I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
DERRICK LEWISIf I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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 don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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Basically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.
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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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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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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
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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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I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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I don’t care what people think.
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