Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko, a Kyrgyzstani Muaythai fighter from Peru as well as a mixed martial arts athlete competing for UFC. UFC in the Flyweight Division is currently a Kyrgyzstani. She is the elder sister of her fellow UFC fighter and ex- UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko's career in combat sports started as a Muay Thai competitor. Shevchenko debuted on the IFMA World Championship Tournament in 2003. Shevchenko took the title before being defeated by Suzane Mller by unanimous vote. Antonina was able to follow it up, and took home a silver medal in 2007, a bronze in 2008 a gold medal in 2011, and was the 2016 IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Champion. Antonia launched her professional career back in 2003. She has taken home numerous awards, such as the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championships the Lion Fight Lightweight Championships as well as the WMC and Phoenix FC World Championships. Antonina's last fight was in the Phoenix Fighting Championship against Isa Tidblad Keskikangas. The victory was achieved by an unanimous decision. Antonina Schevchenko started the professional phase of her MMA profession in the year 2002, with the victory over Anara Baanova in the KFK Championships of Kyrgystan. She took the fight via TKO after round 2. Her two subsequent matches were held in WXF X-Impact World Championships. Shevchenko stopped fighting to concentrate on the sport of kickboxing. Shevchenko returned against Anissahaddaoui in Phoenix FC 3. Shevchenko won against Anissa by a unanimous vote. She went on to defeat Valerie Domergue during Phoenix FC 4. She left the club and started Dana White's Contender Series 2018. Shevchenko was matched against Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina's formidable strike abilities let her TKO Nievera via knees in the lower body. Antonina accepted an UFC deal following her win. Antonina Shychenko made her debut in the UFC at TUF's Heavy Hitters finals, where she faced Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko was victorious in the unanimous decision, but was defeated in her next fight by Roxanne Modafferi in a split decision. Antonina was able to bounce back from the loss, defeating Lucie Pudilova at UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler by a rear-naked choke submission. She was awarded the bonus of a fight-of-the night. Shevchenko went 1-2 during her subsequent three bouts beating Ariane Lipski and losing to Katlyn Chookagian and Andrea Lee. Antonina was recently knocked out by KO in round two to Casey O'Neill, at UFC Fight Night Santos against. Walker.