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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

Derrick Lewis

I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Myself Regular Time
I gotta work on my overall game.
DERRICK LEWIS

Effort Game Myself Work
I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
DERRICK LEWIS

Gym Myself Opponent Serious Stay
I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Mindset Myself Talk
It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
DERRICK LEWIS

Break Children Doubt Family Life People Prison Struggle
Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
DERRICK LEWIS

Myself Pay
I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
DERRICK LEWIS

Believe Better Fight Myself Tough
I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Mad Myself People Training True
I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
DERRICK LEWIS

Knock Lose Man Myself Situation Time
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Boxing Hit Myself Punch Start
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Forget Myself Name People Time
I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
DERRICK LEWIS

Believe Best Career Heart Myself Sports Talent
I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
DERRICK LEWIS

Known Myself Violence
I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
DERRICK LEWIS

Artist Martial Myself Sports Training
I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Fight Myself Submission Technique
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Life Myself Past Thinking Time

It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

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