When do the online wins officially count

If I wanted to pull after the fight knowing I lost and I lost the final round, when does the win count officially for the other person. Does it count when the final menu show telling me to save a replay etc. or before it. The one time I actually consider it even alittle is after losing the final round(I never pull when the game can still be decided regardless) but if I pull then can I do it in a way to where the enemy would still get their win and I still get a lose and it doesn't effect that aspect of the game.

Second of all how is it possible to for one person to actually disable my 360 online connect by pulling themselves after officially losing the match not during the fight negating any online progress my I would have done it if it were allowed to count. I had others pull on me but I never lost my online connect entirely because of it. Does the fact that I was hosting it mean anything because I was hosting the match at the time.

 

Just don't pull. If you lose and you want that to be your last game of the day, just wait a few seconds and turn the machine off after you return to the lobby. Surely you can't be too busy to wait 5 seconds - if their win didn't count, they've every reason to be pissed off at you.

There's never a time you should ever pull out of a game.

But I'm guessing it's when the replay comes on the win/loss counts.

 

if im correct the match starts as soon as the VS screen pops up
i could be wrong but when i lost my half a bar it qas xuz i lagged out right there

 

Yes, the match officially starts after both players hit "READY". One time I realised I was about to get in a fight against one of those idiots that join sessions while their sisters are in YouTube and I pulled during the VS screen. I lost half of my progress bar, grrrrrrr.