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

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

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) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor ( ...

EliteXC Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States–based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on Decem ...

, 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 Stanley Rimsky Salgado (born 12 September 1980), known by his stage name Imposs, is a Haitian-Canadian rapper, musician, singer and songwriter based in Quebec. Before becoming a solo artist, he was part of Muzion, one of the well-known hip hop ...

and Stand-up comedian Eddy King.

Biography

David Loiseau was born in

Montreal, Quebec Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

, Canada to

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

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 Mark Weir by KO. Later in the year, at

UFC 44 ''UFC 44: Undisputed'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 26, 2003, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in ...

, 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

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. He then lost back-to-back unanimous decisions in 2006, to

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at UFC 58 and to

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at UFC 63. In 2009, after going 4–2 in smaller promotions, Loiseau returned again, losing another unanimous decision to

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. 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

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. 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 Christopher McNally 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

** UFC Encyclopedia Awards *** Fight of the Night (Two times) *** Knockout of the Night (Two times) **UFC.com Awards ***2005: Ranked #10 Knockout of the Year & Ranked #8 Fight of the Year ***2006: Ranked #8 Fight of the Year *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

All news and interviews concerning David Loiseau from the French Canadian website UltimeFanatic.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Loiseau, David 1979 births Black Canadian mixed martial artists Black Canadian sportsmen Canadian male mixed martial artists Canadian male taekwondo practitioners Canadian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Haitian Quebecers Living people Middleweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing taekwondo Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Martial artists from Montreal Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters