Nicholas Musoke meets Alessio Sakara at UFC Fight Night 30 in Manchester

UFC newcomer and Swedish middleweight Nicholas Musoke (10-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has replaced injured Magnus Cedenblad (11-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and now meets Alessio Sakara (15-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC) later this month at UFC Fight Night 30.

UFC officials today announced the booking. MMAjunkie.com first passed along news of Cedenblad’s injury earlier this week.

UFC Fight Night 30 takes place Oct. 26 at Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, England. The main airs on FOX Sports 2 following prelims on Facebook.

Musoke vs. Sakara is slated for the main card.

Musoke, who trains with the likes of UFC light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson at Allstars Training Center in Stockholm, makes his UFC debut with a five-fight winning streak. The Swede, who turned pro in 2007, owns eight stoppages in 10 career wins.

In early 2010, Sakara had a three-fight winning streak. But since then, he’s suffered three consecutive losses, to Chris Weidman, Brian Stann and Patrick Cote. Although the loss to Cote was by disqualification, the Italian striker was in control of the bout and only suffered the defeat due to elbows that were deemed illegal and to the back of the head. Kidney issues have sidelines him since that November 2012 fight.

The latest UFC Fight Night 30 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 2, 3 p.m. ET)

• Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
• Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson
• Ryan Jimmo vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck
• Nicholas Musoke vs. Alessio Sakara
• Phil Harris vs. John Lineker

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 11:45 a.m. ET)

• Piotr Hallmann vs. Al Iaquinta
• Luke Barnatt vs. Andrew Craig
• Jessica Andrade vs. Rosi Sexton
• Cole Miller vs. Andy Ogle
• Jimy Hettes vs. Mike Wilkinson
• Michael Kuiper vs. Brad Scott

For more on UFC Fight Night 30, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Alessio Sakara)