Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez is serving a five-year sentence at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California. Authorities transferred him from Wasco State Prison on March 24, 2025, after he pleaded no contest to attempted murder, felony assault, and gun-related charges stemming from a 2022 shooting incident.

The chain of events began on February 28, 2022, when the former 2-time UFC heavyweight champion launched an 11-mile high-speed chase in San Jose, pursuing Harry Goularte, who allegedly committed a heinous action against Cain Velasquez’s four-year-old son. His arrest made international headlines immediately. MMA stars like Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, and UFC president Dana White publicly supported Velasque z. The situation escalated when he fired multi

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