Former MMA champion and UFC welterweight Ben Askren has been hospitalized with severe pneumonia, his wife posted to social media Saturday. "You may have heard that my husband Ben is going through something," Amy Askren wrote on Facebook. "He developed severe pneumonia which came on very suddenly. Askren (19-2), who retired from MMA in 2019, was a two-time NCAA Division I champion in wrestling and a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. Askren went 1-2 in the UFC, with a victory over former champion Robbie Lawler.