UTICA, N.Y. – Friday wasn’t a perfect night for the Teymur duo, but the night’s victorious brother is still vouching for the one who lost.

On UFC Fight Night 131’s FS1-televised preliminary card, David Teymur (8-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) outworked fellow lightweight Nik Lentz (28-9-2 MMA, 12-6-1 UFC) en route to a unanimous-decision win.

That wasn’t the last we saw of the Teymurs that night, though: Later, on the main card, Daniel Teymur (6-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) had a featherweight meeting with Julio Arce (15-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC). But unlike David, who kept his unblemished UFC record intact at Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.Y., Daniel was choked out in the third round. That meant a second straight loss, both in the UFC octagon, after what had until that point been an unbeaten career.

It wasn’t a fun way to end what had been a good fight week for the siblings, but David said we wouldn’t count out his brother just yet.

“Sh-t happens,” Teymur told reporters, including MMAjunkie, backstage after the fight. “But I know that my brother, he is in the highest, highest level. One day, believe me, you’re going to see him in the top, top, top (of) 155 pounds. So, just patience and time will show. Daniel Teymur, he is a fighter that – you know, the UFC show, people love to see style.”

At least the siblings didn’t go home empty-handed. In a display that Teymur said was the execution of a perfect game plan, he was able to take a pair of 30-27 scores, as well as a 29-28 one, to keep Lentz from building momentum after a submission win over Will Brooks in his previous fight.

Lentz clearly wasn’t too happy about the way it went down, though. That much was clear not only looking at his Twitter account, in which he talked about having “Joe from down the street” as a referee, but also during the fight, when Lentz voiced his complaints:

While Teymur was verbally warned about fence gabs and eye-pokes, he never got a point deducted. Asked specifically about an exchange early on, when the two fighters were against the fence and there were what seemed to be some eye-poke-related talks with the referee, Teymur said he wasn’t aware of what was going on.

“I don’t know what he was saying about, no,” Teymur.

Ultimately, Teymur got to add a fifth win to his UFC winning streak and ask for what he wants – or, better yet, deserves: a top-15 opponent. He maintained that sentiment backstage, though he has no specific ideas as to whom that opponent could be.

But Teymur does have more specific ideas about his octagon future. First off, he wants to resume it soon – “I’m ready to fight now if they give me one more fight tonight,” he said – and, further down the road, he expects it to hold some pretty great things.

“I feel really good,” Teymur said. “I’m really happy for my win tonight. I’m 5-0 now in the UFC. I’m in the best shape ever and one day I’m going to be UFC champion.”

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 131, check out the UFC Events section of the site.