Tiffany van Soest | |
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Born | Tiffany Lynn van Soest March 20, 1989 Torrance, California, United States |
Other names | Time Bomb |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 56.7 kg (125 lb; 8.93 st) |
Division | Flyweight Bantamweight |
Reach | 64 in (160 cm) |
Style | Muay Thai, Shōrin-ryū Karate |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Team | Blue Ocean Muay Thai FFC Bijlmer |
Trainer | Alexander Palma Lucien Carbin |
Rank | 2nd Degree Black Belt in Shōrin-ryū Karate |
Years active | 2009–2023 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 34 |
Wins | 26 |
By knockout | 10 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 0 |
Draws | 2 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 1 |
By decision | 1 |
Losses | 2 |
By submission | 2 |
Other information | |
University | CSU San Marcos |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Last updated on: July 4, 2014 |
Tiffany Lynn van Soest (born March 20, 1989)[1] is a retired American Muay Thai kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division. She is the former two-time Glory Super Bantamweight Champion and a two-weight Lion Fight champion.
Originally a Shōrin-ryū karate practitioner, van Soest began Muay Thai at the age of eighteen and was both a state and national titlist as an amateur before turning professional in 2011. Prior to her switch to kickboxing, van Soest was the two-time Lion Fight Women's Featherweight and one-time Lion Fight Women's Super Bantamweight champion. As a professional kickboxer, van Soest twice captured the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight championship, amassing five defenses across two reigns, only suffering losses to fellow pound-for-pound ranked Anissa Meksen and Denise Kielholtz.
Combat Press ranked her as a pound-for-pound talent between November 2016 and September 2023, when she retired from professional competition.[2][3] In 2019, Combat Press voted her the Female Fighter of the Year.[4]