At a glance
- Japanese website launched in 2003
- Published by Yoshikura Design
- Daily updates, with extensive coverage of Japanese kickboxing
Overview
eFight is a Japanese combat sports news site launched in 2003. It is published by Yoshikura Design and runs in Japanese at efight.jp. The site covers MMA, boxing, kickboxing, muay thai and karate, with new stories every day. In September 2026 it was still posting fresh articles daily, more than twenty years after launch.
Japanese kickboxing, a major draw in Japan, gets a lot of space alongside MMA. That makes the site useful for tracking fighters who cross over from kickboxing to MMA or go back and forth between the two. eFight's X and Instagram accounts share new stories throughout the day.
What you'll find
You'll find daily combat sports news, event results, video, technique content and a fitness section. Articles cover fight announcements and results, with a strong focus on Japanese events. The site also covers muay thai and karate, disciplines that many MMA-focused outlets leave aside.
The technique section explains moves and combinations. The fitness section speaks to people who use combat sports as a way to train. Video rounds out the articles with event clips and technique demos. Taken together, the site works as both a news feed and a practical resource.
Why follow
eFight gives you broad coverage of the Japanese scene, well beyond MMA alone. If you follow RIZIN or Japanese fighters in the UFC and ONE, the site helps you get to know the kickboxers and karate fighters who move in and around those promotions. Daily publishing makes it a steady news feed you can check each morning to see what happened in Japan the night before.
The technique section is worth a look if you train, with breakdowns you can take into the gym. If you don't read Japanese, browser translation handles results and announcements well. The X account lets you keep up without opening the site every day, and the Instagram account adds its posts to your feed.
MMA Official's take
eFight is for fans who want to follow the whole Japanese combat sports scene, from MMA to kickboxing and karate. Start with the homepage for last weekend's results, then follow the X account to get new stories every day.
If you train, head to the technique section next and pick a demo in your discipline. It is a simple way to get something practical out of a Japanese site even if you only read it through translation.