Lavar Johnson (18-10, 18) was born in Madera, California, U.S. on June 11, 1977. At the age of 26 years on January 16, 2004, he made his professional MMA debut against Doug Marshall, losing the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On January 28, 2012, 34-year old Lavar Johnson made his UFC debut on his 21st professional MMA fight at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis against a 30-year old Joey Beltran, winning the fight in the 1st round via KO.
Johnson's last fight was a 1st-round submission loss to Cheick Kongo at Bellator 123 at age 37 on September 5, 2014. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought four times in the UFC, and has a record of 2 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Lavar Johnson's best fights have been against Joey Beltran, Pat Barry, Carl Seumanutafa, Virgil Zwicker, Ryan Martinez, Lolohea Mahe and Levi Thornbrue.
Johnson has 10 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28  | Sep 5, 2014 37 years, 2 months 18-10 (18) | 39 years, 3 months 21-9-2 (15) | Bellator | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
27  | Apr 11, 2014 36 years, 10 months 18-9 (18) | 27 years, 6 months 10-0 (7) | Bellator | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Americana |
26  | Mar 7, 2014 36 years, 8 months 18-8 (18) | 31 years, 6 months 10-3 (6) | Bellator | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
25  | Oct 4, 2013 36 years, 3 months 17-8 (17) | 30 years, 1 months 6-3 (6) | Bellator | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
24  | Feb 23, 2013 35 years, 8 months 17-7 (17) | 29 years, 11 months 8-3 (7) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
23  | May 26, 2012 34 years, 11 months 17-6 (17) | 24 years, 3 months 23-5 (21) | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
22  | May 5, 2012 34 years, 10 months 17-5 (17) | 32 years, 9 months 7-4 (6) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
21  | Jan 28, 2012 34 years, 7 months 16-5 (16) | 30 years, 1 months 13-6 (12) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
20  | Sep 23, 2011 34 years, 3 months 15-5 (15) | 26 years, 10 months 11-3 (10) | Strikeforce | HW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Americana |
19  | Feb 12, 2011 33 years, 8 months 15-4 (15) | 27 years, 4 months 10-0 (10) | Strikeforce | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
18  | Oct 22, 2010 33 years, 4 months 15-3 (15) | 28 years, 3 months 9-1 (8) | Strikeforce | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
17  | Mar 26, 2010 32 years, 9 months 14-3 (14) | 27 years, 10 months 4-0-1 (4) | Strikeforce | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
16  | May 15, 2009 31 years, 11 months 13-3 (13) | 25 years, 11 months 4-2 (4) | Strikeforce | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
15 | Jan 22, 2009 31 years, 7 months 12-3 (12) | Dave Huckaba | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
14 | Nov 8, 2008 31 years, 4 months 11-3 (11) | Sean Souza | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
13 | Sep 26, 2008 31 years, 3 months 10-3 (10) | Vince Lucero | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
12 | Aug 21, 2008 31 years, 2 months 9-3 (9) | Sal Farnetti | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
11 | Jul 26, 2008 31 years, 1 months 8-3 (8) | Alijah Reni | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
10 | Jan 13, 2006 28 years, 7 months 8-2 (8) | Brian Olsen | WEC | HW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Knee injury For WEC heavyweight title |
9 | Oct 14, 2005 28 years, 4 months 8-1 (8) | Corey Salter | WEC | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to strikes | |
8 | Jul 9, 2005 28 years 7-1 (7) | Todd Gouwenberg | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
7 | May 19, 2005 27 years, 11 months 6-1 (6) | Carlos Garcia | WEC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
6 | Dec 12, 2004 27 years, 6 months 5-1 (5) | Lace Pele | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
5 | Sep 18, 2004 27 years, 3 months 4-1 (4) | Terry Pettek | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | ||
4 | Aug 20, 2004 27 years, 2 months 3-1 (3) | Fred Diaz | WEC | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Jun 5, 2004 26 years, 11 months 2-1 (2) | Kyle Keeney | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | ||
2 | May 21, 2004 26 years, 11 months 1-1 (1) | Levi Thornbrue | WEC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
1  | Jan 16, 2004 26 years, 7 months 0-1 (0) | 26 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | WEC | 1 | TKO | LOSS Corner stoppage |
