Fans call out ex-UFC fighter Din Thomas over absurd suggestion to improve fighter pay

Former UFC fighter-turned-analyst Din Thomas has been under the cosh after suggesting a bizarre way for fans to help improve fighter pay.According to Thomas, MMA fans who have an issue with the UFC's payscale should instead seek out the gyms where their favorite fighters train and financially support the fighters themselves.The 46-year-old Thomas wrote on Twitter:&quot;If you really care about &quot;fighters&quot;, the ABSOLUTE best thing you can do, is go to your local MMA gym. Ask the coach who the hardest working fighter in the room is. Then see if you can help that fighter with equipment, monthly tuition, or a website to help them get exposure.&quot;Din Thomas@DinThomasIf you really care about &quot;fighters&quot;, the ABSOLUTE best thing you can do, is go to your local MMA gym. Ask the coach who the hardest working fighter in the room is. Then see if you can help that fighter with equipment, monthly tuition, or a website to help them get exposure.1395133If you really care about &quot;fighters&quot;, the ABSOLUTE best thing you can do, is go to your local MMA gym. Ask the coach who the hardest working fighter in the room is. Then see if you can help that fighter with equipment, monthly tuition, or a website to help them get exposure.The strange suggestion has been met with criticism from fans, who believe that the UFC should simply be paying fighters more.One fan compared Thomas' request to that of philanthropist and convicted murderer John du Pont, who established the Foxcatcher Farm wrestling facility in the 1980s:&quot;Never go full John du Pont&quot;Lozefc@Lozefc@DinThomas Never go full John du Pont1341@DinThomas Never go full John du PontAnother fan suggested that the price of current UFC programming is too much to expect them to pay additional money to fighters:&quot;Hahahahah what. I’m paying UFC PPVs, BT Sport subscription, tickets for UFC286 are extortionate AND it’s our responsibility to fund upcoming local fighters as well??&quot;fakeannalee@fakeannalee@DinThomas Hahahahah what I’m paying UFC PPVs, BT Sport subscription, tickets for UFC286 are extortionate AND it’s our responsibility to fund upcoming local fighters as well??Gi thisen a wobble 6@DinThomas Hahahahah what I’m paying UFC PPVs, BT Sport subscription, tickets for UFC286 are extortionate AND it’s our responsibility to fund upcoming local fighters as well??Gi thisen a wobble 😂Check out more fan reactions below:UsykBastard⚽️@RyanThomasMMA@DinThomas Or maybe, instead, the company the fighter works for should pay them fairly20@DinThomas Or maybe, instead, the company the fighter works for should pay them fairlyCmize@elocmize@DinThomas Lmao what an awful take. How about @danawhite @ufc pay fighters their worth and let them have sponsors@DinThomas Lmao what an awful take. How about @danawhite @ufc pay fighters their worth and let them have sponsors¡ZachWabason! ^S^ 34@ZWabason@DinThomas Or ask Dana White for proper pay.@DinThomas Or ask Dana White for proper pay.Thaddeus Leviticus@ThaddeusLevii@DinThomas Din Thomas presents “Adopt a fighter”. LOL sure thing@DinThomas Din Thomas presents “Adopt a fighter”. LOL sure thingCondor Emeliangregor@emeliangregor69@DinThomas If you really care about fighters you would pay them more. Bro said do everything but compensate them2@DinThomas If you really care about fighters you would pay them more😂. Bro said do everything but compensate themBR@hairybads@DinThomas Don’t you think this sets a bad precedent of passing the onus of poor fighter pay onto the fans? Many fans are already paying silly amounts to watch fights. It should be promoters paying them better.71@DinThomas Don’t you think this sets a bad precedent of passing the onus of poor fighter pay onto the fans? Many fans are already paying silly amounts to watch fights. It should be promoters paying them better.Papa Zombo@DocZombo@DinThomas Bad take@DinThomas Bad taketurbojeebus@turbojeebus@DinThomas This is quite possibly one of the stupidest things I have ever read.@DinThomas This is quite possibly one of the stupidest things I have ever read.Onehunga_Leo 🇹🇴@leo_aholelei@DinThomas That’s against their contract silly 1@DinThomas That’s against their contract silly 😜Fuzzy Dunlop@FuzzyTaylor235@DinThomas Yeah, that's a no, Din. Hard pass.@DinThomas Yeah, that's a no, Din. Hard pass.Daniel Cormier calls for Din Thomas to debate him in regards to Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander VolkanovskiAlexander Volkanovski is set to take on the biggest challenge of his career so far at UFC 284 when he steps up to lightweight to face champion Islam Makhachev. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostDiscussing the bout on his YouTube channel, Daniel Cormier believes a victory for Volkanovski would be one of the biggest upsets in UFC history:&quot;Guys, maybe it isn't the biggest upset in UFC history [as he previously claimed]... That might've been a bit of a stretch, but can you really look at that and think that the smaller guy going up and beating the bigger guy is not an upset? The bigger guy's supposed to win because even though I won [going up to heavyweight from light heavyweight], it was an upset, right? I was the underdog as is Alexander 'The Great'.&quot;The UFC Hall of Famer also addressed Din Thomas whilst discussing the upcoming bout. Thomas has previously stated that 'The Great' has all the tools to find a victory against Islam Makhachev, and Cormier has invited him onto his show to debate the take:&quot;[Alexander Volkanovski] wants bigger. He wants greater. And if he gets greater, I stand by my word, Din Thomas, it would be one of the bigger upsets in UFC history. But all you gotta do my friend, answer the Zoom call, Din, let's do this baby [debate]. Let's go.&quot;Catch Cormier addressing Din Thomas here:

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