A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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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 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 feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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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’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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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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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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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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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 ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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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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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 tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
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