Antonina Shevchenko UFC on ESPN 5 Post-Fight Scrum

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Antonina Shevchenko answered adversity with a smile.

The Tiger Muay Thai standout and older sister of current Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder Valentina Shevchenko put Lucie Pudilova to sleep with a rear-naked choke in the second round of their featured UFC on ESPN 5 prelim on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Shevchenko (8-1, 2-1 UFC) closed out the Czech 1:20 into Round 2.

Pudilova (8-5, 2-4 UFC) did not go out without putting up a considerable fight. She opened a diagonal cut near Shevchenko’s right eye with a pair of devastating elbow strikes from the clinch late in the first round, executed a takedown and applied her ground-and-pound. Momentum shifted again in the second, where Shevchenko countered an attempted takedown, scrambled to the back and bit down on the choke, continuing to squeeze until her opponent lost consciousness.