I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
DERRICK LEWISI speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
DERRICK LEWISI know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
DERRICK LEWISYou’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.
DERRICK LEWISWhatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
DERRICK LEWISBrock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
DERRICK LEWISThat’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 LEWISI don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
DERRICK LEWISA 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.
DERRICK LEWISI know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
DERRICK LEWISYou have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
DERRICK LEWISBasically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.
DERRICK LEWISI’m an optimistic guy.
DERRICK LEWISI just like being in fun fights.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
DERRICK LEWISMy goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
DERRICK LEWISIt’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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