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 gaggle of younger adults in a car careening down his block at round 80 MPH.

Cejudo informed TMZ Sports activities on Monday the automotive went airborne after it hit certainly one of his neighbor’s sprinkler programs … after which it crashed by way of certainly one 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 frightened they is perhaps “armed and harmful.” He informed us although, when one of many guys struck a neighbor who had confronted them, he stepped in.

Cejudo stated he grabbed the man, threw him to the bottom, put his palms behind his again and “slapped him a bit of bit.” He stated the person ought to be pleased about all of it, too, as a result of he is adamant if he hadn’t performed what he did — his neighbors would have killed the man.

Cejudo says two of his neighbors had weapons on their individual and so they had been able to shoot. The truth is, at one level, he says certainly one of his neighbors cocked their firearm and screamed, “You progress motherf****er, you are useless.”

“If I wasn’t there,” Cejudo stated, “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 prices … together with DUI and assault.