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Anyone that has followed the career of Antonina Shevchenko knows that she, her younger sister, UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, and their coach, Pavel Fedotov, enjoy traveling the world and training in different locations.

Earlier this year, the elder Shevchenko added a new method for the group to get from city-to-city when she earned her commercial pilot’s license.

“I always wanted to be a pilot,” begins Shevchenko, who returns to the Octagon this weekend in a clash with Andrea Lee. “I think when we moved to the United States, it was a good time and a good place to start because the infrastructure here for general aviation is the best in the world.