If you are out of high school, or a grown adult and you are taking self defense as a grown man to learn how to street fight or protect your self, then you should have been doing that in the 5th grade don't you think? Late bloomer huh?
 
When you hit someone and don't leave an apparent damage then it is 306 dollars class c misdemeanor. A ticket. If you leave damage then it is a felony up to jail and 15 thousand dollars fine probation restitution.

That being said, if you are fighting a lot then you should multiple charges on your criminal record for fighting.  Fighting people in your own gym, and not seeking out true organized fight competitions is very small pond and brings little if any credibility.

All of your fighting styles have competitions. Yes there are rules for each art but, it gives people a chance to test their skills in sanctioned events. You will be fighting usually good matched up opponents.

If you are thinking about proving to yourself as a man, just based your ability to street fight, or beat another man, then your not a man. You are still a child. Grown adults become athletes and fight in competition. Even kids do it while they are growing up. If your over 20 and still think or want to dominate anyone with ability to fight then you need help mentally not physically. They have drugs and therapy for that.

Fighting in front of hundreds or thousands of people against real good trained fighters is what being a man is all about.

There is more on the line then just some local tuff guy bullshit. Real fighters, fight so much that is the last thing they think about is street fighting.

Every time I here someone blast another fighter who fought in the big show then you are usually looking a child mentally and not a man. They are running their loud mouth that would have been shut, or at least be respectful if they were real fighters, and respected a good ass whipping. All real fighters have had their ass whooped. It doesn't matter how good you are no one is beyond an ass whooping and it happens to everyone.

If you want to prove yourself then prove it in the ring, on the mat, or in the cage.

Until you man up and do that then to real fighters you’re just a child running your little mouth. You have to earn the right to fight real fighters. That means start a fight carrier so everyone can see your bad self become a man. You earn your manhood in the ring not in the street.