It has been only a few months since Ben Askren lay in a hospital bed struggling to breathe. Now he is back on the mats, training once again and reminding everyone why he is considered one of the ...

Ben Askren underwent a life-saving double lung transplant this summer, and just months later is already back training. While it’s unlikely that Askren will ever compete in wrestling again, he is one ...

For as long as MMA has existed — and in sticking with Gregorian traditions as it applies to the UFC calendar, we’re talking approximately 32 years — there’s been a notion in place that wrestling is an ...

Former MMA fighter and Olympian Ben Askren recently provided his first update after a months-long hospital stay for severe pneumonia. The Cedar Rapids native underwent a double lung transplant. Askren ...

Ben Askren provided an update on his recovery from undergoing double lung transplant surgery in June. In a Thursday post on X, Askren showed himself wrestling once again after revealing that he was ...

COLUMBIA - Missouri wrestling icon Ben Askren has been announced as a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2026. The two-time NCAA Champion and four-time finalist joins fellow Tiger ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Olympic wrestler and MMA star Ben Askren, who has been hospitalized in Wisconsin after a severe case of pneumonia, said in a post on social media Wednesday that he had ...