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