Anthony Leone
| Anthony Leone | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 27, 1987 Center Moriches, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
| Division |
Featherweight Bantamweight |
| Reach | 63.0 in (160 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Center Moriches, New York, United States |
| Team |
Bali Muay Thai & MM Camp ,>Team BombsquadPhuket Top Team |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 22 |
| Wins | 15 |
| By submission | 8 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Bali Muay Thai & MM Camp
Anthony Leone (born May 27, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Bantamweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2008, Leone has also formerly competed for the WEC and Strikeforce. He fights in the flyweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut
Leone went to Center Moriches High School in New York and then went to college at The University of Hawaii at Hilo.
At the age of 20, Leone spent 11 months training alongside at the B.J. Penn Mixed Martial Arts academy in Hilo, Hawaii. Anthony splits his training time between Phuket Top Team in Phuket, Thailand, and Team Bomb Squad in New York.
Leone was a silver-medallist at the Pan-American Games in No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu and placed Bronze in the World No-Gi Championships. The wrestler and jiu jitsu player brought strong grappling credentials with him into his Mixed Martial Arts career, and embarked on an eight fight winning streak before the big promotions took note and snapped up the youngster, then based in Hawaii at BJ Penn’s Academy.
His brother Andrew Leone is a MMA fighter as well and competes in the Flyweight division.
After going 8-0 in regional shows, Leone signed with World Extreme Cagefighting. Leone lost to Renan Barão at WEC 49 and was released from the promotion.
Leone then signed with the Bellator MMA and came in to fight as a late replacement. He lost to Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 28.
He faced Jeff Lentz at Bellator 44 on May 14, 2011 and lost via unanimous decision.
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