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Misc. Fighter's Pre- Rookie Cards

Some examples of Trading cards depicting MMA fighters, produced prior to Topps and Panini began nationally distributing MMA licensed trading cards.

Click on the Fighter to see his First issued Trading Card.

	Fighter	Trading Card
	Abbott, Tank	1999 Topps WCW Embossed - Auto #NNO Tank Abbott
	Alger, Royce	1995 Grapple Game Cards #NN Royce Alger
	Anjo, Yoji	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #98 Yoji Anjo
	Barnett, Josh	2003 BBM Pro Wrestling #40 Josh Barnett
	Berto, Dieuseul	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #230 Dieuseul Berto
	Carter, Shonie	2001 BBM Pro Wrestling #116 Shonie Carter
	Cikatic, Branko	1995 BBM K-1 #9 Branko Cikatic
	Coleman, Mark	1995 Grapple Game Cards #NN Mark Coleman
	Couture, Randy	1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling #NN Randy Couture
	DeLucia, Jason	1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #115 Jason Delucia
	Erikson, Tom	1995 Grapple Game Cards #NN Tom Erikson
	Faber, Urijah	2008 Donruss Sports Legends #46 Urijah Faber
	Frazier, Zane	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #34 Zane Frazier
	Frye, Don	1998 Bandai New Japan Pro Wrestling #60 Don Frye
	Goodridge, Gary	2000 Epoch K-1 Grand Prix #032 Gary Goodridge
	Gordeau, Gerard	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #27 Gerard Gordeau
	Halme, Tony	1994 Action Packed WWF #6 Ludwig Borga
	Hamill, Matt	1998 Sports Illustrated for Kids #701 Matt Hamill
	Harris, Gerry	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #28 Gerry Harris
	Harrison, Kayla	2012 Sports Illustrated for Kids #175 Kayla Harrison
	Henderson, Dan	1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling #NN Dan Henderson
	Honma, Satoshi	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #66 Satoshi Honma
	Jackson, Kevin	1992 Impel U.S. Olympic Hopefuls #105 Kevin Jackson
	Johnston, Brian	1999 BBM Pro Wrestling #35 Brian Johnston
	Jones, Nathan	2003 Fleer WWE Aggression #64 Nathan Jones
	Kaman, Rob	1995 BBM K-1 #10 Rob Karman
	Kerr, Mark	1995 Grapple Game Cards #NN Mark Kerr
	Kitao, Koji	1997 BBM Pro Wrestling #142 Koji Kitao
	Kohler, Brad	2000 BBM Pro-Wrestling #74 Brad Kohler
	Kondo, Yuki	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling#178 Yuki Kondo
	Kosaka, Tsuyoshi	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #110 Tsuyoshi Kosaka
	Kubota, Rena	2009 BBM Real Venus #31 Rena Kubota
	Lawal, Muhammed	2009 Press Pass Fusion #90 Muhammed Lawal
	Leopoldo, Kimo RC	1995 BBM K-1 #4 Kimo
	Lesnar, Brock	2002 Fleer WWE Royal Rumble #4 Brock Lesnar
	Lindland, Matt	2000 Roox Sports #13T Matt Lindland
	Lober, John	1998 BBM Pro Wrestling #125 John Lober
	Lytle, Chris	1999 BBM Pro Wrestling #119 Chris Lytle
	Marquardt, Nate	2001 BBM Pro Wrestling #117 Nathan Marquardt
	Matsui, Daijiro	1997 BBM Pro Wrestling #233 Shunsuke Matsui
	Mezgar, Guy	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #185 Guy Mezgar
	Mirko Cro Cop	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #73 Mirko Tigar
	Ogawa, Naoya	1997 BBM Pro Wrestling #41 Naoya Ogawa
	Ognibene, Carl	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #229 Carl Greco
	Ortiz, Tito	2000 SEG Crave Entertainment UFC #6 Tito Ortiz
	Otsuka, Alexander	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #227 Alexander Otsuka
	Pulver, Jens	2006 Pride FC #111 Jens Pulver
	Rizzo, Pedro	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #62 Pedro Rizzo
	Rutten, Bas	1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #114 Bas Rutten
	Sakuraba, Kazushi	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #103 Kazushi Sakuraba
	Sano, Naoki	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #99 Naoki Sano
	Saunders, Townsend	1995 Grapple Game Cards #NN Townsend Saunders
	Schultz, Mark	2008 Heroes of Wrestling II #NN Mark Schultz
	Serra, Matt	2008 Donruss Sports Legends #144 Matt Serra
	Severn, Dan	1990-91 Collegiate Collection Arizona State #146 Dan Severn
	Shamrock, Frank	1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #113 Frank Shamrock
	Shamrock, Ken	1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #112 Wayne Shamrock
	Silva, Wanderlei	2006 Pride FC #10 Wanderlei Silva
	Smith, Maurice	1997 Bandai K-1 Grand Prix #75 Maurice Smith
	Smith, Patrick	1995 BBM K-1 #15 Patrick Smith
	Sobral, Renato	2000 BBM Pro Wrestling #76 Renato Babalu
	Son, Joe	1995 BBM K-1 #5 Joe Son
	Takada, Nobuhiko	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #97 Nobuhiko Takada
	Takahashi, Kazuo	1995 BBM Pro Wrestling #108 Yoshiki Takahashi
	Tanner, Evan	1998 Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling #27 Evan Tanner
	Toyonaga, Minoru	1998 BBM Pro Wrestling #218
	Van Arsdale, Mike	1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling #NN Mike Van Arsdale
	Vaulin, Yuri	1990 Brown's #69 Yuri Vaulin
	White, Vernon	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #186 Vernon White
	Wiet, Orlando	1995 BBM K-1 #8 Orlando Wiet
	Yabushita, Megumi	1997 BBM Pro Wrestling #322 Megumi Yabushita
	Yamamoto, Kenichi	1996 BBM Pro Wrestling #104 Kenichi Yamamoto
	Yamamoto, Miyuu	2019 BBM Sports Trading Cards #47 Miyuu Yamamoto