Gilbert Melendez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 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
Filmography
Quintet Ultra 2019
Actor
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos 2019
as Self
Submission Underground 8 2019
as Self
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 2017
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UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko 2016
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UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum 2015
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UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II 2014
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- Mexican Fighter
Mexican Fighter 2013
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UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III 2013
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UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez 2013
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Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier 2012
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- Fight Life
Fight Life 2012
as Himself
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal 2011
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley 2011
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Supreme Champion 2010
as Logger
Strikeforce: Nashville 2010
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Strikeforce: Evolution 2009
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Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg 2009
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz 2009
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Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson 2008
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le 2008
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Yarennoka! 2007
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Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion 2007
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Pride Shockwave 2006 2006
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Pride Bushido 12 2006
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Strikeforce: Revenge 2006
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie 2006
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WEC 10: Bragging Rights 2004
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WEC 6: Return of a Legend 2003
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- WEC 5: Halloween Fury
WEC 5: Halloween Fury 2002
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Credits from TMDB.