The former UFC star, Cain Velasquez, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison after pleading any competition in a shooting in 2022 in California.
Velasquez will receive 1,283 days as credit for the purged time, which amounts to about three years, according to KTVU. He will serve a year and a half in prison.
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Cain Velasquez appeared in the courts of the higher court in San Jose, California, April 12, 2022. (Matt Erickson-USA today)
He shared a little regret of the shooting before a judge brought the trouble.
“I agree to accept the sentence,” he said. “To go ahead, I will try to give an excellent example for everyone. Of all this, I wish safe feelings for my family and the community.”
The former champion did not argue any competition for criminal assaults and accusations of firearms as part of a negotiated agreement with the office of the County Prosecutor of Santa Clara, said district prosecutor Jeff Rosen in August. The accusations of premeditated murder against Velasquez were abandoned as part of the agreement.
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Cain Velasquez Has rolled behind the scenes during the UFC fighting evening event at Talking Stick Resort Arena on February 17, 2019 in Phoenix. (Mike Roach / Zuffa LLC / Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Velasquez was arrested in February 2022 for attempted murder and multiple accusations of firearms after the police said that he had shot a pick-up bearing the man he claimed to have sexually assaulted his 4-year-old son. The man was then identified as Harry Goularte.
The prosecutors said Velasquez had continued a van carrying man in the animated streets in the San Jose region. Authorities said the prosecution extended to around 11 miles.
The former mixed martial artist injured the man’s stepfather in the incident, officials said.
Velasquez won his first UFC heavyweight championship in 2012 by beating the junior dos Santos. Velasquez successfully defended its title twice.
The former UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez, is seen in the corner of Gabriel Benitez in Mexico during the UFC combat evening at UFC Apex on January 13, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Chris Unger / Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
He had a brief career of professional wrestling in WWE and AAA of Mexico.
