Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, who was imprisoned for eight months on the count of attempted murder has spoken up about his time in jail, after finally getting released on bail just over a month ago.
Cain Velasquez was touted as one of the greatest heavyweight champions in the UFc, but injuries derailed the two-time heavyweight champion from the UFC sooner than most people expected. He did have some incredible performances inside the octagon but eventually ended up leaving the UFC in 2019 in order to join the WWE.
The reason the once “baddest man on the planet” was in jail was for the attempted murder of the person who allegedly sexually assaulted his son. Cain went after Harry Goularte Jr., one of the owners of the daycare where Velasquez’s children went. Velasquez chased after a vehicle with Harry Goularte Jr., his stepfather, and his mother after Goularte was released on bail, ramming the vehicle and discharging his firearm at it, hitting Goularthe’s stepfather in the process.
After the incident, Velasquez was taken to Santa Clara County jail and formally charged with attempted murder. He spent the following eight months in prison and has now spoken about it publically for the first time. At the latest edition of the 100 w/ Konnan & Disco podcast Velasquez opened up about his prison experiences:
“It was crazy man… Probably the worst I’ve ever felt physically, or mentally doing something… I feel like there was such a standstill, between my body, and my mind.
They had me in protective custody. It was very low-key. Only a few people that I was able to hang out with and I guess the good thing about it is you got a lot of alone time with yourself and the bad thing about it was you got a lot of alone time with yourself.”
The heavyweight went on to share his mindset as well:
“For eight months, just a low way of thinking, versus when you’re out there competing, it’s a different way of thinking, how your brain and your mind have to be firing so, I felt like I was probably in the worst-case scenario for myself that I’ve ever been in and I feel like I always do this, I put a lot of pressure on myself and I just wanna be ready when I go out there and you know, compete and when I did, went out there and did it, dude, it was…”
Velasquez also addressed all the support he got from fellow fighters, Dana White, and his fans worldwide:
“Yeah man, I did [see the support I got from the wrestling & MMA communities] and I have and I just wanna thank everyone. I truly appreciate everyone’s support in all of it. It means so much to me. It gave me a lot of strength when I was there. So, yeah dude, I feel it and I just wanna thank everybody forever for that.”
