Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez going to jail for attempted murder was one of the biggest heartbreak for MMA fans and the community.
Velasquez who is out on $1 million bail has shared his eight months of jail experience for the first time in public.
UFC legend Cain Velasquez was taken into custody in February for the attempted killing of Harry Goularte, an alleged child molester.
Velasquez was freed on bail and recently appeared at an AAA pro-wrestling event where he competed in a six-man tag team match.
Velasquez gave a brief speech following the bout to express his gratitude for the love, support, and help he received in these difficult times for himself, his family, and his loved ones.
What did Cain Velasquez say?
Velasquez, during a recent episode of the K100 w/ Konnan & Disco Podcast, shared the eight-month experience of being a prisoner.
“My mind ran like both sides of it. The bad side and the good side. It’s a thing, we always have to have faith, you know? It doesn’t matter what position we’re in, where we’re at. We always gotta look for the best-case scenario for us and just know that our lives are something much bigger and it’s all gonna work out for the best, always.”
Cain Velasquez
Velasquez gave some insight into his daily life while in prison, which he described as being isolating. Velasquez stated that this was a positive experience as well as a negative experience for him.
“They had me in protective custody. It was very low-key. Only a few people that I was able to kind of 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.”
Cain Velasquez
Velasquez compared his mental state with how he felt at the AAA Worldwide event last month, after having not participated in any athletic events since 2019.
It was crazy man… Probably the worst I’ve ever felt physically, mentally doing something… I feel like there was such a standstill, my body and my mind.
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…
Said by Cain
Just as he did after winning, Velasquez was also quick to acknowledge the overwhelming support from the public.
“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 in there. So, yeah dude, I feel it and I just wanna thank everybody forever for that.”
Cain Velasquez
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