I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
DERRICK LEWISI always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
-
-
I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWIS -
The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I’ll fight anyone.
DERRICK LEWIS -
If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
DERRICK LEWIS -
Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
DERRICK LEWIS -
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.
DERRICK LEWIS -
You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
DERRICK LEWIS -
I like to fight tough fights.
DERRICK LEWIS -
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 LEWIS -
I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
DERRICK LEWIS -
For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I don’t know how to do takedowns.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWIS






