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 LEWISI go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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.’
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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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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.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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You’ve really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can’t get ready because there’s no telling. They’ll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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 know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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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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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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