A slew of previous and current MMA stars showered Cain Velasquez with assist on social media after the previous UFC champion was sentenced to 5 years in jail.
On Monday, Velasquez was sentenced for his involvement in a February 2022 capturing that noticed the ex-MMA fighter have interaction in a high-speed chase by which he fired a number of rounds from a handgun at a automobile carrying Harry Goularte, the person accused of sexually assaulting Velasquez’s then-four-year-old son at a daycare his mom, Patricia Goularte, owned and operated.
Velasquez was in the end sentenced to 5 years with time served for a sequence of expenses, together with tried homicide. The prosecution was in search of a sentence of 25 years to life.
Luckily, Velasquez’s five-year sentence contains credit score for time served. Not simply the eight months he spent behind bars in 2022, however the time he’s been underneath home arrest since then. Which means Velasquez will get credit score for 3 years, leaving him solely two years left to serve. With good habits, there’s a robust risk that he may very well be a free man in 2026.
Nonetheless, lots of Velasquez’s buddies, household, and supporters assume that’s completely too lengthy.
Cain Velasquez’s fellow fighters bathe him with assist
As they’ve because the day Velasquez was first taken into custody over three years in the past, fighters confirmed their assist for the previous heavyweight celebrity.
