Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko, a Kyrgyzstani Muay-Thai fighter from Peru as well as a mixed martial art artist that is competing with in the UFC at the flyweight division, is currently in the Flyweight Division. She is the sister of her fellow UFC fighter and the former UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko started her combat sports career with an Muay Thai Kickboxer and debuted at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title and defeated Suzane Miller in the finals with a unanimity. Antonina followed it up and received a silver award in 2007 a bronze medal in 2008, and then a gold in 2011 and the year-end 2016 IFMA Amateur Muay Thailand World Champion. Antonia began her professional journey in 2003 and won an award at the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championship in 2012 and the Lion Fight Lightweight Championship in 2016 as well as the WMC as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships in 2016. Antonina was a part of Isa TIDBLAD Keskikangas' fight in her final fight at Phoenix Fighting Championship. She was victorious by the unanimous verdict. Antonina shevchenko fought her first professional MMA fight in 2002 with Anara bayanova in KFK's Cup in Kyrgystan. She took the win via second round TKO and then won the next two fights at WXF: X-Impact World Championships 2003, accumulating a record of 3-3-0. Shevchenko had a brief break from MMA and focused on her kickboxing. Shevchenko made her comeback in 2017 with Anissa Diddaoui. Shevchenko was victorious against Anissa Haddaoui with a unanimous decision. She defeated Valerie Domergue, at Phoenix FC 4 by unanimity. She left in 2018 the contest and started participating in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko fought Jaimelene Nievera at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11. Antonina utilized her fighting techniques in order to TKO Nievera in the clinch through knees that hit the body. In the aftermath of this fight, Antonina signed a UFC deal. Antonina took part in her UFC debut in the TUF Heavy Hhitters Finale, to be fought by Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko defeated Kim by unanimous decision, but she lost her subsequent fight to Roxanne Modafferi by split decision. Antonina has recovered from her loss by defeating Lucie Pudilova during UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler via a rear-naked choke submission. The result earned her the fight-ofthe-night prize. Shevchenko was defeated by Katlyn Cookagian and then beat Ariane Lipski in her subsequent three fights. Recently Antonina was defeated by Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos in a fight with. Walker via second-round TKO.