Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is Antonina Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist currently competing at flyweight in the UFC. Valentina Shevchenko, a former UFC Flyweight title holder as well as UFC fellow fighter is her younger sister. Antonina Shevchenko began her combat sporting career as a Muay Thai boxer. She debuted at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title and beat Suzane Miller in the finals via the unanimous vote. Antonina won a medal of silver in 2007, she also won a bronze medal in 2008 and then a gold in 2011. Then she was named IFMA World Amateur Muay Thai Champion of 2016 by IFMA. Antonia started her professional career in 2003, and she was the winner of her the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championship in 2012 the Lion Fight Lightweight Championship in 2016, and also the WMC and Phoenix FC World Championships in the year 2016. Antonina last fought against Isa Tidblad Keskikangas, in the Phoenix Fighting Championship. The winner was a unanimity. Antonina Schevchenko broke her professional MMA records in 2002 when she faced Anara Bazanova during the KFK Championship in Kyrgystan. She took the win via second-round TKO and won her next 2 fights in the WXF: X-Impact World Championships 2003. She compiled a record of three-three. Shevchenko was forced to take a break from MMA and devoted her time to boxing. Shevchenko made her comeback in 2017 against Anissa Diddaoui. Shevchenko beat Anissa with a unanimous vote after which she beat Valerie Domergue in Phoenix FC 4. She left the promotion in the year 2018 and joined Dana White's Contender Series in 2018. Shevchenko took on Jaimelene Nievera as part of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. Antonina made use of her formidable fighting techniques to TKO Nievera in the clinch by knees on the body. After this win, Antonina received a UFC deal. Antonina Shychenko made her debut in the UFC at the Heavy Hitters event of TUF finals, where she faced Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko took the win via unanimous decision but lost her next fight against Roxanne Modafferi by split decision. Antonina recovered from this defeat by beating Lucie Pudilova at UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler by a rear-naked choke submission. She was awarded the fight-of-the-night bonus. Shevchenko fell to Katlyn and Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She defeated Ariane Lipski, and was also defeated by Ariane. Antonina was defeated by Casey O'Neill by second-round TKO during UFC Fight Night Santos Walker.
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