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ST. PETERSBURG, Rússland (Janúar 12, 2016) – M-1 Challenge middleweight meistari Ramadan Emeev has been named M-1 Global’s 2015 Fighter ársins.
Russian veltivigtar Alexey Kunchenko was selected as “Prospect ársins,” meðanM-1 Challenge 63 was the M-1 Global “Event of the Year.” Emeev (13-3-0, M1: 7-1-0), berjast út úr Rússlandi, was a runaway winner as “Fighter ársins,” 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.
Í 2015, Emeev won both of his M-1 fights with his title-winning submission (Choke) of defending champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky in the opening round of their rematch last April at M-1 Challenge 56, and first title defense this past December 4th á M-1 Challenge 63 when American challenger Luigi “The 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, ósigur “Prospect ársins” runner-up Adam “Beard” 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 á M-1 Challenge 57 og Alexandre Ramos á M-1 Challenge 62.
 (L-R) Kunchenko vs. RamosM-1 Challenge 63 was headlined by the highly entertaining rematch between defending M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan Puetz, Þýskaland, and Nemkov, Rússland, in the latter’s victory by five-round decision. Emeev’s triumph over Fioravanti was the M-1 Challenge 63 samhliða lögun. M-1 Challenge 56, headlined by Emeev’s title-winning performance against Vasilevsky, var “Event of the Year” runner-up.
 Nemkov (R) strikes Puetz in M-1 Challenge 63 “Event of the Year”
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