I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
DERRICK LEWISLike a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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I don’t care what people think.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
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That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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I’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
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George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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