As a general rule of thumb, female athletics have always been second best to the men. In fact, this is so evident that the NCAA had to enact an entire amendment in an attempt to equalize rights in athletics between genders (Title IX). The spotlight has always been on the men’s sports and evidence can be no clearer than high school gymnasiums. All one has to do is look to see where the money is spent, where the focus is, and where all of the school’s events are held; I would bet the house that it isn’t the girl’s gym.

Women have always strived to stand up for equal rights but there has never been a more prominent push for women in sports than in modern day combat sports where Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey have become household names. Jenny Haste is a woman that you’ve probably never heard of but should and will after you watch the video below.

In a sport dominated by men for over 100 years, Hasty is doing her part to put women’s Muay Thai on the map by putting on exciting fights that are as brutal as they are technically sound. In the video below, we see some of her finest work in the Muay Thai World Series Chang Cup setting a record for fastest female knockout within the promotion and one of the fastest in the world!

What makes this knockout so amazing is not just the brutalizing and devastating force which is on display but the fact that Haste is fighting at Super Flyweight…117 lbs.! In an era where 205 lb. men are being labelled as pillow fists, Haste shows that the smaller women pack a powerful punch.

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Jacob C. Stevens is a lifelong athlete and cerebral martial arts enthusiast who is also skilled in the art of linguistic manipulation, his published work, Afterthoughts and Handgrenades, can be found here…