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, after all, 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 informed TMZ Sports activities on Monday the automotive 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, among the guys within the car made a break for it … however he did not cease them as a result of he was frightened they could be “armed and harmful.” He informed 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 palms behind his again and “slapped him somewhat bit.” He mentioned the person ought to be pleased about all of it, too, as a result of he is adamant if he hadn’t completed what he did — his neighbors would have killed the man.
Cejudo says two of his neighbors had weapons on their individual they usually have been able to shoot. Actually, at one level, he says considered one of his neighbors cocked their firearm and screamed, “You progress motherf****er, you are lifeless.”
“If I wasn’t there,” Cejudo mentioned, “this child would have been lifeless.”
The suspect — later ID’ed by cops as 22-year-old Angel Cota — was in the end taken into custody and booked on a number of prices … together with DUI and assault.
“Fortunately, no person was harm,” Cejudo informed us. “I hope this child learns his lesson. And I feel one of the best ways to be taught your lesson is to do time. And actually work out who the hell you’re and what you need in life.”