I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.
DERRICK LEWISI speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
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I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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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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I’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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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’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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 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.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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