I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
DERRICK LEWISThe one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I’m fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it’s a 25-minute fight, I’ll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.
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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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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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I like to fight tough fights.
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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
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The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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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’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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 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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