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.
DERRICK LEWISThe guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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 just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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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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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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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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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 really don’t like watching women fights.
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You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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