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Tom Aspinall

Aspinall's first card is a Panini Instant from September 2021, printed with an RC logo that TCDB doesn't recognise. His 2022 class followed: Prizm #134, Donruss and Optic Rated Rookies, and several Select RCs. He won the interim title in November 2023 and was elevated to undisputed champion in June 2025 (Wikipedia), which puts the focus on those 2022 rookies and his Immaculate rookie patch auto.

2022Rookie year
#134Rookie card
7Key cards
  • UFC debutJuly 26, 2020 · UFC on ESPN 14
  • DivisionsHeavyweight
  • StatusActive · UFC (as of Sept 2026)
  • FromSalford, Greater Manchester, England
Rookie card
2022 Panini Prizm UFC #134 Tom Aspinall — front
#134
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The rookie case

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #134 Tom Aspinall — front
#134
Rookie card · working pick Rookie disputed

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #134

His first RC in a mainstream Panini set. 2022 Prizm UFC was released March 25, 2022 (TCDB and Cardboard Connection). TCDB lists more than 20 Prizm parallels, from Red /299 down to Black 1/1.

Where sources disagree

Sources disagree: Panini prints its RC logo on 2021 Panini Instant #35, his earliest card, but TCDB does not flag it RC and flags his 2022 cards instead, starting with Prizm #134.

Commonly misidentified

Instant #35's print run of 325 is an announced print run, not a serial number. TCDB lists the Donruss Holo Orange Laser #216 as an autograph, and it gets mistaken for an unsigned parallel.

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Rookie card case Card record
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Key Aspinall cards

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

2021 Panini Instant UFC #35 Tom Aspinall — front
2021 Panini Instant UFC #35 Rookie
2022 Donruss UFC #216 Tom Aspinall — front
2022 Donruss UFC #216 Rookie
2022 Donruss Optic UFC #120 Tom Aspinall — front
2022 Donruss Optic UFC #120 Rookie
2022 Panini Select UFC #98 Tom Aspinall — front
2022 Panini Select UFC #98 Rookie
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #187 Tom Aspinall — front
2024 Topps Chrome UFC #187
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Autographs

1 certified autograph in the archive.

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #101 Tom Aspinall — front
2022Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #101 AutoRelic/99
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Card eras

2021
Instant first card

2021 Panini Instant UFC #35, print run 325 per TCDB, for his 9/4/21 TKO of Sergey Spivak. The front carries an RC logo.

2022
Panini rookie class

Prizm #134 (March), Donruss Rated Rookie #216 (May), Select #98/#185/#226/#353, Immaculate Rookie Memorabilia Autographs #101 /99, and Optic Rated Rookie #120 (December), plus autograph versions in Donruss, Optic and Select.

2024–
Topps return

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #187 with Future Stars Autographs FSA-TAS, plus 2024 Topps Finest #49 and #251.

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Rookie parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Silver Prizm
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High confidence
Red Prizm
/299
High confidence
Blue Prizm
/199
High confidence
Purple Prizm
/149
High confidence
Orange Prizm
/99
High confidence
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Sets

Where Aspinall's key cards come from.

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Buying & wanted

Wanted by FightCardboard
  • 012021 Panini Instant UFC #35 (RC logo, print run 325)
  • 022022 Panini Prizm UFC #134 RC Gold /10 or Black 1/1
  • 032022 Panini Immaculate Rookie Memorabilia Autographs #101 /99

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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
Sources & research Verified×3High confidence×2Probable×2Uncertain×1

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.

Uncertain

Tom Aspinall's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #134 — Tom Aspinall.

TCDB flags his 2022 cards RC: Panini Prizm #134 (25 March 2022), Donruss #216 Rated Rookie (6 May 2022), Select and Optic #120; Prizm #134 came first, and SportsCardsPro also labels it a rookie. His earliest card, 2021 Panini Instant #35 (4 September 2021 fight), prints Panini's RC logo, visible on the SportsCardsPro scan, but has no TCDB RC flag. FightCardboard's rule for Panini Instant cards: the working pick is the earliest TCDB-flagged RC in a regular release, and the Instant card is recorded as the other candidate.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #134 — Tom Aspinall.

High confidence

2021 Panini Instant UFC #35 — Tom Aspinall.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #216 — Tom Aspinall.

Verified

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #120 — Tom Aspinall.

Probable

2022 Panini Select UFC #98 — Tom Aspinall.

Probable

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #101 — Tom Aspinall.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #187 — Tom Aspinall.