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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.

Derrick Lewis

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

Believe Better Fight Myself Tough
The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
DERRICK LEWIS

Champion Climb Money Myself Pay Ranking Reason Why
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
I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Myself Time Water
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Division heavy Myself Time Weight
I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWIS

Argument Childhood Family Father Fight Grow Up Mom Myself
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
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Learning Lesson Lose People
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.’
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Limitation Ready Work Yourself
I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Job Love Myself
I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Health Myself
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Angry Built Childhood Myself Wife World
I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
DERRICK LEWIS

Call Fight Myself Scare
That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Focus Myself Opponent
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Himself Level Myself Pace Thinking
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Angry Childhood Fight Myself Past Reason Thinking

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