Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko is an Kyrgyzstani as well as a Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist currently competing at flyweight of the UFC. Valentina Shevchenko, who is a former UFC Flyweight title holder as well as UFC fellow fighter is her elder sister. Antonina Shevchenko began her combat sport career as a Muay Thai Kickboxer and debuted at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko was the winner of the event and beat Suzane Miller in the finals via unanimity. Antonina then won an award of Silver in 2007, a Bronze Medal in 2008, and a Gold Medal in 2011 and in the IFMA Amateure Muay Thai World Champion. Antonia was first introduced to the professional world in 2003. She was the winner of the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championships in 2012 and the Lion Fight Lightweight World Championships 2016, and the WMC World Championships and Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina was the last time she fought Isa Tidblad Keskikangas in The Phoenix Fighting Championship. She won via unanimous verdict. Antonina Schevchenko broke her professional MMA records in 2002 when she faced Anara Bazanova at KFK Cup of Kyrgystan. She won via second-round TKO after which she won 2 more fights at WXF X-Impact World Championships to achieve a record of 3-0. Shevchenko took a hiatus to focus on kickboxing. Shevchenko returned against Anissahaddaoui in Phoenix FC 3. Shevchenko defeated Anissa by a majority vote and beat Valerie Domergue on Phoenix FC 4 in the year 2017. After leaving the league in the year 2018, Shevchenko enrolled into Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko beat Jaimelene Nievera during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11 Antonina made use of her formidable fighting techniques to TKO Nievera in the clinch by knees on the body. Following this victory, Antonina received a UFC contract. Antonina Shychenko debuted in the UFC at the Heavy Hitters event of TUF finals against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko won the unanimous victory, however she was defeated in her next fight by Roxanne Modafferi on a split decision. Antonina was able to bounce back from the loss, defeating Lucie Pudilova in the UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler via a rear-naked choke submission. The result earned her the prize of fight-of-the-night. Shevchenko lost to Katlyn as well as Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She fought Ariane Lipski, and also defeated Ariane. Antonina has recently been knocked out by Casey O'Neill in UFC Fight Night Santos Walker.