Gilbert Melendez Professions : Mixed Martial Artist Born : April 12, 1982 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Gilbert Melendez I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to get knocked out. I'm scared of not going for it. Gilbert Melendez ufc mma going-for-it You're a black belt in the 1st round but sometimes you're a purple belt in the 5th. Gilbert Melendez mma purple black A true friend to me is someone that comes over for dinner, and hangs out with my daughter, someone I party with on a regular basis. Gilbert Melendez true-friend daughter party Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style. Gilbert Melendez effort tired style U.S. wrestling is more of a scrambling style where guys take a lot of risks. You could watch a match in the states and see a score of 18-12. There is going to be a lot of action, transitions and guys going back and forth and trading points. Gilbert Melendez risk guy wrestling The Russians are a little stronger, but they excel at the basics. Lock the hands, bear hugs, takedowns, riding are all strong points for them, whereas Americans tend to have more finesse and take more risks. They might let you up in order to hit something else, and that's completely different from the Russian approach. Gilbert Melendez strong order hands Similar Authors Anthony Pettis mixed-martial-artist Anthony Macias mixed-martial-artist Andrew Craig mixed-martial-artist Anderson Silva mixed-martial-artist Alistair Overeem mixed-martial-artist Bobby Lashley mixed-martial-artist All Authors
