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UFC Star Ben Askren’s Wife Amy Asks for ‘Prayers’ as He’s Hospitalized


UFC star Ben Askren is hospitalized for severe pneumonia as his wife Amy Askren asks for prayers and privacy during their family's difficult time

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, 55, and Heidi, 45, finalized their divorce in April after the MMA fighter initially filed in 2021 following 10 years of marriage. Ben Askren in April 2021.Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for TrillerBen signed with UFC in 2018, after holding Bellator’s Welterweight World Championship and achieving an undefeated streak for more than a decade. Ben revealed that “one of [his] life’s missions” was to help a “professional wrestling league succeed in America,” so he jumped at the chance to join Hogan’s federation.

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