The rookie
2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184
Panini's first UFC release of the licence era, out 28 April 2021, and the earliest Gane card located anywhere: he had fought four times in the UFC by then but the Topps licence had lapsed before he arrived, so nothing exists from 2019 or 2020. He sits at #184 in the horizontal half of the 200-card base set, four months before the Derrick Lewis win made him interim champion.
Sellers list the Prizm #184 Silver, Scope and coloured parallels simply as 'the rookie'; they are parallels of the same card. Panini Instant #28 and #29 get tagged 'RC' because their low numbers look early — they are print-to-order August 2021 commemoratives of the UFC 265 interim-title win. The only printed rookie badge he has is on 2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Donruss Rated Rookies #28, five months after Prizm; no independent database confirmation of an RC designation on Prizm #184 itself has been found beyond collectibles.com's register and eBay's catalogue flag.
- Earliest licensed card2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 High confidence
- First MMA card2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 High confidence
- First UFC card2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 High confidence
- First certified autograph2021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures #10 High confidence
- Recognized rookie card2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 High confidence
The evidence behind each
- 2021Earliest licensed card — Cardboard Connection's 2021 Panini Prizm UFC guide dates the product to 28 April 2021 and lists Gane in the base horizontal checklist at #184; Checklist Center's checklist for the same product confirms base #184 and shows him in no other subset. Collectibles.com's Ciryl Gane register shows 2021 as the earliest year of any card of him. Topps held the UFC licence when he debuted in August 2019 and issued nothing of him before the licence moved to Panini.
- 2021First MMA card — No non-MMA card of Gane appears in any checklist or database consulted, so his first MMA card and his first card of any kind are the same 28 April 2021 Prizm base card (Cardboard Connection, Checklist Center, collectibles.com).
- 2021First UFC card — Prizm UFC was the first release of Panini's UFC licence; Cardboard Connection and Checklist Center both place Gane in it at base #184.
- 2021First certified autograph — Cardboard Connection's 2021 Panini Select UFC guide dates the product to 30 July 2021 and lists Gane's Rookie Signatures #10 and Octagon Action Signatures #32, both /149. Checklist Center's 2021 Prizm UFC checklist shows Gane in no autograph subset of the earlier April product, so Select carries his first signature.
- 2021Recognized rookie card — Collectibles.com's Gane register marks '2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 RC' and eBay's catalogue entry for the card carries the (RC) flag. No card of his carries a printed rookie logo except the later Chronicles Donruss Rated Rookies #28, and neither the Prizm nor the Select checklist uses an RC column at all.
Key Gane cards
9 cards chosen for significance, not completeness; autographs and numbered cards follow below.
Card history
Gane fought four times in the UFC, the Junior dos Santos win included, before a single card of him existed. He arrived in August 2019, after Topps' UFC licence had lapsed and before Panini's began, so his cardboard starts cold at 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184, released 28 April 2021. He sits in the horizontal half of the 200-card base set, with the full Prizm parallel ladder behind him - Red /275, Blue /199, Purple /149, Orange /99 and on down to Gold /10, Octagon /8 and Black 1/1.
Which of his 2021 Panini cards collectors call the rookie is a matter of convention rather than a real disagreement. Prizm #184 came first, by five months; collectibles.com's Gane register marks it RC and eBay's catalogue carries the (RC) flag. Neither the Prizm nor the Select checklist uses an RC column at all, so the card itself carries no printed rookie logo — the only printed Panini rookie designation he has is on Chronicles UFC Donruss Rated Rookie #28, which did not appear until 6 October 2021. SportsCardsPro's rookie data field reads 'No' on every Gane card, Prizm #184 included, but that is a catalogue gap rather than a collector position.
The rest of his first year came fast. Select UFC on 30 July 2021 put him in all three base tiers - Concourse #98, Premier Level #180 and the scarcer Octagonside #300 - and carried his first certified autographs, Rookie Signatures #10 and Octagon Action Signatures #32, both numbered to 149; Prizm had contained no Gane signature at all. Panini Instant #28 and #29 marked the UFC 265 interim-title win over Derrick Lewis that August, print-to-order and on sale for days only, and Chronicles UFC in October ran him through a dozen Panini brand designs with six autographs, among them the tricolour National Pride Signatures #27.
Panini's last two years with him are quieter. 2022 Prizm UFC #101, out 25 March 2022, is the first base card that shows him as a former interim champion rather than a contender, two months after the Ngannou loss, and it brought Fireworks #12 and Prizm Flashback #16 with it. The premium lines kept signing him into 2023, down to an Immaculate UFC memorabilia autograph on acetate numbered to 6.
Topps took the licence back and reached him at last with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #47 on 20 March 2024 - his first Topps card of any kind, five years after his UFC debut, with Supergiant SUG-1, Tale of the Tape TFT-4 and Allen & Ginter AAG-7 alongside it and refractors running to a SuperFractor 1/1. 2025 Topps Chrome UFC, out 27 June 2025, gives him base #33 and nothing else: no insert, no autograph, one card for the year.
Autographs
2 certified autographs in the archive.
Card eras
Four UFC fights, including the Junior dos Santos win, and not a single card: Topps' UFC deal had ended and Panini's had not started. Anything dated before 2021 with Gane on it is not a licensed card.
Panini's 28 April 2021 Prizm UFC release gave him base #184, the earliest Gane card anywhere. He fought Derrick Lewis for the interim title three months later.
Select UFC, out 30 July 2021, carried his first certified autographs: Rookie Signatures #10 and Octagon Action Signatures #32, both numbered to 149. Prizm UFC had contained no Gane autograph at all.
Chronicles UFC on 6 October 2021 ran him through a dozen brands and put the only printed rookie logo he has on Donruss Rated Rookie #28, plus six autographs including National Pride Signatures #27.
Panini Instant #28 and #29 marked the UFC 265 win over Lewis. Print-to-order and sold for days only, so the populations are tiny compared with anything pack-issued.
2022 Prizm UFC #101 shows him after the Ngannou title loss, with Fireworks #12 and Prizm Flashback #16 alongside. Panini's premium products kept signing him through 2023, down to an Immaculate acetate memorabilia autograph numbered to 6.
Topps took the licence back and gave him his first Topps cards: 2024 Chrome #47 with three inserts, then 2025 Chrome #33. His 2026 interim title win over Alex Pereira falls after the checklists consulted here.
Rookie parallels
Sets
Where Gane's key cards come from.
- 20212021 Panini Prizm UFC1 key card
- 20212021 Panini Select UFC1 key card
- 20212021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures1 key card
- 20212021 Panini Instant UFC1 key card
- 20212021 Panini Chronicles UFC1 key card
- 20212021 Panini Chronicles UFC National Pride Signatures1 key card
- 20222022 Panini Prizm UFC1 key card
- 20242024 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card
- 20252025 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card
Buying & wanted
- 012021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures #10 /149 - his first certified autograph
- 022021 Panini Chronicles UFC National Pride Signatures #27, the French-flag auto
- 032021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 in the low-numbered parallels: Gold /10, Octagon /8 or Black 1/1
- 042021 Panini Instant UFC #29, the UFC 265 interim-title card, in any condition
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Ciryl Gane's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 — Ciryl Gane.
2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 is the earliest Gane card that could be located in any source, licensed or otherwise, and it is the one eBay's catalogue sells as (RC). Cardboard Connection's checklist puts the product at 28 April 2021 and confirms Gane appears only once in it, at base #184 with no autograph. Everything else in his first year came later: Select on 30 July, Chronicles on 6 October, the Instant commemoratives in August. The competing claim is Chronicles Donruss Rated Rookie #28, which is the only Gane card with a printed Panini rookie logo, so collectors who go by logo rather than by date pick that one.
- 2021 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Checklist, Set Details, Boxes, Reviews, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2021 Panini Select UFC checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProCiryl Gane #184 - 2021 Panini Prizm UFC, accessed September 22, 2026
- eBay2021 Panini Prizm UFC - Ciryl Gane #184 Scope Prizm /99 (RC), accessed September 22, 2026
Gane fought four times in the UFC, the Junior dos Santos win included, before a single card of him existed. He arrived in August 2019, after Topps' UFC licence had lapsed and before Panini's began, so his cardboard starts cold at 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184, released 28 April 2021. He sits in the horizontal half of the 200-card base set, with the full Prizm parallel ladder behind him - Red /275, Blue /199, Purple /149, Orange /99 and on down to Gold /10, Octagon /8 and Black 1/1.
Which of his 2021 Panini cards collectors call the rookie is a matter of convention rather than a real disagreement. Prizm #184 came first, by five months; collectibles.com's Gane register marks it RC and eBay's catalogue carries the (RC) flag. Neither the Prizm nor the Select checklist uses an RC column at all, so the card itself carries no printed rookie logo — the only printed Panini rookie designation he has is on Chronicles UFC Donruss Rated Rookie #28, which did not appear until 6 October 2021. SportsCardsPro's rookie data field reads 'No' on every Gane card, Prizm #184 included, but that is a catalogue gap rather than a collector position.
The rest of his first year came fast. Select UFC on 30 July 2021 put him in all three base tiers - Concourse #98, Premier Level #180 and the scarcer Octagonside #300 - and carried his first certified autographs, Rookie Signatures #10 and Octagon Action Signatures #32, both numbered to 149; Prizm had contained no Gane signature at all. Panini Instant #28 and #29 marked the UFC 265 interim-title win over Derrick Lewis that August, print-to-order and on sale for days only, and Chronicles UFC in October ran him through a dozen Panini brand designs with six autographs, among them the tricolour National Pride Signatures #27.
- Cardboard Connection2021 Panini Select UFC checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Checklist, Set Details, Boxes, Reviews, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProCiryl Gane #29 - 2021 Panini Instant UFC, accessed September 22, 2026
Panini's last two years with him are quieter. 2022 Prizm UFC #101, out 25 March 2022, is the first base card that shows him as a former interim champion rather than a contender, two months after the Ngannou loss, and it brought Fireworks #12 and Prizm Flashback #16 with it. The premium lines kept signing him into 2023, down to an Immaculate UFC memorabilia autograph on acetate numbered to 6.
Topps took the licence back and reached him at last with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #47 on 20 March 2024 - his first Topps card of any kind, five years after his UFC debut, with Supergiant SUG-1, Tale of the Tape TFT-4 and Allen & Ginter AAG-7 alongside it and refractors running to a SuperFractor 1/1. 2025 Topps Chrome UFC, out 27 June 2025, gives him base #33 and nothing else: no insert, no autograph, one card for the year.
2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 — Ciryl Gane.
2021 Panini Select UFC #180 — Ciryl Gane.
2021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures #10 — Ciryl Gane.
2021 Panini Instant UFC #29 — Ciryl Gane.
2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #28 — Ciryl Gane.
- Cardboard Connection2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Checklist, Set Details, Boxes, Reviews, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProCiryl Gane #28 - 2021 Panini Chronicles UFC, accessed September 22, 2026
- eBay2021 Panini Chronicles UFC - Donruss Rated Rookies Ciryl Gane #28 (RC), accessed September 22, 2026
2021 Panini Chronicles UFC National Pride Signatures #27 — Ciryl Gane.
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #101 — Ciryl Gane.
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #47 — Ciryl Gane.
- Checklist Insider2024 Topps Chrome UFC Checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProCiryl Gane #47 - 2024 Topps Chrome UFC, accessed September 22, 2026
2025 Topps Chrome UFC #33 — Ciryl Gane.