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Bo Nickal

The three-time NCAA champion from Penn State already had a 2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids wrestling card before he turned pro. His MMA rookie is the 2022 Panini Instant #118, printed to order after he earned his UFC contract on the Contender Series. 2023 brought the pack-issued rookies: Prizm #103 and Donruss Rated Rookie #203.

2023Rookie year
#103Rookie card
4Key cards
  • UFC debutMarch 4, 2023 · UFC 285
  • DivisionsMiddleweight
  • StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
  • FromRifle, Colorado
Rookie card
2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 Bo Nickal — front
#103
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The rookie case

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 Bo Nickal — front
#103
Rookie card · working pick Rookie disputed

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103

His first Prizm card and first rookie in a regular pack product. 2023 Prizm UFC came out on 28 April 2023, eight weeks after his UFC debut win over Jamie Pickett at UFC 285.

Where sources disagree

Sources disagree: Panini prints its RC logo on 2022 Panini Instant #118, which came first, but TCDB does not flag it RC and flags his 2023 cards instead (Prizm #103, Donruss Rated Rookie #203).

Commonly misidentified

Sellers and some collectors call 2023 Prizm #103 or Donruss #203 'his rookie'. Both are RC-designated but came after the 2022 Instant RC. The Instant card's '1 of 2,558' print run gets listed as if it were a serial number.

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Rookie card case Card record
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Key Nickal cards

4 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.

2022 Panini Instant UFC #118 Bo Nickal — front
2022 Panini Instant UFC #118 Rookie
2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids cards #720 Bo Nickal — front
2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids cards #720
2023 Donruss UFC #203 Bo Nickal — front
2023 Donruss UFC #203 Rookie
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Card eras

2018
Penn State wrestler

His only pre-MMA card is Sports Illustrated for Kids #720 (May 2018), issued in a magazine panel.

2022–2023
UFC rookie year

Panini Instant #118 (RC, print run 2,558), then 2023 Prizm #103 RC, Donruss #203 Rated Rookie with a Signatures version, Optic #120, Chronicles and an Immaculate rookie patch auto /99.

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Rookie parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Silver Prizm
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Probable
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Sets

Where Nickal's key cards come from.

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Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard
  • 012022 Panini Instant UFC #118 Bo Nickal RC
  • 022023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 numbered Prizm parallels and 2023 Donruss UFC Signatures #203

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Research

Rookie Cards

Panini Instant UFC Rookies: When the First Card Isn't the Rookie

Panini prints an RC logo on its print-to-order Instant cards. TCDB doesn't flag them. Here's how FightCardboard handles the gap, fighter by fighter.

September 21, 2026
Panini Instant UFC Rookies: When the First Card Isn't the Rookie
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Every factual claim on this page, the evidence behind it, and an honest confidence level. Where sources disagree the disagreement is kept, not quietly resolved.

Uncertain

Bo Nickal's rookie card: 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 — Bo Nickal.

TCDB flags 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 (released April 2023) and 2023 Donruss #203 Rated Rookie (June 2023) as RC; Prizm #103 came out first and SportsCardsPro also lists it as a rookie. His earlier 2022 Panini Instant #118, commemorating his 27 September 2022 Contender Series win, carries Panini's printed RC logo but no TCDB RC flag. His 2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids #720 is a college-wrestling card with no RC designation. FightCardboard's rule for Panini Instant cards: the working pick is the earliest TCDB-flagged RC in a regular release, and the Instant card is recorded as the other candidate.

Verified

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 — Bo Nickal.

High confidence

2022 Panini Instant UFC #118 — Bo Nickal.

Probable

2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids cards #720 — Bo Nickal.

Verified

2023 Donruss UFC #203 — Bo Nickal.