I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
DERRICK LEWISI’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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I 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.
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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’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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 just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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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