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Former UFC fighter Ben Askren announced he was released from a hospital Tuesday after a battle with severe pneumonia led to a double-lung transplant.
The 40-year-old Askren posted a video update from his vehicle, which his wife Amy was driving after he was released from the hospital.
On “day 59,” Askren explained how he lost 50 pounds while being hospitalized. Even worse, he described coming close to dying.
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UFC fighter Ben Askren waits for the start of a middleweight mixed martial arts bout between David Branch and Jared Cannonier at UFC 230, in New York, Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
“I’m out, with my beautiful wife. Supportive. Man, that was a long journey, and it’s not over because I still can’t really walk,” Askren said in the video. “I [have to] keep reteaching myself to