Olympian Ben Askren factors to the group as he enters the mat to face fellow Olympian and New Jersey native Jordan Burroughs (not pictured) throughout the Beat the Streets “Grapple on the Backyard” on Monday, Might 6, 2019, in New York.
Grapple At The Backyard
Former MMA champion and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren is recovering from a double lung transplant.
Askren’s spouse, Amy, shared the replace in a Fb put up on Monday.
“We’re so grateful to share that Ben has acquired a double lung transplant,” she wrote. “We’re perpetually grateful to the donor and his household. That is the start of a brand new life-style for Ben, however each new day he has is a present. It nonetheless does not really feel actual that he was strolling round utterly wholesome simply 5 weeks in the past. A lot can change so shortly. Please preserve Ben in your prayers that his physique welcomes the brand new lungs as in the event that they have been his personal. I’m always in awe of all of the individuals carrying us by proper now. I am unable to wait to inform Ben all about it. I am hopeful that within the coming weeks, Ben will be capable to give the subsequent replace.”
Askren, 40, has been battling pneumonia in a Wisconsin hospital for a number of weeks. He went on ventilator help on June 17 and was added to the transplant ready listing on June 24, in response to his spouse.
Askren gained three Massive 12 championships and two NCAA Division I championships in wrestling at Missouri, including gold medals on the 2005 Pan American Championships and 2009 World Championships. He reached the quarterfinals on the 2008 Summer season Olympics in Beijing.
He transitioned to the Octagon after his wrestling profession and compiled a 19-2 file with one no-contest in 22 MMA fights. Askren turned the Bellator welterweight champion in 2010 and made his UFC debut in 2019. He misplaced two of three fights in UFC, together with a five-second knockout loss to Jorge Masvidal in Las Vegas at UFC 239.
Askren made an unsuccessful boxing debut on April 17, 2021, dropping to Jake Paul by TKO within the first spherical.
–Area Degree Media
