Despite being Strikeforce champion, Gilbert Melendez remains on the outside looking into the lightweight division. The Cesar Gracie student is slated to lock horns with Jorge Masvidal on the ...

While Gilbert Melendez was the golden boy of Strikeforce and constantly praised for his improvements in his boxing game, a closer review of his fights reveals a far more basic and flawed game than ...

Gilbert Melendez says the UFC was the place he always wanted to be while also thanking lightweight champion Anthony Pettis for keeping the belt warm for him until he can take it later this year.

Former two-time UFC title challenger Gilbert Melendez is "no longer focused" on fighting, but if the right opportunity emerged, he'd return to the cage.

After months of negotiations, it appears that Gilbert Melendez and the UFC simply cannot reach an agreement regarding the terms of his new contract. That being the case, here are three special ...

Gilbert Melendez always thought he was the best. A lightweight that would tower and reign over his rivals. But for years he lacked one thing to get him to the top. It did not relate to skills ...

Gilbert Melendez wants to set the record straight with Josh Thomson. It's not the loss on his record from their June fight that burns him -- although losing's never fun.

Gilbert Melendez had been for years, it seemed, the young phenom, the precocious athlete with the breathtaking skills who did everything in the cage smoothly and seemingly easily. That young ...

Gilbert Melendez has been a very patient man. For over a decade, his quest has been to become the No. 1 lightweight in the world, but because he hasn't fought in the UFC, ...

At 32, this could be his last shot at winning a UFC title, and he knows it.