Former UFC and Bellator Heavyweight contender Lavar Johnson is on his way to jail.
ABC 30 out of Fresno, California is reporting that a Fresno County judge sentenced Johnson to five years in prison following a domestic abuse incident involving his girlfriend of seven years.
Johnson, who stands 6’4” and weighs 260 pounds, admitted to the beating, which took place back on August 11th following a drunken altercation.
The former MMA star reportedly slammed his girlfriend’s head against a wall and the ground before allegedly striking her repeatedly witgh knees and punches.
“It does appear there were times when Mr. Johnson could have stopped this offense,” Judge Glenda Allen-Hill told the court this week. “That he could have not inflicted the amount of damage that he inflicted on his victim, but he did not.”
Former UFC and Bellator Heavyweight contender Lavar Johnson is on his way to jail.
ABC 30 out of Fresno, California is reporting that a Fresno County judge sentenced Johnson to five years in prison following a domestic abuse incident involving his girlfriend of seven years.
Johnson, who stands 6’4” and weighs 260 pounds, admitted to the beating, which took place back on August 11th following a drunken altercation.
The former MMA star reportedly slammed his girlfriend’s head against a wall and the ground before allegedly striking her repeatedly witgh knees and punches.
“It does appear there were times when Mr. Johnson could have stopped this offense,” Judge Glenda Allen-Hill told the court this week. “That he could have not inflicted the amount of damage that he inflicted on his victim, but he did not.”
As noted, UFC held the official ticket on-sale press conference for their landmark UFC 200 event scheduled for July 9th. During the presser, UFC President Dana White further addressed the ongoing saga between the UFC and…
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As noted, UFC held the official ticket on-sale press conference for their landmark UFC 200 event scheduled for July 9th. During the presser, UFC President Dana White further addressed the ongoing saga between the UFC and Conor McGregor.
McGregor was originally scheduled to fight Nate Diaz in an immediate 170-pound rematch at UFC 200, however he was pulled from the event when he refused to take part in his promotional commitments surrounding the event.
At Wednesday’s presser, White reiterated his belief that McGregor isn’t fighting at UFC 200 because of McGregor, not the UFC.
“I didn’t prevent Conor from fighting at UFC 200,” White said on Wednesday in New York. “I did not.”
White continued, “If you look at the press conference, Joanna Jedrzejczyk who flew in to the press conference from Poland, Claudia came in from Brazil, [Aldo] flew in from Brazil. People came in from all over the world, Frankie’s just getting home and hasn’t seen his family. This is what we do. This is how it works. I didn’t prevent him from fighting in UFC 200. He knew what the deal was, I told him what the deal was, and he opted to do that.”
White continued, addressing the future of McGregor in the UFC in general.
“Conor’s going to fight again. He’s going to fight at UFC 201, 202, 203, whatever the deal might be, we’ll so how this, you know, what’s next, when that plays out. Listen, 200 is the fight everybody’s been looking forward to for a long time. It is what it is. The show’s going to roll on and Conor’s going to fight again.”
UFC 200: Cormier vs. Jones II is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Embedded above is the video player needed to watch the official UFC 200 ticket on-sale press conference from New York.
The press conference, which was held on Wednesday to promote the UFC 200 landmark event on July 9t…
https://youtu.be/WRhV_LzLhYo
Embedded above is the video player needed to watch the official UFC 200 ticket on-sale press conference from New York.
The press conference, which was held on Wednesday to promote the UFC 200 landmark event on July 9th, featured UFC President Dana White, as well as UFC 200 fighters Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier, Frankie Edgar, Jose Aldo, Miesha Tate, Amanda Nunes and more.
UFC 200 is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It’s official – Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 2 is the new main event for UFC 200.The news was announced on Wednesday morning after Conor McGregor’s retirement announcement resulted in the original main event being scraped.
Dana White Says Conor…
It’s official – Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 2 is the new main event for UFC 200.The news was announced on Wednesday morning after Conor McGregor’s retirement announcement resulted in the original main event being scraped.
UFC President Dana White recently spoke with TMZ about the latest chapter in the ongoing saga between the UFC and Conor McGregor.
McGregor recently tweeted that he was back on the UFC 200 card, even thanking Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for “comi…
UFC President Dana White recently spoke with TMZ about the latest chapter in the ongoing saga between the UFC and Conor McGregor.
McGregor recently tweeted that he was back on the UFC 200 card, even thanking Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for “coming through for the fans.” However, soon after McGregor posted the tweet, White claimed it simply wasn’t true.
Late Monday evening, TMZ published a new video interview with White where he further addressed the situation.
“He’ll fight on 201, 202, 203 — whatever,” said White. “I don’t know when. We’ll get it figured out.”
Regarding the tweet McGregor posted claiming he was back on the UFC 200 lineup, White offered the following take.
“I don’t know,” White said. “I don’t know why he did [that]. I still haven’t talked to him. We had a whole press conference about this. I just don’t know how more clear I can make it.”
UFC 200 is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
On Monday, Conor McGregor tweeted that he was back in at UFC 200, going as far as to thank Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for coming through for the fans. Later in the day, however, UFC President Dana White claimed …
It looks like our verdict is in.
On Monday, Conor McGregor tweeted that he was back in at UFC 200, going as far as to thank Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for coming through for the fans. Later in the day, however, UFC President Dana White claimed that McGregor was not back on the card and that he doesn’t understand why McGregor tweeted what he did.
As noted during the UFC International Fight Week launch event in Las Vegas recently, Nate Diaz said he would be going on vacation, not fighting a different opponent, if the rematch with McGregor wasn’t set for UFC 200. Well, on Monday evening, Diaz may have provided MMA fans with the outcome regarding the McGregor/UFC negotiations.
Diaz took to social media on Monday evening, where he wrote, “Happy to announce that I’m going on vacation #gone #100.”
UFC 200 is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Happy to announce that I'm going on vacation #gone #100 ??????
