Gilbert Melendez

Acting·Apr 12, 1982

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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

Film	Credit
Quintet Ultra2019 · Actor	Actor
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos2019 · Self	Self
Submission Underground 82019 · Self	Self
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 22017 · Self	Self
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko2016 · Self	Self
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum2015 · Self	Self
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II2014 · Self	Self
MMexican Fighter2013 · Self	Self
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III2013 · Self	Self
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez2013 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier2012 · Self	Self
FFight Life2012 · Himself	Himself
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal2011 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley2011 · Self	Self
Supreme Champion2010 · Logger	Logger
Strikeforce: Nashville2010 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Evolution2009 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg2009 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz2009 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson2008 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le2008 · Self	Self
Yarennoka!2007 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion2007 · Self	Self
Pride Shockwave 20062006 · Self	Self
Pride Bushido 122006 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Revenge2006 · Self	Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie2006 · Self	Self
WEC 10: Bragging Rights2004 · Self	Self
WEC 6: Return of a Legend2003 · Self	Self
WWEC 5: Halloween Fury2002 · Self	Self