M-1 Global middleweight champ Ramazan Emeev still believes his coach’s murderer is still roaming free.
M-1 Global middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev is still searching for the man who murdered his coach and mentor.
Despite a recent breakthrough in the case, which produced a suspect for the murder of the Gorets Club head coach back in 2013, Emeev is not convinced that the suspect actually committed the murder.
“They said they found a killer, but I don’t believe that person could do that,” Emeev told BloodyElbow. “He was a friend of Musail, a friend of our gym. He always helped us a lot and keeps helping. They had some quarrel between them but I don’t think that could cause such a tragedy. That guy is very religious and he is a really good man. I don’t think he could kill Musail.”
The Ministry of Interior in Dagestan revealed that Musail Allaudinov, a renowned coach and Russian MMA pioneer, was gunned down by an automatic weapon while on the Makhachkala – Kaspiysk highway. His Toyota Camry showed 27 bullet holes, and the murder weapon – a Kalashnikov – was left next to the car, which suggests that it was a contract killing and not a random occurrence.
A few days following the murder, investigators revealed that Allaudinov was “closely connected” with former Makhachkala mayor, Mr. Said Amirov, and was apparently selecting some of his top fighters to become a part of the Mayor’s security detail. They did not rule out that he might have been aware of “shady” activity and had become a liability.
Emeev, who referred to the case as one filled with “dark secrets,” is still nurturing the emotional laceration received from the untimely tragedy. He is scheduled to face Maiquel Falcao in the main event of M-1 Challenge 65 to determine who will face Alexander Shlemenko in the Grand Prix tournament final.
Musail was responsible for the development of several notable fighters, including Rashid Magomedov, Shahbulat Shamhalaev, and Emeev. Though prepared for the fight to the best of his abilities, Emeev is perfectly aware that he may never feel complete again without his old friend.
“The only difference since then is that he is gone. Nothing else changed, we keep working in the same way, and we have a lot of strong fighters. We all miss him a lot. He was like a brother to all of us. He was always there to help, to give an advice. When he was near you could go fight and win even without a training camp. Huge loss for all of us.”