Tiffany van Soest
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| Born | Tiffany Lynn van Soest March 20, 1989 Torrance, California, United States |
| Other names | Time Bomb |
| Nationality | American |
| 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 | San Diego, California, United States |
| Team |
Blue Ocean Muay Thai |
| Trainer | Alexander Palma |
| Rank | 2nd Degree Black Belt in Shōrin-ryū Karate |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 20 |
| Wins | 17 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Amateur career | |
| Total | 12 |
| Wins | 10 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| University | CSU San Marcos |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Tiffany Lynn van Soest (born March 20, 1989) is an American Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the bantamweight division. 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 and winning the WBC Muaythai International Super Bantamweight Championship the following year. Tiffany is also the current Lion Fight Promotions Featherweight Champion and Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Champion.
A Dutch American, Tiffany van Soest was born in Torrance, California, and raised in Riverside, California. The first sports she became involved in were association football at the age of five and later Shōrin-ryū karate at eight. She earned the rank of second degree black belt under Joey Pagliuso at the United States Karate Organization at seventeen but was unable to compete until she was eighteen because her parents wouldn't let her. When she did start competitive karate, she took multiple titles at state, national and world levels.
Van Soest stopped practicing martial arts for a short time to attend California State University San Marcos where she earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and played on the soccer team for two seasons. However, van Soest was soon drawn back to martial arts and found Muay Thai while living in San Diego, California.
Van Soest began fighting in amateur Muay Thai in 2009 and had her first title fight on August 14, 2010, at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, California, challenging IKF Women's Amateur World Muay Thai Bantamweight (-55.45 kg/122.2 lb) Champion Jenna Castillo for her belt. After what was called the "Fight of the Night", van Soest lost the challenge to Castillo by unanimous decision on scores of 50-44, 49-45 and 49-45. She soon captured the United States Muay Thai Association Women's Amateur California Featherweight Championship and then defeated Gabriela Lemus by technical knockout (TKO) in the second round of their contest in Pala, California on October 2, 2010, to claim the International Amateur Muay Thai Federation Women's United States Featherweight title. Her original opponent was to be Tandi Schaffer, but Schafer injured her hand in a previous bout and was forced to withdraw. Facing her first foreign opponent, van Soest fought to a draw with China's Cong Wang in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 16, 2010.
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