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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.

Derrick Lewis

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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Myself Normal Opponent Strike
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Break Children Doubt Family Life People Prison Struggle
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Boxing Hit Myself Punch Start
I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
DERRICK LEWIS

Forget Myself Name People Time
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Act Help Myself Similar
The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
DERRICK LEWIS

Dimension Goodness Myself
I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
DERRICK LEWIS

Known Myself Need Punch
I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Myself Technique Work
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Best Fight Myself Serious Shape World
I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Fight Myself Submission Technique
I have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
DERRICK LEWIS

Angry Built Childhood Myself Wife World
My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
DERRICK LEWIS

Goal Money Myself Sports
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’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
DERRICK LEWIS

Call Fight Myself Scare
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Dedication Effort Fight Inspirational Myself Time
I made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
DERRICK LEWIS

Believe Myself Stupidity Time

Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.

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