Poatan’s Best Cards
No one has captured the attention of the MMA community over the last few years quite like Alex Pereira. He joined the UFC in November 2021 and quickly got to work by knocking out everyone in his path. He defeated Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title, then moved up to light heavyweight, captured that title easily, and defended the belt three times — all in under three years.
Poatan’s Topps run has been brief but highly impactful — just like his fighting career. Making his first appearance in 2024’s releases of Topps Finest, Gold Label, Midnight, Knockout 2024, and of course, Chrome®, there’s already a phenomenal selection of base cards, inserts, and autos that showcase how incredible Pereira’s run has been over the last few years. Let’s take a look at some of his greatest cards so far.
Alex Pereira’s Best Cards
2024 Topps Chrome® UFC Future Stars Autographs #FSA-APE Alex Pereira Black Refractor /10
Fighter info
• Holds the record for the Fewest MMA bouts to become a two-division UFC champion with 11
• First and only fighter to win the UFC Middleweight and Light Heavyweight championships
set info
• Future Stars features 20 up-and-coming fighters
• Six parallels from /150 to /1 superfractor
card back
• name, weight class, card code, a congratulations message, and a confirmation that the signature on the card is authentic, as witnessed by a topps representative
2024 Topps Gold Label UFC Championship Lineage Signatures #CLS-AP Israel Adesanya / Alex Pereira
Fighter info
• Former UFC Middleweight champion
• COnducted three consecutive title defenses in 175 days, a UFC Record
set info
• Championship lineage series features ten cards with two champions of past and present each, all numbered /25 with a 1/1 gold
What They Said
• “Maybe without [Israel Adesanya] I wouldn’t be where I am today. I wouldn’t have got into the UFC with the good contract that I did due to the history we have.” – Alex Pereira
2024 Topps Knockout UFC #33 Alex Pereira Purple /99
Fighter info
• Ufc light heavyweight champion
• five-time UFC performance of the night winner
set info
• 100-card Base set with parallels numbered /250 to /1
What they said
• “Alex Pereira is the boogeyman. He’s the scariest motherf***** in this sport.” – Joe Rogan
2024 Topps Finest UFC Chaos #CHA-24 Alex Pereira Gold Shimmer Refractor /39
Fighter info
• 67.2% significant strike percentage is highest in UFC Light Heavyweight division history
• 63.1% Career significant strike percentage is Fourth highest in UFC history
set info
• Chaos insert features 30 stars from past and present with 13 parallels numbered /93 to /1 with four box break exclusive parallels
What they said
• “he never says no, there’s never any push back with this guy. He’s the type of fighter that fighters are fans of.” – Dana White
2024 Topps Midnight UFC Moonfall #MF-15 Alex Pereira Daybreak /5
Fighter info
• 2024 ufc.com fighter of the year
• Five knockouts in title fights is tied for second-most in UFC history
set info
• Moonfall insert features 25 past and future stars
• two parallels: daybreak /5 and black light /1
Fighter quote
• “How many other times I left other families and teams sad and we were laughing? Now is our time to rethink. So dude, I’m okay with it right now.” – Alex Pereira after his KO loss to israel Adesanya
