Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada (born April 20, 1978) is a retiredAmericanmixed martial artist, grappler and kickboxer of Japanese and Mexican descent. A professional from 1998 until 2013, Imada competed forBellator,King of the Cage, and theRFA. Imada won the 2009 Submission of the Year award for an inverted triangle choke, defeatingJorge Masvidal.^[2]

In the first season Bellator Lightweight Tournament, Imada advanced to the finals after defeatingAlonzo Martinez andJorge 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 onHDNet for the unorthodox submission victory and Submission of the Year Honors at the World MMA Awards.

AtBellator 12, Imada fought top five rankedEddie 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.

Imada returned toBellator the following April, entering the Lightweight Tournament for the second time. His first fight was originally to be a rematch againstJorge Masvidal.^[3] He was then scheduled to fight againstFerrid Kheder atBellator 15, but an injury forced Kheder out of the bout. Instead, atBellator 14 Imada foughtJames Krause and won via armbar submission.^[4] With the win over Krause, Imada moved onto the semi-final round againstCarey Vanier. In the second round after Vanier lost his footing, Imada capitalized and applied an armbar that caused Vanier to tap out.

Imada then moved on to the finals taking place atBellator 22. There, Imada foughtPat Curran in the Season TwoLightweight Tournament finals to see who would advance to fight championEddie Alvarez. Curran defeated Imada via controversial split decision.^[5] Immediately following the decision, some in the crowd began booing.^[6] Bellator Lightweight ChampionEddie Alvarez weighed in on the decision, saying "It was a tough fight. It could’ve gone either way.”^[7]

Bellator again signed Imada for their Lightweight Tournament taking place during their fourth season. Imada had his quarterfinal fight atBellator 36. He was originally set to fightFerrid Kheder who was overweight and decided to leave the arena and not weigh-in. Imada instead fought replacementJosh Shockley.^[8] Imada won the fight in the first round after Shockley verbally submitted from Imada's reverse omaplata. The win moved Imada into the semifinals. In the semifinals Imada foughtBrazilian jiu-jitsu black beltPatricky Freire atBellator 39. He was knocked out at 2:53 of the first round with a flying knee followed by a left hook.

Imada has also fought professionally inkickboxing. In his most recent bout, he defeated Mostafa Abdollahi by majority decision (27–27, 29–27, 29–27) in a non-tournament bout at theShoot Boxing World Tournament 2012 inTokyo, Japan on November 17, 2012.^[9][10]

• Bellator Fighting Championships
  • Bellator Season One Lightweight Tournament Runner-Up
  • Bellator Season Two Lightweight Tournament Runner-Up
• Total Combat
  • Total Combat Lightweight Championship (One time)
• Neutral Grounds
  • Neutral Grounds 6 Four-Man Tournament Runner-Up
  • Neutral Grounds 13 Four-Man Tournament Runner-Up
• Sports Illustrated
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal atBellator 5^[11]
• World MMA Awards
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal atBellator 5^[12]
• Sherdog
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal on May 1
• Bloody Elbow
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal atBellator 5^[13]
• HDNet
  • 2009 Bazzie Awards: Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal on May 1^[14]
• FIGHT! Magazine
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal on May 1
• Inside Fights
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal on May 1
• Cagewriters
  • 2009 Submission of the Yearvs.Jorge Masvidal atBellator 5^[15]

• Shoot Boxing
  • Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 Runner-Up

Kickboxing Record
5 Wins (2 (T)KO's, 3 decisions),3 Losses,0 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location
Win	5-3	Mostafa Abdollahi	Decision (majority)	Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012	November 17, 2012	3	3:00	Tokyo
Win	4-3	Satoru Suzuki	KO (Front Choke)	Shoot Boxing 2012 - Act 3	June 3, 2012	2	3:00	Tokyo
Loss	3-3	Andy Souwer	Decision (Unanimous)	Shoot the Shooto 2011	October 9, 2011	3	3:00	Bunkyō, Tokyo
Loss	3-2	Bovy Sor Udomson	Decision (Unanimous)	Shootboxing 2011 - Act 4	September 10, 2011	3	3:00	Koto, Tokyo
Win	3-1	Hiroki Shishido	Decision (Unanimous)	Shootboxing 2011 - Act 3[16]	June 5, 2011	3	3:00	Bunkyō, Tokyo
Loss	2-1	Buakaw Por. Pramuk	TKO (Leg Kicks)	S-Cup 2010	November 23, 2010	2	2:29	Bunkyō, Tokyo
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 Final
Win	2-0	Andy Souwer	Decision (Split)	S-Cup 2010	November 23, 2010	3	3:00	Bunkyō, Tokyo
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 Semifinal
Win	1-0	Takaaki Umeno	KO (Uppercut)	S-Cup 2010	November 23, 2010	3	3:00	Bunkyō, Tokyo
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 Quarterfinal
Legend:  Win  Loss  Draw/No contest  Notes

|-! Result! Opponent! Method! Event! Date! Round! Time! Notes|-|style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " |Loss||Ricardo Morais || Choke || 1998 ADCC World Championships|| March 20, 1998 || 1 || 9:22 |||-|style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " |Loss||Karimula Barkalaev || Choke || 1998 ADCC World Championships|| March 20, 1998|| 1 || 3:05 |||-|style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " |Win|| Lafee Al Ajloony || Shoulder Injury || 1998 ADCC World Championships|| March 20, 1998|| 1 || 3:46 |||-|}

• Professional MMA record for Toby Imada fromSherdog

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