I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
DERRICK LEWISBasically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.
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George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
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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 grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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 don’t know how to do takedowns.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
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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 have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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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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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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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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