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Former UFC star I’m askren ‘Wife Amy Askren Asked friends to send “prayers” after her husband’s hospitalization of “severe pneumonia”.
“You may have heard that my husband Ben goes through something,” Amy wrote via Facebook on Saturday, June 7th. “He developed a serious pneumonia that came well suddenly. He is currently in the hospital and was able to respond to anything at the moment.”
He thanked his followers for sending “prayers for healing and peace” for this very difficult time for his family.
“We try to keep life as normal as possible [three] Children at the moment and do our best to support them carefully, so reserve to talk to them now, ”he explained.
By CBS NewsBen, 40, developed pneumonia after originally diagnosed with a Staph infection. Amy published rumors of Ben’s state that spread in the MMA community through social media.
UFC legend Chale Sunlbating originally responded to the community by confirming X“Ben is alive and prayers are being sought. The family is choosing privacy at the moment.”
Askrens has been married since April 2010 and the division three children: Daughters Alex and Andy, as well as the son Ozi. The latest episode of his “Funky and the Champ” podcast was released on May 27, and he shared some intensive combat training The next day through Instagram.
Ben Askren in April 2021.
Jeff Kravitz/Getty images for the thrillerBen signed with UFC in 2018 while holding Bellator’s Welterweight World Championship and reached an invincible tube for more than a decade. He retired from MMA in 2019. Recently Ben lost a a highly released boxing match against Jake Paul Written in the first round in April 2021.
In May, a veteran fighter announced that he signed an exclusive contract with Real American Freestyle, a new wrestling company Hulk hogan and former world championships Eric Bischoff.
“I’ve been waiting for wrestling,” he explained X in May. “I’ve missed a competition. I like the fact that I love battles but I don’t have time anymore. I really do not do any jiu-jitsu. I’m going to wrestle someone! I’m going to go some of these young whip-snappers! I’m going to look [my opponents] What f *** is it all about. “
Ben revealed that “one [his] The tasks of life were “helped” in a professional wrestling league to succeed in America, “so he jumped into the opportunity to join the Hogan Federation.
“When I heard the rise of these guys [the concept]I thought, ‘Wow! You have great ideas. You have great resources. You have great people behind you. I think the guys can really get this to the event, “he recalled.” Guys, the real American freestyle starts this fall! I’m going to come to sigh of some of these young whips. They don’t know what hit them when I get with them. “
Bischoff welcomed Ben to a real American freestyle by responding through X May “Oh ben… we’re gong [SIC] Have so much fun. Kicking ass. “
Ben’s impressive martial arts record includes winning the Pan American Championship in 2005 and competing in the 2008 US Olympic team at the freestyle Wrestling. He won the Dan Hodge Award -The Amateur Espinni’s Heisman Prize -Folkstyle wrestling in 2006 and 2007.