Lavar Johnson Injury Forces Himself and Brendan Schaub off UFC on Fox 5 Card

Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE





When the Lavar Johnson versus Brendan Schaub match became official, MMA
fans immediately were ready to predict an explosive knockout as the
ending. Johnson is known for his knockout power while Schaub has had
displayed a questionable chin but has KO power of his own.
Alas this exciting stand-up battle will not come to fruition as UFC President Dana White announced that Johnson has pulled out of the bout due to injury.
"Lavar Johnson is out of the FOX prelims with a pulled groin. He was fighting Brendan Schaub," White said on Twitter.
Immediately,
questions arose about Schaub and his place on the card. Reports later
surfaced indicating that Schaub would also be removed from the card due
to the injury to Johnson. Lex McMahon spoke with MMAFighting.com about what the future holds for Schaub.

"Brendan is very disappointed," McMahon said, "but he is very dedicated and will be back to training. We will see how long Lavar is out and will assess Brendan's options. I'm confident the UFC will get Brendan back in the Octagon soon."

Johnson
had built some momentum since crossing over from Strikeforce after two
brutal knockouts of Joey Beltran and Pat Barry. However, the AKA product
suffered a loss in his last outing to Stefan Struve back at UFC 146.
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That does suck. i was looking forward to this fight. i like lavar and i think he is pretty fun to watch and with his power and as questionable as shaubs chin has been. i had a feeling that lavar could have gotten knock out of the night in this fight.

Yeah, I have never been a fan of Schaub and was really looking forward to Johnson KTFO of him.

Wait, Schaub's manager's name is Lex McMahon?

That can't be real.