UFC president Dana White and some of the best fighters in the world — like UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and retired former lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov — wrote letters in support of Cain Velasquez to the Santa Clara County (California) Superior Court last week.
Velasquez is being charged with attempted murder and nine other counts after targeting a man who is charged with molesting one of Velasquez’s young relatives. Velasquez, the former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, is currently in Santa Clara County main jail without bail. Judge Shelyna Brown denied Velasquez bail at a hearing March 7.
In the 34 letters obtained by ESPN, the authors asked the court for leniency in Velasquez’s case, many of them mentioning that he is a family man, has no criminal history and has been an exemplary friend, teammate and colleague for over a decade as a professional fighter.
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