Collector profile “The Nigerian Nightmare”

Kamaru Usman

Usman won The Ultimate Fighter in 2015 but had no licensed card until 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27, his only RC-designated card. His title reign from March 2019 filled the 2019–2020 Topps checklists (Knockout, Chrome, Museum, flagship), and he was a champion headliner of Panini's first Prizm and Select UFC sets in 2021.

2018Rookie year

#27Rookie card

9Key cards

UFC debutJuly 12, 2015 · The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale
DivisionsWelterweight · Middleweight
StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
FromAuchi, Edo State, Nigeria

Rookie card

#27 2018

Kamaru Usman

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection

Photograph to come

#27

The rookie

#27 2018

Kamaru Usman

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection

Photograph to come

#27

Rookie card

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27

Usman's first licensed card, issued November 28, 2018 — more than three years after he won The Ultimate Fighter 21 and about three months before he took the welterweight title from Tyron Woodley. It is his only card dated 2018 on TCDB, and it shares the set's rookie class with Israel Adesanya (#42).

Commonly misidentified

Unlicensed 'All Sports' cards (2020-21, #427 with coloured versions) appear on TCDB and in listings; they are not licensed UFC cards and not rookies.

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Key Usman cards

9 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #35

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #14

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #26

2020 Topps UFC #50

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #151

2021 Panini Select UFC #7

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #108

MMR-KU 2019

Kamaru Usman

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection

Photograph to come

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MMR-KU Relic

Card eras

2018

Museum Collection rookie

One card and its parallels: 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27 RC, released November 28, 2018.

2019–2020

Champion on Topps

Knockout #35, Chrome #14 (with a vertical image variation) and Museum #8 in 2019; Knockout #26 and flagship #50 in 2020. TCDB's only 2019 Usman autos are UFC Fire Autographs Gold 1/1 and Red /8.

2021–2023

Panini era

Prizm #151 and Select #7 in 2021, plus hundreds of Chronicles subset cards and parallels on TCDB.

2024–2026

Topps returns

Topps Chrome UFC #108 in 2024; TCDB lists Usman cards through 2026.

Rookie parallels

Base

—

Unnumbered

Copper

—

Probable

Gold

/75

Verified

Sapphire

/25

Verified

Ruby

Verified

Emerald

Verified

Sets

Where Usman's key cards come from.

20182018 Topps UFC Museum Collection1 key card
20192019 Topps UFC Knockout1 key card
20192019 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card
20192019 Topps UFC Museum Collection1 key card
20202020 Topps UFC Knockout1 key card
20202020 Topps UFC1 key card
20212021 Panini Prizm UFC1 key card
20212021 Panini Select UFC1 key card
20242024 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card

Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard

012018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27 RC — Gold /75, Sapphire /25 or Ruby /8
022018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27 RC base, graded
032019 Topps Chrome UFC #14 image variation (vertical, looking left)
042019 Topps UFC Knockout UFC Fire Autographs UFCF-KU Red /8

Offer one

Available here

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Kamaru Usman's rookie card: 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27 — Kamaru Usman.

TCDB's Usman profile starts in 2018 with Museum Collection #27, flagged RC and included on TCDB's 20-card rookie list for the set; the card front carries the Topps RC logo. Cardboard Connection's checklist lists #27 in the base set. His next cards (2019 Knockout #35, 2019 Chrome #14) carry no RC flag, and #14 is absent from TCDB's 2019 Chrome rookie list.