UFC Fighter Reveals He Died 4 TIMES While Getting Double Lung Transplant Surgery

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Once a fighter, always a fighter.

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren is not only a fighter in the UFC Octogon, but he’s a fighter in the hospital bed too.

After spending over a month in a hospital after mysteriously falling ill, Askren has revealed he has successfully received a double lung transplant.

In a video on X, Askren revealed that during his time at the hospital, he died four times.

Fox News provided more information on Askren’s terrifying experience:

Former MMA star Ben Askren provided a health update more than a month after he was hospitalized with a severe illness that required a double lung transplant.

Askren posted a video to social media from his hospital bed on Wednesday. He said he didn’t remember anything from May 28 to July 2.

“It was like a movie,” he said, adding that he read through his wife’s journal to catch up on what had happened to him. “I only died four times, where the ticker stopped for about 20 seconds.

“But I got the double lung transplant. I made it out to the other side of it. Gaining quite a bit of strength. Learning to use everything again. I was on the scale yesterday, 147 pounds. I haven’t been 147 pounds since 15 years old. … So, that was a battle. I don’t remember most of it.”

Amy Askren wrote last week that her husband received a donor for the double lung transplant after falling ill in May.

Watch Askren here:

NEW: Former MMA fighter Ben Askren says he “died” four times, says he feels like he experienced his own funeral.

Askren got emotional as he described his current condition, explaining how he lost all recollection from May 28 to July 2.

The former fighter was hospitalized for severe pneumonia before getting a double lung transplant.

“I only died four times where the ticker stopped for about 20 seconds. That’s not ideal. But I got the double lung transplant.”

“I made it out the other side of it. Gaining quite a bit of strength, learning to use everything again.”

Here are highlights from Askren’s fighting career:



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