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What exists, what does not, and which card the archive treats as the earliest.

  • Earliest card2025 Panini Contenders PFL #11
  • SubjectUsman Nurmagomedov
  • Year2025
  • ManufacturerPanini
  • ConfidenceProbable
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this is the earliest card

No Usman Nurmagomedov card carries a printed RC logo. The checklists for 2025 and 2026 Panini Contenders PFL (Checklist Insider, Checklist Center) show no rookie designation anywhere in the products, and because he never fought in the UFC he has no Topps UFC or Panini Prizm UFC issue to act as a rookie. His earliest card of any kind is 2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6, but that is a print-to-order commemorative sold direct by Panini rather than a pack-issued card, which is why the first card most collectors treat as his true starting point is 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket #11 — the base card from the first hobby product to include him, released July 18, 2025.

His first card pulled from a pack. 2025 Panini Contenders PFL, released July 18, 2025, is the first hobby product to carry PFL and Bellator fighters, and Season Ticket #11 is his base card in the 100-card set. The full Contenders ticket ladder runs behind it, topping out at Championship Ticket and Season Ticket Black 1/1s.

The dispute

There is no printed rookie card. Sellers call the 2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6 his rookie; collectors who discount print-to-order Instants treat 2025 Panini Contenders PFL #11 as the first real card. Both positions are defensible and no hobby authority has designated one, so the archive records the 2025 Contenders base as the earliest significant card rather than as an RC.

Identifying it

  • Card #11, Season Ticket base design, nameplate reads 'USMAN NURMAGOMEDOV' with 'LIGHTWEIGHT' below
  • 100-card Season Ticket base set; Hobby packs are 8 cards, 4 packs per box
  • Parallels are named as ticket tiers (Playoff Ticket, Main Card Ticket, Co-Main Event, Main Event Ticket, Championship Ticket) rather than by colour alone
  • Unnumbered base card — a serial number in the /299 to 1/1 range means you are holding a parallel

Parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Season Ticket Silver
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High confidence
Bronze Foil
—
Probable
Red
/299
High confidence
Playoff Ticket
/199
High confidence
Blue
/199
High confidence

Grading & population

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

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Usman Nurmagomedov's earliest card: 2025 Panini Contenders PFL #11 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

No Usman Nurmagomedov card carries a printed RC logo. The checklists for 2025 and 2026 Panini Contenders PFL (Checklist Insider, Checklist Center) show no rookie designation anywhere in the products, and because he never fought in the UFC he has no Topps UFC or Panini Prizm UFC issue to act as a rookie. His earliest card of any kind is 2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6, but that is a print-to-order commemorative sold direct by Panini rather than a pack-issued card, which is why the first card most collectors treat as his true starting point is 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket #11 — the base card from the first hobby product to include him, released July 18, 2025.

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2025 Panini Contenders PFL #11 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

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