{"id":435006,"date":"2022-02-28T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T04:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=435006"},"modified":"2022-02-28T23:16:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T07:16:44","slug":"report-cain-velasquez-involved-in-san-jose-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-cain-velasquez-involved-in-san-jose-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Cain Velasquez involved in San Jose shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was involved in a shooting in San Jose that left one man injured.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcbayarea\/status\/1498504445390295041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Bay Area<\/a>, Velasquez (14-3 MMA) was involved in a shooting that took place on Monterey Highway and Bailey Avenue, near Sobrato High School.<\/p>\n<p>Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to NBC that the incident involved the former UFC champion, Cain Velasquez. Police would only say that one man has been taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries and another man has been arrested. So it remains unclear how Velasquez was directly involved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation confirm the shooting involves UFC and WWE star Cain Velasquez. One man has been taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, another has been arrested. It is unclear how Velasquez is involved. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1DhrLa8T3W\">https:\/\/t.co\/1DhrLa8T3W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sara Bueno (@TVwebproducer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVwebproducer\/status\/1498507774522765314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The shooting incident was reported to local police at around 3:15pm this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Cain Velasquez retired from mixed martial arts in 2019, shortly following his appearance on WWE Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Velasquez is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights in mixed martial arts history. He went 12-3 under the UFC banner, which included victories over Junior dos Santos x2, Antonio \u2018Bigfoot\u2019 Silva x2, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Ben Rothwell, Cheick Kongo, Travis Browne and Brock Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p>While Velasquez is long since retired, that hasn&#8217;t stopped rumors from swirling about a potential UFC comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Cain&#8217;s longtime coach Javier Mendez recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-javier-mendez-sees-potential-comeback-for-cain-velasquez-money-talks-most-of-the-time\/\">weighed in<\/a> on his possible return to MMA:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s got it if he wants it. He\u2019s got it. But I don\u2019t know know if [Cain Velasquez] wants to come back. I don\u2019t speak with him about those things. But it\u2019s possible. If someone says, \u2018Hey, here\u2019s $2 million, let\u2019s go fight,\u2019 he might say, \u2018Eh give me $4 [million] and I\u2019ll do it.&#8217;\u201d<\/em> \u2013 stated Mendez.<\/p>\n<p>BJPENN.com will keep you updated with further information on the Cain Velasquez shooting incident as further details become available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UPDATE<\/a>: Cain Velasquez has been booked into the Santa Clara County Jail and is being held on no bail. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1r3fpF7gHN\">https:\/\/t.co\/1r3fpF7gHN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcbayarea\/status\/1498548614016253952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cain Velasquez has been booked into the Santa Clara County Jail without bail after reportedly shooting someone earlier this afternoon in San Jose, California.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the news that Velasquez was involved in a shooting in San Jose? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was involved in a shooting in San Jose that left one man injured. According to a report from NBC Bay Area, Velasquez (14-3 MMA) was involved in a shooting that took place on Monterey Highway and Bailey Avenue, near Sobrato High School. 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