Former UFC Champion, Cain Velasquez, Receives 5 Year Sentence for 2022 Shooting

Velasquez was sentenced on attempted murder charges after shooting at a man accused of molesting his son.

Cain Velasquez (R) appears for his arraignment with his attorney Edward Sousa at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice in San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 21, 2022. Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group via AP, Pool

Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez, has been handed a sentence of five years behind bars for a February 2022 shooting.

He originally pleaded no contest to the charges last August, after being arrested for chasing and shooting at a vehicle with a man inside accused of molesting his son.