Gilbert Melendez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#13Arnold Allen Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019
L	#8Jeremy Stephens Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2	Sep 9, 2017
L	#6Edson Barboza Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko	Jul 23, 2016
L	#9Eddie Alvarez Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Jun 13, 2015
L	CAnthony PettisTitle Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R2	1:53	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014
W	Diego Sanchez Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
L	CBenson HendersonTitle Lightweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013

Outside the UFC

21-2across 23 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 12 KO · 9 decStrikeforce · Shooto · WEC · PRIDE · Yarennoka +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Josh Thomson22-9	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	May 19, 2012
W	Jorge Masvidal35-17	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Dec 17, 2011
W	Tatsuya Kawajiri37-14-2	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	3:14	Strikeforce	Apr 9, 2011
W	Shinya Aoki49-12	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Apr 17, 2010
W	Josh Thomson22-9	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Dec 19, 2009
W	Mitsuhiro Ishida20-8-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:56	Strikeforce	Aug 15, 2009
W	Rodrigo Damm12-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:02	Strikeforce	Apr 11, 2009
L	Josh Thomson22-9	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 27, 2008
W	Gabe Lemley13-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:18	Strikeforce	Mar 29, 2008
L	Mitsuhiro Ishida20-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Yarennoka	Dec 31, 2007
W	Tetsuji Kato20-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Sep 29, 2007
W	Tatsuya Kawajiri37-14-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2006
W	Nobuhiro Obiya12-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Aug 26, 2006
W	Clay Guida38-25	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 9, 2006
W	Harris Sarmiento36-26	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	0:44	Strikeforce	Mar 10, 2006
W	Rumina Sato26-17-2	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	1:32	Shooto	Aug 20, 2005
W	Naoya Uematsu15-8-2	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	4:30	Shooto	May 4, 2005
W	Hiroyuki Takaya23-15-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Dec 14, 2004
W	Kaynan Kaku8-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:58	ROTR 6	Nov 20, 2004
W	Olaf Alfonso8-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:54	WEC	May 21, 2004
W	Stephen Palling11-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:59	ROTR 4	Oct 10, 2003
W	Jeff Hougland10-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:05	WEC	Mar 27, 2003
W	Gary Quan3-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:37	WEC	Oct 18, 2002

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 1 promotionIFC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Shawn Pretat0-1	N/A	—	R0	0:00	IFC	Aug 10, 2002
W	Martin Moreno0-1	N/A	—	R0	0:00	IFC	Aug 10, 2002

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

12 wins, 0 losses

W12

L0

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

10 wins, 7 losses

W10

L7

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Gilbert Melendez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

2.63 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Gilbert Melendez

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 1 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (17%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–5

Won – Lost

17% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 67%

1W3L

Split2 decisions · 33%

2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

4 rounds total

0

Won

4

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC55th

33%294 / 1,019

Striking accuracy

63%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.91 differential

Landed3.44

Absorbed2.53

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%60th229
Body15%40th45
Leg7%32nd20

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

87%Standing

Standing87%257
Clinch10%30
Ground2%7

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Gilbert Melendez

Landed per 15

Head

B

63rd

32.1

63rd

Body

D

31st

6.3

31st

Leg

F

18th

2.8

18th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

47th

32.0

47th

Body

D

30th

12.3

30th

Leg

F

10th

15.3

10th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.1	229	914	25%
Body	6.3	45	74	61%
Leg	2.8	20	31	65%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.0	228	779	29%
Body	12.3	88	131	67%
Leg	15.3	109	130	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Gilbert Melendez

17%

Takedown accuracy

75%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.4 min net

On top0.8

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

D

35th

0.4

35th

TD accuracy

F

24th

17%

24th

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.0

43rd

Control

D

31st

0.8 min

31st

Defense

TD defense

B

70th

75%

70th

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 18
Submission attempts	0
Control time	5:51

Defense

TDs defended	18 / 24
Control absorbed	9:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (107min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Gilbert Melendez

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 107 min

98%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Melendez fades (-15% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Melendez sustains 98% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Melendez ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Melendezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Melendezattempts / min

Control time

Melendez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	2.9	3.6	0.31	13%	7
R2	3.4	2.8	4.0	0.16	2%	7
R3	3.2	3.0	4.7	0.07	2%	6
R4	1.7	1.6	3.0	0.00	2%	1
R5	1.6	1.6	2.8	0.00	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Gilbert Melendez

7 resolved UFC bouts · 6 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

52/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

81%

98th

Win quality

F

1st

0%

1st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	3	0-3	0%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Arnold Allen#13	Top-5	75	Jul 6, 2019
L	Jeremy Stephens#8	Top-5	78	Sep 9, 2017
L	Edson Barboza#6	Top-5	81	Jul 23, 2016
L	Eddie Alvarez#9	Champion	90	Jun 13, 2015
L	Anthony PettisCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 6, 2014
W	Diego Sanchez	Top-15	61	Oct 19, 2013
L	Benson HendersonCHAMP	Champion	100	Apr 20, 2013

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

7 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-5

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-4

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-2

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-2

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Gilbert Melendez

Extended layoff

7 yearssince last bout

vs Arnold Allen · Jul 6, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-5

27.9

DK avg

26.0

Median

30.0

Ceiling

11.8

Floor

0%

Boom

43%

Bust

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