UFC Grid is a daily 3x3 guessing game. Every square sits where a row and a column cross, and it needs a fighter who satisfies both at once — a Lightweight who came up through wrestling, a Brazilian who has held a UFC title, a Heavyweight with a boxing base.
You are dealt exactly nine fighters for nine squares, so every card has a home and there is always a way to finish. No typing: tap a fighter then tap a square, or tap a square first and then the fighter — both directions work. Tapping a filled square takes the fighter back out for free, because the whole puzzle is working out which square each one belongs in. Several fighters fit more than one square, so spending a flexible one too early can strand the square that needed them. Only dropping a fighter somewhere they genuinely do not fit costs one of your three misses.
Everybody in the world gets the same grid on the same day, and a new one arrives at midnight your time. Every square always has at least one former or current champion among its valid answers, so no square is ever a pure deep-cut trap.
Rows are weight divisions (Flyweight up to Heavyweight, plus the women's divisions) and countries. Columns are martial-arts backgrounds — wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing, sambo, karate — and UFC Champion, meaning the fighter has held an undisputed UFC belt at some point.
A fighter counts for any division they actually competed in, not just the one they are best known for. That is the part that trips people up: Conor McGregor answers a Featherweight square and a Lightweight square, Daniel Cormier answers both Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight, and Georges St-Pierre answers Welterweight and Middleweight.
The score keeps two numbers: how many squares you filled, and how many you filled with someone who never held a belt. Nine out of nine is good. Nine without leaning on champions is a flex.
If you like this, the daily UFC quiz is ten multiple-choice questions with a brutal finish, and UFC Higher or Lower is ten head-to-head stat duels. All three are free, browser-only and reset once a day. The full lineup lives on the free MMA games hub.
How do you play the UFC grid game?
You get nine fighters for nine squares. Tap a fighter then tap the square where the row and the column both describe them, or tap the square first and then the fighter. If the row says Lightweight and the column says Wrestling, that square needs a lightweight with a wrestling base. Taking a fighter back out of a square is free; only a fighter who genuinely does not fit costs one of your three misses.
Is there a new grid every day?
Yes. One grid per day, the same for every player worldwide, rolling over at midnight local time. The game shows a countdown to the next one.
Does a fighter count for more than one weight class?
They count for every division they actually fought in inside the UFC, so a fighter who moved up mid-career answers squares in both divisions.
Is it free?
The daily grid is free forever, with no signup and no download. It runs in your browser and your streak saves locally.