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3127:"Gilbert Melendez in to face Al Iaquinta at UFC Fight Night 71"
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2585:"Fight Card - UFC 188 Velasquez vs. Werdum"
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3667:Awards and achievements
2072:PRIDE FC: Shockwave 2006
809:World Series of Fighting
781:on October 19, 2013, at
558:WEC Lightweight Champion
515:descent. He wrestled at
358:WEC Lightweight Champion
352:(UFC). He is a two-time
105:73 in (185 cm)
1111:on December 19; Round 5
1105:2009 Round of the Year
813:The Ultimate Fighter 20
3647:Official Pride Website
2885:Staff (July 4, 2013).
2274:TKO (doctor stoppage)
2231:TKO (doctor stoppage)
1756:Strikeforce: Evolution
1709:Strikeforce: Nashville
1135:2013 Fight of the Year
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845:, taking the place of
770:on April 20, 2013, at
737:Sacramento, California
416:Please help by adding
360:. He also competed in
143:Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
3955:Women's Featherweight
2442:Rumble on the Rock 4
2361:Rumble on the Rock 6
2317:Decision (unanimous)
2191:Submission (punches)
2106:Decision (unanimous)
2068:Decision (unanimous)
2025:Decision (unanimous)
1985:Decision (unanimous)
1893:Decision (unanimous)
1825:Defended the interim
1752:Decision (unanimous)
1705:Decision (unanimous)
1678:San Diego, California
1631:San Diego, California
1611:Decision (unanimous)
1474:Decision (unanimous)
1344:Decision (unanimous)
1301:Decision (unanimous)
1261:Decision (unanimous)
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864:on July 23, 2016, at
841:on July 15, 2015, at
830:on June 13, 2015, at
517:Santa Ana High School
509:Santa Ana, California
57:Santa Ana, California
3980:Women's Bantamweight
3562:Campbell, California
3550:(January 27, 2014).
3081:Staff (2015-02-23).
2714:on November 25, 2009
2463:Featherweight debut.
2211:San Jose, California
2166:San Jose, California
2150:Strikeforce: Revenge
1958:San Jose, California
1913:San Jose, California
1866:San Jose, California
1819:San Jose, California
1778:Won and unified the
1772:San Jose, California
1725:Nashville, Tennessee
1584:San Jose, California
1537:San Jose, California
976:The Ultimate Fighter
907:on July 6, 2019, at
860:Melendez next faced
826:Melendez then faced
721:San Jose, California
699:next. UFC president
600:Melendez then faced
527:. Melendez attended
422:Contentious material
342:mixed martial artist
3525:SHERDOG.COM STAFF.
2538:Lemoore, California
2500:Lemoore, California
2414:Lemoore, California
1500:Fight of the Night.
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946:Film and television
794:Khabib Nurmagomedov
672:on April 17, 2010.
610:Saitama Super Arena
160:Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
122:Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
3694:Title next held by
3652:2007-06-11 at the
3576:on August 27, 2020
3460:Awakening Fighters
2235:Shooto: Alive Road
2110:Pride - Bushido 12
2034:September 29, 2007
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882:Fight of the Night
843:UFC Fight Night 71
787:Fight of the Night
444:"Gilbert Melendez"
370:Rumble on the Rock
241:By submission
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2845:. mmafighting.com
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2188:Harris Sarmiento
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1564:Decision (split)
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2355:Kaynan Kaku
2155:June 9, 2006
2021:Tetsuji Kato
1935:Gabe Lemley
1889:Josh Thomson
1842:Rodrigo Damm
1748:Josh Thomson
1573:May 19, 2012
1560:Josh Thomson
1270:July 6, 2019
1257:Arnold Allen
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172:Years active
165:Cesar Gracie
4184:1982 births
3970:Cris Cyborg
3930:Lightweight
3830:Heavyweight
3821:Strikeforce
3580:January 23,
2718:December 1,
2634:mmaspot.com
2283:May 4, 2005
2227:Rumina Sato
1701:Shinya Aoki
1404:Mexico City
1200:By decision
1174:By knockout
1118:MMAFighting
989:Strikeforce
970:He coached
847:Bobby Green
839:Al Iaquinta
670:Shinya Aoki
665:and former
616:Strikeforce
566:Strikeforce
346:Lightweight
149:Fairtex Gym
96:Lightweight
64:Other names
4173:Categories
4048:Clay Guida
3708:Clay Guida
3533:2014-01-05
3511:2019-12-28
3486:2022-10-07
3465:2015-11-26
3441:2010-11-24
3420:2010-04-14
3395:2019-11-12
3370:2019-07-07
3345:2019-05-08
3319:2018-11-05
3297:2018-10-03
3275:2017-09-10
3246:2017-09-10
3221:2017-07-03
3199:2016-07-23
3177:2016-05-04
3155:2015-07-06
3133:2015-06-17
3111:2015-06-14
3089:2015-02-23
3053:2014-02-23
2976:2014-01-03
2946:2013-12-29
2924:2013-10-20
2849:2013-01-14
2827:2012-11-27
2801:2012-09-24
2765:2017-01-14
2740:2010-03-01
2693:2014-01-01
2644:2015-11-26
2616:Fox Sports
2569:References
2515:Greg Quan
2142:Clay Guida
1989:Yarennoka!
1081:Inside MMA
1006:(One time)
957:Fight Life
940:Kickboxing
898:Rick Glenn
701:Dana White
606:Yarennoka!
573:Clay Guida
455:newspapers
383:Background
47:1982-04-12
3570:1083-9593
3240:MMAjunkie
1919:Lost the
1406:, Mexico
1323:, Canada
1242:Location
1224:Opponent
972:season 20
936:Muay Thai
733:Pat Healy
407:citations
307:elninomma
118:Wrestling
3650:Archived
3606:July 17,
2687:Facebook
2595:June 14,
2552:See also
2339:, Japan
2296:, Japan
2253:, Japan
2251:Yokohama
2172:Won the
2128:, Japan
2090:, Japan
2007:, Japan
1543:For the
1453:For the
1167:8 losses
805:Bellator
741:Showtime
686:uppercut
580:PRIDE FC
433:libelous
362:PRIDE FC
88:Division
3628:Sherdog
2912:Staff.
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