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 LEWISI really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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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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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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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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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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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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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’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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