David "Underwear" Teymur, 35: I'm a UFC fighter and in the testing pool

[Unheralded Truth]

The 35-year-old has not fought for over 5 years, but says he could fight again:

No, I'm not retired. I have a UFC contract and is a part of the testing pool. I've just had other projects and lately a lot of work on our gym.
The other day I was really tired and in big need of sleep. Then the testers knocked on my door in the middle of the night.

I never close any doors. Right now we just opened our new gym though, and I am super happy and thrilled about it. It's been a lot of hard work so I really want to give 100% time
to everyone who trains here at first. Make sure they learn and develop. And that they have fun and feel at home here. Then we'll see, as I am training and keep going.

I mean it's fun to see how well Oliveira did. Congratulations to him. Good job by him. He works hard, so I am happy for him and wish him all the best!

(source: https://www.kimura.se/exklusivt-david-teymur-efter-franvaron-fortfarande-ufc-fajter/)

 

[Bubzeh]

Is that you David?

 

[Carrotman23]

This basically sounds like
"Yeah I'm retired and am going to focus on my gym but ill come back for a couple fights if I want the payday"

 

[usernamee]

So UFC has offered him 3 fights a year as they are obligated to and he has turned them down? Aren't they able to cut ties with the guy then? Surely they don't want to keep paying tons of money for him to be in the testing pool and not fight for 5 years

 

[don't ask]

 

[AldoStillGoat]

 

[don't ask]

"No Love" was super confused when someone threatened to make love to him

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

When Mystic Conor was Mystic

 

[CieloLuce]

Dude! I forgot about him. Good for him that he doesn't need to fight to earn a living.

 

[El Fernas]

So he gets bragging rights abour being a UFC fighter in his gym?

So UFC has offered him 3 fights a year as they are obligated to and he has turned them down? Aren't they able to cut ties with the guy then? Surely they don't want to keep paying tons of money for him to be in the testing pool and not fight for 5 years

Is it really tons of money? Someone probably forgot about him lol.

 

[TCE]

So UFC has offered him 3 fights a year as they are obligated to and he has turned them down? Aren't they able to cut ties with the guy then? Surely they don't want to keep paying tons of money for him to be in the testing pool and not fight for 5 years

Yeah, that's strange. Same thing happened with Travis Browne recently. He was getting tested all the way up until the UFC released him earlier this year.

 

[Romulas]

This basically sounds like
"Yeah I'm retired and am going to focus on my gym but ill come back for a couple fights if I want the payday"

And that's the absolute smartest thing to do unless you're consistantly ranked 1-5 in your division or have the UFC paving the road for you.

 

[Carrotman23]

And that's the absolute smartest thing to do unless you're consistantly ranked 1-5 in your division or have the UFC paving the road for you.

I mostly agree, although if you're serious about making it in the sport you should fight as much as possible, but yeah, a lot of guys could learn from this I'm sure.

 

[Squintz]

Hey Dona 50 Jeez be bae

 

[Kenny Powerth]

I like that guy

A little hot head

35 is not ancient

 

[7 others]

"No Love" was super confused when someone threatened to make love to him

He just wanted to hang out with them bois

 

[Sticko]

So UFC has offered him 3 fights a year as they are obligated to and he has turned them down? Aren't they able to cut ties with the guy then? Surely they don't want to keep paying tons of money for him to be in the testing pool and not fight for 5 years

Does anyone know how much the UFC actually pays for drug testing? Is that how it works? I imagine they get a good deal on it because they do so many of them.

 

[marco515]

I like this guy and would love to see him in the cage again, he’s a funny personality. Yeah he’s had a couple stinkers but his fight against Lando Vannata is a good watch.

 

[HerpDerp]

This basically sounds like
"Yeah I'm retired and am going to focus on my gym but ill come back for a couple fights if I want the payday"

If that's the case, he's way smarter than the way he came across on TUF. Taking a seldom few fights in the UFC will be awesome marketing for his gym as well.

Kudos to him.

 

[Thesnake101]

35 is not ancient

At 155 it is.

Good to hear from David, was a fan while he was active. Pretty good striker, wonder what could've been if he hadn't met Do Bronx during his rise.