Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez mentioned his eight-month incarceration led to helpful perspective on his life.
Velasquez, whose tried homicide trial begins in January, mirrored deeply on his jail expertise throughout an interview on the JAXXON PODCAST. Almost one 12 months faraway from his launch on bail, he tried to profit from his time.
“I went in – it was type of like, for me, I took the chance,” Velasquez mentioned. “I’ve by no means been alone, actually, for a very long time. I actually have to be alone, handle no matter. So that they requested me if I wished to go to [into protective custody], so I mentioned let me go to PC, and let’s see what that is about, and go from there.
“I wasn’t attempting to step on anyone’s toes, or not play with this system, or something like that. I don’t know what the politics are. I acquired to know somewhat bit extra, being in. Clearly, I’ve respect for everyone, and everyone’s residing of their world and doing their factor. However I took the chance to be with myself for the time. It was good and unhealthy, however it was primarily good. I consider lots of people ought to expertise one thing like that, like have their freedoms taken away, to understand what you’ve got, and it’s the smallest of issues that we take as a right.”
Velasquez was arrested in March 2022 after allegedly participating in a high-speed automobile chase and taking pictures on the automobile of a person accused of molesting his four-year-old son at a daycare the person’s mom owns. The person’s stepfather was struck by gunfire through the chase and wounded. Police charged Velasquez with tried homicide and a number of gun fees that carry a possible sentence of 20 years or extra if he’s convicted.
Velasquez was launched on $1 million bail this previous November and ordered to undergo GPS monitoring along with present process outpatient remedy for CTE. The decide in his case additionally issued a protecting order that required him to steer clear of the person accused of molesting his son, along with the person’s household. Prosecutors protested the choice, mentioned Velasquez was “clear and convincing risk of hazard.”
One month after his launch, Velasquez returned to the pro-wrestling ring with the judges’ permission and thanked followers for his or her assist. In pre-trial court docket dates, supporters of the previous UFC heavyweight champ confirmed up in pressure, talking out in favor of the retired MMA fighter.
In jail, Velasquez mentioned he learn a number of books and waxed philosophical about his setting and its impact on his mindset.
“We’re so blessed day by day, and we’re so down on the dumbest issues,” he mentioned. “When s*** will get taken away, you notice, ‘Oh, I had all this, I had all this.’ I had the chance to simply depart after I wished to. Depart in my automobile and go outdoors, have a look at one thing, have a look at nature. Have the chance to go have a look at one thing like that and admire the day.
“Every day, we’re by no means actually the identical. Every second, once you have a look at one thing, like a tree, one thing so small like that, that tree won’t ever appear to be that, ever once more, aside from that second that you simply’re taking a look at it. It would by no means be the identical, how the leaves are, how the wind is blowing. If you wish to go that deep, it’s going to by no means be the identical once more, aside from that one second. So take the time, admire that second was for you.
“So, little stuff like that. I began getting, no matter all through the day, little wins. One thing little, and I’d simply be glad about that. Grateful for it. So it wasn’t like I used to be in a nasty place. No, man. I’m right here. I’m right here. It doesn’t matter what this modifications to. I’ve been poor. I’ve been on the prime. It doesn’t matter what I see. I’m all the time right here, and that’s all that issues, and it issues what I make of this, like how I really feel inside is what issues.”
Under is Velasquez’s full interview.
