Kota Ibushi has offered one of the most personal updates of his career following a second surgery on his broken femur, revealing on social media that he has been taking medication typically prescribed to cancer patients.
According to Fightful, Ibushi has been sidelined since October 2025 due to the femur injury and underwent a second surgical procedure on it earlier in the week of the report. In his update, he said that being on this type of medication means his condition “isn’t normal,” a striking departure from his previous messages promising fans he would make it back to the ring, as noted by Ringside News.
Neither report specifies the exact nature of Ibushi’s underlying condition, the name of the medication, or a timetable for any potential return. What is confirmed is that Ibushi has now had multiple surgeries on the same injury over roughly the past year, and his latest public comments mark a noticeably more somber tone about his health than earlier updates focused on a comeback.
WAW will continue to follow this story as further details on Ibushi’s condition and recovery become available.
