Gilbert Melendez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12 April 1982
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
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- 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 as Self
- 2012Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier as Self
- 2012Fight Life as Himself
- 2011Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal as Self
- 2011Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley as Self
- 2010Supreme Champion as Logger
- 2010Strikeforce: Nashville as Self
- 2009Strikeforce: Evolution as Self
- 2009Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg as Self
- 2009Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz as Self
- 2008Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson as Self
- 2008Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le as Self
- 2007Yarennoka! as Self
- 2007Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion as Self
- 2006Pride Shockwave 2006 as Self
- 2006Pride Bushido 12 as Self
- 2006Strikeforce: Revenge as Self
- 2006Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie as Self
- 2004WEC 10: Bragging Rights as Self
- 2003WEC 6: Return of a Legend as Self
- 2002WEC 5: Halloween Fury as Self