Nationality Croatian Team University of Fighting Weight 93 kg Fighting out of Zadar, Croatia Height 1.91 m | Stance Southpaw Role Mixed martial artist Reach 81 in (206 cm) Name Goran Reljic | |
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Born March 20, 1984 (age 40)
Zadar, Croatia ( 1984-03-20 ) Division Middleweight (2009-2010)
Light Heavyweight (2004-2008) (2010-present)
Heavyweight (2012) Movies UFC 84, UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami | ||
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Goran Reljić (born March 20, 1984) is a Croatian mixed martial artist.
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Mixed martial arts career
Reljic made his professional MMA debut at 2004 against Bojan Spalevic. Goran won the fight via submission (armbar) in the first round. His second fight was against Andrej Bregar in Trbovlje, Slovenia. Goran won the fight via submission (arm triangle choke).
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Reljic made his UFC debut at light heavyweight against Wilson Gouveia at UFC 84, where he won in the second round by TKO. He then dropped down to middleweight.
His next fight was slated to be at UFC 90 against Thales Leites, but Reljic sustained a serious back injury and was replaced by Drew McFedries. He would not return to active competition for nearly two years.
Reljic finally made his return and faced CB Dollaway on February 21, 2010 at UFC 110, where he would be making his middleweight debut. Reljic lost the fight via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 29-28.
Reljic faced Kendall Grove on July 3, 2010 at UFC 116 and lost via split decision.
Reljic returned to the light heavyweight division and faced Krzysztof Soszynski on November 13, 2010 at UFC 122. After losing the fight via unanimous decision, Reljic was released from the promotion.
Post-UFC
In his first post UFC fight, Reljic faced Goran Scepanovic on October 7, 2011 at BEFN 6, where he won by TKO at 1:31 of the first round.
Reljić then faced Rogent Lloret in a heavyweight bout on March 24, 2012 at Strength and Honor Championship in Geneve Switzerland. Reljic won the fight by TKO at 3:02 of the first round.
Reljić fought Jan Błachowicz in a main fight on KSW 22 for light heavyweight world title. He lost the fight via Unanimous Decision.
Reljić then faced Nikolay Osokin at Draka 13 on August 30, 2013. Reljić won the bout via TKO (kick to the body) in round one.
Reljić returned to KSW on March 22, 2014 against Karol Celinski at KSW 26. Reljić won the bout via unanimous decision.
In his debut for the Rizin Fighting Federation, Reljić faced Vadim Nemkov on December 29, 2015. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.