I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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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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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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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 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.
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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 don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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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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It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.
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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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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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