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.
DERRICK LEWISYou know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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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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I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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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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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 grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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If 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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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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I 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 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 don’t know how to do takedowns.
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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 don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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