Olena "Lena" Serhiyivna Ovchynnikova is a Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division in kickboxing and the flyweight division in MMA.
12 Facts About Lena Ovchynnikova
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Lena Ovchynnikova is the reigning WBC Muaythai World Featherweight champion and the former world flyweight champion.
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Lena Ovchynnikova came to prominence as an amateur kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter, medaling at various national, European and world championships.
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Lena Ovchynnikova became a world champion in the professional ranks for the first time in 2009 when she won the ISKA Women's World Super Bantamweight Oriental Championship and the following year, she added two more world titles to her mantelpiece by winning the World Kickboxing Federation Women's World Super Bantamweight belt under both kickboxing and Muay Thai rules.
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Lena Ovchynnikova challenged Christine Theiss for her WKA world title in Dresden, Germany on November 20,2010, losing by sixth round knockout.
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Lena Ovchynnikova tasted defeat for the first time as a mixed martial artist in her promotional debut as she submitted to a rear-naked choke from Sanja Sucevic in round two at SFL 1 in Mumbai on March 11,2012.
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Lena Ovchynnikova then lost to Joanne Calderwood by unanimous decision at SFL 3 in New Delhi on May 6,2012 in her next outing.
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Lena Ovchynnikova's opponent was later changed to Kealani Vanderleest in a non-title affair and Ovchynnikova defeated her by unanimous decision.
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Lena Ovchynnikova was then set to compete in the Shoot Boxing World Tournament Girls S-Cup 2012 in Tokyo, Japan on August 25,2012 and face Ham Seo-Hee in the quarter-finals but was pulled from the card due to problems between shoot boxing and Ovchynnikova's team and was replaced by Lisa Ward.
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Lena Ovchynnikova represented the WCK Muay Thai promotion's team against a squad of Chinese fighters from Wu Lin Feng at WCK Muay Thai: Matter of Pride in Las Vegas on November 11,2012.
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Lena Ovchynnikova was expected to face Denise Kielholtz in the co-main event of Bellator 196 in Budapest, Hungary on April 6,2018.
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Lena Ovchynnikova was expected to face Kyra Batara in a strawweight bout at Bellator 261 on June 25,2021.