Jamie Bates

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.[3] He won a professional world title when he was 22.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] After losing to Kongolo, Bates would go on a 2-2 run, defeating Pavel Turuk and Kev Ward, but losing to Ciprian Șchiopu and Alim Nabiev.[7][8]

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.[9] Bates was next scheduled to fight Eyevan Danenberg at Glory 49: Rotterdam.[10] Danenberg won the fight by unanimous decision.[11]

Bates bounced back from this loss with decision wins over Tommy King at Glory 54[12] and Vedat Hoduk at Glory 70.[13] 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.[14] Jamies Bates defeated Grigorian via unanimous decision.[15]