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.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
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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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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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If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
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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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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 like to fight tough fights.
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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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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 hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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