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
Filmography (33 titles)
MovieQuintet Ultra
2019
8.0MovieUFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Self · 2019
MovieSubmission Underground 8
Self · 2019
6.5MovieUFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
Self · 2017
6.0MovieUFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Self · 2016
8.5MovieUFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Self · 2015
6.0MovieUFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
Self · 2014
Mexican Fighter
Self · 2013
7.4MovieUFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Self · 2013
7.5MovieUFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
Self · 2013
7.7ShowAnthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self · 2013
6.3MovieStrikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
Self · 2012
Fight Life
Himself · 2012
3.8MovieStrikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
Self · 2011
3.8MovieStrikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Self · 2011
2.8MovieSupreme Champion
Logger · 2010
3.8MovieStrikeforce: Nashville
Self · 2010
MovieStrikeforce: Evolution
Self · 2009
7.5ShowNCIS: Los Angeles
Self - Strikeforce Fighter · 2009
4.0MovieStrikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Self · 2009
MovieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Self · 2009
4.2MovieStrikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Self · 2008
MovieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Self · 2008
9.5MovieYarennoka!
Self · 2007
MovieStrikeforce: Playboy Mansion
Self · 2007
6.0MoviePride Shockwave 2006
Self · 2006
MoviePride Bushido 12
Self · 2006
MovieStrikeforce: Revenge
Self · 2006
MovieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
Self · 2006
6.5ShowThe Ultimate Fighter
Head Coach · 2005