I don’t know how to do takedowns.
DERRICK LEWISI just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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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’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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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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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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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 know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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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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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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George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
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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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