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.
DERRICK LEWISI know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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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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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 know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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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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I gotta work on my overall game.
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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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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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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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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
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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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