CHICAGO – Welcome to the big show, Lavar Johnson.
Johnson, the first Strikeforce heavyweight to compete in the UFC following the recent Showtime-Strikeforce television deal, managed to accomplish something no other UFC fighter had ever done to Joey Beltran: stop him with strikes.
The fight took place on the FUEL TV-televised preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 event, which took place at Chicago’s United Center.