Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai MMA fighter as well as a mixed martial artist currently competing with the Flyweight Division of UFC. She is older than fellow UFC fighter and former UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko first began fighting sports by becoming an Muay Thai kickboxer. Shevchenko made her debut at her first IFMA World Championship Tournament of 2003. Shevchenko defeated Suzane McKell in the finals via a majority vote. Antonina followed it up and won a silver medal in 2007 a bronze medal in 2008, a gold medal in the year 2011 and the title of year-end 2016 IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Champion. Antonia began her professional career with her debut in 2003. She took home at the world championships for light Welterweight at WKC in in 2012 as well as The Lion Fight Lightweight Championships 2016 and both the WMC World Championships and the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina was last in action against Isa Tidblad Kskikangas at the Phoenix Fighting Championship. The fight was won unanimously. Antonina shevchenko fought her debut professional MMA fight in 2002, against Anara bayanova at the KFK Championship in Kyrgystan. She took the title via TKO during the 2nd round, and went on to win her two subsequent bouts, both at WXF X-Impact World Championships of 2003. This gave her a 3-0 MMA record. Shevchenko was absent from MMA in order to concentrate on her kickboxing, and she came back with Anissa Haddaoui in Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko won Anissa Haddaoui with a unanimous decision. She then beat Valerie Domergue, at Phoenix FC 4, by an unanimous vote. After leaving the league in the year 2018, Shevchenko enrolled into Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko was matched against Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina made use of her formidable strike techniques to TKO Nievera in the clinch by knees on the body. In the aftermath of this fight, Antonina received a UFC contract. Antonina was given the UFC contract following her victory. Shevchenko was victorious with a unanimous decision. She was defeated in her subsequent fight with Roxanne Modafferi via split decision. Antonina was able to bounce back from the loss, and defeated Lucie Pudilova in the UFC on ESPN Covington vs. Lawler via second-round rear-naked choke, and was awarded the fight of the night reward in the fight. Shevchenko has a record of 1-2 during her subsequent three matches which included a win over Ariane Lipski and falling to Katlyn Clarkagian and Andrea Lee. Antonina was recently knocked out by Casey O'Neill in UFC Fight Night Santos Walker.