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
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2696560
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Filmography (Movies)
Quintet Ultra
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Release Date:12/12/2019
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
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Release Date:06/07/2019
Submission Underground 8
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Release Date:12/05/2019
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
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Release Date:09/09/2017
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
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Release Date:23/07/2016
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
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Release Date:13/06/2015
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
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Release Date:06/12/2014
Mexican Fighter
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Release Date:05/11/2013
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
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Release Date:19/10/2013
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
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Release Date:19/04/2013
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
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Release Date:19/05/2012
Fight Life
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Release Date:20/01/2012
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
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Release Date:17/12/2011
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
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Release Date:09/04/2011
Supreme Champion
Character:Logger
Release Date:01/07/2010
Strikeforce: Nashville
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Release Date:17/04/2010
Strikeforce: Evolution
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Release Date:19/12/2009
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
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Release Date:15/08/2009
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
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Release Date:11/04/2009
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
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Release Date:27/06/2008
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
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Release Date:29/03/2008
Yarennoka!
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Release Date:31/12/2007
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
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Release Date:29/09/2007
Pride Shockwave 2006
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Release Date:31/12/2006
Pride Bushido 12
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Release Date:27/08/2006
Strikeforce: Revenge
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Release Date:09/06/2006
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
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Release Date:10/03/2006
WEC 10: Bragging Rights
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Release Date:21/05/2004
WEC 6: Return of a Legend
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Release Date:27/03/2003
WEC 5: Halloween Fury
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Release Date:18/10/2002
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