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Paddy Pimblett

Pimblett's first UFC-licensed card came fast: a 2021 Panini Instant card of his September 2021 UFC debut that prints Panini's own RC logo. The hobby's working rookie is the 2022 Prizm UFC #88, with the Donruss #207 Rated Rookie as the other main 2022 option.

2022Rookie year
#88Rookie card
4Key cards
  • UFC debutSeptember 4, 2021 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till
  • DivisionsLightweight · Featherweight
  • StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
  • FromLiverpool, England
Rookie card
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #88 Paddy Pimblett — front
#88
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The rookie case

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #88 Paddy Pimblett — front
#88
Rookie card · working pick Rookie disputed

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #88

His first card in Panini's flagship Prizm UFC (released 25 March 2022), RC-flagged by TCDB and labelled '[Rookie]' by SportsCardsPro. Cardboard Connection's checklist lists more than 20 Prizm parallels, from unnumbered Silver to Black 1/1. He has no Prizm autograph that year.

Where sources disagree

The 2021 Panini Instant #34 shows Panini's RC logo and predates Prizm, but TCDB lists it without an RC flag and SportsCardsPro marks it 'No'. Prizm #88, Donruss #207 and Optic #103 all carry TCDB RC flags. Collectors split between the 'first card' (Instant) and the 'first flagship RC' (Prizm).

Commonly misidentified

The unlicensed 2020-21 All Sports #410 appears on TCDB before any Panini card and may be sold as an early 'rookie'. Instant #34 is sometimes listed as serial-numbered /9708, but 9,708 is the total print run.

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Rookie card case Card record
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Key Pimblett cards

4 cards chosen for significance, not completeness.

2021 Panini Instant UFC #34 Paddy Pimblett — front
2021 Panini Instant UFC #34 Rookie
2022 Donruss UFC #207 Paddy Pimblett — front
2022 Donruss UFC #207 Rookie
2022 Donruss Optic UFC #103 Paddy Pimblett — front
2022 Donruss Optic UFC #103 Rookie
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Card eras

2021–2022
Debut and rookie year

Panini Instant #34 marked his UFC debut. 2022 brought RC-flagged cards in Prizm (#88), Donruss (#207 Rated Rookie) and Optic (#103), plus Optic inserts.

2023–2026
Later cards

TCDB lists more than 1,100 Pimblett cards through 2026, mostly Panini and Topps parallels and inserts. These weren't itemised here.

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Rookie parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Silver
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High confidence
Green
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High confidence
Hyper
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High confidence
Ice
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High confidence
Pink Ice
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High confidence
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Sets

Where Pimblett's key cards come from.

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Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard
  • 012022 Panini Prizm UFC #88 Paddy Pimblett RC, including low-numbered Prizm parallels
  • 022022 Donruss UFC Rated Rookie Signatures #207 (Green Flood / Holo Orange / Holo Purple only)

Offer one

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Research

Rookie Cards

Panini Instant UFC Rookies: When the First Card Isn't the Rookie

Panini prints an RC logo on its print-to-order Instant cards. TCDB doesn't flag them. Here's how FightCardboard handles the gap, fighter by fighter.

September 21, 2026
Panini Instant UFC Rookies: When the First Card Isn't the Rookie
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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.

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Paddy Pimblett's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #88 — Paddy Pimblett.

Prizm #88 is the earliest RC-flagged Pimblett card on TCDB. It came from Panini's flagship UFC product (released 25 March 2022), ahead of Donruss #207 (6 May 2022) and Optic #103 (21 December 2022), and SportsCardsPro and Sports Card Investor label it a rookie. It is the working pick, not an undisputed rookie: the 2021 Panini Instant #34 came out earlier and has Panini's RC logo printed on the front.

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2022 Panini Prizm UFC #88 — Paddy Pimblett.

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2021 Panini Instant UFC #34 — Paddy Pimblett.

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2022 Donruss UFC #207 — Paddy Pimblett.

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2022 Donruss Optic UFC #103 — Paddy Pimblett.