Collector profile “The Eagle”

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib's rookie question has a single-card answer: the 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12, his only 2012 issue and the one TCDB flags RC. Topps had no certified Khabib autograph until 2014 Knockout, and he retired unbeaten in October 2020. The Panini years (2021 on) are all post-retirement issues, and none of them is treated as a rookie.

2012Rookie year

#12Rookie card

14Key cards

UFC debutJanuary 20, 2012 · UFC on FX 1
DivisionsLightweight
StatusRetired · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
FromSildi, Dagestan

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Khabib Nurmagomedov — back

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

The rookie

#12

Rookie card

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12

This is the Khabib rookie, and every source FightCardboard checked agrees on it. It is his only 2012 issue, released December 7, 2012, eleven months after his UFC debut, and the only Khabib card TCDB flags RC.

Commonly misidentified

The sources in the file agree on Bloodlines #12, but three other cards get sold or described as his rookie: the 2013 Finest UFC #22 (a second-year card with no RC flag), the 2014 Topps UFC Knockout autograph KA-KN /149 (his first certified auto, not his first card), and the 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #181 (a post-retirement Panini card; some eBay titles lean on the set's 'Debut Edition' tag, but Collectibles.com marks it "Rookie Card: No" and TCDB's 2021 Prizm rookie list leaves him out).

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Rookie card guide Card record

Key Nurmagomedov cards

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

2013 Finest UFC #22

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #100

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #181

Card history

Khabib's card story starts with a single card: 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12, a horizontal 'UFC Debut' card that TCDB flags as his rookie. Bloodlines was a high-end Topps product with Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8, printing plate and Platinum 1/1 parallels, so the rookie comes in a short serial-numbered run.

Topps kept him in its mid-tier sets through 2013 (Finest, Bloodlines, Knockout), but he had no certified autograph until 2014. That year 2014 Knockout (KA-KN /149), 2014 Champions (CFA-KN) and the December 2014 Bloodlines release (BAR-KN /175 and New Blood Autographs NBA-KN /50) produced his first run of signed Topps cards.

Topps held the UFC license from 2009 to 2020. Panini's multi-year exclusive began with 2021 Panini Prizm UFC on April 28, 2021, a set that includes Khabib even though he had retired the previous October. His Panini-era cards (Prizm, Select, Chronicles, Donruss, Immaculate) are all post-career issues.

Fanatics Collectibles announced a new exclusive UFC deal on January 31, 2024, bringing Topps back with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC. Topps' 2024 Royalty UFC, released April 4, 2025, placed Khabib in legends autograph sets such as Golden Hall Autographs.

Sources for every paragraph

Autographs

8 certified autographs in the archive.

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-KN Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2014Topps UFC Knockout #KA-KN Auto/149

F-KN 2014

Khabib Nurmagomedov

2014 Topps UFC Knockout

Photograph to come

2014Topps UFC Knockout #F-KN Auto

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-KBN Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2021Panini Prizm UFC #CS-KBN Auto

2024 Topps UFC Knockout #TRA-KUI — Islam Makhachev / Khabib Nurmagomedov / Umar Nurmagomedov — front

2024Topps UFC Knockout #TRA-KUI Auto/10

2014 Topps UFC Champions #CFA-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2014Topps UFC Champions #CFA-KN Auto

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #BAR-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2014Topps UFC Bloodlines #BAR-KN AutoRelic/175

NBA-KN 2014

Khabib Nurmagomedov

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines

Photograph to come

2014Topps UFC Bloodlines #NBA-KN Auto/50

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #GH-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2024Topps Royalty UFC #GH-KN Auto/49

Numbered & parallels

Serial-numbered cards and parallels with their own record.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Black /88 — Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2012Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Black Rookie/88

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Country Flag /188 — Khabib Nurmagomedov — front

2012Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Country Flag Rookie/188

Card eras

2012

Bloodlines rookie

His one 2012 card: Bloodlines #12, released December 7, 2012, eleven months after his UFC debut. It came with Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels.

2013

Finest and second-year Topps

2013 Finest UFC #22 plus Bloodlines #42 and Knockout #94. The Finest chromium refractors (Blue /188, Gold /88, Octafractor /8, Superfractor 1/1) are the numbered second-year chrome (print runs per TCDB).

2014

First autographs

2014 Topps UFC Knockout (TCDB release date May 16, 2014) has his first certified autograph, KA-KN /149, plus Fist-Ograph box toppers. Champions and Bloodlines later that year added more autos and relics.

2015–2020

Topps Chrome and title run

Topps kept him in its UFC sets through the end of its license. The 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #100 and its refractors (Gold /50 down to Superfractor 1/1) give him a full mid-era chrome rainbow.

2021–present

Panini era, post-retirement

Panini's 2021 Prizm UFC (#181, Champion Signatures auto) arrived after his October 2020 retirement. He appears across Prizm, Select, Chronicles, Donruss and Immaculate, including dual autographs with Islam Makhachev.

Rookie parallels

Base

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Unnumbered

Platinum

1/1

High confidence

Printing Plates

1/1

High confidence

Red

High confidence

Black

/88

High confidence

+2 more

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down to /188 · 1 unnumbered

Sets

Where Nurmagomedov's key cards come from.

20122012 Topps UFC Bloodlines3 key cards
20132013 Finest UFC1 key card
20142014 Topps UFC Knockout2 key cards
20142014 Topps UFC Champions1 key card
20142014 Topps UFC Bloodlines2 key cards
20172017 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card
20212021 Panini Prizm UFC2 key cards
20242024 Topps UFC Knockout1 key card
20242024 Topps Royalty UFC1 key card

Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard

012012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Black /88 (graded)
022012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Country Flag /188
032014 Topps UFC Knockout Autographs #KA-KN /149 (first certified auto)
042021 Panini Prizm UFC Champion Signatures Khabib (Gold /10, Mojo /25 or Black 1/1)

Offer one

Available here

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Research

Card Guides

Khabib's 2012 Bloodlines Rookie and Every Parallel

The rookie question has one answer. The parallel ladder above it has five rungs, one naming muddle and a version no checklist explains.

September 21, 2026

Khabib's 2012 Bloodlines Rookie and Every Parallel

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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.

Verified

Khabib Nurmagomedov's rookie card: 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

TCDB's Khabib profile begins in 2012 with a single card, Bloodlines #12 (plus its parallels), and flags it RC. Cardboard Connection's 2012 Bloodlines checklist lists him at #12 (release date December 7, 2012). Sports Card Specialist calls it "Khabib's very first issued UFC card" and his true rookie. eBay/PSA listings also sell the Black /88 as an RC. His UFC debut was January 20, 2012, and TCDB lists no Khabib card before this one.

Sports Card SpecialistThe Best Khabib Nurmagomedov Cards (Rookies And More), accessed September 21, 2026
Trading Card Database2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Khabib Nurmagomedov, accessed September 21, 2026
2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines, accessed September 21, 2026

Uncertain

2014 Topps UFC Knockout Fist-Ograph F-KN: Cardboard Connection and Sports Card Specialist say it is numbered to 10, but TCDB records no serial number.

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

Probable

2021 Prizm Champion Signatures card number: TCDB and Sports Card Investor use CS-KBN, Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths use #4, and one eBay listing uses 'CS-4'.

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

Probable

2014 Topps UFC Champions was released on 17 September 2014, after 2014 Topps UFC Knockout on 16 May 2014, which is why KA-KN counts as his first certified autograph.

The archive carries the 17 September 2014 date TCDB states. Cardboard Connection's article on the set is dated 13 October 2014 and that publication date circulates as a second release date; on either figure the product is later than 2014 Knockout.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

High confidence