I like to fight tough fights.
DERRICK LEWISI made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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I’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 set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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 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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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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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.
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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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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