Tiffany van Soest
From karate points to two Glory world titles
- Born
- March 20, 1989, Torrance, California, US
- Nationality
United States- Height
- 163 cm (5′4″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Karate-rooted Muay Thai striker
- Weight
- Super Bantamweight, Bantamweight, Flyweight
- Active
- 2009–2023
- Status
- Retired · age 37
The record
Wikipedia infobox (34 bouts); Glory's athlete profile lists 25-6-2 (10 KO). MMA 1-2. record
The story
iffany van Soest was born in Torrance, California, grew up in Riverside and won a USKA world karate title at 18 before turning to Muay Thai. She turned professional in 2011, won a WBC Muaythai international title in 2012 and held Lion Fight belts at two weights. In 2016 she won Glory's super bantamweight title tournament, and her rivalry with France's Anissa Meksen became the division's defining series: Meksen beat her in 2017 and again in early 2019, then van Soest won their third fight in November 2019 to take the belt back. She held it for the rest of her career, which ended in September 2023 with a head-kick knockout of Sarah Moussaddak in Paris. Her spinning back fist was a favorite weapon.
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- Glory Women's Super Bantamweight champion (2016–2017, 2019–2023)
- Lion Fight women's featherweight champion (two reigns)
- Lion Fight women's super bantamweight champion
- WBC Muaythai women's international super bantamweight champion (2012)
- Combat Press Female Fighter of the Year (2019)
- Glory Newcomer of the Year (2016)
Defining fights
- 2013WINvs Lucy Payne (TKO 1, Lion Fight featherweight title)
- 2016WINvs Amel Dehby (unanimous decision, Glory super bantamweight tournament final)
- 2017LOSSvs Anissa Meksen (unanimous decision, lost Glory title)
- 2019WINvs Anissa Meksen (unanimous decision, regained Glory title)
- 2023WINvs Sarah Moussaddak (KO 2, high kick, final fight)
Chain a spinning back fist off a missed kick the way van Soest did: throw the rear round kick, let the miss carry you around, and finish the rotation with the back fist while the opponent resets.
1978–1999
