Gilbert Melendez
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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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2019Quintet Ultra
2019UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
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2019Submission Underground 8
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2017UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
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2016UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
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2015UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
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2014UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
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2013UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
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2013UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
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2012Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
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2011Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
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2011Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
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2010Strikeforce: Nashville
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2010Supreme Champion
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2009Strikeforce: Evolution
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2009Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
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2009Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
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2008Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
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2008Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
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2007Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
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2007Yarennoka!
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2006Strikeforce: Revenge
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2006Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
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2006Pride Shockwave 2006
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