The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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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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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 really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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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I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
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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 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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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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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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I made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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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