Jake Paul called Ben Askren “one of the toughest fighters” amidst his fear of health
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Ben Askren continues to fight pneumonia. Wednesday, the former Olympic wrestler And the MMA star revealed that he had undergone a double lung transplant.
His wife, Amy, said in a series of social media posts that Askren was placed on a ventilator in June and on June 24th on the donor list for lung transplants.
Professional boxer who turned YouTube star Jake Paul After a while, he praised his previous opponent. Paul described Askren as “one of the toughest fighters” during his fight against a serious infectious disease.
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Jake Paul was standing at the corner on October 29, 2022 during a cruiser-class match against Anderson Silva at a diamond arrina in the desert. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
“I scream at Ben Askren. He proved he was one of the toughest fighters of all time,” Paul wrote Wednesday.
Paul’s comments surfaced shortly after Askren said “I died only four times.” Before the lung transplant.
Former UFC fighter Ben Askren has undergone double lung transplant to fight pneumonia, his wife says
“I have no memories. Zero’s idea. I don’t know what happened.” Askren said in the video He posted on his social media accounts about what he remembered most from the past six weeks. “I just read my wife’s diary. It’s like a movie. It’s ridiculous. I’ve only died four times.
During the UFC Fight Night event at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore on October 26, 2019, Ben Askren will stand before a welterweight match against Brazilian Demian Maia. (Jeff Bottari/Zafa LLC via Getty Images)
Askren also said he lost about 50 pounds during the 45-day stretch.
“The most impeccable thing for me was all the love I felt,” Askren said. “It seemed like I was going to have my own funeral.”
Ben Ascle will be attending the press conference for Triller Fight Club’s first 2021 boxing event held in Venetian Las Vegas on March 26, 2021. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Askren won consecutive NCAA wrestling titles in Missouri, competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics before moving to MMA where he competed with Bellator in one championship. He pivoted later UFC Octagonal shape.
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Askren left MMA after losing to Demian Maia in 2019. He had a 19-2 record in one contest.
He has a history with Paul. The fighter jet met in April 2021 at the match. Paul won the match in the first round with a technical knockout.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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