WHICH FIGHT CLUB
WOULD TAKE YOU?
Most people who want a fight apply to the wrong org, with the wrong message, and hear nothing. Eight questions sort out the first part. The result is the organization most likely to say yes to you as you are today, and a sentence for every reason.
33 orgs · routes checked 2026-09-15 · no sign-up to see your top match
The scoring
WHAT THE QUIZ MATCHES ON
Each answer does one of two things to an organization: rules it out with a stated reason, or moves its score. The highest score among the organizations still standing is your match. Defunct organizations are always ruled out, and any whose activity could not be confirmed this year lose 10 points.
- 01
Where are you? / How far will you go?
- Rules out
- An organization that runs no cards in your country, unless you said you would travel anywhere. In the US, one based outside your state and its neighbours when you said your city only.
- Score
- Up to +30 for one based in your own state and +20 next door, +15 to +20 elsewhere in your country, +10 in your region if you will travel anywhere. −5 if it is further than the drive you named.
- 02
How old are you?
- Rules out
- Everyone, if you are under 18. Any organization whose published minimum or maximum age you fall outside. If you tick "I am a woman", any organization with no women's bouts on record (1 in the dataset).
- Score
- None. Age is a yes or no.
- 03
What do you actually train?
- Rules out
- Nothing on its own.
- Score
- +30 if the organization runs a format you train, −25 if it runs none of them. +15 everywhere if you pick “whatever gets me a fight”.
- 04
How much have you done?
- Rules out
- Any organization whose realistic floor is above you. The five levels: never trained; training, no live sparring yet; sparring regularly, no bouts; amateur or unlicensed bouts; professional record.
- Score
- +20 if you are exactly the level it matches, +15 one level above, +10 further above, but −5 if you are well over the level of a beginners’ show. +15 more at organizations that take complete beginners if you have never sparred.
- 05
Do you need to be paid?
- Rules out
- Every unpaid organization, if you answer that you need to be paid.
- Score
- +15 for paying organizations if you need pay. If pay would be nice: +10 paid, −5 unpaid.
- 06
Do you have footage?
- Rules out
- Nothing.
- Score
- −15 at organizations that ask for fight or sparring footage if you have none, +5 if you have it (3 in the dataset ask).
- 07
How legal does it need to be?
- Rules out
- Everything that is not commission-sanctioned, if you choose sanctioned only.
- Score
- −10 for unsanctioned organizations if grey area is your limit. +5 for every sanctioned organization.
It does not ask your weight, height or record. Those go in the application itself, not into choosing where to send it. The quiz ranks; the exact application routes, what each matchmaker selects on and the message to send are in the Get On A Card kit ($37). For a broader directory that is not limited to these 33, use the Fight Club Finder.
The dataset
THE 33 ORGANIZATIONS THE QUIZ CHECKS
Every fight club, backyard promotion, white-collar series and sanctioned route the quiz can recommend, with what each one takes and how it takes applications. 26 were running when checked, 6 could not be confirmed as active and 1 has stopped. Unconfirmed and defunct rows show the last evidence we found.
33
Organizations
26
Active
89
Sources read
54/64
Routes verified
| Organization | Base | Formats | Entry level | Pay | Legal | How to apply | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · 14 | ||||||||
| StreetBeefs (HQ, Virginia) Unpaid amateur bouts in Winchester, Virginia, matched by weight and discipline; takes complete beginners at 18 with ID and your own gear. | Winchester, Virginia, United States | boxing, kickboxing / Muay Thai, MMA, grappling | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | Facebook group, Email, Web form3/3 routes verified | Active | streetbeefshq.com6 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| StreetBeefs West Coast The StreetBeefs branch that says it out loud: post sparring footage in the group, stay active, and organisers pick from the post. | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | boxing, kickboxing / Muay Thai, MMA | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | Facebook group, Instagram DM2/2 routes verified | Active | streetbeefshq.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| StreetBeefs Dirty South (Texas / Arkansas) The Texas and Arkansas StreetBeefs branch: same no-pay model, Facebook sign-up, matched live on the day by weight and style. | San Antonio, Texas, United States | boxing, kickboxing / Muay Thai, MMA | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | Facebook group, Web form2/2 routes verified | Active | huffpost.com4 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| The Scrapyard (StreetBeefs Scrapyard) Monthly unpaid amateur cards in a backyard cage near Gig Harbor, Washington; 18 to 60 with ID, matched on the day by weight and experience. | Gig Harbor, Washington, United States | boxing, kickboxing / Muay Thai, MMA | never trainedAge 18–60 | Unpaid | Grey area | Facebook group, Email1/2 routes verified | Active | streetbeefshq.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Rough N' Rowdy (Barstool) Barstool's paid amateur boxing PPV for untrained fighters, three one-minute rounds; dormant since August 2024, so check before you plan around it. | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States | boxing | never trainedAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Web form1/1 routes verified | Unconfirmed RnR 25, 2024-08-09. The participate page says 'No upcoming events' on 2026-09-15; Instagram silent since May 2025. | help.roughnrowdybrawl.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Backyard Squabbles A South LA gym whose mixers put first-timers in front of a crowd; the door is the gym itself, and 2026 cards are unconfirmed. | Carson, California, United States | boxing, MMA | never trainedAge 18+ | Unknown | Sanctioned | In person, Instagram DM2/2 routes verified | Unconfirmed Sanctioned amateur MMA card 2024-07-20; Instagram active into 2026 but no 2026 card verifiable | eventbrite.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| East Bay Rats fight parties Oakland motorcycle-club fight parties where anyone in the room can volunteer; no schedule, no sign-up, no pay. | Oakland, California, United States | boxing | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | In person, Email2/2 routes verified | Active | eastbayrats.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship The sanctioned bare-knuckle major: open tryouts anyone can attend, but contracts go to people with a record, finishes and a reason. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | bare-knuckle | amateur or unlicensed boutsAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Web form, In person3/3 routes verified | Active | bkfc.com5 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (US) A pro bare-knuckle roster built by a matchmaker; no amateur door in 2026, whatever the 2025 press release said. | Miami, Florida, United States | bare-knuckle | professional recordAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Email1/1 routes verified | Active | bkbbareknuckle.com2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA Jorge Masvidal's gloveless pro MMA promotion; name fighters only, no application route. | Miami, Florida, United States | MMA, bare-knuckle | professional recordAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Email1/1 routes verified | Active | gamebredfc.com1 source · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Valor Bare Knuckle A pro bare-knuckle promotion with two cards in four years and no sign of a third. | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | bare-knuckle | professional recordAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Instagram DM1/1 routes verified | Unconfirmed VBK 2, 2023-10-27. Website blank; Instagram silent since February 2024. | valorbk.com2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Power Slap Dana White's sanctioned slap league casts from a web form that wants a photo, a short why, and your socials; no experience required, heavy medicals if picked. | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | slap fighting | never trainedAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Web form, Email2/2 routes verified | Active | powerslap.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| USA Boxing amateur route The sanctioned US route: register, get a passbook and a physical, and let a registered club's coach match you at a show; novices only fight novices. | Your nearest registered club, United States | boxing | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Sanctioned | Web form, Through a club2/2 routes verified | Active | usaboxing.org3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Sanctioned amateur MMA (US state bodies) The sanctioned US MMA route: a licence, medicals, and a gym whose coach books you with a regional promotion; you never apply to a card yourself. | Your gym's fight team, United States | MMA | training, no live sparring yetAge 18+ | Unpaid | Sanctioned | Through a club, Web form3/3 routes verified | Active | camo-mma.org4 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Europe · 8 | ||||||||
| King of the Streets Gothenburg's no-rules club: apply by Telegram DM with age, weight, records and any street background; only the winner is paid and the bout is illegal everywhere it happens. | Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden | bare-knuckle, MMA | sparring regularly, no boutsAge None published | Paid | Unsanctioned | Telegram2/2 routes verified | Active | kingofthestreets.com4 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Ultimate Underground Fights (Denmark) KOTS's Danish sister card, run by the same crew and reached through the same Telegram matchmaker; no rules, cage, illegal. | Copenhagen, Denmark | bare-knuckle, MMA | sparring regularly, no boutsAge None published | Unknown | Unsanctioned | Telegram1/1 routes verified | Active | kingofthestreets.com2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Strelka Street Fight Championship Open-entry no-time-limit fights across Italy and beyond: register online, pick a tournament, send a video, hold insurance; men 18+, any level. | Rome, Lazio, Italy | MMA, boxing | never trainedAge 18+ | Paid | Grey area | Web form, Email, Phone4/4 routes verified | Active | tronmma.com4 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Top Dog Fighting Championship Moscow's arena bare-knuckle league reads Telegram applications only if they lead with competition footage; a queue of thousands, pay discussed after approval. | Moscow, Russia | bare-knuckle | amateur or unlicensed boutsAge 18+ | Paid | Sanctioned | Telegram, Web form2/2 routes verified | Active | topdogfc.ru3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| FPVS No-rules concrete fights around Nice and now Paris; Instagram DM is the only door and it does not answer. | Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France | bare-knuckle, MMA | sparring regularly, no boutsAge None published | Unknown | Unsanctioned | Instagram DMRoute unverified | Active | apocalypse-confidential.com2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Mahatch Fighting Championship Kyiv's bare-knuckle promotion has not run since February 2022. | Kyiv, Ukraine | bare-knuckle | professional recordAge None published | Unknown | Grey area | Telegram1/1 routes verified | Defunct Mahatch FC 9, 2022-02-19. Website unreachable; Telegram channel silent. | linktr.ee2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Calcio Storico Fiorentino Florence's Renaissance bloodsport: legal, unpaid, and open only to those born there or resident ten years, through one of four neighbourhood associations. | Florence, Tuscany, Italy | MMA, grappling | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Sanctioned | Through a club1/1 routes verified | Active | comune.firenze.it(the sign-up page itself; linked in the kit)1 source · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Armoured combat (buhurt) via a German club Full-contact steel-armour fighting through a German club: free trial, 18+, no experience needed, a year before you compete. | Berlin, Germany | armoured combat | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Sanctioned | Web form, Email2/2 routes verified | Active | worldofbuhurt.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| United Kingdom · 11 | ||||||||
| Ultra White Collar Boxing Eight weeks of free training, then a matched bout in front of the ten people whose £25 tickets you sold; unregulated, legal, medics on the night. | 100+ towns, UK-wide, United Kingdom | boxing | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | Web form, Email3/3 routes verified | Active | boxingnewsonline.net4 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| White Collar Fighter White-collar boxing in nine northern and midland cities plus London: 18 to 55, twice-weekly training, medics on the night, a few pounds of kit. | Manchester, North West England, United Kingdom | boxing | never trainedAge 18–55 | Unpaid | Grey area | Web form, Email, Phone3/3 routes verified | Active | whitecollarfighter.com(the sign-up page itself; linked in the kit)1 source · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Ultra MMA UWCB's MMA sister: eight weeks of free gym training, ten tickets, a £50 pledge, a black-tie card. | Various, England, United Kingdom | MMA | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | Web form, Email1/2 routes verified | Active | whitecollarmma.org2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| The White Collar Fight Club (London) A London charity fight camp, boxing or Muay Thai, eight weeks, beginners only, no cash reward. | London, Greater London, United Kingdom | boxing, kickboxing / Muay Thai | never trainedAge 18+ | Unpaid | Grey area | Web form1/1 routes verified | Active | thewhitecollarfightclub.co.uk(the sign-up page itself; linked in the kit)1 source · checked 2026-09-15 |
| King of the Ring (Manchester) Manchester's monthly unlicensed boxing night: three one-minute rounds, waivers, medics in the corners, and a card filled from a group chat at short notice. | Manchester, North West England, United Kingdom | boxing | never trainedAge None published | Paid | Grey area | Instagram DM, Facebook page, In person1/3 routes verified | Active | manchestermill.co.uk2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| StreetBeefz UK A small North East 4oz-glove boxing promotion, five shows to March 2025 and nothing found since; apply if the form comes back, or train with a founder. | Middlesbrough, North East England, United Kingdom | boxing | never trainedAge 18+ | Unknown | Grey area | Web form, Through a club1/2 routes verified | Unconfirmed Streetbeefz 5, 2025-03-01, Harrow. No 2026 show found; the site refused connections on 2026-09-15. | northumberlandgazette.co.uk2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Ultimate Bare Knuckle Boxing A Warrington bare-knuckle academy that invites fighters from its open training days; no card since 2024 that we could find. | Warrington, North West England, United Kingdom | bare-knuckle | never trainedAge None published | Unknown | Grey area | Web form, Facebook pageRoute unverified | Unconfirmed Last dated card 2024-09-28 (Manchester). The site describes ongoing training days but did not resolve on 2026-09-15. | ubkb.uk(the sign-up page itself; linked in the kit)2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| BKFC UK BKFC's UK arm runs four or five arena cards a year; the only door is the global tryouts form and a Prospects undercard for people with a record. | Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, United Kingdom | bare-knuckle | amateur or unlicensed boutsAge 18+ | Paid | Grey area | Web form2/2 routes verified | Active | bkfc.com3 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (UK cards) BKB's UK arena cards are pro-only, matchmaker-built; the amateur route the old guides describe never existed in the UK. | London, England, United Kingdom | bare-knuckle | professional recordAge 18+ | Paid | Grey area | Email1/1 routes verified | Active | bkbbareknuckle.com2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| Spartan Bare Knuckle Fight Club Hay-bale pit fights around Manchester with no written application, a 'licensed' claim nobody can source, and a company dissolved in June 2026. | Oldham, North West England, United Kingdom | bare-knuckle | sparring regularly, no boutsAge None published | Unknown | Grey area | Facebook page, Instagram DMRoute unverified | Unconfirmed Store lists Fight Fest 7 (2026-08-29, £60) and other 2026 series; the limited company was dissolved 2026-06-16 | sbkfc.myshopify.com2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
| England Boxing amateur route The regulated UK route: an affiliated club, a £14 registration, a £20 medical, and a coach who books you when you are ready; competition to age 40. | Your nearest affiliated club, England, United Kingdom | boxing | never trainedAge 18–40 | Unpaid | Sanctioned | Web form, Through a club2/2 routes verified | Active | englandboxing.sport80.com(the sign-up page itself; linked in the kit)2 sources · checked 2026-09-15 |
Pay, legal status and entry level are the dataset’s fields as recorded; “Unknown” means the organization has not made it public. The exact links, handles and addresses behind “How to apply” are in the kit.
Methodology
HOW THIS LIST WAS BUILT
Each row was compiled from the organization’s own channels and from public reporting: 89 sources across 33 rows, recorded per row and dated with the day its application route was opened. Every row was checked on 2026-09-15, and no row has been re-checked since. A field that could not be confirmed is left as unknown, never filled with a guess, and a route whose page was down or behind a login on the day is marked unverified: 54 of 64 routes were confirmed working.
A verification script re-requests every application route that is a web address and flags any marked verified that no longer responds. Facebook, Instagram and Telegram often block automated checks, so those are confirmed by hand on the verification date. Where this list disagrees with older guides, including some on this site (StreetBeefs has run its yard in Winchester, Virginia, not Harrisonburg, since January 2024), the list is the version that was checked.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
How does the quiz decide which fight club would take me?
It scores the 33 organizations in the table on this page against your eight answers: where each one runs cards, its realistic experience floor, its age limits, whether it pays, whether it asks for footage, its legal status and whether it is still running. Hard limits exclude an organization outright; everything else adds or subtracts points, and every point comes with a sentence explaining it.
Which fight clubs take complete beginners?
16 of the 33 organizations we checked are active and take people who have never trained. Outside any commission: StreetBeefs (HQ, Virginia), StreetBeefs West Coast, StreetBeefs Dirty South (Texas / Arkansas), The Scrapyard (StreetBeefs Scrapyard), East Bay Rats fight parties, Strelka Street Fight Championship, Ultra White Collar Boxing, White Collar Fighter, Ultra MMA, The White Collar Fight Club (London) and King of the Ring (Manchester). Sanctioned or regulated: Power Slap, Calcio Storico Fiorentino, Armoured combat (buhurt) via a German club, USA Boxing amateur route and England Boxing amateur route. Rough N' Rowdy (Barstool), Backyard Squabbles, StreetBeefz UK and Ultimate Bare Knuckle Boxing also take beginners, but their activity could not be confirmed when we checked. The ones that do not: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Top Dog Fighting Championship and BKFC UK want amateur or unlicensed bouts; BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (US), Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, Valor Bare Knuckle and BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (UK cards) want a professional record. Strelka Street Fight Championship has no women's bouts on record.
Which fight clubs pay their fighters?
12 of the 33 pay fighters in some form: Rough N' Rowdy (Barstool), Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (US), Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, Valor Bare Knuckle, Power Slap, King of the Streets, Strelka Street Fight Championship, Top Dog Fighting Championship, King of the Ring (Manchester), BKFC UK and BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (UK cards). 14 pay nothing: StreetBeefs (HQ, Virginia), StreetBeefs West Coast, StreetBeefs Dirty South (Texas / Arkansas), The Scrapyard (StreetBeefs Scrapyard), East Bay Rats fight parties, Calcio Storico Fiorentino, Armoured combat (buhurt) via a German club, USA Boxing amateur route, Sanctioned amateur MMA (US state bodies), Ultra White Collar Boxing, White Collar Fighter, Ultra MMA, The White Collar Fight Club (London) and England Boxing amateur route. For the other 7 (Backyard Squabbles, Ultimate Underground Fights (Denmark), FPVS, Mahatch Fighting Championship, StreetBeefz UK, Ultimate Bare Knuckle Boxing and Spartan Bare Knuckle Fight Club) pay is not public, so the table says unknown rather than guessing. Most of the paying ones (7 of 12) want amateur bouts or a professional record before they book you.
How do you apply to a fight club?
15 of the 33 had a web form or online sign-up page that worked when we checked; the other 18 take applications some other way. Counting every channel each organization uses (most use more than one), the other doors are email (12), a Facebook group or page (7), Instagram direct message (6), a registered club or gym (5), Telegram (4), turning up in person (4) and phone (2), by number of organizations. 54 of the 64 application routes on file were opened and confirmed working; the table shows the count for each org. Knowing the channel is the easy half. What each matchmaker selects on, and a message written to it, are what the Get On A Card kit adds.
How old do you have to be to join a fight club?
26 of the 33 publish a minimum age, and every one of them sets it at 18. The other 7 (King of the Streets, Ultimate Underground Fights (Denmark), FPVS, Mahatch Fighting Championship, King of the Ring (Manchester), Ultimate Bare Knuckle Boxing and Spartan Bare Knuckle Fight Club) publish none. The quiz treats 18 as the floor for every organization regardless. Upper limits are rare: The Scrapyard (StreetBeefs Scrapyard) (60), White Collar Fighter (55) and England Boxing amateur route (40).
Do I have to give my email to see the result?
No. The top result and the reasons behind it are free with no email. The full ranked list, including every org that would not take you and why, is sent to your email so you can come back to it.
Does the quiz guarantee a fight?
No. It tells you where an application is most likely to get a yes. Getting the yes is the application itself, which is what the Get On A Card kit is for: the exact route, what the matchmaker selects on, and a message written to it.