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UFC's Goran Reljic risks his own life to save the lives of two men.

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  1. Dr.GHouse Dr.GHouse is offline

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:15am)

    Real Life Action Hero: UFC's Goran Reljic Risks Life to Rescue Two Men | Fight Ticker

    heres another link to the story from different source (aol canada) UFC Fighter Pulls Off Daring Rescue - AOL Sports Canada

    Submitted by Fight Ticker on November 20, 2008 - 9:21am.

    Goran Reljic Headline UFC
    Original story translated for FightTicker.com by Robert at Free Fight Videos:

    A crash that almost killed two young men on the 15th of October at round 3 am 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 brake the windshield of the vehicle and pull both men to land. Several eyewitness accounts confirm the story and so does Goran himself who doesn't want any praise or recognition for the good deed.

    "The only satisfaction I get is that both young men are alive and healthy. I don't need any praise. I simply did what anyone one would have done in that situation," said Reljic.

    Reljic was scheduled to fight on the 25th of October. However a back injury forced him out of his fight with Brazilian Thales Leites. Even with his back injury Reljic did not hesitate to help and rescue the two young men from the sinking car.

    Some new developments with the story: (Nov 21 2008)

    Today we have more details, as told to UFC.com by Reljic's manager, Zoran Saric:

    "Even suffering a severe lower back injury, and without any training and exercise in the past month and a half he risked everything, jumping under cold water and helping save lives," Saric told UFC.com Thursday night. "When I spoke with him earlier today, he said "I wasn't even thinking about my injury or about myself, I just dove into the water and started punching the window; there was only one thing on my mind, to save them."



    A great story, imo.
  2. Reoknows Reoknows is offline

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:28am) in reply to Dr.GHouse

    solid dude imo
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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:30am) in reply to Reoknows

     
    Originally Posted by Reoknows View Post

    solid dude imo

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:47am) in reply to tekiller

     
    Originally Posted by tekiller View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Reoknows View Post


    solid dude imo

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:49am) in reply to Dr.GHouse

    dude broke a windsheild with his fist underwater?

    what a badass
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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:49am) in reply to moses rob

     
    Originally Posted by moses rob View Post

     
    Originally Posted by tekiller View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Reoknows View Post


    solid dude imo

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:49am) in reply to moses rob

    wow so awesome, Goran FTW
  8. istylez istylez is offline

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 1:59am) in reply to Dr.GHouse

     
    Originally Posted by Dr.GHouse View Post


    "The only satisfaction I get is that both young men are alive and healthy. I don't need any praise. I simply did what anyone one would have done in that situation," said Reljic.

    bc obv everyone can break windows underwater.

    A+ in mybook
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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 4:15am) in reply to Dr.GHouse

    "The only satisfaction I get is that both young men are alive and healthy. I don't need any praise. I simply did what any<strike>one</strike> [superman] would have done in that situation," said Reljic.
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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 7:20am) in reply to Dr.GHouse

    ehh

    i do that sort of stuff every night when i fall asleep
     
  11. imhooks imhooks is offline

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 8:35am) in reply to 213

    the only way this guy broke a tempered glass windshield is if he had room to jump on it. So im guessing the car was not quite submerged. Nice job nonetheless.
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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 2:49pm) in reply to imhooks

     
  13. Vypirious Vypirious is offline

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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 3:00pm) in reply to KA1SERfknS0ZE

    ONLY WINDSHIELDS ARE TEMPERED.

    SIDE WINDOWS ARE NOT, AND ARE MORE EASILY BROKEN THAN YOU WOULD THINK.

    STILL BALLER, BUY THIS MAN A SHOT.

    EDIT: SAYS HE BROKE THE WINDSHIELD WITH HIS FIST. IF THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S BADASS.
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    Nov 24th, 2008 (11/24/2008 3:02pm) in reply to Dr.GHouse

    "brake the windshield"

    I guess he had to slow it down first?
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