Former UFC star Cain Velazquez He was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after not suing a fight in the 2022 shooting of a man who allegedly abused his son.
Velazquez was arrested in February 2022 on attempted murder and multiple gun charges. The man was later identified as Harry Golart.
Prosecutors said Velazquez chased a pickup truck carrying 11 miles through busy streets in the San Jose area.
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Luke Rock Hold will respond after his battle with Paulo Costa on August 20, 2022 at UFC 278 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. (Alejandro Salazar/Poxmigages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Velazquez receives one, 283 days of credit offered at the prison, which will be about three years. To KTVU. He remains under his sentence for a year and a half.
But one of his former UFC colleagues, Luke Rockhold, hopes to reduce that number with the help of President Donald Trump.
“I think it just comes down to the fact that this whole system is wrong. He spent time. He proves that he is not a threat to society. He has done countless things. I went with him to a child's hospital and visited children and saw the joy that brings people. He spoke to TMZ Sports this week.
Cain Velazquez was featured in the Superior Court Judicial Attorney General, San Jose, California, on April 12, 2022. (Matt Erickson/USA Today)
Joe Logan says he will not attend UFC 315 in Canada.
“If there's a time when President Trump step in and offer a real pardon that has all the meaning in the world… our situation is somewhat justified.
“Cain is one of the kindest and sweetest things. He never does anything wrong until you punch him in the face, until you make him wrong. He is a big teddy bear, what can I say?”
The former champion refused to argue against felony assault and gun charges as part of a negotiation agreement with the Santa Clara County Prosecutor's Office, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in August. The planned murder charges against Velázquez were withdrawn as part of the deal.
Velazquez made his first acquisition UFC Heavyweight Championship In 2012, defeated Junior Dos Santos. Velazquez managed to defend the title twice.
Cain Velazquez was backstage behind the scenes at the UFC Fight Night event at Talking Stick Resort Arena on February 17, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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He had a short wrestling career in WWE and AAA in Mexico.
Ryan Gaydos and Chantz Martin of Fox News contributed to this report.
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