Din Yero Thomas is an American former mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback.
30 Facts About Din Thomas
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Din Thomas holds a Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Liborio and currently runs two successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA academies in Port St Lucie, Florida.
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Din Thomas holds notable victories of Jens Pulver, Matt Serra, and Clay Guida.
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Din Thomas has acted in local independent films, portraying The Fight Kid in Chris Fuller's Loren Cass and Reverend Pierce in Natalie, Queen of Scots.
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Din Thomas appeared alongside Dana White and former opponent Matt Serra on Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight, and currently is a cast member of the UFC Live Weigh-in Show.
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Din Thomas was born in Wilmington, Delaware, where he lived until he was 12 years old.
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When he was 12 Din Thomas moved to Port St Lucie, Florida, and attended Port St Lucie High School.
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Din Thomas flirted with baseball and football growing up, but ultimately did not have a serious interest in team sports because he did not like negatively affecting his teammates.
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Din Thomas had recently broken up with his girlfriend, and in a fit of rage beat up her new boyfriend at her house.
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The young Din Thomas was charged with battery and had to spend his weekends in prison for the next year.
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Din Thomas returned at UFC 33, defeating Fabiano Iha by unanimous decision.
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At UFC 39, Din Thomas faced Japanese superstar Caol Uno in a rematch.
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Din Thomas's next fight was a split decision victory over future UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra at UFC 41.
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Din Thomas was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 where he defeated Mikey Burnett in the first round, before losing to training partner Chris Lytle by decision in the semi-finals.
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Din Thomas returned at the finale on November 11,2006, to face Rich Clementi, winning via rear naked choke in the second round.
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Din Thomas was then defeated via submission by future UFC lightweight title challenger Kenny Florian after injuring his knee in a takedown attempt while headlining the main event at UFC Fight Night 11.
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Doctors said in his takedown attempt that Din Thomas tore his meniscus and stretched his PCL.
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Din Thomas's most recent UFC fight was a unanimous decision loss to Josh Neer at UFC Fight Night 13.
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Din Thomas was released from his UFC contract after this fight.
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Din Thomas debuted at featherweight against Dustin Pieken securing a triangle choke in the first round.
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Din Thomas has followed that up with TKO wins over Gabe Lemley and Dustin Pague.
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Din Thomas was scheduled to return after a nearly two-year-long layoff October 7,2011, at Fight Time 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a promotion headed up by his American Top Team boxing trainer, Howard Davis Jr.
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Din Thomas's fight against George Sheppard was scheduled to be the main event of Fight Time 7: The Return of Din Thomas.
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On January 2,2014, Din Thomas announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
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Besides his own professional mixed martial artist career, Din Thomas has been coaching since the early days of MMA.
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Din Thomas started coaching at Mike Metzger's Internal Power Karate School in 1999.
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Din Thomas owned multiple MMA and jiu-jitsu schools until he was recruited to become one of the primary coaches at American Top Team in 2015.
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In March 2020, Din Thomas announced that he had departed from ATT in order to pursue his own MMA camp.
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Din Thomas appeared in the 2007 Gotham Award-nominated independent feature film Loren Cass which had its United States premiere at Dennis Hopper's CineVegas Film Festival and its international premiere in the prestigious Filmmakers of the Present competition at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.
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Din Thomas was arrested on October 30,2007, on a charge of "felony prohibited competitions" in Port St Lucie, Florida at his training gym.