The rookie
2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120
Aldo's first licensed UFC card, in Topps' first high-end UFC product, released in December 2010 during the WEC–UFC merger. It is the base card behind a well-structured numbered parallel rainbow.
TCDB flags both 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 and 2010 Leaf MMA #83 as RC. Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95 as the rookie. SportsCardsPro does not mark #120 or #83 as rookie cards. Leaf #83 was released first.
Autographs get sold as rookies: eBay listings title the 2010 Leaf MMA AU-JA1 autograph 'RC Auto … Rookie 1st Autograph', but it is a rookie-year autograph, not an RC-flagged card; the 2010 Topps UFC Knockout A-JA /188 autograph is likewise a rookie-year signature, not the RC. Leaf's Champions (CH-JA1) and National Pride (NP-JA1) autographs are different cards from AU-JA1.
Key Aldo cards
6 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.
Card eras
Leaf MMA #83 and red/purple/gold AU-JA1 autographs arrive in September; Topps UFC Knockout #120, with Silver /188, Gold /288, Green /88, Red /8 and 1/1 Octagon Mat parallels plus /188 autographs and relics, follows in December.
2011 Finest UFC #95 (released September 2011) is the card Topps Ripped calls his rookie; the product adds A-JA autographs, Finest Moments /388 and Finest Threads relics.
Aldo appears across Topps' annual UFC products during his seven-defence featherweight reign until the licence left Topps after 2018–19.
The first Topps Chrome UFC set makes Aldo card #2, with Refractor, X-Fractor, Gold /50, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1 versions.
Panini's Chronicles, Immaculate and Donruss Optic (2022 #94) cover his bantamweight run; Topps returns with Knockout, Midnight and Finest autographs after 2024.
Rookie parallels
Buying & wanted
- 012010 Topps UFC Knockout Red #120 Jose Aldo (/8)
- 022010 Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Autograph A-JA (/188) and Red Ink version (/15)
- 032010 Leaf MMA Autographs AU-JA1 (Gold /5, Purple /25)
- 042017 Topps Chrome UFC Gold Refractor #2 (/50)
Nothing from this archive in the vault right now. Selling one?
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José Aldo's rookie card: 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 — Jose Aldo.
TCDB flags two 2010 cards as Aldo rookies: Topps UFC Knockout #120 and Leaf MMA #83. FightCardboard's working pick is the Topps card because it is UFC-licensed and comes from Topps' first high-end UFC product (Cardboard Connection). eBay sellers routinely list #120 and its Gold /288 parallel as 'Rookie RC'. Leaf #83 came out first (September 2010 vs December 2010), so it has a real claim to be his first card. Topps' own Ripped blog instead names 2011 Finest UFC #95 as his rookie, calling it his first appearance as a UFC fighter. DISPUTE: TCDB flags both 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 and 2010 Leaf MMA #83 as RC. Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95 as the rookie. SportsCardsPro does not mark #120 or #83 as rookie cards. Leaf #83 was released first.
- 2010 Topps UFC Knockout, accessed September 21, 2026
- SportsCardsProJose Aldo #120 — 2010 Topps UFC Knockout, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 Jose Aldo, accessed September 21, 2026
- eBay2010 Topps UFC Knockout - Jose Aldo #120 (catalog), accessed September 21, 2026
Rookie card: TCDB flags both 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 and 2010 Leaf MMA #83; Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95; SportsCardsPro marks none of them as rookie.
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
Release order: Leaf MMA (Sept 22, 2010) came out before Topps UFC Knockout (Dec 2010), so the Leaf card is his first card.
No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.
Topps Ripped lists a '2012 Topps UFC Finest Octafractor Auto #A-JA /8'; TCDB has the Finest UFC Octafractor autograph in 2011, and TCDB shows no serial for it. Year and print run are unconfirmed.
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
The TCDB front image for Knockout #120 is filed as 'RepFr' (a replacement or representative scan).
Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.
2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 — Jose Aldo.
2010 Leaf MMA #83 — Jose Aldo.
2010 Leaf MMA #AU-JA1 — Jose Aldo.
2010 Topps UFC Knockout #A-JA — Jose Aldo.
2011 Finest UFC #95 — Jose Aldo.
- Trading Card Database2011 Finest UFC #95 Jose Aldo, accessed September 21, 2026
- Topps RippedTop Jose Aldo Cards to Collect, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2011 Finest UFC - Autographs #A-JA Jose Aldo, accessed September 21, 2026
2017 Topps Chrome UFC #2 — José Aldo.
- Trading Card Database2017 Topps Chrome UFC #2 José Aldo, accessed September 21, 2026
- Trading Card Database2017 Topps Chrome UFC - Gold Refractor #2 José Aldo, accessed September 21, 2026
- Topps RippedTop Jose Aldo Cards to Collect, accessed September 21, 2026