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Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez
  • Name: Gilbert Melendez
  • Birthday: 1982-04-12
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  • Popularity: 1.089
Biography: 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... Read More

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Quintet Ultra 2019-12-12
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos   as  Self 2019-07-06
Submission Underground 8   as  Self 2019-05-12
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2   as  Self 2017-09-09
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko   as  Self 2016-07-23
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum   as  Self 2015-06-13
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II   as  Self 2014-12-06
Mexican Fighter   as  Self 2013-11-05
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III   as  Self 2013-10-19
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez   as  Self 2013-04-19
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier   as  Self 2012-05-19
Fight Life   as  Himself 2012-01-20
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal   as  Self 2011-12-17
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley   as  Self 2011-04-09
Supreme Champion   as  Logger 2010-07-01
Strikeforce: Nashville   as  Self 2010-04-17
Strikeforce: Evolution   as  Self 2009-12-19
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg   as  Self 2009-08-15
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz   as  Self 2009-04-11
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson   as  Self 2008-06-27
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le   as  Self 2008-03-29
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion   as  Self 2007-09-29
Pride Shockwave 2006   as  Self 2006-12-31
Pride Bushido 12   as  Self 2006-08-27
Strikeforce: Revenge   as  Self 2006-06-09
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie   as  Self 2006-03-10
WEC 10: Bragging Rights   as  Self 2004-05-21
WEC 6: Return of a Legend   as  Self 2003-03-27
WEC 5: Halloween Fury   as  Self 2002-10-18