Collector profile “The Notorious”

Conor McGregor

McGregor's cardboard starts with 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines: the #139 rookie, its Flag /188 parallel, and the FA-CM first autograph, all from a high-end product with a hit in every pack. After that, the key cards are the 2014 Knockout KA-CM /149 (his first on-card auto), the refractors from the first 2017 Topps Chrome UFC set, and the cards from Panini's first UFC Prizm and Select sets in 2021. Be careful with 2014 Topps UFC Champions #32: it gets sold as a 'rookie' but isn't one.

2013Rookie year

#139Rookie card

9Key cards

UFC debutApril 6, 2013 · UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi
DivisionsFeatherweight · Lightweight · Welterweight
FromDublin, Ireland

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 Conor McGregor — back

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 Conor McGregor — front

The rookie

#139

Rookie card

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139

The McGregor rookie card. Bloodlines was a high-end product with a hit in every pack rather than a mass-market flagship set, and the card shows him as an unknown featherweight fresh off the Brimage knockout, before Aldo, Mendes or the belts.

Commonly misidentified

2014 Topps UFC Champions #32 is sold by some eBay sellers as a 'rookie' or 'second year rookie', but TCDB gives it no RC flag and the guides agree the rookie is 2013 Bloodlines #139. The 2013 Bloodlines FA-CM autograph and BL-CM insert are rookie-year cards that get lumped in as 'rookies' (eBay's catalogue tags the FA-CM 'AU, RC'), but #139 is the only McGregor card TCDB flags RC. TCDB's McGregor page also lists a 1922 Godfrey Phillips 'McGregor' card, which appears to be a different person (a footballer), not an earlier Conor McGregor card.

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Key McGregor cards

9 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FA-CM Conor McGregor — front

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FA-CM Auto

2014 Topps UFC Champions #32

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-CM Conor McGregor — front

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-CM Auto/149

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #97

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-CM Conor McGregor — front

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-CM Auto

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #30

2021 Panini Select UFC #40

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #49

Card eras

2013

Bloodlines rookie

His first cards arrive in December 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines: base #139 with Flag/Black/Ruby/Platinum parallels, the BL-CM insert, Octagon Coins, and the FA-CM first autograph.

2014–2016

Topps UFC ascent

Champions #32 and Bloodlines #98 in 2014, plus hard-signed Knockout autographs (KA-CM /149, the @utograph /25) and Triple Threads relics, as he climbs toward the Aldo fight and two belts.

2017–2018

Topps Chrome era

Topps Chrome UFC debuts in 2017 with McGregor at #97 and a full refractor rainbow plus FA-CM sticker autos. Leaf also issues Mayweather-crossover autographs.

2021–2023

Panini license

Panini's first UFC products (Prizm #30, Select #40, Chronicles) put McGregor in modern Prizm parallels, but the 2021 Prizm checklist has no McGregor autograph.

2024–2026

Topps returns

Topps regains the UFC license with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC (#49) and premium lines such as Royalty. McGregor keeps appearing on new inserts and autographs through his 2026 return at UFC 329.

Rookie parallels

Base

—

Unnumbered

Flag

/188

High confidence

Black

/25

Probable

Ruby Red

Probable

Platinum

1/1

Probable

Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard

012013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 rookie in high grade
022013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 Flag /188
032013 Topps UFC Bloodlines Fighter Autographs FA-CM (first auto), especially the Red Ink /15
042014 Topps UFC Knockout Autographs KA-CM /149 (first on-card auto)

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Conor McGregor's rookie card: 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 — Conor McGregor.

TCDB lists McGregor's earliest cards as 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines (released December 2013), and #139 is the only card of his flagged RC. Cardboard Connection ('McGregor received his first MMA cards in 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines'), Card Review Club ('A 2013 RC'), Short Story Guide ('2013 Bloodlines is his rookie and 1st auto') and Topps Ripped all agree. No Cage Warriors or other pre-UFC trading cards were found for him on TCDB or in any guide, so collectors have no earlier card to count.

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines, accessed September 21, 2026
Card Review ClubThe Best Conor McGregor Cards: Guide & Advice, accessed September 21, 2026
Short Story GuideUFC Rookie Cards & First Autographs, accessed September 21, 2026
Trading Card Database2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 Conor McGregor, accessed September 21, 2026
Cardboard ConnectionTop Conor McGregor MMA Cards, Rookies, Autographs, accessed September 21, 2026

Uncertain

2013 Bloodlines Black #139 print run: /25 (TCDB, COMC) vs /88 (Cardboard Connection set page, Card Review Club).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2013 Bloodlines release date: 13 Dec 2013 (TCDB) vs 18 Dec 2013 (Cardboard Connection).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2013 Bloodlines FA-CM /8 parallel is called 'Red' on TCDB and 'Ruby Red' elsewhere, and the card number appears as FA-CM or #CM depending on the source.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2017 Topps Chrome UFC FA-CM Gold Refractor: /50 (Cardboard Connection set notes) vs /25 (Sports Card Investor).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 — Conor McGregor.