Overview

• In a video from his hospital bed on July 9, Askren revealed his heart stopped four times during his June 30 double lung transplant surgery.
• He said he lost about 50 pounds over a 45-day coma and now weighs 147 pounds—the lightest since he was a teenager.
• Askren admitted he has no memory of events from May 28 to July 2 and has been reconstructing his ordeal through his wife Amy’s journal.
• The life-saving surgery was financed through a public appeal by UFC president Dana White, community fundraising and an anonymous £368,000 donation.
• Under continued medical supervision, the former UFC welterweight is regaining strength and aims to resume coaching wrestlers in Wisconsin once fully recovered.