Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Antonina Shevchenko vs Jaimee Nievera

Here's the match video of Antonina Shevchenko vs Jaimee Nievera from last night's Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series. The winner of this fight competes with the other fight winners for a UFC contract. Of course Antonina is the older sister of UFC Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko. Like her sister, Antonina is a kickboxer and she doesn't have much MMA experience. Antonina's original opponent dropped out due to a knee injury. Jaimee was brought in on very short notice. She is a Bellator veteran and she fought for LFA a few weeks ago. The one thing anyone should learn from this fight is any opponent of Antonina should stay out of the clinch. Her knees are lethal. And that was Jaimee's big problem. She tried to take Antonina down. But that didn't really work. She was pooped by the end of round one and had a cut over her eye. The size difference was also a big factor. Look, that's what you get with a late replacement. Antonina continued to dominate in round two and it was only a matter of time before Herb Dean stopped the fight. I thought the fight could have been stopped sooner but it hardly matters. The fight was about what I expected. And Antonina did earn a UFC contract partially because the UFC needs women Flyweights. It doesn't make Antonina a hot prospect. For one thing, there's no such thing as a 33 year old prospect. Obviously we need to see Antonina fight at a higher level. So she did great and she got the contract. Let's see who she fights next. Enjoy the video!