Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (Nov. 17 – Nov. 20) The MMA Corner Staff November 17, 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 Nov. 17 and Nov. 20: [tabgroup][tab title=”Spotlight Event”] M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson (Moscow; Nov. 20) In a fight that made Sherdog’s 10 November Tussles Worth Watching, No. 12-ranked heavyweight and Strikeforce veteran Fedor Emelianenko (31-4) locks horns with UFC and Strikeforce vet Jeff Monson (43-12)…Bellator veteran and M-1 lightweight champion Jose Figueroa (10-4) will put his belt on the line against Daniel Weichel (27-7)…UFC veteran Xavier Foupa-Pokam (21-16) squares off with Arthur Guseinov (9-2)…Mairbek Taisumov (15-3) battles Joshua Thorpe (11-6)…The event airs live on pay-per-view and is also available via pay-per-view stream at the M-1 Global website. [/tab][/tabgroup] Nov. 18 Golden Combat (Brasilia, Brazil) UFC veteran Amilcar Alves (11-4) clashes with Shine Fights vet Flavio Alvaro (34-9). North American Fighting Championship: Unleashed (Milwaukee) Sergio Pettis (1-0), brother of UFC fighter Anthony Pettis, collides with Tony Zelinski (2-0)…UFC and Strikeforce veteran Sean Salmon (18-17) meets BJJ world champion Joao Zeferino (6-4)…The event airs tape-delayed via pay-per-view at GoFightLive. Ring of Combat 38 (Atlantic City, N.J.) UFC veteran and TUF 4 alum Pete Sell (9-5) fights Nordine Taleb (5-1)…Bellator and WEC veteran Deividas Taurosevicius (13-5) is slated to face Marlon Moraes (6-3-1)…Bellator veteran Jimmie Rivera (8-1) locks horns with Strikeforce and Bellator vet Anthony Leone (9-5)…UFC veteran Pat Audinwood (9-2-1) squares off with Al Iaquinta (5-0-1)…The event airs live via pay-per-view at GoFightLive. Showdown Fights: Evolution (Orem, Utah) TUF 5 alum Brandon Melendez (26-21) takes on Jarome Hatch (17-10)…Jordan Smith (16-2-1) goes up against Strikeforce and ShoXC veteran Josh McDonald (8-4)…The event airs live via pay-per-view at GoFightLive. Other Events Battlefield Fight League 12 (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Airing live on The Fight Network in Canada Brutaal Genesis (Mankato, Minn.) Classic Entertainment and Sports MMA: Undisputed (Lincoln, R.I.) Cut Throat MMA: Brawl at Bourbon Street (Merrionette Park, Ill.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Dragon House MMA 8 (San Francisco) King of the Cage Canada: Obsession (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) King of the Castle (Kissimmee, Fla.) No Mercy Extreme Fighting: Annihilation 36 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Xtreme Cage Wars 45: Retribution (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Xtreme Fighting League: Xtreme Fight Night 5 (Tulsa, Okla.) Nov. 19 King of the Cage: High Performance (Santa Fe, N.M.) KOTC junior welterweight (160-pound) champion Tim Means (14-3-1) tangles with Bryant Craven (11-8). M-1 Challenge XXIX (Ufa, Russia) UFC veteran Mario Miranda (12-3) meets Bodog vet Dmitry Samoilov (12-5-1)…The main card airs live via pay-per-view stream at the M-1 Global website and the preliminary card airs via free stream on M-1 Global’s Facebook page. Xplode Fight Series: Hillside Havoc (Valley Center, Calif.) Former Sengoku featherweight champion and No. 24-ranked featherweight Masanori Kanehara (17-10-5) makes his North American debut against Brady Harrison (8-5). Other Events 108 Promotions: Danger Zone (Kansas City, Mo.) 5th New Jersey KAPMMA Amateur Championships (Rahway, N.J.) Absolute Action MMA 20: Battle Against Breat Cancer 2 (Florence, Ky.) All Powers Combat 6 (Payson, Ariz.) Battle at the Bend (Great Bend, Kan.) Beat Down at the Barracuda (Portland, Ore.) Brace for War 13 (Townsville, Queensland, Australia) Bushido Hero’s: World Grand Prix Lithuania (Vilnius, Lithuania) Cage Fighting Xtreme 18: Rumble in the Jungle (Plymouth, Mass.) Caged In Promotions: Cage vs. Cons 2 (Pico Rivera, Calif.) Donofrio MMA: Caged Apocalypse (Auburn Hills, Mich.) Extreme Challenge 199 (Bettendorf, Iowa) Fight Night Entertainment: Round 17: Clash at the College (Mount Vernon, Wash.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive FightWorld Cup 10 (Nerang, Queensland, Australia) Gameness Fighting Championship X (Nashville, Tenn.) Goshin Ryu MMA Championships: Total Combat 44 (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England) Hardrock MMA 42 (Bowling Green, Ky.) HOOKnSHOOT (Evansville, Ind.) Kickdown 97: Fight Feast (Casper, Wyo.) Lights Out Combat: Destruction (Marshall, Va.) OneWorld MMA: DC;PRO Fights (Washington, D.C.) Pennsylvania Fighting Championships 6 (Harrisburg, Pa.) Purgatory Fight Series 5 (Toledo, Ohio) Rocktagon MMA: Elite 9 (Cleveland) Tribelate: vol. 35 (Tokyo) Universal Reality Combat Championship 21: Black Tie Brawl (Philippines) USFFB: Collateral Damage (Boone, N.C.) Nov. 20 Other Events Battle Code 3 (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) Cage Fight Series 6: Weinpolter vs. Guelmino (Graz, Austria) Long Beach Fight Night 13 (Long Beach, Calif.) Photo: Fedor Emelianenko (Esther Lin/Strikeforce)