Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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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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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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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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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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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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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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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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