Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez

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: Acting

Born: null, 1982-04-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2002	WEC 5: Halloween Fury	Self	0
2	2003	WEC 6: Return of a Legend	Self	0
3	2004	WEC 10: Bragging Rights	Self	0
4	2006	Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie	Self	0
5	2006	Strikeforce: Revenge	Self	0
6	2006	Pride Bushido 12	Self	0
7	2006	Pride Shockwave 2006	Self	60
8	2007	Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion	Self	0
9	2007	Yarennoka!	Self	95
10	2008	Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le	Self	0
11	2008	Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson	Self	42
12	2009	Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz	Self	0
13	2009	Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg	Self	40
14	2009	Strikeforce: Evolution	Self	0
15	2010	Strikeforce: Nashville	Self	38
16	2010	Supreme Champion	Logger	28
17	2011	Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley	Self	38
18	2011	Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal	Self	38
19	2012	Fight Life	Himself	70
20	2012	Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier	Self	63
21	2013	UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez	Self	75
22	2013	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III	Self	74
23	2013	Mexican Fighter	Self	40
24	2014	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Self	60
25	2015	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Self	85
26	2016	UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko	Self	60
27	2017	UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2	Self	65
28	2019	Submission Underground 8	Self	0
29	2019	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Self	80
30	2019	Quintet Ultra		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2005	The Ultimate Fighter	Head Coach	62
2	2009	NCIS: Los Angeles	Self - Strikeforce Fighter	75
3	2013	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	Self	76

Gilbert Melendez

Film

Television