Zelg Galešić

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Zelg Galešić
Born Zelg Galešić
(1979-02-16) February 16, 1979
Pula, Republic of Croatia
Other names Benkei
Residence Pula, Croatia
Nationality Croatian
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division

Light Heavyweight

Middleweight
Reach 72.0 in (183 cm)
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Pula, Croatia
Team London Shootfighters
Rank 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo
Years active 6 (2004-present)
Mixed martial arts record
Total 20
Wins 11
By knockout 9
By submission 2
Losses 9
By knockout 2
By submission 7
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Zelg Galešić (born February 16, 1979) is a Croatian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He has previously fought for Bellator MMA, Cage Rage, PRIDE, DREAM, UCMMA, the SFL, and K-1 Hero's. Galesic is the former Cage Rage British Middleweight Champion. All but two of his wins have come by way of knockout.

Background

Galešić began Tae Kwon Do when he was 10 years old and is a master of the sport, being a three-time ITF European Champion, two-time ITF World Champion, and two-time ITC Full Contact World Champion. He was undefeated in amateur rules in the UK at the Combat Sports Open Trials, where all but one of his fights were won in under a minute.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

His first professional MMA bout was on 12 September 2004 at Ultimate Combat 11: Wrath of the Beast, where he won against Jim Bentley when the referee stopped the fight after 16 seconds.[citation needed]

On 30 August 2007, while Cage Rage British Middleweight Champion, he was made an offer to fight for K-1 Hero's, which he accepted. He lost his only fight with them, against Yoon Dong-sik.[1]

DREAM

His first fights with DREAM, in 2008, were victories against Magomed Sultanakhmedov then Taiei Kin. However, in Galešić's most recent fights he has lost to Ronaldo Souza and Kazushi Sakuraba.[citation needed]

Having lost to former PRIDE veteran Kazushi Sakuraba, Galešić took 15 months off. He returned to fight on Liverpool's OMMAC promotion, where he took on a local fighter, Lee Chadwick. Galešić won the fight with a knockout in the first round.[citation needed]

Bellator

Galešić competed in the eight man Bellator Season 5 Middleweight Tournament. In the quarter-finals at Bellator 50 he lost to Alexander Shlemenko by guillotine choke in the first round.[2]

He next competed on India's Super Fight League's third event, SFL 3, against former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion Doug Marshall.[3] He won the fight via KO early into the first round due to a flying knee.[4]

Galešić moved to Light Heavyweight in order to compete in the Bellator 2012 Heavyweight Tournament.[5] He was beaten by Attila Vegh at Bellator 71 in the quarter finals via a submission in the first round.

He fought Linton Vassell for UCMMA Light Heavyweight Championship on February 2. 2013.[6] Zelg opened the fight with few punches and kicks and proved that he is still great puncher but Vassell moved the fight on the ground and won the fight by 1st round TKO.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 11-9 Ricco Rodriguez Submission (armbar) Final Fight Championship 8 October 25, 2013 1 2:10 Zagreb, Croatia Catchweight 95 kg.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 11-8 Linton Vassell TKO (punches) UCMMA 32 February 2, 2013 1 London, England For UCMMA light heavyweight title.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 11-7 Attila Vegh Submission (rear naked choke) Bellator 71 June 22, 2012 1 1:00 Chester, West Virginia, United States Bellator 2012 Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Final
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11-6 Doug Marshall KO (flying knee) SFL 3 May 6, 2012 1 0:34 New Delhi, Delhi, India
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 10-6 Alexander Shlemenko Submission (standing guillotine choke) Bellator 50 September 17, 2011 1 1:55 Hollywood, Florida, United States Bellator 2011 Middleweight Tournament Quarter Final
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win 10-5 Lee Chadwick KO (punch) OMMAC 9: Enemies March 5, 2011 1 2:40 Liverpool, England
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 9-5 Kazushi Sakuraba Submission (kneebar) Dream 12 October 26, 2009 1 1:40 Osaka, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 9-4 Ronaldo Souza Submission (armbar) Dream 6 September 23, 2008 1 1:27 Saitama, Saitama, Japan DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Semi-finals
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 9-3 Taiei Kin TKO (elbow injury) Dream 4 June 15, 2008 1 1:05 Yokohama, Japan DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Quarter-final
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8-3 Magomed Sultanakhmedov Submission (armbar) Dream 2 April 29, 2008 1 1:40 Saitama, Saitama, Japan DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7-3 Taiei Kin TKO (doctor stoppage) Hero's 2007 in Korea October 28, 2007 1 0:36 Seoul, South Korea
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 6-3 Yoon Dong-sik Submission (armbar) Hero's 10 September 17, 2007 1 1:29 Yokohama, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 6-2 Makoto Takimoto Submission (kimura) Pride 34 April 8, 2007 1 5:40 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6-1 Mark Weir KO (punches) Cage Rage 19 December 9, 2006 1 0:50 London, England Won Cage Rage British Middleweight Championship
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5-1 James Evans-Nicolle TKO (stomp and punches) Cage Rage 18 September 30, 2006 1 2:02 London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4-1 Curtis Stout Submission (armbar) Cage Rage 17 July 1, 2006 1 1:10 London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3-1 Michael Holmes TKO (punches) Cage Rage 15 February 4, 2006 1 1:41 London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2-1 John Flemming KO (punches) Urban Destruction 2 July 30, 2005 1 N/A Bristol, England
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 1-1 Paul Taylor TKO (punches) Urban Destruction 1 April 10, 2005 3 1:42 Bristol, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-0 Jim Bentley KO (punch) UC 11: Wrath of the Beast September 12, 2004 1 1:16 Bristol, England

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