Gilbert Melendez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1982 (age 44)
Biography
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
NCIS: Los Angeles
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
The Ultimate Fighter
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Supreme Champion
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
Strikeforce: Nashville
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Filmography
Quintet Ultra
Movie
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Movie · as Self
Submission Underground 8
Movie · as Self
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
Movie · as Self
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Movie · as Self
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Movie · as Self
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
Movie · as Self
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
Movie · as Self
Mexican Fighter
Movie · as Self
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Movie · as Self
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
Movie · as Self
Fight Life
Movie · as Himself
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Nashville
Movie · as Self
Supreme Champion
Movie · as Logger
Strikeforce: Evolution
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Movie · as Self
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Self - Strikeforce Fighter · 1 ep
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
Movie · as Self
Yarennoka!
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Revenge
Movie · as Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
Movie · as Self
Pride Shockwave 2006
Movie · as Self
Pride Bushido 12
Movie · as Self
The Ultimate Fighter
TV · as Head Coach · 13 eps
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
Movie · as Self
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
Movie · as Self
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
Movie · as Self