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.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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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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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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 like to fight tough fights.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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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 go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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I don’t care what people think.
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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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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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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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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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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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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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 throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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