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Din "Dinyero" Thomas is an American mixed martial arts fighter who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He currently runs a successful MMA academy in Port St Lucie, FL and has recently received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Ricardo Liborio. Thomas fights out of Florida and trains with American Top Team.
[edit] Ultimate Fighter 4
Thomas was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. Thomas' first round fight was against Mikey Burnett. Thomas quickly and affectively defeated Burnett with a triangle choke in the first round. Thomas' semifinal fight was against friend and show training partner Chris Lytle. After the third round, Thomas lost to Lytle by unanimous decision, eliminating him from the competition.
[edit] MMA career
- Thomas made his UFC debut at UFC 32, in a fight against B.J. Penn. Thomas lost via TKO (strikes) at the midway point of the first round.
- Thomas returned at UFC 33, fighting against Fabiano Iha. Thomas defeated Iha by unanimous decision.
- At UFC 39 Thomas returned once again facing Japanese superstar Caol Uno, in the first round of a lightweight tournament to determine the new UFC Lightweight Champion. After three rounds, Thomas lost by unanimous decision.
- Thomas returned once again at UFC 41 to face Matt Serra. Din won the fight after three rounds by split decision. The fight with Serra was somewhat controversial, due to one of the judges mistakenly placing the score he assigned to Thomas in the column reserved for Serra. This caused Serra to be declared the winner by decision, but the mistake was discovered and Thomas and his team were notified of the change, giving Thomas the split decision victory.
[edit] Mixed martial arts record
| 18-6-0 (wins-losses-draws) [1], UFC Record: 3-2 |
| Result |
Opponent |
Method |
Event |
Date |
Round, Time |
Notes |
| Win |
Rich Clementi |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |
Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale |
11/11/2006 |
2 3:11 |
| Loss |
Luciano Azevedo |
Decision (Unanimous) |
WCFC-No Guts No Glory |
03/18/2006 |
3 5:00 |
| Win |
Dwayne Shelton |
Submission (Armbar) |
BP-Pride and Glory |
09/17/2005 |
1 |
| Loss |
Tyrone Glover |
Decision (Majority) |
DEEP-20th Impact |
09/03/2005 |
3 5:00 |
| Win |
John Strawn |
Submission (Armbar) |
AFC 11-Absolute Fighting Championships 11 |
02/12/2005 |
1 1:15 |
| Loss |
Amar Suloev |
TKO (Strikes) |
Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival |
12/31/2003 |
1 4:22 |
| Win |
Steve Berger |
Decision (Unanimous) |
AFC 4-Absolute Fighting Championships 4 |
07/19/2003 |
3 5:00 |
| Win |
Matt Serra |
Decision (Split) |
UFC 41-Onslaught |
02/28/2003 |
3 5:00 |
| Loss |
Caol Uno |
Decision (Unanimous) |
UFC 39-The Warriors Return |
09/27/2002 |
3 5:00 |
| Win |
Rob Baer |
TKO |
RSF 6-Mayhem in Myers |
12/29/2001 |
N/A |
| Win |
Jason Bender |
KO |
RSF 5-New Blood Conflict |
10/27/2001 |
1 1:03 |
| Win |
Fabiano Iha |
Decision (Unanimous) |
UFC 33-Victory in Vegas |
09/28/2001 |
3 5:00 |
| Loss |
B.J. Penn |
TKO (Strikes) |
UFC 32-Showdown in the Meadowlands |
06/29/2001 |
1 2:42 |
| Win |
Scott Johnson |
Submission (Armbar) |
RSF 1-Redemption in the Valley |
04/21/2001 |
1 3:11 |
| Win |
Stephen Palling |
Submission (Triangle Choke) |
SB 20-SuperBrawl 20 |
02/23/2001 |
1 3:52 |
| Win |
Jens Pulver |
Submission (Heel Hook) |
WEF-New Blood Conflict |
08/26/2000 |
2 0:33 |
| Win |
Don Banville |
TKO (Corner Stoppage) |
WEF 9-World Class |
05/13/2000 |
2 4:00 |
| Win |
Dokonjonosuke Mishima |
TKO (Cut) |
Shooto-R.E.A.D. 2 |
03/17/2000 |
2 3:37 |
| Win |
Tim Douglas |
Submission (Armbar) |
RCF 4-Reality Combat Fighting 4 |
02/19/2000 |
1 0:45 |
| Win |
Ken Allen |
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) |
WEF 7-Stomp in the Swamp |
10/09/1999 |
1 3:16 |
| Loss |
Caol Uno |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |
Shooto-Renaxis 4 |
09/05/1999 |
3 3:16 |
| Win |
Scott Bills |
Submission (Choke) |
WEF 5-World Extreme Fighting 5 |
02/21/1999 |
1 3:46 |
| Win |
Scott Bills |
TKO |
WEF 4-World Extreme Fighting 4 |
12/19/1998 |
N/A |
| Win |
Tomas Velazquez |
Submission (Armbar) |
WVF-Jacksonville Vale Tudo 1 |
10/28/1998 |
1 1:02 |
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