Where one UFC career ends, the other starts … literally.
Antonina Shevchenko, older sister of the current UFC women's flying weight champion and pound-for-pound Queen Valentina Shevchenko, has dreams that go beyond the women in the world fight 125 pounds.
Shevchenko has been in the UFC since 2018 with its most recent Octagon performance in July 2022, a split decision victory in Cortney Casey. We haven't seen her since.
Earlier this week the 8-Fight UFC veteran from the UFC selection was removed with Shevchenko later the end of her fighting career.
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Antonina Shevchenko opens retires
On Thursday, Shevchenko announced her MMA pension in a sincere Instagram post.
“Dear friends! I didn't have the opportunity to leave my gloves in the Octagon through tradition,” wrote Shevchenko.
“I didn't think my fight in UFC in 2022 would be the last.” I leave my gloves “in this post.
“30 years in Sport, Black calls 3rd than in Taekwondo, 11 world champion titles in Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA. More than 400 fights in amateurs and professionals, Asian and South American champion, UFC Fighter.
“This is how I ended my career in professional sport,” said Shevchenko. “Of course, martial arts remain a large part of my life, but in a different way.”
Antonina Shevchenko wants to become a pilot
Shevchenko, 40, made her Pro MMA debut in 2002 and has a record of 10-4 (8-4 in the UFC). She signed at the UFC after a stellar Ko on the Contender series of Dana White.
'La Pantera' defeated the will of Ji Yeon Kim, Lucie Pudilova and Ariane Lipski da Silva. After four years of fighting in the UFC, Shevchenko said: “It's time to be focused on the next page – my career as a pilot.”
“My heart and my head are completely full of aircraft and air and it is difficult to express how happy I am that aviation has come into my life!”
“We will now encourage my sister together!” Shevchenko called her sister Valentina.
“Blue skies!”
Antonina Shevchenko earned $ 100,000 in bonuses in the UFC and said that her versions helped to pay for the flight school.
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