Ilia Topuria Cardboard Market

Every confirmed sale of an Ilia Topuria card, added up. To understand the market.

Sales
23,451
confirmed, matched by hand
Total amount
$2,043,735
sum of what was paid
Median card
$28
raw price index, adjusted card by card
Highest sale
$101,000

Sales per month

Monthsalesamountmedian cardhighest
2022-0315$986$32$250
2022-04144$17,937$24$2,901
2022-05120$19,999$19$5,000
2022-0687$10,039$14$1,085
2022-07103$10,518$11$6,000
2022-08136$8,552$11$976
2022-09118$6,908$6$1,425
2022-1082$3,540$8$450
2022-1195$10,985$8$1,525
2022-12157$19,350$15$2,550
2023-01168$11,135$14$1,800
2023-02115$8,443$11$1,500
2023-0399$5,795$13$567
2023-0475$6,588$12$2,250
2023-0591$6,156$13$650
2023-06229$18,431$14$2,200
2023-07171$11,062$15$2,400
2023-08106$7,408$13$799
2023-09106$7,082$13$900
2023-10102$5,414$13$460
2023-1182$4,728$12$550
2023-1292$3,824$14$475
2024-01253$14,950$15$1,100
2024-02820$55,454$21$4,750
2024-03432$21,809$19$1,745
2024-04384$15,308$20$710
2024-05303$12,741$15$3,252
2024-06205$7,319$13$2,069
2024-07258$19,010$15$3,156
2024-08221$11,882$13$2,384
2024-09164$9,662$14$1,500
2024-10518$27,164$18$1,450
2024-11498$24,035$20$1,525
2024-12497$23,354$21$1,250
2025-01353$15,014$17$900
2025-02469$19,646$24$2,377
2025-03499$27,105$23$3,023
2025-04346$28,775$23$3,100
2025-05362$24,240$21$2,000
2025-06779$54,655$30$3,504
2025-071,412$220,234$40$101,000
2025-08923$71,263$32$2,438
2025-09513$98,959$31$15,100
2025-10569$58,376$29$14,000
2025-11848$64,306$36$3,500
2025-12611$44,973$29$4,005
2026-01839$50,456$33$5,000
2026-02836$59,391$35$2,250
2026-031,114$176,912$41$32,025
2026-04722$66,014$41$5,338
2026-051,075$99,703$42$7,500
2026-061,307$174,138$37$16,145
2026-07696$65,407$29$2,950
2026-08807$74,121$29$10,000
2026-09874$74,548$31$20,000
2026-10451$27,930$29$1,575

His story, in the market

  1. 2022-12-11 · Submits Mitchell · UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · +183 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 66 → 187)
  2. 2023-06-24 · Decision over Emmett · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria · +73 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 142 → 245)
  3. 2024-02-17 · KO of Volkanovski · UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · title on the line · +141 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 347 → 838)
  4. 2024-10-26 · KO of Holloway · UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway · title on the line · +208 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 224 → 691)
  5. 2025-02-20 · Vacates the featherweight belt · announces the move up to lightweight · +26 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 419 → 527)
  6. 2025-06-28 · KO of Oliveira · UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira · title on the line · +308 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 418 → 1705)
  7. 2026-06-14 · Loss to Gaethje · UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje (Casa Blanca) · title on the line · -11 % (sales 30 days after versus 30 days before: 1229 → 1093)

Moments come from his real fight record · the effect compares sales (in units) in the 30 days after with those in the 30 days before; the median card is read over 90 days · coincidence does not prove that one causes the other.

How to read these numbers

The median card, not the median sale. Every card is compared with itself (raw sales only, no slabs): one $100,000 sale of a 1/1 cannot move the line and a flood of cheap base cards cannot sink it. It is the same index we publish on social media.

Spikes = fight nights. Sales rise around every big fight and fall afterwards. Cards are not “worth more”: more people are buying at once.

A reference, not a promise. All of this is the past. Nothing here says what a card will be worth tomorrow; collect what you love, the market is other people's game.

Sources: eBay sold · COMC · only confirmed sales matched to a card in the catalogue · nominal amounts in dollars · graded copies are counted with their grade.