Antonina Shevchenko is right where she belongs, in the UFC with her sister

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As a 3rd Dan black belt in Taekwondo and the president of the Kyrgyzstan Muay Thai Federation, Elena Shevchenko had no hesitation starting her daughters, Antonina and Valentina, in martial arts as youngsters. But more than two decades later, she probably couldn’t have imagined that she would have not one, but both daughters on the UFC roster.So it was a pretty special day on June 26 when Antonina stopped Jaimee Nievera in two rounds on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series and earned a UFC contract, joining Valentina – the number one flyweight contender – on the p ... <a href="http://www.ufc.com/news/Antonina-Shevchenko-is-right-where-she-belongs-in-the-UFC-with-her-sister">Read the Full Article Here</a>

 

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