I just like being in fun fights.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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Basically, 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.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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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 hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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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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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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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I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
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