Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is the Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Fighter from Thailand, as well as mixed martial artist competing with the Flyweight Division in the UFC. She is the older sister of the fellow UFC fighter and former UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko began her fighting sporting career with an Muay Thai Kickboxer. She first made an appearance at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title in the finals and beat Suzane Miller at the end of the tournament by an unanimous decision. Antonina took home a trophy of silver in 2007, and a medal that was bronze in 2008 as well as an award of gold in the year the year 2011. Antonina was also named IFMA Amateur Muaythai World Champion in 2016. Antonia started her professional career in by ringing in 2003. Antonina won the WKC K-1 World Championship 2012 for Light Welterweight and in the lightweight division of Lion Fight World Championships 2016, and the WMC World Championships as well as Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina fought Isa Tidblad Keskikangas in her final fight in the Phoenix Fighting Championship. She was victorious by unanimity. Antonina Shychenko's first professional MMA debut took place in 2002 in the KFK cup of Kyrgystan in which she fought Anara Bayanova. She took home the second-round TKO fight as well as her two games during the WXF: X-Impact World Championships in 2003, resulting in the record being 3-0. Shevchenko took a break from MMA to work on her kickboxing and made her comeback against Anissa Haddaoui Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko won against Anissa by unanimous decision, and then she defeated Valerie Domergue in Phoenix FC 4. She quit the promotion and started Dana White's Contender Series 2018. Shevchenko defeated Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina used her superior striking abilities in order to TKO Nievera in the clinch through knees that hit the body. Following this victory, Antonina was awarded an UFC contract. Antonina was able to make her UFC debut during the TUF Heavy Hhitters Finale, with Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko was defeated by Roxanne Modafferi in a split decision after she won her debut fight. Antonina bounced back from losing to defeat Lucie Pudilova in the rear with a choking submission in the second round at UFC on ESPN Covington Vs. Lawler. She earned her second fight of the evening in this bout. Shevchenko lost to Katlyn Cookagian but defeated Ariane Lipski in her subsequent three fights. Antonina was recently defeated by Casey O'Neill via TKO at UFC Fight Night Santos -Walker.






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