Gilbert Melendez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1982
- Movies
- 30
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
Best-Known Movies
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
2013
Supreme Champion
2010
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
2008
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
2012
Strikeforce: Nashville
2010
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
2009
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
2011
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
2011
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
2015
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
2016
Filmography
| 2019 | Quintet Ultra | |
| 2019 | UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos | Self |
| 2019 | Submission Underground 8 | Self |
| 2017 | UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 | Self |
| 2016 | UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko | Self |
| 2015 | UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum | Self |
| 2014 | UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II | Self |
| 2013 | Mexican Fighter | Self |
| 2013 | UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III | Self |
| 2013 | UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez | Self |
| 2012 | Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier | Self |
| 2012 | Fight Life | Himself |
| 2011 | Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal | Self |
| 2011 | Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley | Self |
| 2010 | Supreme Champion | Logger |
| 2010 | Strikeforce: Nashville | Self |
| 2009 | Strikeforce: Evolution | Self |
| 2009 | Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg | Self |
| 2009 | Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz | Self |
| 2008 | Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson | Self |
| 2008 | Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le | Self |
| 2007 | Yarennoka! | Self |
| 2007 | Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion | Self |
| 2006 | Pride Shockwave 2006 | Self |
| 2006 | Pride Bushido 12 | Self |
| 2006 | Strikeforce: Revenge | Self |
| 2006 | Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie | Self |
| 2004 | WEC 10: Bragging Rights | Self |
| 2003 | WEC 6: Return of a Legend | Self |
| 2002 | WEC 5: Halloween Fury | Self |
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