Ben Askren, the most decorated wrestler in Missouri Tigers history, is battling pneumonia and may require a lung transplant. Amy Askren, his wife, revealed in a Tuesday Facebook post that her husband was currently on a ventilator and doctors had begun the evaluation process for a lung transplant.

MMA and wrestling legend Ben Askren continues to battle in a Wisconsin hospital, according to his wife. Askren, 40, is sedated on a ventilator and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and could need a lung transplant, Amy Askren said in a Facebook post Tuesday.

BEN ASKREN’S wife is “praying for a miracle” as the former UFC star might need a lung transplant. Askren is in hospital on a ventilator fighting pneumonia following a staph