UFC veteran sentenced to five years in prison for assault of girlfriend

Former UFC heavyweight fighter Lavar Johnson was sentenced to five years in prison by a Fresno County judge on Friday for a brutal assault of his girlfriend last year. Johnson and his attorney plead for a lesser sentence of three years, but that did not convince the judge, who reminded the mixed martial artist of his past charges, as well.

“It does appear there were times when Mr. Johnson could have stopped this offense,” Judge Glenda Allen-Hill told the court (via ABC 30). “That he could have not inflicted the amount of damage that he inflicted on his victim, but he did not.”

MMA Fighting notes that Johnson served 30 days in jail for a 2007 domestic abuse incident, as well as enroll in alcohol counseling.

Ultimately, Johnson says he is embarrassed by what happened on Aug. 11, 2015.

“I’m sorry,” he …

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