NEW YORK – Former UFC dual champion Daniel Cormier did something this week that he hadn’t done in a long while: He FaceTimed with his good friend, Cain Velasquez . That’s because Velasquez had been in custody for more than eight months at a Santa Clara County (Calif.) jail. But Velasquez’s situation changed Tuesday when he was granted $1 million bail – after being denied three times – by Judge Arthur Bocanegra to conclude a two-day pre-trial hearing in the former UFC heavyweight champion’s attempted murder case. In the early morning hours Wednesday, a smiling Velasquez walked out of Santa Clara County Main Jail North in San Jose. Later that morning, Cormier was glad to spend some time with him on the phone – and happy with what he saw. “They’ve been through a lot the last eight months as a family,” Cormier told reporters Thursday during UFC 281 fight week.
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