JUST IN: Sister of Valentina Shevchenko, Antonina Shevchenko (3-0) has signed to compete on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, a source confirms. First reported by @raphamarinho #UFC #ContenderSeries pic.twitter.com/3AvlapYr49
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When is this starting back up?
What weight class is she? She looks bigger than Valentina.
Antonina Shevchenko will participate in the tournament "Dana White's Contender Series"
Valentina and Antonina Shevchenko - a fighting family, and now it is Antonina's turn to get a chance to prove herself on a larger platform.
Sources confirmed by Ariel Helvani of MMA Fighting confirmed that Antonina Shevchenko, the eldest sister of the top UFC athlete Valentina Shevchenko, will compete in the category of up to 125 pounds in the upcoming season of the show "Dana White's Contender Series", which is expected to take place in the summer .
Shevchenko, 33, has been professionally engaged in kickboxing and Muay Thai for more than 14 years, and also tried herself in the MMA, having gone undefeated in four fights (according to her team, in fact, her record is 7-0). Like her sister, the "Panther" comes from Kyrgyzstan, but also spends time in Peru, Thailand and the United States.
Her next performance will be in a Muay Thai match on April 21, where she will fight at the Lion Fights 42 tournament in Mashantucket.
"The Contender Series" is the Fight Pass program, which was launched last year to find talents to participate in the UFC. The most famous participants in this show are Sean O'Malley and Benito Lopez.
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They look so different from each other. Are they full blood sisters? Antonina looks Latin. They are both very attractive and great fighters.
Is Shevchenko Russian for 'Shamrock'?
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