Gilbert Melendez
Acting
Born April 12, 1982
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…
Known For · 33 titles
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Ultimate Fighter
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Mexican Fighter
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Pride Bushido 12
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Supreme Champion
Yarennoka!
Fight Life
Strikeforce: Evolution
Strikeforce: Revenge
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Quintet Ultra
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Strikeforce: Nashville
Pride Shockwave 2006
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
Submission Underground 8