“Look at my face, look at my body, I get beat to death for a living,” Cruz said at the UFC 259 press conference after beating Casey Kenney via split decision. He said there were others who’d made similar complaints, including UFC President Dana White. The former bantamweight champion alleged Molenkamp tied individual sponsorships to personal social media posts and interviews. No further details were offered.Ĭruz, a former bantamweight champion, used his post-win speech at UFC 259 to call for a charity fight with Molenkamp, a longtime MMA supporter and practitioner who’s served as a link between the sport and Monster sponsorships for over one decade. “We take any such allegations seriously and are looking into it at this time,” a Monster spokesperson wrote to MMA Fighting. Dominick Cruz is set to take on Pedro Munhoz at UFC 269.Blue chip UFC sponsor Monster Energy on Monday said the company is looking into allegations by Dominick Cruz that Hans Molenkamp, a business development rep with the energy drink company, took advantage of his position with fighters for personal benefit. Jessica-Rose Clark is currently set to compete at UFC Vegas 41 against Joselyne Edwards. He jeopardized all of our jobs and I’ll forever be angry at him about that.” “I’m glad that it’s kind of washed away now because I don’t know that many people understand how much damage Dominick did, not just to Hans but to all of us, every single person on the Monster team. That was fucked up, that was a dick move. That was heartbreaking to have someone that you thought was a friend call you out publicly like that when you hadn’t done anything to them. But I’m glad for Hans’ sake that they’ve worked it out because it put so much stress on him because him and Dom have been friends for years. I’m glad that they’ve worked stuff out because I don’t care about Dominick Cruz at all. “I nearly lost my job, we all almost lost our jobs because of him. “He put all of us on the chopping block,” Clark said. UFC Charlotte Odds: Jessica-Rose Clark-Tainara Lisboa prediction, pick They almost lost it though, something that can be blamed on Dominick Cruz. The Monster got every fighter involved a monthly stipened that was a great help for athletes. It's difficult to get a steady income in MMA. The friendship was almost not enough as Jessica-Rose Clark almost lost her sponsorship with the company. And for Dom to turn around and do that because I don’t know what his reason was, he was still contracted by Monster, he was still getting paid by them every month. He’s such a f*cking great man and he goes out of his way to help everyone that he can. His kids call me ‘Auntie Jessy,’ I’m super close with his wife. He was one of the very first friends I made when I moved to the U.S. “I don’t know, that whole thing pissed me off because one, I’ve been friends with Hans since before I was ever on the Monster team. “Dom’s the one who brought him up in that interview and was all, ‘Ah, I’ll still fight him for charity.’ Who’s clout chasing now, Dominick Cruz? “His whole argument was that Hans is a clout chaser but Hans isn’t using Dom’s name for fucking anything,” Jessica-Rose Clark told Drake Riggs of MyMMANews. The move was one that left Jessica-Rose Clark very unhappy. A select few are sponsored by the company and wear the famous logo on their kits.ĭominick Cruz apparently almost ruined that for everybody when he called out the President of Monster, Hans Molenkamp, after his fight against Casey Kenney. Jessica-Rose Clark is one of the lucky UFC athletes that have a sponsorship with Monster Energy.
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