Gilbert Melendez
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
33
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-04-12 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
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Gilbert Melendez
Biography
Gilbert "El Niño" Melendez is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist who has fought at Featherweight and currently fights at Lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a two-time Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and a former WEC Lightweight Champion. He also competed in PRIDE FC, Shooto, and Rumble on the Rock. Melendez holds the distinction of being one of a select group of fighters who have ever been ranked #1 in the world in two weight classes in MMA, among the likes of Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Randy Couture, Kazushi Sakuraba, and BJ Penn. Melendez was nicknamed after the infamous El Niño storm that wreaks havoc across the Pacific Rim. It was given to him by a Japanese broadcaster describing his fight-style and the manner in which he stormed through the Shooto Featherweight division
Known For
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Ultimate Fighter
Strikeforce: Evolution
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Strikeforce: Revenge
Strikeforce: Nashville
Supreme Champion
Mexican Fighter
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
Submission Underground 8
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
Pride Bushido 12
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
Fight Life
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Quintet Ultra
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Pride Shockwave 2006
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
Yarennoka!
