I can see the desire to make the contest more interesting in principle - just Spirit Combat vs Might doesn't sound very exciting, and it isn't if you run it that way.
But its no more of a problem than two people fighting being Close Combat vs Close Combat.
The contest is basically Spirit Combat vs Might, but both sides can (and will, if you want to make it interesting), use feats etc, augment with techniques like chanting, potions. The community can help, or companions can augment in different ways, or the shaman can call up useful spirits to help, etc. Plus the normal stuff about size of AP etc.
This comment should be regarded as a complement to Johns suggestions - the drama that he describes can include lots of different rules techniques.
Cheers David
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