Goran Reljić (born 20 March 1984) is a Croatian

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and bare knuckle boxer. A professional MMA competitor who began his career in 2004 and most recently competed in 2020, he has fought for the

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, and KSW. He is ranked #7 in the ACA Light Heavyweight rankings.

Mixed martial arts career

Reljić made his professional MMA debut on April 4, 2004 against Bojan Spalević. Reljić won the fight via submission (armbar) in the first round. His second fight was against Andrej Bregar in Trbovlje, Slovenia. Reljić won the fight via submission (arm-triangle choke).

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Reljić made his UFC debut at light heavyweight against

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at ''

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'', where he won in the second round by TKO. He then dropped down to middleweight. His next fight was slated to be at ''

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'' against

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, but Reljić sustained a serious back injury and was replaced by

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. He would not return to active competition for nearly two years. Reljić finally made his return and faced

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on February 21, 2010 at

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, where he would be making his middleweight debut. Reljić lost the fight via unanimous decision. Reljić faced

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on July 3, 2010 at

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and lost via split decision. One judge scored the fight 29–28 for Reljić, while the other two judges scored it 30–27 and 29–28 for Grove. Reljić returned to the light heavyweight division and faced

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on November 13, 2010 at

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. After losing the fight via unanimous decision, Reljić was released from the promotion.

Post-UFC

In his first post UFC fight, Reljić faced Goran Šćepanović on October 7, 2011 at BEFN 6, where he won by TKO in the first round. Reljić then faced Rogent Lloret in a heavyweight bout on March 24, 2012 at Strength and Honor Championship in Geneve Switzerland. Reljić won the fight by TKO in the first round. Reljić fought

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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 fight via TKO (body kick) in the first round. Reljić returned to KSW on March 22, 2014 against Karol Celinski at KSW 26. Reljić won the fight via unanimous decision. In his debut for the

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, Reljić faced Vadim Nemkov on December 29, 2015. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round.

Absolute Championship Berkut

Reljić faced Nikola Dipchikov at ACA 109: Strus vs. Haratyk on . He lost the bout via first round TKO. Reljić faced Carlos Eduardo on April 23, 2021 at ACA 122. He won the bout via split decision. Reljić faced Davrbek Isakov at ACA 133 on December 4, 2021. He won the bout via TKO in second round. Reljić faced Vojtech Garba at RFA 3 on July 23, 2022. He lost the bout via unanimous decision.

Bare knuckle boxing career

He made his debut in a bare knuckle boxing becoming UBBADA world light heavyweight champion at BKB 7 event in

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on September 9, 2017, defeating Ricky Nelder via unanimous decision. On next event he defended title against Jimmy McCrory on November 4, 2017. Fight was declared no contest because McCrory's jaw appears to be broken after a clash of heads.

Bare knuckle boxing record

Championships and accomplishments

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** Fight of the Night (One time) vs.

Mixed martial arts record

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