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.[2]
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.[3]
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[5] and Kazushi Sakuraba.[6]
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.[7]
Galešić moved to Light Heavyweight in order to compete in the Bellator 2012 Heavyweight Tournament.[11] 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.[12] Zelg lost the fight on the ground, by first round TKO.
Kickboxing career
Zelg made his kickboxing debout 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.[13]
