Acting · geboren 1982-04-12 · Santa Ana, California, USA
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
Bekannt aus
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) – Self - Strikeforce Fighter
- Anthony Bourdain - Kulinarische Abenteuer (2013) – Self
- The Ultimate Fighter (2005) – Head Coach
- UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III (2013) – Self
- Bloodsport - Supreme Champion (2010) – Logger
- Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson (2008) – Self
- Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier (2012) – Self
- Mexican Fighter (2013) – Self
- Strikeforce: Nashville (2010) – Self
- Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg (2009) – Self
- Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (2011) – Self
- Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal (2011) – Self
- UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum (2015) – Self
- UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko (2016) – Self
- UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 (2017) – Self
- Pride Shockwave 2006 (2006) – Self
- UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez (2013) – Self
- Fight Life (2012) – Himself
- UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II (2014) – Self
- UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos (2019) – Self
- Yarennoka! (2007) – Self
- Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie (2006) – Self
- Strikeforce: Revenge (2006) – Self
- Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion (2007) – Self
- Strikeforce: Evolution (2009) – Self
- Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz (2009) – Self
- Pride Bushido 12 (2006) – Self
- WEC 5: Halloween Fury (2002) – Self
- WEC 6: Return of a Legend (2003) – Self
- WEC 10: Bragging Rights (2004) – Self
- Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le (2008) – Self
- Quintet Ultra (2019)
- Submission Underground 8 (2019) – Self