Sean Strickland Torches Tyron Woodley Over Alleged Din Thomas DM Threat

Sean Strickland doesn't do private. The UFC middleweight champion dumped an alleged direct-message exchange with former welterweight king Tyron Woodley onto Twitter, and it started over Din Thomas — the coach and commentator who announced he was quitting corner work Saturday after Gillian Robertson dropped a decision to Mackenzie Dern at UFC 330.

Robertson, ranked #5 at strawweight and now sitting at 17-9, deserved a coach in her corner. Instead Thomas made the loss about himself, drew a wave of criticism, and issued a Monday apology in which he called his own behavior despicable. Strickland was one of the loudest voices ripping him, branding Thomas a bad coach in far saltier language.

The Screenshot Heard Round the Timeline

According to Strickland's post, Woodley slid into his DMs warning him to watch his mouth, describing himself as ride-or-die for Thomas and telling Strickland he was a habitual line-crosser. Strickland's response was pure Strickland: he asked what Woodley was actually going to do, predicted the answer was nothing, and closed with an insult aimed at both men.

Then he went for the jugular. Strickland posted a screenshot of Woodley's competitive record — seven consecutive losses across MMA and boxing dating back to 2019 — and captioned it with a jab about CTE and Woodley forgetting his own results are a liability. It's cruel. It's also, mathematically, not wrong.

Nobody Can Confirm It Happened

Here's the catch: there's no proof the exchange is real. Woodley hasn't addressed it on any of his channels beyond quietly sharing Thomas' apology to his Instagram Stories. Strickland could have fabricated the whole thing, and nothing so far confirms otherwise.

Woodley won't get to settle it in a cage against Strickland anytime soon, but he is back competing this week. He meets welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley in a grappling match at RAF 12 in Cleveland on Saturday — his debut for the promotion, and a chance to remind everyone what he can still do when the striking isn't the story.