I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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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’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 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.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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 know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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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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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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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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 go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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