Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko is an Kyrgyzstani as well as a Peruvian Muay Thai fighter as well as mixed martial artist competing in the flyweight division of UFC. She is the younger sister of the fellow UFC fighter and the former UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko began her fight sport career by becoming a Muay Thai Kickboxer and debuted at the IFMA World Championship Tournament 2003 Shevchenko took the title and beat Suzane Miller at the end of the tournament by an unanimous decision. Antonina was awarded a medal of silver in 2007 followed by she also won a bronze medal in 2008 and a medal gold in 2011. She was also crowned IFMA World Amateur Muay Thailand Champion 2016 by the IFMA. Antonia launched her professional career when she was in the year 2003. Antonina has been awarded numerous championships, including the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championships, the Lion Fight Lightweight Championships as well as the WMC and Phoenix FC World Championships. Antonina's final fight took place at the Phoenix Fighting Championship against Isa Tidblad Keskikangas. The victory was achieved by unanimity. Antonina Shychenko's professional MMA debut came in 2002, during the KFK Cup of Kyrgystan when she faced Anara Bayanova. She was victorious in the second round TKO followed by 2 more fights at WXF X-Impact World Championships to achieve a record of 3-0. Shevchenko was a dedicated kickboxer, and took a long absence from MMA. She was back in 2017, when she fought Anissa Hasdaoui. Shevchenko was able to defeat Anissa by a majority vote and defeated Valerie Domergue on Phoenix FC 4 in 2017. She left the club and started Dana White's Contender Series 2018. Shevchenko wrestled Jaimelene Nievera as part of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. Antonina's superior strike skills allowed her to TKO Nievera via knees in the body. Antonina's UFC contract was re-extended following this victory. Antonina Shychenko debuted in the UFC at TUF's Heavy Hitters finals against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko won the unanimous decision, but lost her second fight to Roxanne Modafferi in the split decision. Antonina rebounded from her loss to knock out Lucie Pudilova via rear-naked choking submission during the second round of UFC on ESPN Covington Vs. Lawler. She earned the extra fight of the night in this fight. Shevchenko was victorious in her initial three fights but then lost the fights to Katlyn Cahookagian Andrea Lee and Ariane Lipski. Then, Antonina fell to Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos against. Walker via second-round TKO.






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