Former combat sports star and Iowa native Ben Askren provided his first update on Wednesday, July 9, after a months-long hospital stay. Askren, a two-time national champion wrestler at Missouri and a ...

Former MMA fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren has spoken out for the first time since receiving a double lung transplant following a battle with pneumonia. In a video posted to Instagram on ...

Former NCAA wrestling champion Ben Askren has shared a shocking health update after being hospitalized for the past month. On June 7, Ben’s wife announced on Facebook that the 40-year-old athlete had ...

Ben Askren underwent a life-saving double lung transplant this summer, and just months later is already back training. While it’s unlikely that Askren will ever compete in wrestling again, he is one ...

Former U.S. Olympic wrestler and UFC fighter Ben Askren shared an emotional update Wednesday, for the first time since undergoing double lung transplant surgery. Askren developed pneumonia, followed ...

Following weeks of waiting, the MMA community now has a Ben Askren update from the man himself. Last we heard from Askren’s wife, the former Bellator and ONE champ had undergone a double lung ...

Former Olympic wrestler and MMA star Ben Askren is opening up about his recent, serious health issues, including that he "died four times" and underwent a double lung transplant. In an Instagram video ...

The combat sports world has been sending their support to Ben Askren and his family during their time of need. In June, news shockingly broke that Askren was in critical condition as he battled a ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Olympic wrestler and MMA star Ben Askren, who has been hospitalized in Wisconsin after a severe case of pneumonia, said in a post on social media Wednesday that he had ...

MMA and wrestling figurehead Ben Askren’s health crisis began in late May when a severe case of pneumonia, which stemmed from a staph infection, rapidly deteriorated his condition and led him to ...

Ben Askren provided an update on his recovery from undergoing double lung transplant surgery in June. In a Thursday post on X, Askren showed himself wrestling once again after revealing that he was ...