Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada (born April 20, 1978) is a retired American mixed martial artist, grappler and kickboxer of Japanese and Mexican descent.
Imada won the 2009 Submission of the Year award for an inverted triangle choke, defeating Jorge Masvidal.
[2] In the first season Bellator Lightweight Tournament, Imada advanced to the finals after defeating Alonzo Martinez and Jorge Masvidal.
There, Imada fought Pat Curran in the Season Two Lightweight Tournament finals to see who would advance to fight champion Eddie Alvarez.
He was originally set to fight Ferrid Kheder who was overweight and decided to leave the arena and not weigh-in.
In the semifinals Imada fought Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Patricky Freire at Bellator 39.