Kathmandu, Aug. 16 -- It is not easy to get to train at Soma Fight Club in Bali, Indonesia. Youssef Wehbe, head MMA coach at the facility, is very picky about the fighters he lets in and be part of the family.

It is specifically the reason why Rabindra Dhant and Yuki Angdembe, two of Nepal's elite MMA fighters, often mention Soma and its key role in shaping them before and after their fights.

When Angdembe and Dhant first entered Soma, they were treated with the respect that a fight gym abides by: show them hell on the first day.

"Yuki had sought a different gym in Bali," Wehbe told the Post over a phone call recently. "He [Yuki] had come to Soma and said, 'I wanna try this place'. Soma had just opened then. I said to myself, 'If you w...