Nico Musoke
| Nicholas Musoke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 5, 1986 Botkyrka, , Sweden |
| Other names | Nico |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Division |
Welterweight (2007–present) Middleweight (2013) |
| Reach | 75.0 in (191 cm) |
| Fighting out of | |
| Team | Rinkeby Muay Thai |
| Rank | Purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 18 |
| Wins | 13 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 3 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Amateur career | |
| Total | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://nicomusoke.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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.
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.
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.
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