Gilbert Melendez
Actor
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
Filmography
Supreme Champion
as Logger 2010
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
as Self 2008
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
as Self 2012
Mexican Fighter
as Self 2013
Strikeforce: Nashville
as Self 2010
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
as Self 2009
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
as Self 2011
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
as Self 2011
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
as Self 2015
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
as Self 2016
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
as Self 2017
Pride Shockwave 2006
as Self 2006
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
as Self 2013
Fight Life
as Himself 2012
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
as Self 2014
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
as Self 2019