Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is Antonina Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani as well as a Peruvian Muay Thai fighter as well as mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the flyweight division in the UFC. She is the younger sister of the former UFC Flyweight champion as well as co- UFC competitor Valentina. Antonina Shevchenko began her career as an Muay Thai kickboxer. Her debut was in 2003, at the IFMA World Championship Tournament. Shevchenko was the winner of the competition and defeated Suzane Milliner by unanimous decision. Antonina Shevchenko was awarded an additional medal in the year 2007 and a bronze medal in 2008, a gold in the year 2011, and then was named as the IFMA Amateur World Muay Thai Champion in 2016. Antonia began her professional journey in 2003. She won her the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championship in 2012. She also won the Lion Fight Lightweight Championship in 2016, and also the WMC and Phoenix FC World Championships in 2016. Antonina's last fight was against Isa Tidblad-Keskikangas in the Phoenix Fighting Championship. The fight was won by a unanimous vote. Antonina Shevchenko broke her first professional MMA record in 2002 at the KFK Cup in Kyrgystan in a fight with Anara Bayanova. She was victorious by TKO after round 2. Her two subsequent matches were held during the WXF X-Impact World Championships. Shevchenko dedicated herself to kickboxing, and took a long absence of MMA. She was back in 2017 when she faced Anissa Hasdaoui. Shevchenko won against Anissa by a unanimous vote and then defeated Valerie Domergue at Phoenix FC 4. She joined the Dana White Contender Series 2018 following the departure of the league. Shevchenko was matched against Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina made use of her formidable fighting techniques and striking skills to TKO Nievera in the clinch by knees on the body. Antonina Shevchenko was given the UFC contract following this win. Antonina Shevchenko was able to make her UFC debut in the TUF Heavy Hitters Finale, where she faced Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko took the win by unanimous decision, but she losing her following fight to Roxanne Modafferi by split decision. Antonina has recovered from her defeat by beating Lucie Pudilova on UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler by a rear-naked choke submission. This earned her the fight-of-the-night bonus. Shevchenko lost to Katlyn as well as Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She won over Ariane Lipski but she was also defeated by Ariane. Antonina lost her last fight to Casey O'Neill via TKO at UFC Fight Night Santos-Walker.






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