2024 Topps Chrome UFC Hobby Box

2024 Topps Chrome UFC Hobby Box

Box of 12 packs

Pack of 8 cards

2024 Topps Chrome UFC marks the card manufacturer's return to the Octagon for the first time since 2020. This is the first set under a new MMA card agreement between Fanatics, owner of Topps, and the TKO Group, owner of the UFC (and WWE).

While this set marks a new beginning, it features the same characteristics as modern Topps Chrome sets. This includes a pair of autographs in each box, numerous refractories and a wide range of additional inserts.

The basic set includes 200 cards, providing an in-depth exploration of the UFC roster. The cards pick up where previous Topps Chrome UFC series left off, on a metal backing that gives them a natural shine.

It's further amplified by a wide assortment of parallels:

Refractories
Magenta refractories - hobby only
Negative refractories - hobby only
Prism refractories
Violet refractories - hobby only
Sepia refractories - blasters only
X refractories - mega boxes only
Speckle refractories - /299
Aqua Refractories - /199
Blue Refractories - /150
Green Refractories - /99
Blue Wave Refractories - /75
Gold Refractories - /50
Orange Refractories - /25
Black Refractories - /10
Red Refractories - /5
Superfractors - 1/1
These cards cover all 200 cards.

The 2024 Topps Chrome UFC checklist features nine different autograph styles.

Chrome Rookie, Chrome Veteran and UFC Signatures autographs are among the main ones. Other themes include autographs of future stars and legends of the octagon, representing different eras of fighters.

Main Event, Marks of Champions and Hall of Fame autographs are all exclusive to hobby packs.

Whatever the theme, all of the above have a similar assortment of parallels: Refractors (/150), Gold Refractors (/50), Orange Refractors (/25), Black Refractors (/10), Red Refractors (/5) and Superfractors (1/1).

If the range of signatures is significant, the number of standard insert sets is even greater, with 22 different sets in the various hobby box and retail box configurations. The rarity of these sets ranges from the common to the extremely rare. Most fall somewhere in between.

Like most Topps products, the UFC 2024 Topps Chrome checklist is tinged with nostalgia. 1954 Topps uses the design of the baseball series released seven decades earlier. Hobby exclusives are 1:3 packs, about four per box.

Other inserts found only in hobby include Tale of the Tape (1:3 packs), AKA (1:4 packs), Supergiant (1:5 packs) and, International Flair (1:7 packs). All these cards have Refractors, Gold Refractors (/50), Black Refractors (/10), Red Refractors (/5) and Superfractors (1/1).

Other hobby-exclusive inserts are strong enough not to be found in every box. Countdown (1:40 packs), Generation Now (1:48 packs), Representing (1:60 packs), Fist of Fury (1:80 packs) and Youthquake (1:120 packs) are all in this category. Unique Superfractors are also available for these cards. Some Youthquake cards also feature autographs numbered to 10.

Kings and Queens are hobby packs at 1:72 but have no parallels.

And then there were the "case hits", extremely difficult insert themes that some collectors may miss even if they tear through several boxes. These include Energized, Hidden Gems, Let's Go, UFC Fight Night and Spitting Venom.

Allen & Ginter is also present in the product. These inserts can only be found in the blaster value and mega box packs.

Other blaster and mega box exclusives include All the Glory, Brick by Brick, Embedded, Fired Up and Pathblazers.