Why this is the working pick
MMA Rookies names 2019 Topps UFC Chrome #79 his True Rookie Card and records 'Other Rookies: None'. Cardboard Connection's set article states that in 2019 Topps UFC Chrome 'cards for the first-year fighters display the RC logo', and the eBay catalogue entry for the card is titled '2019 Topps Chrome UFC - Petr Yan #79 Gold Refractor /50 (RC)'. Nothing earlier exists: Cardboard Connection's checklists for 2018 Topps UFC Knockout (20 July 2018) and 2019 Topps UFC Knockout (8 May 2019) contain no Petr Yan entry in any subset, despite his UFC debut in June 2018.
Yan's only rookie card and his first card of any kind, from a 100-card set released 11 September 2019 — more than a year after his UFC debut, because Topps left him out of both the 2018 and 2019 Knockout checklists. The refractor rainbow is where the money and the hunting is: Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1.
SportsCardsPro's data panel for Petr Yan #79 (2019 Topps UFC Chrome) answers 'No' to rookie card, which conflicts with MMA Rookies, the RC logo described by Cardboard Connection and the (RC) in the eBay catalogue title. Treated as a SportsCardsPro data-field gap rather than a genuine collector dispute, but recorded.
The Chrome base is #79 and the 2021 Panini Prizm UFC base is also #79, and 2020 Topps UFC uses #79 for him as well. Listings that give only 'Petr Yan #79' without the year and brand are ambiguous between three different cards, only one of which is the rookie.
Identifying it
- Card #79, listed as 'Petr Yan - Bantamweight' on the checklist
- RC logo on the front; base version is plain chrome with no refractor rainbow
- Card number on the back; 100-card base set, so #79 sits in the last quarter
- Do not confuse with 2020 Topps UFC #79 or 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #79, which are different cards of the same fighter at the same number
What gets mistaken for it
| What you'll read | What's true |
|---|---|
| The product is '2019 Topps Chrome UFC'. | Cardboard Connection and SportsCardsPro both catalogue it as 2019 Topps UFC Chrome; the archive follows that spelling. |
| A listing that says only '#79 Petr Yan' identifies the card. | Yan is #79 in three different products — 2019 Topps UFC Chrome, 2020 Topps UFC and 2021 Panini Prizm UFC. Only one of them is the rookie. |
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Petr Yan's rookie card: 2019 Topps UFC Chrome #79 — Petr Yan.
MMA Rookies names 2019 Topps UFC Chrome #79 his True Rookie Card and records 'Other Rookies: None'. Cardboard Connection's set article states that in 2019 Topps UFC Chrome 'cards for the first-year fighters display the RC logo', and the eBay catalogue entry for the card is titled '2019 Topps Chrome UFC - Petr Yan #79 Gold Refractor /50 (RC)'. Nothing earlier exists: Cardboard Connection's checklists for 2018 Topps UFC Knockout (20 July 2018) and 2019 Topps UFC Knockout (8 May 2019) contain no Petr Yan entry in any subset, despite his UFC debut in June 2018.
- MMA RookiesYan, Petr | RC, accessed September 22, 2026
- Cardboard Connection2019 Topps UFC Chrome checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- eBay catalogue2019 Topps Chrome UFC - Petr Yan #79 Gold Refractor /50 (RC), accessed September 22, 2026
- SportsCardsProPetr Yan #79 — 2019 Topps UFC Chrome, accessed September 22, 2026
- 2018 Topps UFC Knockout, accessed September 21, 2026
- 2019 Topps UFC Knockout, accessed September 21, 2026
- Checklistcenter.com2019 Topps UFC Chrome checklist, accessed September 21, 2026
- Hero Habit2019 Topps UFC Chrome Checklist, accessed September 22, 2026
Go deeper
- The card record2019 Topps Chrome UFC #79
- Petr Yan archiveKey cards and eras
- 2019 Topps Chrome UFCSet record