Goran Reljic 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 has been forced out of the bout, according to MMAFighting.com.
The match up was between two up-and-coming talents to determine who would rise to the top faster within the middleweight division. No replacement has been named at this time and because the pay-per-view (PPV) event is less than two weeks away it’s possible that one may not be plugged in.
However, the report indicates that the hunt for a fill-in is already underway.
If Leites is scratched as a result of the Reljic injury then look for another bout previously on the untelevised portion of the card such as Gray Maynard vs. Rich Clementi or Spencer Fisher vs. Shannon Gugerty to be promoted to the PPV telecast.
Reljic 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.
In addition, he is the protege of former UFC heavyweight fighter, Mirko Cro Cop.
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darn! it is true.
its not the worst thing that could have happened~
but it still sux.
i was looking forward to reljic’s debut at mw.
Dito on the dissapoinment SF. Maybe Marquart will jump in for the quick rematch? Is he scheduled to fight anybody in the near future?
“disappointment”
Drew “The Joke” McFedries is taking his place. Easy win for Leites.
Now you wont be able to put a phoney bet on that fight.
c’mon mania’ post my comment please.
i didnt call him any names or anything.
This is terrible! This was one of my most anticipated match ups of the year! TERRIBLE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!
this does suck, he looked really good in his last fight against Gouveia. On the plus side, i hope the maynard/clementi fight is on the main card. gray is an animal
Yes that has to be on the main card now. Looking forward to that.
Hell yea!Its like a sign from god! Now lets see Spencer Fisher or Rich Clementi pwn someone.
this really fucking pisses me off….i am attending ufc 90 and leites-reljic was really a matchup i was looking forward to damn
I wonder how Almeida is recovering from his injury. Does anyone have any more details as to what happened to him?
He died.
thats a really stupid thing to say
I meant his career you jackass. It died awhile back. haha
Actually I think Almeida is a force to be reckoned with. He is going to do some serious damage in the middleweight division.
Eh..I saw his fight with Cote and I wasnt really impressed. But Cote doesnt exactly impress me either so yea…
yea and melvin guillard is such a great fighter you tool!!! least almedia has a ground game and isnt some crack usin thug like that guy.
Guillard would school Almeida any day. get over it.
dude…getridofguillard. guillard is the biggest fuckin idiot in the ufc. u actually like that p.o.s.
this is like the 4th bout changed i was looking forward to this fight damm it
somebody call kendall grove or even jason day, jason mcdonald
Wow, I would LOVE to see Jason MacDonald step up and take this one against Leites.
If I remember correctly, he fought at UFC 88 and didn’t sustain any injuries. I think Jason would destroy Thales.
bugger
yeah this sucks. I hope he gets healed up quick.
Jason MacDonald vs. Thales Leites
MAKE IT HAPPEN!
3 fights in 3 months not a bit much?
this was a really good match up
nate martquadt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let Marquardt come in and destroy him like he did last time, only this time he’ll get the win in his record aswell.
id like to see macdonald vs leites. that would be a pretty good scrap.
Ed Herman?
Alan belcher?
Drew McFedries?
Alessio Sakara?
Kendall Grove?????
I wouldn’t be surprised if jason does step up to fight. That guy loves to fight.
Damn this realy sucks… I was really looking forward to watching this fight