# Jamie Bates

Jamie Bates (born 14 September 1989) is an English Glory kickboxer fighting out of Annfield Plain, County Durham, England. He was ranked #5 in the world from 2020 to 2023 by Combat Press, and was ranked #2 in Glory in 2020. He is currently ranked #8 in the world.

## Kickboxing career
### Early career

Jamie Bates grew up on the mats in his father's gym in region of Durham. Starting with karate at age 4, with his father as instructor, Bates eventually progressed to kickboxing. He won a professional world title when he was 22.

### Superkombat Fighting Championship

Selected from the Superkombat World Tryouts from Middlesbrough, England, Bates had signed a multi-fight deal with the SUPERKOMBAT in 2014. On 24 May 2014, he was a participant in the Superkombat World Grand Prix series. Bates faced Flavius Boiciuc of Romania in the opening semifinals at Superkombat World Grand Prix II 2014 held in Mamaia, Romania and won via unanimous decision. Coming as outsider, he later faced Miles Simson in the finals, pulling off upset with another unanimous decision over the Surinamese.
In October, he lost a title eliminator to Yoann Kongolo at Superkombat World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination in Geneva, Switzerland. After dominating the fight, Bates eventually lost via a third round KO. After losing to Kongolo, Bates would go on a run, defeating notable fighters Pavel Turuk and Kev Ward, but losing to Ciprian Șchiopu and Alim Nabiev.

### Glory

Bates signed with a two-fight contract with Glory in 2017. He made his promotional debut at Glory 40: Copenhagen against Richard Abraham. Bates won the fight by unanimous decision. Bates was next scheduled to fight Eyevan Danenberg at Glory 49: Rotterdam. Danenberg won the fight by unanimous decision.
Bates bounced back from this loss with decision wins over Tommy King at Glory 54 and Vedat Hoduk at Glory 70. On 29 February 2020, he made his fifth appearance inside the Glory ring when he took on the #2 ranked welterweight and former champion, Harut Grigorian, at Glory 75: Utrecht. Jamies Bates defeated Grigorian via unanimous decision. In 2023 he lost to Jay Overmeer.

## Achievements

* 2014 Superkombat World Grand Prix II Light Heavyweight Tournament Championship
* 2011 WKF Full Contact Light Cruiserweight Champion

## Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record :
| 27 Wins (3 (T)KOs), 7 losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time |
| 2024-06-29 | Draw | Mustapha Haida | Oktagon Tsunami Edition | Rome, Italy | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2023-03-11 | Loss | Jay Overmeer | Glory 84 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | TKO (Three knockdowns) | 2 | 2:42 |
| 2022-12-10 | Win | Joakim Hagg | Victory 10 | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2022-02-12 | NC | Anghel Cardoş | Fight Fest Champions 16 | Newcastle, England | No Contest | 3 | 2:00 |
| For the FFC Welterweight International Title. ||||||||
| 2020-02-29 | Win | Harut Grigorian | Glory 75: Utrecht | Utrecht, Netherlands | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2019-10-26 | Win | Vedat Hoduk | Glory 70: Lyon | Lyon, France | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2018-06-02 | Win | Tommy King | Glory 54: Birmingham | Birmingham, England | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2017-12-09 | Loss | Eyevan Danenberg | Glory 49: Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2017-04-29 | Win | Richard Abraham | Glory 40: Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Denmark | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2017-03-11 | Win | Kev Ward | Road to Glory UK | Grantham, England | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 |
| 2016-11-02 | Win | Elijah Baker | | Durham United Kingdom | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2016-10-01 | Win | Jack Joseph | CDK 7 | Durham United Kingdom | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2016-07-02 | Loss | Ciprian Șchiopu | Respect World Series 2 | London, England | TKO (retirement) | 2 | 3:00 |
| 2016-05-12 | Win | Trevor Williams | DKF 2 | Durham United Kingdom | Decision(Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2016-02-27 | Loss | Alim Nabiev | ACB KB 5 | Orel, Russia | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2015-10-16 | Win | Pavel Turuk | ACB KB 3: Grand Prix Final | Sibiu, Romania | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2015-05-29 | Loss | Pavel Turuk | Tatneft Cup | Kazan, Russia | Ext.R Decision (unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 |
| 2014-10-25 | Loss | Yoann Kongolo | Superkombat World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination | Geneva, Switzerland | KO (spinning back fist + flying knee) | 3 | 2:23 |
| SUPERKOMBAT Light Heavyweight Championship Eliminator ||||||||
| 2014-05-24 | Win | Miles Simson | Superkombat World Grand Prix II 2014, Final | Constanța, Romania | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| Wins the Superkombat World Grand Prix II 2014 Tournament Championship. ||||||||
| 2014-05-24 | Win | Flavius Boiciuc | Superkombat World Grand Prix II 2014, Semi Finals | Constanța, Romania | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2014-04-13 | Win | Karl Langley | DUEL Fight Sports | United Kingdom | KO | 5 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Win | Christian Di Paolo | The Main Event 2013 | Manchester, England | TKO (injury) | 3 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Win | Marlon Hunt | Duel Fight Sports | Newcastle, England | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 2:00 |
| Wins the WKF Full Contact Light Cruiserweight Championship. ||||||||
| 2010-10-16 | Loss | Andrew Tate | History IN The Making 4 - Undisputed! | Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom | KO (Head kick) | 8 | |
| 2009-06-13 | Win | Eletherios Chachmidis | Final Elimination, Tournament Final | Stanley, United Kingdom | Decision (Split) | 5 | 2:00 |
| Wins the Final Elimination 8-man Tournament. ||||||||
| 2009-06-13 | Win | Allan Blondeau | Final Elimination, Tournament Semi Final | Stanley, United Kingdom | Decision | 5 | 2:00 |
| 2009-06-13 | Win | Reinis Porosozs | Final Elimination, Tournament Quarter Final | Stanley, United Kingdom | Decision | 5 | 2:00 |
| 2009-03-21 | Win | Michael Elmsly | | United Kingdom | Decision | | |
| 2009-02-1 | Win | William Blades | Durham County’s Fighting Experience | Durham United Kingdom | KO | 1 | |
| 2009-01-23 | Win | Clay Brunson | County Combat | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-12-2 | Win | Joshua Clay | County Combat | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-11-20 | Win | Frankie Solomons | County Combat | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-08-3 | Win | Mike Peterson | County Combat | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-06-2 | Win | Jonathan Hash | DKB | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-05-1 | Win | Jonathan Eades | DKB | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-02-5 | Win | Trevor Jackson | DKB | Durham United Kingdom | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes ||||||||

## Boxing record

| 1 fight | 1 win | 0 losses |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
Key to abbreviations used for results :
| DQ | Disqualification | RTD | Corner retirement |
| KO | Knockout | SD | Split decision / split draw |
| MD | Majority decision / majority draw | TD | Technical decision / technical draw |
| NC | No contest | TKO | Technical knockout |
| PTS | Points decision | UD | Unanimous decision / unanimous draw |
Boxing record :
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round(s), time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 1 | Win | 1-0 | Yailton Neves | Points | (4) 3:00 | 2019-07-06 | England | Light Heavyweight Bout |