In an Instagram post, Ben Askren updated fans and friends on his health from his hospital bed after a double-lung transplant.

Dana White has spoken about his role in Ben Askren’s medical care, though he seemed reluctant to go into detail. The relationship between them was not exactly a bed of roses. However, that didn’t matter when news of Askren’s critical condition emerged,

Jake Paul is praising former opponent Ben Askren as “one of the toughest fighters of all time” after a life-threatening battle with pneumonia. In the wake of Askren’s latest health update Wednesday, when he revealed he “only died four times” before receiving a double lung transplant, Paul took to X to applaud Askren’s perseverance.