Lena Ovchynnikova

Oléna Ovchýnnikova
Oléna Ovchýnnikova
Born	Oléna Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova; April 22, 1987 (age 39); Ukraine
Occupation(s)	Kickboxer, mixed martial artist
Known for	WBC Muaythai World Featherweight champion, former world flyweight champion

Oléna "Lena" Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova (; born April 22, 1987) is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in kickboxing and mixed martial arts, competing in the featherweight division for kickboxing and flyweight for MMA.

She currently holds the WBC Muaythai World Featherweight title and previously held the world flyweight championship.

Career

Ovchynnikova initially gained recognition as an amateur in both kickboxing and Muay Thai, securing medals at national, European, and global competitions. Her first professional world title came in 2009 when she won the ISKA Women's World Super Bantamweight Oriental Championship. The following year, 2010, she captured two additional world titles under the World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) in super bantamweight for both kickboxing and Muay Thai disciplines.

On November 20, 2010, Ovchynnikova challenged Christine Theiss for the WKA world championship in Dresden, Germany but was defeated by knockout in the sixth round. She was scheduled to compete against Jeri Sitzes for the WBC Muaythai Women's International Bantamweight title in December 2010; however, Sitzes withdrew and was replaced by Li Xiao, whom Ovchynnikova defeated via unanimous decision.

In October 2011, Ovchynnikova faced Tiffany van Soest in Las Vegas but retired after two rounds due to a broken hand. This injury prompted her to develop ambidexterity during recovery. A rematch with van Soest planned for 2012 was ultimately canceled.

After starting her MMA career undefeated with an 8-0 record, she signed with India's Super Fight League in 2012 but experienced her first MMA defeat via submission to Sanja Sučević at SFL 1. She then suffered a unanimous decision loss to Joanne Calderwood at SFL 3. Returning to Muay Thai competition, she was set to fight Emily Bearden for the IKF women's world bantamweight title in August 2012 but instead secured a unanimous decision victory over Kealani Vanderleest in a non-title bout.

Ovchynnikova was scheduled to participate in the quarter-finals of the 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup but withdrew due to disagreements between shoot boxing commitments and her team. Later that year, representing WCK Muay Thai against Chinese fighters from Wu Lin Feng, she lost by unanimous decision to Xifeng Tang.

In April 2013, she earned a submission victory via guillotine choke over Fathia Mostafa at SFL 16. That August, she won the IKKC Women's World Super Bantamweight Muay Thai Championship by defeating Emily Bearden at WCK Muay Thai: Hot Summer Fights.

On January 25, 2014, Ovchynnikova was defeated by split decision against Xiong Jingnan at Kunlun Fight 1 held in Pattaya, Thailand.

Bellator MMA

Ovchynnikova joined Bellator MMA in 2016 and recorded a balanced 2-2 outcome across her initial four contests. She became the first female flyweight fighter to appear on one of the promotion’s main cards.

She was scheduled to meet Denise Kielholtz as part of the co-main event at Bellator 196 in Budapest on April 6, 2018; however, this fight did not materialize.

Additionally, Ovchynnikova was set to compete against Kyra Batara in a strawweight matchup at Bellator 261 on June 25, 2021; this bout was canceled due to a COVID-19 case within Batara’s corner team.

Kickboxing

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

Mixed martial arts record

|- |Loss |align=center| |Kate Jackson |TKO (doctor stoppage) |Bellator 223 | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:20 |London, England | |- |Loss |align=center|12–5 (1) |Alejandra Lara |Submission (rear-naked choke) |Bellator 190 | |align=center|3 |align=center|4:09 |Florence, Italy | |- |Win |align=center|12–4 (1) |Helen Harper |TKO (corner stoppage) |Bellator 177 | |align=center|2 |align=center|5:00 |Budapest, Hungary | |- |Win |align=center|11–4 (1) |Karla Benitez |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator 164 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Tel Aviv, Israel | |- |NC |align=center|10–4 (1) |Mara Romero Borella |No Contest (overturned by WMMAF) |WMMAF 2016 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 | | | |- |Loss |align=center|10–4 |Rebecca Ruth |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator 150 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 | | |- |Win |align=center|10–3 |Svetlana Gotsyk |Submission (rear-naked choke) |"WMMAF: World MMA Championship, Day 3" |"2014-10-18" |"3" |"3:40" |"Lviv, Ukraine" | |- |- |Loss |align=center|"9–3" |Lily Kazak |TKO (punch) |Oplot Challenge 92 |"2013-12-14" |"2" |"0:21" |Kharkiv, Ukraine | |- |- |Win |align=center|"9–2" |Fathia Mostafa |Submission (guillotine choke) |2013 in Super Fight League#SFL 16 |"2013-04-26" |"1" |"3:36" |Mumbai, India | |- |- |Loss |align=center|"8–2" |Joanne Calderwood |Decision (unanimous) |2012 in Super Fight League#Super Fight League 3 |"2012-05-06" |"3" |"5:00" |New Delhi, India | |- |- |Loss |align=center|"8–1" |Sanja Sučević |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2012 in Super Fight League#Super Fight League 1 |"2012-03-11" |"2" |"2:28" |Mumbai, India | |- |- |Win |align=center|"8–0" |Eugenia Kostina |Submission (armbar) |PAMAU: President's Cup |"2011-09-03" |"1" |"3:26" |Mariupol, Ukraine | |- |- |Win |align=center|"7–0" |Lyudmyla Pylypchak |Submission (armbar) |Independence Cup 2011 |"2011-08-19" |"3" |"1:01" |Lviv, Ukraine | |- |- |Win |align=center|"6–0" |Anna Smirnova |Submission (armbar) |International Gala Festival |"2009-08-23" |"1" |"4:12" |Truskavets, Ukraine | |- |- ||6–0||Alina Premilou||Submission (armbar)||Ultimate Cage Fighters Championship: $20,000 Tournament||2009-04-04||1||4:01||Vienna, Austria || |- |- ||5–0||Olga Prybulska||Submission (armbar)||International Gala Festival ||2008-07-07||2||2:20||Gomel, Belarus || |- |- ||4–0||Olga Prybulska||Decision (unanimous)||ISKA: Europe Cup 2008||2008-04-12||3||5:00||Kyiv, Ukraine || |- |- ||3–0||Anna Zubritska||Submission (armbar)||ISKA: Union Cup 2007||2007-09-14||3||4:50||Kyiv, Ukraine || |- |- ||1–0||Svetlana Svetlana||Decision (unanimous)||International Gala Festival ||2006-09-09||3||5:00||Kyiv, Ukraine ||

Kickboxing record

14 victories (? by KO), 6 defeats, no draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2019-12-07	Win	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Cindy Silvestre	LVIV Open Cup	Lviv, Ukraine	Decision	5	3:00	14-6

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External links

Profile of Lena Ovchynnikova on Awakening Fighters