Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is an Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai MMA fighter as well as a mixed martial artist competing with the Flyweight Division in the UFC. Valentina Shevchenko, who is a former UFC Flyweight title holder as well as UFC friend of hers is her elder sister. Antonina Shevchenko's professional career in combat sport began as a Muay Thai fighter. Shevchenko debuted on the IFMA World Championship Tournament in 2003. Shevchenko took the title after which she defeated Suzane Mller with a majority vote. Antonina kept her winning streak going by winning a silver and bronze medal in 2008 and 2007 respectively, as well as a Gold medal in the year 2011, as well as the 2016 IFMA amateur Muay Thai world champion. Antonia started her professional career in at the age of 2003. She was the winner of at the world championships for light Welterweight at WKC in in 2012 and the Lightweight Lion Fight Championships in 2016 as well as both the WMC World Championships and the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina's final fight was with Isa Tidblad Keskikangas at Phoenix Fighting Championship. She won via unanimous verdict. Antonina Shevchenko broke her first professional MMA record at the KFK Cup of Kyrgystan against Anara Bayanova. She won this fight with a TKO after round two and her following two matches were staged at the WXF X-Impact World Championships. Shevchenko dedicated herself to kickboxing after which she took a lengthy time off of MMA. She returned in 2017 when she faced Anissa Hasdaoui. Shevchenko had the chance to beat Anissa by a majority vote and beat Valerie Domergue on Phoenix FC 4 in 2017. After leaving the league in 2018, Shevchenko joined Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko faced Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina knocked out Nievera using her impressive striking ability during the clinch final round with knees placed on her body. Antonina Shevchenko was given the UFC contract following this win. Antonina Shevchenko made her UFC debut at TUF Heavy Strikes Finale in the fight against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko was victorious in the unanimous victory, however she was defeated in her next fight by Roxanne Modafferi on a split decision. Antonina bounced right back after the defeat and beat Lucie Pudddilova at UFC on ESPN Covington-Lawler by rear-naked submission in the second round. The fight was awarded Antonina the Bonus Fight of the Night. Shevchenko was victorious in her initial three fights but then lost the fights to Katlyn Cahookagian Andrea Lee and Ariane Lipski. Antonina was recently defeated by Casey O'Neill via TKO at UFC Fight Night Santos-Walker.
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