Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is an Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist competing at flyweight of UFC. Valentina Shevchenko, who is a former UFC Flyweight title holder as well as UFC other fighter, is her older sister. Antonina Shevchenko began her combat sporting career by becoming an Muay Thai boxer. She debuted in the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title and defeated Suzane Miller at the end of the tournament by an unanimous decision. Antonina Shevchenko won an additional medal in the year 2007, a bronze in 2008, and a gold in the year 2011, and then was named as the IFMA Amateur World Muay Thailand Champion in 2016. Antonia was first introduced to the professional world in 2003. She took home the World K-1 Championships of WKC Light Welterweight in 2012 and The Lion Fight Lightweight World Championships in 2016 as well as both the WMC World Championships as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina was the last time she fought Isa Tidblad Keskikangas during the Phoenix Fighting Championship. She won by a unanimous decision. Antonina Schevchenko set her professional MMA records in 2002, when she fought Anara Bazanova in the KFK Cup of Kyrgystan. She was victorious with a TKO after round 2 and the subsequent 2 matches were held at the WXF X-Impact World Championships. Shevchenko stopped her involvement in MMA to focus on boxing. She made her return with a win against Anissa Haddaoui at Phoenix FC 3, 2017. Shevchenko won against Anissa through a unanimous decision, before prevailing over Valerie Domergue at Phoenix FC 4. She left in 2018 the tournament and started competing in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko battled Jaimelene Nievera on Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series 11. Antonina used superior striking and striking skills to TKO Nievera by knees to her body during the clinch. Antonina was offered an UFC invitation following her win. Antonina made her UFC debut in the TUF Heavy Hhitters Finale, in a fight against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko defeated Roxanne Modeafferi in the unanimous verdict. But, she fell in her second fight because of an unanimous verdict. Antonina bounced back from the defeat and beat Lucie Pudilova on UFC on ESPN Covington vs. Lawler via second-round rear-naked choke submission and earned the fight of the night bonus during the bout. Shevchenko lost 1-2 in her next 3-fights, defeating Ariane Lipski before falling to Katlyn Chookagian and Andrea Lee. Antonina has been defeated recently by Casey O'Neill via TKO at UFC Fight Night Santos-Walker.






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