Gilbert Melendez

Known for ActingBorn 1982-04-12 (age 44)

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 divisionRead more

Movies & web series

Yarennoka!

UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum

UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez

NCIS: Los Angeles

UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III

Fight Life

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

The Ultimate Fighter

Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier

UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II

Pride Shockwave 2006

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson

Mexican Fighter

Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal

Strikeforce: Nashville

Supreme Champion

Quintet Ultra

Submission Underground 8

Strikeforce: Evolution

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion

Strikeforce: Revenge

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie

Pride Bushido 12

WEC 10: Bragging Rights

WEC 6: Return of a Legend

WEC 5: Halloween Fury