Andrew Leone - Phuket Top Team MMA fighter & wrestling coach has been waiting for his ONE FC debut for a while now. Finally it has come.
After big wins in Asia, most notably over current Bantamweight ONE FC Champion Soo Chul Kim .
Andrew also took wins over current ONE FC bantamweight fighter Min Jung Song & the now UFC signed Hyung Ho Kang.
Andrew is 6-2 as a pro MMA fighter and at ONE FC Manila "Rise To Power" on May 31st in the 16,000 seat SM Arena, we will see Leone make his One FC debut against Philippine fighter Geje Eustaquio .
Geje will be the home town fighter looking to perform well, as he has done already over his 4-1 pro record.
Geje's most notable win came Vs world BJJ champion & Evolve MMA fighter Alex Silva, at ONE FC 2 'Battle Of Heroes.'
As well as being his One FC debut, Andrew will also be dropping to his natural fight weight at 128lbs Flyweight.
Geje Eustaquio fights out of the decorated Team Lakay gym. He has ranked as high as #67 in the world Flyweight rankings .
Andrew Leone (Phuket Top Team) has ranked at #99 in the world as a bantamweight (now focusing on his flyweight career).
Andrew is hard at his training and keen to show himself to ONE FC, the ONE FC fans, his family and of course his gym PTT.
With a wrestling background & up-bringing, that has now molded very well with his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu game to make him a dangerous purple belt who trains directly under Prof. Olavo Abreu
Working then in Thailand with world champions & stadium champions on his muay thai nd combine these stand up skills combined with his boxing skills worked on by world class boxing trainer Giom. Not to mention his Strength & Conditioning work with his brother Anthony Leone (S&C coach & Bellator/PTT fighter)
This combination has forged a fighter ready to take Flyweight gold in ONE FC.
Andrew had been previously pushing to fight Geje's team-mate Roy Docyogen, however it seems this has fallen through so Andrew is prepared to take what is thrown at him.
Check out a short doco. we shot on Andrew Leone when he was first expecting a ONE FC debut (he was then given another fight in ROAD FC)
"patience and hard work are a virtue of a champion... glory is found not during the process but once you have achieved"