MMA is brutal on attendance. A rough sparring week, a minor injury, a stretch of missed classes, and a member quietly drifts until the auto-pay lapses. The strength-and-conditioning work you preach almost never happens on off days, so cardio and grit slide right before the fights and grading tests that keep people bought in. You feel the churn long before you can name who's about to walk.
- Members train hard in class but skip the S&C and roadwork on off days, so conditioning stalls between sessions
- A missed week snowballs into a canceled membership before you ever get a chance to re-engage the fighter
- Motivation is high right after a competition or grading and evaporates the moment the pressure is off
- Free "do your homework" conditioning plans get ignored because nothing is on the line to enforce them
How Cadoo solves it
Real money on the line makes off-day conditioning stick
Members stake their own money on hitting a training goal — a pushup count, a plank hold, a daily step target. When cash is riding on it, the roadwork and core work you assign actually get done between classes. Fighters are competitive by nature; give them skin in the game and the accountability enforces itself, no nagging from you or your coaches.
Cheat-proof verification your fighters can't game
Cadoo counts and form-scores every rep — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — using AI on the phone camera, so a sloppy half-rep doesn't count. Daily steps are read straight from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. Nobody wins a stake they didn't earn, which is exactly the standard a fight gym runs on. Verified means the conditioning is real, not self-reported.
Leagues, leaderboards, and shareable wins build your gym's culture
Members bet with training partners, climb leagues, and battle for leaderboard spots — the same rivalry energy that already lives in your gym, now running every day of the week. Every win becomes a shareable, skinned highlight clip your members post themselves, putting your gym in front of their followers and turning conditioning into content that recruits.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo help MMA Gyms?
Cadoo keeps your fighters conditioning between mat sessions by letting them stake money with training partners on real fitness goals. Verified workouts make the accountability reliable, and leagues, leaderboards, and shareable highlight clips keep your gym in members' daily routine — reducing the quiet drift that leads to canceled memberships.
How does Cadoo stop members from faking their workouts?
Reps are counted and form-scored by AI from the phone camera — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — so half-reps don't count. Daily steps are pulled directly from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. Fighters can only win a stake on conditioning they actually did to standard.
How do I set up Cadoo for my MMA gym?
Set up a challenge for your members through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or email Tim@cadoo.io and we'll help you get your first money-staked gym challenge running.
Ready to launch a game for MMA gym owners?
Set up a branded, camera-verified fitness game through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or talk to us and we’ll build it with you.