UFCs Goran Reljic saves two men from drowning in Croatia
by MMAmania.com on Nov 20, 2008 11:00 AM EST
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Props: SlobodnaDalmacija.hr via MMA Fan House
Quoteworthy:
"A crash that almost killed two young men on the 15th of October at around 3 a.m. could have had disastrous consequences when the two young men, both from Privlaka, spun and crashed into the sea. Thankfully both men survived, due to the brave actions of Goran Reljic, the Croatian ultimate fighter, who resides in the immediate vicinity of the town in question. When he heard the crash, Goran jumped out of bed, still in his underwear and jumped into the sea. He swam to the car, proceeded to break the windshield of the vehicle and pull both men to land. Several eyewitness accounts confirm the story and so does Goran, who doesn't want any praise or recognition for the good deed."
Well he should because it sounds heroic and something that could be ripped from a Hollywood script. Reljic recently sustained a back injury while training for his upcoming 185-pound fight against Thales Leites (14-1) at UFC 90: "Silva vs. Cote" at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., on October 25, and was forced out of the bout. He is a 23-year-old undefeated Croatian fighter who stopped Wilson Gouveia via technical knockout in his debut performance for the promotion at UFC 84: "Ill Will" back in May. He trains with the Roger Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in London, England, where he is a purple belt. Hopefully we see him healthy and back in the Octagon real soon.
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I don’t think any ordinary man could’ve done that, he’s a young buck.
by MikeD on Nov 20, 2008 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
WOW!!!!!! Mad props to Goran!!!!!
A REAL LIFE HERO!
by ViolentMike on Nov 20, 2008 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thats awesome. Must have been FREEZING to jump into a river in just his underwear, in the middle of the night, when its getting to be pretty damn cold nowadays (I’m in Daytona Beach, FL and its like, 50 degrees.) I can’t imagine how cold that must’ve been.
Imagine the story if he stays undefeated and wins the UFC title.
by synyster on Nov 20, 2008 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
much Props to GOran! I absolutely Love watching this kid fight. He is a BANGER with a lot of heart and toughness to go along with a great Frame for a middleweight and some sick skills as well!
BEAST!!!!
by john on Nov 20, 2008 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
synester…im in naples and you wouldnt catch me in the f*ckin gulf these past few days we’ve had!!!
by allamerican on Nov 20, 2008 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
holy sh*t was i off with the name!
by allamerican on Nov 20, 2008 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It looks like he saved these guys just before he hurt himself training. You think the UFC would have passed on that bit of knowledge. Maybe he never told them.
by naturalshadow on Nov 20, 2008 10:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
badass fighter, and a hero. what a story!
by allamerican on Nov 20, 2008 11:06 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Too bad he couldn’t save Cro Cops game. Apparently it drowned hiding in the back seat, right next to his balls.
by naturalshadow on Nov 20, 2008 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad he couldn’t save Cro Cops game. Apparently it drowned hiding in the back seat, right next to his balls.
by naturalshadow on Nov 20, 2008 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, you hit the thing once, and you think it didn’t go through. haha
by naturalshadow on Nov 20, 2008 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As a croatian I’d be biased to say: Yea, we’re all like that. ;D
But ofc this was the heroism of an individual and I doubt you find many of such guys, regardless in what country you look for them.
Well, that being said… croatia has roughly 4-5 million citizens and has guys like Cro Cop, Galesic and Reljic who (in their respective time and class) must be considered quite the talented fighters.
There is a anekdote from Napoleon, when croatian mercenaries used to be the elite warriors of the french empire: “If I had 100,000 Croatians, I would conquer the world.”
Imagine 100,000 on the front lines, RHK’ing the sh*t out their enemies. :D
by YouTapped on Nov 21, 2008 4:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i thought you were boycotting everything “UFC”. you did know that goran is a ufc fighter right? or are you not a man/boy of your word?
by b.w. on Nov 20, 2008 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He was in bed with Cro Cok….wow!!! just Wow!!!!
by League on Nov 20, 2008 11:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Whoa….. a real frickin’ hero. That’s just awesome!
by Psyqo78®™ on Nov 20, 2008 11:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I wanted to hate him after he beat my boy Wilson, but geez… He is a real life hero. Incredible…
by BNF on Nov 20, 2008 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah…. i know, but i just became a fan.
by Psyqo78®™ on Nov 20, 2008 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Man nothin but respect for that, very selfless act.
by O damn he got caught on Nov 20, 2008 11:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
no sh*t right. he coulda just stayed in bed and said, “ehh, i’m probably just dreaming…….” thats a f*ckin upstanding citizen!
by allamerican on Nov 20, 2008 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sup american. I wonder what he broke the windshield with, would be some superman sh*t if he just put his hand through and pulled them out.
by O damn he got caught on Nov 20, 2008 11:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i know, right. what could he have possibly done to break that sh*t underwater??? you ever tried to punch or kick underwater? its tough! it definatly is tough to generate any kind of power! give this man a f*ckin title shot! dudes will be stuffin their gloves with kryptonite to beat him!
by allamerican on Nov 20, 2008 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
RHK ftw. Car was admitted into a garage with broken orbital windshield.
by NameNotRequired on Nov 20, 2008 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have had some severe cases of morning wood that I think could have broken glass, but I doubt that is what he did?
by naturalshadow on Nov 20, 2008 11:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Did he get his picture in the local paper? Dana owns it. Goran’s fired.
by PW on Nov 20, 2008 11:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA thats funny shit.
by DANA =HITLER on Nov 20, 2008 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
dont they tell you in saftey classes not to save the person or you could die?
by THE STILL OPERATOR on Nov 20, 2008 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Truly heroic action by Goran..not some madeup shit by Vera and his coach
by KAS on Nov 20, 2008 11:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
He swam to the car, proceeded to break the windshield of the vehicle and pull both men to land.
This is crazy shit. Im sure he was starting to fuck when he heard the crash because they dont say he was sleeping haha
by Daddy Lupo on Nov 20, 2008 11:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
That is some awesome stuff, good for him
by Reether on Nov 20, 2008 11:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
im out of words… 4 THUMBS UP! including my feet “_”
by mad_drummer on Nov 20, 2008 11:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
no doubt he cracked open d car wif 1 of those ferocious high kicks chun li style! hah
by Randy for Couture on Nov 20, 2008 11:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure he’d be happy that you’re comparing him to a female video game character…she was hot though…lol
by --utaptout-- on Nov 20, 2008 7:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is what makes me proud of guys in the sport.
by bostonmmajunkie on Nov 20, 2008 12:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Thats a real man for ya. How do you break a windshield underwater?
by medecine balls on Nov 20, 2008 12:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
finally a little good news. for a second i though it was going to say he was cut from the ufc. :\
by sbud on Nov 20, 2008 1:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Liking this guy more and more everytime I read about him or see him fight.
by Chris on Nov 20, 2008 1:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
man thats incredible the guy can whoop ur ass and save u lol god bless goran
by ruan-fiy on Nov 20, 2008 1:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ufc fighters are like super heroes. there was a story a month back where two guys broke into brandon vera’s home and his black belt friend. they just kept on eating, laughing and quickly disarmed the men.
by Timmy on Nov 20, 2008 2:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Holy sh*t – proud to be croatian with fellow citizens like this.
I would have woken up and maybe checked out what happened, but to react without hestitation and jump into the adria (part of the mediterranean sea) in friggin november in his underwear!?!?!
He could only have topped that by punching a shark out on his way to the car.
by YouTapped on Nov 20, 2008 2:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Goran is a hero. This is the kind of stuff they never talk about when they mention mma. Benji disarmed a robber that was robbing a store and now Goran saves 2 people’s lives.
by Bill Maher on Nov 20, 2008 3:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Tito wouldve done the same thing… for a $500,000 reward of course.
by mrBlonde on Nov 20, 2008 3:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Crazzy shit hope hes back and fighting soon i was really looking foward to his next fight, and i dont understand why he moved down in weight either.
by Khaos_Warrior on Nov 20, 2008 3:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Damn, he broke a windshield, underwater, w/ his underwear on—-that’s insane!
by Dayman Fan on Nov 20, 2008 4:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
oh yeah, and saved two ppl.’s lives…
by Dayman Fan on Nov 20, 2008 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Mad Respect for this guy. My hat’s off to him.
by Budgell on Nov 20, 2008 6:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Goran just earned me as a fan. Its nice to see that kind of thing at this day in age, when the media (excluding Mania of course :) )loves to focus on the negative. I’m sure when this story really gets out, he will be an instant fan-favorite, and rightfully so. This is just the kind of thing Evan Tanner (who is continuously missed…R.I.P. Evan) would have done in that situation.
by --utaptout-- on Nov 20, 2008 7:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
that is exactly why i sleep in shorts, that is after i take care of buisness and send her off to sleep smiling from ear to ear.
2 reasons
a. the house may catch on fire and i dont want to use my neighbors phone in my tighty whities.
B. two young men may crash into the ocean near me and i may have to spring into action
by day1er on Nov 20, 2008 8:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
“Goran jumped out of bed, still in his underwear and jumped into the sea. He swam to the car, proceeded to break the windshield of the vehicle and pull both men to land. Several eyewitness accounts confirm the story…” Jesus. This guys life should resemble an Axe body spray commercial should this story get out.
Well done sir. It’s fun to cheer for guys like this. I am definitely a Reljic fan.
by Canucklehead on Nov 20, 2008 9:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
actually this article is not complete. the full story continues- when he pulled those two guys out of the sea, he dived back to check if there are any more people trapped in the car!!! this is some first class heroism. what a guy!
by jelly on Nov 21, 2008 7:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
He probaly smashed the windshield with a leg kick.
by johnnybravo on Nov 21, 2008 8:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
This just makes me think Goran is a dick!
How is it fair for superheroes to be fighting mortals in the UFC?
Jerk.
by Roger on Nov 21, 2008 2:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
well, i’m proud to be croatian.
and the highlight of the story was thing that they didn’t translate from local newspaper (‘’slobodna dalmacija’’ – or ‘’free dalmatia’‘: ’’..then he dived again to see if there is more of them – goran shortly confirmed that he saved them but he didn’t want to go into hows and whys. he said’’:- Meni je najvće zadovoljstvo činjenica da su obojica momaka živi i zdravi, ne treba mi nikakva pompa, učinio sam ono što bi vjerujem svatko napravio da se našao na mjestu nesreće – kratko će Reljić.
‘’For me, the greatest satisfaction is the fact that both guys were alive and no injured, I did something I believe anyone would do if someone else had found hinmself on the place of the accident.’’
God bless him :)
by Vinko on May 18, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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