There was good news for Cain Velasquez on Tuesday as the former UFC heavyweight champion was granted bail by a Santa Clara County (Calif.) judge after a pre-trial hearing that extended over two days.
Terms of Velasquez’s release include $1 million bail, monitoring and compliance to an extended set of terms.
The news comes after Velasquez was jailed for more than eight months while he faces a handful of charges, including attempted murder, for allegedly shooting at a car carrying Harry Goularte, a man accused of molesting Velasquez’s 4-year-old son, and his parents.
Although there are still several legal hurdles ahead for the 40-year-old Velasquez, many fighters online celebrated Velasquez’s victory in court.
Below is a list of their reactions.
Daniel Cormier
LFG!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/yADuqIuHWa
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 8, 2022
Deron Winn
Let’s go’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/tEyee1aJBH
— Deron Winn (@DeronWinn) November 8, 2022
They finally freed my boy!!!!!!!! I’m so happy for him and his family!!!!!!!
— Deron Winn (@DeronWinn) November 8, 2022
Michael Bisping
About time. Congrats to all his family. https://t.co/2fQ3Yhddrm
— michael (@bisping) November 8, 2022
Jeff Molina
About damn time! 🙌 https://t.co/cbDCkgEwgN
— Jeff Molina (@jmolina_125) November 8, 2022
Belal Muhammad
Finally https://t.co/zRBVDF1JSD
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 8, 2022
Derek Brunson
Cain Velasquez has been granted bail #freecainvelasquez 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯. Welcome home CAIN
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 8, 2022
Cris Cyborg
🙏🏽 @cainmma https://t.co/Tpo9PFRzV3
— CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) November 8, 2022
Ian Heinisch
Finally, ridiculous how long that took! @cainmma @MMAJunkie 👏🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/KnKYiDZNz5
— Ian Heinisch (@ianheinischmma) November 8, 2022
Damien Brown
You don’t need to agree with me but this might be the best thing that’s happened in a while.
Cain will likely serve time again but at least he can spend time with his family while he waits.
If a pedo can walk free then so should Cain. https://t.co/X4Axz66SC8
— Damien Brown (@beatdown155) November 8, 2022
Javier Mendez
Aljamain Sterling
God is good! 🙏🏾🙌🏾 https://t.co/yggLXClOjn
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) November 9, 2022
Merab Dvalishvili
— Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (@MerabDvalishvil) November 8, 2022
Kyle Kingsbury
Many prayers answered my brother @cainmma is out and with his family. I love you deeply and thank GOD 🙏🏽
— Kyle Kingsbury (@Kingsbu) November 9, 2022
Todd Duffee
Joe Giannetti
🙌🏻🙌🏻 #Freecainvelasquez https://t.co/XEfUrF0NjY
— Joe Joe Giannetti 💀 (@Giannettimma) November 9, 2022
Gabriel Benitez
Diego Ferreira
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://t.co/TRuenbycNt
— Diego Ferreira (@DiegoUFCTX) November 9, 2022
Kelvin Gastelum
Finally 🙏🫶 https://t.co/ACuPcMaQgT
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 9, 2022
