Cain Velasquez has obtained his sentence, and it’s significantly better than the protection requested for.
On Monday, the previous UFC heavyweight champion obtained a five-year jail sentence after he pled no-contest in court docket this previous April after dealing with a number of prices together with premeditated tried homicide, felony assault prices, and different associated gun prices following his arrest again in 2022.
The costs stemmed from an arrest again in February 2022 after Velasquez went on a excessive velocity automobile chase going after a car that contained Harry Goularte, a person accused of molesting his son at a daycare owned by his mom. Velasquez fired .40 caliber handgun rounds on the car, hanging Goularte’s stepfather Paul Bender, who suffered non-life threatening accidents, within the arm. The State District Lawyer in California requested for Velasquez to serve 30 years to life in jail.
Velasquez additionally will get credit score for time served.
Following the ruling, MMA Combating’s Mike Heck and Damon Martin react to Monday’s breaking information. Watch the video above, or an audio-only model of the present may also be streamed beneath and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your pods.
