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.
DERRICK LEWISAs long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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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 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’ll fight anyone.
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You’ve really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can’t get ready because there’s no telling. They’ll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.
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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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I like to fight tough fights.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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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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