Nicholas Musoke

Nicholas "Nico" Musoke (born April 5, 1986) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division of Swedish promotion Superior Challenge. A professional mixed martial artist since 2007, Musoke has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In the first fight he suffered his second career loss, this time by decision against future Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion and fellow future UFC fighter Cathal Pendred. However, before the final could take place Pendred was forced out due to injury. Musoke took his place and defeated another fellow future UFC fighter in Stevie Ray by submission due to a rear naked choke at the end of the first round to become the OTP Welterweight champion.

Since then Musoke had gone 4-0 (1) in his last 5 fights, including one defense of his OTP-title, before getting the call from the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship Musoke moved to Middleweight to make his UFC debut against long time UFC veteran Alessio Sakara, filling in for the injured Magnus Cedenblad at UFC Fight Night 30. He won the fight in the first round via armbar. He earned Submission of the Night honors.

Musoke dropped back to welterweight and faced Viscardi Andrade on February 15, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 36. Despite being dropped and almost finished in the first round by Andrade, Musoke was able to recover quickly and take control of the fight, rocking Andrade on their feet in round 2 and control the action on the ground in round 3. His performance earned him the unanimous decision victory.

On June 28, 2014, Musoke fought Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night 44 in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to the fight, Gastelum missed weight by one and three-quarter pounds and forfeited 20% of his fight purse to Musoke. After a good and fairly dominant first round from Musoke, Gastelum rallied to win the next two rounds convincingly resulting in a unanimous decision loss for Musoke.

Musoke was briefly linked to a bout with Amir Sadollah on October 4, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 53. However, Sadollah was pulled from the pairing with Musoke in favor of a bout with Yoshihiro Akiyama on September 20, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 52. Musoke instead faced Alexander Yakovlev. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Musoke faced Albert Tumenov on January 24, 2015, at UFC on Fox 14. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

After an extended hiatus, Musoke returned to face Bojan Veličković on May 28, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 109. In a back-and-forth fight, he lost by knockout in the last minute of the third round when Veličković connected with a right hook to the temple, causing Musoke to become wobbled and fall to the ground .

Post-UFC career On September 12, 2018 - over a year after his last fight in the UFC - it was announced that Musoke had signed a contract with his native Superior Challenge and will be moving up to middleweight.

Championships and accomplishments Ultimate Fighting Championship Submission of the Night (One time) vs. Alessio Sakara Superior Challenge SC Middleweight Championship (One time; Current) One successful title defense On Top Promotions OTP Welterweight Championship (One time) One successful title defense OTP 2011 Welterweight Tournament winner Nordic MMA Awards - MMAViking.com 2013 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Mixed martial arts record Win

Marcelo Alfaya Decision (unanimous) Superior Challenge 20

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Dylan Andrews Decision (unanimous) Superior Challenge 19

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Daniel Acácio Decision (unanimous) Superior Challenge 18

Stockholm, Sweden Loss

Bojan Veličković KO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira

Stockholm, Sweden Loss

Albert Tumenov Decision (unanimous) UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Alexander Yakovlev Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story

Stockholm, Sweden Loss

Kelvin Gastelum Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens

San Antonio, Texas, United States Win

Viscardi Andrade Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi

Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil Win

Alessio Sakara Submission (armbar) UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz

Manchester, England Win

Alexander Landaeta Utrera Decision (unanimous) Golden Ring: Wallberg vs. Prazak

Stockholm, Sweden NC

Mickaël Lebout No Contest (judging error) Vision FC 5: Finale

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Dean Caldwell TKO (punches) OTP: On Top 5

Glasgow, Scotland Win

Kai Puolakka Submission (guillotine choke) Cage 18: Turku

Turku, Finland Win

Olli Jaakko Uitto Decision (unanimous) Cage 16: 1st Defense

Espoo, Finland Win

Stevie Ray Submission (rear-naked choke) OTP: On Top 2

Glasgow Scotland Loss

Cathal Pendred Decision (unanimous) OTP: On Top 2

Glasgow, Scotland Win

Wiktor Sobczyk TKO (punches) Battle of Botnia 3

Umeå, Sweden Loss

Danny Mitchell Submission (armbar) Superior Challenge 6

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Premysl Nemec TKO (punches) Superior Challenge 5

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Jeppe Fausing KO (punch) Fighter Gala 9

Elsinore, Denmark Win

Fredrik Klingsell Submission (rear-naked choke) The Zone FC 1

Stockholm, Sweden Win

Tomi Hietanen Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto Finland: Chicago Collision 3

Lahti, Finland