Suspected mob ties keep Loiseau from fighting this week

The Canadian agencies that oversee the fight game are a tough bunch to figure out. It seems like every event or proposed events the UFC attempts to bring north have to jump unforeseen hurdles. The UFC and one its fighter got wrapped into a crazy scenario last week where suspected ties to organized crime delayed a fighter getting his license for UFC 113 this week in Montreal. David Loiseau, a veteran of eight UFC fights, which included one last year at UFC 97 in Montreal, was denied a license by The Régie des Alcools, des Courses et des Jeux (Regulators of Alcohol, Racing and Gaming). The issue? Quebec officials said that Loiseau was tied to organized crime because he owned a minority stake in the XMMA, a small MMA Quebec-based fight promotion. Without the time to wait for an appeal or investigation to be completed, the UFC had to dump Loiseau and replace him with Jason MacDonald to face John Salter. "It’s ridiculous how they came up with this reasoning that I&rs...