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The 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.

Derrick Lewis

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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Forget Myself Name People Time
I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Job Love Myself
If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
DERRICK LEWIS

Best Fight Myself Serious Shape World
That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Focus Myself Opponent
I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
DERRICK LEWIS

Doubt Life Myself People
I’ll fight anyone.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight One Liner
I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
DERRICK LEWIS

Enemy Hope Myself
I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Health Myself
That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
DERRICK LEWIS

Finding Greatness Inspirational Myself Shoes
All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
DERRICK LEWIS

Career Fight Kind Myself Pain Wrong
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Achievement Goal Myself People
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Boxing Hit Myself Punch Start
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Believe Heart Myself Talent
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 LEWIS

Care Division Enough Myself Win
Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
DERRICK LEWIS

Artist Martial Myself
I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Himself Level Myself Pace Thinking

The 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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The 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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