Elena Ovchinnikov - talented fighter from Dnepropetrovsk

Interest in mixed martial arts is growing every year. Top athletes are the real stars, which attracted great interest of the public. Women do not lag behind men, and there are more fine athletes. One of them - Elena Ovchinnikov, fighter generalist, specialist in kickboxing and Thai boxing. She spent not so many fights, but has already gained a name for himself in the world of mixed martial arts.

The daughter of karate

In April 1987 Elena Ovchinnikov was born in Dnepropetrovsk. The girl's parents addicted to karate, and Lena is actively involved in sports since five years. Not surprisingly, the MMA fighter grew up in this family. During this time she has tried many sports disciplines - gymnastics, badminton, basketball, dancing. Eventually he settled on martial arts. With 13 years Elena Ovchinnikov took up kickboxing and Muay Thai fight.

After high school, she enrolled in a sports college, where he chose to study the authoritative Japanese martial arts - judo.

Thus, to his shock, she added, the preparation and education in the form of martial arts wrestling. This MMA fighter should be a universal specialist.

MMA debut

Excellent preparation Elena Ovchinnikova in the fight and attack types attracted the attention of specialists. Already at the age of 18, she was offered to try his hand at MMA. The first rival debutante was an experienced athlete, which at the time of repeated champion of Ukraine in kickboxing and having experience of participating in MMA. However, Elena Ovchinnikov distinguishes this martial character and an irrepressible desire to win. To his surprise, she was able to overcome a strong opponent and identified, so his future career.

After a successful start, she spent seven successful matches. However, almost all the fights Elena Ovchinnikova took place on the territory of Ukraine, it is only twice fought abroad. Both of which were held under the auspices of fight promoter organizations insignificant and did not attract much attention.

The first failure of

In 2012, Elena Ovchinnikov had the opportunity to participate in contests held by the Indian promoter company Super Fight League. The fighting took place on the territory of India. In the first tournament held SFL, she lost Sanya Suchevich in the second segment of the battle.

Prior to the third duel Elena Ovchinnikov received a hand injury and has not had time to fully recover after that. At the same time she got a very strong opponent - Joanne Calderwood. The American took the fourth place in the ranking of the strongest fighters, participated in the reality show, held the strongest promotional organization UFC. While not in the best shape, Elena Ovchinnikov adequately fought and lost after the announcement of the judicial decision.

In 2013, she was able to restore his reputation by defeating Fatiey Mostafa. In the third round athlete from the match Dnipropetrovs'k conducted successful reception using the elbow lever and compelled to give up opponent.

Successful fights athletes, its spectacular appearance attracted the attention of leading promotional companies. Of great interest is the match that was to be held in Moscow in 2013 in the tournament "Legend". It Elena Ovchinnikov was supposed to meet with Russian Julia Berezikova. In fact, this fight would be the confrontation between the two strongest girls-fighters of the former USSR. However, the fight was canceled, and the fans have remained in the dark, it happened for some reason.

Universal fighter

Elena Ovchinnikov has long been an object of interest of the leading promotional companies. Their contracts offered her Bellator, Invicta. Also, she was invited to participate in the reality show Ultimate Fighter, held under the auspices of the UFC. However, Elena Ovchinnikov in no hurry to make hasty decisions.

In addition, her career not limited to fighting MMA. Excellent shock worker, she successfully participated in the tournament in K-1, Muay Thai, kickboxing. In particular, she won the title of world champion in Muay Thai under version WBC (World Boxing Council). It is on account of its titles and K-1.

However, Elena Ovchinnikov happy to respond to any offer of a promising collaboration. So, one day she was invited to conduct training in the halls of Los Angeles, where he is preparing such a respected athlete like Ronda Rose, which is one of MMA legends.

Elena Ovchinnikov continues his active career and will not stop in its development. Striking looks and spectacular style of fighting are attracted to it a whole army of fans awaiting her new fighting.