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Henry Cejudo
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The candidates, the evidence for each, and which card FightCardboard treats as the working pick.

  • Working pick2015 Topps UFC Champions #169
  • SubjectHenry Cejudo
  • Year2015
  • ManufacturerTopps
  • ConfidenceProbable
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this is the working pick

2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 is his first card in a UFC-licensed product, released 28 October 2015. Cardboard Connection's Champions checklist places him in the base set and in the Fighting's Future rising-stars insert, and SportsCardsPro has a dedicated product page for 'Henry Cejudo #169 | 2015 Topps UFC Champions'. The negative checks matter as much: Cardboard Connection's checklists show he is absent from 2014 Topps UFC Knockout, from 2015 Topps UFC Knockout (22 April 2015) and from the 275-card 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles base set, so nothing UFC-licensed precedes it despite his December 2014 UFC debut. Collectibles.com states outright that 'Henry Cejudo debuted as a Rookie in 2015'. The caveat is that Topps UFC products of this era printed no RC logo, so there is no rookie marking on the card itself, and SportsCardsPro's structured rookie field reads 'No'.

The card the hobby treats as Cejudo's rookie. He debuted in the UFC on 13 December 2014 and missed every 2014 and early-2015 Topps release, so his first UFC-licensed card is base #169 in a 200-card Champions set that shipped on 28 October 2015. The same product also gave him a Fighting's Future prospect insert, which is why 2015 reads as his rookie year rather than 2016.

The dispute

There is no printed RC logo to settle it. SportsCardsPro's rookie data field for #169 says 'No' while Collectibles.com dates his rookie year to 2015; because Topps UFC never flagged rookies in this period, the pick rests on 'first UFC-licensed card' rather than on any manufacturer designation. A collector who counts all licensed cardboard rather than MMA-only cardboard would name the 2012 Topps Olympic #33 instead.

Identifying it

  • Card #169 in a 200-card base set released 28 October 2015
  • Silver is the common parallel; Black #/188, Blue #/88, Gold #/25, Red #/8 and Platinum 1/1 are the numbered tiers
  • Cejudo is shown as a flyweight; he had fought only twice in the UFC when the set was printed

What gets mistaken for it

What you'll readWhat's true
Cejudo has a 2014 Topps UFC rookie card because he debuted in December 2014.He is absent from both 2014 Topps UFC Knockout and 2015 Topps UFC Knockout (April 2015), and from the 275-card 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles base set. Champions #169 in October 2015 is his first.

Parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Silver
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Black
/188
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Blue
/88
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Gold
/25
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Red
/8
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Grading & population

Population figures will be taken directly from the grading companies and dated when they are. None are shown yet.

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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.

Probable

Henry Cejudo's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 — Henry Cejudo.

2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 is his first card in a UFC-licensed product, released 28 October 2015. Cardboard Connection's Champions checklist places him in the base set and in the Fighting's Future rising-stars insert, and SportsCardsPro has a dedicated product page for 'Henry Cejudo #169 | 2015 Topps UFC Champions'. The negative checks matter as much: Cardboard Connection's checklists show he is absent from 2014 Topps UFC Knockout, from 2015 Topps UFC Knockout (22 April 2015) and from the 275-card 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles base set, so nothing UFC-licensed precedes it despite his December 2014 UFC debut. Collectibles.com states outright that 'Henry Cejudo debuted as a Rookie in 2015'. The caveat is that Topps UFC products of this era printed no RC logo, so there is no rookie marking on the card itself, and SportsCardsPro's structured rookie field reads 'No'.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's structured 'Rookie' field for this card says 'No'. Topps UFC releases of this period carried no RC logo, so there is no printed rookie designation to point at; the rookie claim rests on it being his first UFC-licensed card and on Collectibles.com dating his rookie year to 2015.

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