Kelvin Gastelum vs Nicholas Musoke

Kelvin Gastelum is 21-11-0 (1 NC); Nicholas Musoke is 13-5-0 (1 NC). Nicholas Musoke is 6 years older than Kelvin Gastelum. Nicholas Musoke has a 4" · 10 cm reach advantage over Kelvin Gastelum. Nicholas Musoke is 3" · 8 cm taller than Kelvin Gastelum. They have met once: Kelvin Gastelum 1, Nicholas Musoke 0.

Kelvin Gastelum

21-11-0 (1 NC)

SUBUDUD

MiddleweightMet once

Nicholas Musoke

“Nico” · 13-5-0 (1 NC)

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Style & credentials

Kelvin Gastelum

Folkstyle WrestlingBoxing

2018Black belt · BJJBrian Beaumont (10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Yuma)
2013Champion · Tuf 17middleweight
2009Champion · State HSyouth
—North Idaho CollegeWrestling (NJCAA) · c. 2009-2010 (one year)

Camp · Fight Ready MMA & Fitness · Scottsdale, Arizona, US

Nicholas Musoke

No background on record

Camp · Allstars Training Center · Sweden

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

64%

Head

68%

19%

Body

21%

17%

Leg

10%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Kelvin Gastelumlast 25 fights

86%9%

Nicholas Musokelast 6 fights

82%13%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Kelvin Gastelum· from fights outside the UFC Nicholas Musoke· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.653.56

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kelvin Gastelum · Average · better than 59% of UFC fightersNicholas Musoke · Average · better than 56% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.523.80

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kelvin Gastelum · Average · better than 46% of UFC fightersNicholas Musoke · Below avg · better than 37% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.041.16

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kelvin Gastelum · Average · better than 45% of UFC fightersNicholas Musoke · Average · better than 50% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

35%19%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kelvin Gastelum · Average · better than 42% of UFC fightersNicholas Musoke · Poor · better than 13% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

60%82%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kelvin Gastelum · Average · better than 42% of UFC fightersNicholas Musoke · Elite · better than 86% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.100.20

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Kelvin Gastelum · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fightersNicholas Musoke · Below avg · better than 32% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.65

Strikes landed / min

3.56

3.52

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.80

1.04 / 3.0

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.16 / 6.1

35%

Takedown accuracy

19%

60%

Takedown defence

82%

1:52

Control time / fight

4:11

0.10

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.20

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Kelvin Gastelum26 UFC fights · 1269 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

56%709/2202

14%172/257

16%201/236

Clinch

3%40/92

5%58/65

1%11/14

Ground

6%75/125

0%3/4

0%0/0

Nicholas Musoke6 UFC fights · 277 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

60%165/620

18%51/72

4%10/12

Clinch

4%11/24

2%6/7

7%19/19

Ground

5%13/18

1%2/2

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Kelvin Gastelum15 of 31 ended early · 48%16 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

6 early stoppages have no logged time

Nicholas Musoke11 of 22 ended early · 50%11 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

8 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Kelvin Gastelum2-3

L
Vicente Luque
UFC 327: Procházka vs Ulberg · Apr 11, 2026
Submission · R1 · 4:08 · Middleweight
W
Dustin Stoltzfus
Noche UFC: Lopes vs Silva · Sep 13, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Joe Pyfer
UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O'Malley 2 · Jun 7, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Daniel Rodriguez
UFC Saudi Arabia · Jun 22, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Sean Brady
UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs Tsarukyan · Dec 2, 2023
Submission · R3 · 1:43 · Welterweight

Full record · 32 fights

W
Chris Curtis
UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 · Apr 8, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Jared Cannonier
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Gastelum · Aug 21, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Robert Whittaker
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Gastelum · Apr 17, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Ian Heinisch
UFC 258: Usman vs Burns · Feb 13, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Jack Hermansson
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs Benavidez · Jul 19, 2020
Submission · R1 · 1:18 · Middleweight
L
Darren Till
UFC 244: Masvidal vs Diaz · Nov 2, 2019
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Israel Adesanya
UFC 236: Holloway vs Poirier 2 · Apr 13, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Middleweight
W
Jacare Souza
UFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington · May 12, 2018
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Michael Bisping
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Gastelum · Nov 25, 2017
TKO · R1 · 2:30 · Middleweight
L
Chris Weidman
UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs Gastelum · Jul 22, 2017
Submission · R3 · 3:45 · Middleweight
NC
Vitor Belfort
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Gastelum · Mar 12, 2017
· R1 · 3:52 · Middleweight
W
Tim Kennedy
UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis · Dec 10, 2016
TKO · R3 · 2:45 · Middleweight
W
Johny Hendricks
UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes · Jul 9, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Neil Magny
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Gastelum · Nov 21, 2015
SD · R5 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Nate Marquardt
UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum · Jun 13, 2015
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Tyron Woodley
UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz · Jan 31, 2015
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Jake Ellenberger
UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt · Nov 14, 2014
Submission · R1 · 4:46 · Welterweight
W
Nicholas Musoke
UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs Swanson · Jun 28, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Rick Story
UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler · Mar 15, 2014
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Brian Melancon
UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann 2 · Aug 28, 2013
Submission · R1 · 2:26 · Welterweight
W
Uriah Hall
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale · Apr 13, 2013
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Ultimate Fighter 17 Middleweight
W
Mike Ashford
Rage in the Cage · Jul 20, 2012
TKO
W
Bill Smallwood
RUF MMA · Jul 7, 2012
Submission
W
Mike Gentile
Desert Rage Full Contact Fighting · Oct 22, 2011
TKO
W
Yair Moguel
Mexico Regional · Jul 16, 2011
Submission
W
Jose Sanchez
Mexico Regional · Dec 11, 2010
Submission
W
Luis Magana
Warrior Championship Fighting · Mar 28, 2009

Nicholas Musoke3-2

W
Marcelo Alfaya
Superior Challenge 20 · Dec 7, 2019
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Dylan Andrews
Superior Challenge 19 · May 11, 2019
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Daniel Acacio
Superior Challenge 18 · Dec 1, 2018
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
L
Bojan Velickovic
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Teixeira · May 28, 2017
TKO · R3 · 4:37 · Welterweight
L
Albert Tumenov
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Johnson · Jan 24, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight

Full record · 22 fights

W
Alexander Yakovlev
UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs MacDonald · Oct 4, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Kelvin Gastelum
UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs Swanson · Jun 28, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Viscardi Andrade
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi · Feb 15, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Alessio Sakara
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz · Oct 27, 2013
Submission · R1 · 3:07 · Middleweight
W
Ronny Alexander landaeta utrera
Sweden Regional · Jun 14, 2013
DEC
D
Mickael Lebout
VFC 5 · Dec 1, 2012
DEC · Welterweight
W
Dean Caldwell
On Top 5 · Jun 2, 2012
TKO · R1 · 3:49 · Welterweight
W
Kai Puolakka
CAGE MMA Finland · Mar 3, 2012
Submission
W
Olli Jaakko Uitto
CAGE MMA Finland · Oct 8, 2011
DEC
W
Stevie Ray
On Top Promotions · Jun 18, 2011
Submission
L
Cathal Pendred
On Top Promotions · Jun 18, 2011
DEC
W
Wiktor Sobczyk
Sweden Regional · Dec 4, 2010
TKO
L
Danny Mitchell
Superior Challenge · Oct 29, 2010
Submission
W
Premysl Nemec
Superior Challenge · May 1, 2010
TKO
W
Jeppe Fausing
Fighter Gala · Aug 30, 2009
TKO
W
Fredrik Klingsell
The Zone Pro League · Feb 9, 2008
Submission
W
Tomi Hietanen
Shooto Europe · Nov 17, 2007
Submission

Head-to-Head History

UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs Swanson
Sat, Jun 28, 2014
Kelvin Gastelum
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Frequently asked questions

Have Kelvin Gastelum and Nicholas Musoke ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs Swanson (Sat, Jun 28, 2014), where Kelvin Gastelum won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Kelvin Gastelum and Nicholas Musoke?

Kelvin Gastelum is 21-11-0 (1 NC) and Nicholas Musoke is 13-5-0 (1 NC).

Who has the longer reach, Kelvin Gastelum or Nicholas Musoke?

Nicholas Musoke has the longer reach: 75" · 191 cm against 71" · 180 cm for Kelvin Gastelum, a 4" · 10 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Kelvin Gastelum or Nicholas Musoke?

Nicholas Musoke is taller at 6'0" · 183 cm; Kelvin Gastelum stands 5'9" · 175 cm.

Who is older, Kelvin Gastelum or Nicholas Musoke?

Nicholas Musoke is 40 and Kelvin Gastelum is 34.

Who has more finishes, Kelvin Gastelum or Nicholas Musoke?

Kelvin Gastelum has 10 wins inside the distance (5 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission); Nicholas Musoke has 9 wins (4 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission).