I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
DERRICK LEWISWhatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.
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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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