Ben Askren feels like he's attended his own funeral – but he hasn't. He's still alive. And not only that, he's now talking. In an emotional video posted to his social media account Wednesday, Askren provided a health update himself for the first time since he was hospitalized with a severe case of pneumonia that ultimately led to a lung transplant.

Former MMA champion Ben Askren says he ‘died four times’ during a traumatic time which saw a staph infection lead to pneumonia and then a double lung transplant, but he has now ‘made it out the other side.’ Posting an emotional video message from ...