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 (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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Birthday | 1982-04-12 |
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2007
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
0/0
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place on September 29, 2007 at the Playboy Mansion...
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Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
2006
Strikeforce: Revenge
0/0
Strikeforce: Revenge was the second mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose,...
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Strikeforce: Revenge
2006
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
0/0
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie was the inaugural mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jo...
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
2010
Strikeforce: Nashville
3.8/2
Strikeforce: Nashville was a Strikeforce mixed martial arts event held on April 17, 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United Stat...
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Strikeforce: Nashville
2009
Strikeforce: Evolution
0/0
Strikeforce: Evolution was a mixed martial arts event to be held by the Strikeforce on December 19, 2009 in San Jose, California at the HP Pavilion at...
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Strikeforce: Evolution
2009
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
4/2
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It was held in San Jose, California on August 15, 2009. The event a...
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Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
2011
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
3.8/2
Mixed Martial Arts event on 9. april 2010. Featuring the Welterweight Championship fight between Nick Diaz and Paul Daly Also Lightweight Championship...
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
2006
Pride Shockwave 2006
6/1
Pride Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event was called Pride O...
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Pride Shockwave 2006
2009
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
0/0
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce on April 11, 2009 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. It was...
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
2006
Pride Bushido 12
0/0
Pride Bushido 12 also known as Pride Bushido Survival 2nd Round was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place on...
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Pride Bushido 12
2011
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
3.8/2
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Strikeforce. The event will take place on December 17, 2011 a...
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Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
2004
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
0/0
WEC 10: Bragging Rights was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on May 21, 2004 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino i...
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WEC 10: Bragging Rights
2002
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
0/0
WEC 5: Halloween Fury was a mixed martial arts event held on October 18th, 2002 at The Palace Casino in Lemoore, California. WEC 5's main event was a...
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WEC 5: Halloween Fury
2003
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
0/0
WEC 6: Return of a Legend was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on March 27, 2003 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casi...
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WEC 6: Return of a Legend
2008
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
4.2/3
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San J...
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Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
2008
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
0/0
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC. The event took place on Saturday, March 29, 2008 a...
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
2012
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
6.3/3
Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier (aka Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier) was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikefo...
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Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
2013
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
7.5/1
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez was a mixed martial arts event held on April 20, 2013, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event was...
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UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
2013
Mexican Fighter
4/3
The historical impact of Mexican fighters in mixed martial arts.
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Mexican Fighter
2012
Fight Life
7/1
Chronicles the daily lives of professional MMA fighters from all different levels over the course of one year.
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Fight Life
2014
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
6/1
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II was a mixed martial arts event held on December 6, 2014 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main...
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UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
2015
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
8.5/2
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum was a mixed martial arts event held on June 13, 2015, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was he...
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UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
2013
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
7.4/7
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III was a mixed martial arts event held on October 19, 2013, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The main event...
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UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
2019
Quintet Ultra
0/0
Quintet Ultra was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on December 12, 2019 at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, USA. This event was based...
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Quintet Ultra
2016
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
6/2
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko was a mixed martial arts event held on July 23, 2016 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The event was headline...
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UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
2010
Supreme Champion
3.1/6
SUPREME CHAMPION is a fun, sexy, stylized and fast paced fight action thriller about honor and courage featuring eight world class mixed martial arts...
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Supreme Champion
2017
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
6.5/2
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 9, 2017 at Rogers Place...
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UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
2019
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
8/1
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on July 6, 2019 at T-Mobile Aren...
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UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
2019
Submission Underground 8
0/0
Submission Underground 8 took place Sunday, May 12, 2019 with 6 fights at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon.
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