MMA fighter Lavar Johnson receives five-year sentence for the brutal assault of his girlfriend

Well-known heavyweight fighter Lavar Johnson is headed to jail.

According to a report by ABC 30 in Fresno, a Fresno County judge sentenced the mixed martial arts veteran to five years in prison following a domestic violence incident after brutally beating his girlfriend of seven years. The 6-foot-4, 260-pound Johnson admitted to the beating, which occurred on August 11, after a drunken confrontation.

The descriptions of the assault are unsettling, as Johnson allegedly slammed his girlfriend’s head against a wall and the ground, and struck her repeatedly with knees and a …

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