My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
DERRICK LEWISAll 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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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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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I’ll fight anyone.
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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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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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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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It 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.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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