David Loiseau Reportedly Denied License, Off UFC 113 in Montreal
David Loiseau’s return to the UFC has apparently been scrapped as the middleweight veteran was pulled from his rumored UFC 113 matchup against John Salter after the Quebec Athletic Commission denied to license him to fight at the May 8 event in Montreal, The Canadian Press reports.
Loiseau (19-9), a Montreal-native and former 185-pound contender, replaced an injured Nick Catone against Salter (4-1) late last week, but the UFC never officially announced the bout and must now seek another last-minute replacement.
The reason for Loiseau’s removal has not been disclosed.
On Tuesday, the UFC confirmed that heavyweight Tim Hague will fill in for Chad Corvin and face Joey Beltran on the UFC 113 preliminary card, while middleweight Joe Doerksen officially replaced Tim Credeur against Tom Lawlor at the May 8 event.
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Pictured: David Loiseau
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Bummer.
This has been the latest routine in the ufc lately. A lot of last minute changes going on.
The UFC has no control over this.
Damned shame is what this is.
Once upon a time the name of David Loiseau carried a lot of weight in the 185 ranks, and I was interested to see if he could gain any traction with today’s 185ers…
Man that REALLY sucks. Was hoping he would make a triumphant return to UFC. I still think he can be a top contender.
Wonder why he was disallowed, hopefully nothing too serious.
Maybe it was one of those deals where his handlers didn’t get all his paperwork squared away with the proper authorities?
Hopefully not, but I’ve heard the QAC is kind of lax on things.
how can they be lax on things when the last time they did a fight night in montreal they wanted foot stomps and other things to be mnot allowed in the fights…
if anything id say they were the opposite of lax
I just hear they allow questionable fights to happen in amateur and semi-pro MMA fly-by-night promotions.
And if you saw UFC in Montreal last year, there were a foot stompin’ instance or two, and the QAC did nothing about it. It’s just what I’ve heard though…..
And being Canadian and travelling to Montreal a time or few I gotta say things in Quebec as a whole are much more lax.
I have seen elsewhere that it is partly a matter of them being lazy. When Loiseau sold XMMA, the people that bought it then developed ties with organized crime. Because Loiseau used to own the company some how he got associated with the organized crime and the Quebequois (sp?) haven’t conducted the investigation to prove his innocence in a timely manner. However, because in their eyes he has ties to organized crime, he can’t get licensed.
to bad for the crow it seems he has never recovered from the Franklin fight
Agreed, and sharp point.
No one ever talks much about it, but much in the way Anderson Silva irrevocably altered Rich Frankiln’s career, Franklin did the same to Loiseau…
Awww man, I was really looking forward to The Crow’s return. I really hope UFC tries to get him back in the mix again after this unfortunate mix-up… I least I hope it’s a mix-up and nothing that will threaten his chances of ever returning to the Octagon.
Hopefully he got a nice new 4 fight contract before the QAC nixed him.
I think David’s biggest weakness is his wrestling. The Crow has never really been beaten up to the point of stoppage in a LONG time, and I believe he only has 1 TKO/KO loss in mma. I think he is still explosive and strong in striking, but he really gets taken advantage of when the competition hits the mat. Today’s UFC MW division would be an excellent place for the Crow to rebuild his career while he works towards retirement imo. He will never beat A. Silva (in my humble opinion – If Franklin out struck you think of what Silva will do), but guys like Alan Belcher, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlie Silva pose good opponents for him. Also, opponents like Damian Mia and Jason McDonald who are good grapplers but not dominant wrestlers per say would be beatable for him. I think he would suffer the most against Chael Sonen or Nate the Great, Yushin Okami or a few more good 185lb grapplers.
Saying that Loiseau is a weak wrestler is kind of weird since hes been training with GSP for many many yrs(since the start of each others career)
I’m not saying its not true tho.Although I’m from Montreal and been following Loiseau for a long time,I dont wanna pay a penny to watch him fight anymore.I cant get out of my head his last couple fights.You guys should remember his last fight in the UFC(a Mtl card also;UFC 97,I think)
he was fighting…gosh.i don’t remember his name,but hes a red hair fighter(who fought K.Grove in TUF finale)Loiseau was so lame in that bout
he was on his knee for a whole two round,getting his head pound,without even trying to get a better position.
Why would Dana even consider to give him one more chance,i don’t know!
Loiseau must have good friends in the UFC!!!I’m just saying!
No,not for me.The crow do not fly anymore,and he is afraid of the dark.
I’m surprise to see that he still has fans;just 4 that,he better stop the big league fights right here.
The guy he fought is named was Ed Herman, and Ed is a wrestler/BJJ guy but his big skill set is wrestling/GnP. Loiseau also got taken down by Evan Tanner in their fight as well as by Franklin. At least in his UFC fights, wrestling has been his weak point.
I heard he got cleared, but will not fight at 113. Hope he gets one more chance to fight UFC. Gotta love a dude that wants to fight and give his entire purse to Haiti.