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 Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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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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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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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.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
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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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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 just have a crazy sense of humor.
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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 don’t care what people think.
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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 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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