Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina is a Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian Muay thai fighter, mixed martial artist who currently is a competitor in the UFC flyweight division. She is also the older sister of an earlier UFC Flyweight champ and co- UFC fighter Valentina. Antonina Shevchenko was the first to start combat sports as an Muay Thai boxer. Shevchenko made her debut in her first IFMA World Championship Tournament of 2003. Shevchenko defeated Suzane McKell in the finals with a unanimous verdict. Antonina continued to win and won a silver medal in 2007, a bronze award in 2008 and a gold award in 2011, and was the year-end 2016 IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Champion. Antonia was first introduced to the professional world in at the age of 2003. She was the winner of the World K-1 Championships of WKC Light Welterweight 2012 as well as the Lion Fight Lightweight Championships 2016, and the WMC World Championships as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina was a part of Isa TIDBLAD Keskikangas's fight last at Phoenix Fighting Championship. The winner was a unanimity. Antonina Shychenko's pro MMA debut was in 2002, at the KFK Cup in Kyrgystan when she faced Anara Bayanova. She won with a TKO at the end of round 2, and then won her 2 subsequent fights, both at WXF X-Impact World Championships of 2003. It gave her a 3-0 MMA record. Shevchenko went on a hiatus from MMA in order to concentrate on her kickboxing and made her comeback with Anissa Haddaoui in Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko defeated Anissa Haddaoui by a unanimous decision. She later defeated Valerie Domergue, at Phoenix FC 4, in an unanimous vote. She resigned from the organization and began Dana White's Contender Series 2018. Shevchenko defeated Jaimelene Nievera on Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series 11. Antonina made use of her formidable striking techniques in order to TKO Nievera in the clinch via knees to the body. Following this victory, Antonina received a UFC contract. Antonina Shevchenko was able to make her UFC debut at TUF Heavy Hitters Finale against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko was victorious by unanimous decision, but she lost her next fight against Roxanne Modafferi via split decision. Antonina bounced back from the defeat and beat Lucie Pudilova at UFC on ESPN Covington vs. Lawler via second-round rear-naked choke, and was awarded the prize of the night during the bout. Shevchenko lost to Katlyn along with Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She won over Ariane Lipski, but beat Ariane. Antonina has recently been knocked out by Casey O'Neill in UFC Fight Night Santos Walker.