Unless you have found a really comfortable rock to live under, you have probably heard of AI and its endless potential to generate fakeness. 

Unfortunately, by mid 2026 some AI models are capable of generating or manipulating images and videos that are indistinguishable from reality. If you think you are too sophisticated to be fooled, you are either wrong already, or will be wrong in a matter of months with the next generation of models that will be even more powerful. This train is not stopping, if anything, it is just getting started.

For a site like ours this is a potential disaster. Sure, any online meeting place has fake accounts, or accounts using photos taken from the web. From that point of view, nothing has changed. What has changed is ease of access to tools that can create a fake account, and the ability to target. You can create an idealized version of yourself, in high quality gear and a lot fitter than you ever have been, standing in a ring, or performing a perfect technique that you have never been able to do in real life.

From the perspective of a professional fake, this is a game changer. (And thus, it is a game changer for us as well.) We still have our existing defenses (past opponents and recommendations) to fall back to, but a new person joining the site would have neither of those.

To illustrate the point, guess which of these is AI generated:

• https://www.meetfighters.com/photo/1980118
• https://www.meetfighters.com/photo/1944935
• https://www.meetfighters.com/photo/1983396

So what can you do? There is nothing you can do to reliably spot AI fakes. They are only going to get more convincing, more realistic and harder to detect.

Somewhat counter-intuitively, the best way to protect yourself from being fooled, is to verify your account.

What?
How does that help you?

It helps indirectly. If every genuine person on this site verifies their account, the fakes won't have a large crowd of unverified accounts to hide among. Those very enticing photos without verification will become warning labels.

This is what you can do today, to protect yourself, and protect everyone else.

Site policy changes

When a newly uploaded images is detected to be either AI generated or a screenshot, it will be watermarked as such. These photos can be used normally but they cannot be your avatar photo. Naturally, the photo must still depict you and represent your current age, level of fitness, etc. We are not giving anybody a license to be deceptive, but if you wish to place yourself in a different environment or blur out a background item, or remove an identifying tattoo using your AI powers, go ahead with that.

With this small change, you can upload your AI-Slop, but it wont be the main attention of your profile.

The watermark is there so viewers can draw their own conclusions.

We will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves and update these policies. We are open to suggestions and will try to react to new developments in the AI frontier.

In general, we are supporting and highlighting profiles and pictures from natural real persons, and pushing AI-Pictures into a corner of your profile. While at the same time, want to allow the use of these technology where it makes sense, removing identifying body marks, or other humans, landscape or signs from the background.

Photo Peer Review Changes

Our lives have been getting progressively more complicated. To make it a tiny bit simpler, two review categories ("clean" and "mild") have been merged into one. The new category includes both fully clothed and shirtless photos.

App Update

The MeetFighters App has been updated to version 4.2.0. This new version includes support for scheduling meetings (a.k.a. "Future Opponents") and many small improvements. Download it now (or whenever Apple and Google are done reviewing it)!

Keep Fighting, Stay Safe,
The MeetFighters Team

Hi Fighters,

We’ve rolled out an update to the MeetFighters messaging system:

Don’t forget: Everyone can now create group messages in MeetFighters! Just click the plus icon on your mail page and select “Create new Group.”

With your feedback, we’ll keep improving this feature. The first wave of improvements has already been released over the past days, available right now on the website, and soon in our App.

New Features

• Reactions to messages
• Edit sent messages
• Member count in groups
• Drag & drop images
• Paste images from the clipboard

Improvements

• Streamlined main menu

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing message sound effects
• Fixed pinned messages not updating properly
• Fixed the issue where deleted conversations remained visible in the main list

Additional Updates

• Improvements to the video generation of “Share my profile”

New Language

• MeetFighters is now available in Ukrainian

Cheers,

MeetFighters

Dear Fighters,

2026 marks the first year that MeetFighters celebrates the National Exuberance Day of Lichtenstein, the most festive holiday of this small but exuberant country. We are happy to announce that one hundred members will have a chance to win the "🏆 MeetFighters Exuberance Prize", a special prize awarded to our most exuberant members.

The prize includes:

• A MeetFighters hoodie
• A MeetFighters baseball hat
• A lifetime free membership to MeetFighters
• An official MeetFighters Ambassador title
• A private dinner with the MeetFighters team
• Elephant
• A car

You may have noticed that the internet has become a very noisy place. Attention is a scarce resource, and competing for it can be challenging, especially when you are competing in the same space as mega-corporations with huge marketing budgets. The voice of a small site like MeetFighters can easily get drowned out in the noise. 

This is where you come in! Become our Ambassador by sharing your love for fighting, and by extension, for MeetFighters. By sharing your passion for fighting and our site, you can help us reach more people who share the same interests. Use your mighty voice to help us grow! This benefits you as well. Who knows how many new friends and opponents you will find by sharing us?

To make it easier, we have created a special page where you can generate either a still image or a short video to share on your social media, group chats, or wherever your voice carries best. You can find it here: https://www.meetfighters.com/profile-share

So what's in it for you? Besides the warm and fuzzy of helping a community grow, we are also happy to introduce the MeetFighters Ambassador Program!

• To become an Ambassador, tell people who sign up to let MeetFighters know that you referred them. (They can do that by entering your username in the referral field during sign-up or by mentioning you in a message to us.)
• Reach 10 referrals, and you will receive a special "Voice of MeetFighters" badge on your profile.
• Reach the most referrals in each quarter, and you will become the "Ambassador of MeetFighters" for the next quarter. This comes with a special badge and a shoutout on our social media channels (which we don't have yet, but if you are good at managing these, reach out to us!) You will also get to pick an item from our merchandise store for free, and get free contributor membership for a year!
• Become our Ambassador again by maintaining the highest referral count in subsequent quarters, and we will bury you under our love and appreciation! (Actually we haven't yet figured out what the reward will be for repeat Ambassadors, but we promise it will be good!)

Group Messages: Now Even Better

A big thank you to everyone who attended and organised WrestleFest NYC; You put our group messaging feature through its paces as a real-world stress test, and the feedback was gold. Many of the improvements were already quietly pushed; today we're rolling out the rest:

• Mute groups: silence the chatter when you need to focus on your next match
• Pin conversations: keep the important stuff at the top
• Reply to messages: finally, proper threaded replies
• More context options: open profiles directly from within a conversation
• Secure group invite links: group admins can now share a link to invite new members safely
  
  

Video Update

Our video service has just received an update. The core concept (you can upload a short video to embellish your profile) remains unchanged. Under the hood, we have introduced a more modern video codec to improve video quality and reduce file sizes, allowing for smoother playback. Additionally, videos are now displayed more prominently on the "What's new?" page. Otherwise, the upload process remains the same and other than a bump in quality, you won't notice any difference.

Release

Both the group message improvements and profile sharing are available on the website right now.
App version 3.8 is currently being reviewed by Apple and Google and will bring the group message features to the app.
App version 3.9 will follow shortly after, bringing the profile sharing feature to the app. In the meantime, you can use this feature via the website link.

Bugs and feedback

As always, if you find any bugs or glitches, please let us know by commenting below or by opening a support ticket. Only when we know about issues can we fix them.

We also want your feedback on our mail messenger: what’s the one thing that would make you switch to WhatsApp and co., and what are you missing?

Keep on fighting, 

MeetFighters

Hi Fighters!

Following up our last site news where we introduced the beta mail, we are now happy to bring a long awaited feature to our mail interface:

 Group messages!

As of right now, you can create group messages on our site!

I don't think it requires any explanation. It works just like every other messenger app. Create a group, and invite your friends, all within MeetFighters!

You are in full control; nobody can pull you into a group. You must actively accept the invite. 

Important: Group messages are still in the beta branch; we are aware of missing functionality, like muting, pinning, and certain message-related quick actions. (Be ready and annoyed by a bunch of updates in the following days.)  

Group messages are only available on the website; an update to our app will be released in the next few days. 

How to use it? 

Simple, on the beta mail page, click the + button to create a new group, then invite your MF frenemies.

If you want to join the mail beta, contact us via support.

If you notice any mail related issues, let us know. 

Happy testing, 
MeetFighters

Update - 8th of February 2026

The new mail page is now live for all!