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 LEWISThat would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I like to fight tough fights.
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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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The one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I’m fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it’s a 25-minute fight, I’ll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.
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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 don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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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’ll fight anyone.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
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