I've been out for a few days so I'll go in order to reply... Northern Ogre...I'm not looking for "controlled" contact fighting but I also don't want UFC style fighting...I'm looking for FULL contact with low-kick fighting. Knockdown...I've been to the websites you suggested and as far as I can tell I don't yet qualify to fight in any of their fights...if I misunderstood the rules for joining please let me know. MMouse...In the club or school that I train in, I'm the only one that is interested in competitions. Everyone else is just in to self defense. But my trainer is setting up some fights for me I just wanted to know about any more that I could let him know about. As far as being a self trained warrior, YES! Before I got a trainer I was self trained and did very well. But I'm smart enough to know that a person can only go so far without a trainer. Even in my business I have trainers for finances and such. And my trainer also told me that I'm the best student he's ever had and that I should have no problem in the ring. So my self training has paid off.