Veteran former flyweight contender, Antonina Shevchenko — the sister of present champion, Valentina Shevchenko, has confirmed her instant retirement from blended martial arts competitors, on the age of 40.
Shevchenko, a 14-fight skilled veteran, made good on what has come as he remaining fight sports activities enterprise two years in the past, touchdown a cut up choice win over Cortney Casey at UFC Vegas 58 three years in the past, snapping a two-fight dropping run.
A product of Dana White’s Contender Collection, Shevchenko featured within the Octagon-proper on eight separate events throughout her seven-year tenure with the group.
Antonina Shevchenko reveals MMA retirement
And within the midst of a brand new profession as a pilot, Kyrgyzstan native, Shevchenko has confirmed her official retirement from fight sports activities, with instant impact.
“I didn’t have the opportunity to leave my gloves in the octagon by tradition,” Antonina Shevchenko posted on her official Instagram. “I didn’t think my fight in UFC in 2022 would be the last. “I am leaving my gloves” on this submit.”
30 years in sport, black belt third dan in Taekwondo, 11 World Champion titles in Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA,” Antonina Shevchenko continued. “Greater than 400 fights in amateurs and professionals, Asian and South American Champion, UFC fighter. That is how I end my profession in skilled sport.
“Of course, martial arts continue to be big part of my life but in different way,” she wrote. “It’s time to be centered on the subsequent web page – my profession as a pilot. My coronary heart and my head are fully fulled with airplanes and sky and it’s arduous to specific how blissful I’m that aviation has come into my life!
Antonina Shevchenko has introduced her retirement from preventing.
She final fought within the UFC again in 2022 however extra lately she’s really been working as a pilot flying planes #UFC pic.twitter.com/PkwL9G8om7
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) March 27, 2025
“A professional fighter lives a full exciting life, filled with hard work, awards, travels, difficulties, victory celebrations. And it is hard to find another path you love that will be same intense and fullness, filled with action, constant learning, hard work and celebration of achievements. Aviation is this treasure for me,” she continued.
“Now it’s my turn to do all the hard work for my son, to raise him a decent person,” she mentioned. “Of course, I will do everything possible for make him become a professional fighter and a pilot!”
Throughout her tenure with the promotion, Antonina Shevchenko would flip in notable victories over the likes of Lucie Pudilova, Ariane Lipski, and Ji Yeon Kim to call a couple of.
As for the Peruvian veteran’s sister, Valentina Shevchenko — she is about to kick off her second flyweight title run at UFC 315 in Could, taking over surging French contender, Manon Fiorot in a visit to Montreal.
