Gilbert Melendez

Personal Info

Birthday

April 12, 1982

(43 years old)

Place of Birth

Gilbert Melendez

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 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

The Ultimate Fighter

Supreme Champion

Filmography

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