Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (Feb. 9 – Feb. 12) The MMA Corner Staff February 9, 2012 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 Feb. 9 and Feb. 12: [tabgroup][tab title=”Spotlight Event”] Xtreme Fighting Championships 16: High Stakes (Knoxville, Tenn.; Feb. 10) UFC veteran and former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner (18-6-1) locks horns with UFC and Dream veteran Drew Fickett (41-16)…UFC veteran and TUF 5 alum Corey Hill (5-4) squares off with Bellator and EliteXC vet Nicolae Cury (6-2)…No. 10-ranked 125-pound female fighter Marianna Kheyfets (4-0) battles Heather Clark (4-1)…The event airs live on HDNet. [/tab][/tabgroup] Feb. 10 Legends of Fighting 51: Little Giants (Indianapolis) UFC veteran Sean McCorkle (14-2) is slated to face Mike Williams (3-1)…UFC veteran Chris Price (19-3) clashes with Ray Lopez (6-3). Ring of Combat XXXIX (Atlantic City, N.J.) TUF 12 alum and Bellator veteran Jeff Lentz (8-2-1) takes on Giovanni Moljo (4-4)…UFC veteran Pete Sell (9-6) goes up against Strikeforce vet Mitch Whitesel (17-20)…The event airs live via pay-per-view at GoFightLive. Other Events Gladiator Championship Fighting 8: Back in the Fight (Pribram, Czech Republic) PA Cage Fight 10 (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Sports Fighting League: Gateway to the Top Amateur Tournament (St. Charles, Mo.) Feb. 11 Aggression MMA 9 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Ryan Ford (16-4) battles Ricky Goodall (9-4)…UFC veteran Victor Valimaki (16-8) goes up against Tim Chemelli (8-1). Cage Warriors Fighting Championship: Fight Night 3 (Beirut, Lebanon) TUF 6 alum and UFC veteran Tom Speer (19-5) clashes with Mats Nilsson (7-1-1)…TUF 12 alum and UFC veteran Kyle Watson (13-7-1) is slated to face Juha-Pekka Vainikainen (18-5-1)…The event airs live on The Fight Network in Canada. Draka: Governor’s Cup 2012 (Khabarovsk, Russia) UFC and Strikeforce veteran Jeff Monson (43-13) takes on Alexander Illiasov (1-1). Hoosier Fight Club 10 (Valparaiso, Ind.) WEC and IFL veteran L.C. Davis (16-4) meets Strikeforce vet Christian Uflacker (3-0). Legend Fighting Championship 7 (Cotai, Macau) Dream veteran Myung Ho Bae (12-5) fights Jingliang Li (6-1)…Michael Mortimer (15-4) squares off with Sengoku veteran Taiyo Nakahara (12-6). One FC 2: Battle of Heroes (Jakarta, Indonesia) UFC and IFL veteran Rolles Gracie (5-1) collides with Pride and Dream vet Bob Sapp (11-9)…Gustavo Falciroli (11-3-2) meets Soo Chul Kim (4-2). The Big Lot: Cummings vs. Stafford (Springfield, Mo.) Strikeforce veteran Zak Cummings (13-3) faces fellow Bellator vet Lamont Stafford (3-2)…The event airs live via pay-per-view at GoFightLive. Verdict Fighting Championship 1 (Moscow) No. 5-ranked 145-pound female fighter Yana Kunitskaya (5-1) fights Ekaterina Saraykina (0-0). Other Events 618 MMA: Midwest Pride IX (Sparta, Ill.) Art of War Fighting Championships (Indianapolis) Battlefield Fight League 13: Uprising (Vernon, British Columbia, Canada) Airing live on The Fight Network in Canada. Cut Throat MMA: Babes and Brawls X (Ford Heights, Ill.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Dragon House MMA 9 (San Francisco) Elite Championship Cage Fighting 20 (Hickory, N.C.) Extreme Challenge 204 (Freeport, Ill.) Fight Night Entertainment Round 18: Clash at the College (Everett, Wash.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Fresh Army MMA: Throwdown in the Fort 2 (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Global Fighting Alliance 17: Top Shelf Fights (Youngsville, La.) IT Fight Series (Bellefontaine, Ohio) King of Jacksonville #1 (Jacksonville, N.C.) Midtown MMA: Midtown Throwdown 3 (Eugene, Ore.) New England Fights: MMA Fight Night (Lewiston, Maine) Nitrix: Champion Fight 10 (Camboriu, Santa Catarina, Brazil) No Mercy Extreme Fighting: Annihilation 38 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) North American Fighting Championship: Wisconsin Fighting Championship (Milwaukee) Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz/The Beatdown: Cold Wars: Prelude to Glory (Denver) Shuriken MMA: Retribution (Auckland, New Zealand) Spartan Fighting Championship 12: Invasion (Morehead, Ky.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Sterling Entertainment Group: Live MMA at Primetime (Burnsville, Minn.) The Rise of a Warrior 5 (Fort Pierce, Fla.) Airing live via free stream at GoFightLive United Fighting Federation XI: Conflict at the Cotillion (Wichita, Kan.) Valentine’s Massacre (Little Rock, Ark.) VFC Fight Night: Junction City 2 (Junction City, Kan.) Xtreme Caged Combat: Wreckage (Philadelphia) Feb. 12 Shooto: Gig Central 24: Love and Courage (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) TUF 8 alum and UFC veteran Shane Nelson (15-5) locks horns with Takasuke Kume (10-1-4). Other Events Rings: The Outsider 20 (Tokyo) Photo: Jamie Varner (Keith Mills/Sherdog)
