JUSTIN GAETHJE IS YOUR UFC FREEDOM 250 MAIN EVENT WINNER
We’re buying back 2026 Topps Chrome UFC cards featuring UFC Freedom 250 Main Event winner Justin Gaethje. Bring your qualifying cards to Sports Cards Direct and receive store credit in exchange.
Card Eligibility and Credit Values
Your Questions,
Answered
- UFC Freedom 250 will take place on June 14th, 2026, and feature a main event fight between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje (the “Main Event”). Following the conclusion of the Main Event, the 2026 Topps Chrome UFC base cards and any base parallels of the winner of the Main Event will be eligible for the buyback program. For a full list of the eligible cards, please see the table above. Images of the eligible cards will also be provided on the website upon program start.
- The 2026 Topps Chrome UFC program will begin right after the conclusion of the Main Event on June 14th, 2026, and continue until September 1st, 2026. Shops should not accept Topps Chrome UFC buy back trade-ins prior to the official program start date. This page will update with more details once the winner of the Main Event is announced.
- The Topps Chrome UFC Buyback Offer only applies to 2026 Topps Chrome UFC products.
In the event that either subject drops out of the Main Event prior to the match and the replacement fighter(s) have eligible cards in Topps Chrome UFC, Topps will buy back the cards of the winner of the new Main Event.
- No, only the select cards determined by Topps will be eligible for buyback.
- When you bring your cards into your hobby shop, you will receive store credit in exchange, not cash. The amount of store credit is determined by the pricing table above.
- All Main Event winner base cards will receive £15 in buyback value. All non-numbered refractors will receive £30. Base parallel cards that are numbered greater than /100 will receive £74 in credit. All base parallel numbered cards less than /100 will fetch £150 in credit.
I run a hobby shop and want to participate – how can I?
- While there isn’t an official limit, each hobby shop will have the discretion to cap the number of cards they buy back.
- Cards do not need to be in mint condition. Ripped or altered cards will not be accepted for the buyback program, but as long as your card is in one piece, it will be eligible.




