David seems like a great guy and class act. He's still pretty young so he has time to improve and as a guy who has already had a title shot that sounds dangerous. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately depending on your perpective, he also has room to improve. Loiseau is a guy you just can't help but cheer for, at least I can't. The only significant names he has beaten are Joe Doerksen and Evan Tanner. In terms of worlwide MMA Loiseau really doesn't rank in the top ten.
Striking : Loiseau is a pretty good striker who is more unorthodox than fearsome. If he works hard on his Muay Thai he could be damn good, he has a ton of potential in that regard.
Grappling : On the ground his back defense and his elbow from guard are what he is known for and for good reason. This skillset gives him a pretty good all around ability but he is not overwhelming anywhere.
Control : The Crow hasn't shown much ability or lack thereof in the areas of taking his opponent down or sprawling (keeping from being taken down).
Chin : Going five rounds with then champion Rich Franklin showed a solid chin and tons of determination as David was thoroughly roughed up. Combine that with his grappling defense and you have a guy that can go the distance with a lot of guys.
How to attack : Still a striker the best thing to do would be to take him down and mount him. His ground defense is damn good so just pound on his ribs and keep top position and worse case scenario eke out a decision or break a rib. I know, not very exciting.
What to work on : I think David would be best suited to keep working the muay thai and sprawl. With an improved standup game that would relegate his groundgame to secondary weapon status he looks much more dangerous.
Mike Swick recently beat the ghost of David Loiseau, not the real thing. It was horrible to look at and I think it even left a bad taste in Swick's mouth. I really hope the young Canadian can get it together and get back into contention.
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