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Jamie Bates
English kickboxer (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jamie Bates (born 14 September 1989)[2] 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,[3] and was ranked #2 in Glory in 2020.[4] He is currently ranked #8 in the world.[5]
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Kickboxing career
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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.[6] He won a professional world title when he was 22.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10][11]
Glory
Bates[12] 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.[13] Bates was next scheduled to fight Eyevan Danenberg at Glory 49: Rotterdam.[14] Danenberg won the fight by unanimous decision.[15]
Bates bounced back from this loss with decision wins over Tommy King at Glory 54[16] and Vedat Hödük at Glory 70.[17] 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.[18] Jamies Bates defeated Grigorian via unanimous decision.[19] In 2023 he lost to Jay Overmeer.
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Achievements
- 2014 Superkombat World Grand Prix II Light Heavyweight Tournament Championship
- 2011 WKF Full Contact Light Cruiserweight Champion
Kickboxing record
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Boxing record
| 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 |
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