Lena Ovchynnikova

Oléna "Lena" Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova (Ukrainian: Оле́на "Ле́на" Сергі́ївна Овчи́ннікова; born April 22, 1987) is a Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division in kickboxing and the flyweight division in MMA.

Lena Ovchynnikova
Born	Oléna Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova (1987-04-22) April 22, 1987 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Native name	Ле́на Овчи́ннікова
Other names	Hunter
Nationality	Ukrainian
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	56.7 kg (125 lb; 8.93 st)
Division	Featherweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Lviv, Ukraine
Team	Union Gym
Trainer	Viktor Lazurko
Years active	2006-present
Kickboxing record
Total	20
Wins	14
Losses	6
By knockout	2
Draws	0
Mixed martial arts record
Total	18
Wins	12
By knockout	1
By submission	8
By decision	3
Losses	6
By knockout	2
By submission	2
By decision	2
last updated on: January 25, 2014

Lena Ovchynnikova

Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Women's Kickboxing
ISKA Amateur European Championships
	2007	(Oriental)
	2007	(Full contact)
WPKA Amateur World Championships
	2011	(Low kick)
Women's Muay Thai
ISKA Amateur European Championships
	2007
ISKA European Cup
	2008
IFMA Ukrainian Championships
	Odessa 2010

She is the reigning WBC Muaythai World Featherweight champion[1] and the former world flyweight champion.

Career

Lena Ovchynnikova came to prominence as an amateur kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter, medaling at various national, European and world championships. She became a world champion in the professional ranks for the first time in 2009 when she won the ISKA Women's World Super Bantamweight (56.4 kg/124 lb) Oriental Championship and the following year, she added two more world titles to her mantelpiece by winning the World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) Women's World Super Bantamweight (-56.4 kg/124 lb) belt under both kickboxing and Muay Thai rules.

She challenged Christine Theiss for her WKA world title in Dresden, Germany on November 20, 2010, losing by sixth round knockout.[2][3] Ovchynnikova was then set to fight Jeri Sitzes in a match for the WBC Muaythai Women's International Bantamweight (-53.5 kg/118 lb) title in Haikou, China on December 18, 2010[4] but Sitzes withdrew for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Li Xiao in a non-title fight. She defeated Li by unanimous decision.[5]

Taking the place of Cong Wang who pulled out of the fight, Ovchynnikova faced professional debutant Tiffany van Soest in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on October 22, 2011, and lost by technical knockout after retiring in her corner with a broken hand at the end of round two.[6][7] Following this fight, Ovchynnikova forced herself to use only her left hand during rehabilitation which later made her ambidextrous. The pair were scheduled to rematch on July 21, 2012, in Croatia, but it never came to fruition.[8]

Having amassed a perfect 8-0 record in mixed martial arts, Ovchynnikova signed with the Indian-based Super Fight League in 2012. She 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 Sučević in round two at SFL 1 in Mumbai on March 11, 2012.[9] She then lost to Joanne Calderwood by unanimous decision at SFL 3 in New Delhi on May 6, 2012 in her next outing.[10] Returning to Muay Thai, Ovchynnikova was expected to fight Emily Bearden for the IKF women's world bantamweight (-55.4 kg/122 lb) title at WCK Muay Thai: Nakamoto vs. Kitchen in Pala, California, US on August 18, 2012.[11] Her opponent was later changed to Kealani Vanderleest in a non-title affair, however, and Ovchynnikova defeated her by unanimous decision.[12] She 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[13][14] but was pulled from the card due to problems between shoot boxing and Ovchynnikova's team and was replaced by Lisa Ward.[15][16] She 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. Initially, her opponent was Tang Jin[17] but was changed to Xifeng Tang.[18] She lost by UD.[19]

In her return to SFL, Ovchynnikova beat Fathia Mostafa via submission due to a guillotine choke at SFL 16 in Mumbai on April 26, 2013.[20] Back in the Muay Thai ring, she defeated Emily Bearden by UD to be crowned the International Karate Kickboxing Council (IKKC) Women's World Super Bantamweight Muay Thai Champion at WCK Muay Thai: Hot Summer Fights in Temecula, California, US.[21][22]

On January 25, 2014, she lost a split decision to Xiong Jingnan at Kunlun Fight 1 in Pattaya, Thailand.[23]

Bellator MMA

Lena Ovchynnikova signed with Bellator MMA in 2016, going 2-2 in her first four fights in the promotion. Notably, she was the first-ever female flyweight to appear on a main card for the promotion[24].

Ovchynnikova was expected to face Denise Kielholtz in the co-main event of Bellator 196 in Budapest, Hungary on April 6, 2018.[25] However, the fight did not happen.

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

• Boxxtomoi
  • 2015 Boxxtomoi Muaythai Women's Championship [26]
• World Boxing Council Muaythai
  • 2014 WBC Muaythai World Flyweight Championship [27]
  • 2019 WBC Muaythai World Featherweight Championship
• International Federation of Muaythai Amateur
  • 2010 IFMA Ukrainian Championships Silver Medalist
• International Karate Kickboxing Council
  • IKKC Women's World Super Bantamweight Muay Thai Championship (One time)
• International Sport Karate Association
  • 2007 ISKA Amateur European Championships Oriental Gold Medalist
  • 2007 ISKA Amateur European Championships Muay Thai Gold Medalist
  • 2007 ISKA Amateur European Championships Full Contact Silver Medalist
  • 2008 ISKA European Cup Muay Thai Silver Medalist
  • ISKA Women's World Super Bantamweight (56.4 kg/124 lb) Oriental Championship (One time)
• World Kickboxing Association
  • WKA Amateur Women's World Championship (One time)
• World Kickboxing Federation
  • WKF Women's World Super Bantamweight (-56.4 kg/124 lb) K-1 Championship (Two times)
  • WKF Women's World Super Bantamweight (-56.4 kg/124 lb) Muay Thai Championship (One time)
• World Pan-Amateur Kickboxing Association
  • 2011 WPKA Amateur World Championships Low Kick Gold Medalist

Kickboxing record

14 wins (? KOs), 6 losses, 0 draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2019-12-07	Win	Cindy Silvestre	LVIV Open Cup	Lviv, Ukraine	Decision	5	3:00	14-6
Wins WBC Muaythai Featherweight Championship.
2016-06-11	Win	Chara Dimitroula	WKF Santorini Cup 2016	Santorini, Greece	Decision	5	3:00	13-6
Wins WKF Super Bantamweight Women's Championship.
2015-04-05	Win	Patrizia Gibelli	Lion Belt 5	France	Decision	5	3:00	12-6
Wins Boxxtomoi Muaythai Women's Championship.
2014-07-19	Win	Ruth Ashdown	WCK Muay Thai: Hot Summer Fights 2014	Cabazon, California USA	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00	11-6
Win WBC Muaythai Women's World Flyweight title.
2014-06-28	Loss	Sylwia Juśkiewicz	Fight Exclusive Night 3	Wrocław, Poland	Decision	3	3:00	10-6
2014-01-25	Loss	Xiong Jingnan	Kunlun Fight 1	Pattaya, Thailand	Decision (split)	3	3:00	10-5
2013-09-07	Win	Natalia Leskiv	Gas Station Fight Club	Lviv, Ukraine	KO	1		10-4
2013-08-24	Win	Emily Bearden	WCK Muay Thai: Hot Summer Fights	Temecula, California, USA	Decision	5	3:00	9-4
Wins the IKKC Women's World Super Bantamweight Muay Thai Championship.
2012-11-11	Loss	Tang Jin	WCK Muay Thai: Matter of Pride	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	8-4
2012-08-18	Win	Kealani Vanderleest	WCK Muay Thai: Nakamoto vs. Kitchen	Pala, California, USA	Decision (unanimous)	4	3:00
2011-10-22	Loss	Tiffany van Soest	WCK Muay Thai	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	TKO (broken hand)	2	3:00
2010-12-18	Win	Li Xiao	WCK Muay Thai: Chinese Grand Prix 2010 (Day 1)	Haikou, China	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00
2010-11-20	Loss	Christine Theiss	Steko's Fight Night	Dresden, Germany	KO	6
For the WKA Women's World Championship.
2010-04-17	Win	Elke Beinwachs		Vienna, Austria	KO (right body kick)	3	2:00
Wins the WKF Women's World Super Bantamweight (-56.4 kg/124 lb) Muay Thai Championship.
2009-12-13	Loss	Joanna Gutowska	Runda Zero Fight Night	Tarczyn, Poland	Decision	3	3:00
2009-00-00	Win				Decision
Wins the ISKA Women's World Super Bantamweight (56.4 kg/124 lb) Oriental Championship.
0000-00-00	Win	Ting Ting Jiang	WCK Muay Thai	Haikou, China

Amateur kickboxing record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2010-05-27	Win	Nevenka Mikulić	I.F.M.A. European Muaythai Championships 2010 –54 kg [28]	Velletri, Italy	Decision	4	2:00
2010-04-10	Draw	Monika Porażyńska	Kalisz Mayor's Cup	Kalisz, Poland	Draw	3	2:00
2010-02-00	Win	Tarnavskaya	2010 IFMA Ukrainian Championships, Quarter Finals	Odessa, Ukraine	TKO	2
2009-11-21	Win	Wojas Marzena	Kalisz Mayor's Cup	Kalisz, Poland	Decision	3	2:00
2009-05-24	Loss	Alena Holá	WAKO World Cup 2009, Semi Finals	Hungary	Decision
2009-00-00	Loss	Joanna Gutowska	Latvia Open 2009	Latvia	TKO (right hook)	1

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Mixed martial arts record
12 wins (1 TKOs, 8 submissions, 2 decisions), 6 losses, 0 draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2019-06-22	Loss	Kate Jackson	Bellator 223	London, England	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	4:20	12-6
2017-12-09	Loss	Alejandra Lara	Bellator 190	Florence, Italy	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	4:09	12-5
2017-4-14	Win	Helen Harper	Bellator 177	Budapest, Hungary	TKO (referee stoppage)	2	5:00	12-4
2016-11-10	Win	Karla Benitez	Bellator 164	Tel Aviv, Israel	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	11-4
2016-02-26	Loss	Rebecca Ruth	Bellator 150	Mulvane, Kansas	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	10-4
2014-10-18	Win	Svetlana Gotsyk	WMMAF - World MMA Championship, Day 3	Lviv, Ukraine	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:40	10-3
2013-12-14	Loss	Lily Kazak	Oplot Challenge 92	Kharkov, Ukraine	TKO (punch)	2	0:21	9-3
2013-04-26	Win	Fathia Mostafa	Super Fight League 16	Mumbai, India	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:36	9-2
2012-05-06	Loss	Joanne Calderwood	Super Fight League 3	New Delhi, India	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	8-2
2012-03-11	Loss	Sanja Sučević	Super Fight League 1	Mumbai, India	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:28	8-1
2011-09-03	Win	Eugenia Kostina	PAMAU: President's Cup	Mariupol, Ukraine	Submission (armbar)	1	3:26	8-0
2011-08-19	Win	Lyudmyla Pylypchak	Independence Cup 2011	Lviv, Ukraine	Submission (armbar)	3	1:01	7-0
2009-08-23	Win	Anna Smirnova	International Gala Festival	Truskavets, Ukraine	Submission (armbar)	1	4:12	6-0
2009-04-04	Win	Alina Premilou	Ultimate Cage Fighters Championship: 20,000 Dollar Tournament	Vienna, Austria	Submission (armbar)	1	4:01	5-0
2008-07-07	Win	Olga Prybulska	International Gala Festival	Gomel, Belarus	Submission (armbar)	2	2:20	4-0
2008-04-12	Win	Olga Prybulska	ISKA: Europe Cup 2008	Kiev, Ukraine	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	3-0
2007-09-14	Win	Anna Zubritska	ISKA: Union Cup 2007	Kiev, Ukraine	Submission (armbar)	3	4:50	2-0
2006-09-09	Win	Svetlana	International Gala Festival	Kiev, Ukraine	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	1-0

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of female kickboxers
• List of female mixed martial artists
• List of WBC Muaythai female world champions

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External links

• Lena Ovchynnikova at Awakening Fighters
• Professional MMA record for Lena Ovchynnikova from Sherdog