither is a candidate in the rookie dispute.
Key Pereira cards
8 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.
Card eras
Two Panini Instant UFC print-to-order cards, #79 (print run 616) and #139 (print run 784), are his only 2022 cards; TCDB lists them without an RC flag.
Panini's full UFC line: Prizm #111 RC, Donruss #209 Rated Rookie (plus a Signatures auto), Optic #108 Rated Rookie, Select Rookie Signatures RS-APR, and inserts such as Prizm Color Blast #9. Immaculate adds Adesanya/Pereira dual autographs /25.
Topps regains the UFC licence: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #4 (released March 2024), Future Stars Autographs FSA-APE with Refractor /150 down to SuperFractor 1/1, plus Finest, Knockout and Gold Label.
2025 Stadium Club UFC #97 and a wide range of autographs and inserts, issued as he regained the light heavyweight title at UFC 320.
Rookie parallels
Buying & wanted
- 012023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 Gold Prizm (/10)
- 022023 Panini Prizm UFC Color Blast #9 Alex Pereira
- 032022 Panini Instant UFC #79 Alex Pereira (print run 616) in a PSA 10 slab
- 042023 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures RS-APR (Gold or Tie-Dye versions)
Nothing from this archive in the vault right now. Selling one?
Research
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Alex Pereira's rookie card: 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 — Alex Pereira.
Of the RC-flagged cards on TCDB, 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 was released first (April 28, 2023, vs June 9, 2023 for Donruss #209) and comes from Panini's flagship UFC chrome brand. Resale listings and Sports Card Investor treat it as his main rookie (SportsCardsPro's sales listings call it RC, though its own data field does not). This is recorded as the working pick only; the dispute is not resolved. The 2022 Panini Instant cards came first and eBay's catalog labels both RC, while TCDB does not flag them RC. DISPUTE: Contested. (1) 2022 Panini Instant #79 (print run 616) and #139 (print run 784) are his first cards; eBay's product catalog lists both as '(RC)' with the 'Rookie' feature, but TCDB lists them without an RC flag. (2) TCDB flags 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111, 2023 Donruss UFC #209 and 2023 Donruss Optic UFC #108 as RC; Donruss and Optic also carry Rated Rookie (RR) flags. (3) SportsCardsPro's data fields show 'Is Rookie Card: No' for Prizm #111, while its sales listings call it RC. Collectors split between 'first card' (Instant), 'first flagship RC' (Prizm #111) and 'Rated Rookie' (Donruss #209).
- Sports Card InvestorAlex Pereira 2023 Prizm UFC #111 Silver, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProAlex Pereira [Gold] #111, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2023 Panini Prizm UFC - Gold Prizms #111 (SN10), accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProAlex Pereira #111 — 2023 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- 2023 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
Rookie card: 2022 Panini Instant #79 and #139 (first cards; eBay catalog 'RC'; no TCDB RC flag) vs 2023 Prizm #111 (TCDB RC, first released RC-flagged card) vs 2023 Donruss #209 Rated Rookie (TCDB RC and RR).
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SportsCardsPro's data field lists Prizm #111 as not a rookie card, while sales listings on the same page call it RC.
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TCDB lists 2022 Panini Instant UFC as 132 cards, but Pereira's card is #139.
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2024 Topps Chrome UFC Chrome Rookie Autographs CRA-APE is listed by Checklist Insider but did not appear in TCDB's listing.
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Which events the Instant #79 and #139 cards commemorate was not confirmed.
No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.
2022 Panini Instant UFC #79 — Alex Pereira.
2022 Panini Instant UFC #139 — Alex Pereira.
2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 — Alex Pereira.
- 2023 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProAlex Pereira #111 — 2023 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- Sports Card InvestorAlex Pereira 2023 Prizm UFC #111 Silver, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2023 Panini Prizm UFC - Gold Prizms #111 (SN10), accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProAlex Pereira [Gold] #111, accessed September 21, 2026
2023 Donruss UFC #209 — Alex Pereira.
2023 Panini Select UFC #RS-APR — Alex Pereira.
2023 Panini Prizm UFC #9 — Alex Pereira.
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #4 — Alex Pereira.
- Trading Card Database2024 Topps Chrome UFC #4 Alex Pereira, accessed September 21, 2026
- Checklist Insider2024 Topps Chrome UFC Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-APE — Alex Pereira.