Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko, an Kyrgyzstani Muay-Thai MMA fighter from Peru and a mixed martial arts artist fighting for the UFC for the Flyweight Division, is an Kyrgyzstani. Valentina is her older sister, as well as a fellow UFC competitor. Antonina Shevchenko began her career as a Muay Thai kickboxer. She debuted in 2003, at the IFMA World Championship Tournament. Shevchenko was the winner at the competition and defeated Suzane Milliner in a unanimous vote. Antonina continued to win with a silver-medal in 2007, a bronze in 2008 and a gold award in 2011, and was the year-end 2016 IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Champion. Antonia began her professional journey at the age of 23 in 2003. She has taken home numerous championships, including the K-1 World Champion, the Lion Fight Lightweight Championships and WMC and Phoenix FC World Championships. Antonina's final fight was with Isa Tiedblad Keskikangas, who was fighting at the Phoenix Fighting Championship. The fight was won by unanimous decision. Antonina shevchenko recorded her debut professional MMA fight in 2002 with Anara bayanova, who was fighting at the KFK Cup in Kyrgystan. She took the title with a TKO during the 2nd round and was able to take home two subsequent bouts in the WXF X-Impact World Championships of 2003. She was awarded a 3-0 MMA record. Shevchenko took a break from MMA to concentrate on kickboxing. She returned to the ring with Anissa Haddaoui during Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko beat Anissa in a unanimously-decided match after which she beat Valerie Domergue in Phoenix FC 4. She left in 2018 the tournament and started competing in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko took on Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina made use of superior striking to TKO Nievera by knees to her body during the final clinch. After this win, Antonina was given the chance to sign a UFC contract. Antonina Shevchenko debuted in UFC during The TUF Finals TUF Heavy Hitting against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko beat Roxanne Modeafferi by the unanimous verdict. But, she fell in her second bout due to a split verdict. Antonina was able to bounce back from the defeat and beat Lucie Pudddilova on UFC on ESPN Covington-Lawler by rear-naked submissions in the 2nd round. The fight was awarded Antonina the Bonus Fight of the Night. Shevchenko was defeated by Katlyn and Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She fought Ariane Lipski, and was also defeated by Ariane. Then, Antonina lost to Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos against. Walker via second-round TKO.