Gilbert Melendez
Known For
Acting
Born
1982-04-12
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
Most Known For
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Self - Strikeforce Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
as Head Coach
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
as Self
Mexican Fighter
as Self
Strikeforce: Revenge
as Self
Supreme Champion
as Logger
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
as Self
Strikeforce: Evolution
as Self
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
as Self
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
as Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
as Self
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
as Self
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
as Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
as Self
Strikeforce: Nashville
as Self
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
as Self
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
as Self
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
as Self
Quintet Ultra
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
as Self