![]() ![]() He told me, ‘When I tell you to do something, you do it.’ I’m a 36-year-old man. because he was going to L.A., and I told him I couldn’t because I was at my nephew’s game. “So he called me when I was at my nephew’s game. When he calls, everything you’re doing, I don’t care if you’re at your wedding, you have to stop everything you’re doing, and you have to attend (to) Hans. It was when he calls you have to stop everything you’re doing – even fighters. No prior, ‘Hey, man, tomorrow we’re going to L.A.,’ nothing. … I was at my nephew’s football game, and Hans called me that day and said, ‘I need you to come to L.A. “So the way he talked to me in public, around fighters, around other people, it was like I was a kid. “He acts like you’re sh*t, he treats you like you’re nothing,” Hendo said. Hendo also alleged to be mistreated by Molenkamp and even “blackballed” after quitting on him. Hendo claims the relationship went south when he stopped doing fighter shoots and became more of a personal photographer for Molenkamp’s social media. Through his work there, that’s how Hendo met Molenkamp and how he eventually was hired by Monster. Hendo began combats sports photography by taking photos at Alliance MMA in San Diego, Cruz’s home gym. And that was the same thing with me.”ĭominick Cruz had plenty to say about Hans Molenkamp after his win at UFC 259. “If they don’t do that, what happens is that they will lose their contract. They’re forced to do all the antics, get the Monster can kicked out of their hand, and do all this stupid stuff and these crazy, funny videos. He’s the cool guy, but behind the scenes, these guys are forced to interact with him. “If you look at his social media, it seems he’s the cool guy, the fun guy,” photographer Courtney Hendo said in a video on his personal YouTube channel. Now, a former photographer for Monster, who worked closely with Molenkamp, has opened up about his experience and shared more details on the allegations. ![]() UFC strawweight Angela Hill opened up about Molenkamp’s tactics used on fighters, as well as former UFC champion Michael Bisping claiming to have been terminated as sponsored athlete for not being Molenkamp’s friend. Since Cruz’s callout, other fighters have opened up about Molenkamp’s alleged malpractice. Monster is one of the UFC’s and Bellator’s official sponsors, and the energy drink company sponsors many athletes in MMA. Fresh off his decision win over Casey Kenney, Cruz challenged Molenkamp to a charity boxing fight in the wake of feeling used by Molenkamp, as he claims to have been forced to promote Molenkamp’s social media profile in order to avoid his Monster sponsorship contract being terminated. He recently commentated at UFC 265 in the absence of Joe Rogan.Allegations regarding the conduct of Monster Energy combat sports representative Hans Molenkamp continue to surface.įollowing Dominick Cruz’s callout of Molenkamp after his UFC 259 victory earlier this month, others have come out to back up Cruz’s claims or share their similar experiences. He is usual seen alongside Michael Bisping, Paul Felder during UFC Fight Nights. Throughout his MMA career, Cruz has suffered from long bouts of injury hit inactivities several times.Ĭruz’s MMA record stands at 24 wins and just 3 defeats.īesides being a fighter, Cruz is also an MMA analyst and commentator. He once again went away from the sport for almost 4 years, and returned at UFC 249, and took on Henry Cejudo.Ĭruz suffered a 2nd round TKO defeat against Cejudo, and since then fought once, beating Casey Kenney via. He made a winning return on the 27th of September, 2014 with a Performance of the Night win over Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 178.Īnd, in the very next fight he reclaimed his UFC bantamweight belt with a win over TJ Dillashaw.Ĭruz defended his belt once, against Urijah Faber, before losing it to Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207. Dominick Cruz is a former 2x- UFC Bantamweight Champion (UFC)Īfter defending his belt successfully against Demetrious Johnson in October 2011, Cruz vacated his title and went on a three-year hiatus. Since WEC was a part of the UFC back then, he was also the UFC bantamweight champion when he made his promotional debut. He then went on a long unbeaten streak, while winning the WEC Bantamweight Championship and also making his UFC debut. On his WEC debut, Cruz suffered his first loss – against Urijah Faber, via. ![]() He was at the top of his game that year, and by the end of 2006, he was 9-0 up in his MMA career.įollowing his success in promotions like Rage in the Cage and Total Combat, Cruz signed up with World Extreme Cagefighting. Dominick Cruz MMA Career and UFC Recordĭominick Cruz made his MMA debut on the 29th of January, 2005 in a promotion called Rage in the Cage. On debut, July 2011, Cruz pocketed $115,000 against Urijah Faber. ![]()
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