I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy 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 hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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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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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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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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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 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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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.
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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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