Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko is an Kyrgyzstani as well as a Peruvian Muay Thai fighter as well as a mixed martial artist competing in the flyweight division within the UFC. Shevchenko is the older sister of her former UFC Flyweight champ as well as fellow UFC competitor Valentina. Antonina Shevchenko started her combat sporting career by becoming a Muay Thai Kickboxer and debuted at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title and beat Suzane Miller in the finals via unanimous decision. Antonina was awarded a medal of silver in 2007 and a medal that was bronze in 2008 as well as a medal gold in 2011. In addition, she was named IFMA Amateur Muaythai World Champ in 2016. Antonia started her professional career in at the age of 2003. She took home the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championships 2012, in the lightweight division of Lion Fight World Championships 2016, and the WMC World Championships and the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina's latest fight came against Isa Tidblad-Keskikangas in the Phoenix Fighting Championship. She won the fight via unanimity. Antonina Shevchenko made her professional MMA record in 2002 at the KFK Cup of Kyrgystan in a fight with Anara Bayanova. She managed to take home the second-round TKO fight. She also won the following two matches during the WXF: X-Impact World Championships which resulted in a 3-0 record. Shevchenko took a break from MMA for a time to focus on the sport of kickboxing. She returned with a win against Anissa Haddaoui on Phoenix FC 3, 2017. Shevchenko beat Anissa via unanimous decision and she then beat Valerie Domergue at Phoenix FC 4. She quit the promotion and started Dana White's Contender Series 2018. Shevchenko defeated Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina made use of her formidable striking abilities in order to TKO Nievera in the clinch by knees on the body. Antonina's UFC contract was extended in the wake of this win. Antonina received her a UFC contract following her win. Shevchenko lost to Roxanne Modafferi via split decision, after winning her debut fight. Antonina came back from losing by defeating Lucie Pudilova in the UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler by a rear-naked choke submission. This earned her the prize of fight-of-the-night. Shevchenko had a 1-2 record in the following three fights. She beat Ariane Lipski but fell to Katlyn Chokagian and Andrea Lee. Then, Antonina suffered defeat to Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos against. Walker via second-round TKO.