Gilbert Melendez
Age: 42 | From:
Person Details
Birthday: 1982-04-12 05:22:10
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
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Movie Involvements: 25
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
The Ultimate Fighter
(2005) Head Coach
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
(2013) Self
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
(2017) Self
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
(2014) Self
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
(2016) Self
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
(2004) Self
Supreme Champion
(2010) LoggerActing
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