Former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez Released from Jail on $1 Million Bail

After spending the last eight months in jail, Cain Velasquez left a holding facility in Santa Clara County, Calif., after he posted $1 million bail.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder Velasquez was arrested in late February after allegedly shooting at Harry Goularte, a man allegedly accused of sexually molesting Velasquez’s 4-year-old son, and his family. On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Velasquez was allowed to go home, but he is facing attempted murder and multiple other charges. Velasquez was previously denied bail on several occasions after it was determined too great a risk to release the former UFC heavyweight champion.



“Just feel blessed,” Velasquez said in a statement to San Francisco, Calif.-based television station KRON-4. “Ready to go home, be with the loved ones, family, and friends, and make something positive of this whole situation. Just thank you to everybody who had my support. I love all of you. Just always continue to be better as a person, always do good things and just make something positive of this terrible situation. My family and I, we’re going to do that.”

Conditions include home detention; GPS monitoring; TBI/CTE outpatient treatment at Windmill Wellness Ranch; counseling and/or support group for parents of victims of child sexual abuse; search and seizure; no weapons; and keeping 300 yards from alleged victims of the shooting.

— Josh Gross (@yay_yee) November 8, 2022

Velasquez will return to court for his trial arraignment on Nov. 21. In addition to staying confined to home detention with GPS monitoring, Velasquez isn’t allowed to have any weapons in the house. He can’t also get closer than 300 yards from the alleged shooting victims and must undergo counseling for parents of children who suffered sexual abuse, as well as outpatient treatment for potential traumatic brain injury.

Velasquez hadn’t stepped in the Octagon since Feb. 17, 2019, when he lost via first-round knockout to current divisional titleholder Francis Ngannou in the UFC on ESPN 1 headliner. Velasquez announced his retirement from mixed martial arts in October 2019 after compiling a 14-3 record. His career includes victories over Junior dos Santos (twice), Brock Lesnar, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cheick Kongo, among others. After hanging up the four-ounce gloves, Velasquez transitioned to pro wrestling and spent a few months with World Wrestling Entertainment.