Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez sentenced to 5 years in prison over attempted murder of man accused of sexually assaulting his 4-year-old son

Former UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempted murder. This incident occurred in February 2022.

Velasquez was arrested in 2022 during a car chase when he fired toward a vehicle where the man he accused of molesting his 4-year-old son was. Although the target, Harry Goularte, was not harmed, the bullet ended up hitting his stepfather, who was driving, suffered non-life-threatening injuries from being shot twice.

On Monday, Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison in a Santa Clara, California, courtroom, though he was given credit for three years of time served, according to TMZ.

Meanwhile, Goularte faces one felony charge of lewd acts with a minor and is set for trial on June 2nd.

Velasquez, who reportedly expressed remorse on Monday, had previously reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid a life sentence after several trial delays.

During on the Kyle Kingsbury podcast , Velasquez acknowledged 'what I did' and that 'what I did was very dangerous to other people.

'Not just people involved, but to innocent people. I understand what I did and I'm willing to do everything I have to pay that back.'

'Whatever the court feels correct for what I have to do, I'm going to do it with my head up and still be me and not play the blame game. It was me that did that and reacted in that way.'

Velasquez added that he has forgiven the Goularte family who ran the daycare where the alleged molestation happened.

'Even with that family and what they've done, I can't have hate like that for them,' he said. 'Because there are things that I have to move on to and give love to my kids and give love to the people around.'

Velasquez's MMA career was highlighted by his two UFC title wins. He won the title by defeating Brock Lesnar in 2010 before losing to Junior dos Santos in his first defense. He'd go on to regain the title in their 2012 rematch and dropped it to Fabricio Werdum in 2012.