I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
DERRICK LEWISI’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I 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.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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 hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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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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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.’
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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