Light Heavyweight
Goran Reljic
21-12-0 UFC 1-3-0
Positional Grappler
Defensive Striker
6'3"Height
81"Reach
SouthpawStance
42Age
1KO wins
0Sub wins
100.0%Finish rate
13:18Avg fight
Skill profile
- Control Above avg 72
- Striking D Above avg 71
- Grappling Above avg 70
- Durability Average 58
- Wrestling Average 45
- TD Defense Weak 22
- Accuracy Weak 17
- Striking Weak 16
Built on 53 minutes of tracked cage time across 4 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Positional Grappler
above avg control — rates 72 of 100 among UFC veterans
Defensive Striker
above avg striking d — rates 71 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min1.69
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.69
Striking accuracy37.0%
Striking defense59.0%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.28
Takedowns / 15 min1.69
Takedown accuracy50.0%
Takedown defense33.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.13
Control time29.4%
Record vs .500+ opponents1-3
Striking trend
Fight history
L Krzysztof Soszynski 24-11-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 122: Marquardt vs Okami · November 13, 2010
23/74Sig. strikes
57/114Absorbed
2/6Takedowns
5:39Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Kendall Grove 11-7 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin · July 3, 2010
14/56Sig. strikes
28/89Absorbed
3/5Takedowns
6:45Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L CB Dollaway 9-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 110: Nogueira vs Velasquez · February 20, 2010
20/50Sig. strikes
25/73Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
2:06Control
0Knockdowns
3Sub attempts
W Wilson Gouveia 10-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 3:15 — UFC 84: Ill Will · May 24, 2008
33/63Sig. strikes
33/73Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:08Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
KO/TKO
7
Submission
7
Decision
7
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
0
Decision
7
Other
0
Fights by organization
ACA
5
KSW
5
UFC
4
Serbian Battle Championship
2
Draka
2
NS
2
RFA
1
Trieste Fight Night
1
+ 11 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 33 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alexey Efremov | TKO (retirement) | ACA 166: Magomedov vs. Dolgov
November 24, 2023 |
ACA | 1 | 5:00 |
| L | Stepan Gorshechnikov | TKO (punches) | ACA 155: Karginov vs. Silva
April 8, 2023 |
ACA | 1 | 1:56 |
| L | Vojtech Garba | Decision (unanimous) | RFA 3
July 23, 2022 |
RFA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Davrbek Isakov | TKO (punches) | ACA 133: Bimarzaev vs. Lima
December 4, 2021 |
ACA | 2 | 1:25 |
| W | Carlos Eduardo | Decision (split) | ACA 122: Johnson vs. Poberezhets
April 23, 2021 |
ACA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Nikola Dipchikov | TKO (punches) | ACA 109: Strus vs. Haratyk
August 20, 2020 |
ACA | 1 | 2:38 |
| W | Miro Jurković | Decision (split) | Serbian Battle Championship 28
June 19, 2020 |
Serbian Battle Championship | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Pedro Brum | KO (punch) | Serbian Battle Championship 27
March 14, 2020 |
Serbian Battle Championship | 2 | 0:24 |
| W | Anđelko Kitić | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Trieste Fight Night 2
December 8, 2018 |
Trieste Fight Night | 1 | 3:50 |
| W | Daniel Dörrer | Submission (armbar) | Mannheimer Hafenkeilerei 6
December 9, 2017 |
Mannheimer Hafenkeilerei | 1 | 3:50 |
| L | Mattia Schiavolin | Decision (unanimous) | Superior FC 15
October 29, 2016 |
Superior FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| L | Kazbek Saidaliev | Decision (unanimous) | Akhmat Fight Show 23: Grand Prix Akhmat 2016
June 11, 2016 |
Akhmat Fight Show | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Vadim Nemkov | TKO (punches) | Rizin WGP 2015: Part 1 - Saraba
December 29, 2015 |
Rizin WGP | 1 | 2:58 |
| L | Tomasz Narkun | KO (punches) | KSW 32: Road to Wembley
October 31, 2015 |
KSW | 1 | 1:55 |
| W | Attila Végh | Decision (split) | KSW 31: Materla vs. Drwal
May 23, 2015 |
KSW | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Tomasz Narkun | Decision (majority) | KSW 29: Reload
December 6, 2014 |
KSW | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Karol Celinski | Decision (unanimous) | KSW 26: Materla vs. Silva 3
March 22, 2014 |
KSW | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Nikolay Osokin | TKO (body kick) | Draka 13
August 30, 2013 |
Draka | 1 | 0:47 |
| L | Jan Błachowicz | Decision (unanimous) | KSW 22: Pride Time
March 16, 2013 |
KSW | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Gadji Magomedov | Decision (unanimous) | Draka 8
August 11, 2012 |
Draka | 4 | 3:00 |
| W | Rogent Lloret | TKO (punches) | S&HC 5
March 24, 2012 |
S&HC | 1 | 3:02 |
| W | Goran Šćepanović | TKO (punches) | Bilic-Eric Security Fight Night 6
October 7, 2011 |
Bilic-Eric Security Fight Night | 1 | 1:31 |
| L | Krzysztof Soszynski | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 122
November 13, 2010 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kendall Grove | Decision (split) | UFC 116
July 3, 2010 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | C.B. Dollaway | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 110
February 21, 2010 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Wilson Gouveia | TKO (punches) | UFC 84
May 24, 2008 |
UFC | 2 | 3:15 |
| W | Waldemar Golinski | Decision (unanimous) | BE 2 - Boxing Explosion 2
August 2, 2007 |
BE | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Tomek Smykowski | Submission (armbar) | CF - The Real Deal
May 5, 2007 |
CF - The Real Deal | 1 | 4:51 |
| W | Petr Kelner | Submission (armbar) | Ultimate Fight - Challenge 1
December 9, 2006 |
Ultimate Fight - Challenge | 2 | 3:47 |
| W | Bojan Mihajlović | Submission (kimura) | NS 3 - Noc Skorpiona 3
February 18, 2006 |
NS | 1 | 2:51 |
| W | Nenad Đurić | TKO (punches) | NS 1 - Noc Skorpiona 1
April 29, 2005 |
NS | 2 | 0:54 |
| W | Andrej Bregar | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Trboulje 1 - Croatia vs. Slovenia
November 5, 2004 |
Trboulje | 1 | 1:52 |
| W | Bojan Spalević | Submission (armbar) | UFD - Ultimate Fight Dubravc
April 4, 2004 |
UFD - Ultimate Fight Dubravc | 1 | 4:20 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Goran Reljić) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.