Just slightly over 12 years, 17 pro fights and six UFC title fights with two separate reigns as UFC heavyweight champion. That was the MMA career of Cain Velasquez. Then on Monday he was sentenced to five years in prison for a range of charges including attempted murder for his assault aimed at a man who’d been accused of molesting his son at a daycare.
I can’t help but think of a line from Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country For Old Men,” the one about how in life you might think you have some idea where the ride is headed but you might be wrong.