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.
DERRICK LEWISA 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 believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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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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That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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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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It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.
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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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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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I gotta work on my overall game.
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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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 have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
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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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