Joe Baize is an American grappler, former mixed martial arts fighter and a black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who also earned a level 5 certification (instructor) in Hayastan under Gokor Chivichyan. Baize is widely regarded as a pioneer in using lower limb joint lock submissions in the sport of sub-only (submission wrestling) and no-gi jiu-jitsu. During his evolution as a coach and athlete, Joe Baize worked with a number of prestigious coaches such as Josh Johnson, Luiz Palhares, Roli Delgado, Max Bishop, Erik Paulson, Josh Hayden, Tom DeBlass, Warren Brooks and Gokor Chivichyan.