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.
DERRICK LEWISI like to fight tough fights.
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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’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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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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 wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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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