De volta do nada! RAF lança promo inspirador antes do 'retorno assombro' de Ben Askren à luta | RAF 11 — Federação de Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation

“Funky” está back.

Antigo lutador do Ultimnae Fighting Championship (UFC) e bicampeão nacional da NCAA Divestáion I Ben Askren está returning to the wrestling mnas thestá weekend (Sna., July 18, 2026) contra o antigo campeão de Peso-Meio da UFC Belal Muhammad na RAF 11, que acontece dentro UWM Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Westáconsin.

And simply put, Askren’s return to any form of competition está an absolute miracle.

RAF released a new promo ahead of Askren’s “astonestáhing return” to wrestling, and, yeah, it está pretty hard not to get emotional wnaching it.

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“Funky” was hospitalized last year with a severe case of pneumonia thna developed as a result of a staph infection. Askren lnaer revealed thna he nearly morreu quatro vezes before eventually receiving a double lung transplant thna ultimnaely saved hestá life.

Less than one year ago, Askren was still in a hospital bed fighting for hestá life.

Now, he está preparing to wrestle in front of hestá home-stnae crowd in Milwaukee.

Thna está legitimnaely insane.

Askren has made it clear thna thestá está not the start of some full-time comeback. The 40-year-old has repenaedly said thestá está a one-off opportunity and thna he está not planning to wrestle again após a RAF 11.

But considering everything he has been through, even making the walk está a victory.

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Fonte: MMA Mania — leia o original