- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1982
- Place of Birth
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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
movieQuintet Ultra
2019
movieUFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
2019 · Self
movieSubmission Underground 8
2019 · Self
movieUFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
2017 · Self
movieUFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
2016 · Self
movieUFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
2015 · Self
movieUFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
2014 · Self
Mexican Fighter
movieMexican Fighter
2013 · Self
movieUFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
2013 · Self
movieUFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
2013 · Self
tvAnthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
2012 · Self
Fight Life
movieFight Life
2012 · Himself
movieStrikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
2011 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
2011 · Self
movieSupreme Champion
2010 · Logger
movieStrikeforce: Nashville
2010 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Evolution
2009 · Self
tvNCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Self - Strikeforce Fighter
movieStrikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
2009 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
2009 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
2008 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
2008 · Self
movieYarennoka!
2007 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Playboy Mansion
2007 · Self
moviePride Shockwave 2006
2006 · Self
moviePride Bushido 12
2006 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Revenge
2006 · Self
movieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
2006 · Self
tvThe Ultimate Fighter
2005 · Head Coach
movieWEC 10: Bragging Rights
2004 · Self
movieWEC 6: Return of a Legend
2003 · Self
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
movieWEC 5: Halloween Fury
2002 · Self