I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWISI 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 have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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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I gotta work on my overall game.
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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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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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I made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
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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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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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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 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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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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