Carlos Barreto (fighter)

Carlos Barreto (born 22 July 1968, in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter, bjj coach, Black House founder who was trained by the legendary Carlson Gracie. A veteran of both the UFC and Pride Fighting Championships, Barreto holds notable wins over Ben Rothwell, Kevin Randleman and Dan Bobish. He won the IVC Heavyweight Championship in 1999.

Background

Barreto trained in Muay Thai as a teenager. After meeting Ricardo Liborio, he began attending jiu-jitsu training at the Carlson Gracie academy.

Grappling

Barreto took part in 1999 ADCC World Championships and lost to Mark Kerr. Next year he took part in 2000 ADCC World Championships and lost to Sean Alvarez in absolute weight category and lost to Ricco Rodriguez in +99 weight category.

MMA

Barreto made his MMA debut in 1996 and won experienced Russian fighter Mikhail Ilyukhin. In 1996 he took part in Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 6 grand prix. He won Dan Bobish in semifinal, and Kevin Randleman in final. After that tournament he made his UFC debut and took part in UFC 15 4 fighters heavyweight tournament. He was defeated by Dave Beneteau. After victoires over Branden Lee Hinkle and Pedro Otavio Barreto Barreto met Igor Vovchanchyn at Pride 6 and loss fight by split decision. After defeating Gary Myers he fought second time in Pride and defeated Tra Telligman via TKO . In 2000 he made debut in Rings and lost to Chris Haseman. 2001 -st year was not successful, Barreto lost fights to Gilbert Yvel and Ian Freeman. In 2002 Barreto hold victories over Marcelo Souza and Ben Rothwell. Then he met Travis Wiuff and loss fight. Next opponent was Bobby Hoffman and Barreto won that fight. After three consecutive loss Barreto retired from competition.

Black House (MMA)

Carlos Barreto along with Ed Soares, Jorge Guimaraes,Rogerio Camoes founded Black House gym in 2006. Black House offers classes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and Boxing . UFC champions Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, José Aldo, Junior dos Santos, Glover Teixeira trained in Black House.

Personal life

After retirement Barreto worked as coach, fight analyst and tried himself as a promoter. In 2023, Barreto began working as a member of the commentary team for UFC Fight Pass Brazil.

Championships and accomplishments

• International Vale Tudo Championship
  • IVC IVC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
• International Vale Tudo Championship
  • IVC Superfight Championship (One time)
• Meca World Vale Tudo
  • MWVT Heavyweight Championship (One time)
• Universal Vale Tudo
  • UVC 6 Tournament Winner (1996)

Mixed martial arts record

Submission grappling record

Kickboxing record (incomplete)

See also

• List of male mixed martial artists
• List of UFC champions
• List of current UFC fighters

References

External links

• Carlos Barreto at UFC
• Carlos Barreto at Pride FC (archived)
• Professional MMA record for Carlos Barreto from Sherdog
• Carlos Barreto on X