Cain Velasquez simply took a significant step in his long-standing authorized battle — and he might be a free man in beneath two years.
On March 24, the previous UFC Heavyweight Champion entered a no contest plea to a number of expenses, together with tried homicide, stemming from a 2022 incident that made headlines throughout each the sports activities and leisure worlds. Velasquez was concerned in a high-speed chase in California, throughout which he fired a gun at Harry Goularte Jr., the person accused of molesting Velasquez’s son at a daycare heart. As a substitute of hitting Goularte, Velasquez struck Goularte’s stepfather.
Velasquez has now been sentenced to 5 years in jail, however he’s getting credit score for 1,283 days already served, which implies he might be launched in lower than two years. He’ll additionally face 4 years of supervised probation as soon as he’s out.
Earlier than his authorized troubles, Cain Velasquez had stepped into a really totally different ring — WWE. In 2019, Velasquez made his WWE debut through the Fox debut episode of SmackDown, confronting Brock Lesnar after Lesnar received the WWE Championship. The confrontation arrange a highly-publicized match between the 2 at Crown Jewel 2019 in Saudi Arabia. The bout was temporary, with Lesnar submitting Velasquez in beneath two minutes, however it was certainly one of WWE’s high marquee matchups that 12 months.
Velasquez later competed in Mexico’s AAA promotion, the place he was praised for his spectacular athleticism and lucha libre abilities. Regardless of a brief run in WWE, he left the door open for future appearances — although his arrest in early 2022 abruptly put his wrestling profession on maintain.
Now, with a decision in his prison case and a clock ticking towards launch, followers are already speculating about whether or not Cain might return to MMA or skilled wrestling as soon as he’s out — assuming he needs to.
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