A Russian mixed martial artist of Avar heritage, Ramazan Emeev currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is Combat World Champion and is well-known by his nickname, Gorets.
As a professional, he has won three fight by KO, seven by submission (4 RNC, 2 armbar, anaconda).
Ramazan Emeev was born as Ramazan Dadaevich Emerson on May 20, 1987, in Kazbekovsky District, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Emeev is Russian by his nationality.
After completing his elementary education, Emeev earned his Bachelor degree in Law from the Dagestan State University. He used to work as Freestyle wrestling sportsman before MMA.
As of 2018, Emeev has an estimated net worth of $50,000. He earned $27,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay) after defeating Alberto Mina at UFC 224.
Similarly, he earned $27,300 from UFC Fight Night; Cerrone vs. Till where he succeeded to defeat Sam Alvey. However, he has never talked about his salary, properties or house.
Ramazan Emeev made his professional MMA career on October 24, 2009, where he fought against Maxim Lunegov. He won the fight via Submission (rear-naked choke).
Following this, he competed in numerous events including Warrior Glory, LM Tournament 3, ProFC: Union Nation Cup 9, M-1 Challenge 25: Zavurov vs. Enomoto, M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo and many others.
On November 15, 2012, Emeev won the M-1 Global Middleweight Championship after defeating, Mario Miranda.
Similarly, he won the M-1 Global Middleweight Championship where he defeated Vyacheslav Vasilevsky via Submission(rear-naked choke) on 10th April 2015.
On 28th May 2017, Emeev was signed by Ultimate Fighting Championship. On October 21, 2017, he made his official UFC debut at UFC Fight Night; Cerrone vs. Till against Sam Alvey. He won the fight via unanimous decision in round three.
He then faced Alberto Mina in his welterweight debut, on 12th, May 2018 at UFC 224. He won his welterweight debut fight via unanimous decision in round three.
Emeev's favorite grappling technique is Anaconda choke. He is 5 feet 11 inch by his height and his body weight is around 170 lbs.
Emeev is a married man as he once revealed in the interview that he spends his free time with his wife by visiting cinema and cafe. However, no more information about their married life and his wife is available.
He is a good friend of UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and calls him as a brother.
