Gilbert Melendez
22–8 · 30 recorded bouts · 2002–2019
Gilbert Melendez finished 55% of 22 wins inside the distance — the 20th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA competed at 2: featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Gilbert Melendez, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
22–8
30 bouts on record
Finish rate
55%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 20th percentile
The career, bout by bout
30 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2019. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
2002–2019
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
30
30 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | L | Arnold Allen | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Jeremy Stephens | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | L | Edson Barboza | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Eddie Alvarez | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Anthony Pettis | Submission | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Diego Sanchez | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | L | Benson Henderson | Decision | 5 |
| 2012 | W | Josh Thomson | Decision | 5 |
| 2011 | W | Jorge Masvidal | Decision | 5 |
| 2011 | W | Tatsuya Kawajiri | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Shinya Aoki | Decision | 5 |
| 2009 | W | Josh Thomson | Decision | 5 |
| 2009 | W | Mitsuhiro Ishida | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Rodrigo Damm | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Josh Thomson | Decision | 5 |
| 2008 | W | Gabe Lemley | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | L | Mitsuhiro Ishida | Decision | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Tetsuji Kato | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Decision | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Nobuhiro Obiya | Decision | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Clay Guida | Decision | 5 |
| 2006 | W | Harris Sarmiento | Submission | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Rumina Sato | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Naoya Uematsu | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Hiroyuki Takaya | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Kaynan Kaku | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Olaf Alfonso | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Stephen Palling | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Jeff Hougland | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Greg Quan | KO/TKO | 1 |
22 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 304 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Gilbert Melendez on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-05. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.