Ramazan Dadaevich Emeev (russian: Рамазан Дадаевич Эмеев; born May 20, 1987 in Dagestan) is a Russian

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

. He is

Combat Sambo , aka = Sombo (in English-speaking countries) , focus = Hybrid , country = Soviet Union , pioneers = Viktor Spiridonov, Vasili Oshchepkov, Anatoly Kharlampiev , famous_pract = List of Practitioners , olympi ...

World Champion who currently fights in the

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division. He is a former

M-1 Global M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year. It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with othe ...

middleweight champion and fought in the

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(UFC).

Background

Ramazan Emeev was born on May 20, 1987 in Dylym village, Kazbekovsky district, Dagestan, Soviet Union in a devout

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family of Avar origin. He started to train in

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at 6 years under Ali Iskhakov. In 2004 he studied in "Dagestan State University of National Economy". In 2005 he joined the MMA club Gorets under Musail Alaudinov and Shamil Alibatyrov. He won the Dagestan national pankration championship 2009 and the world combat sambo title.

Mixed martial arts career

M-1 Global

At M-1 Global Emeev has a record of 9–1 and was middleweight champion, he beat

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veteran

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, Mario Miranda,

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, Maiquel Falcao and

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

Emeev signed his UFC contract on 28 May 2017. Emeev was expected to face Trevor Smith on October 21, 2017 at

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. However, Smith pulled out of the fight on 6 October was replaced by

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. At the weigh ins, Alvey missed the middleweight limit of 185 pounds, coming in at 189 pounds. As a result, his bout with Alvey was changed to a catchweight and Alvey was fined 20% of his purse. Emeev won the fight via unanimous decision. Emeev faced

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at welterweight bout on 12 May 2018 at

UFC 224 ''UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on May 12, 2018, at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Background The UFC was initially targeting a UFC Wom ...

. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Emeev was expected to face Cláudio Silva on September 15, 2018 at

UFC Fight Night 136 ''UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 136'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 15, 2018 at Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Background The ev ...

. However, Silva pulled out of the fight in early-September citing a lower back injury. Emeev eventually faced promotional newcomer Stefan Sekulić. He won the fight by unanimous decision with the scoreboard of (30-25, 30-25, 30-25). Emeev was scheduled to face

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at UFC on ESPN+ 3. However, on February 4, 2019 it was reported that Emeev pulled out of the fight, citing injury. A bout with Cláudio Silva was rescheduled and was expected to take place on August 3, 2019 at

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. In turn, Emeev was removed from this event due to alleged

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issues, that restricted his travel to the United States. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Cole Williams. Emeev faced

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on November 9, 2019 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Emeev was scheduled to face

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on February 15, 2020 at

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. However, Emeev was removed from the bout in late-January for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Daniel Rodriguez. Emeev was scheduled to face

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on July 26, 2020 at

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. However, on July 3, 2020 it was reported that Rakhmonov was forced to pull from the bout due to injury and he was replaced by

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. Emeev won the fight via unanimous decision. Emeev faced

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on January 16, 2021 at

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. He won a close fight by split decision. Emeev was scheduled to face

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on June 26, 2021 at

UFC Fight Night 190 ''UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 190'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 48'' and ''UFC Vegas 30'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 26, 2021 at the UFC Apex ...

. However, Emeev pulled out in mid June due to undisclosed reasons, and he was replaced by promotional newcomer Jeremiah Wells. Emeev faced Danny Roberts on October 16, 2021 at

UFC Fight Night 195 ''UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 195'', ''UFC Vegas 40'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 53'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 16, 2021, at the UFC A ...

. He lost the bout via controversial split decision. 10 out of 12 media outlets scored the bout as a win for Emeev. Emeev faced

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on June 11, 2022, at

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. He lost the fight via TKO in round one. On August 8, 2022, it was announced that Emeev was no longer on the UFC roster.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

**M-1 Challenge Middleweight Championship (twice)

Mixed martial arts record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Emeev, Ramazan 1987 births Living people Russian male mixed martial artists People from Kazbekovsky District Welterweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing sambo Mixed martial artists utilizing freestyle wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing pankration Avar people Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters Russian sambo practitioners Sportspeople from Dagestan 21st-century Russian people 20th-century Russian people