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Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone has long been a fan favorite for his "any time, any where" attitude to fighting. So when his fight with Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 205 was scrapped because of a weight cutting issue for Gastelum, Cerrone was clearly disappointed. But UFC listened to Cerrone and got him quickly scheduled for a fight at their next pay-per-view: UFC 206.

Cerrone was paired with Matt Brown, pinning two octagon veterans together, and neither disappointed. The two fighters brawled for three rounds with each scoring knockdowns of the other before "Cowboy" finally dropped Brown for good with an absolutely brutal headkick.

This picture from MMAFighting sums it up.

Since moving up from lightweight to welterweight, Cerrone is now 4-0 with all four wins coming via stoppage. It's crazy to think that Cerrone was just as good at 155 pounds as he's been at 170 when his only significant losses at lightweight came at the hands of Rafael dos Anjos. In fact, since losing to dos Anjos the first time, Cerrone is 12-1 with the lone loss coming in the lightweight title fight.

Safe to say, Cerrone is quickly moving up those 170-pound fighter rankings.