Collector profile “DC”

Daniel Cormier

Cormier's rookie is a Strikeforce card. Topps put him in 2011 Moment of Truth at #97, 17 months before he fought in the UFC, and TCDB flags that card RC. His run as a two-division champion from 2015 to 2020 keeps him in Topps Chrome and Museum Collection, and since retiring he has appeared in legends products like 2024 Topps Chrome UFC and 2025 Panini Combat Anthology.

2011Rookie year

#97Rookie card

13Key cards

UFC debutApril 20, 2013 · UFC on Fox 7
DivisionsHeavyweight · Light Heavyweight
StatusRetired · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
FromLafayette, Louisiana

Rookie card

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 Daniel Cormier — front

#97

The rookie

#97

Rookie card

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97

Cardboard Connection describes Moment of Truth (released November 30, 2011) as the first UFC set to include Strikeforce fighters. Cormier's #97 is a Strikeforce-branded card from his Grand Prix run, dated 17 months before his UFC debut at UFC on Fox 7, and it is the card TCDB flags as his rookie.

Commonly misidentified

SportsCardsPro's details table lists #97 as 'Is Rookie Card: No' even though sellers title it RC. The unnumbered Gold #97 parallel is sometimes sold as the base rookie. Bloodlines #14 (2012) and the CS-DCO autograph also get labelled 'RC'.

Verified×1View sources & research

Rookie card guide Card record

Key Cormier cards

13 cards chosen for significance, not completeness; autographs and numbered cards follow below.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #14

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #3

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #12

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #50

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #56

2015 Topps UFC Champions

Photograph to come

2015 Topps UFC Champions #74

#26 2025

Daniel Cormier

2025 Panini Combat Anthology

Photograph to come

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #26

Autographs

3 certified autographs in the archive.

CS-DCO 2011

Daniel Cormier

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth

Photograph to come

2011Topps UFC Moment of Truth #CS-DCO Auto

2012 Finest UFC #A-DC Daniel Cormier — front

2012Finest UFC #A-DC Auto

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-DCO Daniel Cormier — front

2024Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-DCO Auto

Numbered & parallels

Serial-numbered cards and parallels with their own record.

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #72 Daniel Cormier — front

2021Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #72 /65

Card eras

2011–2012

Strikeforce rookie

2011 Moment of Truth #97 RC and Certified Signatures CS-DCO, then 2012 Bloodlines #14 and 2012 Finest #82 with Finest autographs. These are all Strikeforce-era cards, made before his UFC debut.

2013–2016

Topps UFC flagship years

TCDB lists 2014 Bloodlines #30, Champions #128 and Knockout #91, then 2015 Champions #74, Chronicles #192 and Knockout #23. The 2015 Knockout cards include Jones/Cormier dual autograph and relic cards.

2017–2019

Chrome and Museum as champion

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #3, Topps Fire #5 and Museum Collection #12, then 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #50. The inserts in these sets have autograph versions limited to /5.

2021–2023

Panini era

For 2021, TCDB lists only Immaculate Collection #72 (/65). He is not in the 2021 Prizm UFC checklist.

2024–2025

Retired legend

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #56 with Marks of Champions autographs, 2024 Topps Finest #288, and a large 2025 Panini Combat Anthology run that includes dual autographs with Jon Jones.

Rookie parallels

Base

—

Unnumbered

Gold

—

High confidence

Onyx

/88 (TCDB) or /188 (Cardboard Connection)

Uncertain

Ruby

High confidence

Diamond

1/1

High confidence

Independence Edition

—

Probable

Sets

Where Cormier's key cards come from.

20112011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth2 key cards
20122012 Topps UFC Bloodlines1 key card
20122012 Finest UFC2 key cards
20152015 Topps UFC Champions1 key card
20172017 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card
20172017 Topps Museum Collection UFC1 key card
20192019 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card
20212021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC1 key card
20242024 Topps Chrome UFC2 key cards
20252025 Panini Combat Anthology1 key card

Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard

012011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 RC (graded)
022011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures CS-DCO
032012 Finest UFC #82 X-Fractor /188
042025 Panini Combat Anthology Iconic Rivals Dual Autographs Jon Jones / Daniel Cormier /25

Offer one

Available here

Nothing from this archive in the vault right now. Selling one?

Sources & research Verified×3High confidence×6Probable×5

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.

Verified

Daniel Cormier's rookie card: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 — Daniel Cormier.

TCDB flags 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 as Cormier's RC, and it is the earliest card in his TCDB profile (TCDB's year filter starts at 2011). Cardboard Connection confirms #97 in the 220-card base set, describes Moment of Truth as the first UFC set with Strikeforce fighters, and marks his Certified Signatures card as a 'First Issue'. Seller titles on SportsCardsPro also call #97 his RC.