Shadowbox
Guess the mystery MMA fighter in 8 tries. A new fighter steps in every day, pick a promotion and start jabbing.
Every stat below is UFC-only, fights, wins, division and debut count this promotion, not the fighter's full MMA career.
UFC
Mystery fighter
Has at least 5 fights in UFC
Next fighter in
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FighterFightsAgeHeightDivisionWinsDebut
How to play
- Pick a promotion, each one hides its own mystery fighter every day.
- Type any fighter from that promotion and submit the guess.
- Tiles show how close you are: green is a match, yellow is close (a neighboring division; within 2 years, fights, inches or wins), gray is a miss. Arrows point toward the answer's value.
- Find the fighter within 8 guesses to keep your streak alive, then share your result.
Good to know
- All stats are scoped to the selected promotion. A fighter's fights and wins count only their bouts in that org, so their wins here are usually fewer than their all-time MMA record.
- For promotions with official rankings (UFC today), the daily mystery fighter has been ranked in the top 10 at least once.
- The mystery fighter always has at least 5 fights in the selected promotion, no one-fight unknowns.
- Each fighter's division is the one they have fought in most within that promotion, not their latest bout.
- Every promotion gets its own new mystery fighter at midnight UTC.
- Tap a guessed fighter's name to open their full profile.
Tile guide
- Green, exact match
- Yellow, close: within 2 (fights, age, height, wins, debut) or a neighboring division
- Gray, no match
- Arrows point up or down toward the mystery fighter's value
FAQ
- What is Shadowbox?
- Shadowbox is a free daily guessing game, Wordle for MMA. Guess the mystery fighter in 8 tries using clues about their fights, age, height, division, wins, and debut year.
- When does a new puzzle start?
- A new mystery fighter is drawn every day at midnight UTC, separately for each promotion.
- Which promotions can I play?
- UFC, PFL, ONE Championship, RIZIN, KSW, ACA, and OKTAGON, each has its own daily fighter drawn from real fight data on UFCalendar.
- Where does the fighter data come from?
- From UFCalendar's own database, the same records, bios, and fight histories that power our event coverage.
- Why don't the stats match the fighter's full record?
- Every stat in Shadowbox is scoped to the promotion you're playing. Fights, wins, division and debut year count only that org's bouts, so a fighter's wins here are usually fewer than their all-time MMA total.