After three years, Cain Velasquez has officially received his penalty following his preliminary arrest again in 2022.
On Monday, the previous UFC heavyweight champion was sentenced to five-years in jail, minus time served, after pleading no-contest number of costs together with tried homicide stemming from an incident in February 2022. Velasquez went on an 11-mile excessive pace chase pursuing a automotive containing Harry Goularte, a person accused of molesting the fighter’s son at a daycare owned by his mom, firing a number of rounds from a .40-caliber on the automobile, putting Goularte’s stepfather Paul Bender within the arm.
Choose Arthur Bocanegra handed down the sentence to Velasquez, who will get credit score for 1,283 days served together with his time behind bars and home arrest — that means the 42-year-old is slated to spend lower than two years in jail.
The information led to a flurry of reactions from professional fighters, each out and in of the UFC, together with you, the MMA Preventing followers and readers.
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