Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (Dec. 1 – Dec. 4) The MMA Corner Staff December 1, 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 Dec. 1 and Dec. 4: [tabgroup][tab title=”Spotlight Event”] Tachi Palace Fights 11: Redemption (Lemoore, Calif.; Dec. 2) Bellator veteran Georgi Karakhanyan (16-3-1) battles Strikeforce vet Isaac DeJesus (9-3) for the vacant Tachi featherweight championship…Bellator veteran Ulysses Gomez (8-2) and Cody Gibson (5-1) vie for the vacant Tachi bantamweight title…2011 NCAA Div. I wrestling champion Bubba Jenkins (0-0) will make his professional MMA debut against Josh Williams (0-0)…UFC and WEC veteran Francisco Rivera (5-2) squares off with Brad McDonald (7-1)…The event streams live on the Sherdog website. [/tab][/tabgroup] Dec. 2 Fight Game: Premier Event (Frisco, Texas) Bellator veteran Jason Guida (18-26), brother of UFC fighter Clay Guida, is slated to face Matthew Thompson (0-2)…WEC veteran Eric Schambari (15-4) takes on fellow Bellator vet Bubba McDaniel (18-6). Instinct MMA: Instinct Fighting 2 (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) UFC and Strikeforce veteran Pete Spratt (23-21) fights Martin Grandmont (12-5)…UFC and Bellator veteran Waylon Lowe (11-4) meets Tim Wadsworth (5-0)…The event airs live on pay-per-view. Shooto: Brazil 27 (Brazil) Hacran Dias (19-1-1) locks horns with Paulo Dantas (20-7). Xtreme Fighting Championships 15: Tribute (Tampa, Fla.) Bellator veteran Eric Reynolds (13-5) takes on Strikeforce vet Jonatas Novaes (9-3)…No. 10-ranked 115-pound female fighter and Bellator veteran Carla Esparza (5-2) clashes with Bellator vet Felice Herrig (5-3)…TUF 5 alum and UFC veteran Corey Hill (4-4) battles TUF 13 alum and Bellator vet Charlie Rader (16-4)…TUF 6 alum and Strikeforce veteran John Kolosci (15-8) tangles with UFC and Bellator vet Ryan Thomas (12-7)…The event airs live on HDNet. Other Events CDM Promotions: Elite Amateur Combat 1 (Spring, Texas) Cut Throat MMA: Invasion 4 (Aurora, Ill.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Donofrio MMA: Beatdown (Saginaw, Mich.) Renaissance MMA 22: Destruction in December (New Orleans) Dec. 3 Pancrase: Impressive Tour 13 (Tokyo) Manabu Inoue (14-6-2) puts his bantamweight King of Pancrase title on the line against fellow Sengoku veteran Shintaro Ishiwatari (10-4-4)…A champion will be crowned in Pancrase’s new flyweight (120-pound) division when former 125-pound champ Mitsuhisa Sunabe (14-7-4) meets Hiroyuki Abe (8-3)…Sengoku veteran Kazuki Tokudome (9-2-1) clashes with Isao Kobayashi (9-1-3)…UFC veteran Keiichiro Yamamiya (40-27-10) squares off with Shingo Suzuki (6-4-3)…UFC veteran Koji Oishi (21-8-8) locks horns with Dream vet Katsuhiko Nagata (6-7-2)…Jon Shores (8-0) looks to remain undefeated when he faces Sengoku veteran Tomonari Kanomata (19-6-6). Premier Fighting Championship 7 (Amherst, Mass.) UFC and Affliction veteran Dan Lauzon (15-4) tangles with Anthony Kaponis (4-4)…UFC veteran Ricardo Funch (7-2) takes on Bellator vet Ryan Quinn (6-2-1). Score Fighting Series 3: Meltdown in the Valley (Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) UFC and Dream veteran Rich Clementi (42-20-1) is slated to face IFL vet Chris Clements (9-4)…UFC and WEC veteran John Alessio (33-14) battles Strikeforce and WEC vet Ryan Healy (19-9-1)…Bellator veteran Travis Reddinger (16-3) goes up against John Fraser (9-3)…The event airs tape delayed on The Score in Canada. Ultimate Challenge MMA 25: The Beatdown (London) UFC and Pride veteran Mark Weir (20-18-1) defends his K1 middleweight title against Louis King (0-0). Xtreme Fight Events: Cage Wars 12 (Chester, Pa.) TUF 12 alum and Bellator veteran Jeff Lentz (7-2-1) fights Strikeforce vet Billy Vaughan (11-9). Xtreme Knockout 13 (Arlington, Texas) UFC and Pride veteran Anthony Macias (26-16) locks horns with Bellator vet Brandon McDowell (32-33). Other Events Beija-Flor Fight Combat (Nilopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Brutaal: All-American Cage Fights (Maplewood, Minn.) Budo Fights 6: Pretaliation (Bend, Ore.) Cache Valley Clash 1 (Hyde Park, Utah) Cage Fighting Xtreme: The Brainerd Armory (Brainerd, Minn.) Cage Warriors Fighting Championship: Scottish Fighting Challenge 5 (Glasgow, Scotland) CageSport 17 (Tacoma, Wash.) Conflict MMA Promotions: Fight Night at the Point 3 (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) Elite Championship Cage Fighting 19 (Hickory, N.C.) Epic Fighting 9: CA State Finals (San Diego) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Fighter Extreme Championship 2 (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Full Contact Fighting Federation: Rumble at the Roseland 60 (Portland, Ore.) Golden Fight 3 (Macapa, Amapa, Brazil) Impact Fighting Championship: Kings (Bismarck, S.D.) Iron Warrior Fight League: Awakening (Muncie, Ind.) Kickdown 98: Conquer (Denver) NAAFS: Midwest Combat Challenge 17 (Akron, Ohio) NFC 5: Caged on Campus (Nelsonville, Ohio) Road FC: Young Guns 1 (Seoul, South Korea) Road FC 5: Night of Champions (Seoul, South Korea) Showtime Fights 2 (Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Thunderbolt Cage Challenge 1 (Waterford, Mich.) Warfare MMA 3: ISKA State Championship Grand Prix (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Dec. 4 Gladiator Championship Fighting 7: Redemption (Prague, Czech Republic) Tor Troeng (13-4-1) meets Andre Reinders (17-9-3). Other Events Demolition Xigma: Enthusiasm (Hiroshima, Japan) Gladiator Challenge: Season’s Beatings 3 (San Jacinto, Calif.) Rings: The Outsider 20 (Tokyo) Photo: 2011 NCAA Div. I wrestling champion Bubba Jenkins trains for his MMA debut (Dave Mandel/Sherdog)