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