I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWISThe 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 just have a crazy sense of humor.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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 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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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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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’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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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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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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