Antonina Shevchenko is retiring from MMA.
The Peruvian star took to Instagram to make the announcement on Thursday, March 27. In the post, Shevchenko stated that she's "leaving her gloves" in this post, as she didn't to leave her gloves in the octagon during her last fight in 2022.
Shevchenko also noted that she is focused on her next career as a pilot.
Dear friends! I didn’t have the opportunity to leave my gloves in the octagon by tradition, I didn’t think my fight in UFC in 2022 would be the last.
“I am leaving my gloves” in this post--30 years in sport, black belt 3rd dan in Taekwondo,
11 World Champion titles in Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA.
More than 400 fights in amateurs and professionals, Asian and SouthAmerican Champion, UFC fighter.
This is how I finish my career in professional sport.
Of course, martial arts continue to be big part of my life but in different way --
It’s time to be focused on the next page - my career as a pilot.
My heart and my head are completely fulled with airplanes and sky and it’s hard to express how happy I am that aviation has come into my life!
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 fulness, fulled with action, constant learning, hard work and celebration of achievements.
Aviation is this treasure for me!
Shevchenko ends her stint with the UFC with a 10-4 win/loss record. Before arriving to the promotion in 2018, Shevchenko was a dominant force in the world of muay thai and taekwondo, winning multiple world championships and gold medals.
Fightful would like to congratulate Antonina Shevchenko on a successful career in the world of combat sports.
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