MeetFighters News

Dear Fighters, 

New App Version 3.0.0:

Two years ago, we launched our app as a proof of concept to see how many of you would use it on a daily basis. The layout was mostly technical and functional, and more components got glued on over time.

Now we took the time and invested the money to have the app professionally redesigned, and the result is now live in your App Store or Play Store with the Version 3.0 update.

But this update brings much more than better looks and improved intuitiveness. The interactive map, the first part of the What's New page with picture section, future opponents, meetup page, more search options, and many smaller changes and bug fixes are all part of it.

We also added a new authentication system behind the scenes. Now, the app will sign you in securely and seamlessly on the main site if a link points to a part of the site not yet available in the app. No more logging in again when you follow such a link.

Server Migration Complete: 

New Home for MeetFighters!

Some of you might remember the MeetFighters outage back in March 2024. 

As we promised, we took action. Performance issues you may have noticed in April to June were still happening while we were on the old provider. But that’s now behind us. Last month, we completed the move to a new provider and data center. The migration was smooth, and ever since, MeetFighters has been running perfectly. 

To ensure we’re even better prepared for the future, we’ve also set up a hot standby system, hosted by another company in another country, that mirrors the main server in real-time and can take over instantly if needed. (Well, with the push of a button, so someone still has to be awake for that.) 

New Merch!

We’ve finally updated our Merch Shop with three brand new MeetFighters-themed designs after WresteFest Berlin and before Folsom.

If you grab one, you get a cool shirt, but also support MeetFighters directly. If the usual perks of a contribution aren’t your thing, maybe we can tempt you with a cool shirt? Every shirt helps us cover rising server costs and supports the community in more ways than you might realize. 

Over the past year, we’ve reinvested across all our platforms, putting more than $50,000 directly into community events, such as WrestleFest worldwide. These events require significant time and effort from organizers and helpers, but also need genuine financial backing to continue growing and remaining accessible to everyone. 

So if you feel like showing some love for the site, the sport, and the people behind it… 

🏪Check out our shop with the fresh designs!

Folsom 2025 in Berlin 

And speaking of events, as mentioned, MeetFighters & WatchFighters will be at Folsom 2025 in Berlin. Folsom is a non-profit organization that stands up for the rights and visibility of all fetishes, including our fighting fetish. We are happy that our local event organiser, SlovakLeo, has agreed to take on the entertainment coordination and help us create a performance at our booth and even on the stage. We invite all our members to come by and visit us on Saturday, August 30th, between 10:00 and 22:00 in Berlin. 

Join the MeetFighters Folsom Event if you plan to participate.

Stay Safe! 

🏪And don't forget to check out our shop, or support us directly with a contribution.

Best Regards, 

MeetFighters

PS: Enjoying the MeetFighters experience? Show your support with a 5-star rating and review on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Your feedback helps us grow and reach more like-minded individuals. Thank you! ❤️💪

Dear All, 

Folsom Europe is a famous annual queer festival in Berlin. And for the first time, we are attending this event and have a 9 x 3 meter stand, including 3 x 3 meters of wrestling mats! (We'll also have seating, drinks, and a punching bag.) 

Join Us at Folsom

We invite everyone in our community to join and visit us at the Folsom Street Fair on Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 10:00 to 22:00.  You’ll be able to wrestle, hang out, take pictures, join games and competitions, and win prizes.

Represent Our Community

In addition, we're looking for a small group of passionate members to help represent your channel, our fetish, our sport, and the MeetFighters / WatchFighters community.

The idea is to "show, not tell": let people visiting Folsom see what we do for real. In addition to wrestling, there will be opportunities to chat with fans, pose for photos, and maybe even hand out discount codes for your channel. You are also welcome to create content on the mats, film, live stream, or just play around. 

We’ll provide:

• Branded singlets, shorts, and towels (yours to keep!)

• Drinks and snacks, 

• A shower to stay fresh throughout the day

We considered a budget to hire entertainers, but honestly, we’d much rather give that opportunity to members of our community who actually understand what our platform and kink are all about.

Take the Stage

Furthermore, we’re also preparing a live show on the Folsom stage and are looking for members who want to help us bring it to life. Show the world what our community is about.

Recap: 

• 📍 Folsom Europe in Berlin: August 27–31, 2025 
• 🎪 Street Fair Festival: Saturday, August 30 (main event day!) 
• 🕙 Time: 10:00–22:00 
• ✅ We’re looking for creators, volunteers, photographers, and social media pros to bring the stand to life, showcase our fetish, assist with running the stand, and capture the day.
• 🎶 Take part in our live stage show.

If you're in, please confirm your availability for that weekend. More details will follow soon. 

👉 Questions? Ideas? Ready to say yes? Comment below or contact us over support.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

MeetFighters  

Hello Fighters,

Introducing: Improved Profile verification

Picture verification was first introduced to MeetFighters in January 2017. It received a bunch of updates, but ultimately stayed the same system.
It is one of our many steps we take at MeetFighters to keep fakers out and help you find genuine verified profiles.

With the advances of technology, this 8-year-old system reached its challenges - even for a relatively small site like ours - the criminal energy put into it by some members (or should we say, ex-members) was surprisingly high.

To counter that, we developed video verification, which replaces our picture verification, setting the bar of required criminal energy significantly higher to fake your identity.

Our dedication to your privacy

We also decided to build this system from the ground up locally on our server and not use existing 3rd party services, which harvest more data than necessary and might provide it to third parties. Instead, our solution is built in-house and only stored on our local server (following some of the strongest data protection regulations available in the European GDPR act). And we only ask and store information necessary to approve or reject your verification attempt. Of course, the data is not shared or sold.

Because we build the system completely in-house, it might not be as polished and smooth as the one from mega corporations and might even include some bugs or glitches with certain browser versions or cameras. If you stumble over such issues, please let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible, just as we did with our original picture verification system.

Despite the new name, video verification, the end result won't change. After a successful verification, your chosen picture becomes the green tick, which cascades up, making your profile verified.

Free contributor status for 30 days!

As a bonus, each member who uses the new verification for the first time (even if you are already verified!) will receive a 30-day Bronze contribution status for free. (For members who have already contributed, your contribution status will be extended by 30 days too) - I know many might think that sounds like we want to harvest your data, but in fact, we just want to get as many users as possible to use the system so we can monitor and polish our integration. And of course, we want to stay an honest site with real people; a high-quality user base is easily worth 30 days of possible missed earnings.

To help introduce this new system and provide a full overview, watch our video we created:

• Click here to (re)verify your account and grab the 30 day contribution status

If you have any questions or comments, please post them below.

Best Regards,
Admin

Hello Fighters!

WresteFest Berlin is coming soon, and what better opportunity to redesign and open up our internal MeetFighters Shop to the public?

To celebrate WrestleFest Berlin, we limit the designs to Merch for this event, but we will soon add MeetFighters-inspired items, too. We offer a selection of premium T-Shirts, sportswear, hoodies and more.

A portion of your purchase is supporting our site, helping us to sponsor these ever-growing events!

Browse Our Exclusive Designs:
Only available until WrestleFest Berlin is over!

Or look at our Merch Shop with even more designs and color variations!

Happy shopping, and let us know what you think!

Best Regards,
MeetFighters

Dear Fighters,

In November we released our new Event System, and thanks to your feedback, we are adding some incremental improvements.

Most of what will follow is for event organizers; if you aren't one then you are excused. You might still want to check out our handy Wrestlefest overview page.

So what's new for events?

Event pages

You know your main event page? The one that you can edit and customize with up to 20 content blocks? Well now you can have more than one of those!

Use these extra pages to organize all that information that your attendees crave: maybe some 📢 News (for announcements); 🏢 Venues (for location details); ⏰ Schedule (for timing and program) and many more. You can come up with your own page titles too, no need to limit yourself to presets.

Other improvements

• Calendar integration: Your event can now be added to phone and computer calendars with one click.
• Easy sharing – Your browser's address bar now displays the full link, and not only the main event link; this helps point others directly to a specific page within your event
• Optional public view – let non-members see your full event page without the need to login or create an account

We hope you like these changes. Please keep telling us what works and what doesn't - your feedback will help us improve.

And a big thanks to all our Event organizers for bringing our community together.

Best Regards,
MeetFighters