Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-04-20, pretty good fight between Antonina Shevchenko and Roxanne Modafferi: it gets three stars.The undefeated former 2017 WMC muay thai super-Lw champ Antonina Shevchenko entered this fight with a perfect record of 7-0-0 (29% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.17 women’s flyweight in the world. She fought twice last year winning over Jaimelene Nievera and Ji Yeon Kim.
Her opponent, the former Iska Mw champ Roxanne Modafferi, has a mma record of 22-15-0 (41% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.21 in the same weight class but she lost two out of her last three fights, against Nicco Montano in 2017 (Nicco Montano vs Roxanne Modafferi) and Sijara Eubanks in 2018; between these two bouts she beat Barb Honchak. Shevchenko vs Modafferi is on the undercard of Alistair Overeem vs Alexey Oleinik – UFC Fight Night 149 (UFC on ESPN+ 7). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night 149: Overeem vs. Oleinik
Date: 2019-04-20
Where: Yubileyny Sports Complex, St. Petersburg, Russia
Division: flyweight (125 lbs, 57 kg)
UFC Fight Night 149 fight card (main fights):
Alistair Overeem vs Alexey Oleynik
Islam Makhachev vs Arman Tsarukyan
Antonina Shevchenko vs Roxanne Modafferi
Marcin Tybura vs Shamil Abdurakhimov
Shevchenko vs Modafferi Fight Video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgqeIEPnzU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKs1zSS11Qg
