Other names Nico Name Nico Musoke Nationality Swedish Role Mixed Martial Artist Wins by knockout 4 | Reach 75.0 in (191 cm) Height 1.83 m Losses 1 Career start 2007 | |
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Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) Similar People Profiles | ||
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Nicholas "Nico" Musoke (born April 5, 1986) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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- Mma panelen nico musoke s ker p att han avslutar sin motst ndare
- Nico musoke fightingen kan appliceras p resten av livet swedish mma
- Early career
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Nico musoke fightingen kan appliceras p resten av livet swedish mma
Early career
Musoke began his MMA career as an amateur in 2005 taking on Jasper Gunnarsson in a losing effort via split decision. He then made his pro debut two years later at Shooto Finland against Tomi Hietanen. He won via rear-naked choke in the first round. Nico then won his following three fights ending all of them in the first round with two of them ending in less than 50 seconds.
Musoke suffered his first professional loss at the hands of future BAMMA and UFC fighter Danny Mitchell, via armbar in the second round. He bounced back from the loss with a TKO win over Wiktor Sobczyk at BOB 3.
On June 18, 2011 he took part in a four-man tournament held by On Top Promotions where the winner would leave as the OTP Welterweight champion. In the first fight he suffered his second career loss, this time by decision agianist 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 .