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Gilbert Melendez
Born · April 12, 1982 (42 years old)
Known For: Acting
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Bio
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
Quintet Ultra
0.0
2019
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Self
8.0
2019
Submission Underground 8
Self
0.0
2019
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
Self
6.5
2017
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Self
6.0
2016
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Self
8.5
2015
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
Self
6.0
2014
Mexican Fighter
Self
4.0
2013
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Self
7.4
2013
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
Self
7.5
2013
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self · (1 episode)
7.6
2013
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
Self
6.3
2012
Fight Life
Himself
7.0
2012
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
Self
3.8
2011
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Self
3.8
2011
Supreme Champion
Logger
3.1
2010
Strikeforce: Nashville
Self
3.8
2010
Strikeforce: Evolution
Self
0.0
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
Self - Strikeforce Fighter · (1 episode)
7.5
2009
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Self
4.0
2009
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Self
0.0
2009
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Self
4.2
2008
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Self
0.0
2008
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
Self
0.0
2007
Pride Shockwave 2006
Self
6.0
2006
Pride Bushido 12
Self
0.0
2006
Strikeforce: Revenge
Self
0.0
2006
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
Self
0.0
2006
The Ultimate Fighter
Head Coach · (13 episodes)
6.2
2005
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
Self
0.0
2004
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
Self
0.0
2003
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
Self
0.0
2002