Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is the Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Fighter from Thailand, as well as mixed martial arts artist, currently competing at flyweight within the UFC. She is the sister of her fellow UFC fighter and an earlier UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko started her combat sporting career with an Muay Thai boxer. She debuted at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title and defeated Suzane Miller in the finals via unanimous decision. Antonina Shevchenko was awarded a second prize in 2007, winning a bronze in 2008, winning gold in 2011 and was crowned the 2017 IFMA World Amateur Muay Thailand Champion. Antonia began her professional career by ringing in 2003. Antonina won the WKC K-1 World Light Welterweight Championships in 2012 as well as the Lion Fight Lightweight World Championships 2016, and the WMC World Championships as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina took on Isa Tidblad Kskikangas in her last match in the Phoenix Fighting Championship. She took the fight by unanimity. Antonina Shevchenko set her debut professional MMA record in 2002 when she fought at the KFK Cup in Kyrgystan in a fight with Anara Bayanova. She was victorious with a TKO at the end of second and went on to win two more fights in the WXF X-Impact World Championships, 2003. This gave her an MMA record of 3-0. Shevchenko stopped her involvement in MMA for a time to focus on the kickboxing. She returned with a win against Anissa Haddaoui on Phoenix FC 3, 2017. Shevchenko won against Anissa with a unanimous vote, before she fought Valerie Domergue in Phoenix FC 4. The promotion ended in 2018 to join Dana White's Contender Series in 2018. Shevchenko was matched against Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina's superior strike skills enabled her to TKO Nievera via knees in the back of her. Following this victory, Antonina signed an UFC deal. Antonina Shevchenko made her UFC debut in the TUF Heavy Hitters Finale against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko suffered defeat to Roxanne Modafferi in a split decision, after winning her first fight. Antonina recovered from her defeat and beat Lucie Pudilova during UFC on ESPN Covington vs. Lawler via second-round rear-naked choke and won the fight of the night bonus for the fight. Shevchenko was defeated by Katlyn Cookagian, but she was able to defeat Ariane Lipski's three bouts. Recently, Antonina suffered defeat to Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos in a fight with. Walker via second-round TKO.






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