UFC Star Henry Cejudo Satisfied Actions at Hit-&-Run Scene Saved Suspect’s Life

Henry Cejudo is glad his actions at a hit-and-run incident last week helped save the suspect’s life.

The wild scene, in any case, all unfolded on Friday evening time throughout the UFC star’s Phoenix neighborhood … when he says he observed a bunch of youthful adults in a vehicle careening down his block at spherical 80 MPH.

Cejudo instructed TMZ Sports activities actions on Monday the automotive went airborne after it hit actually certainly one of his neighbor’s sprinkler packages … after which it crashed through actually certainly one of his totally different neighbor’s houses.

He mentioned that after it obtained right here to rest, just a few of the blokes throughout the vehicle made a break for it … nevertheless he didn’t stop them because of he was anxious they might be “armed and dangerous.” He instructed us though, when certainly one of many guys struck a neighbor who had confronted them, he stepped in.

Cejudo acknowledged he grabbed the person, threw him to the underside, put his arms behind his once more and “slapped him a bit bit.” He acknowledged the individual should be grateful for all of it, too, because of he’s adamant if he hadn’t completed what he did — his neighbors would have killed the person.

Cejudo says two of his neighbors had weapons on their particular person they often have been capable of shoot. In reality, at one stage, he says actually certainly one of his neighbors cocked their firearm and screamed, “You progress motherf****er, you might be ineffective.”

“If I wasn’t there,” Cejudo acknowledged, “this baby would have been ineffective.”

The suspect — later ID’ed by cops as 22-year-old Angel Cota — was in the long run taken into custody and booked on various bills … along with DUI and assault.