You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
DERRICK LEWISI know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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 fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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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 know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
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I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
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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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You’ve really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can’t get ready because there’s no telling. They’ll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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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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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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