I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
DERRICK LEWISThe only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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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 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 go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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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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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 don’t care what people think.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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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 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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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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