Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (March 1 – March 4) The MMA Corner Staff March 1, 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 March 1 and March 4: [tabgroup][tab title=”Spotlight Event”] Titan Fighting Championship 21 (Kansas City, Kan.; March 2) UFC and Sengoku veteran Jorge Santiago (23-10) locks horns with Bellator vet Leonardo Pecanha (14-7)…Pride and Bellator veteran Fabio Mello (9-6) squares off with Josh Huber (7-2)…Joe Ellenberger (12-1), brother of UFC fighter Jake Ellenberger, battles Jesse Zeugin (7-2)…The event airs live on HDNet. [/tab][/tabgroup] March 2 Other Events Arnold’s Amateur MMA Festival (Columbus, Ohio) Cage Combat 8 (Humble, Texas) Extreme Fighting Championships Africa 12 (Johannesburg, South Africa) Omaha Fight Club 87: Improved (Omaha, Neb.) Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz/The Beatdown: Domination of Warriors (Sheridan, Colo.) South Texas Fighting Championships 19 (McAllen, Texas) Texas Rage in the Cage 13 (Beaumont, Texas) Xtreme Fight Events: Cage Wars 13 (Chester, Pa.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive March 3 Industry of Combat New Zealand 16 (Auckland, New Zealand) Bellator veteran Sam Alvey (17-3) tangles with Brandon Ropati (3-0). Jewels: 18th Ring (Tokyo) Roxanne Modafferi (15-9) takes on fellow Strikeforce veteran Takayo Hashi (13-4)…The event airs tape delayed on The Fight Network in Canada. Lion’s Fight 1: The Beginning (St. Petersburg, Russia) No. 5-ranked 145-pound female fighter Yana Kunitskaya (6-1) is slated to face Anna Melikhova (0-0). MEZ Sports: Pandemonium 6 (Riverside, Calif.) No. 9-ranked 115-pound female fighter and Bellator veteran Carla Esparza (6-2) clashes with Angela Magana (10-4)…The event streams live on Sherdog. Other Events Barbarian Fight Club: Unleashed (Amelia, Va.) Budofights: MMArch MMAdness (Bend, Ore.) Cage 18: Turku (Turku, Finland) Cage Brawl Fighting Championships: March Mayhem (Appalachia, Va.) Deep: Amateur Deep (Tokyo) Driller Promotions/SEG: Downtown Showdown 3 (Minneapolis) Hard Knocks Fighting Championship 21 (Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada) Airing tape delayed on The Fight Network in Canada. Havoc in Hartselle MMA Challenge (Hartselle, Ala.) King of the Cage: Future Legends 5 (Las Vegas) Knockout Events: Pheasant City Fight Night IV (Redfield, S.D.) Pancrase: Progress Tour 2 (Osaka, Japan) Tabernacle Fight Party (Atlanta) Xtreme Fight Events: Cage Wars 14 (Chester, Pa.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Photo: Jorge Santiago (R) battles Demian Maia (James Law/Heavy MMA)
