Former UFC star Cain Velásquez He was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after he did not declare himself in the 2022 shooting of a man who alleged abused his son.
Velásquez was arrested in February 2022 for attempted murder and multiple weapons charges after the police said he shot a truck that took the man who claimed sexually assaulted his 4 -year -old son. Later, the man was identified as Harry Goularte.
The prosecutors said that Velásquez was chasing a truck that transported man for 11 miles through busy streets in the San José area, authorities said.
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Luke Rockhold reacts after his fight against Paulo Costa during UFC 278 in Vivintint Arena on August 20, 2022 in Salt Lake City. (Alejandro Salazar/Pxximages/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Velásquez will receive credit for 1,283 days in prison, which amounts to about three years, according to To Ktvu. He has a year and a half in his prayer.
However, one of his former UFC colleagues, Luke Rockhold, wants that number to be reduced with the help of President Donald Trump.
“I think it is reduced to the fact that this whole system is wrong. It has done its time. It has shown that it is not a threat to society. He has done innumerable things. I have gone with him to the children’s hospitals to visit children and see the joy he brings to people. It is the least amount of threat to anyone in this world,” Rockhold told TMZ Sports this week.
Cain Velásquez appears in the Hall of Justice of the Superior Court in San José, California, on April 12, 2022. (Matt Erickson/USA Today)
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“If there was ever a time for President Trump to intervene and serve a real forgiveness that has all the meaning of the world … Our situation is somewhat justified.
“Cain is one of the most friendly and sweet, until you hit Cain in the face, until you are wrong, he will never do anything wrong. He is a great teddy bear, what can I say?”
The former champion did not oppose an assault contest for serious crime and firearms as part of a negotiated agreement with the Santa Clara Clear Prosecutor’s Office, said District Prosecutor Jeff Rosen in August. The premeditated murder charges against Velásquez withdrew as part of the agreement.
Velásquez obtained his first UFC heavyweight championship In 2012, defeating Junior Dos Santos. Velásquez successfully defended his title twice.
Cain Velásquez has his hands wrapped behind the stage during an event of the UFC fighting night in Talking Stick Resort Arena on February 17, 2019, in Phoenix, Ariz. (Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/ZUFFA LLC through Getty Images)
He had a brief career in wrestling at the WWE and the AAA of Mexico.
