I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
DERRICK LEWISI really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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I’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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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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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.
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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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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.
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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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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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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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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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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 just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
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