Gilbert Melendez

Born: Apr 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

Real Name	Gilbert Melendez
Date of Birth	Apr 12, 1982
Age	44

POPULAR MOVIES

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko

UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II

Mexican Fighter

UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III

UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez

Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier

Fight Life

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley

Supreme Champion

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