Gilbert Melendez ’s legs got a rude welcome to the UFC featherweight division on Saturday at UFC 215. Check out the aftermath. In the pay-per-view main-card opener at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a durable and resilient Melendez (22-7 MMA, 1-5 UFC) dropped from lightweight to featherweight and survived three rounds of lower-limb battering from Jeremy Stephens (26-14 MMA, 13-13 UFC). Ultimately, Melendez, who was often hobbled early in the fight, survived to the final bell and suffered a unanimous-decision defeat. But it was clearly Stephens’ night. Related Gilbert Melendez got talked out of quitting on the stool after gnarly leg injury On Sunday, Melendez’s wife, kickboxer/MMA fighter Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez , posted a picture of her husband’s badly swollen left leg