I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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 just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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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A 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.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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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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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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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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 just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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 care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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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 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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