Cain Velasquez won’t find out his fate until “early next year” after his sentencing hearing was pushed back to 2025.
The former UFC heavyweight champion was scheduled to appear in court on Friday for his sentencing after he plead no-contest to a variety of charges, including attempted murder and various gun charges related to his arrest back in 2022.
He faces the potential for life in prison with the possibility of parole, although it’s highly unlikely he receives the stiffest penalty for those charges after pleading no-contest and avoiding a jury trial.
Velasquez was initially arrested after he went on an 11-mile high speed car chase going after a vehicle that contained Harry Goularte, a man accused of molesting the fighter’s son at a daycare owned by his mother.
Velasquez fired several rounds from a .40-caliber handgun at the vehicle but ultimately struck Goularte’s stepfather Paul Bender in the arm. He sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result.
When the car chase ended, Velasquez was arrested without incident by the Morgan Hill Police Department and he was hit with a multitude of charges that kept him behind bars for the next eight months before he was eventually granted bail.
Cain Velasquez sentencing pushed back to 2025 after pleading no-contest to attempted murder charges - MMA Fighting
