Explore about the Famous MMA Fighter Nico Musoke, who was born in Sweden on April 5, 1986. Analyze Nico Musoke’s net worth, age, bio, birthday, dating, height-weight, wiki. Investigate who is Nico Musoke dating now? Look into this article to know how old is Nico Musoke?
Nico Musoke Birthday Countdown
Nico Musoke Biography
Swedish Welterweight who has posted notable victories over fighters like Viscardi Andrade and Alexander Yakovlev since making his UFC debut. In 2013, he won the Nordic MMA Award for Breakthrough Fighter of the Year.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and made his amateur MMA debut against Jasper Gunnarsson in 2005.
His UFC debut ended in a first-round victory via armbar over Alessio Sakara at UFC Fight Night 30, which was voted Submission of the Night.
His mother is from Germany and his father is from Uganda.
He fought Kevin Gastelum on UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens in June 2014.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 .
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. In his promotional return, Musoke faced Daniel Acácio at Superior Challenge 18 on December 1, 2018. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
As the first title defense, Musoke faced Marcelo Alfaya at Superior Challenge 20 on December 7, 2019. He successfully defended the title by winning the bout via unanimous decision.
Musoke then fought for the Superior Challenge Middleweight Championship against Dylan Andrews at Superior Challenge 19 on May 11, 2019. He won the fight via unanimous decision and claimed the title.
What's Nico Musoke Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Nico Musoke Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
