Acting · Born April 12, 1982
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
MovieQuintet Ultra
2019
MovieUFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
2019
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MovieSubmission Underground 8
2019
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MovieUFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
2017
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MovieUFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
2016
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MovieUFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
2015
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MovieUFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
2014
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Mexican Fighter
2013
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MovieUFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
2013
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MovieUFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
2013
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TVAnthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
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MovieStrikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
2012
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Fight Life
2012
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MovieStrikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
2011
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MovieStrikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
2011
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MovieSupreme Champion
2010
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MovieStrikeforce: Nashville
2010
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MovieStrikeforce: Evolution
2009
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TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
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MovieStrikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
2009
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MovieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
2009
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MovieStrikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
2008
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MovieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
2008
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MovieYarennoka!
2007
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MovieStrikeforce: Playboy Mansion
2007
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MoviePride Shockwave 2006
2006
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MoviePride Bushido 12
2006
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MovieStrikeforce: Revenge
2006
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MovieStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
2006
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TVThe Ultimate Fighter
2005
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MovieWEC 10: Bragging Rights
2004
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MovieWEC 6: Return of a Legend
2003
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WEC 5: Halloween Fury
2002
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