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Anthony Pettis vs Gilbert Melendez | MMA Bout | UFC 181 Hendricks vs Lawler II | Pankratia

Events
UFC 181 Hendricks vs Lawler II
Anthony Pettis vs Gilbert Melendez

Anthony Pettis vs Gilbert Melendez

UFC 181
Hendricks
vs
Lawler II

EVENT COMPLETED

EventUFC 181 Hendricks vs Lawler II

Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States

Bout Information

UFC · Lightweight · MMA · Title Fight

Fighter comparison

Anthony Pettis

Anthony Pettis

Title Fight

VS

5x5

Submission

R2

01:53

Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez

United States

Nationality

United States

25-14-0

Record

22-8-0

Showtime

Nickname

El Nino

39

Age

44

177.8 cm

Height

175.3 cm

70.3 kg

Weight

65.8 kg

184.2 cm

Reach

185.4 cm

101.6 cm

Leg Reach

101.6 cm

MMA

Martial Art

MMA

/

Gym

/

Before

Won
vs Benson Henderson
UFC 164 Henderson vs Pettis 2
Aug 31, 2013
Won
vs Donald Cerrone
UFC Fight Night Johnson vs Dodson
Jan 26, 2013
Won
vs Joe Lauzon
UFC 144 Edgar vs Henderson
Feb 25, 2012
Won
vs Jeremy Stephens
UFC 136 Edgar vs Maynard
Oct 9, 2011
Lost
vs Clay Guida
The Ultimate Fighter Finale
Jun 5, 2011

After

Lost
vs Rafael Dos Anjos
UFC 185 Pettis vs Dos Anjos
Mar 14, 2015
Lost
vs Eddie Alvarez
UFC Fight Night Dillashaw vs Cruz
Jan 18, 2016

Gilbert Melendez

Before

Won
vs Diego Sanchez
UFC 166 Velasquez vs Dos Santos III
Oct 19, 2013
Lost
vs Benson Henderson
UFC Fight Night Henderson vs Melendez
Apr 20, 2013
Won
vs Josh Thomson
STRIKEFORCE® Heavyweight Grand Prix Final Barnett vs Cormier
May 20, 2012

After

Lost
vs Eddie Alvarez
UFC 188 Velasquez vs Werdum
Jun 13, 2015
Lost
vs Edson Barboza
UFC Fight Night Holm vs Shevchenko
Jul 24, 2016

Lost

vs Edson Barboza

UFC 197

Apr 23, 2016

vs Charles Oliveira

UFC Fight Night Maia vs Condit

Aug 28, 2016

vs Max Holloway

UFC 206 Holloway vs Pettis

Dec 11, 2016

vs Jim Miller

UFC 213 Romero vs Whittaker

Jul 9, 2017

vs Dustin Poirier

UFC Fight Night Poirier vs Pettis

Nov 11, 2017

vs Michael Chiesa

UFC 226 Miocic vs Cormier

Jul 8, 2018

vs Tony Ferguson

UFC 229 Khabib vs McGregor

Oct 7, 2018

vs Stephen Thompson

UFC Fight Night Thompson vs Pettis

Mar 24, 2019

vs Nate Diaz

UFC 241 Cormier vs Miocic

Aug 18, 2019

vs Diego Ferreira

UFC 246 McGregor vs Cowboy

Jan 19, 2020

vs Donald Cerrone

UFC 249 Ferguson vs Gaethje

May 10, 2020

vs Alex Morono

UFC Fight Night Thompson vs Neal

Dec 20, 2020

vs Clay Collard

2021 Pfl 1

Apr 23, 2021

vs Raush Manfio

2021 Pfl 6

Jun 25, 2021

vs Myles Price

2022 Pfl 3

May 6, 2022

vs Stevie Ray

2022 Pfl 5

Jun 24, 2022

vs Stevie Ray

2022 Pfl 7

Aug 5, 2022

Lost

vs Jeremy Stephens

UFC 215 Nunes vs Shevchenko 2

Sep 9, 2017

vs Arnold Allen

UFC 239 Jones vs Santos

Jul 7, 2019