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Ex-UFC star Ben Askren placed on lung transplant list, wife reveals

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Ben Askren is on the list for a lung transplant.

The ex-UFC fighter contracted severe pneumonia earlier this month .

His wife announced on Tuesday that he was "officially" put on the transplant list.

The 40-year-old father of three contracted pneumonia after a staph infection.

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