David Loiseau

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Profile

David "The Crow" Loiseau (born December 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist training out of acclaimed trainer, Greg Jackson's Jackson's Submission Fighting gym.

He stands 6 ft. (183 cm) tall and fights in the middleweight division (185 lbs.).

Loiseau has fought for the UFC, EliteXC and TKO and currently fights as a middlewight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

TKO Major League MMA

David Loiseau made his professional mixed martial arts debut on June 2, 2000 for the Canada based, TKO Major League MMA organization at UCC 1: The New Beginning. He was submitted by opponent, Justin Bruckmann with an armbar in the first round.

Loiseau immediately revenged the loss and picked up his first professional victory when he rematched Bruckmann at UCC 2, two months later, defeating him via guillotine choke in 3:07 of round 1.

Later than night, Loiseau stopped future UFC competitor, Steve Vigneault via corner stoppage after 10 minutes.

Loiseau began 2001 with a TKO defeat at the hands of Jason St. Louis. He followed that loss up however with a TKO stoppage over future Xtreme Couture striking instructor, Shawn Tompkins.

After submitting Anis Abdelli in October with a rear naked choke, Loiseau defeated crafty veteran and future UFC competitor, Joe Doerksen via unanimous decision.

By January of 2003, Loiseau had improved to 8-2 with a six fight win streak after having defeated Claudionor Fontinelle, Jesse Jones and then being the first person to stop UFC veteran, Tony Fryklund.

UFC

Shortly after defeating Fryklund, Loiseau was signed to a contract with the UFC. He made his debut at UFC 42 against tough British striker, Mike Weir. Loiseau dominated the bout winning via KO at the 3:55 mark of round 1.

Five months later, Loiseau faced off against Jorge Rivera at UFC 44. For three rounds the two slugged it out with Loiseau using some devastating elbows to open some nasty cuts on the top of Rivera's head. As the fight went on though, Loiseau began to tire and just before the third round was up, Loiseau was dropped heavily by Rivera. The bell sounded before Rivera could pounce but it didn't necessarily matter though as Rivera was awarded the unanimous judge's verdict.

The loss earned Loiseau a trip back to the TKO organization. On February 28, 2004 Loiseau headlined TKO 15 against UFC veteran, Jeremy Horn. Just under a minute in, Loiseau attempted to return to his feet from below side control and was caught in a guillotine choke and forced to submit.

Three months later, Loiseau ended his two fight slide when he knocked out Chris Fontaine in just 13 seconds at TKO 16 to earn the Canadian middleweight championship.

After fighting to unanimous decision victory over Curtis Stout at TKO 17, Loiseau earned a return to the UFC. He faced Gideon Ray at UFC 51 and was crowned victorious at the end of the first round after the ringside doctor stopped the fight.

In June of 2005, Loiseau faced UFC debutant, Charles McCarthy at UFC 53. McCarthy won the first round after using takedowns and superior ground work to negate Loiseau's violent stand-up game. The second round was a different story though as Loiseau began to punish McCarthy on the feet and just under 2 minutes in landed a crippling spinning back kick to the body that made McCarthy back up in agony. Loiseau immediately followed with a flying knee and some follow up punches forcing the stoppage at 2:10 of the round.

At UFC Fight Night 2, Loiseau was matched up against former UFC middleweight champion, Evan Tanner in the biggest fight of his career. Tanner looked good early, scoring takedowns on Loiseau and getting his back. Loiseau fought through that though and once he had Tanner on his feet or on his back he would unleash vicious elbows that opened a series of nasty cuts on Tanner's susceptible face. At 4:15 of round 2, the fight was called due to the facial lacerations on Tanner, giving Loiseau the victory.

The victory over Tanner coupled with his five fight win streak, earned Loiseau a shot at the UFC middleweight title held by Rich Franklin at UFC 58 on March 4, 2006. Loiseau showed tons of heart as he stayed in the bout for the full five rounds even though he was getting battered in all areas. He even managed to drop Franklin with a punch in the third round but Franklin would recover and continue to beat him up giving him a series of hematomas that messed up his face bad. At the end of the fifth round that judges decision came back as a unanimous one in favor of Franklin.

Loiseau hoped to rebound at UFC 63 in September of 2006 against TUF 1's Mike Swick. Things did not go to plan however as Loiseau was tentative for the first two rounds, while Swick capitalized racking up a hefty lead on the judges' scorecards. Loiseau came alive in the third round and pummeled Swick with elbows but it was not enough and we went down via unanimous decision.

Following the bout the UFC released Loiseau from his UFC contract. Loiseau used this as an oppurtunity to sign with upstart promotion, EliteXC.

2007 - 2008

Loiseau had his one and only fight for EliteXC at their inaugural show, EliteXC: Destiny. He faced PRIDE veteran, Joey Villasenor and went down via unanimous decision after three rounds.

Loiseau asked for and was granted a release after the bout and managed to snap his three fight losing streak with an arm triangle choke submission win over Freddie Espiricueta at an Art of War event on May 11, 2007.

In February of 2008, Loiseau returned to Canada and faced off against Jason Day in what was rumored to be a fight that would earn the winner a contract with the UFC and a spot at their first ever event to be held in Canada, UFC 83. Loiseau looked to have won the bout via decision but the judges thought differently as they gave the split decision to Day.

Just under two months later, Loiseau bounced back from the disappointment of the Day bout as he defeated Todd Gouwenberg via unanimous decision.

Loiseau made it three wins in a row when he knocked out Andrew Buckland in 20 seconds and then defeated TUF 3 veteran, Solomon Hutcherson via fifth round TKO in September.

UFC Return

With the three fight win streak, "The Crow" earned a return to the UFC. He will make his UFC comeback in Canada at UFC 97 against TUF 3 finalist, Ed Herman on the show's undercard.