I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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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 don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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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 don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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I 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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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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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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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