"The Crow" Flies High at Home

Former UFC middleweight contender “The Crow” David Loiseau (16-8) righted his fluttering career Saturday night with a unanimous decision victory over Todd Gouwenberg (7-4) at Hardcore Championship Fighting’s event in Loiseau’s home nest of Gatineau, Quebec.

Gouwenberg, perhaps only notable after giving “Minotoro”Antonio Rogerio Noguiera (13-3) a spirited round-and-a-half before being TKO’d, was thoroughly dominated as “The Crow” pecked at him with sharp elbows.

Louiseau, who had won just one of his last five, took the cards by scores of 30-25 and 30-26 twice, fairing far better than fellow former UFC fighters on the undercard.

Light heavyweight Rob MacDonald (5-3) dropped a unanimous decision to Team Oyama’s “Sick Dog” Hector Ramirez (7-3-1); and, welterweight Gideon Ray (14-8-1) also failed to convince the judges in a UD “L” to “The Thrill” Nabil Khatib.

Light heavyweight Brent Beauparlant (7-5) won a unanimous decision over Amir Rahnavardi (9-9) before his fellow Quebecois.

“The Handler” Dan Hornbuckle (15-1) submitted middleweight Andrew Buckland (5-1) in an armbar at 3:34 of round one.

Featherweight Bill Boland (4-0) remained undefeated with a TKO of “Hasa” Michal Hamrsmid of Bohemia.

“The Sargeant” Jameel Massouh (16-3) scored a UD over “The Cowboy” Myles Merola (9-5) at featherweight.

Brazilian middleweight Rodrigo Ruas (4-5-1) submitted countrymen “Ossoduro” Marcus Vinicios (4-5) in an arm triangle choke 52-seconds into round three.

Former welterweight PRIDE fighter “Nino” Antonio Schembri (5-4) got back in the black with an armbar submission “The Bighouse” Daniel Grandmaison at 2:37 of round one.