The swing bout of the night pits light heavyweights Goran Reljic against Wilson Gouviea.
Reljic is trying to end this quickly with big kicks that are blocked by Gouviea. Gouviea, in the meantime is trying to let his hands do the work. Both fighters are aware of their best weapon and are being cautious with each other. With a minute left in the round, Gouviea throws a flurry of punches. Reljic counters by grabbing the head of Gouviea and pulling him down to the ground. The round ends with both fighters on the ground.
Gouveia is the aggressive fighter at the start of the second round landing punches. Reljic lands one good kick to the head of Gouveia, but it looks not to bother him. Gouviea again lands a series of punches and knocks Reljic down. Gouviea lands punches but Reljic gets up. With 2:10 left in the round, Reljic lands a left punch to the right temple of Gouviea that floors him. Reljic lands blows to the head of Gouviea and after almost 20 seconds of hits, referee Herb Dean is forced to call the fight at 3:13 of the second round.
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