Gilbert Melendez
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Biography: 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
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 12, 1982
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Gender: Male
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
Overview: Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie was the inaugural mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California on March 10, 2006. The main event was the long awaited match between Frank Shamrock, returning to the sport after a 3-year absence, and Cesar Gracie. The show is also notable for featuring the MMA debut of Cung Le. This was the first Strikeforce event.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-10
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Strikeforce: Revenge
Overview: Strikeforce: Revenge was the second mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California on June 9, 2006. The main event featured the North American debut of Alistair Overeem.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-09
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Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
Overview: Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place on September 29, 2007 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, California. The invitation-only event drew nearly 1,000 spectators who paid $1000 per ticket. The event was supervised by the California State Athletic Commission. Fights 5 to 12 were streamed live on Yahoo Sports for free.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-29
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Strikeforce: Evolution
Overview: Strikeforce: Evolution was a mixed martial arts event to be held by the Strikeforce on December 19, 2009 in San Jose, California at the HP Pavilion at San Jose. The event aired live on Showtime in the US and live on SuperChannel in Canada.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-19
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Strikeforce: Nashville
Overview: Strikeforce: Nashville was a Strikeforce mixed martial arts event held on April 17, 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and broadcast domestically on CBS.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-17
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Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Overview: Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It was held in San Jose, California on August 15, 2009. The event aired live on the Showtime cable network and marked the first time two women headlined an MMA event in history.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-15
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
Overview: Mixed Martial Arts event on 9. april 2010. Featuring the Welterweight Championship fight between Nick Diaz and Paul Daly Also Lightweight Championship between Gilbert Melendez and Tatsuya Kawajiri
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-09
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Pride Shockwave 2006
Overview: Pride Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event was called Pride Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-31
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz
Overview: Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce on April 11, 2009 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. It was the first event promoted by Strikeforce after their acquisition of assets from the defunct EliteXC promotion through its parent company ProElite. It aired on the Showtime cable network and online through Strikeforce All Access.Gus Johnson, Mauro Ranallo and Pat Miletich were commentating during the broadcast and Jimmy Lennon Jr. was the ring announcer. The official attendance was announced to be 14,409.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-11
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Pride Bushido 12
Overview: Pride Bushido 12 also known as Pride Bushido Survival 2nd Round was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place on August 26, 2006, at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-27
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Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal
Overview: Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Strikeforce. The event will take place on December 17, 2011 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-17
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WEC 5: Halloween Fury
Overview: WEC 5: Halloween Fury was a mixed martial arts event held on October 18th, 2002 at The Palace Casino in Lemoore, California. WEC 5's main event was a title fight between Cole Escovedo and Philip Perez.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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WEC 6: Return of a Legend
Overview: WEC 6: Return of a Legend was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on March 27, 2003 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The event was centered around the return of MMA superstar Frank Shamrock taking on Bryan Pardoe. Shamrock had been retired and not competed in MMA since December 2000.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-27
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WEC 10: Bragging Rights
Overview: WEC 10: Bragging Rights was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on May 21, 2004 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. This event saw the fourth appearance of future Superstar Gilbert Melendez who took on Olaf Alfonso. This event also saw two of the most well known fighters in the world Karo Parisyan take on Shonie Carter. The main event saw Mike Serr take on Rafael Real.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-21
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Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
Overview: Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California on Friday, June 27, 2008. The main event was the long awaited match between lightweights Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson for the Strikeforce Lightweight title.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-27
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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Overview: Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC. The event took place on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The main card aired live on the Showtime premium cable channel. The event originally featured the anticipated Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson, but it was called off because Thomson injured himself training. Nick Diaz was also scheduled to fight but was pulled from the card due to undisclosed reasons. Referees assigned for the event were Mario Yamasaki, Herb Dean and Jon Schorle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-29
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Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier
Overview: Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals: Barnett vs. Cormier (aka Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier) was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce that served as the Heavyweight Tournament Finals. It took place on May 19, 2012 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-19
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UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez
Overview: UFC on Fox 7: Henderson vs. Melendez was a mixed martial arts event held on April 20, 2013, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event was headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between defending champion Benson Henderson and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez. Also featured on the card was a bout between two time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-19
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Mexican Fighter
Overview: The historical impact of Mexican fighters in mixed martial arts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-05
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Fight Life
Overview: Chronicles the daily lives of professional MMA fighters from all different levels over the course of one year.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-20
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UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II
Overview: UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II was a mixed martial arts event held on December 6, 2014 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was a Welterweight championship rematch between champion Johny Hendricks and number one contender Robbie Lawler. Their first fight at UFC 171 ended in a unanimous decision victory in favor of the reigning champion. The Co-main event featured was a Lightweight Championship bout, which also served as the coaches bout for The Ultimate Fighter Season 20, as current champion Anthony Pettis made his first title defense against Gilbert Melendez.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-06
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UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum
Overview: UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum was a mixed martial arts event held on June 13, 2015, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout between then champion Cain Velasquez and then interim champion Fabrício Werdum.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Overview: UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III was a mixed martial arts event held on October 19, 2013, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Junior dos Santos. The two have split their two previous encounters with Dos Santos winning the first bout via first round knockout and then Velasquez winning the rematch via unanimous decision at UFC 155.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Quintet Ultra
Overview: Quintet Ultra was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on December 12, 2019 at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, USA. This event was based around teams representing four of the most notable MMA promotions: the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce and World Extreme Cagefighting. Combatants were chosen based on how closely linked their careers were to those promotions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-12
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UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Overview: UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko was a mixed martial arts event held on July 23, 2016 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The event was headlined by a women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and multiple-time Muay Thai world Champion Valentina Shevchenko.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-23
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Supreme Champion
Overview: SUPREME CHAMPION is a fun, sexy, stylized and fast paced fight action thriller about honor and courage featuring eight world class mixed martial arts champions.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-01
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UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2
Overview: UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 9, 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-09
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UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Overview: UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on July 6, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Jon Jones and Thiago Santos served as the event headliner. A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and former champion Holly Holm served as the event co-headliner.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-06
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Submission Underground 8
Overview: Submission Underground 8 took place Sunday, May 12, 2019 with 6 fights at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-12
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