You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t know how to do takedowns.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I’ll fight anyone.
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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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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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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 know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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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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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.
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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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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.
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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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.
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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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