I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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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 ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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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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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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 used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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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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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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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 don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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