I don’t know how to do takedowns.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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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’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
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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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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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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 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.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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 just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it’s also the reason I’ve made it this far in my career. It’s like, built up in me. It’s what I think about when I fight. My childhood.
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I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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