Name: Cameron "Khalifa" Thomaz
Manager: Carson Crider
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fight Camp: Jackson's MMA
Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota to a mother and a father serving in the military. His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old. His parents' military service caused him to move on a regular basis. Khalifa lived in Germany, England, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. His stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen. Khalifa stated that the name also came from being called "young Wiz 'cause I was good at everything I did".
Cameron started to train Boxing at the age 13 when he wanted to learn self defense. His coaches soon moved him into the MMA gym next door. There he trained and sparred his ass off. He wanted to be a Pro so bad. One day Greg Jackson visited the prestiguous gym and found an interest in Cameron. He invited him to train at Jackson's Gym and offered to pay his gym fees. There he trained his wrestling with Rashad and his striking with Jon Jones. He soon had his first MMA fight, KOing him in the first couple minutes. His hype kept getting bigger and bigger until he finally got a call from X Cellent. They talked for an hour about this great oppurtunity for Cameron.