The 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.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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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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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it’s also the reason I’ve made it this far in my career. It’s like, built up in me. It’s what I think about when I fight. My childhood.
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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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I’ll fight anyone.
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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 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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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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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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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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