David Loiseau (; born December 17, 1979) is a

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former

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

from

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. He has fought in the

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

, EliteXC, and TKO Major League MMA veteran. He is the former TKO World Middleweight Champion and former two-time TKO Canadian Middleweight Champion. He was also a former TPF Middleweight Champion. He was the first French-speaking Canadian to fight in the

. Loiseau has also played a gang member in French-Canadian movie ''La rage de l'ange''. Loiseau wrote and acted in a short film calle
Keelos
featuring hip-hop artist Imposs and Stand-up comedian Eddy King.

Biography

David Loiseau was born in

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, Canada to

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an parents. He had expressed his concern for the people of Haiti and for his grandparents who were still residing in

at the time of the earthquake of 2010. He has urged people to donate and to help the country as much as they can. "I don't want to sleep," he said. "I want to get the message out."

MMA career

UCC

Loiseau began his MMA career fighting for the Canadian-based Universal Combat Challenge (UCC) (later sold and renamed TKO Major League MMA.) He earned a record of 8-2, including wins over Shawn Tompkins,

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and

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

Loiseau made his UFC debut in April 2003 at UFC 42, defeating

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by KO. Later in the year, at UFC 44, he lost a unanimous decision to Jorge Rivera. After going 2-1 in the TKO promotion, Loiseau returned to the UFC in 2005 with TKO wins of Gideon Ray, Charles McCarthy and Evan Tanner. He then lost back-to-back unanimous decisions in 2006, to

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UFC 58 ''UFC 58: USA vs. Canada'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the Unite ...

and to Mike Swick at UFC 63. In 2009, after going 4-2 in smaller promotions, Loiseau returned again, losing another unanimous decision to Ed Herman at UFC 97. He was subsequently released from the UFC. After a TKO win over Chester Post at '' MFL 2 - Battleground'', Loiseau returned to the UFC and lost to Mario Miranda via TKO on June 12, 2010, at UFC 115. He was again released from the UFC following this loss.

Independent Promotions

In his first fight after his last UFC release, Loiseau defeated Leopoldo Serao at ''Tachi Palace Fights 8: All or Nothing'' for the TPF Middleweight Championship via TKO in the fifth round, when the doctor declared Serao too badly cut to continue. Loiseau was expected to defend the title at ''TPF 10'' on Aug 5, against Givanildo Santana. But on July 28, 2011, Loiseau's agent announced he had sustained an injury which would require surgery, and would not be able to fight. Loiseau later revealed in an interview with KORE Vision that he underwent two surgeries, one in September and the other in November 2011, for an inside and outside meniscus repair in his left elbow. Loiseau made his return to the cage to defeat

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by TKO at the CES event ''Real Pain'' on October 6, 2012, at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in

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. Loiseau was scheduled to fight in Calgary on July 12, 2013 against Marcus Vinicius for

Aggression Fighting Championship World Series of Fighting (Canada) formerly Aggression Fighting Championship, Aggression MMA and Armageddon Fighting Championship is a Canadian Mixed Martial Arts promotion based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The promotions made their debuts i ...

20, but the Calgary commission did not allow that fight. He instead fought in Montreal at Challenge MMA 2 on August 17, taking a unanimous decision from Caleb Grummet. Loiseau was scheduled to fight Mike Kent on October 25, in the main event of ECC 18 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Loiseau won the ECC Light-Heavyweight title with a quick TKO over Kent. Loiseau faced Dwayne Lewis on June 7, 2014 in the main event at WSOF Canada 2. Loiseau lost via unanimous decision.

Filmography

Loiseau was co-featured in a mixed martial arts documentary ''The Striking Truth'' (2010) alongside

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. In 2012, Loiseau was the main character in a reality TV show ''Crowtime'', focusing on following Loiseau around the world searching for training.

Personal life

After his retirement from MMA, Loiseau has been running his own professional MMA gym ''Crow training center'' in his native Montreal. Alongside his own business, Loiseau also teaches at Montreal Wrestling Club and Jorge Santiago's Xcell Jiu-Jitsu in

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Championships and accomplishments

*Extreme Cage Combat **ECC Light Heavyweight Championship (One time, current) * Tachi Palace Fights ** TPF Middleweight Championship (One time) * TKO Major League MMA/UCC **TKO World Middleweight Championship (One time) **TKO Canadian Middleweight Championship (Two time) *Brazilian Jiu Jitsu **Awarded black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on May 17, 2017 by Jorge Santiago

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

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TRISTAR GYM
- Popular training facility for Montréal-based MMA fighters.
Crowmma.com
David 'The Crow' Loiseau The Official Website

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