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.
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.
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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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I don’t care what people think.
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The one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I’m fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it’s a 25-minute fight, I’ll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.
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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’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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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 know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
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I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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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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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 set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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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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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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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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