Personal Info
Gilbert Melendez
Acting
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Submission Underground 8
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UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
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Quintet Ultra
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
as Self
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
as Self
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
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UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
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UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
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UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
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Mexican Fighter
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