(Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect new information)
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison, minus time served, for a 2022 shooting.
Velasquez, 42, appeared at a sentencing hearing Monday at Santa Clara County Hall of Justice in San Jose, Calif., after pleading no contest to charges, including attempted murder, and was handed a five-year sentence, according to NBC Bay Area.
Five years from the day of his arrest is Feb. 28, 2027.
According to multiple reporters in the courtroom, including veteran MMA journalist Josh Gross, Judge Arthur Bolcanegra said Velasquez will be credited with 1,283 days. That means he’ll have to serve 542 days behind bars.
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