Gilbert Melendez
Acting
Born 1982-04-12
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
Yarennoka!
2007 · Movie
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
2015 · Movie
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
2019 · Movie
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
2013 · Movie
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
2013 · Movie
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
2012 · Movie
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
2017 · Movie
Pride Shockwave 2006
2006 · Movie
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
2014 · Movie
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
2016 · Movie
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
2009 · Movie
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
2008 · Movie
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
2011 · Movie
Supreme Champion
2010 · Movie
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
2011 · Movie
Strikeforce: Nashville
2010 · Movie
Strikeforce: Revenge
2006 · Movie
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
2006 · Movie
Strikeforce: Evolution
2009 · Movie
Pride Bushido 12
2006 · Movie
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
2003 · Movie
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
2007 · Movie
Quintet Ultra
2019 · Movie
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
2008 · Movie
Submission Underground 8
2019 · Movie
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
2009 · Movie
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
2004 · Movie