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UFC Legend Cain Velasquez Pleads No Contest to Attempted Murder in 2022 Shooting

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Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velazquez has pled no contest to an attempted murder charge and nine gun assault crimes in exchange for a to-be-determined lighter sentence, per Robert Salonga of The Mercury News.

Velazquez is accused of shooting at a man accused of molesting his four-year-old son at a San Martin, California, daycare, which the man's mother owned and where the man also lived. ESPN's Andreas Hale provided more information.

"Velasquez was accused of shooting at a pickup truck carrying Harry Goularte -- the man accused of molesting Velasquez's then 4-year-old son at a daycare owned by Goularte's mother -- during an 11-mile car chase on the afternoon of Feb.