Our Story
Bali MMA was founded in 2014 by Suryadinata, Andrew Leone, Anthony Leone and Don Carlo-Clauss. Over the years we have risen to become one of the most well known and highly regarded gyms in Asia and have competed all over the world in a variety of disciplines.
From the very beginning, our goal has been to provide a true world-class training experience to anyone and everyone who walks through our doors from absolute beginners to professional athletes. There truly is no limit to what you can achieve at Bali MMA so come join us and unlock your true potential with the Bali Family!
Steve Suryadinata
“The sport of MMA was growing rapidly around SE Asia and I felt as if Indonesia was being left behind as several other countries had already established world class gyms with high level fighters competing internationally on big promotions. I always believed that Indonesian athletes could compete at the same level but at the time they lacked access to the proper coaching methods and training facilities when compared to their competitors. I began a global search to look for a team to partner with and ultimately decided that Don, Anthony & Andrew were the best out of the bunch. They were young, hungry, had the skills needed, and were very eager to develop our local fighters. Until today, one of the gym’s original missions remains unchanged: to raise the level of Indonesian MMA and its fighters to compete among the very best in the world.” – Steve Suryadinata
Andrew Leone
Andrew Leone is a former One Championship World Title Challenger and 1st Degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under professor Olavo Abreu. Andrew has won multiple BJJ gold medals in Asia including the Pan-Asian No-Gi championships, ADCC South China trials, Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro: Macau and is a 3x Thailand BJJ Open Champion.
Anthony Leone
Anthony Leone is a true mma veteran with 28 professional mma fights and has fought for two world titles with bellator and ACB promotions.
He is a 1st degree black belt under olavo Abreu. He was placed bronze and silver in the IBJJF pan American no-gi championships as well as placing 3rd at IBJJF no-gi worlds.
Don Carlo-Clauss
Don is a two-time New York State high school wrestling champion, fromer NCAA Division 1 wrestler at the University of Virginia and has appeared on promotions such as Strikeforce and Bellator during his MMA career. Don was also rewarded his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt in 2019 by Reinaldo Ribeiro. He puts a lifetime of experience and technical knowledge to use as the head MMA and wrestling coach here at Bali MMA
Bali MMA was founded in 2014 by Steve Suryadinata, Andrew Leone, Anthony Leone and Don Carlo-Clauss. Over the years we have risen to become one of the most well known and highly regarded gyms in Asia and have competed all over the world in a variety of disciplines.
From the very beginning our goal has been to provide a truly world class training experience to anyone and everyone who walks through our doors from absolute beginner to professional athletes. There truly is no limit to what you can achieve at Bali MMA so come join us and unlock your true potential with the Bali Family!
