Strikeforce heavyweight Lavar Johnson continues to recover from a serious abdomen wound suffered in a 4th of July shooting incident in Bakersfield, California, and is expected to soon be released from the hospital.

Fanhouse was told on Tuesday that Johnson would “soon” be released, but that the life-threatening injuries won’t end his MMA career.

Strikeforce heavyweight Lavar Johnson (12-3), a veteran of the PFC and WEC, has been hospitalized after sustaining what is being called a “serious gunshot wound to his abdomen” in an early-Sunday incident in Bakersfield, California that left another dead and three others wounded.

Johnson was last in action in May, scoring an 18-second knockout of Carl Seumanutafa at the debut Strikeforce Challengers event to extend his current winning streak to five-straight.

Previously unbeaten hometown favorite Billy Evangelista lost by disputed, controversial second-round disqualification to Mike Aina Friday in the main event of the inaugural Strikeforce Challengers telecast on SHOWTIME. At the finish, neither fighter was satisfied with the outcome at the Save Mart Center.

Weigh-ins for ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers 1, Bellator 7, and MFC 21: Hard Knocks took place on Thursday ahead of tonight's fight cards. Complete weigh-in results, which include notables Bobby Lashley, Trevor Prangley, and Billy Evangelista, are available after the jump.

Lyle Beerbohm and Duane Ludwig are likely to headline Strikeforce Challengers 2 on June 19th, Kyle Dietz vs. Charlie Valencia and Eddie Wineland vs. Frank Gomez have been added to WEC 41, the undercard for "Ultimate Chaos" featuring Bobby Lashley vs. Bob Sapp has been announced, and more...

Fabricio Camoes and Lavar Johnson have been added to the debut edition of ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers, which is scheduled for May 15th at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

Palace Fighting Championship on Wednesday announced, through Sherdog, that the California-based promotion has added 18 additional fighters to its roster.
The newly-signed fighters are:

Gabe Ruediger
Alex Schoenaeur
Jason Von Flue
Lodune Sincaid
John Gunderson
Rambaa Somdet
Takumi Nakayama
Masahiro Oishi
Eddie Yagin
Roni Torres
Kamal Shalorus
Scott McAfee
Jeremiah Metcalf
Lavar Johnson
Jimmy Jarquin
Jason Carpenter
Justin Smitley
Bill Theofanopoulos