Ex-UFC champion Cain Velasquez pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Cain Velasquez, right, appears for his arraignment (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group/AP)

Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, assault and weapons charges in a case involving a suspected paedophile.

Velasquez was charged in March in San Jose, California, after he allegedly shot at a pickup truck carrying a man accused of sexually abusing a young child.