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Rookie card guide

Khamzat Chimaev
Rookie Card

Which card is actually the rookie, how to tell it, and what gets mistaken for it.

  • The answer2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7
  • SubjectKhamzat Chimaev
  • Year2021
  • ManufacturerPanini
  • ConfidenceVerified
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this is the rookie

TCDB lists no Chimaev card before 2021. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 has TCDB's RC flag, appears on TCDB's 46-card rookie list for the set, is tagged as a rookie by Cardboard Connection and SportsCardsPro, and carries Panini's RC shield. Released April 28, 2021, it came before his 2021 Select (July 30) and Chronicles (October 6) rookies.

Chimaev's first card. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC, released April 28, 2021, was Panini's first UFC flagship, about nine months after his UFC debut. TCDB lists no Chimaev card of any kind before 2021.

Commonly misidentified

2022 Prizm #94 and 2024 Topps Chrome #114 are sometimes sold as rookies; neither is RC-designated.

Identifying it

  • Card #7 of 200 in 2021 Panini Prizm UFC
  • 'ROOKIE CARD' RC shield top left; 'KHAMZAT CHIMAEV / WELTERWEIGHT' nameplate (vertical layout)
  • Release date April 28, 2021 (TCDB, Cardboard Connection)
  • Prizm parallels from Silver to Black 1/1 per Cardboard Connection

What gets mistaken for it

What you'll readWhat's true
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #94 is a Chimaev rookie#94 is his second-year Prizm card and is not on TCDB's 2022 Prizm rookie list.

Parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Silver Prizm
—
High confidence
Green Prizm
—
High confidence
Red
/275
High confidence
Blue
/199
High confidence
Purple
/149
High confidence

Grading & population

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

Sources & research Verified×2

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Khamzat Chimaev's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 — Khamzat Chimaev.

TCDB lists no Chimaev card before 2021. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 has TCDB's RC flag, appears on TCDB's 46-card rookie list for the set, is tagged as a rookie by Cardboard Connection and SportsCardsPro, and carries Panini's RC shield. Released April 28, 2021, it came before his 2021 Select (July 30) and Chronicles (October 6) rookies.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 — Khamzat Chimaev.

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