I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
DERRICK LEWISIf 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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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 know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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I 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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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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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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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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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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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 believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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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’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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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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I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
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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 have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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 have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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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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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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You 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.’
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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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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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