Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is Antonina Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani as well as a Peruvian Muay Thailand fighter as well as a mixed martial artist competing in the flyweight division of the UFC. Shevchenko is the older sister of the former UFC Flyweight champ and the other UFC fighter Valentina. Antonina Shevchenko began her fight sporting career in the form of a Muay Thai Kickboxer. She first made an appearance in the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko won the tournament and beat Suzane Miller in the finals via unanimous decision. Antonina won a medal of silver in 2007 and a medal that was bronze in 2008 as well as an award of gold in the year 2011. In addition, she was named IFMA Amateur Muaythai World Champion in 2016. Antonia's professional career started in 2003. In 2012 she won an event called the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championship In 2016, she won she won the Lion Fight Lightweight Championship and in 2016, the WMC as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships. Antonina's final bout took place in the Phoenix Fighting Championship against Isa Tidblad Keskikangas. She took the fight by unanimity. Antonina Shevchenko made her professional MMA record in 2002 during the KFK Championship in Kyrgystan in a fight with Anara Bayanova. She took the win with a TKO in the second round. She was able to take home her 2 next fights at WXF X-Impact World Championships, 2003. She was able to earn an MMA record of 3-0. Shevchenko took a break from MMA to concentrate on her kickboxing and was able to make her return in a fight against Anissa Haddaoui at Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko defeated Anissa through a unanimous decision before she fought Valerie Domergue in Phoenix FC 4. In 2018, she left the tournament and started competing in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko was a fighter against Jaimelene Nievera at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11. Antonina utilized her strike abilities in order to TKO Nievera in the clinch through knees that hit the body. Antonina's UFC contract was renewed following the win. Antonina Shevchenko was able to make her UFC debut in the TUF Heavy Hitters' finale in which she was fought against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko beat Roxanne Modafferi with a split decision fight. She won the initial fight with a unanimous verdict. Antonina rebounded from her loss to defeat Lucie Pudilova with a back-naked choke submission in the second round UFC on ESPN Covington Vs. Lawler. She earned her second fight of the evening in this bout. Shevchenko was a 1-2 winner over the next three fights, losing to Ariane Lipski while falling to Katlyn Chookagian and Andrea Lee. Antonina was lastly defeated by Casey O'Neill via TKO at UFC Fight Night Santos -Walker.
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