India, July 10 -- Former UFC fighter Ben Askren provided an update on his health in a video recorded from the hospital bed after undergoing a double lung transplant in June. Askren was hospitalized last month with a severe case of pneumonia stemming from an infection in his staph. Referring to his double lung transplant, a tearful Askren said that he "died four times" during the painful and difficult surgical procedure.

Here's the video:

"Whenever this is all the way over, I actually just read through my wife's journal 'cause I don't remember anything from May 28th to July 2," a teary-eyed Askren said.

He said he had "no recollection, no idea" of what happened in that time. "We'll kind of go through it all, and I just read through my w...