Melchor Menor
Former 2-Time Muay Thai KickBoxing World Champion
32 professional bouts with 26 wins 6 loss and 12 knockouts
Pound-for-Pound the most well rounded stand-up fighting artist living on the continent.” Ultimate Athlete Magazine May 2002 Issue.
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Featured on National Geographic: Fight Science-Calculating The Ultimate Warrior Documentary - NGC Channel Summer 2006
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Featured on Sports Science: a Fox Sports Network feature series - FSN channel Spring 2009
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Featured on the History Channel: Stan Lee’s Superhumans Early 2012
Muay Thai coach for UFC’s Ultimate Fighter Reality show season 14 Fall 2011
’ Here Comes The Boom ’ movie by Sony Pictures - plays himself - Summer 2012
1st Filipino-American to compete at Kings Birthday World Muay Thai Tournament Event in Bangkok Thailand. 140,000 spectators.
K-1 Superbout Winner 2000 & 2001 Mirage/Bellagio Las Vegas
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K-1 MAX contender 2002/Live Televised event in Japan
Colloseum 2000-Tokyo Dome. 65, 000 spectators - televised event :Menor vs Masato as featured bout
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Coach Mel is a World Renowned Trainer
Coach Mel has over two decades of teaching and training experience. He has been a personal trainer to hundreds of fitness clients. His diverse clientele includes concert pianists, professonal race car drivers, radio DJ’s, and owners of multi-million dollar companies. He has trained high profile professional athletes and Olympic gold medalists. Coach Mel has worked with several actors in the movie and televison industry. He has trained professional combat fighters that include WBC muay thai champions, K-1 fighters, Pride champions, Abu Dhabi world jiu-jitsu champions, and UFC champs and Hall of Famers.
”It’s not one’s accolades that make him or her great. I believe that a trainer is great through the successes he has achieved by their work. I recognize that everyone is unique and believe that once a person’s needs are found, then an effective training plan can be created in order to achieve their goals. It’s not with what I have attained that make me special, but rather, the many years of practice working with people of various ages and experiences with diverse cultures throughout my world travels. It is this experience that has allowed me to have the innate ability to understand the needs of others and appropriately communicate in all levels the right direction and knowledge to the one willing to learn. Train with me and allow me to show you my passion for training. I am an accomplished professional who has an abundance of patience. I will show you that I am as approachable and down to earth as anyone else. I will be dedicated to you. “
Interviews and Articles
Ultimate Athlete - “Cream Of The Crop”
Clientele
Diverse clientele from business professionals, Olympic Athletes and actors.
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Media Coverage:
- Union Tribune (5/6/06 Sports)
- USA Today (5/18/06 Sports )
- Sports Illustrated (8/06 Issue)
- SI KIDS (10/06 Issue)
- FHM Magazine (9/06)
- Martial Arts Warriors (1995 Issue)
- Inside Kung Fu (2001)
- Fight Sport (2001)
- Ultimate Athlete (2003 Issue)
- Kakutogi Japan (1998, “99, “00)
- SRXDX Japan (2001)
- TODAY Show (8/17/06)
- FOX News -Fox & Friends(8/18/06)
- WB-The Troy Experiment (6/05)
- ESPN - NFL (8/06)
- The Best of Summer (4/05)
- CH.8 Local News (2/05)
