FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Silver Point Capital L.P.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/17/2021		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GULFPORT ENERGY CORP [GPOR]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

GREENWICH, CT 06830		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 8,659,669 (1)
D (2)
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock   (3)   (3) Common Stock 1,601,929 $ (3) D (2)  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Silver Point Capital L.P.
TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR
GREENWICH, CT 06830		   X   X    
MULE EDWARD A
TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR
GREENWICH, CT 06830		   X   X    
O'Shea Robert J
TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR
GREENWICH, CT 06830		   X   X    

Signatures

/s/ Steven Weiser, Authorized Signatory on behalf of Silver Point Capital, L.P. 05/27/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
/s/ Steven Weiser (as attorney-in-fact on behalf of Edward A. Mule, individually) 05/27/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
/s/ Steven Weiser (as attorney-in-fact on behalf of Robert J. O'Shea, individually) 05/27/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes (i) up to 536,203 shares of the Issuer's common stock that may be distributed to the Reporting Persons upon satisfaction of certain unsecured creditors' claims in the Issuer (Docket Nos. 1291, 1294 and 1295 of In re Gulfport Energy Corporation, Chapter 11 Case No. 20-35562, filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division), and (ii) up to 368,714 shares of the Issuer's common stock that may be distributed to the Reporting Persons as holders of claims relating to certain notes of the Issuer, which shares have been held in reserve and are contingent upon the resolution of certain legal proceedings.
(2) Silver Point Capital, L.P. ("Silver Point") or its wholly owned subsidiaries are the investment managers of Silver Point Fund, L.P., Silver Point Capital Offshore Master Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunities Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunities Offshore Master Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners, L.P. and Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners Master Fund (Offshore), L.P. (the "Funds") and, by reason of such status, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the reported securities held by the Funds. Silver Point Capital Management, LLC ("Management") is the general partner of Silver Point and as a result may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all securities held by the Funds. Messrs. Edward A. Mule and Robert J. O'Shea are each members of Management and as a result may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the securities held by the Funds. Silver Point, Management and Messrs. Mule and O'Shea disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by Funds except to the extent of their pecuniary interests.
(3) Represents 22,427 shares of the Issuer's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock"). Each holder of shares of Preferred Stock has the right, at its option and at any time, to convert all or a portion of the shares of Preferred Stock that it holds into a number of shares of the Issuer's common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product obtained by multiplying (i) the Liquidation Preference times (ii) an amount equal to one (1) plus the Per Share Makewhole Amount (as defined in the Preferred Terms) on the date of conversion, by (y) $14.00 per share (each as described in, and subject to the terms of, the definitive documentation governing the Preferred Stock.)

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