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
Acting
TV
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Self - Strikeforce Fighter
2009
TV
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
as Self
2013
TV
The Ultimate Fighter
as Head Coach
2005
Movie
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
as Self
2013
Movie
Supreme Champion
as Logger
2010
Movie
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
as Self
2008
Movie
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
as Self
2012
Movie
Mexican Fighter
as Self
2013
Movie
Strikeforce: Nashville
as Self
2010
Movie
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
as Self
2009
Movie
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
as Self
2011
Movie
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
as Self
2011
Movie
UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
as Self
2015
Movie
UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
as Self
2016
Movie
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
as Self
2017
Movie
Pride Shockwave 2006
as Self
2006
Movie
UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
as Self
2013
Movie
Fight Life
as Himself
2012
Movie
UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
as Self
2014
Movie
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
as Self
2019
Movie
Yarennoka!
as Self
2007
Movie
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
as Self
2006
Movie
Strikeforce: Revenge
as Self
2006
Movie
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
as Self
2007