Ramazan Emeev

Ramazan Dadaevich Emeev (Рамазан Дадаевич Эмеев; born May 20, 1987) is a Russian mixed martial artist. He is Combat Sambo World Champion who currently fights in the Welterweight division. He is a former M-1 Global middleweight champion and fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Background
Ramazan Emeev was born on May 20, 1987, in Dylym village, Kazbekovsky district, Dagestan, Soviet Union in a devout Sunni Muslim family of Avar origin. He started to train in freestyle wrestling 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.

M-1 Global
At M-1 Global Emeev has a record of 9–1 and was middleweight champion, he beat Bellator MMA veteran Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, Mario Miranda, Luigi Fioravanti, Maiquel Falcao and Anatoly Tokov.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Emeev signed his UFC contract on 28 May 2017.

Emeev was expected to face Trevor Smith on October 21, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 118. However, Smith pulled out of the fight on 6 October was replaced by Sam Alvey. 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 Alberto Mina at welterweight bout on 12 May 2018 at UFC 224. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Emeev was expected to face Cláudio Silva on September 15, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 136. 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 Michel Prazeres 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 UFC on ESPN 5. In turn, Emeev was removed from this event due to alleged visa issues, that restricted his travel to the United States. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Cole Williams.

Emeev faced Anthony Rocco Martin on November 9, 2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 21. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Emeev was scheduled to face Tim Means on February 15, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 167. However, Emeev was removed from the bout in late-January for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Daniel Rodriguez.

Emeev was scheduled to face Shavkat Rakhmonov on July 26, 2020, at UFC on ESPN 14. 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 Niklas Stolze. Emeev won the fight via unanimous decision.

Emeev faced David Zawada on January 16, 2021, at UFC on ABC 1. He won a close fight by split decision.

Emeev was scheduled to face Warlley Alves on June 26, 2021, at UFC Fight Night 190. 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. He lost the bout via controversial split decision. 10 out of 12 media outlets scored the bout as a win for Emeev.

Emeev faced Jack Della Maddalena on June 11, 2022, at UFC 275. 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.

Post-UFC Career
Emeev would have his first fight outside the UFC over 2 years later at ACA 177 against Vladimir Vasilyev on June 28, 2024. He would win the fight via unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts

 * M-1 Global
 * M-1 Challenge Middleweight Championship (twice)