Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko, a Kyrgyzstani Muay-Thai fighter from Peru as well as a mixed martial arts athlete fighting for the UFC in the Flyweight Division is currently in Kyrgyzstani. She is the elder sister of fellow UFC fighter and ex- UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina Shevchenko's professional career in combat sport started out in the form of a Muay Thai competitor. Shevchenko debuted on the IFMA World Championship Tournament in 2003. Shevchenko took the title and then defeated Suzane Mller by unanimous vote. Antonina Shevchenko took home an additional medal in the year 2007 and a bronze medal in 2008 and a gold in the year 2011, and won as the IFMA Amateur World Muay Thailand Champion in the year 2016. Antonia began her professional career at the age of 2003. She took home the World K-1 Championships of WKC Light Welterweight 2012 and the Lightweight Lion Fight World Championships in 2016 as well as both the WMC World Championships as well as the Phoenix FC World Championships 2016. Antonina took on Isa Tidblad Kskikangas in the final round of Phoenix Fighting Championship. The fight was won unanimously. Antonina Schevchenko set professional MMA records in 2002, when she faced Anara Bazanova at KFK Cup of Kyrgystan. She won this fight with a TKO in round 2. Her subsequent 2 matches were held during the WXF X-Impact World Championships. Shevchenko was forced to take a absence from MMA and devoted her time to boxing. Shevchenko made her comeback in 2017 when she fought Anissa Diddaoui. Shevchenko won Anissa Haddaoui by an unanimous decision. She later defeated Valerie Domergue, at Phoenix FC 4 in an unanimous vote. In 2018, she left the contest and started participating in Dana White's Contender Series. Shevchenko defeated Jaimelene Nievera during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11 Antonina's striking skills were superior and enabled her to TKO Nievera via knees in the back of her. Antonina was offered the UFC deal following her win. Antonina Shychenko debuted in the UFC at TUF's Heavy Hitters finals against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko beat Roxanne Modafferi via split decision fight, after prevailing in the initial fight by an unanimous decision. Antonina was able to bounce back from the defeat and beat Lucie Puddilova in UFC on ESPN Covington-Lawler by rear-naked submissions in the 2nd round. The bout earned Antonina the Fight of the Night bonus. Shevchenko was defeated by Katlyn as well as Andrea Lee in three of her subsequent fights. She defeated Ariane Lipski, but beat Ariane. Antonina lost her last fight to Casey O'Neill via TKO at UFC Fight Night Santos-Walker.






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