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.
DERRICK LEWISI’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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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.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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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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