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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.

Derrick Lewis

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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Call Notice Ready Short Stay
The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
DERRICK LEWIS

Boxing Dangerous Sports
I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
DERRICK LEWIS

Knock Lose Man Myself Situation Time
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Believe Heart Myself Talent
I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
DERRICK LEWIS

Doubt Life Myself People
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Champion Division Location Myself Shame Skills
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Life Myself Past Thinking Time
I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWIS

Argument Childhood Family Father Fight Grow Up Mom Myself
I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Health Myself
I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
DERRICK LEWIS

Division Goal Myself Run Whole
The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
DERRICK LEWIS

Dimension Goodness Myself
Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
DERRICK LEWIS

Myself Pay
I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
DERRICK LEWIS

Artist Champion Known Myself Sports Technical
You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
DERRICK LEWIS

Food Hungry Yourself
You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Known Yourself
I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Mindset Myself Talk

All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.

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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.

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