Ben stepped down from professional mixed martial arts in 2019, and he suffered from a serious health crisis in 2025. Learn ...

Former UFC fighter, MMA champion and U.S. Olympian wrestler Ben Askren is back in the hospital following a check-up weeks after he underwent double lung transplant surgery in June.

Ben Askren said he was headed home Tuesday, July 22 after a 59-day stay in the hospital that included a double lung ...

Amy Askren, wife of Ben Askren, alerted fans about scam accounts exploiting Ben's recent double lung transplant. These fake ...

The former Mizzou wrestling star is on his way home after a multi-month stay in the hospital that included a double lung ...

Ben Askren has experienced what it is hopefully a minor setback on his road to recovery. In his latest update on social media ...

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren said he was released from the hospital on Tuesday after receiving a double lung transplant back ...

Former MMA champion and UFC star Ben Askren underwent a double lung transplant, his wife revealed in a Facebook post ...

Olympic wrestler and former UFC fighter Ben Askren has undergone a double lung transplant after battling severe pneumonia.

Askren won two national championships and three Big 12 titles as a wrestler at Missouri. He also won the 2005 Pan Am Games championship and was a member of the 2008 United States Olympic freestyle ...

Askren is an accomplished wrestler and MMA fighter. He was a two-time Division I wrestling champion for Missouri and then became an Olympic wrestler. He went into MMA after his wrestling career ...