Featherweight Bout
Gilbert Melendez
“El Nino”
- UFC record
- 1-6-0
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Height
- 5' 9"
- Reach
- 73"
- Weight
- 145 lbs.
- Born
- Apr 12, 1982
Career snapshot
- Fights
- 7
- Minutes
- 106.9
- Knockdowns
- 0
- Sig. accuracy
- 28.9%
- Sig. landed / 15
- 41.3
- Absorbed / 15
- —
- TD accuracy
- 16.7%
- TD defense
- —
- Sub attempts
- 0
- Control / 15
- 0:49
Where this career sits
- SLpM
- 2.75
- KD / 15
- 0.00
- CTRL / 15
- 0:49
Sig. strikes landed per minute
Not enough peers for a percentile.
Knockdowns per 15 minutes
Not enough peers for a percentile.
Control time per 15 minutes
Not enough peers for a percentile.
Fewer than 8 Featherweight peers have 10 minutes on the rollup, so percentiles stay blank.
SLpM is significant strikes landed per minute. KD/15 is knockdowns per 15 minutes. CTRL/15 is control time per 15 minutes. Each rate uses career totals when the rollup has no per-minute column. Peers are the 1 Featherweight fighters with at least 10 minutes on the career offense rollup. The roster has no active flag and no gender column, so everyone listed at this weight is included.
Striking
Offense
- Head77.9%
- Body15.3%
- Leg6.8%
- Distance87.4%
- Clinch10.2%
- Ground2.4%
Defense
- Head53.6%
- Body20.7%
- Leg25.6%
- Distance91.3%
- Clinch4.9%
- Ground3.8%
Grappling
For
Against
Round striking
Average significant strikes for each round number in the UFC sample.
Offense
No per-round striking offense for this fighter yet.
Defense
No per-round striking defense for this fighter yet.
Round grappling
Average takedowns and control time for each round number.
Offense
Landed and attempted, averaged for that round.
- Landed
- Attempted
Defense
No per-round takedown or control defense for this fighter yet.
By round
The same averages as the charts, in a table.
| Round | TD | TD acc |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | 0.4/1.6 | 27.4% |
| R2 | 0/0.7 | 0.0% |
| R3 | 0/0.3 | 0.0% |
| R4 | 0/0 | — |
| R5 | 0/0 | — |
Leg kicks
Leg kicks for each round number. Defense is the opponent’s leg strikes in the same round. Per 15 divides the leg-kick total by career minutes.
- Landed / att
- 20/31
- Accuracy
- 64.5%
- Share of sig.
- 6.8%
- Per round
- —
- Per 15
- 2.8
- Leg defense
- —
Takedowns by round
Average takedown attempts for each appearance in that round. Career totals appear when each round is stored as its own row. Rounds with no shots are muted.
| Round | Sample | Avg TD | Acc | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | — | 0.4/1.6 | 27.4% | Shots |
| R2 | — | 0/0.7 | 0.0% | Shots |
| R3 | — | 0/0.3 | 0.0% | Shots |
| R4 | — | 0/0 | — | No shots |
| R5 | — | 0/0 | — | No shots |
No takedown attempts in R4, R5.
Fight log
Result and method stay on the list. Significant strikes, takedowns, and control are filled in for and against when the round rows or the recent-fight view have them. Open a bout for its rounds.
Loss vs Arnold Allen
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 239: Jones vs. SantosJul 6, 2019
KD 0
Sig 23/113
TD 0/2
Ctrl 0:00
Loss vs Jeremy Stephens
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2Sep 9, 2017
KD 0
Sig 29/129
TD 0/0
Ctrl 0:00
Loss vs Edson Barboza
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC on FOX: Holm vs. ShevchenkoJul 23, 2016
KD 0
Sig 39/129
TD 0/5
Ctrl 0:04
Loss vs Eddie Alvarez
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 188: Velasquez vs WerdumJun 13, 2015
KD 0
Sig 37/129
TD 0/1
Ctrl 0:00
Loss vs Anthony Pettis
Submission · Round 2 · 1:53
UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler IIDec 6, 2014
KD 0
Sig 27/78
TD 1/8
Ctrl 4:21
Win vs Diego Sanchez
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3Oct 19, 2013
KD 0
Sig 96/250
TD 1/1
Ctrl 0:34
Loss vs Benson Henderson
Decision - Split · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC on FOX: Henderson vs MelendezApr 20, 2013
KD 0
Sig 43/191
TD 1/1
Ctrl 0:52