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
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    4/12/1982
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
0
Strikeforce: Revenge
Strikeforce: Revenge
0
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
0
Strikeforce: Evolution
Strikeforce: Evolution
0
Strikeforce: Nashville
Strikeforce: Nashville
3.8
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
4
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
3.8
Pride Shockwave 2006
Pride Shockwave 2006
6
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
0
Pride Bushido 12
Pride Bushido 12
0
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
3.8
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
0
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
0
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
0
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
4.2
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
0
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
6.3
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
7.5
Mexican Fighter
4
Fight Life
7
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
6
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
8.5
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
7.4
Quintet Ultra
Quintet Ultra
0
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
6
Supreme Champion
Supreme Champion
3.1
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
6.5
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
8
Submission Underground 8
Submission Underground 8
0
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