A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
DERRICK LEWISI’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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Basically, 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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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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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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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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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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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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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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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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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