UFC Star Henry Cejudo
Talks Hit-&-Run Scene …
My Actions Saved Suspect’s Life!!!
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Henry Cejudo is satisfied his actions at a hit-and-run incident final week helped save the suspect’s life.
The wild scene, in fact, all unfolded on Friday night time within the UFC star’s Phoenix neighborhood … when he says he noticed a bunch of younger adults in a car careening down his block at round 80 MPH.
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Cejudo instructed TMZ Sports activities on Monday the automobile went airborne after it hit considered one of his neighbor’s sprinkler programs … after which it crashed by considered one of his different neighbor’s homes.
He said that after it got here to relaxation, a few of the guys within the car made a break for it … however he did not cease them as a result of he was anxious they is perhaps “armed and dangerous.” He instructed us although, when one of many guys struck a neighbor who had confronted them, he stepped in.
Cejudo mentioned he grabbed the man, threw him to the bottom, put his arms behind his again and “slapped him a little bit.” He mentioned the person ought to be thankful for all of it, too, as a result of he is adamant if he hadn’t carried out what he did — his neighbors would have killed the man.
Cejudo says two of his neighbors had weapons on their particular person they usually had been able to shoot. In reality, at one level, he says considered one of his neighbors cocked their firearm and screamed, “You move motherf****er, you’re dead.”
“If I wasn’t there,” Cejudo mentioned, “this kid would have been dead.”
The suspect — later ID’ed by cops as 22-year-old Angel Cota — was finally taken into custody and booked on a number of costs … together with DUI and assault.
“Luckily, nobody was hurt,” Cejudo instructed us. “I hope this kid learns his lesson. And I think the best way to learn your lesson is to do time. And really figure out who the hell you are and what you want in life.”
