# Carlos Barreto (fighter)

Carlos Barreto (born 22 July 1968) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter, BJJ coach, and 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

Professional record breakdown :
| 23 matches | 14 wins | 9 losses |
| By knockout | 8 | 2 |
| By submission | 5 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 7 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 14–9 | Vladimir Matyushenko | TKO (knee injury) | Jungle Fight 4 | 21 May 2005 | 1 | 0:26 | Manaus, Brazil | |
| Loss | 14–8 | Martin Malkhasyan | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 MFC: Heavyweight GP | 4 December 2004 | 2 | 5:00 | Moscow, Russia | |
| Loss | 14–7 | Aleksander Emelianenko | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 MFC: Middleweight GP | 9 October 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| Win | 14–6 | Bobby Hoffman | TKO (submission to punches) | Jungle Fight 2 | 15 May 2004 | 2 | n/a | Manaus, Brazil | |
| Loss | 13–6 | Travis Wiuff | Decision (unanimous) | Heat FC 2 | 18 December 2003 | 3 | 5:00 | Natal, Brazil | |
| Win | 13–5 | Ben Rothwell | KO (head kick) | Heat FC 1 | 31 July 2003 | 1 | N/A | Natal, Brazil | |
| Win | 12–5 | Marcelo Souza | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Meca World Vale Tudo 6 | 31 January 2002 | 1 | 7:08 | Curitiba, Brazil | Won Meca World Vale Tudo Heavyweight Title |
| Loss | 11–5 | Ian Freeman | Decision (unanimous) | HOOKnSHOOT Kings 1 | 17 November 2001 | 3 | 5:00 | Evansville, Indiana, United States | For HOOKnSHOOT Heavyweight Title |
| Loss | 11–4 | Gilbert Yvel | KO (flying knee) | 2 Hot 2 Handle 2 | 18 March 2001 | 1 | 2:20 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| Loss | 11–3 | Chris Haseman | Decision (unanimous) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block B | 22 December 2000 | 2 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Win | 11–2 | Tra Telligman | TKO (corner stoppage) | Pride 9 | 4 June 2000 | 2 | 10:00 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Win | 10–2 | Gary Myers | Submission (broken leg) | International Vale Tudo Championship 12 | 26 August 1999 | 1 | 8:13 | São Paulo, Brazil | Won the IVC 12 Superfight. |
| Loss | 9–2 | Igor Vovchanchyn | Decision (split) | Pride 6 | 4 July 1999 | 3 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 9–1 | Pedro Otavio | TKO (submission to punches) | International Vale Tudo Championship 10 | 27 April 1999 | 1 | 6:19 | Brazil | Won IVC Heavyweight Championship. |
| Win | 8–1 | Branden Lee Hinkle | Submission (guillotine choke) | International Vale Tudo Championship 8 | 20 January 1999 | 1 | 4:32 | Aracaju, Brazil | |
| Loss | 7–1 | Dave Beneteau | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 15 | 17 October 1997 | 1 | 15:00 | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States | |
| Win | 7–0 | Paul Varelans | TKO (elbows and punches) | Brazil Open '97 | 15 June 1997 | 1 | 2:33 | Brazil | |
| Win | 6–0 | Kevin Randleman | Technical Submission (triangle choke) | Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 6 | 3 March 1997 | 1 | 22:24 | Brazil | Won UVF 6 Tournament |
| Win | 5–0 | Dan Bobish | Submission (triangle choke) | Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 6 | 3 March 1997 | 1 | 7:47 | Brazil | |
| Win | 4–0 | Geza Kalman | Submission (guillotine choke) | Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 6 | 3 March 1997 | 1 | 3:02 | Brazil | |
| Win | 3–0 | Alexander Rafalski | TKO (corner stoppage) | Martial Arts Reality Superfighting | 22 November 1996 | 1 | 1:00 | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | |
| Win | 2–0 | John Dixson | TKO (submission to punches) | Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 2 | 24 June 1996 | 1 | 1:38 | Brazil | |
| Win | 1–0 | Mikhail Ilyukhin | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 1 | 5 April 1996 | 2 | 3:15 | Japan | |

## Submission grappling record

? Matches, ? Wins, ? Losses, ? Draws :
| Result | Rec. | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Location |
| Loss | 1–2–0 | Ricco Rodriguez | Decision · Points | 2000 ADCC World Championships | 1 March 2000 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Loss | 1–2–0 | Sean Alvarez | Decision · Points | 2000 ADCC World Championships | 1 March 2000 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Loss | 1–1–0 | Mark Kerr | Decision · Points | 1999 ADCC World Championships | 24 February 1999 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 1–0–0 | Paulo Teodoro | Decision · Points | 1996 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | 4 February 1996 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |

## Kickboxing record (incomplete)

Professional kickboxing record :
| ? wins , ? loss, ? draw |||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | Record |
| 2003-03-23 | Loss | Luis Dos Santos | K-1: Brazil 2003 | São Paulo, Brazil | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | 0-1 |