Tag: Lavar

UFC on Fox 5: Why a Loss to Lavar Johnson Will End Brendan Schaub’s Career

The Ultimate Fighter season 10 runner-up Brendan Schaub has it all. Excellent conditioning, a great camp, quick, powerful strikes and a solid wrestling base define the former NFL player, and he has made full use of these weapons inside the Octagon, whe…

The Ultimate Fighter season 10 runner-up Brendan Schaub has it all. Excellent conditioning, a great camp, quick, powerful strikes and a solid wrestling base define the former NFL player, and he has made full use of these weapons inside the Octagon, where he is 4-3 in competition. He has one big, nay astronomical, drawback, though, […]

Brendan Schaub Targets UFC 154 Return, Wants Lavar Johnson

Brendan Schaub has a pretty good idea of when he’ll be making a return to the Octagon, and knows who he wants to host his “Welcome Back” party. According to MMAJunkie, Schaub is targeting a return at UFC 154 and thinks Lavar Johnson s…

Brendan Schaub has a pretty good idea of when he’ll be making a return to the Octagon, and knows who he wants to host his “Welcome Back” party. According to MMAJunkie, Schaub is targeting a return at UFC 154 and thinks Lavar Johnson should be the guy facing him. “When I talked to Joe Silva […]

UFC 146: 5 Opponents to Get Lavar Johnson Back on Track

Lavar Johnson was on pace to have a 2010 Chris Leben-like resurgence. He knocked out Joey Beltran in his UFC debut. He followed this up with a first-round TKO of Pat Barry. Then, he got called in to take on Stefan Struve after Mark Hunt withdrew from U…

Lavar Johnson was on pace to have a 2010 Chris Leben-like resurgence. He knocked out Joey Beltran in his UFC debut. He followed this up with a first-round TKO of Pat Barry. Then, he got called in to take on Stefan Struve after Mark Hunt withdrew from UFC 146 with a knee injury. He was […]

UFC 146: Lavar Johnson’s Keys to Victory

Saturday night’s contest between Stefan Struve and Lavar Johnson is perhaps the card’s most intriguing matchup. In Struve we have a 6’11″ giant known primarily for his submission prowess, though he is certainly in no danger of b…

Saturday night’s contest between Stefan Struve and Lavar Johnson is perhaps the card’s most intriguing matchup. In Struve we have a 6’11″ giant known primarily for his submission prowess, though he is certainly in no danger of being mistaken for a novice on the feet. In Johnson we have one of the strongest, hardest punching […]

UFC 146: Stefan ‘Fast-on-the-Ground’ Struve a Dual Threat to Lavar Johnson

Lavar Johnson (17-5) is currently riding an intimidating 100 percent Knockout of the Night rate—receiving the honor and dollars of that award in each of his two fights in his young UFC career. The rising heavyweight prospect will try to make…

Lavar Johnson (17-5) is currently riding an intimidating 100 percent Knockout of the Night rate—receiving the honor and dollars of that award in each of his two fights in his young UFC career. The rising heavyweight prospect will try to make it three in a row against Stefan Struve (23-5) come UFC 146 this Saturday night […]

UFC146: Mark Hunt Out, Lavar Johnson to Face Stefan Struve

Australian heavyweight Mark Hunt has been forced to pull out of his upcoming fight against Stefan Struve at UFC 146 due to a knee injury. He will instead be replaced by Lavar Johnson, who is coming off a first-round TKO victory over Pat Barry. The news…

Australian heavyweight Mark Hunt has been forced to pull out of his upcoming fight against Stefan Struve at UFC 146 due to a knee injury. He will instead be replaced by Lavar Johnson, who is coming off a first-round TKO victory over Pat Barry. The news is both a golden opportunity for Johnson and a […]