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Gilbert Melendez
“El Nino”
United StatesLightweightActiveage 44
22-8
73% win rate
L5 streak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Draw / No contest
- Title
1 win6 losseslast 5: L L L L Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2019
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(7) | R2(7) | R3(6) | R4(1) | R5(1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 18.1 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 15.0 | 14.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:39 | 0:15 | 0:05 | 0:07 | 0:01 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos2019-07-06L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 22017-09-09L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko2016-07-23L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum2015-06-13L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II2014-12-06L·Sub·R2 · 1:53
- UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 32013-10-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez2013-04-20L·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
