Zelg Galešić

Zelg Galešić (born 16 February 1979) is a Croatian mixed martial artist. A professional competitor who began his career in 2004, he fought for Bellator MMA, Cage Rage, PRIDE, DREAM, UCMMA, the SFL, and K-1 Hero's. He is the former Cage Rage British Middleweight Champion.

Background Galešić began Tae Kwon Do when he was ten 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.

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 against Yoon Dong-sik.

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.

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.

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.

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

Galešić moved to Light Heavyweight in order to compete in the Bellator 2012 Heavyweight Tournament. 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 2 February 2013. Zelg lost the fight on the ground, by first round TKO.

Kickboxing career Zelg made his kickboxing debut against #12 Glory ranked fighter Makoto Uehara at the R.I.S.E. 100 event on 12 June 2014. He dropped Uehara early in round one with punches and knees but rushed it and lost by KO at 1:25 of the first round.

Championships and accomplishments Cage Rage Cage Rage British Middleweight Championship (1 Time) DREAM 2008 DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinalist

Kickboxing record

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Ricco Rodriguez Submission (armbar) Final Fight Championship 8

Zagreb, Croatia Catchweight 95 kg. Loss

Linton Vassell TKO (punches) UCMMA 32

London, England For UCMMA Light Heavyweight Championship. Loss

Attila Vegh Submission (rear-naked choke) Bellator 71

Chester, West Virginia, United States Light Heavyweight debut; Bellator 2012 Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal. Win

Doug Marshall KO (flying knee) SFL 3

New Delhi, Delhi, India Loss

Alexander Shlemenko Submission (standing guillotine choke) Bellator 50

Hollywood, Florida, United States Bellator 2011 Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal. Win

Lee Chadwick KO (punch) OMMAC 9: Enemies

Liverpool, England Loss

Kazushi Sakuraba Submission (kneebar) DREAM 12

Osaka, Japan Loss

Ronaldo Souza Submission (armbar) DREAM 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round

Saitama, Saitama, Japan DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal. Win

Taiei Kin TKO (elbow injury) DREAM 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round

Yokohama, Japan DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. Win

Magomed Sultanakhmedov Submission (armbar) DREAM 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round

Saitama, Saitama, Japan DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round. Win

Taiei Kin TKO (doctor stoppage) HERO'S 2007 in Korea

Seoul, South Korea Catchweight 95 kg. Loss

Yoon Dong-sik Submission (armbar) Hero's 10

Yokohama, Japan Loss

Makoto Takimoto Submission (kimura) PRIDE 34

Saitama, Saitama, Japan Win

Mark Weir KO (punches) Cage Rage 19

London, England Won Cage Rage British Middleweight Championship. Win

James Evans-Nicolle TKO (stomp and punches) Cage Rage 18

London, England Win

Curtis Stout Submission (armbar) Cage Rage 17

London, England Win

Michael Holmes TKO (punches) Cage Rage 15

London, England Win

John Flemming KO (punches) Urban Destruction 2

Bristol, England Loss

Paul Taylor TKO (punches) Urban Destruction 1

Bristol, England Win

Jim Bentley KO (punch) UC 11: Wrath of the Beast

Bristol, England