GLORY 64: Anissa Meksen vs. Tiffany Van Soest (Super Bantamweight Title Fight) - Full Fight

Watch the full fight between Anissa Meksen and Tiffany Van Soest from GLORY 64 STRASBOURG

[@mrshorsegirl]

the amount of cardio required for this fight was insane! both incredible fighters...

[@maimara.]

The translation of the interview at the end is quite bade really so here it is : - What is it to defend your title here in France ? Honestly, that is just purely amazing. Thank you all for the support you brought me during the fight ! you were bloody good ! -I know you wanted a dominant performance 'cause you didn't want a third fight, how close was this fight to you ? In fact, the thing is that Tiffany's got the same fighting style as me so er... It's the same styles confronting and it's hard to work what one has in mind. She moves, she strikes, she works very well so it is complicated, and i knew it would be complicated if it was gonna end. - Now that you've won the title, what are you gonna do next ? Defend the belts again of course. And I wanted to add, that's quite personal in fact, I lost my grand-father recently and I dedicate him this victory, he was a second father to me and was very proud of my career. End of translation :)

[@levity90]

Thank you for this

[@humblewarrior6585]

Anissa Meksen is a class act and a Great example for young fighters coming up !!!

[@sylvainlaurence1554]

Absolument 🥇🥇🥇

[@Jumeaux51100]

Tout dit bravo anissa

[@joshuabecton4746]

Fight starts at 8:22

[@BLACKROSEMF]

Glad I read comments 1st ... TY :)

[@howardmanley3388]

Joshua Becton thanks🙏

[@johnnyrabbitslaughing5761]

That was a damn good fight!

[@unknownplayer2075]

Wow, this really motivates me to get better at fighting 🤜

[@farang9260]

bel esprit sportif, pleine de talent et d'humilité, félicitations continue

[@reggierico]

I think this fight is arguably a draw! Tiffany was the aggressor 90% of the time, moving forward, with an incredible amount of kicks and strikes per round. Great fight!

[@SGTJDerek]

After the biased first round, I was done.

[@solicitutoob]

Hats off to both warriors! Great fight!

[@jefevonstrachanberg3682]

These girls can literally throw kicks and punches faster than I can blink.

[@ambroselake9156]

Now that was funny. but they can. LOL

[@rish1459]

I'm late to comment. I found this because I'm finding that Women's boxing/kickboxing/MMA has everything I missed about mens boxing in the 1970s and early 80s (minus the rigging). The battles are awesome & this fight proves it. I never care about how the judges score it, they are paid to call fights a certain way (IMO). I found this fight a very even fight & extremely entertaining.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

Win or lose, you know you're elite getting a split decision against someone who is 97-4!!!!!

[@84knucks05]

Can we say biased much??? That much of a difference in the split was horrible!! This is literally the definition of a draw!! I agree these two are pretty evenly matched... having said that, can you imagine how much of a nightmare can soest would be with the experience of 101 fights...

[@jimh6780]

For those three last judges to have such a wide gap between the fighters was obviously biased, they were in the tank for their countrywoman.....

[@billhyman330]

The First round clearly went to Tiffany. I had to pause the match to see other peoples comments in regards to the judging because after that first round went to Anissa I knew what kind of scoring it was going to be.

[@181075]

Maybe so, but a contender needs to work harder than a defending champion to earn the title,a split decision rarely favors the first

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

@@181075 That unspoken rule has always made no sense. By that logic when you break it down, you are judging the champion based on their past fights and not the current one.

[@florent3723]

@@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo It's not unspoken, when there is a draw, the champion stay champion.

[@julioluna4278]

Excellent fight 💪👏

[@dlighted8861]

Nah Van Soest did better than the judges gave her credit for. She had it to win. They sure made it harder for her.

[@turbozed]

Had Meksen winning Rds 1-3, Tiffany winning Rds 4 & 5 (although 5 was a tossup). With open scoring, Meksen likely coasted a bit the last 2 rounds.

[@kempowarrior]

It was a close fight so I think they should have went another bonus round to get a clear winner.

[@nuffflavor]

What I have seen..... if the challenger wants the belt, they will have to KO, dominate, or physically score (without a doubt) a LOT HIGHER to win. Again... what I have seen, and that is with many of these types of sports.

[@frostytipsasmr]

wow, this was a tough one, they're both incredible fighters.

[@Kingofgrowers]

Both women are top shelf. Meksen always brings GAME ! This is an awesome match , hope they fight often

[@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667]

Tiffany: *Doesn't touch gloves* Anissa: _"So you have chosen... DEATH"_

[@jonathansprague6869]

Never leave a championship fight to the judges. Split decision was correct but 50 to 45 by the last 3 judges is questionable. Just goes to show, what Larry Merchant use to say about boxing, judges wont take a close fight from a champion.

[@jaycree7583]

Thats just what they did to Tiffany in the first meeting.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

It's best for business to only have the title change hands if the champion is clearly outclassed, I think.

[@new-t]

They didn't touch gloves at the beginning, but fell in arms one of another at the end.

[@user-uc2jd4wq8y]

Даже путолся что оставить ....два великолепных бойца ,спасибо за ваш бой

[@Philc2]

5 rounds nonstop energy...fantastic fight and too close for me to choose.

[@bethanycameron1683]

Awesome cuz keep going

[@jaycree7583]

Tiffany was the aggressor , the 3 judges who scored 50-45 are FOS.

[@paulsciria8921]

Judges are biased.

[@howardmanley3388]

Jay Cree what does fos stand for?

[@nathanieldravis1511]

Look I love van soest but she lost here decisively. She wasn't landing the harder cleaner shots and the slight edge in volume compared to how clean meksen was landing wasn't enough. I've seen tiffany get robbed but this wasn't it she got beat and that's okay meksen has a shit ton of experience.

[@whywhy1702]

Ro

[@raphaelrousso7124]

@@nathanieldravis1511 right and fair Man , even if it was this close no robbery in this fight , Anissa had been slightly superior and i'm not writing this down cause i'm French . The American girl 's hell of a fighter and with a beautiful style !

[@danielboyd9380]

Two good well trained athletes.

[@Bambon794]

What the hell ...they are so strong that I can't even sit quiet while watching

[@williamr5371]

50-45 x3 is BS. Close fight but no way 50-45. I thought Tiffany pushed the pace and strikes were virtually dead even 128-127

[@b-boysleeper9314]

Loved the fight, two amazing fighter. Feel sad for tiffany cause she really wanted her bell back but it is what it is. She did great its always a pleasure to watch her technique. Bravo Anissa t'as gérer sur la défence puis contré. Congratulation Tiffany the big pressure was almost enough, i was holding my breath when Anissa start to slow down a bit. Amazing fight, amazing fighters.

[@JeezVince]

1st round won by Meksen, close, nice kicking from the french, contender needs to do a bit more significantly to make it a draw. KD is a slip, can't be significant. Good ending for Tiffany, bit short though. Meksen low kicks made the difference here. Tiffany shows her clinch superiority. 2nd could have been a draw but Meksen has more landings and ends the round better. 3rd clearly for Meksen, good landings, Tiffany volume was too low, especially in the last 2 minutes. Beautiful round from Meksen who does great in the pocket with great close shots reading well Tiffany's intentions. Very good reaction from Tiffany, Meksen still good with close hooks then distance control after being overwhelmed. Really good round won by Tiffany with some great moments, but she needed a knockdown. Judges should be ashamed of scoring that for Meksen. 5h round, the match is won on paper, Meksen needs to control it and does it easily. Volume is closer now than at the start of the match. Tiffany was checked too often and needed to be a bit more aggressive if that was as close as people think. Landed strikes are for Meksen. Meksen landed more significant strikes too. Good creativity from Tiffany. Very good overall control by Meksen. Tiffany looked good from the way she evaded loads of 1-2 early in the match but Meksen adjusted and started to find her way in the pocket which surprised Tiffany. Meksen made the difference in the 3rd which show how better she was. She controlled most of the fight and looked only out of control in the 4rth. Nice kicking from both, way better from Meksen with her inside legs shots especially in the 1st. Meksen had better punches too, with some very significant strikes and landings. Great clinch from Tiffany. Great effort from Tiffany but too short against Meksen confidence and control, that made the difference. Judges were rubbish but that doesn't change the fact that the champ was better than the contender. Cheeky taunting at 18: from Meksen, nothing damaging.

[@TheBENJAMIN1500]

The commentator is something else , please give credit to Mekseen, she barely misses her kicks and punches.

[@dondragmer2412]

You mean rarely?

[@TheBENJAMIN1500]

@@dondragmer2412 : Thanks for the correction, I meant rarely

[@anjiernkr9223]

Meksen's reaction time is incredible!

[@quadflopper1012]

what a complete sham, it's so obvious that going into this fight at least 3 of the judges were already biased towards Meksen and that there was no way Tiffany was ever going to win with anything less then a total KO, and even then they probably would have found a way to declare the fight as a draw. I'd be willing to bet that the whole reason this rematch took place took place in France was because if the fight were held someplace else where the rules allowed Tiffany to do what she does best they were afraid she would do to Meksen what she did to Bellakhal or worst....Tiffany unleashed would have Rousey'd Meksen before it ever got to the judges......

[@mikhailmukin991]

this was close. judges that scored 45-50 should not be allowed to judge any more. though commentators were a bit biased the other way.

[@starbattles1]

It was in France. They were there to represent for the American. I am sure plenty of French coverage was also there.

[@fatih3057]

Beautiful clean match

[@raphaelrousso7124]

grande classe , fairplay et trés chouette combat , bravo aux deux combattantes , Anissa touche mon coeur anytime

[@gordonc2377]

Good fight! So evenly matched and could have been called a draw but to defeat the champion in her own country Tiffany needed at least one knockdown. Terrible translator. Annika was saying that she and Tiffany fight the same way it is so difficult to get an edge and that Tiffany moves and dodges so well.

[@tomshackleford4555]

glory rules i love mma i need something new that will keep me interested in fighting

[@billp.8489]

Would have been interesting if it had a few more rounds to know what the outcome might have been. I thought Meksen had it three rounds to two with two rounds could have gone either way. Tiffany was kind of grinding her down, just not fast enough.

[@jamescole3283]

19:52 You can't hook with the hooker! Got it, valuable lesson to take away from this fight.

[@MaisonAK]

Finally a real match opponent for Tiff

[@advancednutritioninc908]

3 of 5 judges scored 50-45 when there were 1 strike difference between the 2 for the whole fight!! What fight were they watching? Plus Tiffany knocked Meksen down with a front kick! Clearly 3 judges were very biased! It was a very close fight ... I would have been ok with 47-48 in either direction! But not 50-45, that's just favoritism!

[@tomiibarrientos9440]

The front kick doesnt count as a knockdown unless it is a head front kick, front kick or teeps are more a push than a strike. I got mekksen dominating most of the fight,round 4 was a war and could have gone for tiffany and round 5 could have gone either way

[@bishopman2308]

@@tomiibarrientos9440 Mekkson didn't dominate shit, it was a close fight that could of gone either way. No dominating at all. You are showing your bias.

[@harlock321]

@@tomiibarrientos9440 she definitely didn't dominate. Was a super close fight but the judges definitely showed favor to her.

[@tomiibarrientos9440]

@@harlock321 Men, it was 3 years ago. I don't fight anymore now i'm a software engineer so maybe you are right lol

[@mrknowitall8663]

Pretty good fight. It was a draw imo. Meksen had slightly better shots but def not 50-45.

[@thomascuppernell4840]

Agree not 50 45,that was Bullshit!!.

[@LegendaryWoke]

Tiffany has met her match here... like fighting her twin, but perhaps a rematch could solve it

[@a_texan7503]

If Tiffany was about 3in taller she would dominate everyone

[@funkvids69]

Worst judges in any fighting organization. Not just this match but most of the others as well.

[@MeBituman]

Sorry but your hair lipped hero got schooled.

[@charleshodgdon6168]

How does this group score? I don't remember the association name, but I watched a fight and they told you ahead of time how many points each type of strike was worth. I think a punch was the lowest at 1 point. I think the knee was the most at 4 or 5 points.

[@samma18]

Beau combat !

[@lesliefisher2024]

Great display,despite the significant height difference, they're a mirror image of each other.Very much impressed with their fast twitching and diverse kicking techniques!

[@hollywoodgold8076]

I would have scored the fight a DRAW. Then a 3 fight would be inevitable. They fought twice. Each knows the other fighter really well now. I would love to see the adjustment each fighter would make. A 3rd fight would bring out the best in both of them. I still say it was a DRAW. If I had to pick one to win, it would have been Tiffany, since she was the aggressor in every round. I say do it again ladies. You can't leave it like this. Both fighters know it was a DRAW at best. 3rd times a charm.

[@CLSGLSAS]

In my opinion, Meksen seems to have better stability when she throws her punches and kicks. She lands them cleaner, even if the count is pretty even. A few times she comes out of the exchange with more at the end. So even if Tiffany started the exchange, Meksen answers back and overpowers. I would have rather Tiffany were the winner, and I’m an American. But I don’t see any grey area- this is def Meksen’s fight.

[@ramonapilotta6845]

someone knows the title of the song used by anissa? thanks

[@salvadorrubalcava6450]

Tiffany is no dou't the best you feel me dat part

[@SeahawkScott]

Judges too inclined to give Meksen rounds, and while I love Tiffany, she was THIS close but just didn't do enough.

[@gsftom]

Great fight to watch.

[@sylvainlaurence1554]

Great fight…

[@peterwiarda783]

What's the name of Anissa walkout song?

[@johnhalchishick6557]

Second round Good fight evenly matched.

[@ainsivalavie9946]

Wow what a control of the french girl. She dominated, beautyfull technicity and dostance control. And the fair play was what ot makes her complet. Well done Madame.

[@cglasford1]

looks like Anissa Meksen has made the move to ONE, that will be exciting. that is the best Muay Thai promotion right now, hands down. I'd like to see her fight some of those women like Maria Ruumet

[@johnnierah]

brilliant

[@nicolem.3844]

Anissa Meksen is awesome fighter!wow! She is great! I wish her the best for her future and many more wins!

[@donunmacht435]

Good fight, I just wish that they would use smaller gloves.

[@walkinsilentmtfr7976]

Deffo needed a bonus round cracking fight best two easy

[@ronwells8806]

Both great 👍

[@karlknudson9249]

they say you have to beat the champion by a margin it looked even to me so it goes to the champion hope that little girl from san dieago doesnt loose her ambition she is loaded with it she needs a good trainner that really pays attention to her strikes and kicks but that little girl has more heart than ive seen in a fighter in a long time maybe ever

[@nicodovahkin8822]

karl knudson She’s 30 years old. A woman, not a ‘little girl’

[@nomadik7]

Close fight but Meskin definitely landed the harder shots, snapping Tiffany's head back with punches in every round except the 4th. The commentators were ridiculously biased in Tiffany's favour though.

[@robertmckean1929]

Not sure I agree with you about landing the harder shots given the kicks. And, the judges were very biased. The fight was way closer than the score card.

[@DedByMonday]

YOu got it all wrong.... the judges were "French" Biased ...

[@nomadik7]

If you wanna see shitty judging look at Glory Denver- American judges, some of the worst in the world. This was far, far better

[@ceciliarivera7899]

very good fight

[@anthonypine7357]

What an awesome champion. The epitomy of grace.!

[@williamvance4534]

Yes Tiffany is awesome

[@timbomuffin]

My god these girls are fit as you can get well done to both not an easy way to get money tbh🇬🇧💪💪

[@donunmacht435]

It's easy for a guy sitting on the couch to chime in. I do think that Tiffany should try to develope a upper cut power punch using her legs. Maybe watch some old Mike Tyson fights for ideas.

[@TerryMarineBMF]

Bro, I so agree! I saw at least one opportunity for an upper-cut.

[@gigisoglamorousipeeglitter7466]

Excellent fight! Although I don't understand a word of French I love listening to it all the same! Beautiful language.

[@Heshem_Joel]

Meksen was sharp, fast and precise. Her head shots connected.

[@kennethwhitehurst8917]

Seems like they heard me about the hugging an stopped,...wow

[@victorsturdivant4731]

Tiffany is fantastic!

[@easystreet1888]

First time I ever heard a ref say "touch gloves IF YOU WISH".

[@larryhughes6608]

Those judges shouldn't have been paid.

[@blobboflava]

I agree that the judges were biased, but this is what happens to any foreign fighters meeting US fighters on US soil. Welcome to some payback. It is a real pity, as Tiffany is a hell of a fighter. Anissa is a great fighter as well. Generally, if this close, it will stay with the defending champion. Van Soest needed the ko to win.

[@moonshinefuel]

be interesting to see if it went another few rounds, van soest clearly a very conditioned athlete maybe would have had more endurance than her opponent if it kept going but on the other hand these fighters are trained for 3-5 rounds so it is what it is

[@tomjohn8733]

Gotta agree with the split decision, when in doubt, go with the champ…great fight !!

[@daniellawinse5773]

fight starts at 8:27 ish

[@user-cy6sn5my4d]

เก่งเจอเก่งยอดเยี่ยมทั้งสองคน

[@hechrhymes4018]

The commentators are very pro Tiffany. She's an incredible marvel, no doubt. But let's be fair here, so is Anissa! Just listen to the prefight talks... it's really quite riddiculous how Bazooka Joe and the other one hardly even mention Anissa, and she's the Glory champion for Christ's sake.

[@robertmckean1929]

But, the judges were incredibly biased fro Anissa.

[@zacharyshort384]

Better to have biased judges on your side than biased commentators it would seem.

[@kennethwhitehurst8917]

We hate hugging / clinching after every swing or kick

[@jozsefkacsa]

3 judges see it 50-45?? WTF that's Criminal !

[@JuanGonzalez-cg8fk]

great tactical intelligent fight. From the first round we knew who was going to win. I thin Van Soest won and they gave it to Meksen. No disrespect meant for either. but I think tiffany had a more aggresive posture and did knowck her down. The best punch of Meksen did not knowk tiffany down. I would hae edged it to tifffany. And though the judges are that these three seem to be totally partial. Keep the fights coming. Hopefully a third one will come from this.

[@johnhalchishick6557]

Great fight but if it's that close the champ will get the call.

[@PaulAraour-vm8gp]

Que devient Anissa.... j'ai regardé presque tout ses combats...une technique poings pieds hors du commun...fluide et rapide dans ses déplacements et ses enchaînements 💪👍✌️👌

[@itsmeforsure5475]

Excellent fight, both girls could give and take. Looked like a draw to me, but I'm no fight expert. The straight kick from Tiffany seemed to be pretty effective. I would have been telling her to use that more, as I drank some beer.

[@mark4tucker]

WOW What a fight

[@stevegirardmedia2255]

Just because TVS comes forward, and is more busy doesn’t mean she’s scoring. Meksen was direct, counterpunching with straight shots that got through a lot. TVS loops punches and a lot of spinning BF BS... and kept throwing illegal elbows. It was a nice fight, but Meksen is very businesslike and counters everything. I think she won pretty definitively.

[@whatthe8211]

For americans, translation is not good enough, Anissa said her and Tiffany had the same way to fight, so it was hard for her to apply strategy, she was like boxing a mirror.

[@noorsain377]

هدي رياضة في أي ستايل؟

[@patrickgauthier339]

Super Bravo

[@kimberlykau9793]

I enjoyed watching this fight, both are phenomenal fighters and strikers, but I feel that the fight should have been held in a neutral country, in order to be fair. A draw would have been a more accurate and fair decision for this title defense fight, had it been held in a neutral location instead of France. Also, the French fighter Meksen appears to be heavier than TVS, giving her another unfair advantage, and therefore she should have been in a different weight class to begin with, or been required to lose 10 pounds for the fight. All in all, with the crowd and the judges not in her favor, fighter TVS did so well, and made America proud!

[@NexYja]

It came down to who landed the last punches, Tiffany initiated the fights but Anissa answered back and landed the last punch before disenganging each time. Commentator so biased wanting Tiffany to win so bad. it's kickboxing not muay thai, head punches and kicks score more than knees here. It's a fight not a math problem, landing the same amount of shots doesn't mean it's equal.

[@johnthree1611]

That first round Tiffany won with the knock down. Biased French judges.

[@gwentom1000]

John Three16 which knock down? The front kick? And what about the left hook!

[@gsin311]

lol that was a knockdown. Good job buddy. The french girl was lighting Tiffany up with her hands. Dont get me wrong, Tiffany is an awesome fighter but I honestly think that north american commentators always have a bias towards north american fighters. I generally watch all close fights with the sound off and that will tell you right away who is landing what and how consistent they are in their offense. Try it and let us know who won the first round or the fight

[@MeBituman]

What knockdown? You must be smoking something. The only round you could give Van Soest was the 4th.

[@johnthree1611]

MeBituman, lay down the crack pipe for a bit, and re-watch the fight, or watch the whole fight.

[@JeezVince]

KD? What you on about...

[@jimtalbott2894]

Would like to see a rematch.

[@patrickpoland3787]

I haven’t even watch the fight yet this is my first time I believe Vance used is going to take the fight back and the belt my prediction

[@contactkeithstack]

Can't win em all

[@zenzen7136]

I saw Van Doesn't lose against another tall fighter from Australia. She has a little trouble with long armed tall fighters. The scoring was close enough for a draw instead of a majority slit decision. Fifty to forty five was way off. Honestly I saw Van Soest winning two rounds.

[@thomasgourley3285]

After watching this fight, it became obvious that from the very start, that the judges would not allow Tiffany to win, without a ko....She easily won the first round, and i had her 3 - 1 up over all....A total disgrace for the entire sport.......I also noticed that Anissa suddenly learned to speak English when she complemented Tiffany, AFTER! the result of course.

[@carlsmith4878]

The translator wasn't or Meksem. He's there for the fans.

[@trumpfraud1374]

She was robbed that was a draw if ever there was one. Tiffany, I think actually edged her out with aggression. I know they do not use that matrix in this sport but they should. Tiffany made the fight constantly moving forward. I wish they fight again. Anywhere but France. No fair shake there.

[@jrchanchu3895]

That translator's a joke! When asked about how hard it was to get a definitive win, Meksen replies: "I knew it was gonna be complicated. See, Tiffany and I have a similar style; we're like both sides of the same coin. She darts in, hits accurately and backs out well. Her body movement is great and she feints really well. So I knew this was gonna be complicated."

[@jamesbrandt6154]

Tiffany even though you didnt get the decision you fought quite well. Don't ever lose your rhythm. There was one combo in the second round that i wanted to review with you that might help you get your win next time. You threw something like a faint front kick follow by the intentional second kick to i think to the head. Well that might not have been an intentional combo but it might have worked for you. Have you considered combos like that? I've never seen anything like that done, and I'm not a trainer, but i think you can throw off your opponent like that and maybe get some good mileage too. Good luck with whatever you do Tiffany, from the west coast of Oregon, D.E.F.