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.

Ben Askren ’s wife has said she is “praying for a miracle” while the mixed martial arts veteran awaits a potential lung transplant, as he battles “severe pneumonia”.