By Lucas Grandsire

Terrion Ware is ready to get back in the win column.

Taking on Tom Duquesnoy this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 127 in London, Ware looks to rebound from a disappointing start to his UFC career. He’s dropped his first two fights inside the Octagon via unanimous decision, getting bested by hot bantamweight prospects in Cody Stamann and Sean O’Malley.

"I don't think it's anything going wrong,” Ware told FloCombat. “I had two tough matchups and I made some minor mistakes in those fights. I just have to correct them. Sometimes you can go into a fight, you can feel prepared and do everything right as far as training camp goes. Sometimes it just doesn't go your way.

“I think that's just the case of being in the UFC at a high level. Sometimes guys will go on a losing streak where those fighters are really good fighters but for whatever reason, it just doesn't go their way. I believe that's the case for me, because in neither one of those fights did I get dominated. Those are just fights where I made some minor mistakes and I have to go back and clean those up.”

Now set to meet another hyped prospect in Duquesnoy, Ware changed quite a bit in his training camp following the two losses.

“I added a wrestling coach, someone I've been working with for this training camp and working on my overall wrestling,” Ware said. “Also [I'm] bringing in different training partners. My last couple of camps I've been kind of stagnant and just training with the same people. So this camp I've brought in a lot of people. I also ventured out and trained at a couple of different places with some new training partners that can give me looks and that have similar styles to Tom.”





Duquesnoy is coming off a loss himself, having dropped a split decision to Stamann at UFC 216. The matchmaking for this fight, therefore, wasn’t hard to figure out.

“I think he's a good opponent, he's well rounded, he's a striker,” Ware said. “We're both good strikers, so I think it makes for a very good matchup. I think that's why the UFC wanted to put this fight together...

"It's going to be a matter of who executes the best on that night. I think I match up really well with him and I'm excited about this matchup.”

Throughout his career, Ware’s key to victory has been his ability to outwork his opponents—something that will be tested when he meets “Fire Kid."

“He likes to push a high work rate,” Ware said. “He has a lot of finishes. For me, it's the same thing, I'm going to have to push a high work rate and outwork him. The difference is going to be if the striking is really close, it's going to determine who wins in the other areas, like the ground. I think I might have to get a takedown or something like that, but for the most part, it's going to come down to me outworking him.”

Come Saturday, Ware expects to leave the London crowd on its feet.

“I see it being a back-and-forth fight, but I see myself getting the victory,” Ware said. “I see myself getting the win. I'm always looking to finish. I see myself finishing this fight. I see it being a back-and-forth fight and a fan favorite fight.”