Gilbert Melendez
Actor
- Born
- April 12, 1982 (age 44)
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
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
October 19, 2013
Supreme Champion
July 1, 2010
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
June 27, 2008
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
May 19, 2012
Strikeforce: Nashville
April 17, 2010
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
August 15, 2009
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
April 9, 2011
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
December 17, 2011
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
June 13, 2015
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
July 23, 2016
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
September 9, 2017
Pride Shockwave 2006
December 31, 2006
Acting30
- 2019Quintet Ultra
- 2019UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos as Self
- 2019Submission Underground 8 as Self
- 2017UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 as Self
- 2016UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko as Self
- 2015UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum as Self
- 2014UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II as Self
- 2013Mexican Fighter as Self
- 2013UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III as Self
- 2013UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez