Collector profile “Rocky”

Leon Edwards

Edwards had a Topps rookie card years before he was a contender: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #171, which Topps itself calls his RC, followed by an RC-flagged 2015 Chronicles #255. He then had no cards for 2016–2017. His first certified autographs came in 2019 (Knockout KA-LE /99, then Chrome FA-LE), and he won the welterweight title in August 2022.

2015Rookie year

#171Rookie card

8Key cards

UFC debutNovember 8, 2014 · UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux
DivisionsWelterweight
StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
FromKingston, Jamaica

Rookie card

2015 Topps UFC Champions #171 Leon Edwards — front

#171

The rookie

#171

Rookie card

2015 Topps UFC Champions #171

Edwards' earliest card, released October 28, 2015, about a year after his UFC debut. Topps' Ripped blog calls it his rookie card and notes the back covers his first three UFC fights (2–1). Numbered parallels run from Black /188 down to Platinum 1/1.

Commonly misidentified

eBay listings sell after-market signed 2015 Topps cards as 'rookie autos'; there is no Topps-certified autograph version of #171 on TCDB. 2015 Chronicles #255 is sometimes sold as his first card, but Champions came out first.

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Rookie card guide Card record

Key Edwards cards

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

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #255 Leon Edwards — front

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #255 Rookie

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #2

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #17

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #115

#34 2018

Leon Edwards

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection

Photograph to come

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #34

Autographs

2 certified autographs in the archive.

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-LE Leon Edwards — front

2019Topps UFC Knockout #KA-LE Auto/99

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-LE Leon Edwards — front

2019Topps Chrome UFC #FA-LE Auto

Card eras

2015

Two Topps rookies

2015 Topps UFC Champions #171 (October 2015) and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #255 (TCDB date February 2016), both RC-flagged on TCDB, each with numbered parallels.

2018–2020

Back on Topps checklists, first autographs

Museum Collection #34 (2018); 2019 brought Knockout Autographs KA-LE, Chrome #2 with the FA-LE autograph, and Museum relic-autographs.

2021–present

Panini, then Topps again

Prizm #17 and Select #67 in Panini's 2021 debut sets; after the 2022 title win, Topps' 2024 Chrome UFC (#115) and autograph lines.

Rookie parallels

Base

—

Unnumbered

Silver

—

Verified

Black

/188

Verified

Blue

/88

Verified

Gold

/25

Verified

Red

Verified

Sets

Where Edwards's key cards come from.

20152015 Topps UFC Champions1 key card
20152015 Topps UFC Chronicles1 key card
20182018 Topps UFC Museum Collection1 key card
20192019 Topps UFC Knockout1 key card
20192019 Topps Chrome UFC2 key cards
20212021 Panini Prizm UFC1 key card
20242024 Topps Chrome UFC1 key card

Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard

012015 Topps UFC Champions #171 RC — Gold /25, Red /8 or Platinum 1/1
022015 Topps UFC Champions #171 RC base, graded
032019 Topps UFC Knockout Knockout Autographs KA-LE (/99) and its parallels

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Leon Edwards's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #171 — Leon Edwards.

TCDB's Edwards profile begins in 2015 with two RC-flagged cards: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #171 (released October 28, 2015) and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #255 (TCDB date February 3, 2016). Topps' own Ripped blog (July 24, 2024) names the 2015 Champions card as his rookie card, and the card front carries the RC logo. Champions is the earlier of the two, so it is the pick; Chronicles #255 is a legitimate second RC-flagged card rather than a competing claim.