AI MMA Coach
DARCE is an AI app to analyze sparring video in boxing, MMA and BJJ. Upload a round from your phone, the AI reads the exchanges across striking, wrestling and grappling, and you get a coach’s breakdown plus the one position to drill next.
From sparring video to your next fix.
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Film
Record a round on your phone, or pick sparring footage already on it. One video upload from a single fixed angle is enough: no rig, no markers, no sensors.
Round 02 · 02:00 · single angle
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Analyze
DARCE reads the exchanges: strikes, level changes, takedowns, scrambles and submissions.
47 exchanges · 12 positions read
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Breakdown
Get a step-by-step read on where the round turned: what worked, what got countered, and why.
Weakest: takedown defense
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Drill
It hands you the one position to fix next, tied to the moment in your round where it cost you.
Drill next: sprawl timing
Built like a corner, not a highlight reel.
- Technique library
- A library of 90+ techniques across striking, wrestling and BJJ, mapped step by step.
- Weakness detection
- Find the phase of the fight quietly losing you rounds before your opponents do.
- Personalized drills
- Fixes from how you actually fight, each tied to the moment it happened, not a generic curriculum.
- Progress tracking
- Watch your numbers climb round over round, from takedown defense to guard retention.
- Cross-discipline
- One coaching system to analyse striking, wrestling and BJJ together, the way MMA actually works.
- In your pocket
- Your corner, on your phone, not just at next class.
Explore the technique library
Every breakdown links into a library of 90+ named techniques, each mapped step by step.
Key facts about DARCE
- DARCE analyses a filmed round of live sparring, read position by position across the whole round, in BJJ, wrestling, striking and MMA, and the same four analyses read sparring in Muay Thai, kickboxing, judo, sambo, no-gi grappling and other martial arts.
- The analysis is not limited to a technique list: it names what happens in the round from a vocabulary of 260+ positions, moves and finishes across the four martial arts, while the 90+ technique library is a separate step-by-step reference you can read free on darce.app.
- A DARCE breakdown has four parts: a round summary of who controlled the round and where it turned, a position timeline mapped to the second, the key moments that decided it, and up to 3 fixes, each tied to the moment it happened with one line on why.
- A breakdown is usually ready one to two minutes after the upload finishes.
- Film on your phone from a single fixed angle, in landscape, at about chest height for stand-up and higher, angled down, for rolling; no rig, sensors or markers are needed, and a round of up to 2 minutes can be analysed.
- DARCE is a mobile app for iOS and Android with no web or desktop version; it is in private beta, onboarding the first 50 founding testers from the waitlist at darce.app/join, and is not yet publicly downloadable.
- DARCE is free for founding testers during the beta, and pricing after the beta has not been announced.
Questions before you start.
Can an AI really coach MMA?
Not the way your coach does, and it is not trying to. DARCE gives you the film review most hobbyists never get: a clear read on your exchanges and one position to work on, so your mat time and your coach’s attention go further.
What footage do I need?
Just your phone. A single fixed angle of a live sparring round is enough. No rig, no sensors, no markers.
When can I use it?
DARCE is in private beta and we are onboarding 50 founding testers first. Join the waitlist and you will get the launch email the moment it opens.
What does it cost?
Founding testers get free access through the beta. Pricing comes later, and early testers will have a say in it.