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Ilia Topuria

Topuria is a Panini-era fighter: he debuted in the UFC in October 2020, missed the 2021 checklists, and got his first cards in 2022. The 2022 Prizm #115 (released 25 Mar 2022) is his main rookie as the earliest-released of his five RC-flagged 2022 cards; Donruss Rated Rookie #215, Select Concourse #23, Chronicles #82 and Optic Rated Rookie #110 are the other four. Slab-Z reports a record sale for a 2022 Prizm Topuria rookie, and none of the 2022 checklists checked (Prizm, Select, Optic, Donruss) includes a pack-issued Topuria autograph.

2022Rookie year
#115Rookie card
7Key cards
  • UFC debutOctober 11, 2020 · UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
  • DivisionsFeatherweight · Lightweight
  • FromHalle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 Ilia Topuria — back
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 Ilia Topuria — front
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The rookie

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 Ilia Topuria — front
#115
Rookie card

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115

His main rookie: the earliest-released of his five RC-flagged 2022 cards. Slab-Z reports a 2022 Prizm Topuria rookie selling for a record price.

Commonly misidentified

Prizm #115 isn't his only rookie: Donruss Rated Rookie #215, Select #23, Chronicles #82 and Optic Rated Rookie #110 are also RC-flagged 2022 cards, and some collectors call Donruss #215 'the' rookie. Prizm #115 is the working pick because its product came out first. Some eBay sellers market 2022 Panini Instant #23 (print run 394) as a 'Rookie Card RC SSP', but TCDB gives it no RC flag. Some eBay listings also describe a '2021 Panini Prizm UFC' Topuria RC; he isn't in the 2021 set. Slab-Z's aside about 'early or unofficial rookie cards such as TOPPS NOW' doesn't apply to any Topuria card found here.

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Key Topuria cards

7 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.

2022 Donruss UFC #215 Ilia Topuria — front
2022 Donruss UFC #215 Rookie
2022 Panini Select UFC #23 Ilia Topuria — front
2022 Panini Select UFC #23 Rookie
2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #82 Ilia Topuria — front
2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #82 Rookie
2022 Donruss Optic UFC #110 Ilia Topuria — front
2022 Donruss Optic UFC #110 Rookie
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #77 Ilia Topuria — front
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #77
2024 Topps Royalty UFC #SS-ITA Auto/99
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Card eras

2022
Panini rookie year

His first cards arrive across Panini's UFC lines: Prizm #115 (March), Donruss Rated Rookie #215 (May), Select #23/#262/#320 (July), Chronicles #82 (August) and Optic Rated Rookie #110 (December). Panini Instant #23 (print run 394, no RC flag) also dates from 2022.

2023
Panini second year

Second-year Panini cards such as 2023 Select Octagonside #250 and 2023 Prizm arrive as he climbs the featherweight rankings.

2024–2025
Champion, Topps era

Topps returns with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #77, released a month after he took the featherweight title from Volkanovski. Premium Topps Royalty Superior Signatures autos (/99) follow, and he wins the lightweight title against Oliveira at UFC 317 in 2025.

2026
Post-Gaethje

He loses the lightweight title to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250 in June 2026, his first professional loss. His 2022 rookies remain the starting point for a Topuria collection.

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Rookie parallels

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Unnumbered
Silver
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Hyper
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/299
Probable
Blue
/199
Probable
Purple
/149
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Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard
  • 012022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 rookie, Gold /10 and other low-numbered Prizms
  • 022022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 Silver / base in PSA 10
  • 032022 Panini Select UFC #23 Concourse rookie color Prizms (Zebra, Neon Green /49, Lucky Envelopes /8)
  • 042024 Topps Royalty UFC Superior Signatures SS-ITA auto /99 and parallels

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High confidence

Ilia Topuria's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 — Ilia Topuria.

TCDB lists no Topuria cards before 2022, and he isn't on its 2021 Prizm UFC rookie list or the 2021 Panini Instant UFC checklist. Of his RC-flagged 2022 cards, Prizm #115 is from the earliest product (released 25 Mar 2022 per TCDB and Cardboard Connection), ahead of Donruss (6 May), Select (1 Jul), Chronicles (31 Aug) and Optic (21 Dec). Slab-Z calls 2022 Prizm his 'first true rookie'. Donruss #215, Select #23, Chronicles #82 and Optic #110 are RC-flagged rookies too, so picking Prizm #115 as his main rookie rests on release order, not on the others being any less of a rookie.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider lists a 2024 Topps Chrome UFC Future Stars Autograph for Topuria; TCDB's Future Stars Autographs Refractor checklist doesn't include him.

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

High confidence

UFC debut date: 11 October 2020 (Wikipedia; the Abu Dhabi local date). US listings may show 10 October 2020 because of the time difference — a time-zone convention, not a disagreement between sources.

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

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 — Ilia Topuria.

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2022 Donruss UFC #215 — Ilia Topuria.

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2022 Panini Select UFC #23 — Ilia Topuria.

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2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #82 — Ilia Topuria.

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2022 Donruss Optic UFC #110 — Ilia Topuria.

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2024 Topps Chrome UFC #77 — Ilia Topuria.

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2024 Topps Royalty UFC #SS-ITA — Ilia Topuria.