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. ...

Light Heavyweight Li'l Nog, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, scored a TKO over Canadian Todd Gouwenberg at 4:34 of the second session at the Hardcore Fighting Championships in Calgary, Canada Friday. The dominant victory marks Nogueira's first fight since being knocked senseless in 23-seconds by Sokoudjou at PRIDE 33 in February 2007. Nogueira raises his record to 13-3, 2-2 in his last four, while over-matched challenger Gowenberg falls to 7-3 after a four-fight win streak. On a fight card filled with familiar faces, Armenian Gegard Mousasi extends his winning streak to six with a controversial TKO of tough journeyman Evangelista Santos at 3:42 of the first. Mousasi pinned the Brazilian's arm from side control and pummeled, but "Cyborg" Santos seemed to be defending himself intelligently when the referee waved the affair closed. Santos disputed the stoppage. Mousasi improves to 19-2-1 while Santos falls to 15-11. Former UFC middleweight challenger David Louiseau dropped the fourth fight of his last five in a split decision loss to fellow Canadian Jason Day. Day adds a 15th win to a record including five losses, while "The Crow" Loiseau flutters to 15-8. Fresh from fleeing his ProElite contract, Mike Pyle bounced back with a Kimura submission over Croatian Damir Mirenic at 1:24 of the second round. Pyle posts his 15th "W" against five losses and a single draw, while Mirenic looses his second consecutive to fall to 8-4. In an HCF lightweight title fight, American Thomas Schulte choked out Canadian Garett Davis in a rear naked after just 1:15. Also on the card, welterweight Derrick Noble knocked out King of the Cage vet Brendan Seguin. Undefeated middleweight Andrew Buckland made it five in a row with a Kimura submission of Dan Chambers. Costa Rican lightweight Ariel Sexton submitted "The Cowboy" Myles Merola in a rear naked choke at 1:08 of round 2. Heavyweight Miodrag Petkovic split the judges decision with formerly undefeated Tim Hague. Middleweight Nabil Khatib bounced back from a loss to take a unanimous decision over win-less Lucas Rota. And the night began with an armbar submission of lightweight Fabian Cortez by Costa Rican Juan Barrantes. ...