Toby Imada
| Toby Imada | |
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| Born | Timoteo Tobias Imada April 20, 1978 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Residence | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Division | Lightweight |
| Reach | 69.0 in (175 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, BJJ, Judo, |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Team |
The Alliance MMA Victory MMA |
| Rank | Black belt in Judo "Black belt in Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 8 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 3 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 49 |
| Wins | 30 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 20 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Losses | 18 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada (born July 16, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He previously fought for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division. He competed in their first and second season tournaments, making it to the finals both times, but losing both times. Imada won the 2009 Submission of the Year award for an inverted triangle choke.
Imada trained and fought out of Los Angeles, California. He has fought many notable fighters such as Jason Von Flue, Jason Miller, Joe Stevenson, Hermes Franca, Jake Shields, Jorge Masvidal, James Krause, Tetsuji Kato, and Carey Vanier. Imada has fought in many mixed martial arts (MMA) organizations since 1998, most notably in the Bellator Fighting Championship.
In the first season Bellator lightweight tournament, Imada advanced to the finals after defeating Alonzo Martinez and Jorge Masvidal. The upset win over Masvidal was notable for Imada's bizarre inverse triangle choke while Masvidal was standing up. The submission has been acknowledged by many MMA mediums as the Submission of the Year for 2009. He was awarded a Bazzie award from Inside MMA on HDNet for the unorthodox submission victory and Submission of the Year Honors at the World MMA Awards.
At Bellator 12, Imada fought top five ranked Eddie Alvarez for the chance to become the first Bellator lightweight champion. Alvarez got the better of the battle and won the fight in the second round via rear naked choke.
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