Baret Yoshida

Baret Yoshida, born on 26 April 1975 in Hawaii, is an American mixed martial artist and grappler who competed in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions. He began jiu-jitsu in 1994 at Relson Gracie's academy, moved in 1999 to the gym led by Egan and Enson Inoue, and received his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from Egan Inoue in 2002. He reached the final of the 2001 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Abu Dhabi and lost, and in 2022 he was inducted into the ADCC Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class. In 2021 he won the gi featherweight title at Fight 2 Win 183 by submitting Bernardo Pitel and kept it against Takahito Yoshioka at Subversiv 6, and in March 2024 he became the first member of the ADCC Hall of Fame to compete at the ADCC Trials. He coaches at the Training Center in San Diego with former UFC fighter Chris Leben.