Humanoid robot fighting leagues: the 2026-27 calendar

As of 16 October 2026, eleven leagues are on record in humanoid robot fighting. Only one, Ultimate Bots (UFB), has published a dated calendar running into 2027. The others have either just fought, or have promised more without a date. This page sets out each league's 2026 so far and what is announced next. For dated fight nights in order, see roboxing.tv/schedule; for results, roboxing.tv/results.

THE ONLY DATED CALENDAR: ULTIMATE BOTS (UFB)

Season 2 has five stops on ultimatebots.com/schedule: TwitchCon San Diego (12 to 15 November 2026), IEEE Humanoids in Santa Clara (7 to 9 December), CES in Las Vegas (5 to 7 January 2027), Big Game Weekend in Los Angeles (11 to 13 February) and NVIDIA GTC in San Jose (15 to 17 March). The listed ranges appear to be the span of each show, not fight days. An earlier announced opener at F1 Austin (21 to 24 October) is no longer on UFB's schedule. Detail: roboxing.tv/competitions/ufb.

LEAGUES THAT HAVE ANNOUNCED MORE, WITHOUT DATES

Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL, EngineAI, Shenzhen). Opening round on 16 July 2026 in Shenzhen, a City Tour Challenge in Shanghai on 19 September. A group stage is reported for October and a grand final for Dubai in December 2026 or January 2027; no fixture date has been published for either. A fighting club planned for Baoshan, Shanghai has no opening date. See roboxing.tv/competitions/urkl.

CyberHero (Hero Esports, Riyadh). Launched on 9 September 2026 with an invite-only night and no live stream. Hero Esports announced an eight-stop inaugural season across the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Asia; no city or date is published. See roboxing.tv/competitions/cyberhero.

Shadow Combat League (Kuala Lumpur). Held New Dawn MY on 3 October 2026. SCL says its next fight event is in the first quarter of 2027, with no date or city. See roboxing.tv/competitions/shadow-combat-league.

CMG2026 Robot Mecha Fighting Competition (China Media Group, CCTV). Unveiled on 10 June 2026 in three stages: an industry expo, qualification rounds, and a championship finale described as full-size autonomous combat. No finale date or venue is published. See roboxing.tv/competitions/cmg-2026.

World Humanoid Robot Games. Held in 2025 and 2026. A 2027 edition is an inference from that pattern, not an announced date; the event is a broad robotics games, with fighting as one part.

LEAGUES WITH NO PUBLISHED NEXT DATE

ARC (Katena, Singapore). Staged ARC Night Singapore on 7 October 2026. Its site lists Dubai and the Americas as in planning; there is no date. See roboxing.tv/competitions/arc.

RFC (AICON, Singapore). Its 9 October 2026 showcase was billed as leading up to an official launch of the league. No launch date, season format or result has been published. See roboxing.tv/competitions/rfc.

REK (San Francisco). REK Deathmatch took place on 9 October 2026. REK rarely publishes a forward calendar, and rek.com/fights loads its content with JavaScript, so we could not read it: whether REK has announced its next card is unverified. See roboxing.tv/competitions/rek.

Unitree's Iron Fist King and EngineAI's Mecha King are single-brand events with no announced follow-up on record.

WHAT THE CALENDAR SHOWS

October 2026 was the busiest month on record, with SCL, ARC, RFC and REK all fighting between 3 and 9 October. The next dated fight night is five weeks later, on 12 November in San Diego. After that, every dated stop through March 2027 belongs to a single league, UFB. Any fight night outside UFB's circuit in this period would be a new announcement.

Where to watch each league is at roboxing.tv/watch. This page is updated when a promoter announces a date.