Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (Aug. 11 – Aug. 14) The MMA Corner Staff August 11, 2011 Events Every Thursday, The MMA Corner takes a look at the upcoming weekend’s schedule of small regional and international shows with a focus on UFC and Pride veterans as well as consensus-ranked fighters. Here’s what’s going down between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7: [tabgroup][tab title=”Spotlight Event”] MMA Fight Pit: Genesis (Albuquerque, N.M.; Aug. 13) UFC veterans Houston Alexander (12-6) and Razak Al-Hassan (11-3) collide in the evening’s headlining bout…UFC and Pride veteran Jens Pulver (24-15-1) makes his bantamweight debut against fellow WEC vet Coty “Ox” Wheeler (14-3)…TUF 8 alum and UFC veteran Junie Browning (4-4) locks horns with Jacob Clark (7-3)…TUF 11 alum Jamie Yager (3-2) squares off with Willie Parks (4-0)…No. 8-ranked 106-pound female fighter Angelica Chavez (4-0) meets Diana Rael (2-1)…The event airs live on pay-per-view. [/tab][/tabgroup] Aug. 12 Other Events Gladiators of the Cage: The Road to Glory (Cheswick, Pa.) Legacy Fighting Championships: Legacy Amateur Series (Houston) Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz: Extreme MMA (Sheridan, Colo.) South Texas Fighting Championships 16: All or Nothing (McAllen, Texas) Aug. 13 Brazilian Fight League 13 (Curitiba, Parana, Brazil) Vinicius Vina (17-3-1) goes up against Rafael Mello (5-0). Fight Night Entertainment: Round 16: Combat at the Cabaret (Anacortes, Wash.) UFC veteran Mario Miranda (10-3) takes on Jason Zentgraf (3-0)…The event airs tape delayed on The Fight Network in Canada and live via pay-per-view at GoFightLive. Griggs Entertainment: Coliseum Conflict (Sullivan, Ind.) Bellator veteran Sean Loeffler (24-5) fights Travis McCullough (19-30)…UFC and WEC veteran Steve Steinbeiss (6-4) is also slated to compete at the event. Prestige Fights: Bayou Brawl 4 (New Orleans) Bellator veteran and TUF 13 alum Charlie Rader (15-4) is slated to face Lanny Dardar (6-2). United Fighting Organization: Rumble at the Rodeo (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) WEC and Bellator veteran Dave Jansen (15-2) battles Matt Coble (4-4)…Bellator veteran DJ Linderman (9-2) meets Kyle Keeney (12-5). Other Events Beach Brawls (Seaside, Ore.) Blood and Sand X (Biloxi, Miss.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Brutaal Fight Night: Genesis Myth (Maplewood, Minn.) Cage Fighting Xtreme: Rumble in the Rapids (Grand Rapids, Minn.) Clash in the Rockies: The New Generation (Ignacio, Colo.) Deep: Beach Fight: Mach Festival (Ichinomiya, Chiba, Japan) Elite Championship Cage Fighting 17 (Lenoir, N.C.) Fremont County Stompede (Canon City, Colo.) Gladiator Challenge: Young Guns 6 (Elko, Nev.) Global Warriors Fighting Championship (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Hardrock MMA 39 (Bowling Green, Ky.) Kayo MMA: Home Coming (Watford, Hertfordshire, England) Knucklehead Promotions: Knucklehead Knockdown (Salem, Ore.) Michiana Fight League: Chaos at the Cove (South Bend, Ind.) NAAFS: Midwest Combat Challenge 14 (Akron, Ohio) Next Level Fighting Championships 2 (Elkton, Md.) Rockford Cage Fights: Stateline Warriors 51 (Love’s Park, Ill.) Rumble at Raxx 11 (Port Allen, La.) Tuff-N-Uff: Future Stars of MMA (Las Vegas) Aug. 14 Other Events Gladiator 22 (Gifu, Japan) Rings: The Outsider 18 (Tokyo) Photo: Razak Al-Hassan (Charles Penner/Combat Captured/Sherdog)