‘Pray for Ben Askren’: MMA community rallies around hospitalized former champion

Ben Askren has the complete assist of his friends following information of his hospitalization as a consequence of a critical well being challenge.

The previous ONE Championship and Bellator titleholder is currently dealing with a severe case of pneumonia in response to his spouse Amy, who shared the information of Askren’s disaster Saturday night.

“You might have heard that my husband Ben goes by one thing,” Amy posted on Fb. “He developed extreme pneumonia which got here on very out of the blue. He’s presently within the hospital and unable to reply to something presently.

“We welcome all prayers for therapeutic and for peace. We try to maintain life as regular as doable for our kids presently and doing our greatest to assist them thoughtfully so please chorus from discussing it with them for now.”

Wrestling insider Pat Mineo, who initially reported the information, added that Askren can be coping with a staph an infection.

Whereas there may be nonetheless little info concerning Askren’s situation, the MMA neighborhood was fast to take to social media to indicate their assist for the previous UFC standout.

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