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VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭
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I'd always been a boxing guy (and still am) but my wife is on the cusp of a 3rd degree black belt in tae kwon do and she got into watching UFC. So, as Jules Winnfield would say, "so that pretty much means I'm into watching UFC". But, as crazy people do, I decided I might as well look into what's collectable card-wise. There's actually only 14 guys in the UFC HOF - which makes sense considering it's only 20 or so years old. But I wanted to see what the HOF Rookie Cards of these guys would be and put together a registry set. I listed the guys in the Hall of Fame here but I'm also interested in what the rookie cards would be for current guys that are Future HOFers (Jon jones, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Dominick Cruz etc). So anyone who wants to educate me, I'd very much appreciate it.

UFC HOFers
Royce Gracie
Ken Shamrock
Dan Severn
Randy Couture
Mark Coleman
Chuck Liddell
Matt Hughes
Tito Ortiz
Pat Miletich
Bas Rutten
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Don Frye
Forrest Griffin
B.J. Penn

And you'd have to think Anderson Silva is in the moment he retires.

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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭

    Here are the UFC/mma cards I have. The rookie cards are tricky because they didn't start making mainstream US sets until recently. You have to really dig around to find some the sets from Japan and armature wrestling sets.

    Bruce Lee 1974 Yamakatsu Way of the Dragon
    Chuck Norris 1974 Yamakatsu Way of the Dragon Series 2
    Ken Shamrock 1995 BBM
    Randy Couture 1998 Culture House - Asics Heros of Wrestling
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    Chuck Liddell 2003 Sherdog
    Royce Gracie 2006 Pride Card Collection
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    Olympics

    Scans of most of my Misc rookies can be found <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.collectors.com/m...y&keyword1=Non%20major">here
  • coinspackscoinspacks Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2016 5:42PM

  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭
    edited November 20, 2016 1:29PM

    eagles33, I noticed that they're all BGS. Do we think PSA won't grade most of those?

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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭

    I have that Couture graded by PSA and an amateur card of Mark Coleman graded by PSA too....the Coleman is next to impossible to find.

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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭

    At the time psa wouldnt grade the couture, Liddell or the Yamakatsu cards. As the WCK mentioned.. psa does grade the couture now. I think I could have gathered enough info to get the yamakatsu cards graded. I was stuck on the Liddel. I could not find enough info on it. The card came with a DVD or VHS by sherdog. I could date the card because it had how old liddel was on the back. The card is also numbered so it would be very interesting to see other cards from the set. If anyone has any info on that card I'll gladly try to get psa to slab it and cross over all of them

    Wck, what set is the Coleman card from?

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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭

    Interesting info. If we were to put together a HOF RC set for the registry, do you guys think those would be the cards included or does PSA's stance on Mainstream cards takeover? Would that mean most of these guys are the 2010 Topps UFC set? I'd love to get started but I don't know where to begin!

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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭

    I think a registry set would just be mainstream 2009/2010 which would be boring IMO. There is a lot of opportunity to find some interesting cards in the UFC arena I think

    Scans of most of my Misc rookies can be found <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.collectors.com/m...y&keyword1=Non%20major">here
  • OddRodzOddRodz Posts: 645 ✭✭✭

    There are no UFC cards pictured above. Liddell and Couture cards are quite cool though, whatever they are. UFC Rocks ! Big fan, The Topps 2009 mainstream set isn't boring. The inserts though sell for huge. Fun stuff and quite collectible.

  • OddRodzOddRodz Posts: 645 ✭✭✭

    http://www.blowoutcards.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21_276_322&products_id=5021

    For some cheap UFC 2010. Blasters for 6 bucks.

  • OddRodzOddRodz Posts: 645 ✭✭✭

    I think the HOF idea here is fantastic. With UFC it's rare anyone lasts more than a year or two on top so anyone actually making the HOF is quite the feat. The 2009 Round 1 boxes are silly expensive but that where a good chunk of those HOF rookies are.
    Here is new some new stuff.



  • OddRodzOddRodz Posts: 645 ✭✭✭

  • hjrhjr Posts: 46 ✭✭

    Hey Guys,

    I am a big UFC fan and have been trying to put together a collection of Rookie Cards and Auto cards of every UFC Champion from UFC 1 until present. I'm about 90% done with the Autos and slowly working on the rookies.

    I would love to see a UFC Registry for UFC Champions Autos and one for their Rookie Cards. What do you guys think?

    From my research I put together a composite of the first Regular Issue Official UFC Card (Rookie Card) of every UFC Champion:

    Women's Strawweight Championship
    2015 UFC Knockout Carla Esparza 14
    2015 UFC Champions Joanna Jędrzejczyk 15

    Women's Bantamweight Championship
    2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Miesha Tate 129
    2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Ronda Rousey 150
    2015 Topps Knockout Holly Holm 100
    2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines Flag Amanda Nunes 63

    Flyweight Championship
    2011 UFC Finest Demetrious Johnson 33

    Bantamweight Championship
    2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines T.J. Dillashaw 37
    2010 Topps UFC Knockout Dominick Cruz 127
    2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth **Renan Barão **181

    Featherweight Championship
    2010 UFC Knockout WEC Jose Aldo 120
    2013 UFC Bloodlines Conor McGregor 139
    2013 Topps UFC Finest Max Holloway 62

    Lightweight Championship
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Sean Sherk - Tiki Ghosn 9
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 BJ Penn - Joey Gilbert 10
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Joe Lauzon - Jens Pulver 53
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Frankie Edgar - Tyson Griffin 60
    2010 Topps UFC Main Event Benson Henderson 149
    2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Rafael Dos Anjos ** 45
    2011 UFC Finest **Anthony Pettis     49
    2010 Leaf MMA Eddie Alvarez 88
    2013 UFC Bloodlines Conor McGregor 139

    -Continued

    Henry Ruiz
  • hjrhjr Posts: 46 ✭✭

    -continued

    Welterweight Championship
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Matt Hughes - Valeri Ignatov 8
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 BJ Penn - Joey Gilbert 10
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Matt Serra - Shonie Carter 11
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Georges St-Pierre - Karo Parisyan 17
    2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Pat Miletich 68
    2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Carlos Condit – Martin Kampmann 132
    2010 Topps UFC Main Event ** Johny Hendricks** 125
    2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Robbie Lawler 213
    2012 Topps UFC Bloodlines Tyron Woodley 85

    Middleweight Championship
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Evan Tanner - Darrell Gholar 7
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Rich Franklin - Evan Tanner 14
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 ** Anderson Silva** - Chris Leben 46
    2011 UFC Finest Chris Weidman 11
    2012 UFC Bloodlines Luke Rockhold 45
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Michael Bisping 42

    Light Heavyweight Championship
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Randy Couture - Tony Halme 4
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Chuck Liddell - Noe Hernandez 5
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Marvin Eastman - Vitor Belfort 15
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Patrick Cote - Tito Ortiz 18
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Forrest Griffin - Stephan Bonnar 19
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Rashad Evans - Brad Imes 31
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Quinton Jackson - Marvin Eastman 58
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Lyoto Machida - Sam Hoger 59
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Mauricio Rua - Forrest Griffin 70
    2009 Topps UFC Round 2 ** Jon Jones** – Andre Gusmao 101
    2010 Leaf UFC Frank Shamrock 74
    2011 Topps UFC Moment of Truth Daniel Cormier 97

    Heavyweight Championship
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Mark Coleman - Moti Horenstein 3
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Randy Couture - Tony Halme 4
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Frank Mir - Roberto Traven 12
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Fabricio Werdum - Andrei Arlovski 63
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - Heath Herring 69
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Brock Lesnar - Frank Mir 81
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Cain Velasquez - Brad Morris 82
    2009 Topps UFC Round 1 Shane Carwin - Christian Wellisch 84
    2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Bas Rutten 51
    2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Kevin Randleman 81
    2009 Topps UFC Round 2 Junior Dos Santos – Fabricio Werdum 108
    2012 Topps UFC Knockout Stipe Miocic 91
    2013 Topps UFC Bloodlines Josh Barnett 60

    **Although several fighters had trading cards from other organizations Pride, Pancrase etc the cards above are their official UFC card. There were a few fighters who were included in insert sets but not in a regular issue set they were not included.

    Henry Ruiz
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭

    I like this list a LOT. I think we should separate out into HOFers and Champions and do two sets. Thoughts?

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  • Autos4AlexAutos4Alex Posts: 442 ✭✭✭

    For Randy Couture what about his 2006 ginter card?

  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭

    I graded a 2008 Donruss Ring King autograph set of 30. I have had it on the registry for years.

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  • hjrhjr Posts: 46 ✭✭

    The first official UFC cards set was the 2009 Topps UFC Round 1. Making each card in the set the official UFC ROOKIE Card of the fighter.

    Or should we consider the cards of the fighters from sets such as 2008 Donruss Ring King, 2006 Topps Allen & Ginger, or the Japanese BBM cards their Rookie Card because it predates the Round 1 set?

    Henry Ruiz
  • hjrhjr Posts: 46 ✭✭

    Here are a few cards that predate the Round 1 set:





    Henry Ruiz
  • hjrhjr Posts: 46 ✭✭

    @VitoCo1972 said:
    I like this list a LOT. I think we should separate out into HOFers and Champions and do two sets. Thoughts?

    I agree, two sets sounds good to me.

    Henry Ruiz
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