# @obsessedwrestler on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-06-30T02:09:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Obsessed Wrestler 🤼‍♂️ 🔥 (@obsessedwrestler) — https://gondola.cc/obsessedwrestler

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Joe Rogan Reveals Sad Reality of “Not Okay” Ben Askren Amid $500,000+ Insurance Failure

On a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show (#167), Joe Rogan revealed the dire health situation of former UFC welterweight Ben Askren, who is battling necrotizing pneumonia stemming from a staph infection. “He’s not doing okay, man,” Rogan told Cory Sandhagen, explaining that Askren’s condition has deteriorated to the point of needing a double lung transplant due to “rotting holes” in his lung tissue. Hospitalized since early June 2025 in Wisconsin, Askren has been on a ventilator and ECMO, with medical bills exceeding $500,000. Shockingly, his insurance company has denied coverage for the life-saving transplant, leaving his family scrambling to fundraise. Rogan highlighted the lifelong burden of immunosuppressant drugs post-transplant, noting the compromised immune system’s risks. The MMA community, including Daniel Cormier and Maycee Barber, rallies for “Funky,” who remains responsive but critically ill. 

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