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Nothing is true because another card site says so.

The goal is to be the site other people cite. That only works if the claims hold, so here is the whole system in the open.

Rookie designations, print runs, checklist entries, serial numbering, release dates — every one is recorded with a source and a confidence level, or it isn’t published as fact. Card sites cite each other, so an error made once in 2010 can still be the top result in 2026. We found one on the Jon Jones rookie. We also corrected one of our own: this site first said the Jones #101 was his only 2009 card. It’s his only 2009 base card.

The vocabulary

What the terms mean

Every designation the archive puts on a card or a fighter, defined once. The evidence behind any single one of them is in the claim register at the foot of this page.

  • Licensed cardA card issued under a licence from the promotion, the manufacturer’s rights holder or the athlete’s. Everything in the card database is one.
  • Custom cardPrivately produced and unlicensed, however well made. A custom is never entered in the card database and never counts as a first or an earliest.
  • Earliest licensed cardThe earliest documented licensed card of the athlete in any sport or category — wrestling, football, boxing, a regional promotion, anything.
  • First MMA cardThe earliest documented licensed card tied to MMA. Often, but not always, the same card as the earliest licensed card.
  • First UFC cardThe earliest UFC-licensed card. A fighter can have MMA cards years before a UFC-licensed one exists.
  • First certified autographThe earliest pack-issued certified signature — signed for the manufacturer and inserted in the pack, not signed in person.
  • Recognized rookie cardUsed only where hobby evidence reasonably supports the designation. Where nothing supports it, no card here is called a rookie.
  • Working pickThe archive’s current leading candidate where no designation is settled. A position, not a ruling; it moves when the evidence moves.
  • No licensed card documentedThe status used when no licensed card of an athlete has been documented. It records an empty search, not proof that nothing exists.
Confidence levels
  • Verified  Manufacturer documentation, the card itself, or agreement between independent authoritative sources.
  • High confidence  Strong agreement between reliable secondary sources.
  • Probable  The evidence points one way; no primary documentation yet.
  • Uncertain  Sources conflict, or the evidence is too thin to call. Where they conflict we show the disagreement rather than quietly picking a side.
  • Unconfirmed  No usable evidence. Shown as unknown, never as an estimate.
Publish an estimate often enough and it stops being an estimate.

On price data

We don’t republish other people’s price data. eBay put sold listings behind a login in July 2026, and SportsCardsPro licenses its figures for internal use only. What we show instead: sales we made, transactions we watched happen at shows, and public auction results — each labelled with its source. An asking price is never a value.

The register

Every claim on the site · 2073

All 2073 claims are here, grouped by what they are about. Open a group to read its statements, its sources and its confidence level.

Fighters539 claims
Alex Pereira11
Uncertain

Alex Pereira's rookie card: 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 — Alex Pereira.

Of the RC-flagged cards on TCDB, 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 was released first (April 28, 2023, vs June 9, 2023 for Donruss #209) and comes from Panini's flagship UFC chrome brand. Resale listings and Sports Card Investor treat it as his main rookie (SportsCardsPro's sales listings call it RC, though its own data field does not). This is recorded as the working pick only; the dispute is not resolved. The 2022 Panini Instant cards came first and eBay's catalog labels both RC, while TCDB does not flag them RC. DISPUTE: Contested. (1) 2022 Panini Instant #79 (print run 616) and #139 (print run 784) are his first cards; eBay's product catalog lists both as '(RC)' with the 'Rookie' feature, but TCDB lists them without an RC flag. (2) TCDB flags 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111, 2023 Donruss UFC #209 and 2023 Donruss Optic UFC #108 as RC; Donruss and Optic also carry Rated Rookie (RR) flags. (3) SportsCardsPro's data fields show 'Is Rookie Card: No' for Prizm #111, while its sales listings call it RC. Collectors split between 'first card' (Instant), 'first flagship RC' (Prizm #111) and 'Rated Rookie' (Donruss #209).

Uncertain

Rookie card: 2022 Panini Instant #79 and #139 (first cards; eBay catalog 'RC'; no TCDB RC flag) vs 2023 Prizm #111 (TCDB RC, first released RC-flagged card) vs 2023 Donruss #209 Rated Rookie (TCDB RC and RR).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's data field lists Prizm #111 as not a rookie card, while sales listings on the same page call it RC.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

TCDB lists 2022 Panini Instant UFC as 132 cards, but Pereira's card is #139.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Chrome Rookie Autographs CRA-APE is listed by Checklist Insider but did not appear in TCDB's listing.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Unconfirmed

Which events the Instant #79 and #139 cards commemorate was not confirmed.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

Probable

Pereira's first licensed cards were two print-to-order 2022 Panini Instant UFC cards: #79 and #139 (TCDB print-run flag PR784). TCDB doesn't flag either as RC, which is one reason his rookie card is disputed.

High confidence

2023 was his main Panini year. Prizm (released April 28, 2023) had the RC-flagged #111 and the Throwback Signatures autograph TH-AXP. Donruss Optic (November 15, 2023) added a Rated Rookie at #108, with autographed Signatures versions.

High confidence

Panini's run closed with 2023 Immaculate Collection UFC (release date January 5, 2024). It has his rookie memorabilia autograph #108 /99 and the DA-AI dual autograph /25 with Israel Adesanya.

Probable

Topps held the UFC licence from 2009 to 2020, then Panini had it for three years. In January 2024 Fanatics announced Topps' return, starting with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC. Since then Pereira has appeared in Topps products, starting with Chrome #4 and a Future Stars autograph.

Probable

Alex Pereira: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Last fight was his heavyweight debut; primary class kept as Light Heavyweight (title division). Current division may now be Heavyweight.

Alexa Grasso6
High confidence

Alexa Grasso's rookie card: 2017 Topps UFC Knockout #88 — Alexa Grasso.

2017 Topps UFC Knockout #88 is the earliest Alexa Grasso card any reachable source records, and it is a UFC-licensed Topps issue released 10 May 2017 — four months before 2017 Topps UFC Chrome. Cardboard Connection's 2017 Topps UFC Knockout page gives the 10 May 2017 date, a 100-card base set and Grasso at #88; SportsCardsPro carries the same card as 'Alexa Grasso #88, 2017 Topps UFC Knockout'. Collectibles.com states flatly that 'Alexa Grasso debuted as a Rookie in 2017' and lists nothing earlier, and Sports Card Investor's guide starts at 2017 Topps Chrome UFC. Nothing exists from the Invicta years to displace it.

High confidence

Grasso turned pro in December 2012 and went 5-0 in Invicta FC between 2014 and 2016 without a single card coming out of it: Invicta held no trading-card licence, and no Grasso card of any kind before 2017 appears in any catalogued checklist. Her UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale on November 5, 2016 landed too late for that year's Topps checklists, so her cardboard begins the following spring, four and a half years into her career.

High confidence

Both of her rookie-year cards are Topps, and the hobby's register picks one. 2017 Topps UFC Knockout #88 came first, on May 10, 2017, in a 100-card base set with Green /215, Blue /99, Red /25 and Gold 1/1 parallels, and MMA Rookies designates it her rookie card. 2017 Topps UFC Chrome #85 followed on September 20 with the full ladder — Refractor, X-Fractor, Diamond, Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5, SuperFractor and plates — and MMA Rookies files it under 'Other Rookies'; it is the card the market chases, but it is second by date. Collectibles.com's register gives 2017 as her rookie year with Topps UFC Knockout as her earliest set. The refractor parallels of #85 are frequently advertised as separate rookie cards when they are parallels of the one card.

High confidence

The odd shape of her run is that Topps printed her twice before anyone got her to sign. She is in neither 2017 product's autograph checklist — the 37-name Chrome Fighter Autographs list does not include her — and in none of Chrome's four inserts, so privately signed #85s with a third-party authentication COA are not certified issues. Her first certified autograph is the Museum Autographs #MA-AG from the 2017-branded Museum Collection, which did not ship until February 28, 2018: on-card, serial numbered /99 or less, with a Copper /25 as its short parallel. Topps then reused the same MA-AG code for her in the 2018-branded Museum Collection on November 28, 2018, hard-signed in silver ink with Gold /25, Ruby /8 and Emerald 1/1 above it — so two different Grasso cards carry the number, and the product year is what separates them. She is absent from both products' base sets.

High confidence

Panini then reversed the pattern and signed her before it ever printed her. She is missing from the whole 2021 Panini Prizm UFC checklist — base, signatures and inserts alike — and her Panini era opens with autographs instead: Prizm UFC Signatures on March 25, 2022 and Donruss UFC Signature Series six weeks later on May 6, with a Black parallel catalogued for the Donruss card. Sources disagree on how those two are numbered, one checklist giving them base-style numbers and another lettered ones. Her first Panini base card did not arrive until the last release of the year, 2022 Donruss Optic UFC #91 on December 21, with the Optic rainbow running down to Gold Vinyl 1/1 — it is sometimes sold as a Panini rookie, which it is not.

High confidence

She submitted Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285 on March 4, 2023 to take the women's flyweight title, and 2023 Panini Prizm UFC shipped seven weeks later with her again autograph-only, in Superstar Autographs #34 and nowhere else in the product. 2023 Panini Select UFC, July 21, put her in the Mezzanine tier at #327 with a Snapshots insert #24. Topps' return then treated her as a headline champion: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC, March 20, 2024, has her at base #6 in a 200-card set, with Main Event Autographs #MEA-AGR — her first Topps signature in six years — and four inserts, Kings & Queens, All the Glory, Fired Up and Generation Now. Finest, Gold Label, Midnight and Stadium Club have all followed since.

Alexander Volkanovski2
Verified

Alexander Volkanovski's rookie card: 2019 Topps UFC Knockout #87 — Alexander Volkanovski.

TCDB lists no Volkanovski cards before 2019. The only RC-flagged card in his 2019 listing is 2019 Topps UFC Knockout #87, which prints an octagon RC badge on the front. Cardboard Connection's checklist confirms #87 in the 100-card set released May 8, 2019. His only other 2019 card is the unflagged UFC Knockout Chrome insert UFCK-AV in 2019 Topps Chrome UFC.

Probable

Alexander Volkanovski: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Featherweight champion as of last fight.

Alexandre Pantoja6
High confidence

Alexandre Pantoja's rookie card: 2020 Topps UFC #93 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Two 2020 Topps cards compete and only one carries a rookie designation from the manufacturer. Cardboard Connection's checklist for the August 2020 flagship reads '93 Alexandre Pantoja - Flyweight RC', and the same checklist marks RC on other first-year fighters such as Dan Hooker and Zhang Weili; eBay's catalogue page for the card is titled '2020 Topps UFC - Alexandre Pantoja #93 (RC)' and SportsCardsPro carries the same set and number. The March 2020 Knockout checklist carries no RC marking on #95 or on any card in that product, on Cardboard Connection's copy or on Checklist Center's. MMA Rookies designates Knockout #95 the True Rookie on release-order grounds — Cardboard Connection dates Knockout to 25 March 2020 and the flagship to 26 August 2020 — which keeps the question live, but a designation printed in the manufacturer's own checklist is the stronger claim. Collectibles.com states he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2020', and nothing earlier appears in any published source despite his January 2017 UFC debut.

High confidence

Pantoja beat Eric Shelton at UFC on Fox 23 on January 28, 2017 and then fought nine times before a card of him existed. The 2017 Topps Chrome, Knockout and Museum products and the 2019 Topps Chrome UFC set all passed him over, and Collectibles.com states flatly that he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2020'. There is no Pantoja prospect card, no TUF-era issue and nothing at all from the 2017-2019 stretch of Topps' first UFC licence.

High confidence

Everything therefore begins in 2020, and the rookie is a two-card argument inside a single year. 2020 Topps UFC Knockout, released March 25, carries base #95, which MMA Rookies calls his True Rookie Card on release-date grounds; the 2020 Topps UFC flagship followed on August 26 with #93, and it is the flagship checklist that actually prints the 'RC' tag. Sellers use 'RC' for both and sources disagree on which is the rookie. Both are base-only cards — Knockout has no Pantoja autograph or relic — and the flagship was the last Topps UFC base set before the licence moved, so #93 with its Camo /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 is also the end of an era.

High confidence

Panini's licence opened with the Prizm UFC 'Debut Edition' on April 28, 2021, where Pantoja is #46 with a sixteen-step colour ladder ending at Black 1/1 and no autograph anywhere in the product. 2022 gave him Prizm #178 on March 25, with the First Off The Line shimmer tier on top of the usual run, and Donruss #43 on May 6. That Donruss number is a base card and nothing more: the product's Signature Series checklist runs 1 to 100 and has no Pantoja on it, which is exactly the mistake the shared number invites. He is absent from the autograph checklists in 2022 Panini Chronicles UFC too, so three Panini years produced base cards and no signature at all.

High confidence

He took the flyweight title from Brandon Moreno at UFC 290 on July 8, 2023, three months after that year's Panini Prizm UFC had already shipped, and Panini's licence ran out before it produced a champion issue for him. Topps' return caught up instead: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC, March 20, 2024, puts the reigning champion at base #10, the low checklist position Topps reserves for titleholders, with an Allen & Ginter insert at #AAG-1 and Main Event Autographs #MEA-APA in the same product — his first certified autograph of any kind, more than four years after his first card, from an eighteen-card checklist that runs Refractor /150 down through Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10 and Red /5 to a SuperFractor 1/1. The base refractor ladder runs Speckle /299 down through Red /5 to its own SuperFractor.

High confidence

2025 Topps Chrome UFC, released June 27, 2025, has him at #188 alongside Joshua Van's rookie at #136, with the Chrome Veteran Autograph CVA-AP as the veteran counterpart to Van's rookie signature — the last autograph issued while Pantoja still held the belt, since Van took it in 26 seconds at UFC 323 on December 6. 2026 Topps Chrome UFC then moved him to base #40 and added the on-card Marks of Champions Autograph MOC-AP on May 8, 2026, a subset limited to titleholders and issued five months after the reign ended. That card honours the reign rather than the standing, and it is where his autograph run stands now.

Aljamain Sterling6
High confidence

Aljamain Sterling's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #29 — Aljamain Sterling.

MMA Rookies names 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #29 his True Rookie Card and lists 2015 Topps UFC Champions #54 and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #227 as the other rookies. Release dates back that order up: Cardboard Connection dates Knockout to 22 April 2015, Champions to 28 October 2015 and Chronicles to 3 February 2016, so Knockout is the first Sterling card of any kind. Nothing earlier exists — Cardboard Connection's checklists for 2014 Topps UFC Knockout and 2014 Topps UFC Champions have no Sterling line anywhere despite his February 2014 UFC debut, and no pre-UFC regional or non-MMA issue surfaced. SportsCardsPro confirms the number and the Silver /199, Gold /99 and Red /8 parallels.

High confidence

Sterling beat Cody Gibson at UFC 170 in February 2014 and went 3-0 in the UFC that year without a single card to show for it: the checklists for 2014 Topps UFC Knockout and the 200-card 2014 Topps UFC Champions contain no Sterling line in any base, insert, autograph or relic subset. Nothing earlier exists from the regional circuit either. His cardboard begins fourteen months after his UFC debut, and then arrives three times in ten months.

High confidence

The three rookie-year base cards are 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #29 (22 April 2015), 2015 Topps UFC Champions #54 (28 October 2015) and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #227, a 2015-branded product that did not ship until 3 February 2016. Which one is 'the' rookie is less contested than the listings suggest: MMA Rookies calls Knockout #29 his True Rookie Card and files the other two beneath it, release order agrees, and no source names a different card. The RC tags that cluster on Chronicles #227 are marketplace listing titles, which carry none of the weight of a designation. What nobody can show is a printed rookie logo — none of the three Topps checklists marks any card RC. The Knockout rookie is a thin card by Topps standards — a 100-card set with only Silver /199, Gold /99, Red /8 and a 1/1 Mat parallel, nothing between /99 and /8. Collectors who want a numbered rookie-year Sterling usually go to Champions #54 instead, which runs Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1, or to Chronicles #227, deepest of the three at Green /288 down to a Sepia 1/1.

High confidence

There is no Sterling autograph in Knockout at all, despite its 44-card autograph checklist, so his first certified signature is 2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighter Autographs #FA-AST, from a 73-fighter subset, unnumbered with a Red /8 above it. The same product carries the scarcer Fighting's Future Autographs #FF-AS numbered to 25, and Chronicles added #CA-AST the following February. Chrome followed in 2017: Topps UFC Chrome #67, released 20 September 2017, gave him his first full refractor rainbow — Refractor, X-Fractor, a Diamond hot-box card, Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10 and Red /5 — which is the rainbow bantamweight collectors actually work on, since his rookie-year cards stop at a /8. He returns in 2018 Topps Chrome at #13.

High confidence

He won the bantamweight title from Petr Yan by disqualification at UFC 259 on 6 March 2021, seven weeks before Panini's first licensed Prizm UFC, so his whole championship run is printed by Panini rather than Topps. Prizm #152 puts him in the horizontal half of the base set with the full colour run to Black 1/1, and nothing else — no autograph, no insert. Select UFC on 30 July 2021 prints him three times at three tiers, Concourse #46, Premier Level #151 and short-printed Octagonside #206, plus a Select Grapplers insert, apt for a man who took the belt with his wrestling. 2022 Prizm, out 25 March 2022 three weeks before the Yan rematch, moved him to the vertical half at #55 with Fearless and Fireworks inserts and the scarce FOTL shimmer parallels, Blue /7, Gold /5 and Black 1/1.

High confidence

Topps came back with the licence in March 2024 and put him at base #12 in Topps Chrome UFC with four inserts — Allen & Ginter, Energized, Fired Up and Generation Now — and, unusually for him, three autograph subsets in one release: Main Event Autographs #MEA-AST at roughly 1:38 hobby packs, Chrome Veteran Autographs #CVA-AST and Mark of Champions Autographs #MOC-AST, the last seen numbered to 150. That single product roughly tripled his Topps signature supply after nine years with none, and a Gallery Graphs autograph followed in 2024 Topps UFC Knockout. By the time it all shipped he had lost the belt to Sean O'Malley and moved up to featherweight.

Amanda Nunes5
Verified

Amanda Nunes's rookie card: 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #63 — Amanda Nunes.

TCDB flags 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #63 RC, and it is the only Nunes card TCDB lists for 2013, the earliest year she has cards. Topps Ripped features its Brazilian flag parallel as her earliest card. She has no Strikeforce or Invicta-era cards, so there's no pre-UFC question.

High confidence

Nunes' rookie card is #63 in 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines, released in December 2013, whose 150-card base set focused on international fighters. Its Flag parallel (/188) puts her photo on a Brazilian flag, and the set also has Ruby Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 tiers. Her first certified autograph came in 2014 Topps UFC Knockout (#KA-AN /149, Red Ink /15). The same product has a /10 triple autograph with Jessica Eye and Cat Zingano.

High confidence

As champion she was in Topps' premium sets: 2017 Topps Chrome UFC (released September 20, 2017) has base #86 and a Fighter Autograph #FA-AN. The 2020 Topps UFC Knockout autograph KA-AN is numbered /99 according to TCDB. Topps' own blog also lists her 2017 Top of the Class insert #TC-AN.

High confidence

Panini took over the UFC licence in 2021, starting with Prizm in April. That year Nunes had Prizm #66, a Champion Signatures auto (#6 on Cardboard Connection's checklist) and a /49 Absolute Tools of the Trade autographed relic in Chronicles. Fanatics returned UFC cards to Topps in 2024, and Nunes appears in that year's Topps Chrome All the Glory insert and a Gold Label Time Lapse insert numbered /99.

High confidence

Amanda Nunes: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Tricky: retired 2023-06-10, un-retired 2025-06-05. Bout vs Kayla Harrison (UFC 324, Jan 2026) postponed after Harrison's neck surgery; now scheduled for UFC 334 on 2026-11-14 per Harrison's Wikipedia page. UFC.com lists her Active. Has not fought since 2023.

Anderson Silva14
High confidence

Anderson Silva's rookie card: 2006 PRIDE FC #003 — Anderson Silva.

2006 PRIDE FC #003 is his earliest card: a solo base card in a full, officially issued MMA set, released 11 January 2006 by DSE, which ran PRIDE. TCDB flags it RC, and so do the eBay catalogue ('2006 DSE Pride FC Card Collection - Anderson Silva #003 (RC)') and Collectibles.com. 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46 also carries TCDB's RC flag and is his first card in a UFC-licensed product, so a collector who counts only UFC-licensed cards will take #46 instead; FightCardboard's pick follows the earliest RC-flagged solo card, which is #003. DISPUTE: TCDB gives RC flags to both 2006 PRIDE FC cards (#003 and #106) and to 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46, and eBay product listings carry (RC) for both PRIDE #003 and Round 1 #46. Which one is 'the' rookie depends on the rule: PRIDE #003 is his first card overall, Round 1 #46 his first UFC-licensed card. FightCardboard's working pick is #003.

Uncertain

Rookie card: TCDB flags 2006 PRIDE FC #003, 2006 PRIDE FC #106 and 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46 as RC. Collectors split between PRIDE #003 as his first card overall and Round 1 #46 as his first UFC-licensed card.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection describes a 2006 PRIDE Silva 'foil insert #97', while TCDB lists the Chonan/Silva card as base #106. It is unclear whether they are the same card.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

The Round 1 autograph number is written A-AS (TCDB, NSLists), AAS (TCDB Red Ink entry) or FAAS (Cardboard Connection).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection estimates about 200 copies of the unnumbered Round 1 autograph; this is not an official figure.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Round 2 #33 has no RC flag on TCDB, while GSP's #100 in the same set does.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

The Round 2 /188 parallel is called Onyx by Cardboard Connection and Silver by NSLists. Only NSLists lists a Bronze /88.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Base counts: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 is 102 in the archive, following NSLists, against TCDB's 100; 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 is 150, following TCDB, against NSLists' 156 counting checklist cards.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

NSLists lists AUG-TS under Silva cards, but that card is Thiago Silva, not Anderson Silva.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

Silva's earliest cards come from his PRIDE years, in the Japanese 2006 PRIDE FC set issued by DSE. Cardboard Connection says he has a base card and a foil insert there, and that Japanese distribution kept both scarce in North America. TCDB lists them as #003 and #106 (with Ryo Chonan).

High confidence

Cardboard Connection says his 'mainstream hobby debut came three years later' in both 2009 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions and 2009 Topps UFC Round 1. Round 1 has his RC-flagged debut card #46 with Chris Leben, the A-AS autograph and the dual-signed ASCL mat relic /25. Round 2 added a solo base card #33, the FA-AS autograph and a dual autograph mat relic with Lyoto Machida /25.

High confidence

In 2010 Silva signed for Topps and Leaf. Topps UFC Series 4 has an FA-AS autograph with Onyx, Ruby and Diamond versions, a Thoughts From The Boss dual with Dana White /25 and an Ultimate Gear autograph /25. Leaf MMA had no UFC licence and was released on 22 September 2010. Its Silva autographs include Champions and National Pride cards, a Showdowns dual with Jon Jones and the St-Pierre/Silva/Lesnar/Emelianenko quad.

Probable

After the Panini years Silva came back in 2024 Topps Chrome UFC (released 20 March 2024), after Topps regained the licence. He has base #17 and inserts such as AKA, 1954 Topps, Allen & Ginter, Pathblazers and Representing, but Checklist Insider's autograph lists for that product do not include him.

Probable

Anderson Silva: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired from MMA (released by UFC Nov 2020), but still an active professional boxer (most recent bout 2025-12-19 vs Tyron Woodley). 'Retired' refers to MMA only.

Anthony Pettis6
High confidence

Anthony Pettis's rookie card: 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #98 — Anthony Pettis.

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #98 is both Pettis's first card and the only Pettis card a card database designates a rookie: Collectibles.com's register carries it as '#98 RC'. Cardboard Connection dates the product to 4 May 2011, a month before he had fought in the UFC, and it is the base set where Topps first carried WEC fighters, which is why his first card shows him as the last WEC lightweight champion. Nothing earlier exists: SportsCardsPro's set lists for 2010 Topps UFC Series 4, 2010 Topps UFC Main Event, 2010 Topps UFC Knockout and 2010 Leaf MMA contain no Pettis entry, and Cardboard Connection's 2010 Series 4 checklist does not include him. The designation is not printed on the card — an eBay seller checklist for the set marks its RC cards and does not mark #98, and SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' for #98, for 2011 Finest UFC #49 and for 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #218, the card dealers more often sell as his rookie and which carries no designation from any database.

High confidence

Pettis is one of the few champions whose first card shows him in the WEC. 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot, released 4 May 2011, is the product that folded the WEC roster into the main Topps UFC base run after the merger - Topps had already carried WEC fighters a year earlier, in the 'WEC Fighter' block of 2010 Topps UFC Main Event, where Urijah Faber is #144 - and Pettis lands at #98 in Title Shot's 150 cards, a month before he ever fought in the Octagon and five months after the Showtime kick made him the last WEC lightweight champion. Nothing earlier exists: he appears in none of 2010 Topps UFC Series 4, 2010 Topps UFC Main Event, 2010 Topps UFC Knockout or 2010 Leaf MMA, all of which carried other WEC names such as Ben Henderson and Anthony Njokuani.

High confidence

That same May product holds his first relic and his first signature, so both predate his UFC debut. Fighter Relics #FR-AP comes unnumbered, with a Black version /88 and a Red /8, making it the first Pettis card a collector can chase in serial-numbered form. The Fighter Autograph Relics #FAR-AP is his first certified autograph, from a 35-contender subset that fell at roughly one per box.

High confidence

The rest of 2011 brought his chrome cards and the card the market actually trades as his rookie. Finest UFC #49 is his first on chrome stock, with the deepest ladder of his early run - Refractor /888, Xfractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octafractor /8, Red Refractor 1/1 and a printing plate - and a Finest Autograph #A-AP beside it. Moment of Truth followed on 30 November 2011 with base #218 in a 220-card set, plus Certified Signatures #CS-AP from the product's 70-card autograph series, a Fighter Gear relic and an Autographed Fighter Gear card /25. The rookie question is settled at the database level even though the market has not caught up: Collectibles.com's register carries #98 as '2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #98 RC Anthony Pettis', while dealers title #218 'UFC Debut' or 'Rookie RC' and SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' on #98, #49 and #218 alike. The useful fact is that #98 is seven months earlier than the card most people buy as the rookie.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout, out 6 April 2012, gave him base #31 in a 100-card hit-driven set, so those base cards are far scarcer than the 150- and 220-card issues of the year before; the Green /88 and Red /8 are the versions worth hunting, while the Gold and Silver print runs are reported differently by different checklists. The signed content in that product is the best of his career to that point - a Fighter Autograph #FA-AP, a Notable Nicknames autograph #NN-AP playing on 'Showtime', a Triple Threads relic and a dual autographed fight mat shared with Clay Guida, the man who had beaten him on his UFC debut.

High confidence

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #23 is his last base card before the belt: he armbarred Benson Henderson in the first round at UFC 164 on 31 August 2013, the rematch of the WEC 53 fight that made his name, and the Red /8 is the version collectors chase from a set that stayed thin and hit-heavy. His late-career signature is on a throwback: 2020 Topps UFC 1985 #85T-4, the autographed version of the 1985-design card, issued as he closed out his UFC run before moving to the PFL that December.

Arman Tsarukyan2
High confidence

Arman Tsarukyan's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #187 — Arman Tsarukyan.

TCDB's card list for Tsarukyan starts in 2022, with no 2019–2021 cards despite his April 2019 UFC debut. Of his RC-flagged 2022 cards, Prizm #187 released first (TCDB: March 25, 2022, vs. Donruss May 6 and Select July 1) and shows a printed RC shield. SportsCardsPro tracks it with his other 2022 base cards.

High confidence

Arman Tsarukyan: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

His Wikipedia page lists last fight as 2025-11-22 (def. Dan Hooker) - stale; UFC 331 event page confirms win over Ruffy on 2026-09-19. Also scheduled for an RAF wrestling crossover vs Dillon Danis 2026-10-03 (not MMA).

Bas Rutten6
Probable

Bas Rutten's earliest card: 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #114 — Bas Rutten.

No Bas Rutten card carries a rookie designation from any manufacturer, grader or database, so the archive records his first licensed issue as his earliest card rather than as a rookie. That card is 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #114: COMC catalogues it as '1995 BBM Pro Wrestling - [Base] #114 - Bas Rutten', Cardbase lists it in its entry for the 241-card set, and graded copies circulate. Dedicated BBM Pancrase issues follow at #183 in 1996, #133 in 1997 and #P19 in 1998. His first American card is 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-BR, numbered to 500, and 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #51 — the card eBay's catalogue titles '(RC)' and sellers sell as his rookie — is only his first UFC-licensed card, three licensed issues later. Confidence stays at probable because no published manufacturer checklist for the 1995 BBM set has been located.

High confidence

Rutten's cardboard starts in Japan, not America. While he was running up three King of Pancrase reigns and a 22-fight unbeaten streak, BBM was carding him: #114 in the 241-card 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling set, catalogued by COMC and Cardbase, then dedicated Pancrase issues at #183 in 1996, #133 in 1997 and #P19 in 1998 BBM Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. None of it is US-issued and none of it carries a rookie designation, which is how a Hall of Famer ends up with a card history that looks like it began a decade late. No published manufacturer checklist for the 1995 set has been located, so the numbering rests on catalogue entries and graded copies.

High confidence

His American cardboard starts with 2008 Donruss Americana II, released 15 July 2008 — after he had retired, and while the UFC licence was still Topps'. Its MMA-dedicated Ring Kings subset, thirty cards all numbered to 500, gives him #RK-BR, and the signed run of the same subset gives him #RK-BR /450, his first certified autograph. Topps reaches him a year later: 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #51, a portrait in the 150-card base with Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88 and Ruby /8 parallels, is his first UFC-licensed card. He is not on the Round 1 checklist, which was built around UFC-debut cards, and not in the Round 2 Greats of the Game insert or its autograph checklist. eBay's catalogue titles #51 '(RC)', but no Rutten card carries a printed rookie logo and three licensed issues precede it.

High confidence

December 2010's Topps UFC Knockout, the first high-end UFC product, gave him base #8 with a deeper ladder — Gold /288, Silver /188, Green /88, Red /8 and an Octagon Mat 1/1 — and, in the Fighter Autographs subset, #A-BR, his first UFC-licensed certified signature, with a Special Red Ink version /15 and a Mat 1/1. It is not where his signature enters the hobby: the Americana II Ring Kings Signature /450 beat it by more than two years, along with that card's Director's Cut /100, Signature Material /50 and Signature Material Prime /25 versions. Two base cards and one autograph is the entire Topps-era haul.

High confidence

Then fourteen years of nothing. He is absent from 2010 Topps UFC Main Event, 2010 Leaf MMA Autographs, 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot and 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth, and nothing of his surfaces anywhere across the Panini UFC licence of 2021-2023. Even his 2015 induction into the UFC Hall of Fame's Pioneer wing went uncommemorated at the time.

High confidence

Topps got the licence back for 2024 and went straight to the Hall. 2024 Topps Chrome UFC, released 20 March 2024, carries Hall of Fame Autographs #HFA-BRU at 1:50 hobby packs, with Refractor /150, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1 tiers — his first chrome signature. 2024 Topps Royalty UFC, which actually shipped on 4 April 2025, added Golden Hall Autographs #GH-BR in a 19-card Hall of Fame subset where every version is serial numbered, the base at /99 and then Blue /25, Gold /10, Green /5 and Platinum 1/1. Both of his modern cards are legends autographs; he has had no new base card since 2010.

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High confidence

BJ Penn's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #10 — BJ Penn / Joey Gilbert.

TCDB lists nothing licensed for Penn before 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 (released 23 February 2009). The only earlier item it records is a 2007 Rafo 'Fighters Borci' sticker, a sticker album issue rather than a trading card. TCDB flags two Penn cards RC: Round 1 #10 and Round 2 #47. Round 1 came out first, and #10 shows his UFC debut (also his professional debut) against Joey Gilbert at UFC 31, confirmed by NS Lists' checklist and the card's own 'UFC DEBUT 5.4.01 UFC 31' stamp. eBay sellers routinely list #10 as his RC. SportsCardsPro marks it 'Is Rookie Card: No', but it shows 'No' on every 2009 Topps UFC card we checked, so that field doesn't point to a different card.

Probable

BJ Penn: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Multiple retirements/comebacks; released by UFC Sept 2019 and has not fought since. Wikipedia describes him as retired, but no single formal final retirement announcement after 2019 was found.

Bo Nickal2
Uncertain

Bo Nickal's rookie card: 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 — Bo Nickal.

TCDB flags 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 (released April 2023) and 2023 Donruss #203 Rated Rookie (June 2023) as RC; Prizm #103 came out first and SportsCardsPro also lists it as a rookie. His earlier 2022 Panini Instant #118, commemorating his 27 September 2022 Contender Series win, carries Panini's printed RC logo but no TCDB RC flag. His 2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids #720 is a college-wrestling card with no RC designation. 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.

Probable

Bo Nickal: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

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Verified

Brandon Moreno's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #38 — Brandon Moreno.

Moreno has no card before 2021, so the rookie question is only about which 2021 Panini issue came first. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC released 28 April 2021 (Cardboard Connection), ahead of Select (30 July), Chronicles (6 October) and Immaculate (31 December). Cardboard Connection's base checklist has him at #38, SportsCardsPro's card page confirms #38 and flags it a rookie card, and MMA Rookies names '2021 Panini Prizm UFC #38' his true rookie card while listing Select #96 and Chronicles #26 as the secondary RCs.

High confidence

Moreno is the rare modern champion with no Topps cardboard at all from his early career. He debuted in the UFC on 1 October 2016, was cut in 2018, fought his way back, and Topps let the UFC licence lapse after 2020 without ever putting him in a set — nine UFC bouts inside the Topps era and not one card. Collectibles.com's biography states it plainly: he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2021', and MMA Rookies lists nothing before that year. So there is no pre-Panini Moreno card to find, and anyone assuming a 2016-debut fighter must have Topps paper somewhere is looking for something that does not exist.

High confidence

His entire rookie class is compressed into one Panini year, so the only question is which 2021 release came first — and that is settled by the calendar. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC, the Debut Edition, arrived on 28 April 2021 with him at #38 in the vertical half of the 200-card base set, six weeks before he submitted Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 263 to become the first Mexican-born UFC champion. MMA Rookies names it his true rookie card and SportsCardsPro flags it as one, with the full Prizm ladder behind it from Silver and Green through Red /275, Mojo /25, Gold /10, Octagon /8 and a Black 1/1. Select #96 (30 July) and the Chronicles Rated Rookie #26 (6 October) are the secondary rookies; the coloured parallels of #38 are frequently advertised as separate rookie cards, which they are not.

High confidence

Prizm carried no Moreno signature in any of its four autograph sets, so his first certified autograph is Select UFC's Rookie Signatures #7, numbered to 149 and issued on 30 July 2021 — his first signed card, and his first as reigning champion, from a ten-card checklist. Select's three-tier base structure also gives him Concourse #96, Premier Level #160 and Octagonside #296, a three-card ladder of the same fighter at escalating scarcity. That structure is the one thing in his catalogue that reliably trips people up: a Moreno Select card numbered in the 100s or 200s is a different card, not a parallel of #96. An Octagon Action Signatures card of him, also numbered to 149, sits in the same product.

High confidence

Chronicles UFC on 6 October 2021 spread him across Panini's whole brand line-up in one product: the Donruss Rated Rookie #26, the design most non-MMA collectors recognise on sight, Contenders and Optic Contenders Rookie Season Tickets, a Chronicles Signatures #32, an Origins autograph, and the Optic Rated Rookies Signatures #RR-BMR — a signed Rated Rookie on chromium stock from a nine-fighter checklist that runs 27 cards in total, base plus Red and Gold /10, with the Gold the realistic top-end chase. Cardboard Connection's table shows a '1' against his Optic line where two other catalogues give RR-BMR, which reads as a row position rather than a printed number.

High confidence

The inaugural Immaculate Collection UFC closed the year on 31 December 2021 treating him as a headline rookie: base #10 /65, Immaculate Ink #5 /99, a jumbo glove relic /27, the signed Rookie Memorabilia Autographs #102 /99 — his first card combining a signature with a swatch, with Red /25, Gold /10, Acetate /8 and Platinum 1/1 above it — and the Dual Autographs #10, Moreno and Figueiredo signing one card at 25 copies, the rivalry card for a series they fought four times between December 2020 and January 2023. Panini Instant also produced two print-to-order cards of him that year, #20 and #21, whose populations were fixed by their sales windows. Topps finally reached him eight years after his UFC debut: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #30, released 20 March 2024, with the refractor ladder from Speckle /299 down to a SuperFractor 1/1, plus Marks of Champions, Tale of the Tape and Generation Now inserts. Everything else collectors chase for him is still a 2021 Panini card.

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High confidence

Brock Lesnar's rookie card: 2002 Fleer WWE Raw vs. SmackDown! #19 — Brock Lesnar.

Cardboard Connection says Lesnar's 'first appearance on cardboard came in 2002 Fleer WWE Raw vs. Smackdown'. TCDB flags #19 RC, and SportsCardsPro lists it as [Rookie]. The set came out on 24 July 2002, before 2002 Fleer WWE Absolute Divas #49 (with Paul Heyman, 2 October 2002) and Royal Rumble #4 (December 2002), per WrestlingTradingCards.com. Royal Rumble #4 also carries RC flags on TCDB and SportsCardsPro, which makes it his second RC. For his MMA cards alone, the first card is 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #81 (TCDB RC flag; Cardboard Connection: 'The first Brock Lesnar MMA cards are in 2009 Topps UFC Round 1').

High confidence

Cardboard Connection says 'Brock Lesnar's first appearance on cardboard came in 2002 Fleer WWE Raw vs. Smackdown'. TCDB flags both that set's #19 and 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble #4 as rookie cards. Fleer's WWE sets also gave him early event-used memorabilia cards: a Royal Rumble event-worn shirt in 2002, and Aggression mat and shirt cards and WrestleMania XIX mat cards in 2003.

High confidence

His 2004 try-out with the Minnesota Vikings produced four football rookie cards: Leaf Rookies & Stars #155, its Longevity version /999, Playoff Honors #173 /425 and Upper Deck Sweet Spot #203 /999. Slam Wrestling reported the Playoff Honors release in October 2004, noting 425 copies plus 100 parallels.

High confidence

Cardboard Connection says 'the first Brock Lesnar MMA cards are in 2009 Topps UFC Round 1' and that Round 2 'had his first autographs', with Press Pass Fusion signatures arriving around the same time. It also warns that Lesnar 'has a surprisingly very limited amount of legitimate signed material', so buyers should take extra care with uncertified autographs.

High confidence

Lesnar signed more for UFC-era products in 2010: Topps UFC Series 4 (a new FA-BL autograph and a Thoughts From The Boss dual with Dana White /25), Knockout (a dual mat autograph with Frank Mir /10) and unlicensed Leaf MMA duals and quads with Fedor, Carwin and Velasquez. The 2011 Moment of Truth Elite Skills autograph followed. After that, his next UFC-licensed signature on our list is the 2024 Topps Chrome UFC Main Event Autograph, issued after Topps regained the licence.

Probable

Brock Lesnar: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion WWE.

Retired from MMA (second time) 2017-02-14. Retired from pro wrestling after final WWE match at SummerSlam 2026-08-01 (lost to Oba Femi); confirmed on The Pat McAfee Show 2026-08-04. Promotion = WWE (most recent).

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High confidence

Cain Velasquez's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #82 — Cain Velasquez / Brad Morris.

TCDB's Velasquez listing starts in 2009 and has two RC-flagged cards: Round 1 #82 (released 23 February 2009) and Round 2 #61 (30 September 2009). #82 came first and shows his UFC debut against Brad Morris at UFC 83, confirmed by NS Lists and the card's own 'UFC DEBUT 4.19.08 UFC 83' stamp. No licensed pre-UFC card turned up from his Strikeforce or Arizona State wrestling days. SportsCardsPro marks #82 'Is Rookie Card: No', but it does the same for every 2009 Topps UFC card we checked, so it isn't pointing at a different card.

Probable

Cain Velasquez: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired from MMA 2019-10-11. Later pro wrestling (WWE 2019-20, Lucha Libre AAA, last documented 2022-12-03). Promotion given = last MMA promotion.

Chael Sonnen6
Probable

Chael Sonnen's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #137 — Chael Sonnen / Demian Maia.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #137 is the first licensed card of any kind to carry Chael Sonnen. Jeff Allender's checklist for Round 2 lists him exactly once, on the fight card 'Chael Sonnen Vrs Demian Maia' at #137, and confirms he appears in none of the set's insert, relic or autograph subsets. The Round 1 checklist has no Sonnen entry at all, and no earlier MMA set — PRIDE FC 2006, the 2000 SEG/Crave promos — includes him either, so there is no pre-Topps card to argue for. FightCardboard's Round 2 checklist carries an RC flag on #137 and eBay listings sell it as '(RC)'.

High confidence

Sonnen fought for twelve years, including a UFC debut at UFC 55 in October 2005 and a WEC title fight, before any company put him on cardboard — and when Topps finally did it was on a shared bout card from a fight he lost. 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #137 pairs him with Demian Maia from UFC 95, the night Maia caught him in a triangle. Topps used the back half of the Round 2 checklist for two-man cards precisely to cover fighters with no portrait card, and Round 1 has no Sonnen entry in any subset. He is in none of Round 2's inserts, relics or autographs either, so for a full year this single shared card is his entire licensed output. Sellers often title it a 'UFC Debut' card; it was neither man's debut.

High confidence

That card is also his rookie, with the usual caveat: the Trading Card Database flags #137 RC and eBay sells it as '(RC)', while SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No'. Nothing earlier exists to argue for — he is absent from the 2006 Pride FC set and the 2000 SEG/Crave promos alike — so the disagreement is only over the label. Collectors who reject a shared bout card as a rookie buy 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 #63 instead, his first card with nobody else on it, released 24 September 2010.

High confidence

The Anderson Silva fight at UFC 117 on 7 August 2010 changed his card status overnight. Series 4, seven weeks later, gave him base #63, a fight-mat relic, a Tale of the Tape card opposite Nate Marquardt, a short-printed nickname variation reading 'The American Gangster' at a reported 250 copies — same card number as the base, only the nameplate differs — and Fighter Autographs #FA-CS, marked 'First Issue' on the checklist and his first certified signature, five years after his UFC debut. December's high-end Knockout went deeper still: base #29 with Gold /288, Silver /188, Green /88 and Red /8, a Notable Nicknames autograph at 25 copies, an autographed fight-worn relic /50, a fighter autograph /299 and a fight-mat card /488. Note that Topps reused the FA-CS code in 2025, so the year on the back decides which autograph a listing means.

Gold copies of 2010 Topps UFC Knockout on the open market are stamped x/288, which is the figure the archive carries. Allender's checklist gives the Gold tier as /308; that figure is not borne out by the cards.

High confidence

For the next two years Topps built product lines out of the Silva rivalry. He has no base card at all in 2011 Finest UFC, released 31 August 2011 — the checklist lists him exactly once — and that one card is Finest Feuds Dual Autographs #FF-SS, both men signing the same piece of chromium at 25 copies, which makes it simultaneously his only card in the set and the scarcest Sonnen item of the Topps era. Moment of Truth on 30 November 2011 finally gave him a spread of cards, with Certified Signatures #CS-CS as the accessible signature beside a /25 Showdown Shots dual with Silva and a /25 Tale of the Tape dual relic. Then 2012 doubled up on him. Knockout, out 6 April, carried a hard-signed Fighter Autograph coded #CS, an Autographed Premium Pieces relic #APP-CS numbered to 88, an Autographed Fighter Relic #AFG-CS, a Notable Nicknames autograph #NN-CS /25 and a dual mat relic with Brian Stann /10. Bloodlines followed on 7 December, in the year of the UFC 148 rematch, with base #142, an autograph catalogued #CS and also numbered to 88, an autographed jumbo fight-mat relic #AFM-CS /25 and a Global Conflict dual with Michael Bisping #GCDA-SB /25. The two products are the reason a bare 'Sonnen #CS /88' listing tells you almost nothing until you read the year and the product name off the back.

High confidence

Then the cardboard stops. The Jon Jones title fight at UFC 159, the retirement, and the whole Bellator run against Tito Ortiz, Rampage Jackson, Wanderlei Silva and Fedor produced no licensed card of him that any checklist records — Bellator's trading-card rights did not reach Panini until years after his last fight in June 2019, and no Sonnen card has been documented from a Bellator-licensed product. The revival came in 2024, when UFC 117 went into the Hall of Fame's Fight Wing: Topps marked it with UFC Topps Now card 10, a print-to-order Silva/Sonnen online exclusive whose population is only what sold in its short window, and with Octagon Legends Autographs #OLA-CSO in Topps Chrome UFC, a seventeen-card retired-fighter subset running /150, /50, /25, /10, /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1. He is not in that set's 200-card base checklist at all. A 2025 Topps Finest autograph, #FA-CS again, in a Blue Checkerboard Refractor /75, keeps him in the high-end signature rotation — and his first card and his latest are both shared cards from the same lost fight.

Charles Oliveira2
Verified

Charles Oliveira's rookie card: 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #147 — Charles Oliveira.

TCDB flags 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #147 as RC, and the card carries Topps' 'UFC DEBUT' tag, visible on the SportsCardsPro scan. It is the only RC-designated Oliveira card in TCDB's list. His other 2010 card, the Leaf MMA Autographs AU-CO1, has no RC designation and no UFC branding.

Probable

Charles Oliveira: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Planned UFC 331 rematch with Tsarukyan did not happen.

Chuck Liddell5
High confidence

Chuck Liddell's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 — Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 is his first card in a UFC-licensed product (released 23 Feb 2009 per TCDB). It shows his UFC debut, TCDB flags it RC, and the eBay catalogue sells it as (RC). It is the working pick, not an undisputed rookie. TCDB also RC-flags his first solo card, Round 2 #39. Cardboard Connection says that 'none of them are deemed official rookie cards' and names Round 1 #5, Goodwin Champions #70 and Round 2 #39 as his first-year base cards. SportsCardsPro's data field marks #5 'No'.

High confidence

Liddell's cardboard goes back further than the UFC licence. TCDB lists a 2000 SEG Crave Entertainment UFC card (#7) and a 2007 Rafo Fighters Borci sticker (#92). Cardboard Connection dates his first mainstream cards to 2009 and notes that none of them is an 'official' rookie card, even though TCDB flags 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5, which shows his 1998 UFC debut against Noe Hernandez.

High confidence

2009 and 2010 were his busiest card years. Topps' Round 2 (September 2009) gave him #39 with Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels. According to Cardboard Connection, Upper Deck produced his first certified autograph that same year. 2010 added the Topps UFC Series 4 autograph FA-CL (Onyx /88, Red /8, Diamond 1/1) and 2010 Leaf MMA, which has no UFC licence, where he signed a quad autograph with Rich Franklin, Randy Couture and Forrest Griffin.

High confidence

Topps held the UFC licence from 2009 until Panini took over in 2021, starting with Prizm that April. Liddell's Panini cards that year include the Prizm Sensational Signatures autograph (#SS-CLD) and Select #88. Fanatics returned the licence to Topps in 2024, and that year's Topps Chrome UFC includes Liddell base #46 and a Hall of Fame autograph (#HFA-CLI).

Probable

Chuck Liddell: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion Golden Boy Promotions.

Retired 2010, came back 2018, announced retirement again 2020-03-03. Last fight at heavyweight; last UFC fight 2010.

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High confidence

Ciryl Gane's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 — Ciryl Gane.

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 is the earliest Gane card that could be located in any source, licensed or otherwise, and it is the one eBay's catalogue sells as (RC). Cardboard Connection's checklist puts the product at 28 April 2021 and confirms Gane appears only once in it, at base #184 with no autograph. Everything else in his first year came later: Select on 30 July, Chronicles on 6 October, the Instant commemoratives in August. The competing claim is Chronicles Donruss Rated Rookie #28, which is the only Gane card with a printed Panini rookie logo, so collectors who go by logo rather than by date pick that one.

High confidence

Gane fought four times in the UFC, the Junior dos Santos win included, before a single card of him existed. He arrived in August 2019, after Topps' UFC licence had lapsed and before Panini's began, so his cardboard starts cold at 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184, released 28 April 2021. He sits in the horizontal half of the 200-card base set, with the full Prizm parallel ladder behind him - Red /275, Blue /199, Purple /149, Orange /99 and on down to Gold /10, Octagon /8 and Black 1/1.

High confidence

Which of his 2021 Panini cards collectors call the rookie is a matter of convention rather than a real disagreement. Prizm #184 came first, by five months; collectibles.com's Gane register marks it RC and eBay's catalogue carries the (RC) flag. Neither the Prizm nor the Select checklist uses an RC column at all, so the card itself carries no printed rookie logo — the only printed Panini rookie designation he has is on Chronicles UFC Donruss Rated Rookie #28, which did not appear until 6 October 2021. SportsCardsPro's rookie data field reads 'No' on every Gane card, Prizm #184 included, but that is a catalogue gap rather than a collector position.

High confidence

The rest of his first year came fast. Select UFC on 30 July 2021 put him in all three base tiers - Concourse #98, Premier Level #180 and the scarcer Octagonside #300 - and carried his first certified autographs, Rookie Signatures #10 and Octagon Action Signatures #32, both numbered to 149; Prizm had contained no Gane signature at all. Panini Instant #28 and #29 marked the UFC 265 interim-title win over Derrick Lewis that August, print-to-order and on sale for days only, and Chronicles UFC in October ran him through a dozen Panini brand designs with six autographs, among them the tricolour National Pride Signatures #27.

High confidence

Panini's last two years with him are quieter. 2022 Prizm UFC #101, out 25 March 2022, is the first base card that shows him as a former interim champion rather than a contender, two months after the Ngannou loss, and it brought Fireworks #12 and Prizm Flashback #16 with it. The premium lines kept signing him into 2023, down to an Immaculate UFC memorabilia autograph on acetate numbered to 6.

High confidence

Topps took the licence back and reached him at last with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #47 on 20 March 2024 - his first Topps card of any kind, five years after his UFC debut, with Supergiant SUG-1, Tale of the Tape TFT-4 and Allen & Ginter AAG-7 alongside it and refractors running to a SuperFractor 1/1. 2025 Topps Chrome UFC, out 27 June 2025, gives him base #33 and nothing else: no insert, no autograph, one card for the year.

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Verified

Conor McGregor's rookie card: 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 — Conor McGregor.

TCDB lists McGregor's earliest cards as 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines (released December 2013), and #139 is the only card of his flagged RC. Cardboard Connection ('McGregor received his first MMA cards in 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines'), Card Review Club ('A 2013 RC'), Short Story Guide ('2013 Bloodlines is his rookie and 1st auto') and Topps Ripped all agree. No Cage Warriors or other pre-UFC trading cards were found for him on TCDB or in any guide, so collectors have no earlier card to count.

Uncertain

2013 Bloodlines Black #139 print run: /25 (TCDB, COMC) vs /88 (Cardboard Connection set page, Card Review Club).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2013 Bloodlines release date: 13 Dec 2013 (TCDB) vs 18 Dec 2013 (Cardboard Connection).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2013 Bloodlines FA-CM /8 parallel is called 'Red' on TCDB and 'Ruby Red' elsewhere, and the card number appears as FA-CM or #CM depending on the source.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2017 Topps Chrome UFC FA-CM Gold Refractor: /50 (Cardboard Connection set notes) vs /25 (Sports Card Investor).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2014 Topps UFC Champions #32 is marketed as a rookie or 'second year rookie' by some sellers; not RC per TCDB and the guides.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

TCDB's McGregor person page also lists a 1922 Godfrey Phillips 'McGregor' card, which appears to be a different person (a footballer) grouped under the same name. It isn't a McGregor card.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

McGregor's first cards came out in 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines (December 2013), months after his UFC debut. The set has his RC-flagged base #139 in Flag, Black, Red and Platinum parallels, plus his first certified autograph, FA-CM. Cardboard Connection says his 'first MMA cards' appeared in that set.

High confidence

From 2014 to 2016 Topps put him in its autograph and relic lines as his profile rose. 2014 Knockout had KA-CM /149, KAR-CM /250 and TTAR-CM /18. 2016 added Museum Collection Archival Autographs and two Topps Now print-to-order cards for UFC 202 and UFC 205.

High confidence

Topps' UFC license ran from 2009 to 2020. Panini's multi-year exclusive began with 2021 Panini Prizm UFC on April 28, 2021, where McGregor has base #30, and Select, Chronicles and Donruss followed.

High confidence

Fanatics Collectibles announced the UFC deal on January 31, 2024, and Topps returned with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC on March 20, 2024 (McGregor #49). Topps' 2024 Royalty UFC, released April 4, 2025, lists him in the Royal Decree autograph set.

High confidence

Conor McGregor: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Several past retirement announcements (2016, 2019, 2020) all reversed; returned at UFC 329. UFC.com lists him Active, division Welterweight. Wikipedia's UFC 329 event page was stale (still 'scheduled') but the fighter pages and UFC.com confirm the result. Primary class chosen = Lightweight (former champion; most associated); Featherweight is also defensible. Part-owner of BKFC since 2024.

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High confidence

Cris Cyborg's rookie card: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #55 — Cris Cyborg.

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #55 is the earliest Cris Cyborg card any reachable source records, and it is in a UFC-licensed Topps product released 30 November 2011. Cardboard Connection's set page states Moment of Truth was 'the first UFC set to include Strikeforce fighters' and names Cris Cyborg Santos among them, listing '55 Cris Cyborg' in the base checklist; SportsCardsPro carries the same card as 'Cris Cyborg #55' in 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth with a Gold parallel. Two independent checks of the 2010 Leaf MMA base (100 cards) and 2010 Leaf MMA Autographs checklists show she is in neither, so there is no earlier MMA issue to displace it.

High confidence

Cyborg fought for six years before anyone printed her on cardboard. EliteXC and the early Strikeforce years had no card licence, and the checkable fact that kills most claims of an earlier issue is Leaf: the 100-card 2010 Leaf MMA base set and its Autographs checklist both cover Strikeforce and Japanese fighters, Gina Carano, Hitomi Akano, Sarah Kaufman and Carina Damm among them, and leave her out entirely.

High confidence

Zuffa bought Strikeforce in March 2011 and Topps folded the roster into UFC Moment of Truth that November, the first UFC set to carry Strikeforce fighters. Her rookie card is base #55 in that 220-card set, released 30 November 2011 - as reigning Strikeforce women's featherweight champion, not as a UFC fighter - with Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels, and the same product's Certified Signatures CS-CCY is her first certified autograph. MMA Rookies, the hobby's dedicated MMA rookie register, designates #55 her True Rookie Card and records no other rookie cards for her, which is why the parallels of #55 and the later Leaf autographs sold as 'rookies' are neither.

High confidence

Four months later came 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #53, from a 100-card set out 6 April 2012 with Silver /188, Green /88, Red /8 and a Mat Stock 1/1 - beware that the 2019 Knockout base set puts her at #53 as well. That product is where her early hit content sits: Autographed Premium Pieces APP-CC /88, Fighter Autographs FA-CC, Notable Nicknames NN-CC /25 and Triple Thread Relics TTR-CC /36. Leaf Metal MMA, dated 2011 on the card but not shipped until 16 March 2012 and unlicensed, is where the hard-signed Cyborg autographs come from, in Base Autographs BA-CS-1 and Champions CH-CS-1, from a print run cut to 150 cases.

High confidence

Then nothing for four years. Three seasons as Invicta FC featherweight champion from 2013 to 2015 produced no cards at all, Invicta having no card licence, and when she finally reached the UFC at UFC 198 on 14 May 2016 she had missed that year's Knockout release by six weeks and appears nowhere in it. Her first card as a UFC fighter is 2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #16, from a 45-card premium set released 30 November 2016 whose Archival Autographs AA-CCY /99 are on-card. 2017 Topps UFC Fire #17 followed on 7 February 2017, thin even in its mainstream form at Red Hot /142, Blue Flame /25 and Inferno 1/1, and the 2017 Museum Collection - branded 2017 but shipped 28 February 2018 - gave her #41 alongside on-card Museum Autographs, hard-signed Framed Autographs and a Reebok logo patch autograph that is a genuine 1/1.

High confidence

Her last big UFC year is 2019. Knockout on 8 May gave her base #53 with Green /175 through to a Gold 1/1 and unusually deep signed content for someone on her way out of the promotion - Knockout Autographs KA-CJ, the autograph relic KAR-CJ, a Champions autograph relic book /5 and a dual book with Holly Holm /10 - and Topps UFC Chrome on 11 September gave her the only Chrome base card she has at #69, plus the 1984 Topps Autographs 84T-CJ numbered to five, whose code is shared with the unsigned insert. Five years as Bellator featherweight champion then produced no licensed card anyone has catalogued, and she returns to cardboard only in 2025 Panini Contenders PFL, out 18 July 2025, with Season Ticket base #76, Superstar Die-Cuts #11, Supernatural #5 and a Season Ticket Signatures autograph reusing #76.

Dakota Ditcheva6
Probable

Dakota Ditcheva's earliest card: 2024 Panini Instant PFL #5 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Ditcheva has no rookie card in the designated sense: Panini's PFL products apply no RC tag to anyone on either the 2025 or the 2026 Contenders checklist, and SportsCardsPro's entry for Contenders PFL #37 reads 'Rookie Card: No'. Her earliest card of any kind is 2024 Panini Instant PFL #5, a print-to-order card with a print run of 129 issued after her 2 August 2024 PFL semi-final win: TCDB's published checklist for the set it catalogues as 2024-25 Panini Instant PFL lists '#5 Dakota Ditcheva, PR129, 8/2/2024' and a second card of her at '#33, PR100, 11/29/2024', with Beckett carrying the set independently. Her first pack-issued licensed card comes a year later — 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket #37, from a product released 18 July 2025, where Checklist Insider, Checklist Center and SportsCardsPro all place her. Confidence is probable because sold listing titles describe a '#10 ... /180' Ditcheva from the 2024 set while #10 on the published checklist is Michelle Montague, and that numbering is left unreconciled.

High confidence

With Ditcheva the absence is most of the history. Sixteen straight wins, a 2016 IFMA junior world Muay Thai title, the 2023 PFL Europe flyweight tournament and the 2024 PFL world flyweight tournament with its million-dollar cheque, and against all of it just two print-to-order cards: 2024 Panini Instant PFL #5, numbered to 129, for the 2 August 2024 semi-final TKO, and #33, numbered to 100, for the championship win that November. PFL had no pack-product partner until Panini's 2025 Contenders deal, so those two on-demand cards are the whole of her cardboard from the title run. There is no Topps card, no UFC-licensed card and nothing from the Muay Thai years.

High confidence

Her first pack-issued card is 2025 Panini Contenders PFL #37, released July 18, 2025, almost eight months after she became the first British woman to hold a major MMA world title and nearly a year after her first Panini Instant card. It is not a rookie card and neither is anything else of hers: Panini's PFL products apply no RC designation to any fighter, so sellers are free to attach the word to whichever issue they like. The base Season Ticket carries the deepest ladder she has from that year — Red /299, Playoff and Blue /199, Main Card and Green /99, Co-Main /49, Cracked Ice /25, Main Event and Gold /10, and two 1/1s in Championship Ticket and Season Ticket Black.

High confidence

Panini leaned on her heavily in that first product without ever getting her to sign. She leads two inserts at #1, For the Win and Winning Ticket, and also appears on Championship Contenders #3, 2004 Throwback #7 and Superstar Die-Cuts #15, each with the same six-tier ladder up to Platinum 1/1. Checklists disagree on the Throwback number, one reading giving #3 where two others give #7, and on whether she is in Crown Jewels at #12. What is not in doubt is the autograph situation: she is absent from Season Ticket Signatures, PFL Ink and Bellator Ink alike, so the 2025 Contenders release contains no Ditcheva signature at all.

High confidence

She first signs four months later, in the November 5, 2025 Panini Combat Anthology — the multi-combat set that pooled PFL, MLW and boxing into one 100-card base checklist. Classics Signatures #20 is her first certified autograph, with an unusually thin structure above it: only Gold /10 and Platinum 1/1, no mid-tier to fall back on. Base Signatures #90 is the signed version of her base card and shares its number. Base #90 itself is her first card outside the Contenders line and the better of her two 2025 base cards to chase in colour, with seventeen tiers running down to Crimson Mask /5 and separate Black Fireworks and KO 1/1s.

High confidence

By the August 5, 2026 Contenders PFL she is the reigning flyweight champion and the product treats her accordingly: base #70 under the Fireworks parallel scheme topping out at Black Fireworks 1/1 and a Championship Ticket 1/1, plus three separate autographs where a year earlier there were none. Season Ticket Signatures #70 comes from the 63-card subset and is the obtainable one; Championship Moments Signatures #19, numbered to 99 or lower, is the only signature of hers actually about the title, commemorating the tournament final over Taila Santos; PFL Ink #49 is the third. She also leads Superstar Die-Cuts at #1 and takes Crown Jewels #4. Everything she has is Panini, and all of it PFL-licensed.

Dan Henderson6
Probable

Dan Henderson's rookie card: 2006 PRIDE FC #132 — Dan Henderson.

Collectibles.com states outright that 'Dan Henderson debuted as a Rookie in 2006', and the only 2006 product carrying him is the Japanese Pride FC set, where both Collectibles.com (Gold Foil Signature #132) and Cardbase (#132) place him. WorthPoint's description of the same set confirms it was 'released by Pride FC, a Japanese organization', sold in packs in Japan and issued 'several years before the UFC Topps Round 1 series', which makes it the first licensed cardboard of a career that began in 1997. No earlier card of any kind — Olympic, wrestling or MMA — surfaced on any reachable source. The caveat is that the set prints no RC logo and the base card number is not settled: Sports Card Investor lists his base card as #35 while two other sources say #132.

High confidence

Henderson turned professional in June 1997, won the UFC 17 middleweight tournament, fought five years in PRIDE and took the PRIDE welterweight belt off Murilo Bustamante on 31 December 2005 — all before a licensed card of him existed. The first one is Japanese: the 2006 Pride FC set, sold in packs in Japan, with a 142-card base run and 583 cards in total once the Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature and Holographic variations are counted, plus ten PR-1 to PR-10 promos that went only to large-volume dealers and industry insiders rather than into packs.

High confidence

That set prints no RC logo, and sources disagree about which number is his: Collectibles.com and Cardbase put him at #132, while Sports Card Investor's set page lists him at #35 — both could be right in a 142-card base run, and Cardbase separately shows a #121 card pairing him with Bustamante. What is agreed is the year, Collectibles.com stating that he debuted as a rookie in 2006, so the Topps cards sellers call 'the Hendo rookie' are simply his first UFC-licensed cards, three years late. Nothing earlier exists in any form: despite Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1992 and 1996 Games, no Olympic-licensed Henderson card has turned up, and he did not medal at either.

High confidence

Topps reached him in 2009. Round 1, a 102-card set built on historic bouts, gave him #6 — a two-man card opposite Allan Goes from the UFC 17 tournament night of 15 May 1998 — with Gold, Silver, retail Black and a Red 1/1 behind it, but no autograph. Round 2 on 30 September 2009 delivered his first solo UFC-licensed card at #67, with Gold unnumbered, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels, plus Greats of the Game #GTG-12, a TUF Season 9 coaching autograph #TUF-DH from the 18-card subset built around the season opposite Michael Bisping, and his first certified signature anywhere, Autographs #FA-DH, whose Red Ink version is the one collectors chase.

High confidence

Then comes the gap. He left for Strikeforce after UFC 100, won its light heavyweight title in March 2011 and beat Fedor Emelianenko that July, none of which reached a UFC-licensed product — the 150-card 2010 Topps UFC Knockout checklist has no Henderson entry at all, and no Strikeforce-licensed card of him has been identified. He reappears in the 220-card 2011 Moment of Truth at #77, with Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8, printing plates and Diamond 1/1, and 2012 Bloodlines follows with base #130 behind the deepest ladder of his Topps years — Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8, Platinum 1/1 and plates — alongside the Autographed Fight Mat Jumbo Relic #AFM-DH numbered to 25 and a Countrymen quad autograph book card with Chael Sonnen, Matt Hughes and Randy Couture. Watch the number: he is also #77 in 2012 Finest UFC, so a bare '#77 Dan Henderson' identifies nothing.

High confidence

Panini treated him as a retired signer rather than a roster fighter. 2021 Prizm UFC left him out of the 200-card base set entirely and carried him only on Sensational Signatures #SS-DHD, which at least comes with a full rainbow — Silver and Green unnumbered, Red /49, Blue /35, Mojo /25, Gold /10 and a Black 1/1 — while Select UFC gave him base #80 and #196 and 2022 Immaculate put both UFC 139 signatures on one card with Shogun Rua at Dual Autographs #DA-DHS. Topps, back with the licence, leaned on his 2018 Hall of Fame induction: 2025 Royalty UFC Golden Hall Autographs #GH-DH with Blue, Green, Gold and Platinum tiers, Stadium Club Base Card Autographs #BCA-DHN, Midnight Glimmer Graphs and a Knockout Full Contact autograph.

Daniel Cormier2
Verified

Daniel Cormier's rookie card: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 — Daniel Cormier.

TCDB flags 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 as Cormier's RC, and it is the earliest card in his TCDB profile (TCDB's year filter starts at 2011). Cardboard Connection confirms #97 in the 220-card base set, describes Moment of Truth as the first UFC set with Strikeforce fighters, and marks his Certified Signatures card as a 'First Issue'. Seller titles on SportsCardsPro also call #97 his RC.

Probable

Daniel Cormier: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired 2020-08-15; now UFC commentator. Former LHW and HW champion.

Demetrious Johnson5
High confidence

Demetrious Johnson's rookie card: 2011 Finest UFC #33 — Demetrious Johnson.

TCDB flags two 2011 Johnson cards RC: Finest #33 and Moment of Truth #201. MMA Rookies calls Finest #33 his 'True Rookie Card' and lists Moment of Truth #201 as an 'other rookie'. Moment of Truth didn't release until November 30, 2011 (Cardboard Connection). His only earlier card, 2010 Knockout FG-DJ, is an un-flagged relic.

High confidence

Johnson's first card isn't his rookie. TCDB lists a 2010 Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Gear relic, #FG-DJ /188, dated a year before his RC. His RC-flagged card is 2011 Finest UFC #33 (released August 31, 2011), which comes with Refractor, X-Fractor, Gold /88, Octa-Fractor /8 and Red 1/1 parallels. His first certified autograph, Certified Signatures #CS-DJ, followed in 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth.

High confidence

2012 is the densest year for Johnson autographs. Knockout (April 2012) has FA-DJ, Finest (August 2012) pairs him with Dana White on a /25 Thoughts From the Boss dual autograph, and Bloodlines (December 2012) adds A-DJ with Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels. 2013 Finest follows with a Finest Moments card (#FM-1) and its /25 autographed version.

High confidence

Topps held the UFC licence from 2009 until Panini took over in 2021, so Johnson's UFC-branded cards are nearly all Topps, including 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #23. TCDB counts more than 850 Johnson cards and notes his 2026 UFC Hall of Fame induction. His most recent card in the archive is 2025 Panini Combat Anthology #98.

Probable

Demetrious Johnson: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion ONE.

Announced retirement 2024-09-06 at ONE 168.

Diego Lopes2
Verified

Diego Lopes's rookie card: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 — Diego Lopes.

TCDB's card list for Diego Lopes starts in 2024 and flags 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 RC. SportsCardsPro lists it as a rookie card, and the front has a printed RC logo. The other RC-flagged base cards (2024 Topps Finest UFC #42/#142) came out later, in February 2025 per TCDB.

Probable

Diego Lopes: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Said he will move to lightweight next.

Dominick Cruz6
Probable

Dominick Cruz's earliest card: 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #127 — Dominick Cruz.

No source consulted designates an official Dominick Cruz rookie card. SportsCardsPro's data field reads 'Is Rookie Card: No' on every Cruz card checked, including 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #127, 2011 Finest UFC #66, 2011 Moment of Truth #39 and 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #2. Collectibles.com states he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2010', which matches the Knockout card's December 2010 release but names no specific card. Because he fought his whole pre-title career in WEC, which had no card programme, and because Topps' 2010 UFC Series 4 checklist contains no WEC fighters, 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #127 is the earliest Cruz card on record — so it is filed as his earliest card rather than as a rookie card. No card database entry has been located for any of them, so an RC flag in a database record cannot be ruled out.

High confidence

Cruz spent his whole rise without a card. He fought Urijah Faber at WEC 26 in March 2007 and held the WEC bantamweight title from March 2010, but WEC never ran a trading-card programme of its own. Topps did carry WEC fighters in 2010 - Main Event has a 'WEC Fighter' block, with Urijah Faber at #144 - but Cruz is in neither that block nor the 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 checklist, which has no WEC fighters at all. The earliest Cruz card catalogued anywhere is 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #127, from a 150-card set that shipped in December 2010 - the same month he beat Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53 to unify the belt with the inaugural UFC bantamweight title, which is what put a career WEC fighter on a UFC checklist in the first place. Jeff Allender's House of Checklists and SportsCardsPro agree on the number; they disagree only on the Gold parallel, which SportsCardsPro numbers /288 and Allender's checklist carries without a serial.

High confidence

No source designates a Cruz rookie card, which is why the letters float. SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' on every Cruz card checked, from the 2010 Knockout base through 2011 Finest, Moment of Truth and the 2021 Prizm; Collectibles.com says only that he debuted as a rookie in 2010, naming no card. Sellers attach RC to 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #39, helped by the fact that the set genuinely does carry first cards for fighters new to the checklist, and parallels get the same treatment - the Moment of Truth Onyx and the Finest Refractor both turn up in listings headed 'Cruz RC'.

High confidence

Almost everything else from his first reign arrives in one 2011 burst. Finest gave him base #66, his first card on chrome stock, behind X-Fractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octa-Fractor /8 and a Red Refractor 1/1 - the Refractor tier itself is unsettled, with one catalogue calling it /888 and Jeff Allender's checklist listing it unnumbered - plus Finest Fighters Autographs #A-DC, his first certified signature. Moment of Truth followed on 30 November 2011 with #39 in a 220-card base and Gold, Onyx, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels, along with Certified Signatures, Elite Skills and dual-autograph appearances. Title Shot #41 and the Fighter Relics #FR-DC, with a Black version /88, close the window; a run of knee and groin injuries then held him to a single fight between October 2011 and January 2016, and his card run thins to almost nothing across those years.

High confidence

Taking the belt back from T.J. Dillashaw at the start of 2016 put him into Topps' high-end products for the first time. Museum Collection gave him base #27 and the Framed Autographs #MCC-DCR, with a Black Framed version, and Knockout that year carried him on a six-signature SixSigs card. The tightest-numbered card of his championship years is the 2017 Topps Chrome UFC Tier 1 insert #UT-DC, from a 25-fighter set, with the Refractor at /99, a Pulsar Refractor /50 and a Superfractor 1/1 above it - and note that Topps and the price guides file that product under slightly different names.

High confidence

Panini's licence gave him flagship base cards again: 2021 Prizm UFC #2, a low and memorable number in the most collected product of that era, with Select UFC #42 and Chronicles #346 alongside it and Immaculate dual autographs pairing him with Henry Cejudo and T.J. Dillashaw. Topps' return brought the Chrome UFC Representing insert #REP-8, whose Superfractor 1/1 is the modern Cruz chase card, and 2025 Royalty added Regalia Relic Signatures #RRS-DC. His 2026 induction into the UFC Hall of Fame's Modern Wing has sent collectors back to the thin 2010 and 2011 run, which is where the scarcity actually is.

Donald Cerrone6
Probable

Donald Cerrone's rookie card: 2010 Topps UFC Main Event #147 — Donald Cerrone.

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #147 is his first card in a licensed Zuffa product. Topps included WEC fighters in the set (Cardboard Connection's Title Shot write-up confirms Topps was still carrying WEC fighters into 2011), and Cerrone's card is catalogued on eBay as '2010 Topps UFC Main Event - WEC Fighter Donald Cerrone #147 (RC)'. SportsCardsPro lists the same card at #147 but its data panel reads 'Is Rookie Card: No', so the RC designation is a marketplace convention rather than a printed RC logo. Main Event released 23 Feb 2010 (TCDB, via the archive's existing set record), which puts it ahead of everything else he has.

High confidence

Cerrone's cardboard starts in the WEC rather than the UFC. Topps carried WEC fighters in its 150-card 2010 Topps UFC Main Event set — 140 UFC fighters and 10 WEC fighters — released on 24 February 2010, and #147 is his first card in a licensed Zuffa product, issued a year before he ever walked to a UFC cage and eight months before the two promotions merged, with the 'WEC Fighter' designation in the catalogue title that distinguishes it from his later base cards. The same year brought 2010 Leaf MMA #36, listed as 'Donald Cowboy Cerrone' in a 100-card base set that carries no UFC or WEC marks at all; Leaf shipped on 8 October, seven and a half months after Main Event, so the licensed card is unambiguously the earlier of the two.

High confidence

The rookie question is decided by convention rather than by print. eBay's catalogue sells Main Event #147 as the (RC), while SportsCardsPro's data panel on the same card reads 'Is Rookie Card: No', and nothing confirms a printed RC logo on it; Collectibles.com's register simply dates his rookie season to 2010 without naming a card. Leaf #36 is flagged 'not a rookie card' on the strength of being unlicensed, and it is seven months later besides. Most sellers instead treat 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #73 as his 'real' UFC card, but that came out on 4 May 2011, fourteen months after Main Event, so the earliest licensed card and the card the market calls the rookie are the same thing only if you accept the marketplace flag.

High confidence

2011 is the year everything a Cerrone collector chases arrives. He beat Paul Kelly at UFC 126 in February, and Topps' 4 May Title Shot release — a 150-card crossover set of UFC veterans, legends, debutants and WEC fighters — gave him base #73 plus his first two certified autographs: Fighter Autographs #FA-DCE, from a 50-fighter subset, and Fighter Autograph Relics #FAR-DCE, a signed swatch from a 35-contender subset and the harder of the two to run down. No print run is published for either subset. Title Shot's parallel names are also reported two ways, one source giving Gold, Onyx /88, Red /8 and Diamond 1/1 where another gives Silver /188 and Bronze /88.

High confidence

Finest, released 31 August 2011, gave him his first chrome card and his first proper serial-numbered chase: base #76 with Refractor, X-Fractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octa-Fractor /8 and Red Refractor 1/1. The Finest Fighters autograph #A-DCE carries the deepest parallel run of any Cerrone signature from the Topps years — X-Fractor /88, Gold Refractor /25, Octa-Fractor /8, Red Refractor 1/1 — but the checklist tags it as an exchange card, so packs held a redemption rather than the signed card, which is one reason live copies are thinner than the print runs suggest. The same product produced an Iron Sharpens Iron dual autograph with Clay Guida numbered to 25. After that the trail goes quiet for a decade.

High confidence

Panini's first Prizm UFC brought him back at base #12, behind the widest colour ladder he ever had — Silver and Green through Red /275, Neon Green /75, Mojo /25, Gold /10, Lucky Envelopes /8, Octagon /8 and Black 1/1 — and gave him Prizm Signatures #1, literally the first card of a tight 20-subject autograph checklist and his first Panini-era signature, with Gold /10 and Black 1/1 at the top. He went into the UFC Hall of Fame's Modern Wing in July 2023 with more Zuffa wins and more post-fight bonuses than anyone, and Topps answered the following March with the 13-subject Hall of Fame Autographs subset of Chrome UFC, #HFA-DCE, running Refractor /150, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1. The checklist starts that ladder at /150, so whether an unnumbered version exists is unclear.

Dricus du Plessis2
Verified

Dricus du Plessis's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 — Dricus du Plessis.

TCDB's du Plessis profile starts in 2022, and the earliest-released RC-flagged card is 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 (March 25, 2022). It is on TCDB's 57-card rookie list for the set, Cardboard Connection's checklist confirms him as #92, and the card front carries Panini's 'ROOKIE CARD' RC shield. His other 2022 rookies — Select #44/#242/#317 (July 1, 2022) and Chronicles #79 (August 31, 2022) — are also genuine RCs but came later.

High confidence

Dricus du Plessis: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

His Wikipedia page was stale (bout still listed as scheduled); result from UFC.com and Usman's Wikipedia page.

Dustin Poirier2
Verified

Dustin Poirier's rookie card: 2011 Finest UFC #2 — Dustin Poirier.

TCDB flags two 2011 Poirier cards RC: Finest #2 and Moment of Truth #194. MMA Rookies names Finest #2 his 'True Rookie Card' and lists Moment of Truth #194 as an 'other rookie'. Moment of Truth released Nov 30, 2011 (Cardboard Connection). TCDB lists no Poirier cards before 2011, so his WEC stint has no cards.

Probable

Dustin Poirier: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired after UFC 318 (planned retirement bout).

Eddie Alvarez6
High confidence

Eddie Alvarez's rookie card: 2010 Leaf MMA #88 — Eddie Alvarez.

Collectibles.com designates the card: its register flags 2010 Leaf MMA #88 as a Rookie Card, states that Alvarez 'debuted as a Rookie in 2010', and marks every later card of his — including the 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines issues that sellers usually call his rookie — as not a rookie. It is also the earliest Alvarez card either catalogue records. The caveats are about the product rather than about a competing candidate: Cardboard Connection describes 2010 Leaf MMA as Leaf's rebranded Razor MMA release, it carried no promotional licence, and it printed no RC logos, so the designation comes from the register rather than from the card. SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' for the Leaf card, as it does for 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #3, 2016 Topps UFC Knockout #20 and 2018 Topps Chrome UFC #3 alike, and that is the one dissent. Nothing credible names a different card.

High confidence

Alvarez's cardboard begins seven years into his career, in an unlicensed set. Leaf's rebranded Razor MMA release of 22 September 2010 gave him base #88 in a 100-card set and his first certified autograph, #AU-EA1, with Purple /25 and Gold /5 versions; because Leaf held no promotional licence, neither card carries a mark of the Bellator lightweight title he had held since June 2009. Those two cards are the whole of his pre-UFC record. No licensed Bellator card programme is documented before 2024, ten years after he left, so neither of his title reigns could have produced one; his 2008 DREAM Grand Prix run is a genuinely open question, with no Japanese issue of him documented and no confirmation either way.

High confidence

The rookie question is unsettled. Collectibles.com labels 2010 Leaf MMA #88 a Rookie Card; SportsCardsPro's rookie field on the same card reads 'No', and no second checklist breaks the tie. Sellers usually call 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #3 his rookie instead, but that is his first UFC-licensed card rather than his first card, and SportsCardsPro flags it 'No' as well — as it does 2016 Knockout #20 and 2018 Chrome #3. The archive records #88 as his earliest card and leaves the RC designation alone.

High confidence

Topps picked him up only after UFC 178. Bloodlines, out 17 December 2014, made him #3 in a 140-card set with Flag, Black /25, Ruby Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels, and gave him his first UFC-licensed signature at #FA-EA /225 with a Red /8. The 30 March 2016 Knockout release beat his title win over Rafael dos Anjos by three months, so base #20 still shows a contender; the prizes from that product are the multi-signed hits, Triumphant Trios #TTT-WAT /10 with Fabricio Werdum and Tecia Torres and the Dominant Duos #WA /10 with Werdum.

High confidence

The first Topps Chrome UFC in 2017 left the former lightweight champion out of its 100-card base set and signed him only for Fighter Autographs #FA-EA, whose refractor ladder runs Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1. 2018 was his last Topps year before ONE Championship: Chrome base #3 — the same number Bloodlines had used, so check the set name rather than the number — plus Knockout base #36 and #KAR-EA, the only Alvarez card to pair a signature with a swatch, in Blue /35, Purple /25, Red /8 and Gold 1/1.

High confidence

Then seven years with nothing: his ONE Championship spell and the entire Panini UFC run of 2021-2023 produced no Alvarez cards. PFL's takeover of Bellator ended the drought — Panini Contenders PFL, released 18 July 2025, has him at Season Ticket #71 in a 100-card set, with a Crown Jewels insert at #17 and a ticket ladder running to a Championship Ticket 1/1, and the 5 August 2026 release returns him at #63. Fifteen years after his first Bellator belt, these are the closest thing to a licensed card of that lineage he has.

Fedor Emelianenko12
Probable

Fedor Emelianenko's rookie card: 2006 PRIDE FC #014 — Fedor Emelianenko.

TCDB flags all eight of Fedor's 2006 Pride FC base cards as RC and describes the set as the first full MMA set ever released, which predates 2010 Leaf MMA by four years. Of the eight, #014 is the one sellers treat as 'the' rookie: Sports Card Investor tracks it with a dedicated price page, and it is the one sold in PSA 10 as 'Rookie Card RC' / 'grail' in eBay listings and at Fanatics Collect (label: '2006 Pride Card Collection Grand Prix Fedor Emelianenko #14'). #127 is the other strong candidate because it is his other solo card and the one with foil-signature parallels and an autographed #127EX version. The choice of #014 over #127 is a market-convention call, not a manufacturer designation. DISPUTE: Sources disagree on whether his first cards are the Japanese-issued 2006 Pride FC (DSE) set or 2010 Leaf MMA. TCDB flags both the 2006 Pride FC cards and 2010 Leaf MMA #1 as RC, while Cardboard Connection calls 2010 Leaf MMA the 'first MMA product featuring Fedor Emelianenko' and a Beckett News headline calls the Leaf cards 'Fedor's First Cards' — neither mentions the 2006 set.

Uncertain

Which is Fedor's first card: TCDB flags the 2006 Pride FC (Japan) cards as RC, while Cardboard Connection and a Beckett headline present 2010 Leaf MMA as his first cards/product.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Within 2006 Pride FC, all eight Fedor cards carry TCDB's RC flag; #014 is the market favourite but #127 (solo, with the autograph version) is an equally valid choice.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Set naming: TCDB '2006 Pride FC' vs PSA '2006 Pride Card Collection (Grand Prix)' vs sellers' 'DSE Pride FC'.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

eBay seller titles attach card #71 to both Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman; TCDB lists #71 = Fedor/Coleman and #73 = Fedor/Randleman.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2010 Leaf MMA Showdowns dual autograph print runs: TCDB lists only Red /10; an eBay listing calls a version /5.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2025 Combat Anthology MMA Stars Signatures number: MS-FEM (TCDB) vs #5 (Checklist Insider).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

No evidence found for a Sports Illustrated for Kids or pre-2006 BBM Fedor card; TCDB notes earlier MMA appearances in Japanese wrestling and unlicensed sets, so an earlier card cannot be excluded.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

Fedor's first cards are Japanese: TCDB lists eight RC-flagged Fedor cards in the 2006 PRIDE FC set, which DSE released on 11 January 2006. They include base #014 and #127, which also comes in Silver and Gold foil facsimile-signature versions. The only certified autograph is 127EX, numbered to 10.

High confidence

Leaf's 2010 MMA set (released 22 September 2010) brought him to US packs. Cardboard Connection billed it as the 'first MMA product featuring Fedor Emelianenko'. It had no UFC licence, so Leaf could make him card #1 and give him base, Champions and National Pride autographs, a Showdowns dual with Brock Lesnar and two quad autographs.

High confidence

After 2010 his card output almost stops. Before 2025 TCDB lists only a 2016 Leaf Sports Heroes autograph and an unlicensed 2020-21 'All Sports' card, and no Topps UFC cards at all. Panini then brought him back with licences: 2025 Contenders PFL (18 July 2025) has a Season Ticket base card, Bellator Ink and Season Ticket Signatures autographs, and 2025 Combat Anthology (5 November 2025) has base #30, several inserts and three autograph cards.

Probable

Fedor Emelianenko: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion Bellator.

Final retirement 2023-02-04 after Bellator 290.

Francis Ngannou5
Verified

Francis Ngannou's rookie card: 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #78 — Francis Ngannou.

TCDB flags two Ngannou cards RC, both from 2017-dated sets: Topps Chrome UFC #78 (released September 20, 2017) and Museum Collection #13 (released February 28, 2018). Chrome came out first. Collectibles.com also lists Chrome #78 as his RC, and TCDB has no earlier Ngannou card.

High confidence

Ngannou has no pre-UFC cards on TCDB. His cards begin with 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #78 (released September 20, 2017), an RC with a full refractor rainbow from Green /99 down to SuperFractor 1/1. The 2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC set, which reached shops on February 28, 2018, added a second RC (#13) and his first certified autographs, Museum Autographs #MA-FN with Copper, Gold and Emerald parallels.

High confidence

Panini's UFC licence started with Prizm in April 2021. That year he had Prizm #52, a Prizm Signatures autograph (#SG-FNG) and a /49 Absolute Tools of the Trade autographed relic in Chronicles (October 2021).

High confidence

TCDB lists no Topps UFC cards for Ngannou after Topps got the UFC licence back through Fanatics in 2024. His next cards are from Panini: three 2024-25 Panini Instant PFL cards (#25–27) marking his October 19, 2024 win over Renan Ferreira, then 2025 releases: Contenders PFL (#7, with ticket parallels plus 2004 Throwback and Crown Jewels inserts) and Combat Anthology.

Probable

Francis Ngannou: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion MVP (Most Valuable Promotions).

No longer under PFL contract as of 2026-03-06; fought on MVP MMA 1. No current exclusive promotion confirmed.

Frankie Edgar6
Probable

Frankie Edgar's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #60 — Frankie Edgar / Tyson Griffin.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #60 is Edgar's first card in any licensed set. Topps did not hold the UFC licence before 2009 and no earlier Edgar card of any kind — MMA, wrestling, regional or promo — turned up in any reachable source, so nothing predates it. Jeff Allender's House of Checklists lists it as base #60 'Frankie Edgar - Tyson Griffin', and SportsCardsPro catalogues the same card at the same number. Sellers treat it as the rookie: Frogger's House of Cards titles its listing '2009 Frankie Edgar vs Tyson Griffin UFC Topps Round 1 Rookie Card #60' and eBay lot titles call it an Edgar rookie. The counterweight is that 2009 Topps UFC cards carry no RC logo and SportsCardsPro's own 'Is Rookie Card' field for #60 reads 'No', which is why this is filed as a rookie by convention rather than a verified RC.

High confidence

Edgar had already fought through the Underground Combat League, Ring of Combat and four UFC bouts before a card of him existed, because Topps did not hold the UFC licence until 2009. His first card is therefore retrospective: Round 1 #60, from the February 2009 release, one of the dual-subject fight cards in that base run, pairing him with Tyson Griffin — the opponent he beat on decision at UFC 67 on 3 February 2007. Parallels run Gold unnumbered, Black /888, Silver /288 and a Red 1/1.

High confidence

Dealers sell #60 as the rookie, but the designation is convention rather than a printed flag: 2009 Topps UFC carries no RC logo anywhere, and SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' for #60 and for every later Edgar card it catalogues. Collectibles.com dates his rookie season to 2009 and flags other Round 1 base cards RC without naming his, which is about as far as any source goes. Two things get mislabelled as a result - the Gold, Silver /288 and Black /888 versions of #60, which are parallels of one base card, and Round 2 #88, which is genuinely his first solo card but came seven months later. The only solo Edgar card in Round 1 is the insert VD19, from the 20-card Victorious Debuts run, captioned for UFC 67.

High confidence

His first signature is in Round 1 after all, but not in the autograph checklist. Edgar is absent from the 38-card Round 1 Autographs run, and he is absent from Round 2's Fighter Autographs too - SportsCardsPro's complete Round 2 Autographs set list and Jeff Allender's checklist both print the full FA- signer list without him, the nearest codes being FA-EE Efrain Escudero and FA-FG Forrest Griffin. What Round 1 does carry is a four-card Dual Autograph Fight Mat Relics subset limited to 25, and Edgar shares one of them with Tyson Griffin at #ADM-FETG - the same matchup as his base card, signed by both men on a piece of event-used mat. That is the earliest certified Edgar signature. Round 2, released 30 September 2009, gave him base #88 in a 150-card set, the last Edgar base card before he took the lightweight title from B.J. Penn at UFC 112 the following April. Checklists disagree on the Round 2 base parallels, Jeff Allender's giving Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 and Cardboard Connection's giving Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 with no Bronze at all.

High confidence

The title year gave him three Topps base cards at once. Series 4 on 24 September 2010 put him at #48 in a 200-card set with Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 versions, and carried his first confirmed relic, Ultimate Gear #UG-FE, with Gold /188, Onyx /88, Red /8 and Diamond 1/1 - he was not in the 2009 Ultimate Gear checklist, so his relic history starts here. The same product holds the autograph the code FA-FE actually belongs to: Fighters & Personalities Autographs #FA-FE, from a subset of around eighty signers falling roughly one in eight packs. Listings that attach FA-FE to a 2009 Topps product are wrong - there is no Edgar entry in either 2009 autograph checklist. Main Event #51 was the retail companion and the easiest 2010 Edgar to find clean, and December's high-end Knockout release closed the year at #36.

High confidence

After the title years his cards thin out until Topps regained the licence in 2019, when UFC Chrome put him at base #4 — his first chrome-stock card, issued as a featherweight veteran — with Knockout #55 alongside it. Panini picked him up in 2021, the year he moved to bantamweight, at Prizm UFC #158 and Select UFC #4. The run closes where it should: his 2024 induction into the Hall of Fame's Modern Wing made him eligible for Topps Royalty's Golden Hall Autographs, and #GH-FE appeared in the 2025 product numbered to 99 with Blue /25, Gold /10, Green /5 and a Platinum 1/1 above it. He is not in the 2024 Golden Hall checklist, which lists nineteen names without him.

Gable Steveson6
High confidence

Gable Steveson's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm WWE #23 — Gable Steveson.

2022 Panini Prizm WWE #23 is the card collectors treat as the Steveson rookie. SportsCardsPro's product page for it answers 'Is Rookie Card: Yes', Collectibles.com lists it as '#23 RC', and eBay listings consistently title it 'Rookie RC 1st Prizm Base Card'. Cardboard Connection's checklist independently confirms the set (200-card base, released 6 April 2022) and the card number (#23, Raw, horizontal layout). Nothing earlier could be verified: the 2021 Topps US Olympic & Paralympic Team Hopefuls checklist does not include him, and no 2021 Topps Now Olympic card of him surfaced in any checklist or marketplace source. Prizm is also the flagship Panini WWE brand, which is why it wins over the other 2022 issues even where a database flags those RC too.

High confidence

Steveson won 125 kg freestyle gold in Tokyo on 6 August 2021 and got nothing out of it on cardboard. Topps' Olympic product for the cycle, 2021 Topps US Olympic & Paralympic Team Hopefuls, had already shipped on 14 July with a 76-card checklist whose wrestlers are Jordan Burroughs, J'den Cox and Kyle Snyder; Steveson is not in it, and no other 2021 card of him has been catalogued. His card history therefore begins nine months late and in another sport entirely - every card he has is a Panini WWE card.

High confidence

The rookie is 2022 Panini Prizm WWE #23, from Panini's 6 April 2022 release - a 200-card base set split 100 horizontal and 100 vertical, with Steveson on a horizontal Raw card. It carries much the deepest parallel run he has, from Silver and Ice through Red /299, Purple /149, Orange /99 and Teal /49 up to Gold /10, Lucky Envelopes /8 and Black 1/1. The flag itself is not unanimous: SportsCardsPro answers 'Is Rookie Card: Yes' only for this card, while Collectibles.com also marks Revolution WWE #96 an RC. The one card that could sit ahead of it is 2022 Panini Instant WWE #15, a WrestleMania commemorative numbered to 908 whose event - WrestleMania 38, on 2-3 April - fell three days before Prizm shipped; Panini Instant is print-to-order and publishes no issue date, and print-to-order cards are not rookie material, so the chronology stays open without unseating the RC.

High confidence

The rest of 2022 is the whole of his ordinary card run. Revolution WWE #96 followed on 3 June with the foilboard parallels that make up the numbered end of his catalogue after Prizm - Sunburst /99, Cubic /49, Lava /10 - and Select WWE arrived on 12 August with #208, a card whose tier is disputed: Cardboard Connection's checklist puts him in Premier Level, while the set's own #201-300 boundary and seller descriptions say Ringside. Chronicles WWE closed the year on 30 December with #29 in the Chronicles block and Elite #251, both running the product's Bronze-to-Platinum 1/1 ladder.

High confidence

His signed cards all sit inside one short window, and even their starting point is contested. Cardboard Connection puts his first certified autograph in the 12 August 2022 Select WWE product, at Ringside Action Signatures #90, and states he is not in that set's Signature Selections; Collectibles.com instead lists a 2022 Select Signature Selections Gold Prizms #SN-GSV; SportsCardsPro carries no 2022 Select Steveson autograph at all and starts him at 2023 Chronicles WWE Phoenix Autographs #27. The high-end signatures are all from 2023 - the Phoenix auto with its Red, Mojo, Gold and Gold Vinyl versions, Impeccable WWE Extravagance Autographs #EA-GBS in Silver, Gold and Platinum, and Donruss Elite WWE Pen Pals #PL-GSV - issued at a point when he was barely appearing on WWE television.

High confidence

After that the absence is the history. WWE released him on 3 May 2024, the Buffalo Bills signed and cut him over the same summer, and neither produced a card; his September 2025 professional MMA debut at LFA 217 produced none either. He signed with the UFC on 11 April 2026, too late for the 2026 Topps Chrome UFC checklist released 8 May and absent again from 2026 Topps Knockout UFC on 26 June, so his UFC 329 debut win over Elisha Ellison went uncarded. When Topps did announce a card of the 19 September 2026 UFC 331 finish, it was as Sean Sharaf's first card. Anyone buying a 'Gable Steveson rookie' is buying a Panini WWE card, because no UFC- or MMA-licensed card of him exists.

Georges St-Pierre13
High confidence

Georges St-Pierre's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 — Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 is his first card in the first UFC-licensed Topps product (released 23 February 2009) and shows his UFC debut against Karo Parisyan. TCDB flags it RC, eBay's catalogue lists it as (RC), graded copies are sold as 'Rookie Card', and Cardboard Connection calls it 'the closest collectors will find to a Georges St-Pierre rookie card'. The earlier 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings card is an unlicensed, serial-numbered insert in a pop-culture product rather than a base card in an MMA set, and TCDB does not flag it RC, so FightCardboard does not take it as the rookie (Sports Card Expert does — see the dispute). Round 2 #100 also carries a TCDB RC flag but came out later in 2009 (30 September), so #17 is the earlier of his two RC-flagged cards. DISPUTE: The sources disagree. Sports Card Expert calls the 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-GS /500 his rookie (listing it first under its 'Georges St-Pierre Rookie Cards' heading) and #17 only 'somewhat of a rookie card'. TCDB puts RC flags on both 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 and Round 2 #100. Cardboard Connection, the eBay catalogue and the grading-market listings treat Round 1 #17 as the rookie.

Uncertain

Rookie card: Sports Card Expert calls 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-GS /500 his rookie. Cardboard Connection, TCDB, eBay and the grading market use 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

TCDB puts RC flags on both 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 and Round 2 #100. Anderson Silva's Round 2 #33 in the same set has no flag, so TCDB's Round 2 flagging looks inconsistent.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 base count: the archive carries NSLists' 102. TCDB's checklist for the same product stops at 100, and that lower figure turns up widely in listings.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Round 2 base count: 150 on TCDB and Cardboard Connection, 156 with checklists on NSLists.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

The Round 2 /188 parallel is called Onyx by Cardboard Connection and Silver by NSLists. Only NSLists lists a Bronze /88.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Round 1 Black /888 and Red 1/1 parallels come only from NSLists.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Card-number formats differ: TCDB writes A-GSP, Cardboard Connection writes AGSP, and Cardboard Connection's Ring Kings number is #GS where TCDB has RK-GS.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

GSP's first pack-issued card came a year before Topps had the UFC licence: the 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings insert #RK-GS, numbered to 500, which Cardboard Connection calls 'the first pack-inserted Georges St-Pierre card'. The same unlicensed pop-culture product also had Material, Signature and Signature Material versions. TCDB puts the plain Signature at /250 and NS Lists puts the Signature Materials at /197 and the Directors Cut at /50.

High confidence

Topps took the exclusive UFC licence in October 2008 and released its first set in 2009 (Topps Ripped). In 2009 Topps UFC Round 1, #17 shows GSP's UFC 46 debut against Karo Parisyan, and A-GSP was 'his first signature in a UFC-licensed trading card product' (Cardboard Connection). Round 2 later that year gave him #100, 'the first regular UFC card to name just GSP', plus the FA-GSP autograph and Bloodlines, Fight Mat and Ultimate Gear inserts.

Probable

From 2010 Topps added on-card signatures to its UFC line. Cardboard Connection's 2012 top-10 list includes the 2010 Knockout Full Contact autograph (silver ink, /99), the 2011 Finest on-card autograph and event cards such as the 2011 Toronto Fan Expo belt autograph /199. By then it counted 'more than 400 Georges St-Pierre cards' from Topps, Donruss, Upper Deck, In the Game and Sportkings.

High confidence

From 2021 Panini held the UFC licence. GSP appeared in its first UFC Prizm (released 28 April 2021) as a Champion Signatures and a Sensational Signatures autograph. Checklist Insider says Topps, now owned by Fanatics, took the licence back after the Panini years. 2024 Topps Chrome UFC (released 20 March 2024), the first Chrome UFC set since 2019, gave GSP base #68 and autographs including Marks of Champions MOC-GSP.

Probable

Georges St-Pierre: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Officially retired 2019-02-21. Last fight was at Middleweight (won title).

Gina Carano6
Probable

Gina Carano's rookie card: 2010 Leaf MMA #10 — Gina Carano.

Carano has no RC-designated card anywhere: she never fought in the UFC, so Topps' UFC licence never reached her, and neither of the products that carried her early — Donruss Americana II and Leaf MMA — is promotion-licensed or RC-flagged. The card that stands as her rookie is 2010 Leaf MMA #10. Cardboard Connection's player guide says 'Many consider this as Gina Carano's defacto rookie card as it her first card numbered as part of a base set, though the Americana Ring Kings card is more popular', and Cardbase's 2010 Leaf MMA checklist and SportsCardsPro's card page both place her at #10 in the 100-card base set. Her earliest card of any kind is two years older and is recorded separately as such: 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-GC, numbered to 500, the card more often slabbed and traded. Confidence is probable because collectors are genuinely split and SportsCardsPro's own rookie field for the Leaf card reads 'No'.

High confidence

Carano's first card is not an MMA card. Her EliteXC years produced nothing, and then in 2008 Donruss put her in Ring Kings, a 30-card combat-sports insert inside Americana II — a pop-culture product with no promotional marks — where she shares a checklist with Couture, St-Pierre, Bas Rutten and Bruce Buffer. The number is RK-GC, serial numbered to 500; Jeff Allender's checklist lists the insert 1-30 and puts her tenth, which is a position in that listing rather than the number on the card, and it is the commonest reason her cards are filed wrongly. Two further variants share the RK-GC number: a Cut Signatures parallel /100 and a National Convention promo.

High confidence

Every Carano first happens inside that one insert. Ring Kings Signatures, numbered to 492, is her first certified autograph and remained her only one for four years; Ring Kings Signature Materials /400 pairs the signature with a swatch; and Ring Kings Materials, an unsigned relic numbered to just 5, is the scarcest card in her whole history — Donruss reversed the usual order and made the unsigned version rarer than the signed ones, which is why it gets missed by anyone searching only for autographs. Only one checklist records that /5, and neither source says whether her signature is on-card or on a sticker.

High confidence

The biggest year of her career produced no cards at all. She headlined Strikeforce against Cris Cyborg on 15 August 2009, the first time women topped a major MMA card, in the same year Topps launched its UFC licence — a licence that could never cover her, because she never fought in the UFC. There is no Topps UFC Carano card of any kind. Leaf's unlicensed 100-card MMA set, out 22 September 2010, finally gave her a base card at #10; Cardboard Connection calls it her de facto rookie because it is her first card numbered inside a base set, while SportsCardsPro's rookie field for it reads 'No'. Nothing she has carries an RC logo.

High confidence

After Haywire her signatures moved to entertainment products. 2012 Leaf Pop Century, an all-autograph celebrity set released 3 July 2012 with five cards to a box, carries her at Base Autographs #BA-GC1 with Silver, Blue and Gold 1/1 parallels. Then in 2020 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 1, out 4 November, printed her as Cara Dune at base #41 in a 100-card set and on a 19-card autograph checklist with parallels down to Black 1/1 — the only mainstream Topps product she has ever appeared in, and a Star Wars issue rather than a fighting one.

High confidence

That leaves a card history where three issues are MMA cards and none of them is licensed by a promotion: a combat-sports insert in a celebrity product, an unlicensed Leaf set, and after that the cage gives way to Hollywood. Her 16 May 2026 return against Ronda Rousey at MVP MMA 1 has produced no card that can be confirmed.

Henry Cejudo6
Probable

Henry Cejudo's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 — Henry Cejudo.

2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 is his first card in a UFC-licensed product, released 28 October 2015. Cardboard Connection's Champions checklist places him in the base set and in the Fighting's Future rising-stars insert, and SportsCardsPro has a dedicated product page for 'Henry Cejudo #169 | 2015 Topps UFC Champions'. The negative checks matter as much: Cardboard Connection's checklists show he is absent from 2014 Topps UFC Knockout, from 2015 Topps UFC Knockout (22 April 2015) and from the 275-card 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles base set, so nothing UFC-licensed precedes it despite his December 2014 UFC debut. Collectibles.com states outright that 'Henry Cejudo debuted as a Rookie in 2015'. The caveat is that Topps UFC products of this era printed no RC logo, so there is no rookie marking on the card itself, and SportsCardsPro's structured rookie field reads 'No'.

High confidence

Cejudo's first licensed card has nothing to do with fighting. Topps put him at #33 in the 100-card 2012 U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls set, four years after the Beijing gold and nine months before his professional MMA debut, as a wrestler rather than a fighter. What the product did not give him was a signature: Cardboard Connection's checklist names the 50 subjects of the signed set and he is not one of them, and no signed 2012 Topps Olympic Cejudo card is catalogued anywhere — the Bronze, Silver and Gold #33 cards that circulate are parallels of the base card. It did give him four memorabilia cards, among them the Olympic Team relic OR-HC in Bronze /75, Silver /50, Gold /25 and Gold Rainbow 1/1. It is the only Olympic Topps issue that carries him; the 2016 set does not.

High confidence

The MMA hobby starts him much later than people expect. He debuted in the UFC on 13 December 2014 and is absent from 2014 Topps UFC Knockout, from 2015 Topps UFC Knockout that April and from the 275-card 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles base set, so his first UFC-licensed card is base #169 in the 200-card Topps UFC Champions, released 28 October 2015, with Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels and a Fighting's Future prospect insert FF-HC beside it. Topps UFC printed no RC logo in this period, so nothing on the card says rookie: SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' while Collectibles.com dates his rookie year to 2015, and the pick rests on first-licensed-card rather than on any manufacturer designation.

High confidence

His signature run starts in the UFC, not at the Olympics. There is no signed 2012 Topps Olympic card of him, no Cejudo autograph in 2015 Champions and none in the 49-card autograph checklist of 2016 Topps UFC Knockout, which gave him base #9 and nothing signed; his first certified autograph of any kind is Museum Collection's Archival Autographs AA-HC, alongside base #36, with Gold /25, Ruby /10 and an Emerald 1/1. That places it four years after his Olympic cards and a year after his rookie.

High confidence

The two-division years are where the good material is. The inaugural Topps UFC Chrome release on 11 September 2019, three months after he beat Marlon Moraes for the bantamweight belt, put him at base #48 in a 100-card set with the full refractor ladder from Green /99 down to Red /5 and a SuperFractor, the Fighter Autographs FA-HC signed while he held both titles, and a 1984 Topps design autograph 84T-HC numbered to five. 2020 Topps UFC Knockout caught him at the moment he walked away holding a belt: base #4, his lowest number in any UFC set, backed by a Knockout Auto Relic, an Auto Jumbo Fight Mat Relic and a One-Two Combination relic.

High confidence

Panini issued him while he was retired. 2022 Prizm UFC #105, out 25 March 2022, carries the deepest parallel ladder of his career - more than twenty tiers from unnumbered Silver through Red /299, Purple /149, Orange /99, Teal /49, Gold /10 and Octagon /8 to Black 1/1 - with Champion Signatures #5 in the same product, and Select UFC put him in the Concourse tier at #42 with Signatures #21 and Sparks Relics #17. When Topps reclaimed the licence he came back at 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #73 on 20 March 2024, after the comeback fight with Aljamain Sterling, in a base set twice the size of the 2019 Chrome checklist and with the Marks of Champions autograph MOC-HCE as the signature to chase.

Holly Holm6
High confidence

Holly Holm's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #100 — Holly Holm.

MMA Rookies designates 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #100 her True Rookie Card and lists 2015 Topps UFC Champions #149 and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #268 as her other rookie cards; Collectibles.com's register agrees that she debuted as a rookie in 2015. Cardboard Connection confirms the card number and a 22 April 2015 release, roughly eight weeks after her UFC 184 debut and six months ahead of Champions, with Chronicles further behind again — it carries a 2015 label but shipped on 3 February 2016. It is also her earliest card: no licensed Holm card of any kind, boxing, MMA or multi-sport, has been documented before it, and Cardboard Connection's 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines checklist (17 December 2014) does not contain her, which closes off the most likely pre-2015 possibility. No RC logo is printed on the card and SportsCardsPro's field reads 'Is Rookie Card: No' for both of her 2015 base cards, which is the dissent.

High confidence

Holm was a world champion for a decade before she had a single trading card. She boxed professionally from 2002 to 2013, held titles under the WBA, WBC, IBA and WBF and was Ring Magazine's female fighter of the year in 2005 and 2006, and no licensed boxing card of her appears in any catalogued checklist — a negative finding rather than a certainty, since women's boxing of that period is thinly catalogued and no independent database confirmation either way has been found. Topps also skipped her in 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines, released 17 December 2014, although she had already signed. Her cardboard starts with 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #100, out 22 April 2015 and about eight weeks after her UFC 184 debut, in the last slot of a 100-card checklist.

High confidence

That card is her rookie. MMA Rookies, the hobby's dedicated MMA rookie register, designates 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #100 her True Rookie Card and files 2015 Topps UFC Champions #149 and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #268 as her other rookie cards, and Collectibles.com's register agrees that she debuted as a rookie in 2015. Knockout's Mat 1/1 is the most chased piece of Holm cardboard, above Silver /199, Gold /99 and Red /8. Champions #149, out 28 October 2015, sits in a 200-card set with a ladder to Platinum 1/1 and has no autograph, relic or insert beside it.

High confidence

The head kick that took the bantamweight title off Ronda Rousey landed on 15 November 2015, too early for a card of its own — Topps Now UFC did not start until 2016. What followed instead was 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #268, which despite its product year shipped on 3 February 2016 and carries her base-only, with no place in the Chronicles Autographs, Victorious Debut Autographs or Octagon of Honor Autographs checklists. 2016 Topps UFC Knockout then opened at #1 with her, a year after she had arrived at #100 in the same annual product; it was locked while she was champion and released on 30 March 2016, three and a half weeks after she lost the belt to Miesha Tate. Museum Collection put her at #41 in a 45-card base set and in the hand-painted Canvas Collection Originals 1/1 subset.

High confidence

The stranger gap is the autograph one. 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #95, out 20 September 2017 with a refractor ladder to SuperFractor 1/1, and 2017 Knockout #46 are both base-only, and she appears on no autograph or relic checklist in the 2015, 2016 or 2017 Topps UFC products. Her first certified signature is the 2017 Museum Collection Framed Autographs #FA-HH, an on-card case hit that did not ship until 28 February 2018 and exists only as Gold Frame /15, Silver Frame /5 and Black Frame 1/1 — a total population of 21. Two cards carry the code FA-HH and the order is now settled: MMA Rookies records the Museum card as both her first autograph and her first on-card autograph, and it beat the 2018 Topps Chrome UFC Athlete Autograph, released 19 September 2018, to market by seven months. Collectibles.com's register starts her autographs at that 2018 Chrome card only because it does not carry the 2017 Museum product at all. The 2018 Chrome release also finally gave the UFC 193 knockout a card of its own, Notable Knockouts #NK-HH, nearly three years after the fight.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Knockout, out 8 May, gave her base #54, an autographed jumbo fight mat relic #AJM-HH and the dual autographed jumbo mat book #DAJF-JH /10 shared with Cris Cyborg — the scarcest Holm card with a documented print run. Panini's first licensed Prizm UFC, released 28 April 2021, then put her at base #4 and handed her the #1 card of its Knockout Artists insert, the same lead position Topps had given her in 2016. Her widest single-product footprint is 2023 Panini Select UFC, out 21 July 2023, which spreads her across Concourse #44, Octagonside #253, a Snapshots insert, a Sparks relic and the Octagon Action Signatures autograph, whose ladder runs Flash, Red /99, Blue /75, Purple /49, Tie-Dye /25, Gold and Gold Flash /10 to Black and Cracked Ice 1/1s.

Ian Machado Garry2
Uncertain

Ian Machado Garry's rookie card: 2022 Donruss UFC #213 — Ian Machado Garry.

TCDB's first RC-flagged cards for him are 2022 Donruss #213 Rated Rookie (May 2022) and the later 2022 Optic #108 Rated Rookie, Select and Chronicles cards; Donruss #213 came first. His earliest card, 2021 Panini Instant #49 (UFC 268, 6 November 2021), prints Panini's RC logo 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.

Probable

Ian Machado Garry: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Ilia Topuria10
High confidence

Ilia Topuria's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 — Ilia Topuria.

TCDB lists no Topuria cards before 2022, and he isn't on its 2021 Prizm UFC rookie list or the 2021 Panini Instant UFC checklist. Of his RC-flagged 2022 cards, Prizm #115 is from the earliest product (released 25 Mar 2022 per TCDB and Cardboard Connection), ahead of Donruss (6 May), Select (1 Jul), Chronicles (31 Aug) and Optic (21 Dec). Slab-Z calls 2022 Prizm his 'first true rookie'. Donruss #215, Select #23, Chronicles #82 and Optic #110 are RC-flagged rookies too, so picking Prizm #115 as his main rookie rests on release order, not on the others being any less of a rookie.

Uncertain

Which 2022 card is 'the' rookie: Prizm #115 is the consensus (earliest release, flagship), but Donruss #215, Select #23, Chronicles #82 and Optic #110 are all RC-flagged on TCDB.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2022 Panini Instant UFC #23 (PR394) is sold as a 'rookie' by some sellers; TCDB gives it no RC flag and its release date wasn't confirmed.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Some eBay listings describe a '2021 Panini Prizm UFC' Topuria RC; he isn't in the 2021 set.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider lists a 2024 Topps Chrome UFC Future Stars Autograph for Topuria; TCDB's Future Stars Autographs Refractor checklist doesn't include him.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

UFC debut date: 11 October 2020 (Wikipedia; the Abu Dhabi local date). US listings may show 10 October 2020 because of the time difference — a time-zone convention, not a disagreement between sources.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

Topuria's cards all come from Panini's licensed years: he is missing from the 2021 checklists, and his first cards arrived across Panini's 2022 UFC lines, starting with Prizm #115. Panini's multi-year UFC exclusive began with 2021 Panini Prizm UFC on April 28, 2021, after Topps' 2009–2020 run.

High confidence

His first certified autographs came from outside the UFC license. Upper Deck's 2023 Goodwin Champions (released January 4, 2024) has A-IT, HA-IT and an All-World Gold autograph, and 2023 SkyBox Metal Universe Champions (April 24, 2024) added a /99 autograph.

High confidence

Topps regained the UFC license through Fanatics Collectibles in January 2024. Since then Topuria has had Topps autographs in 2024 Royalty UFC (released April 4, 2025: The Time is Now /25 and Superior Signatures) and 2025 Topps Chrome UFC's Mark of a Champion insert.

Probable

Ilia Topuria: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Former featherweight and lightweight champion; current division Lightweight.

Islam Makhachev10
High confidence

Islam Makhachev's rookie card: 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 — Islam Makhachev.

TCDB lists no Makhachev card before 2019, and 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 is the only card on his TCDB profile flagged RC. A Goldin lot (Gold Refractor /50, PSA 10) and eBay listings (SGC-graded, 'Features: Rookie') both sell #92 as his rookie. TCDB's rookie lists for 2021 and 2022 Panini Prizm UFC do not include him, and PSA's Makhachev Prizm #125 rainbow registry shows no RC designation. COMMON MIX-UPS (not a source dispute): some collectors call his first Panini Prizm (2022 #125) a 'Panini rookie', but his first Panini flagship cards (Prizm #125, Select #29, Chronicles #102) carry no RC flag on TCDB or PSA, and no source FightCardboard found calls a Panini card his RC. One collecting guide (cardcenteringtool.com) calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125'; it is #92, and #125 is his 2022 Prizm number.

Probable

Rookie card: TCDB, Goldin and eBay graded listings support 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92. Some collectors call his 2022 Panini Prizm #125, Select #29 or Chronicles #102 his 'Panini rookie', but TCDB and PSA show no RC flag on any of them.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Probable

Rookie card number mislabel: cardcenteringtool.com calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125'. TCDB, Goldin and eBay say #92 (#125 is his 2022 Prizm number).

Rookie card number: cardcenteringtool.com calls the rookie '2019 Topps UFC Chrome #125'. TCDB, Goldin and eBay say #92 (#125 is his 2022 Prizm number).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Earliest Panini card: 2021 Panini Instant UFC #26 (print run 315) versus 2021 Immaculate #25 (/65, released December 31, 2021). The Instant card's event date is unverified.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

Probable

Card numbers for the Signature Series and Dual Autograph cards: TCDB uses codes (SS-IMK, DA-KNI), while Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths use checklist positions (#2, #17).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Unconfirmed

2022 Immaculate Dual Autograph print run is unknown.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

High confidence

Makhachev's first card is 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92, and TCDB lists nothing earlier. It is the only card TCDB flags as his rookie, and it has a full refractor rainbow from Green /99 to a SuperFractor 1/1. 2020 Topps UFC #26 and 2020 Topps UFC Knockout #84 followed in the last year of Topps' first UFC license.

High confidence

Topps' 2009–2020 license gave way to Panini, whose exclusive began with 2021 Panini Prizm UFC on April 28, 2021. Makhachev is not in that first Prizm set. His Panini run starts with 2021 Instant and Immaculate, then the 2022 flagship sets where his first certified autographs appear.

High confidence

Topps came back after Fanatics Collectibles' January 31, 2024 deal. 2024 Topps Chrome UFC gave him the Marks of Champions autograph, and 2024 Topps Knockout UFC (October 4, 2024) paired him with Charles Oliveira (Dual Autographs /25) and with Khabib and Umar Nurmagomedov (Triple Autographs /10).

Probable

Islam Makhachev: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Former lightweight champion; moved to Welterweight in 2025 and now competes there. Primary class kept as Lightweight (most associated); use Welterweight if filtering by current division.

Israel Adesanya6
Verified

Israel Adesanya's rookie card: 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #42 — Israel Adesanya.

TCDB lists only one Adesanya card dated 2018 — Museum Collection #42 — and it carries TCDB's RC flag and appears on TCDB's 20-card rookie list for the set. The card itself shows the Topps RC logo. Topps' own Ripped blog (August 15, 2024) presents #42 as his rookie card. His 2019 Knockout #34 and 2019 Chrome #57 are not RC-flagged; #57 is absent from TCDB's 2019 Chrome rookie list.

High confidence

Adesanya's rookie cards come from the Topps era. His RC is 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #42, released on November 28, 2018, with Copper, Gold /75, Sapphire /25, Ruby /8 and Emerald 1/1 parallels. His first Chrome card, 2019 Topps UFC Chrome #57, followed on September 11, 2019.

High confidence

His first run of certified autographs came in 2020 Topps UFC Knockout (released March 25, 2020): Knockout Autographs KA-IA, the AKA Ink AKA-IS and the Autograph Jumbo Fight Mat Relic AJR-IA. TCDB also lists 2019 Knockout 'UFC Fire Autographs' Red /8 and Gold 1/1 versions, but Cardboard Connection's checklist for that insert doesn't include him.

High confidence

Topps held the UFC licence from 2009 to 2020. Panini's first UFC set, 2021 Prizm (April 28, 2021), gave Adesanya a Champion Signatures autograph. Panini's run ended with products such as 2023 Immaculate Collection (release date January 5, 2024), which includes a DA-AI dual autograph /25 with Alex Pereira.

High confidence

In January 2024, Fanatics announced that the licence would move back to Topps, starting with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC. That set includes his base #81 and a Marks of Champions autograph (MOC-IAD), some of which were issued as redemptions.

Probable

Israel Adesanya: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

No retirement announced.

Jack Della Maddalena2
Uncertain

Jack Della Maddalena's rookie card: 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #187 — Jack Della Maddalena.

TCDB RC-flags his 2023 releases: Panini Prizm #187, Donruss #208 Rated Rookie and Optic #144 Rated Rookie; Prizm #187 came first, and SportsCardsPro also lists it as a rookie. His earliest card, 2022 Panini Instant #1 from his UFC 270 debut (22 January 2022), prints Panini's RC logo, but TCDB does not flag it and SportsCardsPro marks it 'not a rookie'. 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.

Probable

Jack Della Maddalena: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Jean Silva6
Verified

Jean Silva's rookie card: 2025 Topps Chrome UFC #56 — Jean Silva.

MMA Rookies names 2025 Topps Chrome UFC #56 his 'True Rookie Card', and Checklist Insider prints the line with an RC tag. It is also the earliest of his RC-designated cards by release date: Chrome shipped June 27, 2025, ahead of Chrome Sapphire (July 25), Midnight (August 8), Knockout (October 24), Finest (November 7), Stadium Club (January 23, 2026) and Royalty (February 6, 2026). There is nothing earlier to weigh against it — Checklist Insider's 2024 Topps Chrome, Knockout, Finest and Gold Label UFC checklists contain no Jean Silva, so the 2025 Chrome card is both his rookie and his first card of any kind.

High confidence

Silva debuted in the UFC on January 13, 2024 and finished Westin Wilson, Charles Jourdain and Drew Dober inside that year, and Topps carded none of it: the 2024 Chrome, Knockout, Finest and Gold Label UFC checklists contain no Jean Silva at all. Anyone hunting a 2024 rookie of him is hunting something that was never printed, and any pre-2024 'Jean Silva' card belongs to somebody else — Sherdog's fight finder lists at least eight pro fighters by that name, and the UFC featherweight is the one nicknamed 'Lord'.

High confidence

His first card is 2025 Topps Chrome UFC #56, released June 27, 2025 after the ninja-choke win over Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314. Checklist Insider prints the line with an RC tag and MMA Rookies calls it his True Rookie Card, though SportsCardsPro's details table says it is not one — a flag that reads the same way across the whole 2025 rookie class. The refractor rainbow behind it is deep: Speckle /250 through Blue Wave /75 and Gold /50 down to the hobby OctaFractor /8, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1. The Chrome Sapphire Edition version of the same number followed on July 25 with a short, hard ladder of its own, Green /75 down to Padparadscha 1/1 — a premium companion to the rookie rather than a second one.

High confidence

The rest of the rookie year is unusually compressed: Topps Midnight UFC, August 8, 2025, gave him base #18 RC out of only 100 cards, with parallels named for the hours of the night from Morning /125 to Black Light 1/1, plus a Dream Chasers insert and a Constellations card shared with Caio Borralho. Knockout, October 24, put him at #62 in a set where every base parallel is serial-numbered — Bronze /199 and Gold /188 down to Platinum 1/1, with no unnumbered colour to fall back on — alongside Inception and Ferocity inserts. Finest, November 7, tiered its 300-card base and gave him all three: Common #35, Uncommon #200 and Rare #300, each RC-tagged, with two case-hit inserts on top. Knockout #62 is the one card whose rookie status is genuinely split, tagged RC by one listing and not by the printed checklist.

High confidence

The autographs are where the difficulty sits, because Topps did not sign him for Chrome or Chrome Sapphire — neither product's autograph checklists, from Chrome Rookie Autographs and Future Stars Autographs through Mark of a Champion and UFC Signatures, contains a Jean Silva. His first signature is instead the Midnight Rookie Relic Autograph RRA-JS, from a 35-card signed-relic subset in that August release. Two 2025-branded products then shipped after the new year and closed the cycle: Stadium Club UFC on January 23, 2026, the most variation-heavy of his rookie cards with base #46 RC, a Chrome C-46, image and rookie-design variations both numbered #298 and two autographs; and Royalty UFC on February 6, 2026, where he has no base card at all, only numbered signatures and relics — a Rookie Auto RA-JS /99, a Rookie Jumbo Relic /99, its own RRA-JS Rookie Relic Autograph /99 with a Blue /25, a The Time Is Now auto /25 and dual and triple autographs with Borralho and Carlos Prates. The two RRA-JS cards are easy to conflate; only the product branding separates them.

High confidence

2026 Topps Chrome UFC, May 8, 2026, marks the end of the rookie branding: base #163 with no RC logo, issued after the Arnold Allen win took him into the featherweight top five. The product's real interest for Silva collectors is the pair of autographs beside it, Future Stars Autographs FSA-JS and Vanquisher Ink VI-JS, which are his first signed Chrome cards of any kind. There is still no cheap entry-level autograph of him anywhere in the run.

Jiří Procházka2
Verified

Jiří Procházka's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #84 — Jiri Prochazka.

TCDB's full list for Prochazka starts in 2021, and TCDB flags Prizm #84 RC; the RC logo is visible on the SportsCardsPro scan. Cardboard Connection dates 2021 Panini Prizm UFC to April 28, 2021. His Select (#35/#149/#285) and Chronicles rookies are also RC-flagged, but Prizm is the flagship rookie most collectors mean.

Probable

Jiří Procházka: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

No retirement announced.

Joanna Jędrzejczyk6
High confidence

Joanna Jędrzejczyk's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #15 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

MMA Rookies designates 2015 Topps UFC Champions #15 her True Rookie Card, with 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #246 as her only other rookie card, and Collectibles.com's register gives 2015 as her rookie year. Cardboard Connection's checklist confirms the number and a 28 October 2015 release; Chronicles carries a 2015 label but did not ship until 3 February 2016. It is also her earliest card in any product, licensed MMA or otherwise: Topps' three 2014 UFC releases were each read against a checklist and none includes her — Knockout (16 May 2014, before her UFC debut), Champions (17 September 2014) and Bloodlines (17 December 2014). No RC logo is printed on the card and SportsCardsPro's structured field for it reads 'Is Rookie Card: No', which is the single dissent.

High confidence

Jedrzejczyk debuted in the UFC on July 26, 2014 and won three times that year, and Topps ran three UFC products across the same twelve months without carding her once: Knockout on May 16, Champions on September 17 and Bloodlines on December 17 all skip her. There is no 2014 Jedrzejczyk card, and no Polish-market or Muay Thai issue predating her UFC run turned up on any checklist or dealer page. Her cardboard starts seven months into a title reign that would run to five defences.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions, released October 28, 2015, is the whole foundation. Base #15 out of 200 is her rookie card — MMA Rookies designates it her True Rookie Card with 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #246 as her only other rookie, and Collectibles.com's register gives 2015 as her rookie year — with Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 above it. Fighter Autographs FA-JJ, from the 73-card signature checklist, is her first certified signature, though the signatures in that subset are on clear stickers rather than on the card. Championship Clashes CC-10 pairs her with Carla Esparza, the card of the UFC 185 TKO that made her the first Polish UFC champion.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles carries the 2015 branding but shipped February 3, 2016, and it went back and filled the hole Topps had left. Base #246 sits in a 275-card retrospective with a deeper ladder than Champions — Green /288 and Black and White /188 under Gold /88, Red /8 and a Sepia 1/1 — and the Victorious Debut insert VD-22 finally cards the debut win over Juliana Lima that nobody carded at the time. The same checklist gives her a Victorious Debut Autograph numbered /25 and a manufactured medallion, MED-18.

High confidence

She lost the belt to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 on November 4, 2017, and the middle of her run is the thin part. Topps held the UFC licence into 2019, but no Chrome or Museum Collection base card of her from those championship years is catalogued here with a confirmed number. Her signature work in the period comes down to one card: 2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection Archival Autographs #AA-JJ, released November 30, 2016, serial numbered /99 with Gold /25, Ruby /10 and Emerald 1/1 above it and signed directly on the card — Cardboard Connection's review singles out the 'massive signing area' that let her fit her full surname on it. After that nothing signed appears until Panini takes over, long after she had left the title picture.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC, April 28, 2021, puts her at base #180 in the horizontal half with the deepest colour ladder she has — sixteen tiers down to Gold /10 and Black 1/1 — plus the case-hit Color Blast #8, Fireworks #7 with its own Black Prizms version, Fearless #5 and Instant Impact #13. Select followed on July 30 with three tiers off one checklist slot, Concourse #45, Premier Level #141 and the short-printed Octagonside #205, and Select Signatures #42 /99, her first serial-numbered autograph. Her Hall of Fame inductions then brought the high-end treatment: Topps Royalty UFC has her on base #35, Relic Jewels RCJ-5, Superior Relic Signatures SRS-JJ, Influential Ink IIA-JJK and a Prodigious Pairings dual with Zhang Weili for the UFC 248 fight that put both of them in the Fight Wing.

Jon Jones20
Verified

Jon Jones's rookie card is 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #101 (Jon Jones / Andre Gusmao) — his only 2009 base card.

The card's own back confirms the number (101), the bout (UFC 87, 08.09.08) and the 2009 Topps copyright. Four independent references agree on the set.

Verified

Jon Jones made his UFC debut on 9 August 2008 at UFC 87, defeating André Gusmão by unanimous decision.

This is the bout pictured on his rookie card.

Verified

Jones's first certified autograph is 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs #FA-JJ, from the same product as his rookie.

This means #101 is Jones's only 2009 base card, not his only 2009 card. An earlier version of this site said 'only 2009 card' — that was wrong and has been corrected.

High confidence

The #FA-JJ autograph is an insert and does not carry an RC flag.

Sellers regularly list it as an 'RC auto' or 'rookie auto'. It is his first autograph; the base #101 is the rookie.

Verified

Jon Jones's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #101 — Jon Jones / Andre Gusmao.

TCDB flags 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #101 (Jon Jones / Andre Gusmao) as his only RC, and Cardboard Connection, Topps Ripped, Card Review Club, Sports Card Investor and Card Ladder all treat it as his rookie card. It was issued in 2009 and pictures his UFC debut (UFC 87, August 2008). No source disputes which card is the rookie; the problems are mislabels. Some sites and sellers file it under '2009 Topps UFC Round 1' (wrong — it is Round 2 #101), and Card Review Club mislabels the rookie-year autograph as '2009 Topps UFC Knockout'.

Uncertain

2009 Round 2 #101 parallels: Cardboard Connection, Card Review Club and eBay sellers list Onyx /188. TCDB calls the /188 parallel 'Silver' and adds a 'Bronze /88' that no other source confirms for 2009. This is the source of the Onyx /188 vs /88 confusion.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Unconfirmed

Some sellers and sites put the Jones rookie in '2009 Topps UFC Round 1'; it is Round 2 #101.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

Unconfirmed

Topps Ripped gives the 2009 autograph as '#FF-JJ'; the correct number is FA-JJ. Card Review Club calls the product '2009 Topps UFC Knockout', which did not exist.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Unconfirmed

2009 FA-JJ and 2010 FA-JJ share the same card code in different years, so check the year before buying.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

Uncertain

2010 Topps UFC #49b 'Bones' nickname variation: TCDB marks it SP; Cardboard Connection lists the variation but not SP status.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2010 Topps UFC FA-JJ autograph: Cardboard Connection's Jones article says 'four numbered parallels', but its own set review and TCDB list three (Onyx /88, Ruby or Red /8, Diamond 1/1).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Unconfirmed

2011 Finest Atomic Refractor FAR-8: Goldin titles it a 'rookie card' (it is not). TCDB lists an Octafractor parallel /88.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2011 Finest Feuds FF-EJ: TCDB records no serial number; /25 comes from NSLists, Cardboard Connection, Topps Ripped and eBay. TCDB counts 10 matchups, NSLists 8.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2012 Knockout AFG-JJ: the /150 base print run comes from one source (Cardboard Connection's Jones article); TCDB shows no serial number.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

2021 Prizm UFC Champion Signatures: TCDB numbers the Jones card CS-JJN, Cardboard Connection lists it as #5. Neither could be confirmed from a third source, so it was left out of the card list.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

Jones reached Topps' UFC line within a year of his UFC debut: 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 (released September 30, 2009) has his RC-flagged bout card #101 with Andre Gusmao and his first certified autograph, FA-JJ, including a Red Ink version numbered to 25. The same product has the Ultimate Gear relic (/199) and its autographed version (/25).

High confidence

His run to the light heavyweight title in 2011 matched the busiest year of the Topps license. That year's Jones cards include the first Finest UFC set (August 31, 2011) with base #83 and chromium autographs, Moment of Truth with a dual autographed mat relic alongside Anderson Silva, Title Shot, and Upper Deck's multi-sport Goodwin Champions. Leaf's unlicensed Metal autographs also date from 2011.

High confidence

Topps produced UFC cards from 2009 to 2020. Panini's exclusive began with 2021 Panini Prizm UFC on April 28, 2021, and Jones appears there in both the base set and the Color Blast insert.

High confidence

Fanatics Collectibles announced its UFC deal on January 31, 2024, and 2024 Topps Chrome UFC (#97 for Jones) followed on March 20, 2024. That set started a new Topps chrome run for him after the Panini years.

High confidence

Jon Jones: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Tricky. Retirement announced by Dana White 2025-06-21; Jones re-entered USADA/testing pool 2025-07-04 and UFC.com still lists him 'Active'; he requested his UFC release 2026-03-09 after the White House card snub. SPORTbible (2026-07-17) describes him as retired since June 2025 but 'the door is open'. A Bloody Elbow headline (2026-04-10) says he 'retires again' but the page could not be opened (402). Whether the UFC granted the release is not confirmed. Primary class = Light Heavyweight (career division); last fight was at Heavyweight.

Jorge Masvidal2
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Jorge Masvidal's rookie card: 2014 Topps UFC Champions #129 — Jorge Masvidal.

TCDB's Masvidal cards start with 2014 Topps UFC Champions #129, flagged RC, and MMA Rookies names it his 'True Rookie Card', with 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #195 as an 'other rookie'. TCDB lists no pre-2014 licensed cards from his Strikeforce or regional years.

Probable

Jorge Masvidal: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired from MMA after UFC 287; boxed Nate Diaz in July 2024 but no MMA return found.

José Aldo10
Probable

José Aldo's rookie card: 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 — Jose Aldo.

TCDB flags two 2010 cards as Aldo rookies: Topps UFC Knockout #120 and Leaf MMA #83. FightCardboard's working pick is the Topps card because it is UFC-licensed and comes from Topps' first high-end UFC product (Cardboard Connection). eBay sellers routinely list #120 and its Gold /288 parallel as 'Rookie RC'. Leaf #83 came out first (September 2010 vs December 2010), so it has a real claim to be his first card. Topps' own Ripped blog instead names 2011 Finest UFC #95 as his rookie, calling it his first appearance as a UFC fighter. DISPUTE: TCDB flags both 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 and 2010 Leaf MMA #83 as RC. Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95 as the rookie. SportsCardsPro does not mark #120 or #83 as rookie cards. Leaf #83 was released first.

Uncertain

Rookie card: TCDB flags both 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 and 2010 Leaf MMA #83; Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95; SportsCardsPro marks none of them as rookie.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

Release order: Leaf MMA (Sept 22, 2010) came out before Topps UFC Knockout (Dec 2010), so the Leaf card is his first card.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

Uncertain

Topps Ripped lists a '2012 Topps UFC Finest Octafractor Auto #A-JA /8'; TCDB has the Finest UFC Octafractor autograph in 2011, and TCDB shows no serial for it. Year and print run are unconfirmed.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Uncertain

The TCDB front image for Knockout #120 is filed as 'RepFr' (a replacement or representative scan).

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

High confidence

Aldo's cardboard starts in 2010. Leaf's unlicensed 2010 MMA set (released 22 September 2010) had base #83 and the AU, Champions and National Pride autographs. Topps then put him in 2010 Topps UFC Knockout (December 2010), where TCDB flags #120 RC; it carries the WEC logo. Knockout also had his Fighter Autograph /188, relic autographs and three-fighter autograph and memorabilia combos.

High confidence

Topps' chromium Finest line followed. Topps Ripped describes 2011 Finest UFC as 'Aldo's first appearance as UFC fighter' in cards, and 2012 Finest added an autograph whose Octafractor version is numbered to 8. The 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #2 and its Gold Refractor /50 come from the same Topps run.

High confidence

When Panini took the UFC licence in 2021, Aldo appeared across its first-year products. Cardboard Connection lists him in 2021 Prizm as base #111 and in the Signatures and Knockout Artists inserts. TCDB shows 2021 Chronicles autographs (Tools of the Trade, Crown Royale, National Pride, Origins) and Immaculate autographs numbered to 99 or less.

Probable

Topps Ripped's June 2024 guide, written after Topps regained the UFC licence, notes Aldo's 2023 UFC Hall of Fame induction and his 2024 return to competition. It picks a 2024 Topps Midnight UFC 'Stroke of Midnight' autograph as his current-era card.

Probable

José Aldo: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired 2022, un-retired 2024, announced retirement again in post-fight interview at UFC 315 (2025-05-10).

Josh Hokit5
High confidence

No licensed Josh Hokit trading card has been documented by FightCardboard as of 23 September 2026. This records what the published record shows, not a claim about what can exist. Every licensed Topps UFC and Panini MMA checklist covering his career was read name by name — 20 in all, including the Topps Now programmes for 2025 and 2026 — along with the card-market indexes covering his football and college-wrestling years, and none of them lists him. A card catalogued under an unexpected name form, an issue that never reached the public checklist databases, or a regional or promotional printing could still surface, and a new Topps checklist could add him at any time. If one is documented, this entry changes.

High confidence

Josh Hokit has no card history, and that is the entry. Nineteen licensed checklists covering his entire athletic life have been read against his name — every Topps UFC pack product from 2024 Topps Chrome through 2026 Topps Stadium Club, both Panini Contenders PFL sets including the Bellator Ink autograph subset that reaches back to the promotion he debuted in, and the Topps Now programmes for 2025 and 2026 — and his surname appears on none of them. A product search across the main card-price index returns nothing under his name in any sport. For a top-five heavyweight with a perfect record, that is close to unique.

High confidence

The absence starts long before the UFC. He was a walk-on at Fresno State who played fullback and running back while wrestling well enough to become the program's first All-American there since 2003, then signed with the San Francisco 49ers undrafted and spent two years on the practice squad before a five-day stop in Arizona. Neither sport produced a card: college athletes of his profile were not being issued licensed cards in his years, undrafted practice-squad fullbacks are routinely left out of licensed football sets, and searches under his name in that era return roster pages, statistics and news coverage rather than any card listing.

High confidence

The MMA years kept missing the calendar by inches. Bellator 300 in October 2023 and Bellator Champions Series 4 in September 2024 both fell inside the window Panini's PFL line later reached back into, but its 20-card Bellator Ink autograph subset went to Emelianenko, Shamrock, Ortiz, Sonnen and others rather than to him. Three first-round LFA finishes and a Contender Series contract in 2025 came from promotions with no card licensee at all. Then the UFC debut arrived at exactly the wrong moment: he stopped Max Gimenis in 56 seconds on 8 November 2025 for a Performance of the Night bonus, one day after 2025 Topps Finest was released and two weeks after 2025 Topps Knockout. A debut finish of that kind is the standard trigger for a print-to-order Topps Now card, and none was issued.

High confidence

What makes 2026 strange is that the timing excuse ran out. He beat Denzel Freeman at UFC 324 in January, took a Fight of the Night decision from Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327 in April while setting the heavyweight record for significant strikes landed in a three-round bout, and knocked out Derrick Lewis in the second round at UFC Freedom 250 in June — and 2026 Topps Chrome (May), Midnight (May), Chrome Sapphire (June), Knockout (June) and Stadium Club (August) were all issued around him. Chrome alone carried Radiating Rookies, Future Stars Autographs and UFC Debut Patch Autographs inserts without finding room for the division's newest contender. The 30-card Freedom 250 commemorative set, built around the event he won on, runs from McGregor to Liddell with no Hokit card in it; the single Topps Now card from that night, #24, is an event card that names no fighter. The result is that the first collectors looking for him find the unlicensed "Immortal Moments" autographs instead, and read the "RC" in the listing titles as a rookie card. Whenever Topps finally lists him, that card — not any of these — will be the earliest licensed Josh Hokit card there is.

Joshua Van6
Verified

Joshua Van's rookie card: 2025 Topps Chrome UFC #136 — Joshua Van.

MMA Rookies lists '2025 Topps Chrome UFC #136 Joshua Van' as his True Rookie Card and everything else it lists as other rookie cards from later 2025 products. Checklist Insider's 2025 Topps Chrome UFC checklist shows '#136 Joshua Van RC' with a June 27, 2025 release date, earlier than Chrome Sapphire (July 25), Knockout (October 24), Finest (November 7) and Royalty (February 6, 2026). Nothing earlier exists: the 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist (March 20, 2024) has no Van, and no Panini-era Van card turned up in searching, even though his UFC debut was June 2023.

High confidence

Van spent two full years in the UFC without a card. He debuted on 24 June 2023, right at the tail end of Panini's licence, and no Panini-era card of him was ever issued; when Topps opened the new era with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC on 20 March 2024, he is not among the 200 names on the checklist, despite three fights that year. Anyone looking for a pre-2025 Joshua Van card is looking for something that does not exist.

High confidence

It all arrives at once on 27 June 2025 with 2025 Topps Chrome UFC: base #136 carrying the RC designation, which MMA Rookies calls his True Rookie Card, and the on-card Chrome Rookie Autograph CRA-JV in the same product, so his first card and his first signature share a release date. The base sits behind one of the deepest ladders Topps runs - Speckle /250, Aqua /199, Teal Lazer /175, Blue /150, Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, OctaFractor /8, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1 - while the autograph runs Refractor /199 down through Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and its own SuperFractor. SportsCardsPro's item-details field answers 'No' to rookie for #136, which contradicts the logo on the card and both checklists.

High confidence

The rest of 2025 filled out the rookie-logo run fast. UFC Topps Now #20 came three days after Chrome, covering the decision over Brandon Royval at UFC 317 and sold 30 June to 3 July with the print run given as 1,640 and a Gold /50 alongside. Chrome Sapphire Edition on 25 July re-issued #136 on sapphire stock with a short, steep ladder - Green /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Purple /10, Red /5, Padparadscha 1/1 - then Knockout UFC #11 on 24 October brought his second autograph, KA-JV, and Finest UFC on 7 November put his RC in the Uncommon tier of a 300-card base with the Finest Rookies Autograph FRA-JV. The Finest number is unsettled: one checklist gives #164, another #78.

High confidence

Stopping Alexandre Pantoja in 26 seconds at UFC 323 on 6 December 2025 turned every one of those cards into a champion's rookie overnight, and the timing produced an oddity. 2025 Topps Royalty UFC is branded 2025 but did not ship until 6 February 2026, so it carries a rookie designation at #75 on a reigning titleholder. It is also his deepest hit product by some distance, with Rookie Autographs RA-JV, Rookie Relic Autographs RRA-JV, a Rookie Jumbo Relic RJR-JV and Pursuit of Greatness Signatures POG-JV.

High confidence

His champion-era cards read differently from the moment you look at the numbering: 2026 Topps Chrome UFC, out 8 May 2026, moves him from #136 as a prospect to #15, with Future Stars Autographs FSA-JV his first Chrome signature since the rookie. UFC Topps Now #16 covered the fifth-round finish of Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328, sold 11 to 14 May 2026 with the print run given as 2,591, and the versions collectors actually chase there are the signed ones, issued at /10, /5 and 1/1.

Justin Gaethje2
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Justin Gaethje's rookie card: 2018 Topps Chrome UFC #71 — Justin Gaethje.

TCDB lists no Gaethje cards before 2018. Three 2018 Topps cards carry the RC logo: Knockout #3, Chrome #71 and Museum Collection #23. TCDB flags all three RC, and the scans show the logo. We lead with Chrome #71 because it is the chromium flagship with the full Refractor rainbow (Cardboard Connection, TCDB, Sports Card Investor). Knockout #3 came out first (July 20, 2018 vs September 19, 2018, per Cardboard Connection) and is an equally valid RC. Collectors choosing between them are picking a preference, not settling a dispute.

Probable

Justin Gaethje: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Current UFC lightweight champion per Wikipedia.

Kamaru Usman2
High confidence

Kamaru Usman's rookie card: 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27 — Kamaru Usman.

TCDB's Usman profile starts in 2018 with Museum Collection #27, flagged RC and included on TCDB's 20-card rookie list for the set; the card front carries the Topps RC logo. Cardboard Connection's checklist lists #27 in the base set. His next cards (2019 Knockout #35, 2019 Chrome #14) carry no RC flag, and #14 is absent from TCDB's 2019 Chrome rookie list.

High confidence

Kamaru Usman: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Last fight was at Middleweight; primary class kept as Welterweight (former champion).

Kayla Harrison2
Probable

Kayla Harrison's rookie card: 2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #83 — Kayla Harrison.

TCDB flags 2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #83 RC (set released December 13, 2024). It's the only RC-flagged base card among her 2024 cards on TCDB. She has no 2024 Topps Chrome UFC base card (a SportsCardsPro search found none), and her 2012 Olympic card isn't RC-designated. The Gold Label, Finest and Royalty rookie autographs are all from 2024, but TCDB lists release dates only for Gold Label, so the order of those products is unconfirmed.

Probable

Kayla Harrison: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Neck surgery postponed Nunes bout; now scheduled for UFC 334 on 2026-11-14. Primary class = Bantamweight (current UFC title); was PFL Lightweight champion.

Kazushi Sakuraba6
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Kazushi Sakuraba's rookie card: 1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #103 — Kazushi Sakuraba.

Cardbase is the only database reached that carries him at all, and it is explicit: 33 cards, of which one is flagged rookie, and the card it names is 1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #103. The date fits — he debuted for UWFi in August 1993 and had his first MMA bout in mid-1996, so a 1996 BBM Pro Wrestling card is the earliest licensed issue that could plausibly exist. It is a pro-wrestling card, not an MMA card, which is the same situation as several pre-Topps MMA legends.

High confidence

Sakuraba's cardboard starts in Japanese pro-wrestling wax, not in MMA. BBM's 362-card 1996 Pro Wrestling set, out on 4 January 1996, carried him at #103 in its U.W.F. International section while he was still a shoot-style undercard man working under Billy Robinson and Yoji Anjo — months before his first recorded MMA bout and nearly two years before he won the UFC Japan heavyweight tournament. Cardbase flags it as the one rookie among his cards and puts him in that set alongside Ken Shamrock at #181 and Minoru Suzuki at #169; WrestlingTradingCards.com's checklist and COMC's catalogue confirm the number independently, though no Japanese set of that era carried a rookie designation.

High confidence

Everything that made him famous was printed only in Japan, and only by BBM. Royler, Royce, Renzo and Ryan Gracie all fell between 1999 and 2000, and the cards of those years are Pro Wrestling 1997 through 2002, the 201-card 1998 Sparkling Fighters set and the 2003 Weekly Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary release. Card numbers for those issues are not catalogued in any Western index — the sets are named for him, the checklists are not. Topps had no UFC licence until 2008, so his peak simply went uncarded outside Japan.

High confidence

PRIDE made one card set of its own, and the man who carried the promotion is a co-star on it. DSE's 2006 Pride FC, out 11 January 2006, has him twice, both times as half of a two-fighter bout card: #101 against Antônio Rogério Nogueira, from their Shockwave 2003 meeting, and #123 against Ikuhisa Minowa, the kimura win at Shockwave 2005 that had happened eleven days before the set shipped. He has no solo base card in it and no card in its signature subset at #127-#135.

High confidence

His only cards of the 2010s are Bushiroad's New Japan-licensed King of Pro Wrestling issues — 2012 promos, Series 3 Invasion Attack, Series 6 Wrestle Kingdom 8, Series 12 Wrestle Kingdom 9 — a card game rather than a trading-card release, and again without catalogued numbers. Then in 2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling produced #A-KS1 in a 2014 Alternate Art Autograph subset, with a companion base autograph at #KS1 in the same product: the only certified Sakuraba signatures catalogued anywhere. They come from an unlicensed wrestling product and carry Yellow, Blue /25, Red /10 and Black 1/1 parallels, and they landed the same year the UFC put him in the Pioneer wing of its Hall of Fame without issuing a card of him.

High confidence

That is where he still stands: no UFC-licensed card of any kind has been found for him. He is not on the 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 checklist, Pride and Glory insert included, and no Topps or Panini UFC product carries him — SportsCardsPro catalogues only two Sakuraba products in total, and both are the 2017 Leaf autograph and its variants. For the most famous Japanese fighter of his generation and a Hall of Famer, the whole North American hobby amounts to two bout cards from a Japanese PRIDE set.

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Verified

Khabib Nurmagomedov's rookie card: 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

TCDB's Khabib profile begins in 2012 with a single card, Bloodlines #12 (plus its parallels), and flags it RC. Cardboard Connection's 2012 Bloodlines checklist lists him at #12 (release date December 7, 2012). Sports Card Specialist calls it "Khabib's very first issued UFC card" and his true rookie. eBay/PSA listings also sell the Black /88 as an RC. His UFC debut was January 20, 2012, and TCDB lists no Khabib card before this one.

Uncertain

2014 Topps UFC Knockout Fist-Ograph F-KN: Cardboard Connection and Sports Card Specialist say it is numbered to 10, but TCDB records no serial number.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Probable

2021 Prizm Champion Signatures card number: TCDB and Sports Card Investor use CS-KBN, Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths use #4, and one eBay listing uses 'CS-4'.

Sources are named in the statement above; direct links have not been attached yet.

Probable

2014 Topps UFC Champions was released on 17 September 2014, after 2014 Topps UFC Knockout on 16 May 2014, which is why KA-KN counts as his first certified autograph.

The archive carries the 17 September 2014 date TCDB states. Cardboard Connection's article on the set is dated 13 October 2014 and that publication date circulates as a second release date; on either figure the product is later than 2014 Knockout.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

High confidence

Khabib's card story starts with a single card: 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12, a horizontal 'UFC Debut' card that TCDB flags as his rookie. Bloodlines was a high-end Topps product with Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8, printing plate and Platinum 1/1 parallels, so the rookie comes in a short serial-numbered run.

High confidence

Topps kept him in its mid-tier sets through 2013 (Finest, Bloodlines, Knockout), but he had no certified autograph until 2014. That year 2014 Knockout (KA-KN /149), 2014 Champions (CFA-KN) and the December 2014 Bloodlines release (BAR-KN /175 and New Blood Autographs NBA-KN /50) produced his first run of signed Topps cards.

High confidence

Topps held the UFC license from 2009 to 2020. Panini's multi-year exclusive began with 2021 Panini Prizm UFC on April 28, 2021, a set that includes Khabib even though he had retired the previous October. His Panini-era cards (Prizm, Select, Chronicles, Donruss, Immaculate) are all post-career issues.

High confidence

Fanatics Collectibles announced a new exclusive UFC deal on January 31, 2024, bringing Topps back with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC. Topps' 2024 Royalty UFC, released April 4, 2025, placed Khabib in legends autograph sets such as Golden Hall Autographs.

Probable

Khabib Nurmagomedov: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired 2020-10-24 after UFC 254. Owns Eagle FC; retired from coaching Jan 2023 but still corners fighters.

Khamzat Chimaev6
Verified

Khamzat Chimaev's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 — Khamzat Chimaev.

TCDB lists no Chimaev card before 2021. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 has TCDB's RC flag, appears on TCDB's 46-card rookie list for the set, is tagged as a rookie by Cardboard Connection and SportsCardsPro, and carries Panini's RC shield. Released April 28, 2021, it came before his 2021 Select (July 30) and Chronicles (October 6) rookies.

High confidence

His RC comes from Panini's first UFC set: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC (April 28, 2021), the first set of Panini's multi-year UFC exclusive, includes his RC-logo #7. The Gold /10 and Black 1/1 parallels are the lowest-numbered versions of that card.

High confidence

Later in 2021, a print-to-order Panini Instant card (#45, print run 863) covered his UFC 267 win, captioned 'CHIMAEV RETURNS, IMPROVES TO 10-0'. 2021 Immaculate Collection (December 31, 2021) gave him a Fight Mat relic /20 but no autograph. TCDB's 2021 listings for him show no autographs at all.

High confidence

His certified autographs start in 2022, with Prizm Signatures and Donruss Optic Opti-Graphs and Signature Series cards. 2023 Prizm added a Throwback Signatures auto (TH-KZC) in the 2012 Prizm design.

High confidence

The licence went back to Topps in 2024, starting with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC (Chimaev #114). Topps Now covered his UFC 319 title win on August 16, 2025 with card #28 (print run 6,042 per TCDB).

Probable

Khamzat Chimaev: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Brief 2021 'retirement' was retracted. Also did an RAF freestyle wrestling match 2026-06-13 (not MMA).

Kimbo Slice6
High confidence

Kimbo Slice's rookie card: 2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #147 — Kimbo Slice.

Topps built a debut subset into the 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 base set and annotated those cards as UFC Debut rookies, which is the closest thing to a manufacturer rookie designation anywhere in Kimbo's run: Cardboard Connection's checklist carries the annotation, Jeff Allender's House of Checklists files #147 under Debut Rookie Cards, and eBay's catalogue title for the card reads '2010 Topps UFC Series 4 - Kimbo Slice #147 (RC)'. SportsCardsPro's rookie field answers 'No', and it is alone in that. His earliest card is a year older and is recorded separately: 2009 Topps UFC Round 2, TUF Season 10 Autographs #TUF-KS, his only certified signature, which MMAWeekly reported on 21 September 2009 as his first-ever autographed trading card. Nothing earlier exists — EliteXC had no licensed card issue, and the 30-card Ring Kings insert in 2008 Donruss Americana II does not include him.

High confidence

For most of 2008 Kimbo was the most recognisable fighter in MMA, and none of it reached cardboard. EliteXC headlined him on network television and folded in October 2008 without ever licensing a card set, and the era's main non-UFC MMA insert, the 30-card Ring Kings subset in 2008 Donruss Americana II, leaves him off entirely — Couture, Arlovski, Forrest Griffin, Faber, Carano and Bas Rutten are all on that checklist and the biggest draw in the sport is not.

High confidence

His first licensed card is an autograph, which is unusual. Topps signed the whole 16-man Ultimate Fighter 10 heavyweight cast for 2009 Topps UFC Round 2, released 30 September 2009, and #TUF-KS in that TUF Season 10 Autographs subset predates his first base card by about twelve months. MMAWeekly reported the signing programme that September and called it his first-ever autographed trading card; PSA catalogues the set and eBay's catalogue carries the card, so the number is well corroborated. A handful of copies are signed with his legal name, Kevin Ferguson, rather than 'Kimbo' — a signature variation of the same card, and markedly the rarer of the two.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 is his only real base year and it is a busy one: base #147 in a 200-card set released 24 September 2010, with Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels; a nickname variation of the same number, one of 25 in the set and given a print run of 250 by Jeff Allender's checklist, that swaps the ring name for his legal name, Kevin Ferguson; the Greats of the Game insert at #GTG-1, leading the insert off despite his having won a single UFC fight; and the hobby-exclusive Ultimate Gear Autograph Relic #UGA-KS numbered to 25. #147 is the rookie: Allender files it under the set's Debut Rookie Cards and eBay's catalogue tags it '(RC)', against SportsCardsPro's rookie field, which reads 'No'. He is not in 2010 Topps UFC Knockout.

High confidence

Then nothing for fifteen years. He beat Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138 in June 2015 and Dada 5000 at Bellator 149 in February 2016, and no licensed Bellator card programme ran in those years, so none of that exists on cardboard. He died on 6 June 2016, which fixes the supply of certified Kimbo signatures permanently at what Topps produced in 2009 and 2010. How much that is is contested: Blowout Buzz's account of his card run says he signed only the Round 2 TUF card and never signed any of the relic cards Topps made of him, which would leave the /25 Ultimate Gear Autograph Relic unsigned in practice.

High confidence

PFL's acquisition of the Bellator library brought him back nine years after his death. 2025 Panini Contenders PFL has him at Season Ticket #3, the base card a full rainbow hangs off down to a Season Ticket Black 1/1 and a Championship Ticket 1/1, plus a Superstar Die-Cut at #10 in a 20-card insert with no numbered parallels. 2026 adds Legendary Contenders #11, a 15-card legends insert with its own ladder from Silver /99 to Platinum 1/1. A 2026 Season Ticket base card at #83 is listed by one checklist and absent from another, so treat it as unconfirmed. He is not in 2025 Panini Combat Anthology.

Leon Edwards2
High confidence

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.

High confidence

Leon Edwards: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

UFC.com lists Active (#8 welterweight). Planned UFC 329 bout fell through.

Lyoto Machida6
High confidence

Lyoto Machida's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #90 — Lyoto Machida.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #90 is the only Machida card any reachable catalogue actually tags as a rookie. eBay's catalogue title reads '2009 Topps UFC Round 2 - Lyoto Machida #90 (RC)' and the listing's product features say 'Rookie, Base Set'; Collectibles.com's Machida register lists '2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #90 RC' as his rookie and states he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2009'. It is also his first solo base card in a UFC-licensed set and the first issued after he won the light heavyweight title at UFC 98. The competing claim is chronological rather than catalogued: Round 1 #59 is seven months earlier.

High confidence

Machida fought for four years in Japan and Brazil — NJPW's Ultimate Crush, Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye, K-1's Beast and Romanex cards, Hero's 1 and Jungle Fight — and came out of it with no cardboard at all. He never fought in PRIDE, so he is absent from the 2006 Pride FC set that gave other Japan-era fighters a starting point, and no Japanese issue of him is catalogued. Collectibles.com puts it plainly: he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2009'. His history therefore begins with Topps' UFC licence, at 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #59, a shared UFC-debut card pairing him with Sam Hoger from UFC 67, alongside the Victorious Debuts insert #VD5 — his first solo card, with a Gold parallel numbered to 88.

High confidence

The card the market treats as his rookie is 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #90, released on 30 September 2009, four months after he knocked out Rashad Evans at UFC 98 for the light heavyweight title — his first solo base card in a licensed set and the first of him as champion. It carries a five-tier parallel ladder: Gold, a /188 tier, a /88 tier, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1, though sources disagree on the tier names, Cardboard Connection calling the /188 tier Onyx where nslists calls it Silver. Sources also disagree on the RC designation itself: eBay's catalogue title reads '(RC)' and Collectibles.com lists '#90 RC', while SportsCardsPro's own data field on the same card says 'Is Rookie Card: No'. A minority of sellers argue for Round 1 #59 or Victorious Debuts #VD5 on the grounds that they came first, but #59 is a shared card and #VD5 is an insert.

High confidence

Round 2 is also where the signed Machida cards start. He had no autograph in Round 1; the Autographs card #FA-LM is his first certified signature and it is on-card, signed directly on the card in the way Cardboard Connection describes the subset. The same product holds a Greats of the Game insert (#GTG-4, built around the fighters in the UFC 2009 Undisputed video game) and two dual-signed fight mat relics, one with Anderson Silva and one with Quinton Jackson, from a ten-subject hobby-exclusive subset that Cardboard Connection numbers to 25 where Jeff Allender's checklist heads it '# to 5'. The codes on those two are crossed in the sources — the checklist the archive follows gives Machida's Silva pairing as #DAMS, while Collectibles.com's register lists his Round 2 dual mat relic as #DAMJ — so a collector should search both. Be careful with a bare 'FA-LM' too: the 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 autograph checklist reuses the same code, so the year on the back decides which card it is.

High confidence

The years after the title run are a thin, steady drip. 2010 Topps UFC Main Event #13 put him in retail blasters as a reigning-champion name and is the Machida card most likely to turn up in a bulk lot. 2011 Finest UFC #25 gave him his first chromium card, in the product line every later Topps Chrome UFC release descends from. Then 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — a set organised around national heritage, which suits a Brazilian karateka with a Japanese father — delivered base #21 with Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels, plus the two cards a Machida specialist chases hardest: the International Incident dual autograph with Jon Jones (#IIDA-JM, /25), issued a year after Jones choked him out at UFC 140, and a dual autographed relic with Mauricio Rua numbered to 10.

High confidence

In the modern era Machida is filed under legends rather than fighters. He is not in the 200-card base checklist of 2024 Topps Chrome UFC at all; he appears in the 1954 Topps and AKA inserts and, more importantly, in Octagon Legends Autographs (#OLA-LMA), the retired-greats signature subset that falls around 1:118 hobby packs, with the unnumbered base autograph as the entry point and Refractor /150, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and SuperFractor 1/1 above it. Collectibles.com also records 2025 Stadium Club UFC and Topps Royalty autographs and a 2026 Topps Knockout UFC autograph, so his current cards are signature cards in legends subsets rather than base cards.

Mackenzie Dern6
High confidence

Mackenzie Dern's rookie card: 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #30 — Mackenzie Dern.

MMA Rookies names 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #30 her 'True Rookie Card' and lists 'Other Rookies: None'. Cardboard Connection's checklist for the product confirms #30 as 'Mackenzie Dern - Strawweight' in a 50-card base set released 28 November 2018, and SportsCardsPro carries the same card. It is also her earliest card of any kind: Cardboard Connection's 2018 Topps UFC Chrome checklist (19 September 2018, 100 base cards) does not include her, and no pre-2018 jiu-jitsu, Legacy FC or Invicta FC card of her was found on any reachable source.

High confidence

Dern arrived in the UFC with a grappling résumé most fighters would envy and none of it on cardboard: her 2015 ADCC and no-gi world titles, the Legacy FC run and her single Invicta FC bout against Kaline Medeiros in December 2017 all went by without a licensed card. Topps then left her off the 100-card 2018 Topps UFC Chrome checklist on September 19, 2018, months after she had beaten Ashley Yoder at UFC 222 and won again, so there is nothing at all to collect from before that winter.

High confidence

Her first card is instead a high-end one: 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #30, released November 28, 2018, out of a 50-card base set, with Copper, Gold /75, Sapphire /25, Ruby /8 and Emerald 1/1 above it. It is also her rookie card, and unusually cleanly so: MMA Rookies designates it her True Rookie Card and records no other rookie cards for her at all, Collectibles.com's register gives 2018 as her rookie year, and the 2018 Topps UFC Chrome release two months earlier left her off its checklist, so nothing from the same year competes with it. The small base set means the print run behind it is far smaller than a flagship rookie's.

High confidence

The same box produced her first certified autograph, Museum Autographs #MA-MD, hard-signed and numbered to 99 or lower with Gold /25, Ruby /8 and Emerald 1/1 above it — which means every signed Dern card from her first year is serial-numbered. MMA Rookies records it as both her first autograph and her first on-card autograph, since Museum Collection signatures go on the card rather than on a sticker. Sellers list it as a 'rookie autograph' because it shares a release date with #30; it is the autograph subset, not the base rookie, and at least one listing has her surname misspelled 'Dean'. 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #16 is her first card in a mainstream, widely opened product and the first most collectors actually pulled, and the Chrome autograph #FA-MD, recorded with a Blue Wave refractor, is her first signature available in an unnumbered base version. Topps' own retrospective also names a 2019 Knockout Fire Autographs #UFCF-MD.

High confidence

Panini put her in Prizm from the start of its licence — 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #76 from the April 2021 Debut Edition, with Silver, Gold and Black prizms catalogued, and a second Prizm card at #26 in 2022. It is #76 that gets mislabelled a rookie most often, three years after the fact. Her main Panini signature is 2022 Panini Select UFC Signatures #SG-MDR from that July's release, with a Black Prizms version at the top of the Select colour ladder; no print run is published for either the base signature or the Black.

High confidence

Topps' return went heavy on her autographs. 2024 Topps Gold Label UFC, December 13, 2024, gave her base #55 with a Black Class 1 version numbered /10 and the Ranked Ink Autographs #RIK-MDE at /299 with parallels running from Blue /99 down to 1/1 — the most accessible numbered Dern signature there is. Topps Midnight added Glimmer Graphs Daybreak #GG-MDN /5 and Topps Finest an autograph at #FA-MDN. Then she took the vacant strawweight title from Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321 on October 25, 2025, and the 2026 checklists moved her to the front: Chrome UFC #185 with Aqua, Green and Mini Diamonds refractors, and card #1 of 2026 Topps Stadium Club UFC, with a Base Chrome run at #CB-1 topping out in a SuperFractor and two autograph subsets, #BAV-MDN and Abstract Autographs #AA-MD.

Matt Hughes2
High confidence

Matt Hughes's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #8 — Matt Hughes / Valeri Ignatov.

TCDB lists no Hughes card before 2009. Round 1 #8, released 23 Feb 2009 in the first UFC-licensed Topps set, is RC-flagged on TCDB and catalogued as (RC) by eBay, and it shows his UFC debut. Round 2 #27 also carries TCDB's RC flag but came out on 30 Sep 2009. #8 is the working pick because it came first, not because any source rules out #27.

Probable

Matt Hughes: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retirement announced 2013-01-24.

Maurício Rua6
Probable

Maurício Rua's earliest card: 2006 PRIDE FC #052 — Maurício Rua.

No Shogun Rua card on record carries an RC designation. SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' field reads 'No' on 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #82, 2010 Topps UFC #96, 2011 Finest UFC #74, 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #75 and 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #153, and the archive's own 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 checklist (TCDB-derived) records no RC flag on #82 either. Under the archive's earliest-card rule the key therefore points at the earliest significant card: the 2006 Pride FC issue, which Sports Card Investor lists as 'Shogun Rua 2006 Pride FC #52 Base'. That card's number rests on a single source, so its own confidence is 'probable' — the finding that he has no true rookie card is the firmer half of this judgement.

High confidence

Shogun's cardboard opens in Japan. The 2006 Pride FC set, sold in packs there, catches him the year after he knocked out Ricardo Arona to win the middleweight grand prix, three years before Topps held a UFC licence, and it is the only PRIDE-licensed cardboard of him. He is listed at #52, though that number rests on a single set listing — the set runs 142 base cards and 583 with its Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature, Holographic and promo variations, and no checklist line confirms which of those exist for his number.

High confidence

When Topps arrived in 2009 his first UFC-licensed card was a card of a defeat. Round 1 was built around UFC debuts, so #70 is a two-man bout card of the UFC 76 rear-naked choke loss to Forrest Griffin — catalogued as 'Mauricio Rua - Forrest Griffin' in one checklist and 'Forrest Griffin, Mauricio Rua' in another, which is why it goes missing in listings. Round 2, released 30 September 2009, gave him #82, his first solo card, from the portrait half of a 150-card checklist. Neither carries an RC flag, and that is the whole story of his rookie: nothing in his run is designated one, the Round 2 checklist leaves #82 unflagged where most portraits are flagged, and no register names a Rua rookie card at all.

High confidence

2010 is his championship year — the UFC 113 knockout of Lyoto Machida — and Topps' Series 4 marked it with base #96, plus a 'Shogun' nickname variation of the same number with a print run of 250 that is the version worth chasing over the common base. The same product carried Pride and Glory #PG-3, one of fifteen insert cards covering fighters who came to the UFC out of PRIDE and the closest an American manufacturer ever got to acknowledging the grand-prix years.

High confidence

2011 Finest gave him the deepest ladder of his Topps run: #74 with a Refractor, X-Fractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octa-Fractor /8 and a Red Refractor 1/1, plus Finest Moments #FM-MR and an Atomic Refractor #FAR-3 numbered to 25 — catalogued there under a misspelled 'Maurico Rua'. He appears in none of that product's autograph subsets, and in fact none of the 2009, 2010 or 2011 Topps signature checklists carry him. Bloodlines #BL-SR followed in 2013 with a Black /88, and Knockout #75 in 2015.

High confidence

The scarcity is all in the signatures. Rua went through the 2009 Round 1 and Round 2 autograph checklists, the 2010 Topps UFC Autographs set, both 2011 signature products and the April 2012 Knockout release without a single signed card — in Knockout he is a base card, #14, and nothing else. His first certified autograph is 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Autographs #A-MR, from the product released on 7 December 2012: one of forty-five fighter signatures, unnumbered at the base tier, with a Red /8, a Platinum 1/1 and printing plates above it. Two years later 2014 Topps UFC Champions gave him the harder card — Championship Lineage Dual Autographs #CLDA-JR, one of five dual-signed cards numbered to 10, pairing him with Jon Jones. A PRIDE grand-prix winner and UFC champion whose first signed card arrives six years into his card run, and whose scarcest is shared, is the single most important thing about collecting him. Panini then used him as a legend: Prizm #153, an Origins autograph in Chronicles, and Immaculate dual autographs pairing him with Forrest Griffin at #DA-SRF and Dan Henderson at #DA-DHS, the two fights that bracket his UFC career. Since Topps returned he has shown up in Chrome's Allen & Ginter crossover insert at #AAG-20 and in Stadium Club and Knockout autograph subsets — common, everyday cards that make the contrast with his signed cardboard sharper still.

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Mauricio Ruffy's rookie card: 2025 Topps Knockout UFC #18 — Mauricio Ruffy.

Topps printed an RC designation on him and it landed in 2025 Topps Knockout UFC #18, released 24 October 2025: Checklist Insider's checklist for the product prints the base line as '18 Mauricio Santos RC' in a 100-card set that marks rookies throughout. It is easy to miss because of the name — Topps files him as Mauricio Santos rather than Mauricio Ruffy, which SportsCardsPro's catalogue confirms across its UFC products. His first card of any kind is earlier still, the print-to-order 2025 Topps Now UFC #8 from March 2025, but Topps Now issues carry no RC marker, so his earliest card and his rookie are different cards. RC-designated cards of him continue through 2025 Topps Finest UFC #161 and #231 on 7 November 2025 and 2025 Topps Royalty UFC #90 on 6 February 2026, so the Knockout card heads a group rather than standing alone. SportsCardsPro's item-details panel on the later 2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 #22 page reads 'Is Rookie Card: No', which is consistent: that card is not the rookie.

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Ruffy went 8-1 on the Brazilian circuit without a licensed issue of any kind, then knocked out Raimond Magomedaliev on Dana White's Contender Series on October 3, 2023 and signed — just as Panini's UFC licence was running out and months before Topps' first product under the new one. The contract produced no card, and neither did his UFC debut: the 200-card 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist had closed on March 20, 2024, seven weeks before he stopped Jamie Mullarkey at UFC 301 for a Performance of the Night bonus. What breaks the pattern is not a checklist but a knockout, and it comes in March 2025.

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The single most useful thing to know about collecting him is that Topps does not file him as Ruffy. Every Topps checklist line reads 'Mauricio Santos' — his legal name, Mauricio de Lima Santos, with the Ruffy billing taken from the One Piece protagonist. Searched under Santos, his 2025 is full rather than empty: Topps Now #8 in March, Knockout #18 in October, Finest #161 and #231 in November, and Royalty #90 the following February. Searched under Ruffy, almost none of it appears, which is how a fighter with an RC-designated rookie card ends up described as having none. Two genuine absences survive the correction: the 200-card 2025 Topps Chrome UFC checklist of June 27 and the 100-card 2025 Topps Midnight UFC checklist of August 8 contain no Santos line.

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His first card is 2025 Topps Now UFC #8, 'Lands Highlight Reel KO Via Spinning Heel Kick', sold through Topps' print-to-order window after the spinning heel-kick finish of Bobby Green at UFC 313 on March 8, 2025 and closing at 1,630 copies — the whole print run, with no pack version behind it. Topps Now issues carry no RC marker, so the rookie is the next one along: 2025 Topps Knockout UFC #18, released October 24, 2025, whose base line reads 'Mauricio Santos RC' inside a 100-card set that marks rookies throughout. Finest repeated the flag two weeks later across its Uncommon and Rare tiers, and Royalty did it again at base #90 on February 6, 2026 — three RC-marked base cards inside four months of checklists, none of them under the name on his shorts.

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His signature first appears in 2025 Topps Royalty UFC: Rookie Autographs #RA-MS and Rookie Relic Autographs #RRA-MS /99, beside a Rookie Jumbo Relic #RJR-MS /99 and dual and triple signed cards numbered to 25 shared with Carlos Prates and Jean Silva. The 2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 set that followed his first-round knockout of Michael Chandler on June 14, 2026 is his most visible product rather than his earliest — base #22, the autograph #22-A from a 22-card signed checklist, the UFC Dollar insert #UD-22 and Presidential Seal #SO-22, a 20-card insert inside a 30-card set, all on the same ladder from Blue /150 down to a FoilFractor 1/1. Nothing in Freedom 250 carries an RC marker, so the listings calling those four cards his rookies are wrong twice over: wrong about the designation, and fourteen months late.

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Max Holloway's rookie card: 2013 Topps UFC Knockout #42 — Max Holloway.

TCDB flags three 2013 Topps-made Holloway cards RC: 2013 Topps UFC Knockout #42 (released May 22, 2013 per TCDB; Cardboard Connection's set article is dated June 2013), 2013 Finest UFC #62 (September 11, 2013) and 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #9 (December 13, 2013). None prints an RC logo. Knockout #42 is the working pick as the first to be released, and SLAB-Z notes it is 'often referred to as his first "rookie" card'. Finest #62 is the chromium rookie that Topps Ripped highlights; all three are legitimate RCs.

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Holloway's rookie cards are from 2013, when Topps held the UFC licence: 2013 Topps UFC Knockout #42 (Gold /188, Green /88, Red /8, Mat 1/1 parallels), 2013 Finest #62 and 2013 Bloodlines #9. Topps Ripped's 2024 guide calls the Finest #62 Refractor a rookie card. His first certified autographs were also from 2013: the Finest FFA-MHO and the Bloodlines FAR-MH autographed relic /249.

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Later in the Topps era, 2017 and 2019 Topps Chrome UFC each have an FA-MH Fighter Autograph, and 2019 Knockout (May 8, 2019 per Cardboard Connection) has a Knockout Autograph KA-MH /199.

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Topps held the licence from 2009 to 2020, and Panini made UFC cards for the next three years, starting with 2021 Prizm (April 28, 2021), which includes Holloway's #77 and a Signatures auto. In January 2024 Fanatics announced that UFC cards would return under the Topps brand.

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Since Topps' return, his 2024 cards include Royalty #94 /99 and a Royalty dual autograph /25 with Chan Sung Jung, whom he knocked out on August 26, 2023, in Jung's final fight. TCDB also lists a 2024 Topps Now UFC #2 (print run 3,142) and a Red /10 parallel.

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Max Holloway: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Wikipedia fighter page was stale (still listed UFC 329 as upcoming); result taken from UFC.com, consistent with McGregor's Wikipedia page. UFC.com lists his division as Lightweight; primary class kept as Featherweight (former champion, most associated).

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Merab Dvalishvili's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #87 — Merab Dvalishvili.

TCDB's earliest Dvalishvili cards are from 2021. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #87 is TCDB-flagged RC and prints Panini's Rookie Card logo. Cardboard Connection confirms #87 in the Prizm set released April 28, 2021. In 2021 he also appears in Panini Instant: base #39 (print run 115) and Rated Rookie Retro #RR25, which carries a manufacturer rookie designation. Prizm #87 is the mainstream, hobby-released rookie and the working pick.

Probable

Merab Dvalishvili: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Trilogy vs Petr Yan scheduled for UFC 333 on 2026-10-24.

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Michael Bisping's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #42 — Michael Bisping / Josh Haynes.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 is Topps' first UFC-licensed product and the first set of any kind to carry Bisping. Card #42 is his entry in Round 1's 'UFC Debut' base run, sharing the card with Josh Haynes because Bisping's UFC debut was the TUF 3 Finale win over Haynes on 24 June 2006. Sellers and graders list it as a rookie card — the eBay listings for the base and the Gold parallel both read 'Rookie Card' — and it predates Round 2 by roughly seven months, Round 1 having shipped in February 2009 and Round 2 in the autumn.

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Bisping fought for five years before a card of him existed, because nothing before Topps' first UFC licence covered him — his cardboard starts in 2009, and it starts twice in the same year. Round 1, in February, built its base run as 'UFC Debut' cards pairing each fighter with his debut opponent, so Bisping's #42 is shared with Josh Haynes and commemorates the TUF 3 Finale of 24 June 2006. Round 2 followed in the autumn with #43, his first solo card. Both are sold as the rookie, which is the argument worth knowing before buying one.

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Round 1 is the earlier card and the usual pick, and it is the one a card database designates: Collectibles.com's register carries it as '2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #42 RC Michael Bisping / Josh Haynes' and dates his rookie year to 2009. The case for #43 is simply that it has him on it alone. eBay catalogue titles and grader labels read 'RC' on both, while SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' on every 2009 Topps UFC Bisping card, which looks like the set never carrying a printed designation rather than a judgement on either. Two things to watch in listings: the Silver /288 and Gold versions of #42 get sold as 'the rookie' when the base card is unnumbered, and the Gold is often described as limited to 432 despite carrying no serial number at all. The /188 parallel of #43 is confusing in a different way, catalogued as Silver on Jeff Allender's checklist and as Onyx in some listings.

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Unlike several of his 2009 classmates he signed in his rookie year: Round 1 Autographs #A-MB came in the same product as the base card, out of a 38-card autograph checklist falling roughly one in five packs, with a Red Ink parallel capped at 25 that remains the scarcest Bisping card of the run. The same set also gave him the 20-card Victorious Debuts insert at #VD11, whose Gold /88 is the graded chase, and which sellers sometimes mislabel as a rookie card. Topps signed him again that autumn for Round 2's Fighter Autographs, and then in 2010's flagship - the set the market still calls Series 4 - which carried him at base #15 with a Bronze /88 and at Fighters & Personalities Autographs #FA-MB, the accessible early signature for anyone who cannot land the Red Ink. Both autograph subsets use the same code, FA-MB, a year apart, so the product name is what identifies the card.

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The Topps middle years run deep while he was the promotion's biggest British draw. Moment of Truth #131 shipped alongside his TUF 14 coaching stint opposite Jason Miller, and that set is the one to mine for his British-event cards — it carries a Collision Course card pairing him with Miller and a Fight Poster card for the UFC 89 knockout of Chris Leben in Birmingham. The card actually chased from the stretch is 2012 Bloodlines' International Airmail Stamps #IA-MB, a British-stamp treatment numbered to 50 and the scarcest non-autograph Bisping card. 2015 Champions then put him in Scarlet Signatures #SSI-MB /25 — a set called Champions, a year before he was one — and 2016 Knockout added a Fight Mat Relic #FMR-MB /188 with Gold /88 and Ruby /8 tiers, though nothing ties the swatch to UFC 199 specifically.

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Under Panini he became a retired-legend autograph subject rather than a base-set fighter: Chronicles UFC Flux Autographs #FA-MBS, Immaculate Moments Autographs #MO-MBS, Select Signatures #SG-MBP and Prizm Legendary Signatures #LS-MBS, the last of which turns up dated both 2022 and 2023 in listings and exists in Green, Mojo /25 and other finishes under the same code. Topps' return in 2024 finally marked the July 2019 Hall of Fame induction: Chrome UFC put him back in a Topps base set at #13, with Embedded #EMB-7 and 1954 Topps #FFT-13 inserts, and gave him a Hall of Fame Autograph #HFA-MBI stepping through /150, /50, /25, /10, /5 and a Superfractor 1/1 — the only Bisping card with a confirmed one-of-one tier.

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Michael Chandler's rookie card: 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #194 — Michael Chandler.

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #194 is the earliest Michael Chandler card that any reachable source records, and it comes from the first licensed UFC product released after he signed (April 28, 2021, three months after UFC 257). Collectibles.com lists it as '194 RC' and states plainly that 'Michael Chandler debuted as a Rookie in 2021'. Panini's own 2021 rookie-branded subsets back that up: Select Rookie Signatures #RS-MCH and Chronicles Optic Rated Rookies Signatures #RR-MCH both put a three-time Bellator champion in the 2021 rookie class. Nothing earlier exists to compete with it — his Bellator decade produced no licensed cards, and the SportsCardsPro catalogue, the Collectibles.com register and the Cardboard Connection player page (404) turned up no pre-2021 issue of any kind.

High confidence

Chandler turned pro in August 2009, took the Bellator lightweight title off Eddie Alvarez in November 2011 and held it three separate times, and came out of that whole decade with no cards. Bellator ran no licensed trading-card programme while he was there, and the Panini products that later covered the promotion do not include him, so there is no 2011 title card to find and nothing at all from eleven and a half years of fighting. Everything the hobby has of his Bellator years is a photograph on a card printed in 2021 or later.

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His cardboard starts the moment the UFC signed him. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #194, released April 28, 2021, three months after he flattened Dan Hooker at UFC 257, is the earliest Chandler card in any product, sitting in the horizontal half of the 200-card base set under a fifteen-tier ladder that ends at Gold /10, Lucky Envelopes and Octagon /8 and a Black 1/1. It is also his recognised rookie: Collectibles.com files it as '194 RC' and dates his rookie debut to 2021, and Panini itself treated him as a 2021 rookie across four separate rookie-branded subsets. The one caveat is that the card carries no printed RC logo — Panini's Prizm UFC checklists use no RC markers at all — so the designation comes from the register and from Panini's own designs rather than from the front of the card.

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The odd part of his run is that Panini filed a three-time world champion in his mid-thirties into its rookie class, which is where his most interesting cards come from. His first certified signatures are in Prizm itself, Octagon Signatures #11 and Sensational Signatures #11, both from April 28 with ladders down to a Black 1/1. Select, July 30, 2021, then gave him Premier Level base #183 with the Disco ladder over it down to a Black Disco 1/1, and the ten-card Rookie Signatures #RS-MCH numbered /99 where most of that checklist runs /149 or /249. Chronicles followed on October 6 with base cards in the Luminance and Rookies & Stars blocks, #56 and #83, and the Optic Rated Rookies Signatures #RR-MCH with Gold and Red parallels — the closest thing he has to a card that says 'rookie' on the front. Panini Instant added a Rated Rookie Retro card at #26 in September, 1,320 sets made. Sources differ on how the Select autograph is numbered, one giving RS-MCH and another simply 8.

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By 2022 Panini had moved him to the front of the checklist: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #8, out March 25, between the Justin Gaethje loss and the front-kick knockout of Tony Ferguson, with a Signatures autograph at #38 in the same product. Topps then took the licence back, and 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #136 on March 20, 2024 is his first Topps card, with the full Speckle /299 to SuperFractor 1/1 ladder and Main Event Autographs #MEA-MCH — his first signature issued to him as an established name rather than out of a rookie-branded insert. An All the Glory insert #ATG-1 came from the same set. All of it arrived during the fifteen-month layoff waiting on the Conor McGregor fight.

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2025 Topps Chrome UFC #143, June 27, 2025, came ten weeks after Paddy Pimblett stopped him at UFC 314, and Topps built a veteran's slate around it: Chrome Veteran Autographs #CVA-MC, UFC Signatures #SIG-MC, the retail Allen & Ginter mini #AAG-17 and Big Ticket #BTT-29. Mauricio Ruffy knocked him out in the first round at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, 2026, and Topps' 30-card commemorative set for the event lists him at base #23 with a relic and a UFC Dollar insert. Stadium Club UFC on August 14, 2026 is his most recent base card, #25, with a Chrome version #CB-25 and Fight Motion Autographs #FMA-MC.

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Miesha Tate's rookie card: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #129 — Miesha Tate.

Cardboard Connection's Tate player guide calls 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #129 her 'de facto rookie card' and dates her trading-card debut to 2011. The same site's product review confirms she is on the 220-card base checklist at #129 and that this was the first UFC set to include Strikeforce fighters — which is why nothing earlier exists: she was a Strikeforce champion during a period when the Topps UFC licence did not cover that promotion. No pre-2011 licensed card turned up for her. She is not in the 100-card 2010 Leaf MMA base set: SportsCardsPro's set page for 2010 Leaf MMA lists 100 items alphabetically from Akihiro Gono through Takeya Mizugaki with no Tate row.

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Tate is the clearest case of the Strikeforce blackout in MMA cardboard. She won the Strikeforce women's bantamweight title in July 2011 by submitting Marloes Coenen and still had no licensed card, because Topps' UFC deal did not cover Strikeforce fighters. That ended on 30 November 2011, when 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth became the first UFC-licensed set to carry Strikeforce athletes — Tate, Cris Cyborg, Gilbert Melendez, Robbie Lawler — which is why her first base card and her first certified autograph arrive in the same product.

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She is #129 in that 220-card base set, and it is her rookie card: MMA Rookies names it her True Rookie Card with no other rookies listed, and Cardboard Connection's player guide calls it her de facto rookie, dating her card debut to 2011. No 2010 issue of her exists to complicate matters — she is absent from the 100-card 2010 Leaf MMA base set. Sources do differ on the parallels: the product review gives Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1 and printing plates, her player page says Gold, Black, Red and Diamond, and SportsCardsPro's variant labels add an Independence Edition. Her first certified autograph, Certified Signatures #CS-MT, reuses the #129 photograph and is sticker-signed, with the set's Red Ink run at /15; the first signature actually applied to a card is 2012 Knockout Fighter Autographs #FA-MT.

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From there she is a Topps regular. Knockout #32 in 2012, the year Ronda Rousey took the Strikeforce belt off her with a first-round armbar; Bloodlines #143 in 2013, whose Dual Autographed Relics #BDAR-MT is her scarcest early signed piece at /10, recorded as a pairing with Sara McMann by one register and with no co-signer named by the other; then Champions #42 in 2014 and #95 in the 200-card 2015 edition, released 28 October 2015 with a ladder through Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1. The 2015 card is the last base card of her career printed before she was champion.

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Her title year got the premium treatment. She beat Holly Holm at UFC 196 in March 2016 and Topps put her at #2 in the 45-card Museum Collection base set that November, where every parallel is serial numbered — Copper /135, Gold /75, Sapphire /50, Ruby /25 and an Emerald 1/1 — so even the common version of her championship-year card is limited. The Museum Collection Framed Autographs #MCC-MT is the hardest signature of the period: Gold Frame /15, Silver Frame /5, Black Frame 1/1. The same product also carries her Archival Autographs and several signature-swatch subsets.

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Panini's UFC licence treated her as a legend rather than a roster fighter. 2021 Chronicles UFC, out 6 October, signed her for Origins Autographs — one register prints it #OA-MST, the checklist renders it as a bare sequence number — plus a Flux autograph, and Immaculate Collection paired her with Amanda Nunes, the fighter who took her belt at UFC 200, on Dual Autographs #DA-AMT. Her main modern chase card is 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #120, released 25 March 2022, whose ladder runs Red /299, Blue /199, Purple /149, Orange /99, Teal /49, Mojo /25, Gold /10, Octagon /8 and Black 1/1. A card register also places her in recent Topps product — 2025 Stadium Club UFC #117 and Chrome Autographs #CAS-MTE — though no second checklist confirms those numbers.

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Mirko Filipović's earliest card: 1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #73 — Mirko Filipović.

Filipović has no card carrying an RC logo. His first three card eras are Japanese kickboxing and PRIDE issues, and by the time Topps put him in a UFC-licensed product (2010) he had been fighting professionally for nine years — SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' field reads 'No' on both 2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #6 and 2010 Topps UFC Main Event #43. Under the archive's earliest-card rule the key points at the earliest significant card: 1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #73, his first solo card, issued under his early kickboxing name Mirko Tigar. Two independent eBay listings and an ebay.co.uk catalogue entry establish the set (1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix) and that Mirko Tigar is Filipović; #73 itself is confirmed by a single PSA 6 listing, which is why the card's own confidence is 'probable'.

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Cro Cop's cardboard begins in Japan and in kickboxing, four years before he took an MMA fight. Bandai's 1997 K-1 Grand Prix carddass series carries him at #73 as a solo card, with dual cards at #121 alongside Jerome Le Banner and #127 alongside Ernesto Hoost — all of them naming him Mirko Tigar rather than Filipović or Cro Cop, which is the usual reason collectors walk past them. The Hoost dual is the best-catalogued card of the series and the practical way to prove the Tigar cards are him.

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Epoch took the K-1 licence from Bandai and put him in its 2001 K-1 Grand Prix set at base #108, the same year he debuted in MMA against Kazuyuki Fujita, with a Special-subset card #SPA-07 shared with Peter Aerts. There is no agreed Cro Cop rookie: no card in the run carries a reported RC logo, and four different ones get sold as one — the 1997 Bandai #73, the Epoch #SPA-07, and both 2010 Topps issues. Sources disagree openly, with eBay's catalogue printing '(RC)' beside #SPA-07 and beside 2010 Main Event #43 while SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' on the 2010 cards.

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His only PRIDE-licensed cardboard is a single 2006 product. Dream Stage Entertainment's Pride FC Card Collection, issued the year he won the Open Weight Grand Prix, gives him base #55 — printed on the card as 055 — plus two 'Best Bout of GP' subset cards, #67 opposite Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and #70 opposite Kevin Randleman. PRIDE folded in 2007 and licensed nothing else, so those three cards are the whole official PRIDE output of the fighter most identified with the promotion.

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The strangest gap is the UFC one. He headlined UFC 67 in February 2007, yet the 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 and Round 2 checklists — 102 and 150 base cards — omit him entirely, autograph subsets included. Everything then arrives in 2010, and in order: Main Event on 24 February with base #43 and Fight Poster #FPR-UFC70, then the 200-card Series 4 (Round 4) set on 24 September with base #6 and its Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels, a nickname variation, the Pride and Glory insert where Topps led the fifteen cards with him at #PG-1, and the Ultimate Gear Autograph Relic #UGA-MCC numbered to 25. Jeff Allender's Series 4 checklist also carries a Bloodlines insert and a Tale of the Tape relic for him that the archive does not hold.

High confidence

His certified signatures all come from 2010, and they start in September rather than December. 2010 Topps UFC Series 4, out on 24 September, carries the hobby-exclusive Ultimate Gear Autograph Relic #UGA-MCC numbered to 25 — his first. December's Topps UFC Knockout then carries him three more ways: base #66, Fighter Autographs #A-MC, Autographed Premium Pieces #APP-MC and Autograph Fighter Relic #AFG-MC. He signed almost nothing else for a card company, so those two releases are effectively the entire supply. A year later 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth, out on 30 November 2011 weeks after the UFC 137 loss that ended the stint, carried him only in the 30-card Mat Relics subset at #MTMR-MC — not in the 220-card base set — and no later licensed issue of him is documented.

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Movsar Evloev's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #130 — Movsar Evloev.

TCDB's list starts in 2022 and flags Prizm #130 RC; the RC logo is visible on the SportsCardsPro scan. Cardboard Connection dates 2022 Prizm UFC to March 25, 2022, ahead of 2022 Donruss UFC (May 6, 2022), which holds his Rated Rookie #218.

Probable

Movsar Evloev: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

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Natália Silva's rookie card: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 — Natália Silva.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 carries a printed RC logo, eBay's catalogue entry for it is titled "2024 Topps Chrome UFC - Natalia Cristina da Silva #146 (RC)", and MMA Rookies names it her "True Rookie Card" ahead of her other 2024 RC-flagged cards. It is also the earliest: Checklist Insider dates 2024 Topps Chrome UFC to 20 March 2024, before Finest, Knockout, Gold Label, Midnight and Royalty. No Panini-era (2021–2023) card of her turned up on any source consulted, so nothing predates it.

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Silva debuted in the Octagon on June 18, 2022 with a decision over Jasmine Jasudavicius and kept winning, but Panini held the UFC licence through 2023 and never put her in a set — no base card, no insert, nothing. Her first two years as a UFC fighter produced no licensed card at all, and no earlier Brazilian or regional issue turned up either, so her card history does not begin until the licence changes hands.

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It begins on March 20, 2024 with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146, the first product of Topps' returning licence, almost two years and four Octagon wins after her debut. Checklist Insider prints the base line as '146 Natalia Cristina da Silva RC' and MMA Rookies calls it her True Rookie Card; the product guide does not say the cards themselves carry a printed logo, so the designation is the checklist's. Its refractor ladder runs Speckle /299 through Blue Wave /75 and Gold /50 down to Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1. The same product carries Chrome Rookie Autographs CRA-NSI from a 24-fighter subset — her first certified autograph, with no signed card of any kind before it — numbered Refractor /150 down to a one-of-one SuperFractor. SportsCardsPro's metadata marks both cards as not rookies, which is an unfilled catalogue field rather than a rival designation.

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Topps then spread RC-logo cards across the rest of its 2024 line. Finest UFC #169 sits in the Uncommon tier, on chrome stock, the closest thing she has to a second Chrome rookie; Topps UFC Knockout #3, October 4, 2024, is the hobby-box rookie that turns up raw most often and the one most often submitted for grading; Gold Label UFC, December 13, 2024, gives her #27 in all three Classes with a Black Class 3 numbered /10; and Midnight UFC #47 is the online-exclusive corner of the line, the hardest of them to stumble across in a shop.

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The last of the rookie class arrived after the year was over. Topps Royalty UFC is 2024-branded but did not ship until April 4, 2025, and it is the premium end: base #12 is serial-numbered /99, the only one of her rookie-class base cards with a print run on the front, and the Rookie Relic Autograph RRA-NCS, also /99, is her only rookie-era signature carrying a swatch. Note that her two rookie autographs use different fighter codes, CRA-NSI in Chrome and RRA-NCS in Royalty, which makes one or the other easy to miss.

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After the May 10, 2025 decision over Alexa Grasso she moves out of the rookie subsets entirely: 2025 Topps Chrome UFC, June 27, 2025, has base #82 and the Chrome Veteran Autographs CVA-NC at 1:97 hobby odds, her first signature without RC branding. Beating Rose Namajunas at UFC 324 on January 24, 2026 made her the number-one flyweight contender, and 2026 Topps Chrome UFC on May 8 carries her at #188 with no rookie designation left anywhere. Everything she has is Topps, and all of it catalogued under 'Natalia Cristina da Silva', which is why she is easy to lose in a search and easy to confuse with the other Silvas.

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Nate Diaz's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #66 — Nate Diaz / Manny Gamburyan.

TCDB's 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 rookie list flags #66 (Nate Diaz / Manny Gamburyan) RC, and MMA Rookies names it his 'True Rookie Card', with Round 2 #3 as an 'other rookie'. Round 1 was his first licensed set: TCDB lists no Diaz cards before 2009, and the Round 1 cards recreate his June 23, 2007 TUF 5 Finale debut.

Probable

Nate Diaz: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion MVP (Most Valuable Promotions).

Left UFC 2022; boxing with MVP then MVP MMA. No formal retirement. Competed at Lightweight and Welterweight.

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Nick Diaz's rookie card: 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #57 — Nick Diaz.

MMA Rookies, the hobby register that designates MMA rookie cards, names 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #57 his True Rookie Card and files 2012 Finest UFC #26 and 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #81 beneath it as other rookies; Collectibles.com's register states he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2012'. Release order agrees: Cardboard Connection dates Knockout to 6 April 2012 and Finest to 28 August 2012, so #57 is his first base card of that year by almost five months. Market usage points the other way on Finest #26 — eBay's catalogue title reads 'Nick Diaz #26 Refractor (RC)', SGC-slabbed copies are labelled ROOKIE and Topps' own Ripped article gives it a rookie designation — but SGC applies the same ROOKIE label to the 2012 Knockout Full Contact autograph, which suggests the label marks his rookie year rather than singling out one card. Neither Topps product prints a rookie logo, so the designation rests on hobby usage rather than on anything printed, which is why this is filed as probable.

High confidence

Diaz's card history is shaped by where he fought rather than how good he was. He debuted in the UFC at UFC 44 in 2003 and then spent his prime in PRIDE, EliteXC and Strikeforce, winning the inaugural Strikeforce welterweight title in January 2010 — none of which ran a card programme, and none of which the Topps UFC licence covered. The result is nine years of fighting with no card carrying his name on the front.

High confidence

His actual first card is an oddity: the 2009 Fight Poster Review insert #FPR-TUF2, which reproduces the event poster for The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale of 5 November 2005 — a fight he lost on decision to Diego Sanchez. Topps calls it his first appearance in their UFC products and eBay's catalogue even stamps it '(RC)', but it is a poster card issued three years before any Diaz base card, and it is filed under Round 2 by Topps and under plain 2009 Topps UFC by eBay.

High confidence

The base cards then all arrive at once, in three products across nine months of 2012 after his UFC return against B.J. Penn: Knockout #57 on 6 April, with Silver /188, Green /88, Red /8, a Mat Stock 1/1 and plates; Finest #26 on 28 August with the refractor ladder of White, Blue X-Fractor /188, Gold /88, Black Octa-Fractor /8 and Red 1/1; and Bloodlines #81 on 7 December with Flag /188, Black /88, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1. The rookie is genuinely disputed. The archive follows MMA Rookies, which designates Knockout #57 the True Rookie Card and files the other two beneath it, and release order agrees — #57 is his first base card by almost five months. The other side is loud: graders slab the Finest card as ROOKIE, eBay's catalogue title reads '(RC)' and Topps' own article gives it a rookie designation. Neither product prints a rookie logo or a rookie subset, and SGC applies that same ROOKIE label to the Knockout Full Contact autograph, which suggests the slab marks his rookie year rather than singling out one card.

The Knockout #57 parallel figures follow Cardboard Connection's checklist, which gives Silver /188 and lists the Gold as numbered without a figure. SportsCardsPro reads the same ladder the other way round — Silver /125, with /188 on the Gold — and that disagreement is unresolved. Green /88, Red /8 and the Mat Stock 1/1 are not in dispute.

High confidence

His first certified signature is Knockout's Full Contact Autograph #FC-ND, numbered to 99, from the 6 April 2012 product — Cardboard Connection's checklist lists it at /99, and Diaz appears in no autograph checklist in the 2009–2011 Topps UFC products. It is marked on that checklist as an exchange card redeemed by mail, so the December Bloodlines Fighter Autograph #A-ND may well have reached collectors' hands first; printed-first and delivered-first are not necessarily the same card. Bloodlines also holds the one card he and Nate genuinely share, the dual relic #BDR-DD numbered to 88 with a Red /8 and Platinum 1/1. Keep the brothers' numbers straight: in that 150-card set Nick is #81 and Nate is #6. 2013 Knockout #24 followed around the Georges St-Pierre title fight, with Red, Gold, Mat and four plate versions of the same number, and 2014 added the three-window Triple Threads Combo Relic #TTCR-DSM /18 with his Cesar Gracie teammates Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez.

High confidence

Then the UFC 183 no-contest and a long layoff shut the run down, and what came next arrived while he was not fighting at all: 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #22 — Nate is #55 in the same set — and the Knockout Autographs #KA-NDI of 10 May 2017, whose short, steep Green /35, Blue /25, Red /10 and Gold 1/1 ladder is the scarcest certified Diaz signature run. Panini's turn produced volume without signatures: 2022 Chronicles UFC gave him six numbers across its brand subsets, including Noir #422 /99, One #473 /99 and Spectra #378 with a ladder running Bronze and Silver through Red /199, Blue and Green /99, Purple /49 and Gold /10 to a Nebula 1/1, but no autograph anywhere in that checklist. He has not fought since UFC 266 in September 2021, and Chronicles remains the last significant release with his name in it.

Paddy Pimblett2
Uncertain

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.

Probable

Paddy Pimblett: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Patricio Freire5
Verified

Patricio Freire's rookie card: 2026 Topps Chrome UFC #94 — Patricio Freire.

Checklist Insider's 2026 Topps Chrome UFC checklist lists him verbatim as '94 Patricio Freire RC', and SportsCardsPro's card page for 2026 Topps Chrome UFC #94 answers 'Is Rookie Card: Yes'. Chrome released May 8, 2026, ahead of the other 2026 product that RC-flags him (Stadium Club UFC #171, August 14, 2026). No Topps UFC product before it contains him: 2025 Topps Chrome UFC (June 27, 2025), 2025 Topps Midnight UFC (August 8, 2025), 2025 Topps Knockout UFC (October 24, 2025) and 2025 Topps Stadium Club UFC (January 23, 2026) all returned no Freire or Pitbull line. His only earlier card, 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels #5, is an insert with no RC designation — SportsCardsPro's entry for it states it is not a rookie card.

High confidence

For fifteen years the most decorated champion in Bellator history had no trading card at all. He debuted at Bellator 15 in April 2010 and held the featherweight title three times and the lightweight title once, and no licensed Bellator card programme is documented at any point before 2024 — so there is nothing from any of it. The promotion did get a partner eventually, after PFL bought it in November 2023 and signed with Panini in June 2024, but the eight-card 2024 Instant Bellator programme was built around that year's Champions Series and he is not in it. The naming is its own trap: Panini files him as 'Patrício Pitbull' and Topps as 'Patricio Freire', while his older brother Patricky 'Pitbull' Freire has cards of his own, so a listing that says only 'Pitbull' identifies nothing.

High confidence

His first card came on his way out of the promotion that made him. Panini's 2025 Contenders PFL, released July 18, 2025, covered the Bellator names PFL had absorbed, and he appears exactly once, as Crown Jewels #5 — the product's title-holder insert. He is not in the 100-card Season Ticket base set, having signed with the UFC in February 2025, five months before the release. That single insert is the whole of his non-UFC cardboard, and it carries no rookie designation.

High confidence

Topps skipped him through every 2025 UFC release — Chrome, Midnight, Knockout and Stadium Club all pass him over — and then printed him as a rookie. 2026 Topps Chrome UFC, out May 8, 2026, lists him as '94 Patricio Freire RC', thirteen months after his UFC debut and twenty-two years into his professional career, and its refractor ladder from Magenta /399 down through Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and the SuperFractor 1/1 gives him his first scarce base cards. The same product holds his first certified autograph, Base Autographs #BAV-PL, with a Refractor version catalogued; checklists disagree about which other 2026 Chrome autograph subsets contain him, so only that card is recorded.

High confidence

2026 Topps Midnight UFC, two weeks later on May 22, left him out of its 100-card base set but used him three times: Lunar Apex #LA-19, whose ladder runs Moon Beam, Dusk /75, Moonrise /25, Midnight /12, Daybreak /5 and Black Light 1/1; Zero Hour #ZH-14; and Rookie Relic Autographs #RRA-PP, his first card to pair a signature with a swatch, with a Daybreak /5 confirmed. 2026 Topps Stadium Club UFC then gave him a second RC-flagged base card at #171 on August 14, 2026 — two rookie logos inside four months, which is what happens when a checklist picks a fighter up mid-career. Seven cards in total, all but one of them from a single year.

Payton Talbott2
Verified

Payton Talbott's rookie card: 2025 Topps Chrome UFC #141 — Payton Talbott.

TCDB flags five 2025 Talbott cards RC. The earliest is 2025 Topps Chrome UFC #141, released June 27, 2025 per Checklist Insider, which also marks it RC. The card itself carries Topps' RC logo, and MMA Rookies names it his 'True Rookie Card'. TCDB lists no cards before 2025, so there are no Panini-era cards of him.

High confidence

Payton Talbott: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

UFC.com: scheduled vs Deiveson Figueiredo 2026-10-03.

Petr Yan6
Verified

Petr Yan's rookie card: 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #79 — Petr Yan.

Two independent sources state the designation: Cardboard Connection's set article says that in 2019 Topps Chrome UFC 'cards for the first-year fighters display the RC logo' and lists Yan at #79, and Collectibles.com records the card as '#79 RC'. MMA Rookies names it his True Rookie Card and records 'Other Rookies: None', and eBay's catalogue entry 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 (released 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.

High confidence

Yan went 3-0 in the UFC in 2018 and Topps skipped him twice while he did it: he is in no base, insert, autograph or relic subset of 2018 Topps UFC Knockout, released 20 July 2018 a month after his debut, nor of 2019 Topps UFC Knockout on 8 May 2019. No pre-UFC Russian or regional issue has been catalogued either, so there is simply no Yan cardboard from his first year in the promotion.

High confidence

His first card and his only rookie is 2019 Topps UFC Chrome #79, from the 100-card set released 11 September 2019, where first-year fighters carry the RC logo. The refractor rainbow is the whole hunt: Refractor and X-Fractor, then Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1. Cardboard Connection's set guide, collectibles.com's register and MMA Rookies all record the RC, and no source names a different Yan rookie; SportsCardsPro's data panel answers 'No' to rookie on the same card, but that is an unfilled catalogue field rather than a rival position. The number is the thing to watch in listings, since Topps reused #79 for him in 2020 and Panini used it again in 2021.

High confidence

The rest of the Topps years gave him everything except a signature. His rookie product added only the Future Stars insert FS-PY, and he is not among the eight names on that set's /5 Future Stars Autographs checklist. 2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection on 27 November brought his first relic, Meaningful Moments MMR-PY, numbered /75 or lower, though he has no base card in that 50-card set. Then came 2020 Topps UFC Knockout #13 on 25 March with the UFC Inception insert UI-20, and 2020 Topps UFC #79 on 26 August - six weeks after he beat Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title, and still tagged 'FS' for Future Stars rather than carrying any champion's billing.

High confidence

It took Panini to get him signing. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC, out 28 April 2021 seven weeks after the disqualification loss to Aljamain Sterling, gave him base #79 with the deepest colour run of his career - Red /275, Blue /199, Purple /149, Orange /99, Neon Green /75, Teal /49, Pink Pulsar /42, Green Pulsar and Mojo /25, Gold /10, Lucky Envelopes and Octagon /8, Black 1/1 - and Signatures #15, his first certified autograph, roughly two years after his rookie. Immaculate Collection UFC on 31 December 2021 followed with numbered base #21 /65, Premium Memorabilia Autographs #40 /99, Marks of Greatness #44 /99 and a Jumbo Memorabilia /8, and 2022 Select spread him over four base tiers - Concourse #7, Premier Level #103, Octagonside #201 and Mezzanine #309 - with Signatures #35 alongside.

High confidence

Topps took the licence back and picked him up again at 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #156 on 20 March 2024, his first Topps card in four years, in a base set now doubled to 200 and a refractor ladder running Speckle /299 down to Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1, with Tale of the Tape TFT-6 beside it. 2025 Topps Chrome UFC put him at #116 with Fists of Fury FOF-10. The pattern from 2019 held: he is on none of the Topps autograph checklists in either year, so every certified Yan signature in circulation is a Panini card from 2021 to 2023.

Quinton Jackson6
Uncertain

Quinton Jackson's earliest card: 2006 PRIDE FC #093 — Quinton Jackson / Ikuhisa Minowa.

No manufacturer, grader or published checklist designates any Quinton Jackson card a rookie, so the archive records his earliest card instead. That is 2006 PRIDE FC #093, the bout card he shares with Ikuhisa Minowa: two independently graded copies, a BGS 9.5 and a PSA 8, are catalogued at #93 in the set, and Cardbase's page for 2006 PRIDE FC confirms the release and its roughly 142-card base run. Nothing of him earlier than 2006 appears in Cardbase, Collectibles.com or SportsCardsPro. The card the hobby reaches for instead is 2008 Topps Allen & Ginter's #189 — his first US pack-issued card, titled '(RC)' in eBay's catalogue and slabbed and sold as his rookie — but Collectibles.com's own page for it answers 'Rookie Card: No', and SportsCardsPro answers 'No' on both 2009 Topps UFC base cards. Confidence is uncertain because everything that calls anything of his a rookie is a marketplace catalogue rather than an authority.

High confidence

Rampage's card run begins in Japan, two years before any American manufacturer printed him. The 2006 Pride FC issue — 142 base cards, and 583 counting the Base, Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature, Holographic and Promo variations — puts him at #93 on a card shared with Ikuhisa Minowa, catching him as a PRIDE middleweight grand prix name rather than a UFC one. Graded copies come out of Japanese sellers and slabs, and starting a complete Jackson run means going there first.

High confidence

His first American card and his first certified autograph both come from a baseball product, because Topps did not hold the UFC licence in 2008: Allen & Ginter's, which has always carried outside-the-lines subjects, gave him base #189 and an on-card framed mini autograph, #AGA-RJ. That framed mini is the scarcer half of the pair in high grade, and #189 is where the rookie argument settles — eBay's catalogue prints '(RC)' beside it and PSA and SGC copies sell as his rookie. No database agrees, though: Collectibles.com's own page for the card answers 'Rookie Card: No', SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' on both 2009 Topps UFC base cards and carries no entry for the Allen & Ginter card at all, and another group of sellers treats the earlier 2006 Pride FC #93 as the rookie.

High confidence

Topps took the UFC licence in 2009 and gave him the full treatment straight away. Round 1, a 102-card set built around fighters' UFC debuts, shows his UFC 67 knockout of Marvin Eastman on shared base #58, with Gold, Silver /288, Black /888 and a Red 1/1 behind it. The same product holds his first UFC-licensed signature at #A-QJ and the Victorious Debuts insert #VD8 with a Gold /88 and Red 1/1. The archive also carries an Autographed Ultimate Gear relic for him at #AUG-QJ, numbered to 25 — the card that stays out of most Rampage collections entirely — but Jeff Allender's Round 1 checklist gives his relic as fight mat #DM-JE and his signature as #A-QJ and has no AUG-QJ entry, so that one is unconfirmed until a copy surfaces.

High confidence

Round 2 followed later the same year with his first solo UFC base card, #99, at the head of a ladder running Gold, Silver and Bronze up to a Ruby /8 and a Diamond 1/1 — though checklists disagree on what those middle tiers are called, some describing an Onyx or Silver numbered to 188 instead. Round 2 also carried the more attainable of his two 2009 signatures, Fighter Autographs #FA-QJ at roughly one in eight packs, plus Greats of the Game #GTG-6 with a Black /88 and Bloodlines #BL-9 with Black /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 tiers. Bloodlines is the deepest non-autograph chase with his name on it from the first Topps UFC era.

High confidence

After that the run simply stops. 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #135 is the last licensed base card of him, printed while he was still headlining but a year from leaving the promotion. He signed with Bellator in June 2013 and fought there into 2015 without a single licensed card of him being documented from those years — the Bellator-branded Rampage cards in circulation are unlicensed customs and artist work, and the signed Moment of Truth copies were signed privately after issue rather than by Topps. His certified signatures are #A-QJ, #FA-QJ and the 2008 framed mini.

Randy Couture2
Uncertain

Randy Couture's rookie card: 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #310 — Randy Couture.

2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #310 is the earliest Couture card that carries a recognised RC designation: TCDB flags it RC, and eBay sellers list it as his rookie. It's his first card from a major manufacturer, a non-SP base card (Cardboard Connection's A&G checklist). This is the working pick, because Cardboard Connection says Couture 'does not have an official rookie card' and calls the 1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling #8 his first card. A Collectors Universe thread also treats that 1998 card as his rookie.

Probable

Randy Couture: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Retired after UFC 129. Now PFL commentator/analyst. Last fight at Light Heavyweight.

Rashad Evans6
Probable

Rashad Evans's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #31 — Rashad Evans / Brad Imes.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #31 is his first card in a UFC-licensed product and the one the market treats as the rookie: eBay listings and the COMC catalogue title it 'Rashad Evans vs Brad Imes #31' with an RC / Rookie tag, and Jeff Allender's Round 1 checklist confirms the number and the subject pairing. Like the rest of the 2009 Topps UFC run it is a hobby convention rather than a league-designated RC — SportsCardsPro's own data field says 'not a rookie card' for #31, #44 and #61 alike, and the 2008 Donruss Ring Kings card is a year earlier.

High confidence

Donruss beat Topps to Evans by a year. His earliest licensed card is the 2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings insert #RK-RE, serial numbered to 500 with a Directors Cut version numbered to 100 — a 30-card combat-sports insert inside a pop-culture product with no UFC marks on it, which is why it sits outside most rookie arguments. The coding is RK- plus the fighter's initials, printed on the card, which is how photographed copies of its siblings read; Jeff Allender's checklist instead orders the insert 1–30 and lists Evans sixth, so the same card turns up in older checklists as Ring Kings 6. No checklist places him in any Ring Kings signature subset, so it is catalogued here as an unsigned insert despite the occasional seller calling it an autograph.

High confidence

Round 1's whole premise was UFC debuts, so the card the market means by 'Rashad Evans rookie' is a two-man card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #31, pairing him with Brad Imes from the TUF 2 Finale, the night he won the season-two heavyweight tournament. He was the reigning light heavyweight champion when the set shipped. Sources disagree about the designation — the Trading Card Database RC-flags the 2009 Topps base cards and eBay and COMC catalogue #31 as (RC), while SportsCardsPro's data field says it is not a rookie card — and neither 2009 Topps product printed an RC logo, so the call is collector convention. The same release gave him his first solo card, the 1:8 Victorious Debuts insert #VD13 with Gold /88 and Red 1/1, and his first memorabilia card, the Debut Mat relic #DM-EI cut from that same fight's mat.

High confidence

Round 2 #44, later the same year, is his first solo base card in a UFC-licensed set, from the portrait half of the checklist whose #101 holds the Jon Jones rookie — and it is the Evans card most often mislabelled as his own rookie. The real oddity of his collection is the signatures: Evans held the light heavyweight title through 2009 and appears on neither 2009 autograph checklist, so anyone building a signed run of champions waits for the 2010 flagship and #FA-RE, with Onyx /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 above the plain version. That 2010 release also carries base #61 and an Ultimate Gear relic, joined by the December high-end Knockout #21 — printed far shorter than the flagship's base cards — and the Main Event cage relic #CR-RE, whose tracked version is a Bronze numbered to 88.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC is the peak and the end of the first run. Base #91 carries the full refractor ladder — X-Fractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octa-Fractor /8, Red Refractor 1/1 — and is the only chrome-stock Evans base card from his title era. Above it sits the card of the feud: Finest Feuds Dual Autographs #FF-EJ, Evans and Jon Jones signing one card numbered to 25, issued while their Jackson's MMA fallout was still being argued about and months before UFC 145 settled it. It is the most sought-after Evans autograph and the only dual he shares with Jones.

High confidence

After Finest 2011 his cards go quiet for more than a decade. The return comes with Topps holding the UFC licence again: 2025 Topps Finest UFC Autographs #FA-RE, recorded in a Blue Checkerboard Refractor numbered to 75, which puts a modern, scarce Evans signature back in circulation for the first time since his flagship days. Beware the code — the same FA-RE designation sits on his 2010 Topps autograph, so the year decides which card a listing means.

Raul Rosas Jr.2
Uncertain

Raul Rosas Jr.'s rookie card: 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #8 — Raul Rosas Jr..

TCDB's listing for him starts in 2023, with RC flags on 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #8 (released 28 April 2023) and the 2023 Donruss/Optic Rated Rookies; Prizm #8 came first. Earlier, two eBay listings show a 2022 Panini Instant #146 from his UFC 282 debut (10 December 2022) with Panini's printed RC logo and '1 of 2468' on the back, but that card is not on TCDB's Instant checklist, so its identity rests on seller scans. 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.

Probable

Raul Rosas Jr.: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Robbie Lawler6
Probable

Robbie Lawler's earliest card: 2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts #CFSR-RL — Robbie Lawler.

Lawler has no rookie card and no source designates one: SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' on 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #213 and on 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #195, and Collectibles.com's Lawler register names no card as a rookie. He fought his first UFC bout in May 2002, seven years before Topps held the licence, so no manufacturer ever issued him as a new fighter. His earliest card of any kind is 2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts, Cage Fighter Signature Renditions #CFSR-RL — an on-card autograph carrying an artist's rendering instead of a photograph, from a product that shipped on 17 March 2010, and also his first certified signature. TraderCracks' Prominent Cuts checklist lists 'CFSR-RL Robbie Lawler' in the 15-card subset and gives that release date. His first pack-issued base card in a licensed fight-promotion set comes two years later: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #213, released 30 November 2011 in the set Cardboard Connection identifies as the first Topps UFC release to include Strikeforce fighters.

High confidence

Lawler is the clearest case in MMA of a career outrunning its cardboard. He fought in the UFC from 2002 and went through PRIDE, ICON, EliteXC and Strikeforce without a card of any kind; the earliest one on record is 2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts #CFSR-RL, one of fifteen Cage Fighter Signature Renditions autographs, issued while he was EliteXC middleweight champion. The Renditions cards use an artist's rendering rather than a photograph and are signatures only, with no relic element — so Lawler's first card is an autograph with no base card behind it, in a multi-sport product with no fight-promotion licence. The subset's sibling to it, the CFS- coded Cage Fighter Signatures run, is where people look first, and the extra R is the whole difference. Seven of the fifteen Renditions carry Premium parallels numbered to 50 and 100, though no checklist says which seven, and neither the print run on Lawler's copy nor whether the signature is on-card is stated anywhere. The product wears a 2009 brand year and shipped on 17 March 2010, which is the detail everything else about his early cardboard hangs on.

High confidence

There is no Lawler rookie card. Nothing carries an RC designation and the data field on his earliest base card reads 'Is Rookie Card: No', so the useful landmark is simply his first pack-issued base card in a licensed fight-promotion set: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #213, released 30 November 2011 in a 220-card base set. It exists because of a checklist quirk — Moment of Truth was the first Topps UFC product to carry Strikeforce fighters after Zuffa bought the promotion, so a man nine years into his career turns up among the debutants, with Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1 and printing plates behind him. His entire pre-2012 mainstream cardboard is that card and its four parallels. It is not his earliest card, though: Collectibles.com's register says he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2010', and the 2010 card it is keyed to is the 2009-branded Upper Deck Prominent Cuts autograph #CFSR-RL, which shipped on 17 March 2010 — eighteen months before Moment of Truth and a year before anything else of his.

High confidence

His Topps signature history starts a year later: he was not on the 2011 Moment of Truth Certified Signatures checklist, so 2012 Finest UFC #A-RL is his first autograph in a UFC-licensed product, signed while he was still a Strikeforce fighter, with an unnumbered base and a Gold Refractor /25 and Octafractor /8 above it. Then comes a genuine hole — he returned to the UFC in February 2013 and won three straight, and there is not a single 2013 Lawler card. The gap closes on 17 December 2014, eleven days after he beat Johny Hendricks for the welterweight title, with Topps UFC Bloodlines #83 (Flag, Black /25, Ruby Red /8, Platinum 1/1) and his first memorabilia card, the Jumbo Fight Mat relic #JFMR-RL, a full-panel canvas swatch with Ruby Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 tiers.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions, released 28 October 2015, is where he finally gets a full spread rather than a single checklist line: base #23 as reigning champion with a Silver through Platinum 1/1 ladder, a Championship Clashes card opposite Hendricks, and the red-ink Scarlet Signatures #SSI-RL numbered to 50 — the only serially numbered autograph from his title reign that both a checklist and a card catalogue agree on. Two years later 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #16 put him on chromium in a 100-card base set, with Green /99, Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1 off the one card.

High confidence

Panini's licence opened with Prizm UFC on 28 April 2021, and Lawler's #195 sits in the horizontal half of the 200-card base set behind a colour ladder deeper than anything Topps gave him — Red /275 down through Neon Green /75, Mojo /25, Gold /10, Octagon /8 and a Black 1/1 — alongside Knockout Artists #14 and his first Panini autograph, Sensational Signatures #SS-RLW. 2022 Donruss UFC #18 followed with its Holo Laser run down to a Black Laser 1/1. Since his retirement in July 2023 and Hall of Fame induction the same year, Topps has moved him onto the legends checklists rather than the active-fighter sets: 2024 Topps Chrome UFC Octagon Legends Autographs #OLA-RLA, with the Refractor numbered to 150.

Robert Whittaker6
High confidence

Robert Whittaker's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Champions #64 — Robert Whittaker.

MMA Rookies' vault entry names '2015 Topps UFC Champions #64 Robert Whittaker' as his True Rookie Card and lists no other rookies. Collectibles.com's register states Whittaker 'debuted as a Rookie in 2015'. Cardboard Connection's 2015 Topps UFC Champions checklist independently confirms he is card #64 in the 200-card base set, released 28 October 2015. Spot checks of the earlier licensed products found nothing: no Whittaker in 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines, 2013 Topps UFC Knockout, 2014 Topps UFC Champions, 2016 Topps UFC Knockout or 2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection. There is therefore no gap between 'earliest card' and 'rookie card' for him - #64 is both.

High confidence

Whittaker won The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes in December 2012 and Topps ignored him for nearly three years. He is absent from 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines, 2013 Topps UFC Knockout and the 2014 Champions run, and from 2016 Knockout and Museum Collection as well, so his first card of any kind is 2015 Topps UFC Champions #64, released 28 October 2015, by which time he had moved to middleweight and started the streak that made him champion. There is no gap here between earliest card and rookie card — MMA Rookies names #64 his True Rookie Card and lists no others, and Collectibles.com's register says he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2015'. The parallel ladder is the product-wide one, Silver, Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1.

High confidence

Then another blank year, before three cards arrive inside one licence season. Topps UFC Knockout #62, out 10 May 2017, closes an eighteen-month gap and is the last Whittaker card printed before he was a champion — a low-print premium product, so its Green /215, Blue /99, Red /25 and Gold 1/1 tiers are scarcer than the equivalents in his rookie set. Topps UFC Chrome #41 followed on 20 September 2017, ten weeks after he took the interim belt off Yoel Romero at UFC 213, and gave him his first refractor rainbow, Green /99 down through Orange /25, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1. Museum Collection #26 — labelled 2017 but dated 28 February 2018, which is why some listings file it as a 2018 card — is his first high-end issue and the shortest-printed base run of his Topps era, with every tier above the base serial-numbered from Copper /109 to a one-of-one Emerald.

High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Chrome #34, released 19 September 2018 while he held the undisputed middleweight title, repeats the 2017 rainbow and closes the Topps chapter. The striking thing about that whole run is what is missing from it: Whittaker is not in the 37-fighter 2017 Chrome Autographs checklist, nor in the UFC Fire, Museum, Tier 1 or Top of the Class autograph subsets. He signed nothing at all across Topps' 2015-2018 licence, so there is no rookie-year autograph and no early signed card to hunt.

High confidence

Panini's first UFC year gave him more cards than his entire Topps run. The 28 April 2021 Prizm UFC release has him twice in the base set — vertical #11 and horizontal #105, since the 200-card run is 100 of each — with fifteen parallel tiers behind #11 from Silver to a Black 1/1, plus Instant Impact, Fearless and Fireworks inserts. Two cards from that year dominate everything else: Color Blast #5, an unnumbered deep case hit that is the chase card of his whole catalogue and the reason his market lives in 2021 Prizm rather than his rookie set, and Octagon Signatures #24, his first certified autograph — at age 30, more than eight years after his UFC debut and four years after he won the title. A National Treasures card numbered to 99 sits in Chronicles UFC at #366, in that brand's continuous numbering rather than in Prizm, where the base set stops at 200.

High confidence

The licence returned to Topps on 20 March 2024 and he came back with base #15, an Allen & Ginter card, a Pathblazers insert, and — nine years after his Topps rookie and three years after Panini finally got him to sign — his first Topps autograph, Main Event Autographs #MEA-RWH, refractor-tiered from /150 through Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1. It is the modern signed Whittaker with the deepest rainbow to chase, and it means his signed cardboard, unusually for a former champion, is entirely a thing of the last five years.

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Ronda Rousey's rookie card: 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #150 — Ronda Rousey.

TCDB flags 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #150 RC, and Cardboard Connection calls it the 'de facto Ronda Rousey rookie card' as her first base-set card. Her 2012 Finest UFC autograph #A-RR came first, but Cardboard Connection notes she has no base card in 2012 Finest. That card is an autograph insert with a '1st Autograph' stamp and no RC designation, so it is her first card but not her rookie card.

High confidence

Rousey's first card came while she was Strikeforce champion. 2012 Finest UFC, released August 28, 2012, had her #A-RR autograph with a '1st Autograph' stamp but no base card. Her first base card, #150, followed in 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines, released December 7, 2012. Both carry Strikeforce branding, not the UFC logo.

High confidence

2013 brought the largest run of Rousey hits. Topps UFC Knockout gave her an on-card autograph, #KA-RR, numbered /99, plus a Replica Belt insert (/135) with a signed /25 version that included redemptions for full-size belts. Finest paired her with Sara McMann on a dual autograph numbered /25.

High confidence

Topps had held the UFC licence since 2009, so all of Rousey's UFC-era cards are Topps products, ending with 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #98 (released September 20, 2017). Panini took over UFC cards with Prizm in April 2021, and Fanatics brought the licence back to Topps in 2024. By then Rousey's new cards were coming from Topps WWE, starting with 2018 Women's Division #25.

Probable

Ronda Rousey: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion MVP (Most Valuable Promotions).

Tricky: retired from MMA (2016/2018, reaffirmed 2023), made a one-off comeback at MVP MMA 1 (2026-05-16, reportedly at featherweight) and again declared retirement from MMA afterward. Left WWE Oct 2023; currently wrestling on the independent circuit/ROH/AEW.

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Rose Namajunas's rookie card: 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #88 — Rose Namajunas.

MMA Rookies names 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #88 her True Rookie Card and lists 2015 Topps UFC Champions #113 and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #259 as her other rookie cards. Release dates back that order up: Cardboard Connection dates Topps UFC Knockout to April 22, 2015, Topps UFC Champions to October 28, 2015, and Topps UFC Chronicles to February 3, 2016 despite the 2015 label. Nothing earlier exists — the 2014 Topps UFC Knockout checklist (May 16, 2014) has no Namajunas entry, and no Invicta-era or non-MMA card of hers is documented anywhere.

High confidence

Namajunas's card history starts with the women's strawweight division itself. She turned pro at Invicta FC 4 in January 2013 and fought to the TUF 20 final against Carla Esparza in December 2014 without a card existing: Invicta produced none, and the 2014 Topps UFC Knockout checklist released that May has no Namajunas entry in its base, insert, autograph or relic sections. Nothing from the Invicta years, and no non-MMA or international issue, comes before what follows.

High confidence

Then three base cards arrived inside a single 2015 calendar year. 2015 Topps UFC Knockout #88, out April 22, 2015, is her rookie card and her first licensed card of any kind — a base card from a 100-card set with Silver /199, Gold /99, Red /8 and Mat 1/1. MMA Rookies designates it her True Rookie Card and Collectibles.com's register carries it as '#88 RC', which is as close to agreement as MMA cardboard gets. 2015 Topps UFC Champions #113 followed on October 28 with a deeper ladder (Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8, Platinum 1/1), and 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #259 carries the 2015 label but did not ship until February 3, 2016, which makes the last of her three rookie-year cards a 2016 card in hand. All three are rookie-year cards; #88 is the one both registers name.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions is the product that did the work for her. Besides base #113 it carries Fighter Autographs FA-RN, her first certified signature, from the 73-card sticker-signed checklist that runs four per hobby box; Fighting's Future FF-RN, whose autographed version is numbered to 25 and remains the scarcest early Namajunas card outside the 1/1s; and Championship Clashes CC-7, which pairs her with Esparza and is the first card of the fight that created the division. Chronicles, by contrast, gave her nothing but the base card and its parallels — no autograph, no insert anywhere in the 275-card set. Her next signature is not until 2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection on November 30, where the Archival Autographs #AA-RN, numbered /99 with Gold /25, Ruby /10 and Emerald 1/1 above it, are signed on the card rather than on a sticker — her first on-card autograph.

High confidence

Knocking out Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 on November 4, 2017 produced a Topps Now print-on-demand card with a print run of 57 copies, by a wide margin the scarcest mainstream card of her career; no catalogued checklist gives it a card number, and no independent database confirmation of one has been found, so it is noted rather than recorded as a card. 2018 Topps UFC Chrome, September 19, 2018, is her first Chrome base card at #28, made while she was the reigning champion, and it stacks inserts on top: Notable Knockouts NK-RN for the Jedrzejczyk finish, plus 1983 UFC83-RN, Museum Collection UFCM-RN, Tier 1 UFCT-RN and Knockout UFCK-RN, several with autographed versions numbered to 5.

High confidence

Her Panini era is short. 2021 Panini Prizm UFC shipped April 28, 2021, four days after she knocked out Zhang Weili at UFC 261 to regain the belt — about as well-timed as a licensed release gets — and she is base #31 in the vertical half with a Fearless insert at #16, under the full Prizm colour ladder down to Black 1/1. When the licence went back to Topps she had moved up to flyweight, and 2024 Topps Finest UFC #108, in the checklist's Uncommon tier with an X-Fractor confirmed by completed sales, is her first card of the new Topps run.

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High confidence

Royce Gracie's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #1 — Royce Gracie / Art Jimmerson.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #1 is his first card in a UFC-licensed product and the first card of the first Topps UFC set, depicting his UFC 1 win over Art Jimmerson. eBay's catalogue sells it as '(RC)', Collectibles.com's register says 'Royce Gracie debuted as a Rookie in 2009' and lists it as RC, and Topps' own article presents the Round 1 cards as his earliest. The 2006 Pride FC card is earlier but is not UFC-licensed and carries no rookie designation anywhere.

High confidence

Gracie won UFC 1, 2 and 4 and fought Kazushi Sakuraba for ninety minutes in Tokyo without a licensed trading card of him ever being issued — Topps did not take the UFC licence until October 2008, and no 1990s UFC-licensed Gracie card is catalogued anywhere. Anything dated to those years is a custom or a later reprint. His earliest licensed card is Japanese and comes thirteen years into his career: 2006 Pride FC #97, sharing a front with Hidehiko Yoshida, with a Gold Foil Signature parallel. It is the only cardboard that ties him to the Japanese half of his career.

High confidence

The rookie the hobby actually trades is 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #1 — Gracie against Art Jimmerson and his single boxing glove, 12 November 1993, the first card of the first Topps UFC set. Parallels run Gold, Silver /288, retail Black /888 and a Red 1/1. Sources do not fully agree on the designation: eBay's catalogue title carries '(RC)' and Collectibles.com states he debuted as a rookie in 2009, while SportsCardsPro's rookie field for the same card reads 'No'. The 2006 Pride FC card is earlier but is not UFC-licensed and no database designates it a rookie.

High confidence

Round 1 also carried his first signature and his first relic. Autographs #A-RG came out of a 38-card checklist falling roughly one in five packs, with a Red Ink version numbered to 25, and the hobby-only 23-card Ultimate Gear subset gave him #UG-RG plus an autographed #AUG-RG numbered to 25 — the hardest single Gracie card from that first set. He signs sparingly for manufacturers, which is why those two remain the anchor signatures of the run.

High confidence

Topps then made him card #1 over and over: base #1 in 2010 Topps UFC, 2010 Main Event, 2010 Knockout and 2011 Title Shot, which is why so many Gracie cards carry that number and why the 2010 issues are so often mistaken online for the rookie. The 2010 flagship also carried his third certified Topps signature, Fighters & Personalities Autographs #FA-RG, described as on-card - the second was Round 2 Autographs #FA-RG in September 2009, which shares the code exactly, so a listing that gives only 'Gracie #FA-RG' does not identify the set. The scarce ends of this stretch are Knockout's one-of-one Octagon Mat version of #1 and Title Shot's Diamond, which sits above Bronze, Silver, Gold and Red versions of the same card.

High confidence

Panini kept him out of the 200-card Prizm base checklist entirely and used him only as a signer: Sensational Signatures, numbered #14 on one checklist and written #SS-RGC on another, with Silver, Green, Red /49, Blue /35, Mojo /25, Gold /10 and a Black 1/1. Topps' return in 2024 restored him as a Hall of Famer — Chrome UFC Hall of Fame Autographs #HFA-RGR on a refractor ladder from /150 down to a SuperFractor 1/1, and Knockout's Pillars of the Octagon #PTG-RGE numbered to 99 with Blue /50, Gold /8 and Platinum 1/1 above it.

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Sean O'Malley's rookie card: 2018 Topps Chrome UFC #84 — Sean O'Malley.

TCDB lists no O'Malley cards before 2018. In 2018 he has two RC-flagged base cards, 2018 Topps Chrome UFC #84 (released September 19, 2018) and 2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #39 (released November 28, 2018), and both print an RC logo. Chrome #84 came first, and Card Review Club calls it his 'true RC'. The Chrome FA-SOM autograph also prints an RC badge alongside its 1st Autograph stamp.

High confidence

O'Malley's cards start in 2018, when Topps held the licence. His RC is 2018 Topps UFC Chrome #84 (released September 19, 2018), issued alongside the FA-SOM Chrome autograph. 2018 Museum Collection (November 28, 2018) added base #39 plus Museum Autographs MA-SOM /99 and Signature Swatch relic autographs.

High confidence

In 2019 he appeared in Topps Chrome (FA-SOM again, plus a 1984 Topps autograph /5) and in Knockout, which had several autograph relics, including AJM-SOM /99 and KAR-SOM /99.

High confidence

Topps held the UFC licence from 2009 to 2020, and Panini had it for the next three years. Panini's first set, 2021 Prizm (April 28, 2021), included his base #61 and a Signatures auto. Its last Immaculate release (January 5, 2024) had a DA-SP dual autograph /25 with Petr Yan.

Probable

In January 2024 Fanatics announced that UFC cards would move back to Topps, starting with 2024 Topps Chrome UFC, where O'Malley is #173.

Probable

Sean O'Malley: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

No retirement announced.

Sean Strickland6
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Sean Strickland's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #172 — Sean Strickland.

Strickland has no card before 2022, so the rookie question is only about which of five 2022 base cards wins. MMA Rookies explicitly names '2022 Panini Prizm UFC #172' his True Rookie Card and files Donruss #206, Select #11, Chronicles #76 and Optic #111 beneath it as other rookies. Collectibles.com's register carries only two RC-flagged Strickland cards, Prizm #172 and Donruss #206. Release order settles the tie the same way: Cardboard Connection dates Prizm UFC to 25 March 2022 and Donruss UFC to 6 May 2022, so #172 is both the designated true rookie and the earliest.

High confidence

Strickland is the clearest case in the archive of a fighter the card industry simply ignored. He beat Bubba McDaniel at UFC 171 on 15 March 2014 and became a roster regular, yet Topps never put him in a UFC product across the whole of its 2009-2020 licence, and no pre-UFC regional issue exists either. Topps' own Ripped article states the position plainly: his first Topps cards ever produced arrived in 2024. His card history therefore begins eight years and one month after his UFC debut, with nothing at all in front of it.

High confidence

The whole rookie class lands inside one calendar year, which makes the argument unusually tidy: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #172 on 25 March, Donruss #206 on 6 May, then Select Concourse #11, Donruss Optic #111 and Chronicles #76. MMA Rookies designates Prizm #172 the True Rookie Card and release order agrees, and Collectibles.com's register carries RC flags on only #172 and Donruss #206. The counter-argument is that the printed Rated Rookie shield sits on the Donruss and Optic cards — Prizm and Select base cards carry no RC logo at all — while graders and sellers market all five as 'Rookie RC'. Prizm #172 runs Silver and Teal /49 through Red /299, Mojo /25, Gold /10, a Blue Shimmer FOTL /7 and Black 1/1.

High confidence

The signed cards start in the same rookie year, and which came first is unresolved: the Donruss Optic Rated Rookie Signatures version of #111 — the chromium Rated Rookie, which is why its graded population behaves differently from the paper Donruss — and the Panini Immaculate Collection Memorabilia Autograph #103, a patch-and-signature card numbered to 99 with Gold and Red Ink versions above it. Both come from late in Panini's 2022 UFC calendar and neither has a published release date. Among the base rookies, Select #11 has the deepest colour ladder of the group, with a White Prizm /75 and an Orange Flash the versions that actually trade; note that Select's tiered design means a Strickland card numbered in the 300s is a separate card, not a parallel.

High confidence

He took the middleweight title off Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision at UFC 293 in Sydney on 10 September 2023, and his champion-year cards are the last Panini ever made of him: Prizm #61, which sellers began tagging 'new middleweight champ' within days, closing out a self-contained two-card Prizm run; the Select Octagon Action Signatures #OA-SSK with a Red Prizm /99 and a Cracked Ice version; and an Autographed Memorabilia card #AM-SSK with a Red Prizm /49 alongside it.

High confidence

Topps finally reached him in 2024, four years after it had finished with the UFC the first time: Topps Chrome UFC #174 on 20 March, two months after he lost the belt to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 297, carrying the full refractor ladder from Speckle /299 down through Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5 and a SuperFractor 1/1 — his first Topps card of any kind, and not a rookie, since by then he was a former champion. 2024 Topps Midnight UFC followed in May with base #28 and two inserts, and the UFC Signatures card #FNA-SST gave him his first Topps-certified autograph, closing the gap that had left a middleweight champion with nothing but Panini signatures. His second reign, the split-decision win over Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328 on 9 May 2026, is marked by a Topps Now artist fight-poster short print, #328-SP, a print-to-order card whose run depends entirely on its sales window.

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Shavkat Rakhmonov's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #80 — Shavkat Rakhmonov.

TCDB's earliest Rakhmonov year is 2022. TCDB flags Prizm #80 RC, and the card front has Panini's RC logo, seen on the SportsCardsPro scan. 2022 Prizm UFC was released March 25, 2022 (TCDB and Cardboard Connection, which lists him at #80), before his other 2022 RCs: Select #84 (RC logo seen) and Optic #115 Rated Rookie.

Probable

Shavkat Rakhmonov: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Inactive through injury (knee surgery Jan 2026, 9-10 month timeline; removed from rankings) but not retired.

Stipe Miocic2
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Stipe Miocic's rookie card: 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #91 — Stipe Miocic.

TCDB flags two Miocic cards RC, 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #91 and 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #41. Knockout came first: TCDB dates it March 21, 2012 and Cardboard Connection April 6, 2012, while TCDB dates Bloodlines December 7, 2012. The Knockout card is printed with a 'UFC DEBUT' tag (seen on the scan), and Cardboard Connection's checklist confirms #91.

Probable

Stipe Miocic: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Announced retirement in post-fight interview at UFC 309.

Tito Ortiz2
Probable

Tito Ortiz's rookie card: 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #18 — Tito Ortiz / Patrick Cote.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #18 is the earliest Ortiz card with a recognised RC designation (TCDB's RC flag, shared with Patrick Cote on this dual card). It's also his first card in a UFC-licensed product. A 2009 Beckett item quoted on Collectors Universe said that all of his trading cards then came from 2009 Round 1. This is the working pick, with a caveat: he is the secondary subject, and the card shows Cote's debut, not his. His first solo UFC card is 2010 Topps UFC #78a.

Probable

Tito Ortiz: retired as of September 2026; most recent promotion Combate Americas.

No MMA bouts since 2019 (boxed Anderson Silva 2021). Wikipedia characterizes him as retired from MMA, but a clear formal final-retirement statement after 2019 was not found; status based on that reporting.

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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.

High confidence

Tom Aspinall: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

UFC heavyweight champion; out after eye surgeries (Dec 2025/Jan 2026) with no return date. Not retired.

Tony Ferguson6
High confidence

Tony Ferguson's rookie card: 2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #16 — Tony Ferguson.

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #16 is both his first card and the card the market treats as his rookie. Topps' own Ripped article names '2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #16' as his rookie card, and Beckett's marketplace lists the card as '2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #16 Tony Ferguson RC'. The timing fits cleanly: he won TUF 13 on 4 June 2011 and Moment of Truth shipped 30 November 2011, the first Topps UFC product to include him. The two 2011 products that came earlier do not carry him — the 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot set list (released 4 May 2011, before his Octagon debut) and the 2011 Finest UFC set list both returned no Ferguson entry. The one dissenting data point is SportsCardsPro, whose rookie field for #16 reads 'No'; it reads 'No' for every later Ferguson card too, so it appears to be a blanket absence of rookie flags in its UFC data rather than a judgement against #16.

High confidence

Ferguson is that rare thing in MMA collecting, a clean TUF-winner rookie. He knocked out Ramsey Nijem to win The Ultimate Fighter 13 on 4 June 2011, and Topps put him in the very next big UFC product: the 220-card Moment of Truth, released 30 November 2011, at base #16, with Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8, a Diamond 1/1 and printing plates behind it. Nothing earlier exists, because the two 2011 Topps products that shipped before his Octagon debut — Title Shot on 4 May and Finest UFC — carry no Ferguson entry.

High confidence

So the rookie question is not which card came first but whether anyone flags it. Topps' own writing and Beckett's marketplace both call #16 a rookie card, while SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No' and Cardboard Connection's checklist marks no RC flags anywhere in the set. Two habits cause trouble in listings: the Gold, Onyx and Ruby versions of #16 get sold as 'the rookie' when they are parallels of one base card, and one listing records the number as #194, which no checklist supports. It is also his only rookie-year card — he is absent from Moment of Truth's 70-card Certified Signatures checklist, so there is no 2011 certified autograph of him at all.

High confidence

2012 was the busy year: three products in nine months. Knockout on 6 April gave him base #29 with Silver /188, Green /88, Red /8 and a Mat Stock 1/1 printed on fight-mat material, plus Fighter Autographs #FA-TF — the earliest certified Ferguson signature, from a 50-card checklist with Red /8 and Mat 1/1 above the unnumbered base, and the same product's Fight Mat Relic #FM-TF. He is not in Knockout's 20-card Notable Nicknames Autographs checklist, which is the 'El Cucuy' nickname set collectors most often assume must carry him. Finest followed on 28 August with his first chrome card at #41 and a ladder of Blue X-Fractor /188, Gold Refractor /88, Black Octo-Fractor /8 and Red Refractor 1/1, and Bloodlines closed the year on 7 December with base #84 — every parallel serial numbered, Flag /188 down to Platinum 1/1 — plus a Dual Relic #BDR-TF shared with Miguel Angel Torres.

High confidence

Then the awkward middle. He is absent from the 2013 Topps UFC Knockout checklist and Topps issued little of him across 2013 and 2014, exactly while the twelve-fight win streak that began in October 2013 was building. 2015 Topps UFC Champions #186, released 28 October 2015, is the base card that reconnects the run, with Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 versions. After the triangle choke on Kevin Lee at UFC 216 made him interim lightweight champion, Topps' high-end Museum Collection carried Museum Autographs #MA-TF — numbered /99 or less with a Copper /25, Gold /10 and Emerald 1/1 above it — alongside Signature Swatch single, dual and triple versions.

High confidence

The peak of his run is 2018 and 2019. Topps UFC Chrome, out on 19 September 2018, put him at base #5 of 100 with a refractor ladder from Green /99 through Blue Wave /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10 and Red /5 to a SuperFractor 1/1, and repeated him across four chrome insert families — 1983 Topps, Museum Collection, Tier 1 and Knockout — each with its own autograph version. 2019 Topps UFC Knockout on 8 May is his deepest hit product: base #59 plus Knockout Autograph Relics #KAR-TF, UFC Fire Autographs #FA-TF, Autograph Jumbo Fight Mat Relics #AJM-TF and three straight relic sets, all sharing Purple /25, Red /8 and Gold 1/1 tiers. Panini's licence then landed him in 2021 Prizm UFC as horizontal base #119 with the longest colour ladder he has ever had, Silver down through Mojo /25, Gold /10, Octagon /8 and Black 1/1, plus Fearless #14, Fireworks #20 and Instant Impact #22 — issued just as the losing run that began in August 2020 took hold, which is why it is a far commoner card than his Topps peaks.

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Umar Nurmagomedov's rookie card: 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #32 — Umar Nurmagomedov.

TCDB lists no Umar Nurmagomedov cards before 2022. It flags 2022 Panini Prizm #32, Select #81/#236/#355 and Chronicles #77 as RC; Prizm #32 released first (25 March 2022, per TCDB), and SportsCardsPro listings sell it as his RC. 2022 Panini Instant #14 (UFC 272, 5 March 2022) prints Panini's RC logo and probably reached collectors slightly earlier, but TCDB does not flag Instant cards. 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.

Probable

Umar Nurmagomedov: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

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High confidence

Urijah Faber's rookie card: 2010 Topps UFC Main Event #144 — Urijah Faber.

It is the earliest Faber card confirmed by two independent sources, and it sits in a UFC-licensed Topps base set. eBay's catalogue entry titles it '2010 Topps UFC Main Event - WEC Fighter Urijah Faber #144 (RC)' and describes it as part of the base set's rookie subset. Jeff Allender's complete checklist for 2010 Topps UFC Round 4 (Series 4) has no Faber card, and no Faber row was found in SportsCardsPro's 100-card 2010 Leaf MMA base list, so nothing earlier in the Topps or Leaf 2010 wave competes with it. The counterweight is SportsCardsPro, whose rookie field for #144 reads 'No'.

High confidence

Faber is the clearest case of a fighter whose cardboard begins in the WEC. He turned professional in November 2003, held the WEC featherweight title and lost it in 2008, and none of it was ever printed. His earliest card is 2010 Topps UFC Main Event #144, catalogued under that product's WEC Fighter block — a year before he ever entered the Octagon at UFC 128 and two years after the belt was gone. He is not in the 200-card 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 checklist at all, so seven years separate his pro debut from any licensed card.

High confidence

The rookie question turns on that one card, and the sources now lean one way: Collectibles.com's register carries #144 as '2010 Topps UFC Main Event #144 RC Urijah Faber' and dates his rookie season to 2010, eBay's catalogue titles it '(RC)' and places it in the base set's WEC Fighter subset, and only SportsCardsPro's rookie field reads 'No'. Nothing else competes on date - his December 2010 Knockout card is ten months later and carries no designation at all. Two habits to watch in listings: the 2011 Finest #32 gets sold as a 'Finest Debut' rookie when the checklist shows it as a plain base card, and the Gold and Red parallels of his 2011 base cards get sold as rookies when they are parallels.

High confidence

December 2010's Knockout - billed as the first high-end UFC product, one autograph or memorabilia card per pack - is where the depth starts. Base #124 came with Gold, Silver /188, Green /88, Red /8 and an Octagon Mat 1/1, and the same box gave him his first certified autograph, #A-UF, with a Red Ink version above it, plus his first relics: #FG-UF, #FM-UF, #APP-UF and the autographed #AFG-UF in Green /88, Red /8 and Mat 1/1 tiers. The autograph's print run is unsettled - one catalogue reports 188 copies while Jeff Allender's checklist shows no serial numbering at all - so it is carried here unnumbered. All of it was signed while he was still a WEC fighter with no UFC bout to his name.

High confidence

2011 is the merger year and his busiest. Title Shot, released 4 May, was the 150-card set that folded the WEC roster into the main Topps UFC base run - Topps had already carried WEC fighters in the 2010 Main Event block where Faber himself debuted - and he sits at #60 with a Gold parallel and a Legacy insert. Finest gave him his first chrome card at #32 with the deepest ladder of his career - Refractor, X-Fractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octa-Fractor /8 and a Red Refractor 1/1 - alongside a Finest Moments insert #FM-UF, an Atomic Refractor #FAR-13, and the Fighters Autograph, also numbered #A-UF, whose own refractor run tops out at a Red 1/1 with a Gold /25 and Octa /8 beneath it. That product also produced a Finest Moments Autograph #FMA-UF /188 and a Fight Mat Jumbo Autograph Relic #AMR-UF /25. Moment of Truth #71 closed the year on 30 November, and 2012 Knockout #56 is the last of his Topps base cards.

High confidence

Under Panini he comes back as a retired Hall of Famer rather than a roster name. 2021 Prizm UFC Signatures #SG-UFB is his first Panini autograph, with a Green Prizm version documented, and 2023 Prizm UFC #146 is where a modern Faber rainbow starts, with a Red Prizm /199 confirmed. Codes repeat across his run more than most: #A-UF is his autograph number in both 2010 Knockout and 2011 Finest, and #SG-UFB is his signature number in both 2021 Prizm and 2023 Select, so the set name matters more than the code when buying.

Usman Nurmagomedov6
Probable

Usman Nurmagomedov's earliest card: 2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

No Usman Nurmagomedov card carries a rookie designation. Panini used no RC markers anywhere in Contenders PFL — the 2025 and 2026 checklists from Checklist Insider and Checklist Center carry none — and because he has never fought in the UFC there is no Topps UFC or Panini Prizm UFC issue that could act as one. His earliest card of any kind is 2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6, a print-to-order online issue: Panini's own store carries a product page for its Blue Viper parallel under the URL pi-unurmagomedov-0006-24belinstant-blueviper, and an eBay listing titles it '2024 Panini Instant Bellator MMA Usman Nurmagomedov Rookie #6 - Becomes Champion'. The first card of his that came out of packs is 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket #11, from the 100-card base set released 18 July 2025. Confidence is probable because Panini's Instant Bellator category page lists neighbouring cards but not the #6 row, so the number rests on Panini's own product URL plus the listing.

High confidence

Usman is the Nurmagomedov who never fought in the UFC, and the gap in his catalogue is exactly the shape of that fact. He debuted in Bellator in April 2021, took the lightweight title from Patricky Pitbull at Bellator 288 in November 2022 and defended it against Benson Henderson in March 2023, all without a licensed trading card of any kind: no licensed Bellator card programme is documented before 2024, and with no UFC bouts there is no Topps UFC or Panini Prizm UFC issue of him either. The promotion did get a partner in the end — Panini's 2024 Instant Bellator issues followed PFL's November 2023 takeover and the exclusive deal announced on June 5, 2024 — but that is a year after his title run. The first practical hazard for collectors is the surname: his brother Umar and Abubakar both have UFC-licensed runs, so any Nurmagomedov card from a UFC-branded product is not Usman.

High confidence

His earliest card is 2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6, from the print-to-order programme Panini ran around the 2024 Bellator Champions Series. Instant cards are sold through a short ordering window, so the base print run is whatever collectors bought rather than a published figure, and numbered colour parallels - Blue Viper and a White Tiger /5 tier - were offered beside it. What the card commemorates is not clear; a seller describes it as his title win, which would be a November 2022 moment on a 2024 issue, and no Panini caption confirms it.

High confidence

There is no rookie card in the printed sense: Panini used no RC designations anywhere in the Contenders PFL checklists, and nothing else of his carries a rookie logo. Sellers call the 2024 Instant his rookie because it is genuinely first; collectors who discount print-to-order issues start him instead at 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket #11, the base card from the first hobby product ever to include him. Both positions are defensible and no hobby authority has settled it.

High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL, out on 18 July 2025, is where his collectable run really begins - three years after he was already a world champion. Season Ticket #11 sits in the 100-card base set behind the full ticket ladder: Red /299, Playoff Ticket and Blue /199, Main Card Ticket and Green /99, Co-Main Event Ticket /49, Cracked Ice Ticket /25, Main Event Ticket and Season Ticket Gold /10, with Championship Ticket and Season Ticket Black 1/1s on top. The same product carried his first mainstream certified autograph, Season Ticket Signatures #11 from a 46-card checklist, and two inserts, Crown Jewels #13 and Supernatural #14, the latter with a Cracked Ice version numbered to 25.

High confidence

Beating Paul Hughes for the inaugural PFL lightweight world title on 3 October 2025 changed his standing with Panini quickly. 2026 Panini Contenders PFL gives him eleven checklist slots against five the year before, including base Season Ticket #99, Season Ticket Signatures #99 from a 63-card autograph checklist with a Main Card Ticket Signature numbered /75, and Championship Moments Signatures #6 /99, a signed insert new to the product and built around title wins. Panini also opened its 2026 Instant PFL programme with him at card #1, which is about as plain a statement of where he stands as the hobby makes.

Vadim Nemkov6
High confidence

Vadim Nemkov's earliest card: 2025 Panini Contenders PFL #16 — Vadim Nemkov.

Nemkov has no rookie card in any designated sense. Panini put no RC logos in Contenders PFL or Combat Anthology, and SportsCardsPro's own card pages for both his 2025 Contenders #16 and his 2026 Contenders #1 record them as not rookies. Because he never fought in the UFC he has no Topps UFC or Panini Prizm UFC issue that could serve as one, and Bellator was unlicensed for the whole of his championship run. The earliest Nemkov card confirmed anywhere is 2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket #16, from the first hobby product to include him, released July 18, 2025 — so that is recorded as his earliest significant card rather than as an RC.

High confidence

Nemkov is the clearest case in modern MMA of a champion the card industry simply missed. He turned professional in May 2013 out of a four-time combat sambo career, fought in Russia and for M-1, and neither sambo nor the Russian regional circuit produced cardboard. He then took the Bellator light heavyweight title off Ryan Bader in August 2020 and defended it four times against Phil Davis, Julius Anglickas, Corey Anderson and Yoel Romero, and no licensed Bellator trading-card programme is documented at any point before 2024. There is no card of Vadim Nemkov as Bellator champion at all — the entire reign is a blank — and when Panini did begin issuing Bellator-licensed cards in 2024, after PFL's takeover, he was not in them.

High confidence

His first card came twelve years into his career. 2025 Panini Contenders PFL, released July 18, 2025, gave him three slots — Season Ticket #16 plus the Supernatural and Superstar Die-Cuts inserts at #8 apiece — and no signature: Panini left him off the Season Ticket Signatures checklist entirely. None of it is rookie-flagged, because the product carries no RC logos anywhere and he has no UFC-licensed issue that could serve as one. The base card's ticket ladder runs to Cracked Ice /25, Main Event /10 and a Championship Ticket 1/1, which is as scarce as a 2025 Nemkov gets. Every checklist line calls him a heavyweight, so the division he actually ruled appears on none of his cards.

High confidence

2025 Panini Combat Anthology, out November 5, added a fourth card at #73 and with it his first genuinely scarce parallels: a seventeen-step ladder from unnumbered Galactic and Silver down through Cracked Ice /25, Gold /10, Squared Circle /8 and Crimson Mask /5 to Black Fireworks and KO 1/1s. He is in the base set only, absent from the product's autograph subsets. Released five weeks before he submitted Renan Ferreira in Lyon, it is the last card issued of him as a challenger.

High confidence

The inaugural PFL heavyweight title changed his standing in the checklist overnight. 2026 Panini Contenders PFL handed him the lead slot at base #1 across eleven appearances, including Crown Jewels #9 and Championship Contenders #4 — both champion-themed inserts he had not qualified for a year earlier — plus a 2006 Throwback, a Winning Ticket, a Supernatural and two Champion Series Stars lines. Watch the number: Championship Contenders #4 and Championship Moments Signatures #4 are different cards.

High confidence

That same product finally produced a signature. Season Ticket Signatures #1 is the first certified Nemkov autograph that has ever existed — thirteen years into his career and six after his first world title — with a ladder through Blue Fireworks /99, Main Card /75, Co-Main /49, Cracked Ice /25, Main Event and Gold /10 to a Championship Ticket 1/1. Beside it sit his only two serial-numbered signed cards, Championship Moments Signatures #4 and PFL Ink #54, both held to 49 copies; the former is the first time a Nemkov title win has been put on cardboard with his name on it.

Valentina Shevchenko2
High confidence

Valentina Shevchenko's rookie card: 2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75 — Valentina Shevchenko.

TCDB flags three 2017-branded Shevchenko cards RC: Topps UFC Knockout #75 (released May 10, 2017), Topps Chrome UFC #83 (September 20, 2017) and Topps Museum Collection UFC #30 (February 28, 2018). All three have the RC designation. Knockout #75 was issued first, so it is the earliest RC. Chrome #83 is the one most sales listings call 'the rookie', but that reflects market preference, not an earlier release.

High confidence

Valentina Shevchenko: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

UFC women's flyweight champion.

Vitor Belfort6
Probable

Vitor Belfort's rookie card: 2006 PRIDE FC #047 — Vitor Belfort.

His first licensed card of any kind is 2006 Pride FC #047, issued by Dream Stage Entertainment in Japan in January 2006 while he was a PRIDE fighter. Two independent sources record it: Sports Card Investor indexes '2006 Pride FC #47 Base' as the earliest Vitor Belfort card it tracks, and UK dealer Combat Kingdom lists '2006 DSE Pride Fighting Championships Trading Card - #047 Vitor Belfort'. Nothing earlier surfaced in any reachable source, despite his UFC 12 tournament win in 1997 and a PRIDE run beginning in 1999 — the UFC simply had no trading-card licensee between the SEG years and Topps' 2009 deal. No Belfort card carries a manufacturer RC logo from the period he was actually a new fighter, so 'rookie' here is hobby and database convention applied retroactively, exactly as it is for Wanderlei Silva and the other PRIDE-era Brazilians.

High confidence

Belfort won a UFC tournament at 19 in February 1997, fought in PRIDE from 1999 and held the UFC light heavyweight title in January 2004, and not one licensed card exists from any of it — the UFC had no trading-card licensee between the SEG years and Topps' 2009 deal. His cardboard therefore starts in Japan, with Dream Stage Entertainment's 2006 Pride FC Card Collection, base #047, one of 142 base cards in a set that runs to 583 with its variations. It arrived between the Alistair Overeem loss and his PRIDE bouts with Kazuo Takahashi and Dan Henderson. It is a Japanese-market product that never reached Western retail, and English-language coverage of it is thin — Sports Card Investor keeps a card page for '#47 Base' and lists it first among the 22 Belfort cards it tracks, but most catalogues have no Belfort row for the set at all, so finding a copy usually means a specialist PRIDE dealer or a Japanese seller. The set's Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature and Holographic runs cover nearly every base card, but they are printed facsimiles, not signed cards.

High confidence

The rookie question has two defensible answers and sources genuinely disagree. The DSE card is demonstrably his earliest licensed issue but nothing designates it RC; the card that actually carries the flag is 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #15, catalogued as 'Vitor Belfort, Marvin Eastman #15 (RC)' and sold graded as his rookie — a shared bout card commemorating their UFC 43 meeting, three years after the Pride card, in a set whose RC flags are applied loosely across the checklist. Even that flag is unsettled: one listing puts the RC on Eastman, another on Belfort. It is also his only 2009 card; he is absent from Round 2 entirely, having been fighting for Affliction before his UFC 103 return that September. Its parallels run Gold, Silver /288, retail Black /888 and Red 1/1.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 is where a Belfort collection visibly begins: base #34, his first solo UFC card thirteen years after the UFC 12 tournament, carrying the only true short print in his base-card history, a 'The Phenom' nickname variation reported at 250 copies. The same release gave him his first certified autograph, Fighter Autographs #FA-VB with Onyx /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 tiers, and his first fight-worn relic, Ultimate Gear #UG-VB with a ladder from Gold /188 down to Diamond 1/1. Pride and Glory #PG-6 sits alongside them as the closest thing to a PRIDE card he has inside a UFC-licensed product, one of only fifteen in the insert. Sources split on the Series 4 base parallel tiers, one checklist giving Gold / Onyx /88 / Ruby /8 / Diamond 1/1 and another Gold / Silver /188 / Bronze /88 / Ruby /8 / Diamond 1/1.

High confidence

The chrome and title-challenger years follow. 2011 Finest UFC #20, released 31 August 2011, the year he challenged Anderson Silva at UFC 126, is his first chrome-stock card and his first properly tiered chase run — Refractor, X-Fractor /388, Gold Refractor /88, Octa-Fractor /8, Red Refractor 1/1 — though he appears nowhere else in that product. 2012 added Finest UFC #70 with its Blue X-Fractor /188 and a Finest Moments insert, plus Topps UFC Bloodlines #20 with a Black /88, a set built around gym and national lineage that suits a Carlson Gracie product from Rio. The deepest run of his career sits on 2014 Topps UFC Champions #59, from the 17 September 2014 release — Silver, Blue /88, Purple /88, Black /188, Gold Champions Predictor /25, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 — beside the manufactured Champions Full Belt relic #CFB-7, one of 25 cards in that subset, each numbered to 25.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #24, with Blue /88 and Gold /25 parallels, is effectively the last time Belfort is a checklist regular. He fought on until the Machida knockout at UFC 224 in May 2018, but Topps' final UFC years largely pass him by, and no Panini UFC card of him is documented from 2021 onward, when Panini held the licence — price-guide catalogues carry no Panini Belfort issue at all. For a former champion with a 1997 tournament win, that is an unusually short modern tail: his run ends in 2015 without a late-career capstone.

Wanderlei Silva6
High confidence

Wanderlei Silva's rookie card: 2006 PRIDE FC #010 — Wanderlei Silva.

His first licensed card of any kind is in the 2006 Pride FC set (DSE, Japan), issued while he held the PRIDE middleweight title. Within that set, base #010 is the card the market treats as the rookie: Collectibles.com lists '2006 Pride FC #010 RC' as his rookie and his most valuable card and states he 'debuted as a Rookie in 2006'; Combat Kingdom's dealer listing for the same card describes it as 'representing his MMA Rookie Card'; and Sports Card Investor's Wanderlei Silva index shows 2006 Pride FC #10 Base as the earliest card it tracks for him. No Topps or Panini card of Silva carries a manufacturer RC logo — the UFC licence did not exist until 2009, eleven years after his UFC debut and ten after his PRIDE debut — so 'rookie' here is database and market convention rather than a printed designation.

High confidence

Silva's cardboard runs on Japanese time. He fought in the UFC in 1998 and 2000, but nothing licensed exists until the 2006 DSE Pride FC set, issued in Japan while he was five years into the PRIDE middleweight title reign - a box product never sold at retail in the West, which is why clean copies are hard to find outside Japan. His rookie is base #010 from that release, a 142-card base run inside a product catalogued at 583 cards with Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature and Holographic parallels behind it. No Silva card carries a printed RC logo anywhere, since the UFC licence did not exist until 2009 and DSE did not flag rookies, so the designation is a market convention rather than something on the card.

High confidence

The same set's Best Bouts subset is the only place his PRIDE wars were ever licensed. #068 is the 2003 Grand Prix meeting with Rampage Jackson, the knee finish that defined both careers, and #083 is the 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix bout with Mirko Cro Cop that ended his aura; #065 against Yoshida, #076 against Arona and #082 against Fujita fill out the run, and the Arona card also exists in Holographic at #125. Read the printed dates carefully - '2003GP' and '2005GP' on a card face are bout years, not issue years, and every one of these is a 2006 card. There is also no certified Silva autograph from the product: the 'Gold Autograph' and 'Silver Autograph' Pride cards dealers list are the set's foil facsimile-signature parallels.

High confidence

Topps did not put him on a UFC card until 2009 Topps UFC Round 2, released 30 September 2009 - eleven years after his Octagon debut against Vitor Belfort. Base #21 comes with Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 parallels, the first genuinely short-printed Silva cards, and the product also carries #FA-WS, his first certified autograph, with a scarce Red Ink version. That signature's year used to be in doubt because one price guide indexes the same number under a 2010 Topps UFC heading, but SportsCardsPro's own page gives the product as 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs and the year as 2009, and Collectibles.com agrees.

High confidence

Topps then leaned on him as a name attraction for three years. The Bloodlines insert #BL-4 suits him better than most, being built for exactly the kind of Chute Boxe lineage he has, though the insert ran in both 2009 Round 2 and 2010 Topps UFC and the price guides date his to 2010, so check the card back. 2010 also brought Ultimate Gear relics #UG-WS and the Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Autograph #A-WS, whose Green version numbered to 88 is the only confirmed print run in his entire autograph history, alongside a Notable Nicknames signature and a Three of a Kind. 2012 Finest UFC #79 put him on chrome stock for the first time, with an X-Fractor and a Finest Autograph #A-WS.

High confidence

Then he disappears. The 2014 drug-test dispute, the Nevada licence fight and the move to Bellator took him off UFC-licensed product almost entirely, and there is no meaningful Wanderlei run in the Topps releases of 2013 to 2015 or across the Panini UFC era that followed - roughly a decade with nothing significant. Induction into the UFC Hall of Fame's Pioneer Wing in 2024 brought him back: 2024 Topps Royalty UFC #44, whose Gold is numbered to 10, then 2025 Topps Chrome UFC's Tale of the Tape #TTT-16 with the deepest ladder he has ever had, thirteen tracked versions from an unnumbered refractor down to a SuperFractor 1/1, and autographs in 2025 Topps Stadium Club UFC at #BCA-WSA and Beam Team #BTA-WS - the first Wanderlei signatures available in packs rather than only on the secondary market in fifteen years.

Zhang Weili2
High confidence

Zhang Weili's rookie card: 2020 Topps UFC Knockout #5 — Zhang Weili.

TCDB flags three 2020 cards RC: Topps UFC Knockout #5 (set released March 25, 2020) and Topps UFC #87 and #98 (released August 26, 2020). Knockout #5 has a printed RC logo and was issued first, so it's the pick. Her 2019 Museum Collection relic came earlier but is an unflagged relic insert, not a rookie card.

High confidence

Zhang Weili: active as of September 2026; most recent promotion UFC.

Vacated strawweight title Oct 2025 to move up; UFC.com now lists her at Women's Flyweight. Primary class kept as Strawweight (two-time champion); use Flyweight for current division.

Sets6 claims
2009 Topps UFC Round 11
Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 is a 102-card base set and contains no Jon Jones card.

The archive carries NSLists' count of 102 commons; TCDB's checklist for the same product stops at 100. Either way the set matters here because at least one widely-cited secondary source implies the Jones rookie belongs to Round 1. It does not.

2009 Topps UFC Round 25
Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 has a 150-card base set.

Cards 1-100 are single-fighter portraits, 101-141 are dual-fighter bout cards, 142-150 cover cornermen, cutmen, announcers and referees.

Probable

Base cards exist in Gold (unnumbered), Onyx, Ruby (/8) and Diamond (1/1) parallels.

Parallel names corroborated by two sources. Serial numbering rests largely on one secondary source — no manufacturer sell sheet has been seen.

Probable

Onyx parallel serial numbering: /188.

Cardboard Connection, Card Review Club and eBay sellers list Onyx as /188. TCDB files the /188 parallel under the name 'Silver' and adds a 'Bronze /88' that no other source confirms for 2009; that separate listing is the likely origin of the /88 figure sometimes attached to Onyx. No Topps sell sheet has been seen.

Unconfirmed

Print run of the unnumbered base card and the Gold parallel.

No credible figure located. Other sites publish estimates. FightCardboard does not, because an estimate repeated often enough becomes a fact.

No credible source located, so nothing is asserted.

High confidence

Topps acquired the UFC trading card licence in October 2008 and released its first dedicated MMA product in 2009.

Manufacturer-published. The end date of the Topps licence and the start of Panini's are NOT yet sourced and are deliberately absent from the site.

Cards, by set1528 claims
1995 BBM Pro Wrestling2
High confidence

1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #114 — Bas Rutten.

Uncertain

No published manufacturer checklist for the 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling set has been located, so the card number rests on catalogue entries (COMC, Cardbase) and graded-copy listings rather than a printed checklist. Whether a card from a hybrid-wrestling promotion counts as an MMA card rather than a pro-wrestling card is a question of classification, not of evidence.

1996 BBM Pro Wrestling2
Probable

1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #103 — Kazushi Sakuraba.

Uncertain

Only Cardbase was reachable for this card. The number (#103), the set size (361) and the rookie flag all come from that one site; no second database confirmed them.

1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix4
Probable

1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #73 — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

The set and the Tigar/Cro Cop identity are corroborated by several listings, but card #73 specifically appears in only one listing (the PSA 6). No checklist for the 1997 Bandai set has been located — no card-guide site covers Japanese carddass.

Probable

1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #127 — Mirko Filipović / Ernesto Hoost.

Uncertain

Both sources are eBay catalogue/listing titles; no independent checklist for the 1997 Bandai K-1 series was reachable.

1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling2
Probable

1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling #8 — Randy Couture.

Uncertain

Card number #8 comes only from Cardboard Connection; the forum thread and GemRate confirm Couture is in the set but don't give the number.

2000 SEG Crave Entertainment UFC3
Probable

2000 SEG Crave Entertainment UFC #7 — Chuck Liddell.

Probable

2000 SEG Crave Entertainment UFC #6 — Tito Ortiz.

Uncertain

Only TCDB documents this set; no second checklist was found.

2001 Epoch K-1 Grand Prix2
Probable

2001 Epoch K-1 Grand Prix #108 — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

Single-seller sourcing for the base number. Epoch also issued a 2000 K-1 Grand Prix set; whether Filipović appears in it was not established, so an earlier Epoch card may exist.

2001 Epoch K-1 Grand Prix — Special subset2
Probable

2001 Epoch K-1 Grand Prix — Special subset #SPA-07 — Mirko Filipović / Peter Aerts.

Uncertain

Both sources are eBay; the '(RC)' tag is eBay catalogue convention, not a printed designation, and it conflicts with the 1997 Bandai cards being earlier.

2002 Fleer WWE Raw vs. SmackDown!1
Verified

2002 Fleer WWE Raw vs. SmackDown! #19 — Brock Lesnar.

2002 Fleer WWE Royal Rumble1
Verified

2002 Fleer WWE Royal Rumble #4 — Brock Lesnar.

2004 Leaf Rookies & Stars (football)1
High confidence

2004 Leaf Rookies & Stars (football) #155 — Brock Lesnar.

2004 Playoff Honors (football)1
High confidence

2004 Playoff Honors (football) #173 — Brock Lesnar.

2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot (football)1
Verified

2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot (football) #203 — Brock Lesnar.

2006 PRIDE FC40
Verified

2006 PRIDE FC #003 — Anderson Silva.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2006 PRIDE FC #003.

TCDB also flags 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46 RC, and collectors who count only UFC-licensed cards take #46 as the rookie instead (see the rookie guide).

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #106 — Anderson Silva / Ryo Chonan.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2006 PRIDE FC #106.

Cardboard Connection describes a '2006 PRIDE Anderson Silva Foil Insert (#97)' showing a 2004 PRIDE fight. TCDB lists the Chonan/Silva card as #106 in the base set. It is unclear whether these are the same card; the number and card type are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2006 PRIDE FC #014 — Fedor Emelianenko.

High confidence

Set name and number format vary by source for 2006 PRIDE FC #014 (same card).

Set name differs by source: TCDB '2006 Pride FC'; PSA/Fanatics 'Pride Card Collection Grand Prix'; eBay sellers 'DSE Pride FC'. Number printed 014 vs graded #14.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #127 — Fedor Emelianenko.

Probable

Single-source detail on 2006 PRIDE FC #127.

Only TCDB confirms card #127 directly; no second independent checklist was reachable (PSA pop report requires login).

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #127EX — Fedor Emelianenko.

Probable

Single-source detail on 2006 PRIDE FC #127EX.

Serial /10 comes from TCDB only; not confirmed by a second source.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #132 — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

Card number is not settled. Collectibles.com (Gold Foil Signature) and Cardbase both say #132; Sports Card Investor's set page lists 'Dan Henderson 2006 Pride FC #35 Base'. Both could be correct if he has more than one card in the 142-card base set — Cardbase also shows a #121 Henderson / Bustamante card — but no published checklist resolves it, and no card database entry for the set has been located.

Uncertain

2006 PRIDE FC #121 — Dan Henderson / Murilo Bustamante.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Cardbase records this card, and only in the Gold Foil Signature variation; whether a plain base #121 exists was not confirmable from any reachable checklist. The link to the 31 December 2005 title fight is an inference from the pairing and the set's date, not something a source states.

High confidence

2006 DSE Pride FC Card Collection #55 — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

The set's total card count could not be established: no checklist source for the 2006 DSE product was reachable (no card database or guide-site coverage). Observed numbering reaches at least #76.

Probable

2006 DSE Pride FC Card Collection #67 — Mirko Filipović / Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Uncertain

The second source is only the title of a card database page, not its checklist, so the number is effectively confirmed by one listing plus a page title.

Probable

2006 DSE Pride FC Card Collection #70 — Mirko Filipović / Kevin Randleman.

Uncertain

Number confirmed by a single listing; the second source corroborates the set, not the card number.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #093 — Quinton Jackson / Ikuhisa Minowa.

Uncertain

The number and subjects come from two graded eBay listings (one BGS, one PSA) that agree on #93; no published checklist confirms it. The set's producer is also unconfirmed — Cardbase and SportsCardInvestor both describe the set without naming a manufacturer, so 'Pride FC' here is the set name, not a verified maker. Sports Card Investor's price guide for the set tracks only twelve fighters and does not include Jackson at all.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #097 — Royce Gracie / Hidehiko Yoshida.

Uncertain

Sources agree on #97 Yoshida / Gracie, but none consulted names the set's manufacturer or says whether Gracie also has a solo card in the 2006 Pride FC checklist. Sports Card Investor's set page did not list him at all.

Verified

2006 PRIDE FC #010 — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

Set naming varies by source: 'Pride FC' (Cardbase, Sports Card Investor, Collectibles.com), '2006 DSE Pride Fighting Championships' (Combat Kingdom), '2006 DSE Pride FC Card Collection' (eBay/COMC), and PSA slabs it as 'Pride Card Collection Grand Prix'. Number printed 010 vs quoted #10. The Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature and Holographic parallels are documented at set level by Cardbase (141/141/140 cards each) but no reachable source confirms the #010 parallels individually.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #068 — Wanderlei Silva / Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Card number 068 comes from the Combat Kingdom dealer listing only; the eBay listing found for the same Wanderlei/Rampage Best Bout does not state a number. No reachable independent checklist confirms it (no card database could be consulted).

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #083 — Wanderlei Silva / Mirko Cro Cop.

Uncertain

Single-dealer sourcing for the card number; no independent checklist confirms it.

Uncertain

2006 PRIDE FC #125 — Wanderlei Silva / Ricardo Arona.

Uncertain

Combat Kingdom is the only source listing a Wanderlei card at #125 and the only source using the word 'Sparkle'. Cardbase names the set's shiny variation 'Holographic', so 'Sparkle' is treated here as a dealer synonym — that mapping is inferred, not stated. Whether a plain base #125 also exists was not confirmed.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #052 — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

The card number is single-sourced. Only Sports Card Investor's set page names a Rua card, and it tracks just 12 cards from the set, so #52 has no second confirmation; Cardbase's checklist table for the set returns 'There are no records to display', and no eBay listing or catalogue page for a Shogun card from this set has been found. Which variations exist for his number specifically — Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature, Holographic — is inferred from the set's composition, not from a checklist line. No card database entry for the card has been located.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #047 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

Card number 047/47 is agreed by the two sources that record the card, but neither of the large price-guide catalogues indexes it: a SportsCardsPro lookup for a 2006 Pride Belfort card returns nothing, and Cardbase's 2006 Pride FC page does not list him among the cards it surfaces. The parallels are inferred from the set's structure (Cardbase counts 141 Gold Foil Signature, 141 Silver Foil Signature and 140 Holographic against 142 base cards, so nearly every base card has them) rather than confirmed for #047 specifically. TCDB, which holds the fullest checklist for this set, could not be consulted.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #101 — Kazushi Sakuraba / Antônio Rogério Nogueira.

Uncertain

The number comes from MMA Rookies' set index and card page only; no second database confirmed it. That index is internally consistent with the archive's existing 2006 Pride records (its #97 is Hidehiko Yoshida / Royce Gracie, matching what the archive already holds from an eBay source), which is why this is 'probable' rather than 'uncertain'. The parallel types are listed by Cardbase as variations of the set as a whole — Base, Gold Foil Signature, Silver Foil Signature, Holographic and Promos — and were not confirmed for this specific number.

Probable

2006 PRIDE FC #123 — Kazushi Sakuraba / Ikuhisa Minowa.

Uncertain

Same single-checklist limitation as #101: MMA Rookies is the only source reached that lists it. The parallel names come from Cardbase's set-level variation list and were not confirmed for this number.

2006 Topps Allen & Ginter2
Verified

2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #310 — Randy Couture.

High confidence

2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #AGA-RA — Randy Couture.

2008 Donruss Americana II9
High confidence

2008 Donruss Americana II #RK-GS — Georges St-Pierre.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2008 Donruss Americana II #RK-GS.

Cardboard Connection calls the 2009 Topps Round 1 auto his 'first signature in a UFC-licensed' product. That is consistent, because this Donruss auto is earlier but unlicensed. The Signature Material and Prime print runs (/197 and /90) come only from TCDB.

Verified

2008 Donruss Americana II #RK-RC — Randy Couture.

Probable

2008 Donruss Americana II #RK-GS Signature parallel — Georges St-Pierre.

Probable

2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-RE — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Two things are unsettled. The card number: Allender lists Evans as Ring Kings 6, while the archive's other Americana II Ring Kings entries and confirmed eBay copies (Gina Carano RK-GC) use RK- plus initials, which would make his RK-RE — no source consulted showed RK-RE, so the checklist number is recorded as given rather than guessed. Autograph status: Allender explicitly says Evans is not in any Ring Kings Signature or Signature Material subset, but an eBay seller titled a /500 copy 'Ring Kings Autograph'. Recorded here as an unsigned insert, matching the checklist and the /500 Ring Kings cards already in the archive.

Probable

2008 Donruss Americana II Ring Kings #RK-GC — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

The card number is rendered two ways: Allender says 10 within a 1–30 Ring Kings run, Cardboard Connection says #GC and eBay sellers write RK-GC. The /500 serial number is carried over from the archive's existing Americana II Ring Kings records (an eBay-confirmed /500 Rashad Evans copy) and was not independently confirmed for the Carano card, so it is recorded as probable rather than verified.

High confidence

2008 Donruss Americana II #RK-BR — Bas Rutten.

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Materials2
Probable

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Materials #RK-GC — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection's player guide lists a memorabilia version numbered to 5; Allender's Americana II checklist page, which confirmed the /492 and /400 subsets, did not surface a Ring Kings Materials entry for Carano in the section returned, and no auction page for it was reachable.

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Signature Materials2
High confidence

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Signature Materials #RK-GC — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

Neither source says what the swatch is (event-worn, apparel, or a generic material), so the memorabilia type is not recorded. Same 10 vs #GC number ambiguity as the rest of the Ring Kings subsets.

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Signatures4
High confidence

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Signatures #RK-GC — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

Neither source consulted says whether the signature is on-card or on an applied sticker, so that is left unrecorded rather than guessed. The number carries the same 10 vs #GC ambiguity as the base Ring Kings card. It is given its own setSlug here so the subset does not collide with Ring Kings #10 in the archive.

High confidence

2008 Donruss Americana II — Ring Kings Signatures #RK-BR — Bas Rutten.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by either checklist, so it is left unrecorded.

2008 Sportkings Series B2
Probable

2008 Sportkings Series B #91 — Randy Couture.

Uncertain

The base card number comes from TCDB only; Cardboard Connection names the Sportkings autograph (RCO2, /40) but not the base number.

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter's2
Probable

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter's #189 — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

The set, year and number are consistent across several eBay listings and eBay's own catalogue entry, but no reachable checklist site carried the card — SportsCardsPro has no page for it, and none of the big card databases could be consulted. Allen & Ginter base cards normally have mini and framed-mini parallels; none could be confirmed for #189 specifically, so no parallels are recorded rather than guessed.

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter's Framed Mini Autographs2
Probable

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter's Framed Mini Autographs #AGA-RJ — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Single source. The eBay catalogue page gives the card as both '#RJ' and '#AGA-RJ'; the fuller form is recorded here. No print run is stated anywhere reachable, so serial is left null rather than assumed unnumbered.

2009 eTopps (MMA)2
Probable

2009 eTopps (MMA) #5 — BJ Penn.

Probable

2009 eTopps (MMA) #1 — Brock Lesnar.

2009 Press Pass Fusion1
High confidence

2009 Press Pass Fusion #SS-BL — Brock Lesnar.

2009 Topps UFC Round 152
Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 — Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17.

Rookie status is disputed: Sports Card Expert names the 2008 Donruss Ring Kings #RK-GS as his rookie instead (see the rookie guide). Silver /288 is confirmed by TCDB and NSLists. Black /888 and Red 1/1 come only from NSLists. The 'UFC 94 Exclusive' version appears on SportsCardsPro and in eBay listings, but no checklist describes it.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-GSP.

The Red Ink /25 numbering comes from Cardboard Connection and an eBay listing title. The eBay catalogue page does not state a print run.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46 — Anderson Silva / Chris Leben.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46.

TCDB flags both this and 2006 PRIDE #003 RC, and which is 'the' rookie depends on whether only UFC-licensed cards count. Black /888 and Red 1/1 come only from NSLists.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-AS — Anderson Silva.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-AS.

The printed number format is unclear: TCDB and NSLists write A-AS, TCDB's Red Ink entry writes AAS, and Cardboard Connection writes FAAS. The 'around 200 copies' figure is Cardboard Connection's estimate, not an official print run.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #DM-SL — Anderson Silva / Chris Leben.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #DM-SL.

The Gold /88 numbering comes only from TCDB.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #ASCL — Anderson Silva / Chris Leben.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #10 — BJ Penn / Joey Gilbert.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-BJP — BJ Penn.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #AUG-BJP — BJ Penn.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #81 — Brock Lesnar / Frank Mir.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 — Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez.

Uncertain

TCDB flags both this card and Round 2 #39 as RC; Cardboard Connection says none of his first-year cards is an 'official' rookie.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #66 — Nate Diaz / Manny Gamburyan.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #67 — Nate Diaz / Manny Gamburyan.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #4 — Randy Couture / Tony Halme.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-RC — Randy Couture.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #82 — Cain Velasquez / Brad Morris.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #VD18 — Cain Velasquez.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #8 — Matt Hughes / Valeri Ignatov.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #18 — Tito Ortiz / Patrick Cote.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #46 Silver parallel — Anderson Silva / Chris Leben.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #81 Silver parallel — Brock Lesnar / Frank Mir.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #5 Silver parallel — Chuck Liddell / Noe Hernandez.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #17 Silver parallel — Georges St-Pierre / Karo Parisyan.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #AUG-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #6 — Dan Henderson / Allan Goes.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #42 — Michael Bisping / Josh Haynes.

Uncertain

The Gold parallel's print run is not printed on the card. The seller of the graded Gold copy states the Golds are 'widely accepted to be limited to just 432 ever made' but concedes they are not individually numbered, unlike the Silver /288. Treat 432 as hobby lore, not a confirmed print run. A Red 1/1 tier is recorded for other Round 1 subjects but is not separately confirmed for #42.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #58 — Quinton Jackson / Marvin Eastman.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #1 — Royce Gracie / Art Jimmerson.

Uncertain

Rookie status is flagged inconsistently: eBay's catalogue title carries (RC) and Collectibles.com says 'Royce Gracie debuted as a Rookie in 2009', while SportsCardsPro's rookie-card field for this exact card reads 'No'.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #A-RG — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

None of the sources consulted states whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker, so that is left open here. Collectibles.com writes the number without the hyphen, as #ARG.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #UG-RG — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

The /500 print run comes only from Topps' own Ripped article; Jeff Allender's checklist confirms the 23-card Ultimate Gear subset and the /25 autographed version but gives no number for the plain relic.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #60 — Frankie Edgar / Tyson Griffin.

Uncertain

Rookie status. SportsCardsPro's rookie data field for #60 reads 'No' and 2009 Topps UFC cards carry no RC logo, but dealers list the card as Edgar's rookie. The parallel list (Gold unnumbered, Black /888, Silver /288, Red 1/1) comes from the product-level checklist on nslists.com and was not confirmed at card level.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #59 — Lyoto Machida / Sam Hoger.

Uncertain

The archive's set record for 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 carries NSLists' count of 102 commons. TCDB's checklist for the same product stops at 100, and that lower figure turns up widely in listings.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #70 — Maurício Rua / Forrest Griffin.

Uncertain

Base-set size is not settled: Allender's checklist and NSLists describe 102 fighter/personality cards plus checklist variants, which is the count the archive's set record for 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 carries, while TCDB's checklist for the same product stops at 100. The card number itself, #70, is confirmed by both sources. Allender's Round 1 page also lists a Rua fight mat relic from 'UFC 76: Knockout' under a code that reads 'DM-RG'; the prefix is not confirmed by a second source, so that relic is not recorded as a card here.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #15 — Vitor Belfort / Marvin Eastman.

Uncertain

Whether the RC flag on this card belongs to Belfort or to Marvin Eastman is genuinely unclear: one eBay title reads 'Marvin Eastman RC vs. Vitor Belfort', another reads 'Vitor Belfort RC... Rookie'. The parallel serial numbers come from a single checklist source (Allender), although SportsCardsPro independently catalogues a Silver version of this card.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #31 — Rashad Evans / Brad Imes.

Uncertain

Rookie status only — see the rookie block. The number, set and subjects agree across three sources.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #DM-EI — Rashad Evans / Brad Imes.

Uncertain

The Froggers page 404s now, so only its search-result title corroborates Allender's DM-EI entry. The subset's printed name is given as 'Fight Mat Relic Cards' by Allender and as 'Mat Relic' by the dealer listing; the archive files DM- relics under the parent Round 1 set slug, as it already does for Anderson Silva's #DM-SL.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Autographed Ultimate Gear Relics2
Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Autographed Ultimate Gear Relics #AUG-QJ — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Single source. The /25 print run and the AUG-QJ number come from NSLists only; no marketplace or price-guide page for the card was reachable to confirm them.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Autographs4
High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Autographs #AMB — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not confirmed — no source states it, so the field is left unasserted rather than guessed. The Iconic Auctions lot is known only by its title; the lot page itself has never been read.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Autographs #A-QJ — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Sources render the number differently — NSLists writes A-QJ, SportsCardsPro writes AQJ. The Red Ink parallel is recorded as 'probable': a '2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Autographs Red Ink' set exists, but no reachable source confirmed a Jackson card inside it or its print run.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Dual Autograph Fight Mat Relics2
Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Dual Autograph Fight Mat Relics #ADM-FETG — frankie-edgar / Tyson Griffin.

Uncertain

The printed form of the code has not been checked against a scan: Jeff Allender's checklist hyphenates it ADM-FETG while SportsCardsPro renders it FETG. Whether the signatures are on-card or on stickers is not recorded.

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Victorious Debuts8
High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Victorious Debuts #VD11 — Michael Bisping.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Victorious Debuts #VD8 — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Single source. NSLists is a reliable checklist transcription but no other published checklist carries a Jackson VD8 entry, so the card number and the /88 and 1/1 print runs rest on it alone.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Victorious Debuts #VD-19 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

Single source. Only nslists.com's Round 1 checklist covers this insert — SportsCardsPro has no page for it and no card database entry has been located — so the VD-19 number and the Gold/Red parallels are unconfirmed by a second source.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Victorious Debuts #VD5 — Lyoto Machida.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Victorious Debuts #VD13 — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Only one checklist (Allender) records the VD13 number and its parallels, and no second checklist confirms them.

2009 Topps UFC Round 248
High confidence

André Gusmão never won a UFC bout (0-2).

Lost to Jones at UFC 87 and to Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 98.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #101 — Jon Jones / Andre Gusmao.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #101.

Parallel structure: Cardboard Connection's set review lists Gold (unnumbered), Onyx /188, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1, and Card Review Club and eBay listings also call the /188 parallel Onyx. TCDB instead names the /188 parallel 'Silver' and adds a 'Bronze /88' parallel that no other source mentions for 2009 (Silver /188 and Bronze /88 are the 2010 Topps UFC parallel names). This is where the old '/188 vs /88' Onyx confusion comes from. Treat Onyx as /188; the /88 'Bronze' is unconfirmed.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-JJ — Jon Jones.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-JJ: Red Ink parallel numbered /25; common listing errors.

The Red Ink /25 was previously single-sourced. It is now confirmed by TCDB (Autographs Red Ink, SN25), Cardboard Connection (a 14/25 copy pictured) and Card Review Club ('limited to just 25 copies'). Topps Ripped lists the card as '#FF-JJ', which is a typo for FA-JJ. Card Review Club wrongly calls it '2009 Topps UFC Knockout' — Knockout did not exist until 2010.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #100 — Georges St-Pierre.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #100.

TCDB flags it RC, but Cardboard Connection and the eBay catalogue treat Round 1 #17 as the rookie. The sources name the /188 parallel differently: Cardboard Connection calls it Onyx and NSLists calls it Silver. Only NSLists lists a Bronze /88. The base count also differs: 150 on TCDB and Cardboard Connection, 156 including checklists on NSLists.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #33 — Anderson Silva.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #33.

Cardboard Connection calls the /188 parallel Onyx and NSLists calls it Silver. Only NSLists lists a Bronze /88.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #47 — BJ Penn.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #69 — Brock Lesnar.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-BL — Brock Lesnar.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #39 — Chuck Liddell.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FM-CL — Chuck Liddell.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #3 — Nate Diaz.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #46 — Randy Couture.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-RC — Randy Couture.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #61 — Cain Velasquez.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #27 — Matt Hughes.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FM-MH — Matt Hughes.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-AS — Anderson Silva.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #DAMS — Anderson Silva / Lyoto Machida.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #BABL — Brock Lesnar.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #39 Ruby parallel — Chuck Liddell.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #101 Ruby parallel — Jon Jones / Andre Gusmao.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-JJ Red Ink parallel — Jon Jones.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #AUG-JJ — Jon Jones.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #67 — Dan Henderson.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #43 — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

The /188 parallel is listed as 'Silver' on one eBay catalogue page and 'Onyx' on another listing for the same card and number. Round 2 is recorded elsewhere as also having a /8 tier (named Red or Ruby depending on the source), but that tier is not confirmed for Bisping's #43 and is therefore not listed.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #99 — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Sources disagree on what the Round 2 base parallels are called. NSLists lists Gold, Silver, Bronze, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1; other write-ups of the same product name an Onyx or Silver tier numbered to 188. Only the NSLists names are recorded here, and the unnumbered tiers are marked probable.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #21 — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

One SportsCardsPro page reports a 'Bronze /88' version of this card; Cardboard Connection's product page lists only Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 for Round 2 base cards, and an eBay listing shows an Onyx-style 028/188. Bronze /88 is not recorded here because no second source corroborates it — /88 is the Knockout autograph print run, which is a likely confusion.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #FA-WS — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

Year and product disagree between sources. SportsCardsPro and Collectibles.com both place #FA-WS in 2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs; Sports Card Investor indexes the same number as '2010 Topps UFC #FA-WS Fighter Autographs'. Cardboard Connection's Round 2 summary names the product's on-card autograph set 'The Ultimate Foto' (16 signatures) and does not mention an FA- prefix, so the 2009 attribution is two-source but not airtight. The Red Ink variation is reported by Collectibles.com only; no print run is published by any reachable source.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #88 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

Parallel names disagree. nslists.com gives the Round 2 base parallels as Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1; Cardboard Connection's product page gives Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 with no Bronze. The /188 tier appears under two different names and the /88 tier is only in one source.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #90 — Lyoto Machida.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's data field says 'Is Rookie Card: No' on #90 while eBay's catalogue and Collectibles.com both carry the RC tag. Cardboard Connection's Round 2 review lists Onyx /188 where nslists lists Silver /188 and adds a Bronze /88; the tier names are not consistent between sources. nslists also counts 153 base cards against Cardboard Connection's 150.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #82 — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

Parallels are left empty rather than assumed: the archive's set record documents Round 2's parallel tiers at set level, but no source consulted confirms a specific parallel of #82, so none is listed. The TCDB checklist behind that set record is the archive's own stored copy, with no second checklist to set against it.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #137 — Chael Sonnen / Demian Maia.

Uncertain

Rookie status only. The parallel list is the set-level Round 2 structure rather than something a source confirms for #137 specifically, hence 'probable' on each parallel.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #44 — Rashad Evans.

Verified

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 #51 — Bas Rutten.

Uncertain

Rookie status only: eBay says RC, SportsCardsPro says no. No source gives a print run for the Gold parallel, so it is recorded without one.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 — Fight Poster Review2
High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 — Fight Poster Review #FPR-TUF2 — Nick Diaz / Diego Sanchez.

Uncertain

Topps Ripped files the card under '2009 Topps UFC Round 2'; eBay's catalogue lists it under plain '2009 Topps UFC - Fight Poster Review'. The card number is identical in both.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs7
High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs #FA-DH — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

No source states a print run for either the standard FA-DH or the Red Ink version, so both are recorded as unnumbered/unknown rather than guessed.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs #FA-QJ — Quinton Jackson.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs #FA-MB — michael-bisping.

Uncertain

No print run is published for the standard FA-MB, and whether a Red Ink version of Bisping's card exists is not confirmed at card level.

High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs #FA-RG — royce-gracie.

Uncertain

No print run is published for the standard FA-RG, and whether a Red Ink version of Gracie's card exists is not confirmed at card level.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs4
Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Fighter Autographs #FA-FE — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

Single source. Only nslists.com's Round 2 checklist confirmed the FA-FE code; Cardboard Connection's Round 2 page carries no fighter-level checklist and SportsCardsPro has no page for the subset. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is unrecorded, and the Red Ink /25 parallel is listed at product level on the Round 1 page, not confirmed for Edgar. Note that 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 uses the same FA-FE code for a different Edgar autograph.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Fighter Autographs #FA-LM — Lyoto Machida.

Uncertain

Collectibles.com lists a 'Topps UFC Round 2 Autographs Red Ink #FALM' parallel; nslists' Round 2 checklist shows no red-ink parallel for the Fighter Autographs subset, and no print run for it was found. Separately, Cardboard Connection's 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 checklist also lists a Machida autograph coded FA-LM, so a raw 'FA-LM' with no year attached is ambiguous between the two products.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Bloodlines2
Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Bloodlines #BL-9 — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Single source. NSLists is the only reachable checklist carrying the BL-9 entry and its print runs.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Greats of the Game4
High confidence

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Greats of the Game #GTG-6 — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Only the Black /88 parallel was confirmed by a second source; whether further tiers (Ruby, Diamond) exist for this insert was not established.

Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Greats of the Game #GTG-4 — Lyoto Machida.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's 2010 Topps UFC Series 4 checklist also attaches a 'Greats of the Game' Machida entry (coded GTG15 there), which does not match the Round 2 numbering; that 2010 attribution could not be corroborated and is not recorded here as a card.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 TUF Season 10 Autographs2
Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 TUF Season 10 Autographs #TUF-KS — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

Only nslists.com names the subset 'TUF Season 10 Autographs' and lists TUF-KS Kimbo Slice. Cardboard Connection's Round 2 review mentions a 16-contestant signed subset but attributes it to 'The Ultimate Fighter #9 Series'. SportsCardsPro has no page for the subset under the slugs tried, and collectibles.com's Round 2 set page does not surface it. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by any source reached.

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 TUF Season 9 Autographs2
Probable

2009 Topps UFC Round 2 TUF Season 9 Autographs #TUF-DH — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

Single source. Only the nslists Round 2 checklist records this card; Cardboard Connection's Round 2 review does not print individual codes and Collectibles.com does not list it. No print run is stated anywhere.

2009 Upper Deck Draft Edition1
High confidence

2009 Upper Deck Draft Edition #AM-CL — Chuck Liddell.

2009 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions2
High confidence

2009 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions #70 — Chuck Liddell.

High confidence

2009 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions #53 — Anderson Silva.

2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts7
High confidence

2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts #CFS-CL — Chuck Liddell.

Uncertain

Release date unconfirmed: Trader Cracks gives 17 March 2010, but Beckett previewed the product in July 2009.

High confidence

2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts #CFS-TO — Tito Ortiz.

Uncertain

Release timing is unresolved (Trader Cracks: 17 Mar 2010; a forum poster calls it 'Prominent Cuts 2010'), so which came first, this card or 2010 Topps #FA-TO, isn't settled.

High confidence

2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts #CFS-AS — Anderson Silva.

Probable

2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts #CFSR-RL — Robbie Lawler.

Uncertain

Print run and on-card vs sticker are unconfirmed — no reachable source states either. Trader Cracks says the Cage Fighter Signatures autographs mostly run under 10 copies and that seven cards carry a /50 Premium version, but it does not say which, and it does not give numbering for the Renditions series. SportsCardsPro has no 2009 Lawler card in its database at all, so this rests on dealer and auction listings plus the Trader Cracks checklist.

2010 Leaf MMA32
Verified

2010 Leaf MMA #NP-JJ1 — Jon Jones.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #NP-JJ1 Purple /10 and Gold 1/1 parallels (TCDB only).

Cardboard Connection gives only the /60 print run. The Purple /10 and Gold 1/1 parallels come from TCDB alone.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #Q-SSLE — Georges St-Pierre / Anderson Silva / Brock Lesnar / Fedor Emelianenko.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2010 Leaf MMA #Q-SSLE.

Only TCDB was checked. The print runs are unknown.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #1 — Fedor Emelianenko.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2010 Leaf MMA #1.

Rookie status disputed: TCDB flags this card RC as well as his 2006 PRIDE FC cards, and Cardboard Connection and a Beckett News headline present 2010 Leaf MMA as his first cards. FightCardboard's working pick is the earlier 2006 PRIDE FC #014.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #AU-FE1 — Fedor Emelianenko.

Probable

Single-source detail on 2010 Leaf MMA #AU-FE1.

Card number confirmed by TCDB and SportsCardsPro; Purple /25 and Gold /5 serials come from TCDB only.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #FE1/BL1 — Fedor Emelianenko / Brock Lesnar.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed print runs on 2010 Leaf MMA #FE1/BL1.

TCDB gives Red /10 but no serial for Purple or Gold; an eBay listing title calls the dual '/5'. Purple and Gold print runs are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #83 — Jose Aldo.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2010 Leaf MMA #83.

Rookie status disputed: TCDB flags this card and 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 as RC, Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95 instead, and SportsCardsPro marks neither 2010 card as a rookie. #83 is the earliest released of the three.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #AU-JA1 — Jose Aldo.

Probable

Single-source detail on 2010 Leaf MMA #AU-JA1.

Serials come from TCDB only. The 'first autograph' claim comes from a seller title and fits the release dates, but no independent source confirms it.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #AU-BL1 — Brock Lesnar.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #Q-ECLV — Brock Lesnar / Fedor Emelianenko / Shane Carwin / Cain Velasquez.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #25 — Chuck Liddell.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #AU-CV1 — Cain Velasquez.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #AU-CO1 — Charles Oliveira.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #AS1/JJ1 — Anderson Silva / Jon Jones.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #AU-CL2 — Chuck Liddell.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #CH-CL2 — Chuck Liddell.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #Q-FCGL — Chuck Liddell / Rich Franklin / Randy Couture / Forrest Griffin.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #CH-FE1 — Fedor Emelianenko.

Probable

2010 Leaf MMA #NP-FE1 — Fedor Emelianenko.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #CH-JA1 — Jose Aldo.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #36 — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

2010 Leaf MMA was released on 22 September 2010 per Cardboard Connection, seven months after 2010 Topps UFC Main Event on 24 February 2010, so the licensed Main Event card is the earlier of Cerrone's two 2010 cards.

High confidence

2010 Leaf MMA #88 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Rookie status only: Collectibles.com flags #88 as a Rookie Card, SportsCardsPro's data field says 'No'.

Verified

2010 Leaf MMA #10 — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

Rookie status only — see the rookie block. SportsCardsPro records no parallels for this card, while Cardbase lists Autographs Red, Purple and Gold subsets of roughly 100 cards each for the product; whether Carano is on those autograph checklists was not confirmed, so no parallels are recorded here.

2010 Leaf MMA Autographs2
Probable

2010 Leaf MMA Autographs #AUEA1 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Only SportsCardsPro could be reached for card-level detail. Whether an unnumbered base version exists alongside the Purple /25 and Gold /5 is not confirmed — SportsCardsPro's page returned two Alvarez variants and its card page defaulted to the Purple. Cardboard Connection's product write-up does not break the autograph checklist down by fighter. On-card versus sticker signature is also unconfirmed.

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4)40
High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #49 — Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #49.

TCDB marks the #49b 'Bones' nickname variation as SP. Cardboard Connection lists the nickname variation but does not call it a short print. Parallel names also differ: Cardboard Connection gives Gold, Silver /188, Bronze /88, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1, while TCDB's parallel sets are Gold, Onyx, Bronze, Red, Diamond.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-JJ — Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-JJ.

Cardboard Connection's Jones article says the card has 'four numbered parallels', but its own set review and TCDB list only three (Onyx /88, Ruby or Red /8, Diamond 1/1). The /8 parallel is called Ruby on TCDB and Red on Cardboard Connection.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #20a — BJ Penn.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #20b — BJ Penn.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #BLA-BP — BJ Penn.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #TFB-WL — Brock Lesnar / Dana White.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #47a — Chuck Liddell.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-CL — Chuck Liddell.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-ND — Nate Diaz.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #16a — Randy Couture.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-CV — Cain Velasquez.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #78a — Tito Ortiz.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-TO — Tito Ortiz.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #TFB-WO — Tito Ortiz / Dana White.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-BL — Brock Lesnar.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-CL Onyx parallel — Chuck Liddell.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #15 — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Set naming: SportsCardsPro catalogues it as '2010 Topps UFC' while the market calls it '2010 Topps UFC Series 4'. Same product. The Bronze /88 is recorded from a SportsCardsPro search row rather than the card's own page, hence 'probable'.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 (Round 4) #6 — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

Naming: Jeff Allender's checklist calls the product 'UFC Round 4' / '2010 Topps UFC Round 4'; SportsCardsPro catalogues it as plain '2010 Topps UFC' and other guides call it Series 4. The Bronze /88 parallel comes from a SportsCardsPro search row, not the checklist, so its print run is single-sourced.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #1 — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

Neither source lists named parallels for this card, so none are recorded.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #BL-4 — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection lists Bloodlines as a 25-card insert in 2009 Topps UFC Round 2, while the price guides date the Silva card 2010; the insert evidently ran in both products, so the year on a raw copy should be checked against the card back.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #48 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

The two sources name the product differently — Cardboard Connection calls it 2010 Topps UFC Series 4, SportsCardsPro simply 2010 Topps UFC. Only the Bronze /88 parallel of #48 was seen at card level; the other four serials come from Cardboard Connection's product-level list.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #96 — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

The nickname variation's 250 print run comes only from Allender's checklist; SportsCardsPro's page for #96 lists no variations at all. Product naming is inconsistent across sources (Series 4 / Round 4 / plain 2010 Topps UFC), and the archive carries both a '2010-topps-ufc' and a '2010-topps-ufc-series-4' set record for what appears to be the same product — this file uses the Series 4 slug, as the archive's other PRIDE-era fighters do.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #34 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

The base parallel structure is reported two different ways: Allender's checklist gives Gold / Onyx /88 / Ruby /8 / Diamond 1/1, while Cardboard Connection's Series 4 review (as recorded in the FightCardboard set data) gives Gold / Silver /188 / Bronze /88 / Ruby /8 / Diamond 1/1. The Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1 tiers agree; the middle tiers do not, so the Onyx /88 entry is marked uncertain.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #63 — Chael Sonnen.

Uncertain

The product name itself: Allender calls it 2010 Topps UFC Round 4, Cardboard Connection calls it Series 4 and SportsCardsPro simply 2010 Topps UFC. Parallel names come from the set-level list, not from a Sonnen-specific source.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #63b — Chael Sonnen.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Allender's checklist records the 250-copy print run and the nickname variation for Sonnen; no second checklist confirms it. The '63b' suffix is FightCardboard's own way of separating it from base #63 — Allender prints both as #63.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #61 — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Allender's parallel print runs for the 2010 set (Onyx /88, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1) were not cross-checked against a second source; the archive's set record quotes Silver /188 and Bronze /88 for this product, so the /88 tier's name is unsettled.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #147 — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

Rookie status only. SportsCardsPro's structured field says it is not a rookie card; sale titles on the same page call it a rookie. No source reached confirms an RC logo on the card.

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Probable

2010 Topps UFC Autographs #FA-MB — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

The SportsCardsPro URL fell through to a search result rather than a dedicated card page, so the set name '2010 Topps UFC Autographs' and the number FA-MB are corroborated by an eBay browse row but not by a second catalogue page. No parallels or print runs were confirmed; none are asserted.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) #FA-RG — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

Only one source (Sports Card Investor) was reachable for this card, so the on-card description and any parallel print runs are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Autographs #FA-VB — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

On-card versus sticker autograph is unverified. The '1st Auto' designation comes from Sports Card Investor; it is consistent with his absence from the 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 and Round 2 autograph checklists, but no source states it as a fact independently.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Autographs #FA-CS — Chael Sonnen.

Uncertain

Whether it is strictly his first autograph depends on 2010 Topps UFC Main Event (24 February 2010), for which no published checklist has been located. Allender's 'First Issue' marking and the absence of any Sonnen autograph in the 2009 Round 2 checklists both support it, but Main Event remains unchecked.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Autographs #FA-RE — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Single source. Allender's Round 4 checklist is the only reachable listing of this card; a SportsCardsPro lookup for 'FA-RE' returned the 2025 Topps Finest autograph instead, and the Trading Card Database could not be consulted. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker was not established by any source consulted.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Autographs #FA-FE — frankie-edgar.

Uncertain

No print run is published for the unnumbered base version, and whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is unrecorded.

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High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 — Jose Aldo.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120.

Rookie status disputed: TCDB flags this card and 2010 Leaf MMA #83 as RC, Topps Ripped names 2011 Finest UFC #95 as his rookie, and SportsCardsPro marks none of them. #120 is FightCardboard's working pick.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #A-JA — Jose Aldo.

Probable

Single-source detail on 2010 Topps UFC Knockout #A-JA.

Only TCDB lists Aldo's A-JA card and its serials; Cardboard Connection confirms the product's autograph sets but does not name Aldo.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #147 — Charles Oliveira.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #FG-DJ — Demetrious Johnson.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #DAFM-LM — Brock Lesnar / Frank Mir.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #FC-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

Verified

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #120 Green parallel — Jose Aldo.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #APP-JA — Jose Aldo.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #AFG-JA — Jose Aldo.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #127 — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

The card number 127 and the Gold /288 parallel come from SportsCardsPro only. Cardboard Connection confirms the set's 150-card size and December 2010 release but publishes no checklist, and TCDB, COMC and PSA could not be consulted while Beckett's database was in maintenance, so no genuinely independent confirmation of #127 was obtained.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #1 — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's product page confirms the 150-card base set but gives no parallel names or print runs; the serial numbers listed here come from SportsCardsPro's set list alone and should be treated as unconfirmed.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #A-WS — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

Only the Green version was confirmed. 2010 Topps UFC Knockout autographs are known to exist in several colour treatments, but no reachable source enumerated the other Silva versions or their print runs, so none are recorded here.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #36 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

No card-level parallel data was reachable. An eBay listing title seen in search results describes a 'Frankie Edgar 2010 Topps UFC Knockout Full Contact On Card Auto #d /99'; that listing had ended and could not be opened, and no checklist source confirmed a Full Contact Autographs card for Edgar, so it is not recorded here as a card.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #124 — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

Jeff Allender's list names the base parallels but gives no print runs for them, and no second source confirmed the parallel serials at card level.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #29 — Chael Sonnen.

Uncertain

Print runs for the parallels and the associated autographs come from Allender alone; SportsCardsPro confirms the base card and number but names no parallels.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #21 — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

The Gold /288 print run comes from a seller's title; the rest of the Knockout parallel ladder is carried over from the archive's other 2010 Knockout entries and was not verified for Evans specifically.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Knockout #8 — Bas Rutten.

2010 Topps UFC Knockout — Fighter Autographs4
Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout — Fighter Autographs #A-MC — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

Sticker vs on-card could not be determined from any reachable source, and the /299 print run is a set-level note rather than a confirmed number for this card. It is also not certain this is his earliest autograph: Allender's Round 4 page was read inconsistently on whether an Ultimate Gear Autograph #UGA-MCC (numbered to 25) exists for him, and if it does and Series 4 shipped before December, that card would be first.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout — Fighter Autographs #A-BR — Bas Rutten.

Uncertain

Only SportsCardsPro gives the card number and the parallel tiers; the Cardboard Connection product page confirms the product's autograph structure but not Rutten's number. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by either source, so it is left unrecorded.

2010 Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Autographs2
Probable

2010 Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Autographs #A-UF — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

Print run. SportsCardsPro's page reports 188 copies; Jeff Allender's checklist lists A-UF with no serial numbering, and no third source was reachable to settle it. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker was not confirmed by any source read.

2010 Topps UFC Main Event17
High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #16 — Jon Jones.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #CR-JJ — Jon Jones.

Unconfirmed

Print runs of the 2010 Topps UFC Main Event #CR-JJ parallels.

Print runs for the Cage Relic parallels were not found in any source.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #43 — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

2010 Topps UFC Main Event was released on 24 February 2010, seven months ahead of 2010 Topps UFC (Series 4) on 24 September, so #43 is his first UFC-licensed card rather than one of two candidates. The 25 February 2010 date that circulates is the publication date of Cardboard Connection's review of the product, not a second release date.

Cardboard Connection's Main Event page does not carry the release date on every version, which is where the 25 February figure came from. The archive records 24 February 2010.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #1 — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

The Gold parallel is visible in seller titles and Collectibles.com's register, but no checklist reached here gives its print run or confirms whether the autographed Gold is a separate subset.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #51 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

No parallel information was available for this card from either source; Main Event's parallel structure was not confirmed.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #144 — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

Rookie status only. eBay's catalogue calls it (RC); SportsCardsPro's rookie field says No. The card's year, set and number agree across both sources.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #13 — Lyoto Machida.

Uncertain

Only two listing-level sources confirm the number — Collectibles.com's card register and a Beckett Marketplace listing title. No full Main Event checklist has been located, so the number rests on listings rather than on a published checklist.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #147 — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Rookie status only — see the rookie block. The set's parallel structure is not documented on any page was reachable; a Gold parallel is attested by an eBay multi-listing title ('2010 Topps UFC Main Event Gold MMA Cards Pick From List'), with no print run given.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Main Event #CR-RE — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Whether an unnumbered plain version exists below the Bronze /88 was not established; the Silver and Gold tiers are carried over from the archive's Jon Jones #CR-JJ entry and are not confirmed for Evans.

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 — Pride and Glory4
Probable

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 — Pride and Glory #PG-1 — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

Single-sourced to Jeff Allender's checklist; no second reachable source lists the Pride and Glory insert card by number.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 — Pride and Glory #PG-3 — Maurício Rua.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 — Pride and Glory #PG-6 — Vitor Belfort.

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Greats of the Game1
High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Greats of the Game #GTG-1 — Kimbo Slice.

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Nickname Variation Base Cards2
Probable

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Nickname Variation Base Cards #147 — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

The print run of 250 comes from nslists alone; SportsCardsPro confirms the card exists as 'Kevin Ferguson #147' but states no print run. Whether the 250 figure is printed on the card or is a published production figure is not stated. Given its own setSlug because it shares card number 147 with the base checklist.

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Ultimate Gear Autographs4
Probable

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Ultimate Gear Autographs #UGA-KS — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

Single source. nslists lists UGA-KS Kimbo Slice under 'Ultimate Gear Autographs (Hobby exclusive, # to 25)'. SportsCardsPro has no page for this subset under the slugs tried, and tcdb.com could not be consulted, so the /25 figure and the subset name could not be corroborated. Given its own setSlug because its UGA- numbering is separate from the base checklist.

High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Series 4 Ultimate Gear Autographs #UGA-MCC — Mirko Cro Cop.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by either checklist. 2010 Topps UFC Main Event, released 24 February 2010, guaranteed an autograph and an autographed relic per box and has no published checklist, so an even earlier Cro Cop signature cannot be ruled out.

2010 Topps UFC Ultimate Gear Relics4
High confidence

2010 Topps UFC Ultimate Gear Relics #UG-FE — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

Whether an unnumbered base version of UG-FE exists alongside the Gold /188 is unclear — SportsCardsPro's search rows showed four Edgar 'UG-FE' entries but only the Gold was identified by name. The relic swatch content (glove, wrap, trunks) is not stated by either source.

Probable

2010 Topps UFC Ultimate Gear Relics #UG-VB — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

The base (unnumbered) version's existence and the exact swatch type are taken from the checklist description rather than from a card page; SportsCardsPro has no page for #UG-VB.

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Verified

2011 Finest UFC #FAR-8 — Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2011 Finest UFC #FAR-8.

The /88 Octafractor numbering is from TCDB. NSLists gives the base-card Octafractor parallel as /8, so check the serial on the card itself.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #FF-EJ — Jon Jones / Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2011 Finest UFC #FF-EJ.

TCDB has no serial number on this card; the /25 comes from NSLists, Cardboard Connection, Topps Ripped and eBay listings. TCDB lists 10 matchups in the insert, while NSLists says 'eight different matchups'.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #A-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2011 Finest UFC #A-GSP.

The parallel serial numbers are not confirmed. Cardboard Connection says only 'all numbered to 25 or less', and TCDB shows no SN flags for them.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #95 — Jose Aldo.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2011 Finest UFC #95.

Topps Ripped calls this his rookie; TCDB flags 2010 cards instead. Ripped also lists a '2012 Topps UFC Finest Octafractor Auto #A-JA /8', but TCDB's Finest UFC Octafractor autograph is in the 2011 product — the year may be wrong on Ripped.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #A-BJP — BJ Penn.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #37 — Nate Diaz.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #A-CV — Cain Velasquez.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #33 — Demetrious Johnson.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #2 — Dustin Poirier.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #A-DP — Dustin Poirier.

Probable

2011 Finest UFC #FF-SH — Matt Hughes / Georges St-Pierre.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #33 Gold Refractor parallel — Demetrious Johnson.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #33 Octafractor parallel — Demetrious Johnson.

Verified

2011 Finest UFC #83 — Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Parallel print runs: TCDB gives Refractor /888, X-Fractor /388, Gold /88, Octafractor /8, Red 1/1; Cardboard Connection's product summary gives X-Fractor /88 and Gold /25. TCDB's per-card entries are used here.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #A-JJ — Jon Jones.

Probable

2011 Finest UFC #49 — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Only SportsCardsPro could be used for this set — the Cardboard Connection product page for 2011 Finest UFC returned 404 and Beckett was in maintenance, so base-set size and release date are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Finest #66 — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

eBay's catalogue calls the Refractor parallel '/888'; Jeff Allender's checklist lists the Refractor parallel base cards as unnumbered. The numbered parallels (/388, /88, /8, 1/1) agree across sources.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Finest #A-DC — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

Neither source states whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker, and no serial numbering or parallel print runs for the autograph were confirmed, so both are left null rather than guessed. Whether an earlier Cruz autograph exists in a 2010 product could not be checked because neither card database could be consulted.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #32 — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

The parallel serial numbers come from Jeff Allender's checklist only; SportsCardsPro's card page for #32 did not list parallel rows.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #25 — Lyoto Machida.

Uncertain

Neither reachable source enumerates the Finest parallel ladder for this card, so the refractor tiers and their print runs are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #74 — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

The parallel print runs come from Allender's checklist only; SportsCardsPro's page for #74 lists no parallels. The Finest Atomic Refractor is numbered #FAR-3 on Allender's list under a misspelled 'Maurico Rua', which is worth knowing when searching for it.

High confidence

2011 Finest UFC #20 — Vitor Belfort.

Probable

2011 Finest UFC #76 — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Card number and parallel structure come from a single checklist source (Allender/NSLists); the parallel print runs independently match the archive's existing 2011 Finest UFC set record, but it was not possible to verify #76 itself against a second site.

Probable

2011 Finest UFC #91 — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

The #91 number comes from Allender alone; the parallel ladder matches the archive's existing 2011 Finest UFC entries, but no second checklist was reachable to confirm the card number. Some archive entries record the plain Refractor as /888 rather than unnumbered.

2011 Finest UFC — Finest Feuds Dual Autographs2
Probable

2011 Finest UFC — Finest Feuds Dual Autographs #FF-SS — Chael Sonnen / Anderson Silva.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Allender's Finest checklist was reachable for this card; no second checklist or listing confirmed the /25 print run.

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Probable

2011 Finest UFC Autographs #A-AP — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Serial numbers for the Gold, Octafractor and Red autograph parallels were not shown by the only reachable source, and whether the signature is on-card or sticker is unrecorded.

Probable

2011 Finest UFC Autographs #A-UF — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

Whether the Finest signature is on-card or on a sticker was not stated by either source. Parallel serials are from Jeff Allender only.

Probable

2011 Finest UFC Autographs #A-DCE — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Single-source (Allender/NSLists). On-card vs sticker is not stated, though an exchange card of this era is usually on-card. The dual autograph #ISI-JC (Clay Guida / Donald Cerrone, /25) is recorded here in the significance text rather than as a separate card entry.

2011 Leaf Metal MMA2
Probable

2011 Leaf Metal MMA #BA-CS-1 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

The card is dated 2011 but Cardboard Connection gives the release date as 16 March 2012, which is why sellers calling it her rookie are wrong on chronology. Card codes come from eBay listing titles only — some listings render them BA-CS1 / CH-CS1 without the second hyphen. The Silver /50 print run comes from a single graded eBay listing.

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Verified

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #97 — Daniel Cormier.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #CS-DCO — Daniel Cormier.

Verified

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #201 — Demetrious Johnson.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #CS-DJ — Demetrious Johnson.

Verified

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #194 — Dustin Poirier.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #ESA-BL — Brock Lesnar.

Uncertain

Print run: TCDB lists SN25, while Cardboard Connection describes the Elite Skills Autographs as 10 cards numbered /10. Serial left null until a numbered copy is seen.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #DAMTR-JS — Jon Jones / Anderson Silva.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #55 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Rookie designation only. The set, year, number and the Gold parallel are confirmed by two independent sources; parallel print runs come from Cardboard Connection alone.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #218 — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Whether this is a rookie card. Dealer listings call it a 'Rookie RC'; SportsCardsPro's data field says it is not, and it is not his earliest card.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #39 — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

Print run of the Onyx parallel: Cardboard Connection's product write-up says /188, while the eBay listing for this exact card is hand-numbered 61/88. Rookie status is also disputed — sellers title it 'RC', SportsCardsPro says no.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #77 — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

Single source for the card number. The SportsCardsPro console for this product paginates alphabetically and did not reach Henderson, and no second checklist for Moment of Truth was reachable.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #131 — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

The Gold parallel's print run was not found; it is recorded without a serial rather than guessed. The Collision Course card's number was not confirmed and so is mentioned only in the identification notes.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #135 — Quinton Jackson.

Uncertain

Single source. The card number comes from one eBay listing; SportsCardsPro's console page for the product truncates alphabetically before Jackson and no checklist page for Moment of Truth was reachable. The listing also calls the copy an 'Unlocked Card', a term not confirmed against any checklist, so it is not recorded as a variation.

Verified

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #16 — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

One eBay listing sold as his 'Rookie Card RC' records the number as #194 in its item specifics; no checklist source supports #194. Rookie designation itself is disputed — see the rookie block.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #71 — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

Parallel serial numbers are not confirmed at card level; the Moment of Truth product parallels are generally listed as Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8 and Diamond 1/1, but neither source tied those runs to #71.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #213 — Robbie Lawler.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth #129 — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

Parallel names don't line up cleanly. Cardboard Connection's product review lists Gold, Onyx /188, Ruby /8, Diamond 1/1 and Printing Plates 1/1; its Tate player page describes the card's parallels as 'Gold, Black, Red and Diamond'; SportsCardsPro's set page counts 1,100 items for a 220-card set and its variant labels read base, Gold, Independence Edition, Onyx and Ruby. The set-level list from the product review is the one recorded here.

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth — Mat Relics2
Probable

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth — Mat Relics #MTMR-MC — Mirko Filipović.

Uncertain

Single-sourced to Cardboard Connection. The parallel ladder is stated by that page for the subset as a whole, not verified for this card, hence the 'uncertain' parallel confidences. He does not appear in the Moment of Truth base checklist in anything reachable — only in Mat Relics.

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures8
Probable

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures #CS-CCY — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Only Cardboard Connection actually names the CS-CCY card. SportsCardsPro's Certified Signatures console page confirms the set and its numbering style but carries no Cyborg row, and no card database entry has been located. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by any source.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures #CS-AP — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Only one source (Cardboard Connection's checklist) was reachable for this card; no serial numbering or on-card/sticker detail was given for the base Certified Signatures version.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures #CS-CS — Chael Sonnen.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection is the only source reached for the CS-CS code itself; the SportsCardsPro page confirms only the base card #126 in the same product. No print run is stated for CS-CS.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Certified Signatures #CS-MT — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

The Red Ink parallel is set-wide at /15 across 35 of the 70 signers; Cardboard Connection's player page says Tate has one, but her name was not read off a Red Ink checklist directly, so treat the /15 as set-level rather than confirmed for her card.

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot14
Verified

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #93 — Charles Oliveira.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #FM-CO — Charles Oliveira.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #98 — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Parallel serial numbers are not confirmed at card level: Cardboard Connection's product parallel list (Diamond 1/1, Red /8, Onyx /88, Gold) does not match SportsCardsPro's base-card parallel names (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Red, Diamond).

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #41 — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

No checklist source for this set was reachable (Sports Card Radio's robots.txt would not load, Beckett was in maintenance, Neither of the big card databases could be consulted.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #FR-DC — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

Single source (SportsCardsPro search listing). The base, unnumbered version of #FR-DC was not separately confirmed, and the relic swatch type is not stated anywhere reachable.

Probable

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #1 — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

Print runs for the Title Shot parallels were not found on any reachable checklist, so all five are recorded without serials.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #60 — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

The Legacy insert number #L-24 comes from a single seller pick-list that spells the name 'Fabre', so it is recorded here as an identification point rather than as its own card record.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot #73 — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Parallel naming is inconsistent between sources: Cardboard Connection lists Diamond 1/1, Red /8, Onyx /88 and a one-per-pack Gold, while SportsCardChecklist and the archive's TCDB-sourced set record use Bronze /88 and Silver /188. The /88 tier is the same card under two names; the Silver /188 tier is absent from Cardboard Connection's list.

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Autograph Relics4
Probable

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Autograph Relics #FAR-AP — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Neither source states whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker, and no serial numbering is recorded for the base version.

High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Autograph Relics #FAR-DCE — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

No print run is published for the subset on any page I reached, and the two sources name the subset differently. On-card vs sticker is unconfirmed.

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Autographs2
Probable

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Autographs #FA-DCE — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Only one source (SportsCardsPro) names Cerrone in this specific subset; Cardboard Connection confirms the subset exists at 50 subjects but does not publish the checklist. Whether the signature is on-card or a sticker is not stated by any source I reached. Title Shot also has a 25-subject Red Ink Nickname Autographs subset /15 — 'Cowboy' is an obvious candidate for it, but it was not possible to confirm he is in it and have not recorded it as a card.

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Relics2
High confidence

2011 Topps UFC Title Shot Fighter Relics #FR-AP — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

The relic swatch type (fight mat vs fighter-worn gear) is not stated by either source consulted.

2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions1
Probable

2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions #A-BO — Jon Jones.

2012 Finest UFC17
High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #82 — Daniel Cormier.

Probable

2012 Finest UFC #A-DC — Daniel Cormier.

Verified

2012 Finest UFC #A-RR — Ronda Rousey.

High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #TFDB-JOW — Demetrious Johnson / Dana White.

High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #A-JA — Jose Aldo.

Verified

2012 Finest UFC #A-RR Gold Refractor parallel — Ronda Rousey.

High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #A-RR Red Refractor parallel — Ronda Rousey.

High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #26 — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' field reads 'No' for this card, while eBay's catalogue, SGC slab labels and Topps' own article call it a rookie. Cardboard Connection's product page describes no rookie-card logo or rookie subset in 2012 Topps UFC Finest at all.

High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #79 — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

Product name appears as both '2012 Finest UFC' (SportsCardsPro, Collectibles.com) and '2012 Topps Finest UFC' (Sports Card Investor, eBay). A Refractor parallel is listed by an eBay seller ('2012 Topps Finest UFC Refractor Wanderlei Silva #79') but no checklist confirming Refractor print runs was reachable.

Verified

2012 Finest UFC #41 — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

Set naming only: Cardboard Connection calls the product '2012 Topps UFC Finest', SportsCardsPro '2012 Finest UFC'. Same 100-card set, same #41.

Probable

2012 Finest UFC #A-RL — Robbie Lawler.

Uncertain

The exact punctuation of the card number is unverified. SportsCardsPro prints it as 'ARL' for every card in the subset, but the archive's existing 2012 Finest UFC autographs are hyphenated (A-DC, A-RR, A-JA), so it is recorded here as A-RL. No second publication carries the subset, so only one checklist stands behind this card.

High confidence

2012 Finest UFC #70 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

The full 2012 Finest parallel ladder was not verified; only the Blue X-Fractor /188 is recorded because that is the version two sources name.

2012 Leaf Pop Century2
Probable

2012 Leaf Pop Century #BA-GC1 — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

Both sources are Cardboard Connection pages, so this is effectively one publication. The parallel print runs are given as 'or less' ranges by the source rather than fixed numbers, and are recorded that way.

2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls3
High confidence

2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls #13 — Kayla Harrison.

High confidence

2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls #33 — Henry Cejudo.

High confidence

2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls #OR-HC — Henry Cejudo.

2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls Autographs2
High confidence

2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls Autographs #33 — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection lists the unnumbered autograph plus Bronze /50, Silver /30, Gold /15 and Gold Rainbow 1/1; the NSLists checklist lists unnumbered, Bronze 50, Silver 30 and Gold 15 but does not record the Gold Rainbow. NSLists also warns that not every serial-numbered parallel tier was actually populated for every subject.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines22
Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #14 — Daniel Cormier.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #BDR-DD — Nate Diaz / Nick Diaz.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #150 — Ronda Rousey.

Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #A-RR — Ronda Rousey.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's summary mentions a base autographed version of 75 copies, but TCDB lists no serial number for the base Fighter Autograph. It is unclear whether 75 is a stated print run or a serial number, so serial is left null.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #AFM-RR — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #41 — Stipe Miocic.

Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #A-SM — Stipe Miocic.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #A-DJ — Demetrious Johnson.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Black parallel — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #12 Country Flag parallel — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #150 Red parallel — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #150 Country Flag parallel — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FAR-RR — Ronda Rousey.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #130 — Dan Henderson.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #81 — Nick Diaz.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #84 — Tony Ferguson.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #21 — Lyoto Machida.

Uncertain

The parallel ladder comes from Cardboard Connection alone; SportsCardsPro's card page lists no variants.

Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines #20 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

Recorded from a single source: a SportsCardsPro search row showing the Black /88 parallel. The plain base #20 is inferred from the existence of that parallel rather than confirmed on its own page, and the set's other Belfort issues (Bloodlines carried autograph and relic subsets) were not checked.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — Bloodlines Dual Relics2
Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — Bloodlines Dual Relics #BDR-DD — Nick Diaz / Nate Diaz.

Uncertain

Only Cardboard Connection's checklist was reachable for this card ; the archive's existing Nate Diaz record cites TCDB for the same /88 print run, which agrees.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — International Incident Dual Autographs2
Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — International Incident Dual Autographs #IIDA-JM — Lyoto Machida / Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Single-source: only Cardboard Connection's 2012 Bloodlines checklist page was reachable for this card, so the code and the /25 print run are unconfirmed by a second source.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Autographed Fight Mat Jumbo Relics2
Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Autographed Fight Mat Jumbo Relics #AFM-DH — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

Single source, and it does not say whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Autographs6
High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — Fighter Autographs #A-ND — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

Called his first autograph by Topps; 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #FC-ND /99 was released nine months earlier. No serial numbering was published for #A-ND on any reachable checklist, so it is left null.

Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines — Fighter Autographs #CS — Chael Sonnen.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection's checklist is the only one reached for the Bloodlines autograph numbering, and its reading of the Countrymen quad #CQA-SCHC names Sonnen, Randy Couture, Matt Hughes and Phil Davis, while FightCardboard's existing Dan Henderson research records a Countrymen quad with Sonnen, Hughes, Couture and Henderson. The fourth subject of that book card is unresolved.

Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Autographs #A-MR — Mauricio Rua.

Uncertain

That it is his first signed card rests on the absence of a Rua signature everywhere earlier rather than on a 'first issue' marking. The 2009 Round 1 and Round 2 autograph checklists, the 2010 Topps UFC Autographs set, the 2011 Title Shot and Finest signature subsets and the April 2012 Knockout release have all been checked and carry no Rua autograph; 2012 Finest has not been confirmed either way.

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines International Airmail Stamps2
Probable

2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines International Airmail Stamps #IA-MB — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Confirmed from a single publication — eBay's catalogue page for the card. Cardboard Connection has no Bloodlines product page and no card database entry has been located, so no second independent source corroborates the /50 print run.

2012 Topps UFC Knockout18
High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #AFG-JJ — Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #AFG-JJ.

Only Cardboard Connection's Jones article gives the /150 for the base version. TCDB lists AFG-JJ with no serial number (even though it shows serials such as SN100 or SN250 for other cards in the insert), so treat /150 as probable. The parallels are named Green /88 in the set review; the Jones article gives only '88, 8 and 1'. TCDB lists 'Red' and 'Mat Parallel' sub-sets but gives no print runs for them.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #91 — Stipe Miocic.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #FA-SM — Stipe Miocic.

Verified

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #FA-DJ — Demetrious Johnson.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #53 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Parallel print runs are from Cardboard Connection only.

Probable

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #APP-CC — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

The /88 print run and the autographed-relic description match between Cardboard Connection's checklist and a sold eBay listing, but the exact card code APP-CC comes from Cardboard Connection alone; the eBay title does not print a code.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #31 — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

The Gold and Silver print runs conflict: SportsCardsPro shows Gold /188 and Silver /125, Cardboard Connection shows Silver /188 with Gold merely 'numbered'.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #57 — Nick Diaz.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #29 — Tony Ferguson.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #56 — Urijah Faber.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #32 — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

No checklist confirms Knockout's parallel ladder for this card, so the parallels list is left empty rather than guessed.

High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout #FA-MT — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's review text says Tate has no base card in this product, while SportsCardsPro catalogues a 2012 Topps UFC Knockout #32 Miesha Tate that the archive also records; the autograph checklist entry itself is not in question. The Red /8 and Mat 1/1 figures are the subset-wide parallel structure rather than a line item for her card.

2012 Topps UFC Knockout — Full Contact Autographs2
High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout — Full Contact Autographs #FC-ND — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

Topps Ripped names 2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Fighter Autographs #A-ND as 'Diaz's first autograph card'; on release dates this Knockout card came nine months earlier, though its exchange-card status muddies which signature collectors actually held first.

2012 Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Autographs1
High confidence

2012 Topps UFC Knockout Fighter Autographs #FA-TF — Tony Ferguson.

2012 Topps UFC Knockout Notable Nicknames Autographs2
Probable

2012 Topps UFC Knockout Notable Nicknames Autographs #NN-TF — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

Single-source: only Cardboard Connection's checklist records this card, so the /25 print run and the NN-TF code are unconfirmed by a second source. Whether on-card or sticker is not stated. A Worthpoint listing titled 'Topps: UFC: Ultimate Fighter: Tony Ferguson: First Autograph' describes a 2011 Ferguson autograph, but no published 2011 Topps checklist contains a certified Ferguson autograph.

2013 Finest UFC7
High confidence

2013 Finest UFC #22 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2013 Finest UFC #22: refractor print runs are single-sourced (TCDB).

Sports Card Specialist mentions blue and gold refractors without print runs. The serial numbers above come from TCDB only.

Verified

2013 Finest UFC #62 — Max Holloway.

Verified

2013 Finest UFC #FFA-MHO — Max Holloway.

Verified

2013 Finest UFC #30 — Ronda Rousey.

Probable

2013 Finest UFC #FMA-DJ — Demetrious Johnson.

Probable

2013 Finest UFC #FFDA-MR — Ronda Rousey / Sara McMann.

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines16
Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139.

Print run of the Black parallel: TCDB lists Black #139 as SN25 and COMC lists it as /25, while Cardboard Connection's set page and Card Review Club give Black as /88. (TCDB lists the Bloodlines BL-CM insert's Black parallel as /88, which may be where the confusion comes from.) Release date: TCDB says 13 Dec 2013, Cardboard Connection says 18 Dec 2013.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FA-CM — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FA-CM.

Naming of the parallels: TCDB calls the /8 version 'Autographs Red' and Cardboard Connection/Card Review Club call it 'Ruby Red'. The number shows up as FA-CM on TCDB/Beckett and as #CM on PSA-graded Goldin lots.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #63 — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #9 — Max Holloway.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FAR-MH — Max Holloway.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #104 — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #63 Flag Parallel parallel — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #63 Red parallel — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #139 Black parallel — Conor McGregor.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #FA-CM Red Ink parallel — Conor McGregor.

Probable

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #BL-SR — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

Only the Black /88 parallel is confirmed by name; SportsCardsPro reports four cards under this number without naming the other tiers, so the remaining parallels are left unlisted rather than guessed. The insert's checklist size was not established by any reachable source.

Probable

2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines #BDAR-MT — Miesha Tate / Sara McMann.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection confirms the #BDAR-MT card and the /10 print run but does not name the second signer; the Sara McMann pairing comes only from Collectibles.com.

2013 Topps UFC Knockout10
Verified

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #42 — Max Holloway.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #1 — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #R-R — Ronda Rousey.

High confidence

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #42 Gold parallel — Max Holloway.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-RR — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #R-RA — Ronda Rousey.

Probable

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #23 — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Card details come from a single card source (SportsCardsPro); the Cardboard Connection page for 2013 Topps UFC Knockout was not consulted, so the release date and base-set size are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2013 Topps UFC Knockout #24 — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

No reachable checklist gave print runs for the 2013 Knockout Gold, Red and Mat parallels, so their serials are left null rather than copied from the 2012 product's ladder.

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines4
Verified

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #BAR-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #NBA-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #83 — Robbie Lawler.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines #3 — Eddie Alvarez.

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines Fighter Autographs2
High confidence

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines Fighter Autographs #FA-EA — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Whether the Alvarez signature is on-card or on a sticker could not be confirmed — neither Cardboard Connection's product write-up nor the SportsCardsPro rows say. Cardboard Connection lists Platinum 1/1 as a product-level Fighter Autographs parallel; no Alvarez-specific Platinum row was seen. Whether Alvarez's card carries the 'First Issue' stamp is likewise inferred from his being a new Topps signer, not confirmed on a scan.

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines Jumbo Fight Mat Relics2
Probable

2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines Jumbo Fight Mat Relics #JFMR-RL — Robbie Lawler.

Uncertain

Only one source. Cardboard Connection lists JFMR-RL with Ruby Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels but does not give the base serial numbering, and SportsCardsPro's Lawler 2014 search did not surface the relic. The base print run is recorded as null rather than guessed.

2014 Topps UFC Champions13
Verified

2014 Topps UFC Champions #32 — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Seller mislabel and unconfirmed parallel print runs on 2014 Topps UFC Champions #32.

Some eBay listings call this a rookie or 'second year rookie'. TCDB gives it no RC flag, and the guides agree the rookie is 2013 Bloodlines. Print runs of the parallels weren't confirmed (TCDB lists the Black, Blue and Gold Champions Predictor parallels).

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Champions #35 — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Champions #76 — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Champions #129 — Jorge Masvidal.

Probable

2014 Topps UFC Champions #FAR-AN — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Champions #CFA-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2014 Topps UFC Champions #59 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

The parallel list comes from one source (Sports Card Investor's index of tracked variants); SportsCardsPro's page for the base card shows no parallels at all, so the seven tiers are recorded as probable rather than verified.

Probable

2014 Topps UFC Champions #CFB-7 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

Single-source card: only Sports Card Investor's index records #CFB-7 and its /25 print run. No checklist page or listing for it was reachable to confirm the serial or the subset's full name.

High confidence

2014 Topps UFC Champions #42 — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's 2014 Champions page covers only the Nickname Variations and carries no base checklist, so the full parallel ladder and its print runs are unconfirmed.

2014 Topps UFC Champions — Championship Lineage Dual Autographs2
High confidence

2014 Topps UFC Champions — Championship Lineage Dual Autographs #CLDA-JR — Maurício Rua / Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Whether this is genuinely his first certified autograph rests on absence of evidence: Collectibles.com's card list shows nothing signed before it, and Allender's checklists for 2009 Round 1, 2009 Round 2, 2010 Round 4 and 2011 Finest show no Rua autograph in any of their signature subsets. An earlier signed card in a product not covered by those sources cannot be ruled out. The sticker-versus-on-card reading comes from the product review's general comment, not from a description of this card.

2014 Topps UFC Knockout12
Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

Print run of 2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-KN: /149 per TCDB and Sports Card Specialist.

The /149 print run comes from TCDB and Sports Card Specialist. Cardboard Connection only says the autos are serial-numbered and gives no per-fighter numbers.

Probable

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #F-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2014 Topps UFC Knockout #F-KN.

Cardboard Connection and Sports Card Specialist say the card is numbered to 10. TCDB records no serial number and no AU note for it. The serial is left null until a copy can be checked.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-CM — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-CM.

The parallel print runs (Red Ink /15, Red /8, Mat 1/1) come from Cardboard Connection's general set notes. Only the Mat 1/1 is independently confirmed for McGregor (Goldin).

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #93 — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-AN — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-AN Red Ink parallel — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #TOK-EKN — Amanda Nunes / Jessica Eye / Cat Zingano.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #KAR-CM — Conor McGregor.

Verified

2014 Topps UFC Knockout #TTAR-CM — Conor McGregor.

2014 Topps UFC Knockout — Triple Threads Combo Relics2
Probable

2014 Topps UFC Knockout — Triple Threads Combo Relics #TTCR-DSM — Nick Diaz / Jake Shields / Gilbert Melendez.

Uncertain

The card number and the /18 print run rest on Topps' own Ripped article alone; SportsCardsPro has a page for the subset but its table returned no rows, and no checklist site for 2014 Topps UFC Knockout was reachable.

2015 Topps UFC Champions20
Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions #74 — Daniel Cormier.

Verified

2015 Topps UFC Champions #171 — Leon Edwards.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #169 — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's structured 'Rookie' field for this card says 'No'. Topps UFC releases of this period carried no RC logo, so there is no printed rookie designation to point at; the rookie claim rests on it being his first UFC-licensed card and on Collectibles.com dating his rookie year to 2015.

Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions #FF-HC — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

Only one source names this card — Cardboard Connection's 2015 Topps UFC Champions checklist. No second published checklist confirms it.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #186 — Tony Ferguson.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #23 — Robbie Lawler.

Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions #24 — Vitor Belfort.

Uncertain

Sports Card Investor tracks only the Blue /88 and Gold /25 versions of this card, not the plain base card; the base card's existence is inferred from the parallels and from an eBay catalogue title.

Verified

2015 Topps UFC Champions #54 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro answers 'No' to rookie card on its page for #54 while noting that some of the historical sale listings on that same page describe it as an RC; collectors.com titles the Silver parallel a 'Rookie Year' card. Treated here as a rookie-year card but not the rookie.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #64 — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

The parallel ladder above is the product-wide structure Cardboard Connection gives for 2015 Topps UFC Champions (one parallel per pack: Silver, Black /188, Blue /88, Gold /25, Red /8, Platinum 1/1). SportsCardsPro's page for #64 lists no parallel rows at all, so the existence of each specific tier for this card number is inferred from the product, not individually confirmed.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #15 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

Rookie status, not the card itself. Sellers and eBay listings treat #15 as her rookie card; SportsCardsPro's structured 'Is Rookie Card' field says No. Collectibles.com's page states she 'debuted as a Rookie in 2015' but its Rookie Cards module instead lists 2021 Panini Chronicles UFC White Sparkle cards.

Verified

2015 Topps UFC Champions #113 — Rose Namajunas.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #149 — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

None material. Cardboard Connection gives 2015 Topps UFC Champions a 28 October 2015 release, which places it six months behind 2015 Topps UFC Knockout (22 April 2015) and settles the order of her two 2015-dated Topps base cards.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions #95 — Miesha Tate.

2015 Topps UFC Champions Championship Clashes4
Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions Championship Clashes #CC-10 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk / Carla Esparza.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Cardboard Connection's checklist was reachable for this insert; SportsCardsPro's set listing renders alphabetically and truncated before her rows. Whether she also appears in the Championship Clashes Autographs or Dual Autographs subsets is unconfirmed.

Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions Championship Clashes #CC-7 — Rose Namajunas / Carla Esparza.

Uncertain

Single source for the CC-7 number. Given its own setSlug so the insert number cannot collide with the base checklist.

2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighter Autographs6
High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighter Autographs #FA-AST — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by any source. Cardboard Connection gives the subset Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 parallels; SportsCardsPro's subset listing shows only the base and the Red for Sterling, so the Platinum is recorded as probable rather than confirmed for him specifically.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighter Autographs #FA-JJ — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

Neither source consulted states whether the signature is on-card or on a clear sticker, so that is recorded as unknown rather than guessed. The base autograph carries no serial number on either source; the Red /8 and Platinum 1/1 figures come from the product-wide parallel structure rather than a line item for this specific card.

Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighter Autographs #FA-RN — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

Single source (Cardboard Connection's checklist) for the FA-RN code and for this being her first autograph. Whether her card carries the product's 'First Issue' stamp was not confirmed, and no serial-numbered parallel of the base Fighter Autograph was verified.

2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighting's Future Autographs2
Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions Fighting's Future Autographs #FF-RN — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection lists the autographed Fighting's Future cards as numbered to 25 as a set-wide statement; whether Namajunas's own card follows that run rather than a different one was not independently confirmed. Given its own setSlug because the unsigned insert uses the same FF-RN number.

2015 Topps UFC Champions Scarlet Signatures3
Probable

2015 Topps UFC Champions Scarlet Signatures #SSI-MB — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Both sources agree on /25, but the SportsCardsPro row's '/25' could in principle describe a parallel rather than the base Scarlet Signatures card; no checklist article was reachable to settle whether the unnumbered version exists. Recorded as /25 with that caveat.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Champions Scarlet Signatures #SSI-RL — Robbie Lawler.

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles9
Verified

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #195 — Jorge Masvidal.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #255 — Leon Edwards.

Verified

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #227 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

Beckett's marketplace listing title and a COMC listing for the Black and White /188 both label #227 an RC, while SportsCardsPro's data panel answers 'No' to rookie card and MMA Rookies ranks it behind Knockout #29 as an 'other rookie'. The card is a rookie-year card either way; which of the three is 'the' rookie is the open question.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #246 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Verified

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #259 — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's page describes the base set as 300 cards in one line and refers to a 275-card base checklist in another, so the exact base count is unsettled; the #259 number itself is confirmed by two sources.

Probable

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles #268 — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Single source. The SportsCardsPro listing for 2015 Topps UFC Chronicles truncates well before the H rows, so the number has no second confirmation.

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles Victorious Debut2
Probable

2015 Topps UFC Chronicles Victorious Debut #VD-22 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

Single source, and the card number for the Victorious Debut Autograph /25 was not given on the page, so it is recorded here as unknown rather than assumed to share VD-22.

2015 Topps UFC Knockout5
Verified

2015 Topps UFC Knockout #29 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's data panel for this card answers 'No' to rookie card, while MMA Rookies calls it his True Rookie Card. No source confirms whether an RC logo is printed on the card.

Verified

2015 Topps UFC Knockout #88 — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's product summary text claims Namajunas 'has entries in the Knockout Autographs checklist', but a targeted read of the same page's checklist sections returned no Namajunas line in the 44-card Knockout Autographs set or in any relic subset. Treated as a summary error and no autograph card recorded for this product; worth a second look with a different source.

High confidence

2015 Topps UFC Knockout #100 — Holly Holm.

2016 Leaf Sports Heroes1
Probable

2016 Leaf Sports Heroes #BA-FE1 — Fedor Emelianenko.

2016 Topps Now UFC2
Probable

2016 Topps Now UFC #203-A — Stipe Miocic.

High confidence

2016 Topps Now UFC #205-A — Conor McGregor.

2016 Topps UFC Knockout4
Verified

2016 Topps UFC Knockout #20 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Parallel print runs are quoted at product level by Cardboard Connection; no Alvarez-specific parallel rows were visible on SportsCardsPro to confirm they all exist for #20.

Probable

2016 Topps UFC Knockout #1 — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Single source for the card number and the parallel print runs; no second checklist confirms them.

2016 Topps UFC Knockout Fight Mat Relics2
High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Knockout Fight Mat Relics #FMR-MB — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Topps does not state which event's mat is used; no source consulted ties the swatch to UFC 199 specifically, so the card should not be described as a UFC 199 relic.

2016 Topps UFC Knockout Triumphant Trios Triple Autographs2
High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Knockout Triumphant Trios Triple Autographs #TTT-WAT — Eddie Alvarez / Fabricio Werdum / Tecia Torres.

Uncertain

On-card versus sticker signatures not stated by either source. Collectibles.com dates its registry entry for #TTT-WAT to 2016 Topps UFC Knockout, matching Cardboard Connection; no third source was reachable.

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection17
Probable

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #4 — Stipe Miocic.

High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #AA-CMC — Conor McGregor.

Probable

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #16 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Single-sourced. Cardboard Connection is the only reachable site that gave a card number for this set; SportsCardsPro has no product page for a 2016 Museum Collection Cyborg card and TCDB could not be consulted.

Probable

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #AA-HC — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

Card number and parallel tiers come from a single checklist (Checklist Center); SportsCardsPro independently confirms his base #36 in the same product but has no page for the autograph, and no Beckett write-up of 2016 Museum Collection has been located. The 'first UFC autograph' claim is a negative result - he is absent from the 2016 Topps UFC Knockout autograph checklist and from the 2015 Champions autograph checklists - not a positive statement by any source.

Probable

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MCC-DCR — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

The card code #MCC-DCR and the Black Framed version come from collectibles.com alone; the print run of the Black Framed parallel was not published anywhere reachable, so it is left null.

Probable

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #41 — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Single source. The FightCardboard set record independently describes the Copper/Sapphire/Ruby/Gold/Emerald ladder from TCDB, but does not confirm her card number.

High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #2 — Miesha Tate.

High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MCC-MT — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

Neither source states whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker, so that is left open. Cardboard Connection also lists Tate on several other 2016 Museum subsets (#AA-MT Archival Autographs /99, #MMR-MT Meaningful Material Relics, #SRA-MT / #SDRA-MT / #SDTA-MT signature swatches) which are not catalogued separately here.

High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #AA-JJ — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

The /99 base run and the Gold /25, Ruby /10 and Emerald 1/1 parallels are the subset-wide figures from Cardboard Connection rather than a line item for her card. Whether she also has a base card in the 45-card set is not recorded here.

High confidence

2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection #AA-RN — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

The /99 base run and the Gold /25, Ruby /10 and Emerald 1/1 parallels are the subset-wide figures from Cardboard Connection rather than a line item for her card. Whether she also has a base card in the 45-card set is not recorded here.

2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling — 2014 Alternate Art Autographs2
Probable

2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling — 2014 Alternate Art Autographs #A-KS1 — Kazushi Sakuraba.

Uncertain

Single-source: only SportsCardsPro was reachable for it, and the set's console page would not load, so the base/parallel structure could not be read. SportsCardsPro's search reports ten rows for 'Sakuraba' and two distinct products with variants excluded, which implies roughly eight parallel or graded variants of this card, but the individual rows do not render and were not read. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not established.

2017 Topps Chrome UFC30
Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #100 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #97 — Conor McGregor.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-CM — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2017 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-CM.

Gold Refractor auto print run: Cardboard Connection says Fighter Autographs Gold is /50 (with Orange /25), but Sports Card Investor labels the McGregor FA-CM Gold Refractor as /25. Not resolved. No TCDB page for the card was reached, so TCDB couldn't settle it.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #2 — José Aldo.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #86 — Amanda Nunes.

Probable

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-AN — Amanda Nunes.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #3 — Daniel Cormier.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #87 — Max Holloway.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-MH — Max Holloway.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #55 — Nate Diaz.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #98 — Ronda Rousey.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #19 — Stipe Miocic.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #23 — Demetrious Johnson.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #8 — Dustin Poirier.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #78 — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #83 — Valentina Shevchenko.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #78 Gold Refractor parallel — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #78 Orange Refractor parallel — Francis Ngannou.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #UT-DC — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

Topps names the product '2017 Topps Chrome UFC' and the insert 'UFC Tier 1'; SportsCardsPro catalogues the same card under '2017 Topps UFC Chrome Tier 1'. Same card, different set-name conventions.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #22 — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro names the product '2017 Topps UFC Chrome' and collectibles.com the same; this archive files it as 'Topps Chrome UFC'. The card number is 22 in both. No full parallel ladder with print runs was reachable, so only the Black Refractor collectibles.com records is listed.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #16 — Robbie Lawler.

Verified

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #67 — Aljamain Sterling.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #41 — Robert Whittaker.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #85 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

Whether this or Knockout #88 is her rookie card. It is the market's choice but is second by release date.

High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC #95 — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection and SportsCardsPro both call the product '2017 Topps UFC Chrome'; the FightCardboard set record uses the slug 2017-topps-chrome-ufc. Same product.

2017 Topps Chrome UFC Fighter Autographs2
High confidence

2017 Topps Chrome UFC Fighter Autographs #FA-EA — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection notes the product mixes on-card and sticker autographs and names McGregor and Rousey among the sticker signers, but does not say which Alvarez used. Print runs above are the insert's product-level ladder; only the Black Refractor /10 is confirmed to exist for Alvarez specifically.

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC12
Probable

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #12 — Daniel Cormier.

Probable

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #MA-MH — Max Holloway.

High confidence

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #13 — Francis Ngannou.

Probable

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #MA-FN — Francis Ngannou.

High confidence

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #30 — Valentina Shevchenko.

Probable

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #MA-VS — Valentina Shevchenko.

Verified

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #13 Ruby parallel — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #MA-FN Copper parallel — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #41 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection dates the 2017-branded product to 28 February 2018; listings and price guides file it under 2017. Parallel print runs are Cardboard Connection only.

Probable

2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC #26 — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

Single-source: Cardboard Connection's 2017 Topps UFC Museum Collection checklist. The 2017-labelled product carries a 28 February 2018 release date there, so some listings file this card as a 2018 issue.

2017 Topps UFC Fire1
Verified

2017 Topps UFC Fire #17 — Cris Cyborg.

2017 Topps UFC Knockout5
Verified

2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75 — Valentina Shevchenko.

Probable

2017 Topps UFC Knockout #62 — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

Card number and parallel ladder come from Cardboard Connection's 2017 Topps UFC Knockout checklist only; no second published checklist records #62.

High confidence

2017 Topps UFC Knockout #88 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

Rookie status only. SportsCardsPro says it is not a rookie card; eBay and dealer listings call it an RC. No card database entry settles the flag.

2017 Topps UFC Knockout — Knockout Autographs2
High confidence

2017 Topps UFC Knockout — Knockout Autographs #KA-NDI — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

Topps Ripped describes #KA-NDI as 'serial numbered /50'. Cardboard Connection's checklist gives the autograph no base serial and lists parallels of Green /35, Blue /25, Red /10 and Gold 1/1 — the /50 matches the Green parallel of the separate Knockout Autographed Relics #KAR-ND instead, so the two are likely being conflated.

2017 Topps UFC Museum Collection Framed Autographs2
Probable

2017 Topps UFC Museum Collection Framed Autographs #FA-HH — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Single source for the FA-HH code and the frame print runs. Collectibles.com's Holm register shows 2018 as the earliest autograph year it holds (2018 Topps UFC Chrome Autographs Red #FA-HH), which does not contradict the February 2018 release date of the 2017-dated Museum product but does mean the two sources disagree about which card to call her first autograph.

2017 Topps UFC Museum Collection Museum Autographs4
High confidence

2017 Topps UFC Museum Collection Museum Autographs #MA-TF — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

Print runs are stated by Cardboard Connection as product-wide ceilings ('/99 or less', '/25 or less'), not as a confirmed number for the Ferguson card specifically. Topps' Ripped article gives the Copper version as /25.

High confidence

2017 Topps UFC Museum Collection Museum Autographs #MA-AG — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

The two Museum Collection products both carry an MA-AG for Grasso, so the distinction rests on the product year rather than the card code. The 2017 product's 28 February 2018 ship date and MMA Rookies' record of '2017 Topps Museum Collection UFC — Museum Autographs #MA-AG' as her first autograph both place this card first; SportsCardsPro's Copper /25 listing files under the 2017 product as well. The /99-or-less run is the subset-wide figure from Cardboard Connection rather than a line item for her card.

2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids cards1
Probable

2018 Sports Illustrated for Kids cards #720 — Bo Nickal.

2018 Topps Chrome UFC12
Probable

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #32 — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #71 — Justin Gaethje.

Verified

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #84 — Sean O'Malley.

Verified

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-SOM — Sean O'Malley.

High confidence

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #84 Gold parallel — Sean O'Malley.

High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Chrome #5 — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

Topps' Ripped article cites a '2018 Topps Chrome UFC Tier 1 Wave Refractor #UFCT-TF' numbered /99; Cardboard Connection lists the Tier 1 Chrome insert as UFCT-TF without giving its parallel print runs, so the /99 applies to the insert's Wave Refractor rather than to the base card.

High confidence

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #34 — Robert Whittaker.

Probable

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #28 — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

High confidence

2018 Topps Chrome UFC #3 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

No refractor parallel rows for #3 were visible on SportsCardsPro and no product checklist page was reachable, so the 2018 Chrome parallel ladder is not recorded here. SportsCardsPro spells the product '2018 Topps UFC Chrome'; the archive and Cardboard Connection use 'Topps Chrome UFC'.

2018 Topps Chrome UFC Athlete Autographs2
High confidence

2018 Topps Chrome UFC Athlete Autographs #FA-HH — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

The parallel print runs are quoted from the product-wide Athlete Autographs ladder, not from a Holm-specific listing; whether every level was printed for her card was not confirmed.

2018 Topps Chrome UFC Notable Knockouts2
Probable

2018 Topps Chrome UFC Notable Knockouts #NK-HH — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Single card-source (Cardboard Connection) for the NK-HH code, and no parallel information for the insert was captured. The name is misspelled in that checklist, which lowers confidence in the transcription generally.

2018 Topps UFC Knockout2
Verified

2018 Topps UFC Knockout #3 — Justin Gaethje.

Probable

2018 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-VS — Valentina Shevchenko.

2018 Topps UFC Knockout Autograph Relics2
High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Knockout Autograph Relics #KAR-EA — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Whether an unnumbered base version of KAR-EA exists is unclear — Cardboard Connection lists only the four coloured parallels, and Collectibles.com registers only the Blue. What the relic swatch is (fight mat, glove, kit) is not stated by either source.

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection11
Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #42 — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #27 — Kamaru Usman.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #23 — Justin Gaethje.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MMR-JG — Justin Gaethje.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #34 — Leon Edwards.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #39 — Sean O'Malley.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #SSAR-SOM — Sean O'Malley.

High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #42 Gold parallel — Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MA-SOM — Sean O'Malley.

Verified

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection #30 — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' data field says No; MMA Rookies says it is her true rookie. The parallel list is the product-wide list from Cardboard Connection — I did not see a Dern-specific confirmation of each colour.

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection Museum Autographs4
High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection Museum Autographs #MA-AG — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

The exact base print run is given by Cardboard Connection only as 'serial numbered #/99 or less' across the Museum Autographs checklist; the specific number on her card was not confirmed, so serial is recorded as a range rather than a figure.

High confidence

2018 Topps UFC Museum Collection Museum Autographs #MA-MD — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection describes the Museum Autographs subset as 'numbered to 99 or less', so /99 is the base run for the subset rather than a Dern-specific print run I saw stated. The eBay listing's 91/99 is consistent with /99 for her card. That listing also misspells her surname 'Dean'.

2018 Topps WWE Women's Division1
Verified

2018 Topps WWE Women's Division #25 — Ronda Rousey.

2019 Topps Chrome UFC26
Verified

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 — Islam Makhachev.

High confidence

Card number mislabel on 2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92.

The Card Centering Tool blog gives the number as #125. TCDB, Goldin and eBay all say #92.

High confidence

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #50 — Daniel Cormier.

Verified

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #57 — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #14 — Kamaru Usman.

Probable

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #UFCK-AV — Alexander Volkanovski.

Verified

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #2 — Leon Edwards.

High confidence

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

Verified

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #90 — Sean O'Malley.

Verified

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #92 Gold parallel — Islam Makhachev.

High confidence

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #57 Gold Refractor parallel — Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-MH — Max Holloway.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Chrome #69 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

The base refractor ladder for this set was not itemised for #69 by either source, so no parallels are listed rather than guessed.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Chrome #84T-CJ — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or sticker was not stated by either source.

High confidence

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #48 — Henry Cejudo.

High confidence

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #FA-HC — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

Serial numbering for the FA-HC refractor tiers is not stated by either checklist consulted. Collectibles.com lists a '2019 Topps UFC Chrome Autographs Orange #FA-HC AU' for Cejudo, which is why the Orange parallel is recorded here as probable rather than confirmed.

Verified

2019 Topps UFC Chrome #79 — Petr Yan.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's product page for this card marks rookie card 'No'; MMA Rookies, the RC logo and the eBay catalogue title say otherwise.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Chrome #FS-PY — Petr Yan.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Chrome #4 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

No refractor parallel list was shown by either reachable source for this specific card, so the usual Chrome parallel ladder is not recorded here.

High confidence

2019 Topps Chrome UFC #16 — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro and Collectibles.com both label the product '2019 Topps UFC Chrome'; the archive's existing slug for it is 2019-topps-chrome-ufc. The Green parallel comes from Collectibles.com alone, with no serial number stated.

2019 Topps Chrome UFC Autographs2
Probable

2019 Topps Chrome UFC Autographs #FA-MD — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

Single source. Collectibles.com's register page lists '2019 Topps UFC Chrome Autographs Blue Wave #FA-MD AU Mackenzie Dern'. it was not possible to reach a second checklist to confirm the base autograph's existence, its serial numbering, or whether the signature is on-card or sticker. The /75 figure usually attached to Blue Wave in 2019 Chrome UFC is not confirmed for this card, so no serial is recorded.

2019 Topps UFC Knockout9
Verified

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #34 — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #35 — Kamaru Usman.

Verified

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #87 — Alexander Volkanovski.

High confidence

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

Verified

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #16 — Sean O'Malley.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-MH — Max Holloway.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #AJM-SOM — Sean O'Malley.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Knockout #53 — Cris Cyborg.

Uncertain

Parallel print runs are Cardboard Connection only.

2019 Topps UFC Knockout Autograph Relics2
High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Knockout Autograph Relics #KAR-TF — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

The base print run is given as a product-wide ceiling ('/200 or less'), not a confirmed number for the Ferguson card.

2019 Topps UFC Knockout Dual Autographed Jumbo Fight Mat Relic Books1
High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Knockout Dual Autographed Jumbo Fight Mat Relic Books #DAJF-JH — Holly Holm / Cris Cyborg.

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection6
Verified

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection #28 — Israel Adesanya.

Probable

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MMR-KU — Kamaru Usman.

High confidence

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection #38 — Jorge Masvidal.

Probable

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MMR-WZ — Zhang Weili.

Probable

2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection #MMR-PY — Petr Yan.

Uncertain

Only one source (Cardboard Connection) names this card; the exact print run of the base version is given as '/75 or less' rather than a single number, and no second checklist has been found.

2020 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 12
Probable

2020 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 1 #41 — Gina Carano.

Uncertain

Single source, and it rendered the base line once as '41' and once as 'C-41', which is likely bleed from the C-prefixed Characters insert on the same checklist page. The plain base number 41 is recorded; the prefix is not treated as confirmed. Base-set parallels exist for this product but were not confirmed card-by-card for #41, so none are listed.

2020 Topps UFC14
High confidence

2020 Topps UFC #26 — Islam Makhachev.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2020 Topps UFC #26: parallel print runs are single-sourced (TCDB).

The parallel print runs come from TCDB only.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC #75 — Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2020 Topps UFC #UFCA-IA — Israel Adesanya.

Uncertain

Parallel print runs differ: TCDB lists Black /50 and Gold /25, while Cardboard Connection describes the autograph parallels as Gold /50, Red /8 and Platinum 1/1.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC #50 — Kamaru Usman.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC #48 — Alexander Volkanovski.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC #49 — Jorge Masvidal.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC #87 — Zhang Weili.

High confidence

2020 Topps UFC #98 — Zhang Weili.

Probable

2020 Topps UFC #79 — Petr Yan.

Uncertain

Single source (Cardboard Connection) for the card number and the FS tag; no second checklist for 2020 Topps UFC confirms it.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC #93 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

Whether this or Knockout #95 is the rookie — see the rookie block. SportsCardsPro's details field says 'Is Rookie Card: No' while its own sold listings call it an RC.

2020 Topps UFC 19852
Probable

2020 Topps UFC 1985 #85T-4 — Anthony Pettis.

Uncertain

Single source. No serial numbering, parallel list or on-card/sticker detail was available, and the insert's exact name within the 2020 Topps UFC product could not be confirmed.

2020 Topps UFC Knockout13
High confidence

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-IA — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #26 — Kamaru Usman.

Probable

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #23 — Alexander Volkanovski.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #5 — Zhang Weili.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #KA-AN — Amanda Nunes.

Uncertain

Topps Ripped describes the card as 'numbered 200 or fewer' with parallels from /50 to /1 (and heads it 'Serial /1'). TCDB and SportsCardsPro sales both give /99 for the base.

Verified

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #84 — Islam Makhachev.

Probable

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #AKA-IS — Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #AJR-IA — Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #4 — Henry Cejudo.

High confidence

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #13 — Petr Yan.

High confidence

2020 Topps UFC Knockout #95 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

Rookie status: MMA Rookies calls it the True Rookie Card; Cardboard Connection prints the RC tag on the 2020 Topps UFC flagship #93 rather than here. Both are sold as rookies. Base count also differs between sources — Cardboard Connection says 100, this archive's existing set record says 99.

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC11
Probable

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #TT-AVK — Alexander Volkanovski.

High confidence

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #25 — Khamzat Chimaev.

Verified

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #TT-ANS — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #TT-FNG — Francis Ngannou.

High confidence

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #28 — Ciryl Gane.

Uncertain

A first pass at Cardboard Connection's Chronicles page reported Gane's Donruss Rated Rookie at #202; a second, line-level read gave Donruss Rated Rookie #28 and Optic Rated Rookie #202. eBay's catalogue and SportsCardsPro both use #28 for the Donruss version.

Probable

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #366 — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

Set attribution: Sports Card Investor files this as 2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #366 (National Treasures), while the eBay listing that provided the photo titles it '2021 Panini Prizm UFC #366'. Chronicles is almost certainly correct - 2021 Prizm UFC's base run stops at 200 and Chronicles uses continuous numbering into the 300s - but no manufacturer checklist for the Chronicles National Treasures subset was reachable to settle it. The /99 comes from the serial visible on the listed copy (82/99).

Verified

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #26 — Brandon Moreno.

High confidence

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC #56 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's product page summary also places Chandler at #65, #100 and #148; only #56 and #83 could be confirmed on SportsCardsPro, so the others are not recorded. SportsCardsPro shows a 'print run 149' field on the #83 page, which does not match a Chronicles base card and is more likely a parallel's figure; it is not recorded here.

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Chronicles Signatures2
Probable

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Chronicles Signatures #32 — Brandon Moreno.

Uncertain

Single source (Cardboard Connection); serial numbering not stated there and not confirmed elsewhere, so serial is null.

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC National Pride Signatures2
Probable

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC National Pride Signatures #27 — Ciryl Gane.

Uncertain

The card number is from one checklist source (Cardboard Connection); the eBay listing confirms a Gane National Pride autograph exists in the product but does not state its number.

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Optic Rated Rookies Signatures4
High confidence

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Optic Rated Rookies Signatures #RR-BMR — Brandon Moreno.

Uncertain

Card number: SportsCardsPro and Collectibles.com both give #RR-BMR; Cardboard Connection's checklist table shows '1' against Moreno, which reads as a row position rather than a printed number. RR-BMR is taken as correct on the two-to-one split. Collectibles.com separately lists a 'Gold Vinyl #RR-BMR' variant that SportsCardsPro's set list does not show — recorded as an uncertain parallel rather than dropped or asserted.

Probable

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Optic Rated Rookies Signatures #RR-MCH — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

One source for Chandler's entry. SportsCardsPro's console shows #RR-MCH with Gold and Red parallels; Cardboard Connection describes the subset as Panini's signed rookie insert but does not name Chandler. Serial numbers for the Gold and Red were not shown.

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Origins Autographs2
Probable

2021 Panini Chronicles UFC Origins Autographs #OA-MST — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

The two sources number this card differently. Collectibles.com catalogues it as #OA-MST (and the Flux card as #FA-MST); Cardboard Connection's checklist renders the Origins Autographs entries as plain sequence numbers, putting Tate at 19. The initials form is recorded here because a card register is more likely to reflect the printed number, and this subset is given its own setSlug so that a plain '19' could not collide with Chronicles base #19.

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC9
Verified

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #25 — Islam Makhachev.

High confidence

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #72 — Daniel Cormier.

High confidence

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #106 — Jiri Prochazka.

Verified

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #DA-KJG — Justin Gaethje / Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Probable

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #MG-JAD — Jose Aldo.

High confidence

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #FM-KCH — Khamzat Chimaev.

Uncertain

Gold parallel print run: TCDB /9 vs Cardboard Connection '/7 or /5' (insert-wide).

Probable

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #40 — Petr Yan.

Uncertain

Single source (Cardboard Connection) for the card number and print run; no second published checklist and no card database entry confirm it. The Gold /10 and Platinum 1/1 parallels are documented for the base set and assumed, not confirmed, for the autograph subset.

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Dual Autographs4
Probable

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Dual Autographs #10 — Brandon Moreno / Deiveson Figueiredo.

Uncertain

Single source (Cardboard Connection). Parallels above the /25 base were not listed there and are not guessed.

Probable

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Dual Autographs #DA-AMT — Amanda Nunes / Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

Single source. SportsCardsPro's page shows no print run, and Immaculate dual autographs are normally serial-numbered, so the serial is recorded as null rather than guessed.

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Rookie Memorabilia Autographs2
Probable

2021 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Rookie Memorabilia Autographs #102 — Brandon Moreno.

Uncertain

Single source (Cardboard Connection). SportsCardsPro's card page for this subset could not be resolved, so the number and /99 print run rest on the Cardboard Connection checklist alone.

2021 Panini Instant UFC12
Probable

2021 Panini Instant UFC #26 — Islam Makhachev.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2021 Panini Instant UFC #26: event and release date.

The event and release date are unverified. The eBay title says 'UFC Fight Night' but gives no date, TCDB gives no date, and no Beckett checklist for 2021 Panini Instant UFC has been located.

Probable

2021 Panini Instant UFC #RR25 — Merab Dvalishvili.

High confidence

2021 Panini Instant UFC #35 — Tom Aspinall.

Uncertain

Rookie status: the card itself bears an RC logo, but TCDB does not flag it RC and flags only his 2022 Panini cards (Prizm #134, Donruss #216, Optic #120, Select).

Verified

2021 Panini Instant UFC #49 — Ian Machado Garry.

Verified

2021 Panini Instant UFC #34 — Paddy Pimblett.

High confidence

2021 Panini Instant UFC #45 — Khamzat Chimaev.

High confidence

2021 Panini Instant UFC #29 — Ciryl Gane.

Uncertain

eBay sellers tag the Instant cards 'RC'. They are print-to-order commemoratives issued after his April 2021 Prizm base card, so they are not treated as rookies here.

Probable

2021 Panini Instant UFC #20 — Brandon Moreno.

Uncertain

The SportsCardsPro pages give only 'Brandon Moreno #20' with no card title, so which moment it commemorates is unconfirmed — UFC 263 on 12 June 2021 is the obvious candidate but is not stated by any source consulted, and is not asserted here. Print run also unstated, so serial is null.

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Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #101 — Jon Jones.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #101.

The parallel print runs come mainly from Card Review Club; Cardboard Connection confirms Gold /10, Mojo /25 and Black 1/1. One Etsy listing labels a Silver Jones as 'Card 4', which does not match #101.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #181 — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #181: parallel print runs are set-wide, not card-specific.

The parallel print runs come from Cardboard Connection's set-wide list and were not checked for Khabib individually. Some eBay titles call this card 'Debut Edition', but no source calls it an RC.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-KBN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Probable

Card numbering on 2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-KBN: code (CS-KBN) versus checklist position (#4).

Sources give the card number three ways. TCDB and Sports Card Investor use the card code CS-KBN. Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths use checklist number 4. One eBay listing uses 'CS-4'. It is most likely one card listed under a code and a checklist position.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #30 — Conor McGregor.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #66 — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #SS-CLD — Chuck Liddell.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #120 — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #151 — Kamaru Usman.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #77 — Max Holloway.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #SG-MXH — Max Holloway.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #115 — Nate Diaz.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #OS-NDZ — Nate Diaz.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #177 — Stipe Miocic.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #36 — Alexander Volkanovski.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #174 — Charles Oliveira.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #128 — Dustin Poirier.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #OS-DPR — Dustin Poirier.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #52 — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #84 — Jiri Prochazka.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #OS-JPZ — Jiri Prochazka.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #25 — Jorge Masvidal.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #SS-JMS — Jorge Masvidal.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #141 — Justin Gaethje.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #SG-JGT — Justin Gaethje.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 — Khamzat Chimaev.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #17 — Leon Edwards.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #87 — Merab Dvalishvili.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #61 — Sean O'Malley.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #139 — Valentina Shevchenko.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #189 — Zhang Weili.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-ZWL — Zhang Weili.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #SG-FNG — Francis Ngannou.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-IAD — Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #7 Gold parallel — Khamzat Chimaev.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #SG-SOM — Sean O'Malley.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #184 — Ciryl Gane.

Uncertain

eBay listings describe a 'Scope Prizm /99' version of #184; Cardboard Connection's parallel list for the product has Orange at /99 and does not name a serial-numbered Scope. The two may be the same card under different seller vocabulary.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #2 — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

Collectibles.com lists a '2021 Panini Prizm UFC Gold Prizms #2' described as an autograph; the print run of the Gold Prizm was not confirmed on any reachable checklist, so it is left null.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #79 — Petr Yan.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's checklist appears to show Yan at #79 in both the vertical and horizontal halves of the base set, while Checklist Center lists him only in the horizontal half. The two have not been reconciled.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #15 — Petr Yan.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker was not established from any reachable source, so it is left unstated. The print run of the base Signatures card is also unknown.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #158 — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

Neither reachable source listed the prizm parallel names or serial numbers for #158, so none are recorded.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #119 — Tony Ferguson.

Uncertain

The parallel ladder is the product-wide list from Cardboard Connection; which of those colours were actually printed for #119 specifically was not confirmed card-by-card.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #153 — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

No parallel of #153 is recorded here because neither source names one for this card specifically, even though 2021 Prizm UFC is a heavily paralleled product.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #195 — Robbie Lawler.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #152 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's published 2021 Panini Prizm UFC checklist carries no Sterling line, so the card number comes from Checklist Center and is confirmed independently by SportsCardsPro's card page. The parallel serial numbers are set-wide figures from Checklist Center, not Sterling-specific sightings.

Probable

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #12 — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Single-source (ChecklistCenter) for both the card number and the parallel list; the parallel list is set-wide and I did not confirm that every tier was printed for #12 specifically.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #11 — Robert Whittaker.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #180 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #46 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #38 — Brandon Moreno.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #76 — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

Neither source gives print runs for the Gold or Black prizms of her card, so no serials are recorded even though those colours are numbered in the product generally.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #31 — Rose Namajunas.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #194 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

Rookie designation only. Collectibles.com lists the card as '194 RC'; SportsCardsPro's item panel says 'Is Rookie Card: No'. The parallel ladder is Cardboard Connection's product-wide list, not a Chandler-specific confirmation, although Collectibles.com separately records a Green Prizm #194 for him.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #111 — José Aldo.

Probable

Sources agree on the number and the parallel ladder; the White Sparkle SSP is carried on sibling records but is not itemised for Aldo in either published parallel string.

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High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC #11 — Jon Jones.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC — Color Blast #6 — Amanda Nunes.

Verified

2021 Panini Prizm UFC — Color Blast #5 — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro records no print run for it and none is printed on the card. Sellers sometimes advertise a run for Color Blast cards; treat any stated number as hobby lore.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC — Color Blast #8 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

No print run was published for Color Blast by either source, so the serial field is null rather than a guessed figure.

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Fireworks2
High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Fireworks #7 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

Collectibles.com records a 'Fireworks Black Prizms #7' but neither source states the print run of the Black parallel, so it is left null. In the base Prizm set Black is a 1/1; whether the insert parallel follows that could not be confirmed.

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Knockout Artists2
High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Knockout Artists #1 — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

Neither source lists which prizm parallels exist for the Knockout Artists insert, so the parallels array is left empty rather than filled from the base-card ladder.

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Octagon Signatures4
Probable

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Octagon Signatures #24 — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

Two checklist sources (Cardboard Connection and Cardsmiths Breaks) both place Whittaker at Octagon Signatures #24, but neither gives the parallel ladder or print runs for his card, and no per-card database entry has been located — SportsCardsPro's Octagon Signatures listing truncates before the W rows. Cardboard Connection's checklist also carries a 'not in Green' annotation against his line, which suggests at least one coloured tier skips him - no second source corroborates that annotation. Whether the signature is on-card or a sticker is not stated anywhere.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Octagon Signatures #11 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated on either checklist. The companion Sensational Signatures #11 is documented but not recorded separately here.

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High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Sensational Signatures #SS-DHD — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection numbers him 19 in its Sensational Signatures list while SportsCardsPro shows the printed code SS-DHD. These are almost certainly a checklist row number and the card code for the same card; SS-DHD is used here because it is what appears on the card.

Probable

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Sensational Signatures #14 — Royce Gracie.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's checklist numbers the card #14; Collectibles.com writes the same card as #SS-RGC. The set is given its own slug here so the #14 autograph does not collide with base card #14.

High confidence

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Sensational Signatures #SS-RLW — Robbie Lawler.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection prints '3 Robbie Lawler - Welterweight' for this card while SportsCardsPro and Collectibles.com both give #SS-RLW. The SS- code is used here because it matches the rest of the subset; the '3' is read as the checklist position. Individual parallel serial numbers for this card were not confirmed.

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Probable

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Signatures #SG-UFB — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

Neither source confirms the full prizm parallel list or whether the signature is on-card or sticker. The eBay item is known only by its listing title; the listing page itself is gone.

Probable

2021 Panini Prizm UFC Signatures #1 — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Single-source (ChecklistCenter). On-card vs sticker is not stated by that source and I did not confirm it elsewhere.

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High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #40 — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2021 Panini Select UFC #40.

The #40 number and Concourse tier are confirmed only by TCDB and eBay listings, not by a checklist publisher. The parallel print runs weren't verified.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #88 — Chuck Liddell.

Verified

2021 Panini Select UFC #64 — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2021 Panini Select UFC #7 — Kamaru Usman.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #28 — Cain Velasquez.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #120 — Francis Ngannou.

Verified

2021 Panini Select UFC #35 — Jiri Prochazka.

Verified

2021 Panini Select UFC #57 — Khamzat Chimaev.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #SS-KCH — Khamzat Chimaev.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #180 — Ciryl Gane.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's checklist as read here shows Gane at Premier Level #180 and Octagonside #300 but did not surface a Concourse line for him; eBay's catalogue carries 'Concourse Ciryl Gane #98'. The Concourse number is treated as probable rather than confirmed.

Probable

2021 Panini Select UFC #46 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection gives Concourse #46, Premier Level #151, Octagonside #206 and Select Grapplers #15; no second checklist confirms them, so the numbers rest on one publication and the parallel list is not recorded.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #45 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #96 — Brandon Moreno.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's 'Is Rookie Card' field says No for #96 while MMA Rookies and the eBay listings on the same page call it a rookie card. The Blue /49 parallel is attested only by a SportsCardsPro listing title ('Brandon Moreno [Blue] #160' /49) for the Premier Level card, so the Concourse Blue is recorded as probable rather than confirmed from the published parallel table.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC #183 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's 2021 Select UFC page reports Chandler at '#222' in both Premier Level and Octagonside, which cannot be right for Premier Level (101-200) and may mean he has a second, Octagonside card. SportsCardsPro and Collectibles.com both give #183, so #183 is what is recorded; a possible Octagonside issue is left unresolved.

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Probable

2021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures #10 — Ciryl Gane.

Uncertain

The Rookie Signatures #10 line comes from a single checklist source (Cardboard Connection). The eBay listing corroborates a /149 Select Gane autograph but describes the Octagon version, so the #10 number itself is single-sourced.

Probable

2021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures #7 — Brandon Moreno.

Uncertain

Single source: Cardboard Connection's 2021 Panini Select UFC checklist. The parallel structure of the Rookie Signatures subset was not confirmed, so parallels is left empty rather than guessed. That it is his first autograph rests on Cardboard Connection's 2021 Prizm UFC checklists showing no Moreno in Signatures, Champion Signatures, Octagon Signatures or Sensational Signatures.

High confidence

2021 Panini Select UFC Rookie Signatures #RS-MCH — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

Numbering style: SportsCardsPro's console gives #RS-MCH (and its 50 rows for the subset are internally consistent), while Cardboard Connection's checklist numbers the same card '8'. Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by either source.

2021 Panini Select UFC Signatures2
Probable

2021 Panini Select UFC Signatures #42 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

Single source. No second checklist for the Select Signatures subset was reachable, and whether the /99 figure is the base Signatures print run or a parallel could not be cross-checked. Neither source says on-card or sticker.

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Verified

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #110 — Ilia Topuria.

Uncertain

Autograph checklist note on 2022 Donruss Optic UFC #110.

Cardboard Connection says Topuria isn't among the 15 Rated Rookie Signatures, so there's no Optic rookie autograph.

High confidence

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #37 — BJ Penn.

Verified

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #47 — Matt Hughes.

Probable

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #SS-MDV — Merab Dvalishvili.

Verified

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #120 — Tom Aspinall.

Verified

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #108 — Ian Machado Garry.

Verified

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #103 — Paddy Pimblett.

High confidence

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #115 — Shavkat Rakhmonov.

High confidence

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #111 — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

The print run of the Holo Prizm Signatures version was not stated on any page reached, so no serial is recorded. Whether the signature is on-card or a sticker was likewise not established.

High confidence

2022 Donruss Optic UFC #91 — Alexa Grasso.

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High confidence

2022 Donruss UFC #SS-IMK — Islam Makhachev.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2022 Donruss UFC #SS-IMK: 'first autograph' status is inferred and parallel print runs are set-wide.

'First autograph' is FightCardboard's inference from release dates. TCDB lists no Makhachev auto before 2022, but there may be unlisted Topps or Panini Instant autographs. The eBay and Steiner signed Instant #26 and Knockout #84 cards are after-market signatures, not certified cards. The parallel print runs come from Cardboard Connection's set-wide list.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #215 — Ilia Topuria.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #216 — Tom Aspinall.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #170 — Arman Tsarukyan.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #213 — Ian Machado Garry.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #218 — Movsar Evloev.

Verified

2022 Donruss UFC #207 — Paddy Pimblett.

High confidence

2022 Donruss UFC #18 — Robbie Lawler.

High confidence

2022 Donruss UFC #206 — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's page, as read, is ambiguous about whether #206 is a base Rated Rookie or only a Rated Rookie Signatures entry. The numbering range it gives (201-220 = Rated Rookies inside a 225-card base set) and the existence of a plain Gold #206 on SportsCardsPro both point to a base Rated Rookie with an autographed version alongside it, which is what is recorded. The parallel list is the set-level run, not a per-card confirmation.

High confidence

2022 Donruss UFC #43 — Alexandre Pantoja.

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Probable

2022 Donruss UFC Signature Series #24 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

Same numbering conflict as the Prizm autograph: Cardboard Connection gives '24 Alexa Grasso - Flyweight' in the Signature Series checklist, Collectibles.com uses #SS-AGR. Recorded as 24 with the disagreement noted.

Probable

2022 Donruss UFC Signature Series #43 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection's 2022 Donruss UFC checklist is the only publication that confirms this card; SportsCardsPro has no usable Signature Series page and no card database entry has been located. Whether the signature is on-card or a sticker is unconfirmed, and no checklist for 2021 Panini Chronicles UFC has been found, so an earlier Pantoja autograph could exist there.

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High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #82 — Ilia Topuria.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #82.

The COMC confirmation comes from its search-result title only (the page returned 403). Parallels weren't researched.

Verified

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #79 — Dricus du Plessis.

High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #ST-MEV — Movsar Evloev.

High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #77 — Umar Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC #76 — Sean Strickland.

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC — Spectra2
High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles UFC — Spectra #378 — Nick Diaz.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's Chronicles UFC checklist shows no Nick Diaz autograph anywhere in the product, so he appears to have no Panini-era certified signature; that is an absence in one checklist rather than a confirmed fact.

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High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles WWE #29 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

The parallel print runs are the product-wide Chronicles WWE structure quoted by Cardboard Connection ('most feature'), not a verified per-card list for #29.

High confidence

2022 Panini Chronicles WWE #251 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Collectibles.com gives the Green parallel without a print run; the /99 above is the product-wide Chronicles figure from Cardboard Connection, so treat it as probable.

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC6
High confidence

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #DA-KNI — Islam Makhachev / Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Unconfirmed

Unknown detail on 2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #DA-KNI: print run.

The print run is unknown. Neither TCDB nor Cardsmiths gives a serial number, so it is null here.

Probable

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #57 — Dricus du Plessis.

Probable

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #101 — Tom Aspinall.

Probable

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #103 — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

The /99 print run comes from SportsCardsPro's card page alone and was not confirmed against a manufacturer checklist. Which of this card and the 2022 Optic Rated Rookie Signatures #111 shipped first — and therefore which is his first certified autograph — was not established; Optic and Immaculate both released late in Panini's 2022 UFC calendar. On-card versus sticker is also unconfirmed.

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Probable

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Dual Autographs #DA-DHS — Dan Henderson / Mauricio Rua.

Uncertain

Single source. No print run is recorded — Immaculate dual autographs are normally serial-numbered, but no figure was confirmed, so serial is left null rather than guessed.

Probable

2022 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC Dual Autographs #DA-SRF — Maurício Rua / Forrest Griffin.

Uncertain

Single source. No print run is recorded — Immaculate dual autographs are usually numbered, but no figure was confirmed, so serial is left null rather than estimated. A SportsCardsPro page for the card timed out on the one attempt made. The archive's existing Dan Henderson research records the companion card DA-DHS from the same Collectibles.com list, which corroborates the subset and the code style but is not an independent source.

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High confidence

2022 Panini Instant UFC #79 — Alex Pereira.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2022 Panini Instant UFC #79.

Rookie status: eBay catalog calls it RC; TCDB does not.

High confidence

2022 Panini Instant UFC #139 — Alex Pereira.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2022 Panini Instant UFC #139.

TCDB gives the set size as 132 cards, but this card is #139, so the checklist count may be out of date.

Probable

2022 Panini Instant UFC #RR13 — Dricus du Plessis.

High confidence

2022 Panini Instant UFC #118 — Bo Nickal.

Verified

2022 Panini Instant UFC #1 — Jack Della Maddalena.

High confidence

2022 Panini Instant UFC #146 — Raul Rosas Jr..

Verified

2022 Panini Instant UFC #14 — Umar Nurmagomedov.

Probable

2022 Panini Instant UFC #65 — Umar Nurmagomedov.

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Uncertain

2022 Panini Instant WWE #15 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Single source. No issue date, commemorated event, print run or second listing could be found — Cardboard Connection has no 2022 Panini Instant WWE page reachable, ChecklistInsider returned 404, and SportsCardsPro's search for 'Steveson Instant' returns no wrestling result. Its position in the chronology relative to Prizm #23 is unresolved.

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Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #125 — Islam Makhachev.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #125: parallel print runs are set-wide.

Rookie status is not in doubt among sources: TCDB and PSA show no RC flag, though some collectors call it a 'Panini rookie'. The print runs come from Cardboard Connection's set-wide list, and one eBay listing confirms Red /299.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 — Ilia Topuria.

Uncertain

Seller mislabel and unconfirmed details on 2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115.

At least one eBay listing calls this a '2021 Panini Prizm UFC' Topuria RC. No such card exists: TCDB's 46-card rookie list for 2021 Prizm UFC doesn't include him, and the card is 2022 #115. The parallel print runs come from Cardboard Connection's set-wide list; only Purple /149 (eBay) and Blue Shimmer FOTL /7 (Goldin) were seen on Topuria copies. The 2022 Prizm checklist has no pack-issued Topuria autograph, so signed #115s on the market are signed after release and authenticated by PSA or Beckett.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #CS-AVK — Alexander Volkanovski.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #92 — Dricus du Plessis.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #SG-KCH — Khamzat Chimaev.

Uncertain

Cardboard Connection's 2022 Prizm UFC page does not list Chimaev in its autograph checklists, while SportsCardsPro, Goldin and eBay listings all show SG-KCH. Treated as existing.

Probable

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #198 — Merab Dvalishvili.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #134 — Tom Aspinall.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #187 — Arman Tsarukyan.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #130 — Movsar Evloev.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #88 — Paddy Pimblett.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #80 — Shavkat Rakhmonov.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #32 — Umar Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #115 Gold parallel — Ilia Topuria.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #105 — Henry Cejudo.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #101 — Ciryl Gane.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #55 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

The parallel serial numbers are set-wide figures from Cardboard Connection; no Sterling-specific example of the FOTL shimmer parallels is documented.

Verified

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #172 — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

Whether #172 or one of the other four 2022 base cards is 'the' rookie. MMA Rookies picks #172 and it is also the earliest by release date (25 March 2022 vs 6 May 2022 for Donruss), but eBay and grader labels market the Select #11, Donruss #206, Optic #111 and Chronicles #76 cards as 'Rookie RC' too. Separately, the per-card parallel list above is taken from the set-level parallel run published by Cardboard Connection; only the Silver, Teal and Blue Shimmer FOTL versions of #172 were seen individually.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #178 — Alexandre Pantoja.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #120 — Miesha Tate.

Uncertain

Parallels are recorded at set level from Cardboard Connection's lineup; Collectibles.com independently confirms a Gold Prizm of #120 but the rest were not checked card by card. The full set lineup also includes Hyper, Ice, Pink Ice, Ruby Wave, White Sparkle, Pink Pulsar /42, Green Pulsar /25, Lucky Envelopes /8 and three FOTL Shimmer tiers, trimmed here to the ones collectors chase.

High confidence

2022 Panini Prizm UFC #8 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

The parallel list is the product-wide ladder from Cardboard Connection, not a Chandler-specific confirmation. The Signatures #38 autograph rests on Cardboard Connection alone and is not recorded as its own card here.

2022 Panini Prizm UFC Signatures2
Probable

2022 Panini Prizm UFC Signatures #35 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

The card number is disputed. Cardboard Connection's Signatures checklist gives '35 Alexa Grasso - Flyweight'; Collectibles.com lists the same card as #SG-AGS. Only one of the two could be checked against a third source, and the SportsCardsPro lookup for it returned an unrelated card, so the number is recorded as 35 with this disagreement noted rather than resolved. The full parallel lineup for the Signatures insert was also not confirmed — only the White Sparkle version is evidenced.

2022 Panini Prizm WWE1
Verified

2022 Panini Prizm WWE #23 — Gable Steveson.

2022 Panini Revolution WWE2
High confidence

2022 Panini Revolution WWE #96 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Rookie flag only: Collectibles.com says RC, SportsCardsPro says not a rookie. Set, year and number agree across all three sources.

2022 Panini Select UFC16
High confidence

2022 Panini Select UFC #29 — Islam Makhachev.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2022 Panini Select UFC #29: parallels are from eBay titles only.

The parallels come from eBay listing titles only and have not been checked against a manufacturer checklist.

Verified

2022 Panini Select UFC #23 — Ilia Topuria.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2022 Panini Select UFC #23.

Parallel print runs for White /75, Neon Green /49 and Lucky Envelopes /8 come only from eBay listing titles, so they're marked probable. Cardboard Connection lists the tier numbers (Octagonside #262, Mezzanine #320), but they weren't checked against TCDB.

Verified

2022 Panini Select UFC #44 — Dricus du Plessis.

Probable

2022 Panini Select UFC #98 — Tom Aspinall.

High confidence

2022 Panini Select UFC #286 — Arman Tsarukyan.

High confidence

2022 Panini Select UFC #51 — Ian Machado Garry.

Probable

2022 Panini Select UFC #43 — Movsar Evloev.

Verified

2022 Panini Select UFC #84 — Shavkat Rakhmonov.

Verified

2022 Panini Select UFC #81 — Umar Nurmagomedov.

Probable

2022 Panini Select UFC #42 — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

Only the Gold #/10 parallel was directly observed (on a SportsCardsPro search row reading 'Henry Cejudo [Gold] #42 /10'); the rest of the Select parallel ladder for this card was not verified. Note also that Collectibles.com refers to '2021 Panini Select UFC' Cejudo cards, while the checklist consulted here is the 2022 release.

High confidence

2022 Panini Select UFC #103 — Petr Yan.

High confidence

2022 Panini Select UFC #11 — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

Collectibles.com lists a '2022 Panini Select UFC Black Prizms #340' for Strickland. Whether #340 is a Premier/Field Level card of his or a different fighter entirely was not confirmed, so it is not recorded as a parallel of #11.

2022 Panini Select UFC Signatures2
High confidence

2022 Panini Select UFC Signatures #SG-MDR — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

No print run is stated by either source for the base signature or for the Black Prizms parallel, so serial is null. Black is commonly 1/1 in Select but that is not confirmed for this card.

2022 Panini Select WWE4
High confidence

2022 Panini Select WWE #208 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Which Select tier #208 belongs to. Cardboard Connection's checklist places 'Gable Steveson - Raw #208' in Premier Level; SportsCardsPro's sold listings for the same card describe it as 'Ringside RC', and the set's own tier boundaries (#201-300 Ringside) favour Ringside. Unresolved — check the printed tier on the card.

Probable

2022 Panini Select WWE #90 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Sources disagree on which 2022 Select autograph is his. Cardboard Connection puts him in Ringside Action Signatures #90 and explicitly says he is NOT in the 100-card Signature Selections checklist; Collectibles.com instead lists a '2022 Panini Select WWE Signature Selections Gold Prizms #SN-GSV', a card-number format that does not match Select WWE's numeric checklists. SportsCardsPro's autograph search surfaces no 2022 Select Steveson auto at all — its earliest Steveson autograph is the 2023 Chronicles Phoenix #27. Treat the 'first autograph' title as probable, not settled. The parallel list above is the product-wide Select prizm structure, not a verified per-card list.

2023 Donruss Optic UFC1
High confidence

2023 Donruss Optic UFC #108 — Alex Pereira.

2023 Donruss UFC5
High confidence

2023 Donruss UFC #209 — Alex Pereira.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2023 Donruss UFC #209.

Rookie status is disputed: it carries TCDB RC and Rated Rookie flags, but Prizm #111 is RC-flagged and released earlier, and the 2022 Instant cards came first. Press Proof and Holo parallels appear on TCDB set lists; their serials were not confirmed (not a dispute).

Verified

2023 Donruss UFC #203 — Bo Nickal.

High confidence

2023 Donruss UFC #208 — Jack Della Maddalena.

Verified

2023 Donruss UFC #206 — Raul Rosas Jr..

2023 Panini Chronicles WWE — Phoenix Autographs2
High confidence

2023 Panini Chronicles WWE #27 — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Card number comes from SportsCardsPro alone; Collectibles.com lists the Phoenix Autograph parallels without a number. No print runs verified.

2023 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC4
High confidence

2023 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #108 — Alex Pereira.

Uncertain

30th Anniversary print run: TCDB SN30; the Cardboard Connection summary gave /20.

High confidence

2023 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #DA-AI — Alex Pereira / Israel Adesanya.

High confidence

2023 Panini Immaculate Collection UFC #DA-SP — Sean O'Malley / Petr Yan.

2023 Panini Impeccable WWE2
Probable

2023 Panini Impeccable WWE #EA-GBS — Gable Steveson.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection has no reachable 2023 Panini Impeccable WWE page and SportsCardsPro's autograph search did not surface it, so the card number and the parallel tiers rest on Collectibles.com alone.

2023 Panini Prizm UFC13
High confidence

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 — Alex Pereira.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111.

Rookie status is disputed: TCDB flags it RC but SportsCardsPro's data field does not, and the 2022 Instant cards and Donruss Rated Rookie #209 are competing candidates. See the Pereira rookie card guide.

Probable

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #9 — Alex Pereira.

Unconfirmed

Insertion odds and case-hit status of 2023 Panini Prizm UFC Color Blast #9.

Card number #9 comes from TCDB only; the eBay title confirms the card but not its number. Insertion odds and case-hit status were not confirmed.

Verified

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #103 — Bo Nickal.

Verified

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #187 — Jack Della Maddalena.

Verified

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #8 — Raul Rosas Jr..

High confidence

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #TH-AXP — Alex Pereira.

High confidence

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #111 Gold Prizm parallel — Alex Pereira.

High confidence

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #TH-KZC — Khamzat Chimaev.

High confidence

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #146 — Urijah Faber.

Uncertain

The Mojo /25 print run comes from a seller listing title only. The base card's full parallel ladder was not verified.

High confidence

2023 Panini Prizm UFC #61 — Sean Strickland.

2023 Panini Prizm UFC Legendary Signatures2
Probable

2023 Panini Prizm UFC Legendary Signatures #LS-MBS — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Year is genuinely unclear from listings: eBay rows show both '2022 Panini Prizm UFC - Michael Bisping #LS-MBS' and '2023 Panini Prizm UFC Legendary Signatures... #LS-MBS'. SportsCardsPro catalogues the card under 2023 and that is the year recorded here, but a 2022 Prizm UFC Legendary Signatures issue of the same designation may also exist.

2023 Panini Prizm UFC Superstar Autographs2
Probable

2023 Panini Prizm UFC Superstar Autographs #34 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

Single-source. Only Cardboard Connection's checklist records this card, and no card database entry has been located. The Superstar Autographs parallel lineup is unknown.

2023 Panini Select UFC5
Probable

2023 Panini Select UFC #RS-APR — Alex Pereira.

Unconfirmed

Serial numbers of the 2023 Panini Select UFC #RS-APR colour versions.

Only TCDB confirms the RS-APR number; serial numbers for the colour versions were not captured.

Verified

2023 Panini Select UFC #RS-JDM — Jack Della Maddalena.

Probable

2023 Panini Select UFC #327 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

Single-source: Cardboard Connection only, for the same reason as the Prizm autograph: no second checklist could be reached. The Select parallel lineup for her card was not recorded.

2023 Panini Select UFC — Octagon Action Signatures4
Probable

2023 Panini Select UFC — Octagon Action Signatures #OA-SSK — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

Only two sources were reached for this card, and neither states whether the signature is on-card or a sticker, nor whether an unnumbered base version of the insert exists. Given its own set slug because the OA- prefix numbering is separate from the Select base checklist.

Probable

2023 Panini Select UFC — Octagon Action Signatures #OA-HHM — Holly Holm.

Uncertain

The two sources disagree on the card's designation: Collectibles.com gives the printed code OA-HHM, while Cardboard Connection's checklist shows Holly Holm as line 31 of the Octagon Action Signatures. OA-HHM is used here as the printed number and 31 is treated as a checklist line number, but that has not been confirmed against a scan.

2023 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions1
Verified

2023 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions #A-IT — Ilia Topuria.

2024 Panini Instant Bellator2
Probable

2024 Panini Instant Bellator #6 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

The card number (#6) and the 2024 set year come from Panini's own product page title and URL slug plus an eBay listing title; it was not possible to load the Panini product page body itself (repeated read timeouts) and there is no published Panini Instant Bellator checklist was reachable. The White Tiger /5 tier is confirmed from a different card in the same set (Mike Shipman #11), not from Usman's card specifically. The moment the card commemorates is unconfirmed — the eBay seller's title says 'Becomes Champion', which would be the November 2022 Patricky Pitbull fight, but the set is a 2024 issue, so the description may be the seller's wording rather than Panini's.

2024 Panini Instant PFL4
Probable

2024 Panini Instant PFL #5 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

TCDB's checklist gives Ditcheva at #5 with a print run of 129 and puts Michelle Montague at #10. Sold eBay listing titles for a 2024 Panini Instant PFL Ditcheva read '#10 ... /180'. The published checklist is the stronger source and is what is recorded here, but the seller numbering has not been reconciled with it.

Probable

2024 Panini Instant PFL #33 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

The card number and print run come from TCDB's checklist alone; no second published checklist for the set has been located.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC68
Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #49 — Conor McGregor.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #49.

The full numbered-refractor ladder (Checklist Insider: /299 down to /5 plus SuperFractor) wasn't itemised for McGregor, so only the Refractor and SuperFractor are listed.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #68 — Georges St-Pierre.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #17 — Anderson Silva.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #77 — Ilia Topuria.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #77.

Checklist Insider says Topuria has a 2024 Topps Chrome UFC Future Stars Autograph, but TCDB's Future Stars Autographs Refractor checklist (20 cards) doesn't include him. Unresolved, so no Chrome autograph is listed here.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #4 — Alex Pereira.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-APE — Alex Pereira.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2024 Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-APE.

Checklist Insider lists a Chrome Rookie Autographs CRA-APE for Pereira; TCDB's 2024 listing did not show one.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MEA-BLE — Brock Lesnar.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #46 — Chuck Liddell.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #HFA-CLI — Chuck Liddell.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #56 — Daniel Cormier.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-DCO — Daniel Cormier.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #81 — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #108 — Kamaru Usman.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #131 — Max Holloway.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MEA-MHO — Max Holloway.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #181 — Stipe Miocic.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-SMI — Stipe Miocic.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #7 — Alexander Volkanovski.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #42 — Charles Oliveira.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #62 — Dricus du Plessis.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-DDP — Dricus du Plessis.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #64 — Dustin Poirier.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #95 — Jiri Prochazka.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #104 — Justin Gaethje.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #114 — Khamzat Chimaev.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #115 — Leon Edwards.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #HFA-MHU — Matt Hughes.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #135 — Merab Dvalishvili.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #173 — Sean O'Malley.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #186 — Tito Ortiz.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #HFA-TOR — Tito Ortiz.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #187 — Tom Aspinall.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #26 — Diego Lopes.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-DLO — Diego Lopes.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #143 — Movsar Evloev.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #161 — Raul Rosas Jr..

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #FSA-RRO — Raul Rosas Jr..

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #177 — Shavkat Rakhmonov.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #ATG-6 — Amanda Nunes.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-GSP — Georges St-Pierre.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-IMA — Islam Makhachev.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-IAD — Israel Adesanya.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #97 — Jon Jones.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #73 — Henry Cejudo.

Uncertain

The two checklists disagree on his insert numbers: Checklist Insider gives Countdown as #COU-6 and adds an AKA insert at #AKA-6, while Checklist Center gives Countdown as #COU-25 and lists a Representing card at #REP-4 with no AKA entry. Checklist Insider's AKA row is captioned 'The Notorious', which is Conor McGregor's nickname, so that row is treated as an error and not recorded here. Base #73 and the Marks of Champions autograph #MOC-HCE agree across both.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #47 — Ciryl Gane.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #REP-8 — Dominick Cruz.

Uncertain

Print runs of the intermediate Representing parallels below the Superfractor were not published on any reachable page, so only the 1/1 is recorded.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #156 — Petr Yan.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #HFA-RGR — Royce Gracie.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #12 — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

No reachable source listed the Sterling-specific refractor parallels for this card, so the parallel run is left unrecorded rather than assumed from the set's general structure.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #174 — Sean Strickland.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #6 — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

The refractor parallel lineup for 2024 Topps Chrome UFC is not documented, so parallels is left empty rather than guessed.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #10 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

The Main Event Autograph card number was read as 'APA' from the Checklist Insider page, which does not match Topps' usual prefix style for the subset. The number is not recorded here rather than guessed, so that autograph has no card record.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #30 — Brandon Moreno.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #146 — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's page metadata says "not a rookie card", against the printed RC logo and the eBay catalogue's (RC) designation.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-NSI — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

One eBay search-result title described a CRA-NSI as a "Redemption", but the item page itself shows a delivered, PSA-graded signed card with no redemption language, so whether any CRA-NSI shipped as a redemption is unconfirmed. Whether the signature is on-card or on sticker was not established by any source reached.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #136 — Michael Chandler.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC #MEA-MCH — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

One source. Checklist Insider gives MEA-MCH; a second confirmation could not be obtained because SportsCardsPro's subset console tables stop rendering before the letter M and its search pages return only a single row through WebFetch. Serial numbering and whether the signature is on-card were not stated.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC — Octagon Legends Autographs4
High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC — Octagon Legends Autographs #OLA-LMA — Lyoto Machida.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC — Octagon Legends Autographs #OLA-RLA — Robbie Lawler.

Uncertain

Single source. Cardboard Connection publishes no usable 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist and BreakNinja's checklist page does not print the athlete list, so the base (non-Refractor) serial numbering and the rest of the parallel ladder are unconfirmed.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC — Octagon Legends Autographs #OLA-CSO — Chael Sonnen.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC — UFC Signatures2
Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC — UFC Signatures #FNA-SST — Sean Strickland.

Uncertain

Single source. Checklist Insider lists 'UFC Signatures #FNA-SST' for Strickland, but no second source, SportsCardsPro page or listing for the card was reached, so the number, the subset name and its parallel run are all unconfirmed. On-card versus sticker is unknown. A later Topps Chrome autograph of his, #CVA-SS from the 2025 product, was seen on eBay with a Green /99 parallel, which is consistent with FNA-SST being a 2024-only numbering scheme.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Hall of Fame Autographs5
High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Hall of Fame Autographs #HFA-MBI — Michael Bisping.

Uncertain

Set naming differs slightly: Checklist Insider calls the subset 'Hall of Fame Autographs' while SportsCardsPro catalogues it singular, 'Hall of Fame Autograph'. Same cards.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Hall of Fame Autographs #HFA-DCE — Donald Cerrone.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider lists the subset's parallels beginning at 'Refractor /150', which implies there is no unnumbered base version; the eBay catalogue entry carries no serial numbering in its title. Whether an unnumbered HFA-DCE exists alongside the /150 Refractor is unresolved.

Verified

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Hall of Fame Autographs #HFA-BRU — Bas Rutten.

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Main Event Autographs7
High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Main Event Autographs #MEA-AST — Aljamain Sterling.

Uncertain

The base version's print run is not stated by either source; Checklist Center gives a pull rate rather than a serial number. Whether the signature is on-card or a sticker could not be confirmed. Checklist Center calls the third subset 'Mark of Champions' while an eBay listing title reads 'Marks of Champions Auto /150'.

High confidence

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Main Event Autographs #MEA-RWH — Robert Whittaker.

Uncertain

Whether the signature is on-card or on a sticker is not stated by any published source.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Main Event Autographs #MEA-AGR — Alexa Grasso.

Uncertain

Single-source (Checklist Insider). Whether the signature is on-card or sticker, and the refractor parallel ladder and print runs, were not confirmed.

Probable

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Main Event Autographs #MEA-APA — Alexandre Pantoja.

2024 Topps Finest UFC4
High confidence

2024 Topps Finest UFC #RFA-KH — Kayla Harrison.

Probable

2024 Topps Finest UFC #108 — Rose Namajunas.

Uncertain

Single source. The 'Uncommon' tier and the X-Fractor parallel come from the same SportsCardsPro page (the latter from a completed-sale title), with no manufacturer checklist consulted.

High confidence

2024 Topps Finest UFC #169 — Natália Silva.

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC7
Probable

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #CLS-EP — BJ Penn / Frankie Edgar.

High confidence

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #83 — Kayla Harrison.

Verified

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #RCA-KHN — Kayla Harrison.

High confidence

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #55 — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

Only the Black Class 1 /10 parallel was seen directly; Gold Label's full Class 1/2/3 and colour ladder for her card was not confirmed row by row.

Probable

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC #27 — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

The Black Class 3 /10 came from a single SportsCardsPro row seen on a results page, not from a published parallel list, so the print run is recorded as probable. Which Class the bare "#27" refers to is not stated by MMA Rookies.

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC Ranked Ink Autographs2
High confidence

2024 Topps Gold Label UFC Ranked Ink Autographs #RIK-MDE — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

Topps' article describes the parallel range loosely as '/99 to /1'; only the Blue /99 was seen as a discrete row. The individual colours between /99 and 1/1 are not itemised here.

2024 Topps Midnight UFC1
High confidence

2024 Topps Midnight UFC #47 — Natália Silva.

2024 Topps Now UFC5
High confidence

2024 Topps Now UFC #21 — Merab Dvalishvili.

Probable

2024 Topps Now UFC #10 — Chael Sonnen / Anderson Silva.

Uncertain

Single source. Topps' own product page for the card returned 401 and no print run was obtainable, so the final print count is unknown.

High confidence

2024 Topps Now UFC #2 — Max Holloway.

Probable

The print run comes from Topps' own product listing, which is a print-to-order page and is no longer live; a card database records the same figure.

2024 Topps Royalty UFC20
High confidence

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #SS-ITA — Ilia Topuria.

Uncertain

Unconfirmed detail on 2024 Topps Royalty UFC #SS-ITA.

Not established whether this is his first certified autograph. No earlier pack-issued Topuria auto was found in the 2022 Panini checklists checked (Prizm, Select, Optic, Donruss), but 2023 Panini products weren't fully checked. Checklist Insider says 'on-card' at the product level, not for this card specifically.

Verified

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #RA-DL — Diego Lopes.

High confidence

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #RRA-KHN — Kayla Harrison.

Verified

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #TIN-IT — Ilia Topuria.

Verified

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #RD-IM — Islam Makhachev.

High confidence

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #GH-KN — Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider lists the base Golden Hall Autographs as /99 set-wide; the SportsCardsPro scan of Khabib's base card shows 14/49. Per-fighter print runs may differ.

High confidence

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #94 — Max Holloway.

High confidence

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #DA-HS — Max Holloway / Chan Sung Jung.

Probable

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #44 — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

Single source (SportsCardsPro). No second checklist for 2024 Topps Royalty UFC has been located, and SportsCardsPro shows no image and no sales for the Gold, so the /10 print run is unconfirmed elsewhere.

Probable

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #35 — Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Uncertain

Single source, and the product year is muddled: the checklist is headed 2024 Topps Royalty UFC but gives a release date of 28 May 2025, and the archive already carries both a 2024-topps-royalty-ufc and a 2025-topps-royalty-ufc set. The year here follows the product branding, not the release date. No print runs were published for the relic or autograph subsets, so the serial fields are left null.

Probable

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #12 — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

The /99 print run comes from SportsCardsPro alone; no published Royalty base parallel list was reached to confirm whether /99 is the base numbering or a specific parallel.

Probable

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #RRA-NCS — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

Only SportsCardsPro was reached for this card, so the /99 numbering and the exact subset name rest on one source. Whether the signature is on-card or sticker is unknown.

High confidence

2024 Topps Royalty UFC #GH-BR — Bas Rutten.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro also carries a separate '2025 Topps Royalty UFC Golden Hall Autograph' checklist (a 13-fighter set headed by Alistair Overeem, Don Frye, Dan Henderson, Frankie Edgar and Tim Sylvia) and that page lists GH-BR as well. Checklist Insider puts GH-BR only in the 2024 product, which is why it is recorded here; whether SportsCardsPro's 2025 listing is a duplicate record or a genuine second-year reprint is unresolved.

2024 Topps UFC Knockout6
High confidence

2024 Topps UFC Knockout #TRA-GMB — BJ Penn / Matt Hughes / Georges St-Pierre.

Verified

2024 Topps UFC Knockout #DUA-MO — Islam Makhachev / Charles Oliveira.

Verified

2024 Topps UFC Knockout #TRA-KUI — Islam Makhachev / Khabib Nurmagomedov / Umar Nurmagomedov.

High confidence

2024 Topps UFC Knockout #PTG-RGE — Royce Gracie.

High confidence

2024 Topps UFC Knockout #3 — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

Product naming varies: the archive and Checklist Insider call it "Topps UFC Knockout", SportsCardsPro and MMA Rookies call it "Topps Knockout UFC". Same product.

2025 Panini Combat Anthology9
High confidence

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #MS-FEM — Fedor Emelianenko.

Uncertain

Disputed detail on 2025 Panini Combat Anthology #MS-FEM.

Card number: TCDB 'MS-FEM' vs Checklist Insider '#5'.

Probable

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #26 — Daniel Cormier.

High confidence

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #98 — Demetrious Johnson.

High confidence

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #30 — Fedor Emelianenko.

Verified

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #90 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

Product naming differs by source: Checklist Insider calls it '2025 Panini Combat Anthology', SportsCardsPro lists it as '2025 Panini PFL Combat Anthology'. Same product; this file follows the archive's existing set name.

Verified

2025 Panini Combat Anthology #73 — Vadim Nemkov.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro catalogues the product as '2025 Panini PFL Combat Anthology' while Checklist Insider calls it '2025 Panini Combat Anthology'. The archive's existing slug (2025-panini-combat-anthology) is reused. Checklist Insider lists Nemkov in the base set only; it was not possible to reach a second source for that negative because Cardboard Connection and Checklist Center both refused (HTTP 429) on the attempt.

2025 Panini Combat Anthology Base Signatures2
Probable

2025 Panini Combat Anthology Base Signatures #90 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Checklist Insider's Combat Anthology checklist lists a Base Signatures #90 for her; SportsCardsPro's search returned her Classics Signature #20 but no Base Signatures row within the rows it rendered. Treat the card as likely but unconfirmed by a second source.

2025 Panini Combat Anthology Classics Signatures2
High confidence

2025 Panini Combat Anthology Classics Signatures #20 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

Base print run for the unnumbered Classics Signatures is not published by either source, so serial is left null. On-card vs sticker is also unconfirmed.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL12
Probable

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #7 — Francis Ngannou.

High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #60 — Fedor Emelianenko.

High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #BT-FEM — Fedor Emelianenko.

Uncertain

Print run of the base autograph: TCDB flags it SN99, while Checklist Insider says Fedor's Bellator Ink card is '/49', lower than the set's standard /99. Serial left null until a numbered copy is seen.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #76 — Cris Cyborg.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #11 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #37 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #71 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider's parallel list includes a Playoff Ticket /199 that Collectibles.com's Alvarez registry does not show; Collectibles.com otherwise registers Silver, Red, Green, Gold, Blue, Black, Retail, Main Event, Main Card, Cracked Ice, Co-Main Event and Championship versions of #71.

High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #3 — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

The Copper Foil version appears only in SportsCardsPro sale titles and is not on the published parallel list, so it may be a retail-format variation rather than a numbered parallel.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL #16 — Vadim Nemkov.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL 2004 Throwback2
High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL 2004 Throwback #7 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider's 2025 Contenders PFL page returned '2004 Throwback #3' for her; Checklist Center and a SportsCardsPro product row both give #7. #3 appears to be bleed-through from her Championship Contenders #3, so #7 is used here.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels5
High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels #13 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Parallel structure for Crown Jewels was not listed on either reachable checklist page, so parallels is left empty rather than guessed.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels #5 — Patricio Freire.

High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels #17 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Single checklist for the #17 line. The Cracked Ice /25 tier is inferred from the insert's published ladder rather than from a line for his card.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL For the Win1
Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL For the Win #1 — Dakota Ditcheva.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures2
High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures #11 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

One Checklist Insider read of the same page returned '#13' for his Season Ticket Signatures card; a second read of that page, Checklist Center and a SportsCardsPro listing for the Blue parallel all give #11, so #11 is taken as correct. Whether the signatures are on-card or sticker is not stated by any checklist was reachable — the description above reflects how the rest of the Contenders signature checklist is presented, not a confirmed statement.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Supernatural3
Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Supernatural #14 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Supernatural #8 — Vadim Nemkov.

Uncertain

Both published checklists give Supernatural #8, but it was not possible to reach a SportsCardsPro row or a listing photo to confirm the number on the card face itself. The parallel tiers for the Supernatural insert specifically were not published on either checklist page, so no parallels are recorded here.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Superstar Die-Cuts4
High confidence

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Superstar Die-Cuts #10 — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider prints the insert name as 'Superstar Die-Cuts'; SportsCardsPro catalogues it as 'Superstar Die-Cut' (singular). Given its own setSlug because its numbering is separate from the Season Ticket base checklist.

Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Superstar Die-Cuts #8 — Vadim Nemkov.

Uncertain

Number confirmed by two checklist sites; no card image or marketplace row seen, and no parallel structure published for this insert.

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Winning Ticket1
Verified

2025 Panini Contenders PFL Winning Ticket #1 — Dakota Ditcheva.

2025 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition UFC2
Verified

2025 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition UFC #136 — Joshua Van.

High confidence

2025 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition UFC #56 — Jean Silva.

2025 Topps Chrome UFC18
Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #141 — Payton Talbott.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-PT — Payton Talbott.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #MOC-IT — Ilia Topuria.

High confidence

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #33 — Ciryl Gane.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #136 — Joshua Van.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #CRA-JV — Joshua Van.

Probable

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #TTT-16 — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

The full parallel ladder and its serial numbers come from Sports Card Investor's index alone; Collectibles.com independently confirms only the Aqua Geometric /99. Tale of the Tape is normally a two-fighter matchup insert, but neither source names an opponent on Silva's card, so no second subject is recorded here.

Probable

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #AAG-20 — Maurício Rua.

Uncertain

Single source: an eBay listing page. No published checklist for the 2025 Topps Chrome UFC Allen & Ginter insert confirms the card number or the insert's size, and no parallel tiers are recorded here because none are documented.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #188 — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

The published 2025 Topps Chrome UFC checklist does not itemise base-card parallel serial numbers, so only the autograph ladder is recorded with numbers. A Gold Sapphire autograph of Pantoja has been listed on eBay, confirming a 2025 Topps Chrome Sapphire counterpart exists, but no print run for it is confirmed.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #56 — Jean Silva.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's details table for this card says 'Is Rookie Card: No', while Checklist Insider prints it as '56 Jean Silva RC' and MMA Rookies calls it his true rookie. The two checklist sources agree, so the RC reading is the one recorded here; SportsCardsPro's rookie flag is unreliable across the whole 2025 UFC class.

Probable

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #CVA-NC — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

Single source (Checklist Insider). The refractor parallel ladder for the Veteran Autographs was not itemised on the page read, so no serials are recorded.

Verified

2025 Topps Chrome UFC #143 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

The base refractor ladder for 2025 was not read in detail, so no parallels are recorded. Checklist Insider's page also produced a garbled 'AAG-13 / AKA' line alongside the Allen & Ginter #AAG-17 entry; only #AAG-17, which SportsCardsPro's catalogue search also returns, is treated as real.

2025 Topps Chrome UFC Chrome Veteran Autographs2
Probable

2025 Topps Chrome UFC Chrome Veteran Autographs #CVA-AP — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

Single source. Checklist Insider's 2025 Topps Chrome UFC page is the only confirmation of CVA-AP and its parallel run; SportsCardsPro has no page for the card and no card database entry has been located. Whether the signature is on-card or sticker is not stated.

2025 Topps Finest UFC6
Probable

2025 Topps Finest UFC #164 — Joshua Van.

Uncertain

The two sources disagree on the number: Checklist Insider puts Van at #164 in the Base Uncommon tier, MMA Rookies lists '2025 Topps Finest UFC #78 Joshua Van'. #164 is used here because Checklist Insider reproduces the tiered checklist; #78 may be a tier-relative number. Unresolved.

High confidence

2025 Topps Finest UFC #35 — Jean Silva.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's details table says 'Is Rookie Card: No' for #35 where Checklist Insider prints RC on all three tiers.

High confidence

2025 Topps Finest UFC #161 — Mauricio Ruffy.

Uncertain

An earlier reading of this checklist also reported a Common-tier #52 for him; the checklist as read gives only Uncommon #161 and Rare #231, so no Common-tier card is claimed here. Which parallels exist for #161 specifically is inferred from the product's published ladder rather than from a line for his card.

2025 Topps Finest UFC Autographs2
Probable

2025 Topps Finest UFC Autographs #FA-RE — Rashad Evans.

Uncertain

Single source, and it was reached through a SportsCardsPro search redirect rather than a clean product page, so the plain (unparalleled) version's existence and print run are unconfirmed. Whether the signature is on-card or a sticker is unknown.

2025 Topps Knockout UFC4
Verified

2025 Topps Knockout UFC #37 — Payton Talbott.

Verified

2025 Topps Knockout UFC #11 — Joshua Van.

High confidence

2025 Topps Knockout UFC #62 — Jean Silva.

Uncertain

Rookie status is genuinely unsettled on this one. Checklist Insider lists Silva in the Knockout base set without an RC tag, MMA Rookies includes '2025 Topps Knockout UFC #62' in his rookie listings, and SportsCardsPro says 'No' in its details table while noting that some sold listings describe it as a rookie card. Recorded here as non-rookie, since the printed checklist is the stronger evidence.

2025 Topps Knockout UFC2
High confidence

2025 Topps Knockout UFC #18 — Mauricio Ruffy.

Uncertain

The RC line itself rests on one checklist. No second published checklist records the #18 line, although the same fighter's RC designation is independently confirmed in 2025 Topps Finest UFC and 2025 Topps Royalty UFC.

2025 Topps Midnight UFC2
Verified

2025 Topps Midnight UFC #18 — Jean Silva.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro again records 'Is Rookie Card: No' where both checklist sources print RC.

2025 Topps Midnight UFC Rookie Relic Autographs2
Probable

2025 Topps Midnight UFC Rookie Relic Autographs #RRA-JS — Jean Silva.

Uncertain

Single-source: only the Checklist Insider 2025 Topps Midnight UFC checklist was reachable for it (it quotes the line 'RRA-JS Jean Silva' under Rookie Relic Autographs and confirms the subset runs to 35 cards). A SportsCardsPro lookup for 'Jean Silva RRA-JS' returned the 2025 Topps Royalty UFC card of the same code instead, so the two products' RRA-JS cards are easy to conflate and the serial numbering of the Midnight version was not established.

2025 Topps Now UFC5
High confidence

2025 Topps Now UFC #28 — Khamzat Chimaev.

High confidence

2025 Topps Now UFC #20 — Joshua Van.

Uncertain

The Topps product page says print runs are only revealed after the sales window closes; the 1,640 figure comes from the page's own title ('PR: 1640'). The Gold /50 parallel is taken from a single eBay listing title, so it is marked probable.

Probable

2025 Topps Now UFC #8 — Mauricio Ruffy.

Uncertain

Topps' own Topps Now archive entry for the card has not been located, so the caption wording, the card number and the 1,630 figure rest on marketplace item specifics rather than a published checklist. Two independent listings agree on all three.

2025 Topps Royalty UFC3
High confidence

2025 Topps Royalty UFC #75 — Joshua Van.

Uncertain

Product year vs release date: branded 2025, released February 6, 2026 per Checklist Insider. Expect it to be listed under both years.

High confidence

2025 Topps Royalty UFC #90 — Mauricio Ruffy.

2025 Topps Royalty UFC Golden Hall Autographs4
High confidence

2025 Topps Royalty UFC Golden Hall Autographs #GH-DH — Dan Henderson.

Uncertain

Neither source states print runs for the Golden Hall parallels, so all four are recorded without serial numbering.

High confidence

2025 Topps Royalty UFC Golden Hall Autographs #GH-FE — Frankie Edgar.

Uncertain

The 'on-card' description comes from Checklist Insider's write-up of the 2024 Royalty product, which uses the same Golden Hall subset; it was not confirmed for the 2025 Edgar card specifically. Collectibles.com lists the card as '#GH-FE AU' without serial numbering, while SportsCardsPro gives the /99.

2025 Topps Royalty UFC Rookie Relic Autographs2
Probable

2025 Topps Royalty UFC Rookie Relic Autographs #RRA-JS — Jean Silva.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider gives the Rookie Relic Auto as /99 with parallels; the SportsCardsPro hit that confirmed the card's existence was a Blue /25 parallel, and the parallel ladder quoted by Checklist Insider (Blue /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Platinum 1/1) is printed against the Rookie Auto RA-JS line, so applying it to RRA-JS is an inference. Product is labelled 2025 but released February 6, 2026.

2025 Topps Stadium Club UFC3
High confidence

2025 Topps Stadium Club UFC #BCA-WSA — Wanderlei Silva.

Uncertain

No parallel list or print runs published by any reachable source; Collectibles.com says the product carries 'multiple variants including base, chrome, refractors, autographs, and dual autographs' without enumerating Silva's. Sticker vs on-card signing not confirmed for this card.

High confidence

2025 Topps Stadium Club UFC #46 — Jean Silva.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL9
Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL #99 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

The 2026 base parallel ladder is not itemised here — SportsCardsPro lists Silver, Fireworks (Red/Blue/Green/Gold/Black), Playoff Ticket, Main Card Ticket, Co-Main Event Ticket, Cracked Ice, Main Event Ticket and Championship Ticket tiers across the set, but it was not possible to confirm which of them exist for card #99 or their print runs, so parallels is left empty.

Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL #70 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

The full 2026 parallel ladder could not be enumerated: Checklist Insider named the scheme (Red/Blue/Black Fireworks, Championship Ticket 1/1) without listing every numbered tier, and SportsCardsPro's set table paginates so only the Black Fireworks 1/1 row could be read directly. The listed parallels are therefore partial, and the unnumbered ones are marked probable.

Probable

2026 Panini Contenders PFL #63 — Eddie Alvarez.

Uncertain

Collectibles.com registers an Alvarez '2026 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures Blue Fireworks #63'. Checklist Insider's Season Ticket Signatures checklist is 63 cards long and does not include Alvarez — his #63 appears only in the base Season Ticket set. One of the two is wrong, and the numbers colliding at 63 makes a registry mix-up plausible. Recorded here as the base card, with the possible autograph flagged rather than asserted.

Probable

2026 Panini Contenders PFL #83 — Kimbo Slice.

Uncertain

The two checklists disagree. Checklist Insider quotes 'Kimbo Slice - Season Ticket (83)'; Checklist Center's version of the same checklist lists Kimbo only in Legendary Contenders and shows no base Season Ticket card for him. Treat the base #83 as unconfirmed until a second checklist or a listing shows it.

Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL #1 — Vadim Nemkov.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL — PFL Ink2
Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL — PFL Ink #54 — Vadim Nemkov.

Uncertain

No parallel structure published for PFL Ink on either checklist page, and no image or marketplace row reachable.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Championship Contenders1
Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Championship Contenders #4 — Vadim Nemkov.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Championship Moments Signatures6
High confidence

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Championship Moments Signatures #6 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Which fight the card depicts is not stated on either source, so the PFL-title association above is inferred from the insert's name and his 2025 title win rather than confirmed by a caption.

Probable

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Championship Moments Signatures #19 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

Single source for the card number and the /99 base numbering — Checklist Insider's 2026 Contenders PFL checklist. Not independently confirmed; SportsCardsPro's 2026 set table could not be paged to her rows.

Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Championship Moments Signatures #4 — Vadim Nemkov.

Uncertain

Checklist Center prints the run as '#/49*' with an asterisk; Checklist Insider gives a flat /49. The asterisk is not explained on the page, so the /49 is recorded but treated as the stated rather than independently confirmed run.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels1
Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Crown Jewels #9 — Vadim Nemkov.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Legendary Contenders1
High confidence

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Legendary Contenders #11 — Kimbo Slice.

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures6
High confidence

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures #99 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

The /75 print run for the Main Card Ticket Signature comes from SportsCardsPro's product page only; Checklist Insider's 2026 page did not itemise signature parallel print runs, so the figure has a single source. The rest of the 2026 signature parallel ladder is unconfirmed and deliberately not listed.

Probable

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures #70 — Dakota Ditcheva.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Checklist Insider lists her Season Ticket Signatures at #70; a direct SportsCardsPro lookup for that card returned no exact match, and its set table would not page far enough to confirm. The number matching her base card is consistent with how Panini numbers the subset, but it is unconfirmed.

Verified

2026 Panini Contenders PFL Season Ticket Signatures #1 — Vadim Nemkov.

Uncertain

Whether the base Season Ticket Signatures is on-card or sticker is not stated on either checklist page, and no image was reachable, so it is left unrecorded rather than guessed.

2026 Panini Instant PFL2
Probable

2026 Panini Instant PFL #1 — Usman Nurmagomedov.

Uncertain

Single source. The set name, year and card number come from the title and URL slug of Panini's own product page as returned in search results; the page body would not load (JavaScript-only storefront), so the commemorated moment, the base print run and any parallels beyond Metallic are unknown.

2026 Topps Chrome UFC9
Probable

2026 Topps Chrome UFC #15 — Joshua Van.

Uncertain

Single source. Only Checklist Insider's 2026 Topps Chrome UFC checklist was available for this card; the parallel structure was not confirmed and is left empty.

High confidence

2026 Topps Chrome UFC #185 — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

No serial numbers are stated for any of the four refractor parallels by either source.

High confidence

2026 Topps Chrome UFC #163 — Jean Silva.

Probable

2026 Topps Chrome UFC #188 — Natália Silva.

Uncertain

Single source (Checklist Insider) for the number; the page read showed no insert or autograph appearance for her in the 2026 product, which may reflect an incomplete checklist rather than a true absence.

Verified

2026 Topps Chrome UFC #94 — Patricio Freire.

Uncertain

The parallel ladder is taken from the product-level Chrome parallel list rather than from a per-card confirmation; no source was reached that shows which specific #94 parallels have been pulled.

2026 Topps Chrome UFC Base Autographs2
Probable

2026 Topps Chrome UFC Base Autographs #BAV-PL — Patricio Freire.

Uncertain

The card number is the weak point. SportsCardsPro gives BAV-PL on both its card page and its search rows, and Checklist Insider confirms BAV as the Base Autographs prefix, but repeated reads of Checklist Insider's autograph checklists returned a Freire line under different subsets on different reads (once 'FSA-PP' under Future Stars Autographs, once '86S-PY' under 1986 Topps Signatures, once a 'VI-PL' line where the same page elsewhere shows 'VI-PP Paddy Pimblett'). Suffix 'PP' in this product belongs to Paddy Pimblett in at least one subset, so only the BAV-PL card is recorded here; any additional 2026 Chrome autograph of Freire is unconfirmed.

2026 Topps Chrome UFC Marks of Champions Autographs2
Probable

2026 Topps Chrome UFC Marks of Champions Autographs #MOC-AP — Alexandre Pantoja.

Uncertain

Checklist Insider does not itemise the full numbered parallel run for Marks of Champions — only the SuperFractor 1/1 is named, and the Sapphire Red /5 comes from an eBay listing title. The intermediate tiers are therefore unknown rather than assumed. The same Checklist Insider page also carries a '1986 Topps Signatures 09-AA Alexandre Pantoja' line whose 'AA' suffix does not match his initials, so that card is not recorded here.

2026 Topps Midnight UFC Lunar Apex2
Verified

2026 Topps Midnight UFC Lunar Apex #LA-19 — Patricio Freire.

Uncertain

The parallel names and print runs are the product-level Lunar Apex ladder; only the Daybreak /5 is confirmed as existing for this specific card.

2026 Topps Midnight UFC Rookie Relic Autographs2
High confidence

2026 Topps Midnight UFC Rookie Relic Autographs #RRA-PP — Patricio Freire.

Uncertain

The suffix 'PP' is used for Paddy Pimblett in at least one 2026 Topps Chrome UFC autograph subset, so the initials alone do not identify the fighter; here two checklists and a SportsCardsPro listing all attach RRA-PP to Patricio Freire.

2026 Topps Midnight UFC Zero Hour2
High confidence

2026 Topps Midnight UFC Zero Hour #ZH-14 — Patricio Freire.

Uncertain

No parallel information for Zero Hour was confirmed, so the parallels list is left empty rather than assumed from the Lunar Apex ladder.

2026 Topps Stadium Club UFC6
High confidence

2026 Topps Stadium Club UFC #1 — Mackenzie Dern.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's page for #1 has no image and no sales yet, which is consistent with a very recent release. No serial numbers are stated for the Chrome parallels, including the SuperFractor (normally 1/1).

Verified

2026 Topps Stadium Club UFC #171 — Patricio Freire.

Uncertain

No parallel list for this card was confirmed, so parallels are left empty rather than guessed.

High confidence

2026 Topps Stadium Club UFC #25 — Michael Chandler.

Uncertain

The archive already notes a year conflict for Topps Stadium Club UFC (2025 vs 2026 labels on different sites). Checklist Insider and Collectibles.com both file Chandler's #25 under a 2026 product released August 14, 2026, and that is what is used here.

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 2502
High confidence

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 #22 — Mauricio Ruffy.

Uncertain

SportsCardsPro's sales rows for #22 include a copy described as serial-numbered /250, a run Checklist Insider's parallel list does not have. Either an unlisted exclusive or a mislabelled listing; not resolved here, and no /250 parallel is claimed above.

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 Autographs2
Probable

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 Autographs #22-A — Mauricio Ruffy.

Uncertain

Single-source: only Checklist Insider's Freedom 250 checklist was reachable for this card. SportsCardsPro's catalogue-wide 'Ruffy' search returns four distinct cards, consistent with base, autograph, Presidential Seal and UFC Dollar, but no individual SportsCardsPro page for 22-A was located. On-card versus sticker is unverified.

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 Presidential Seal (Stamp of Approval)2
Probable

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 Presidential Seal (Stamp of Approval) #SO-22 — Mauricio Ruffy.

Uncertain

Single-source — only Checklist Insider's checklist was reachable, and no SportsCardsPro page for SO-22 was located, so the card number and the insert's exact printed name are unconfirmed elsewhere. The name itself is ambiguous in that source (Presidential Seal / Stamp of Approval).

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 UFC Dollar1
High confidence

2026 Topps UFC Freedom 250 UFC Dollar #UD-22 — Mauricio Ruffy.

2026 UFC Topps Now4
High confidence

2026 UFC Topps Now #16 — Joshua Van.

Uncertain

The 2,591 print run comes from the Topps store page title ('PR: 2591'); the page body says print runs are revealed only after the sales window closes.

Probable

2026 UFC Topps Now #328-SP — Sean Strickland / Khamzat Chimaev.

Uncertain

Single card-side source (one eBay listing). The print run is unknown and the listing itself records it as TBD. Whether Topps also issued a straight photo Topps Now card for the title change — which the numbering '328' without a suffix would imply — was not confirmed, and no such card was recorded rather than guessed at.