UFC Star Henry Cejudo
Talks Hit-&-Run Scene …
My Actions Saved Suspect’s Life!!!
Revealed April 8, 2025 12:30 AM PDT
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 gaggle 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 automobile went airborne after it hit one in every of his neighbor’s sprinkler methods … after which it crashed by way of one in every of his different neighbor’s homes.
He acknowledged that after it got here to relaxation, a number 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 likely to 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 arms behind his again and “slapped him a bit of 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 accomplished what he did — his neighbors would have killed the man.
Cejudo says two of his neighbors had weapons on their particular person and so they had been able to shoot. The truth is, at one level, he says one in every of his neighbors cocked their firearm and screamed, “You progress motherf****er, you are useless.”
“If I wasn’t there,” Cejudo mentioned, “this child would have been useless.”
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 costs … together with DUI and assault.
“Fortunately, no one was damage,” Cejudo informed us. “I hope this child learns his lesson. And I feel one of the simplest ways to study your lesson is to do time. And actually determine who the hell you’re and what you need in life.”
