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ST. Petersburg, Russia (Lub ib hlis ntuj 12, 2016) – M-1 sib tw Middleweight champion Ramadan Emeev has been named M-1 Global’s 2015 Fighter ntawm lub xyoo.
Lavxias teb sab welterweight Alexey Kunchenko was selected as “Zeem muag ntawm lub xyoo,” thaum lub sij hawmM-1 sib tw 63 was the M-1 Global “Event of the Year.” Emeev (13-3-0, M1: 7-1-0), sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Russia, was a runaway winner as “Fighter ntawm lub xyoo,” garnering 84.5-percent of the votes to easily outdistance runner-up Viktor Nemkov(23-5-0, M-1: 14-4-0), the reigning M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion.
Nyob rau hauv 2015, Emeev won both of his M-1 fights with his title-winning submission (zawm caj pas yog) of defending champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky in the opening round of their rematch last April at M-1 sib tw 56, and first title defense this past December 4th ntawm M-1 sib tw 63 when American challenger Luigi “Lub Italian Tank” Fioravanti was unable to answer the bell for the third round.
 (L-R) Emeev pounds Fioravanti
Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), the undefeated Russian, yeej “Zeem muag ntawm lub xyoo” runner-up Adas “Hwj txwv” Yandiev and third-place finisher Raul Tutarauli (6-3-0, M-1: 3-0-0). Kunchenko won all five of his fights in 2015, highlighted by his opening-round stoppages of Dez Parker ntawm M-1 sib tw 57 thiab Alexandre Ramos ntawm M-1 sib tw 62.
 (L-R) Kunchenko vs. RamosM-1 sib tw 63 was headlined by the highly entertaining rematch between defending M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan Puetz, ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees, and Nemkov, ntawm Russia, in the latter’s victory by five-round decision. Emeev’s triumph over Fioravanti was the M-1 sib tw 63 co-feature. M-1 sib tw 56, headlined by Emeev’s title-winning performance against Vasilevsky, yog “Event of the Year” runner-up.
 Nemkov (R) strikes Puetz in M-1 Challenge 63 “Event of the Year”
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