Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is an Kyrgyzstani as well as a Peruvian Muay Thai MMA fighter as well as a mixed martial artist who is currently fighting at flyweight in the UFC. She is the younger sister of former UFC Flyweight champ and the fellow UFC competitor Valentina. Antonina Shevchenko started her professional career as an Muay Thai kickboxer. She made her debut in 2003 during the IFMA World Championship Tournament. Shevchenko was the winner of the competition and defeated Suzane Milliner by unanimous decision. Antonina won a medal of silver in 2007, an award of bronze in 2008 and a medal with gold in 2011. Then she was named IFMA World Amateur Muaythai Champion in 2016 by the IFMA. Antonia's professional debut came in 2003. In 2012 she won the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championship, in 2016, the Lion Fight Lightweight Championship and in 2016, she won the WMC World Championships. Antonina's final bout took place at the Phoenix Fighting Championship against Isa Tidblad Keskikangas. She was able to win by a unanimous vote. Antonina Shevchenko set her professional MMA record in 2002 at KFK's Cup in Kyrgystan against Anara Bayanova. She won 3-0 following the second-round TKO. The next two bouts were won by WXF: X-Impact World Championships in 2003. Shevchenko dedicated herself to kickboxing after which she took a lengthy break from MMA. She was back in 2017, when she fought Anissa Hasdaoui. Shevchenko beat Anissa through a unanimous decision, and then defeated Valerie Domergue at Phoenix FC 4. She left in 2018 the contest and started participating in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko defeated Jaimelene Nievera during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11 Antonina demonstrated her striking prowess by TKOing Nievera with knees. After this win, Antonina was offered an UFC contract. Antonina was given the UFC contract following her win. Shevchenko beat Roxanne Modafferi by a split-decision fight, after prevailing in the initial fight by unanimity. Antonina rebounded from the defeat and fought Lucie Prudilova's fight in UFC on ESPN Covingtonvs. Lawler with a back naked choke submission. It was the best fight of the night for that bout. Shevchenko lost to Katlyn as well as Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She won over Ariane Lipski but she also defeated Ariane. Then, Antonina lost to Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos vs. Walker via second-round TKO.






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