Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina (or Antonia) Shevchenko competes as Antonina Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani Muay Thailand fighter for the UFC's flyweight division. Valentina is her younger sister, as well as a fellow UFC competitors. Antonina Shevchenko started her journey into combat sports in the form of a Muay Thai boxer. Shevchenko made her debut at the IFMA World Championship Tournament of 2003. Shevchenko defeated Suzane McKell in the finals by unanimous verdict. Antonina continued to win and took home a silver medal in 2007 a bronze medal in 2008 a gold medal in 2011 and the 2015 IFMA Amateur Muay Thailand World Champion. Antonia began her professional journey at the age of 23 in 2003. She has won several awards, such as the World WKC K-1 Light Welterweight Championships the Lion Fight Lightweight World Championships and WMC and Phoenix FC World Championships. Antonina has fought her last time against Isa Tidblad Keskikangas, at Phoenix Fighting Championship. The victory was a unanimous one. Antonina shevchenko fought her debut professional MMA fight in 2002, against Anara bayanova in the KFK Championship in Kyrgystan. She won 3-0 following the second-round TKO. Her next two bouts were won by WXF: X-Impact World Championships in 2003. Shevchenko went on a hiatus from MMA in order to concentrate on her kickboxing and made her comeback with Anissa Haddaoui during Phoenix FC 3 in 2017. Shevchenko won against Anissa in a unanimously-decided match after which she beat Valerie Domergue in Phoenix FC 4. She quit the club in the year 2018 and joined Dana White's Contender Series in 2018. Shevchenko faced Jaimelene Nievera in Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 11, Antonina made use of superior striking and striking skills to TKO Nievera by knees to her body during the fight. After this win, Antonina was offered a UFC contract. Antonina Shevchenko was able to make her UFC debut in the TUF Heavy Hitters Finale against Ji Yeon Kim. Shevchenko fell to Roxanne Modafferi via split decision, after winning her first fight. Antonina recovered from the loss to defeat Lucie Pudilova with a back-naked choke submission during the second round of UFC on ESPN Covington Vs. Lawler. She earned the bonus fight of the night in this fight. Shevchenko had a 1-2 record in the next three fights. She defeated Ariane Lipski, but fell to Katlyn Chokagian as well as Andrea Lee. Antonina was recently knocked out by Casey O'Neill in UFC Fight Night Santos Walker.
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