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Diego Lopes

Lopes debuted in the UFC at UFC 288 in May 2023 with a decision loss to Movsar Evloev. His cards start in 2024 and are all Topps-made; TCDB lists no Panini Lopes cards. The rookie is Chrome #26, and the key signed cards are the Chrome Rookie Autograph and a Royalty rookie auto /99.

2024Rookie year
#26Rookie card
3Key cards
  • UFC debutMay 6, 2023 · UFC 288
  • DivisionsFeatherweight · Bantamweight
  • StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
  • FromManaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Rookie card
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 Diego Lopes — front
#26
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The rookie

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 Diego Lopes — front
#26
Rookie card

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26

His first licensed trading card and his rookie. TCDB's list for Lopes starts in 2024, and #26 in 2024 Topps Chrome UFC (TCDB date March 20, 2024) is the earliest RC-flagged card.

Commonly misidentified

SportsCardsPro's item details list the Royalty RA-DL auto as 'not a rookie card' even though it carries an RC logo. Pre-UFC LUX Fight League or regional material is not licensed trading cards; none are listed on TCDB.

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Rookie card guide Card record
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Key Lopes cards

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

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Autographs

2 certified autographs in the archive.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-DLO Diego Lopes — front
2024Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-DLO RookieAuto
2024 Topps Royalty UFC #RA-DL Diego Lopes — front
2024Topps Royalty UFC #RA-DL RookieAuto/99
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Card eras

2024
Topps rookie year

Chrome #26 RC and the CRA-DLO rookie auto, plus Topps Now, Royalty (autos and relics), Noche and Topps UFC NYC cards. 2024 Topps Finest UFC (#42/#142, RC-flagged on TCDB) was released in February 2025.

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Rookie parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Refractor
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Probable
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Sets

Where Lopes's key cards come from.

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Buying & wanted

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  • 012024 Topps Chrome UFC Chrome Rookie Autograph CRA-DLO and its numbered refractors

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Research

Sets

Topps Chrome UFC: 2017–2019 and the 2024 Return

Three chromium sets, then Panini took the UFC licence, then Topps came back. The run year by year, with the rookies and autographs worth knowing.

September 21, 2026
Topps Chrome UFC: 2017–2019 and the 2024 Return
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Diego Lopes's rookie card: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 — Diego Lopes.

TCDB's card list for Diego Lopes starts in 2024 and flags 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 RC. SportsCardsPro lists it as a rookie card, and the front has a printed RC logo. The other RC-flagged base cards (2024 Topps Finest UFC #42/#142) came out later, in February 2025 per TCDB.

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2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 — Diego Lopes.

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2024 Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-DLO — Diego Lopes.

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2024 Topps Royalty UFC #RA-DL — Diego Lopes.