I like to fight tough fights.
DERRICK LEWISI like to fight tough fights.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
DERRICK LEWISLike 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.
DERRICK LEWISI just have a crazy sense of humor.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
DERRICK LEWISI’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.
DERRICK LEWISYou eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
DERRICK LEWISI grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWISI’ll fight anyone.
DERRICK LEWISI throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
DERRICK LEWISI speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
DERRICK LEWISI go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
DERRICK LEWISIt 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.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
DERRICK LEWISI’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
DERRICK LEWIS