Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko, an Kyrgyzstani Muay-Thai competitor from Peru and mixed martial artist competing for the UFC at the flyweight division,. She is now fighting. She's older than her fellow UFC fighter and previous UFC Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko's combat sport career started out as an Muay Thai fighter. Shevchenko debuted on the IFMA World Championship Tournament in 2003. Shevchenko took the title and later defeated Suzane Mller with a majority vote. Antonina took home a trophy of silver in 2007 and a medal of bronze in 2008 and she won a gold medal in the year 2011. Antonina was also named IFMA Amateur World Muaythai Champions in the year 2016. Antonia started her professional career in 2003 and won her the WKC K-1 Light Welterweight World Championship in 2012. She also won the Lion Fight Lightweight Championship in 2016 and then the WMC as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships in the year 2016. Antonina fought Isa Tidblad Keskikangas during her final match at Phoenix Fighting Championship. She was victorious by unanimous decision. Antonina Shychenko's professional MMA debut took place in 2002, in the KFK cup of Kyrgystan in which she fought Anara Bayanova. She was victorious with a TKO after the first round. She then she went on to win her next two fights at the WXF X-Impact World Championships, 2003. This gave her an MMA record of 3-0. Shevchenko went on a hiatus from MMA in order to focus on her kickboxing. She then made her comeback against Anissa Haddaoui at Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko was able to defeat Anissa by a unanimous vote and the next day, she defeated Valerie Domergue at Phoenix FC 4. She left in 2018 the competition and began competing in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko defeated Jaimelene Nievera during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11 Antonina's improved strike technique let her TKO Nievera via knees in the lower body. The result was that Antonina was offered the opportunity to sign a UFC contract. Antonina did her UFC debut at the TUF Heavy Hhitters Finale, with Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko suffered defeat to Roxanne Modafferi via split decision after she won her first bout. Antonina has recovered from her loss with a win over Lucie Pudilova during UFC on ESPN Covington against Lawler via a rear-naked choke submission. This earned her the fight-of-the-night bonus. Shevchenko lost to Katlyn Cookagian, but she was able to defeat Ariane Lipski's three fights. In the past, Antonina fell to Casey O'Neill at UFC Fight Night Santos vs. Walker via second-round TKO.