Din Thomas vs Matt Serra — UFC 41: Onslaught Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 41: Onslaught
Din Thomas vs Matt Serra

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UFC 41: Onslaught

Friday, February 28, 2003 · Atlantic City · New Jersey

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Result

Din Thomas def. Matt Serra

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Larry LandlessSteve Rice · 28-30Doug Crosby · 29-28Nelson Hamilton · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Din ThomasRound 3Matt Serra

11 / 21Sig. strikes5 / 21

52%Accuracy24%

23 / 34Total strikes10 / 26

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns1 / 12

0Sub. attempts0

1:28Control0:42

2.2Pace / min1.0

68%Control share32%

Din Thomas

Targethead 55% · body 27% · leg 18%

Phasedistance 73% · clinch 27% · ground 0%

Matt Serra

Targethead 40% · body 40% · leg 20%

Phasedistance 60% · clinch 40% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeDin Thomas landed 11 significant strikes to 5.Striking edgeDin Thomas struck at 52% accuracy to 24%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Target shiftDin Thomas's head share of landed strikes moved -25 pts, to 55% head with 27% body and 18% leg.
Control swingDin Thomas's control time moved +80s, 88s against 8s.
Defensive driftDin Thomas absorbed significant strikes +25% faster than in R2, 1.0 against 0.8 per minute.
Pace upMatt Serra's significant-strike pace moved +25% from R2 to R3, 1.0 against 0.8 per minute.
Grappling pressureMatt Serra attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 12 against 10.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Din Thomas

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Matt Serra

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

29Din Thomas sig. strikes

26Matt Serra sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-76%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Matt Serra)