Former MMA champion, UFC fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren has received a double lung transplant during a weekslong hospital stay for severe pneumonia, according to his wife, Amy.

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren has received a "double lung transplant" after being hospitalised with "severe pneumonia". Askren, 40, retired from MMA in 2019 after a short stint in the UFC. Earlier this month,

Former MMA star and UFC fighter Ben Askren has undergone double lung transplant. Askren's wife, Amy, shared the remarkable health update Monday on social media. She said her husband, 40, had been hospitalized all month in his home state of Wisconsin due to severe pneumonia.

Ilia Topuria’s stunning first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 solidified his status as a two-division champion and one of the sport’s brightest

Ilia Topuria is considered one of the hardest punchers in the UFC right now, and his former training partner certainly agrees.

He had to dig deep and survive a first-round knockdown, but Dariush (23-6-1 MMA, 17-6-1 UFC) got the job done in a gritty unanimous decision win over Renato Moicano and is now tied for the second-most victories in UFC lightweight history behind only Jim Miller.