{"id":157106,"date":"2015-07-24T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=157106"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:36:18","slug":"gilbert-melendezs-wife-signs-with-bellator-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/gilbert-melendezs-wife-signs-with-bellator-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Melendez&#8217;s Wife Signs With Bellator MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-24-at-12.23.41-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157142\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-24-at-12.23.41-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-24 at 12.23.41 PM\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-24-at-12.23.41-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-24-at-12.23.41-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-24-at-12.23.41-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-24-at-12.23.41-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Melendez&#8217;s wife, Keri Anne Melendez, has signed with Bellator MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Melendez is a muay thai fighter and has yet to make her professional MMA debut but will compete at the upcoming &#8216;Dynamite&#8217; event in a kickboxing match. After that she will make her move to MMA.<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>. Melendez&#8217;s opponent has not been announced yet. An interesting point of this story is that Bellator tried to sign Gilbert Melendez last year, but the UFC had the option to match the offer and ended up making the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Bellator finally got themselves a Melendez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, &amp; Frank Trigg Talk Fighting&#8230; Eachother &#8212; EPIC! &#8211; AMAZING! &#8211; MUST WATCH!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4362815275001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Melendez&#8217;s wife, Keri Anne Melendez, has signed with Bellator MMA. Melendez is a muay thai fighter and has yet to make her professional MMA debut but will compete at the upcoming &#8216;Dynamite&#8217; event in a kickboxing match. After that she will make her move to MMA. The news was confirmed by MMAFighting. Melendez&#8217;s opponent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":157142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gilbert Melendez&#039;s Wife Signs With Bellator MMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/gilbert-melendezs-wife-signs-with-bellator-mma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gilbert Melendez&#039;s Wife Signs With Bellator MMA | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gilbert Melendez&#8217;s wife, Keri Anne Melendez, has signed with Bellator MMA. 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