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Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez

Birthday: 1982-04-12 | Place of Birth:

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

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Jouer

Year
Title

Role

2017
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

jouer    Himself

2014
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II

jouer    Gilbert Melendez

2013
Mexican Fighter

jouer    himself

2012
Fight Life

jouer    Himself

2006
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie

jouer    himself