Jeremy Stephens vs. Donald Cerrone at the UFC on Fuel 3. Anyone else smell a knockout? Here's how it all went down.

Early on, Stephens landed a low kick, then an uppercut as Cerrone came inside. Another low kick from Stephens landed. Then Cerrone hit home with a low kick of his own. A quick right hand from Stephens found its mark; Cerrone followed it up with a hard low kick.

"The Cowboy" is starting out slowly.

But then as they neared the three minute mark, Cerrone began changing his rhythm, coming forward with leg and hand strike combinations before dropping out of harm's way again. And from there, he began gaining confidence and hitting home with sharper strikes of the same variety, ending the stanza with a flying knee.

Cerrone definitely took round one.

The second round saw Cerrone land tons of kicks, hands, and everything. And after a combination that ended with a left uppercut, Stephens was clearly hurt. Though Stephens recovered, he was beaten around the ring with timely punches and hard kicks for the rest of the stanza.

Round three was a lot like round two. Cerrone added a few hard body kicks as well. In the end, this just wasn't that close.

Donald Cerrone defeats Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision.

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Check out our UFC on Fuel 3 results below.

UFC on Fuel 3 Results

Chan Sung Jung defeats Dustin Poirier via D'arce choke at 1:07 of round four

Amir Sadollah defeats Jorge Lopez via split decision.

Yves Jabouin defeats Jeff Hougland by unanimous decision.

Igor Pokrajac defeats Fabio Maldonado by unanimous decision.

Tom Lawlor defeats Jason MacDonald by first round KO.

Donald Cerrone defeats Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision.

Brad Tavares defeats Dongi Yang via unanimous decision.

Cody McKenzie defeats Marcus LeVesseur via guillotine choke at 3:05 of round one.

T.J. Grant defeats Carlo Prater via unanimous decision.

Rafael Dos Anjos defeats Kamal Shalorus via rear-naked choke at 1:40 of round one.

Johnny Eduardo defeats Jeff Curran via unanimous decision.

Francisco Rivera defeats Alex Soto via unanimous decision.

Coming into their UFC on Fuel 3 bout, Tom Lawlor knew he wanted to keep his fight against Jason MacDonald on his feet. Here's a hint....he did.

Lawlor landed a decent right handed jab early on in round one. MacDonald attempted a takedown that Lawlor shirked. And then, a moment later, Lawlor connected with a hard left to the jaw, followed by a right that dropped MacDonald. One punch later on the ground and it was all over.

Tom Lawlor defeats Jason MacDonald by KO after 50 seconds in round one.

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These days, karate is making somewhat of a comeback in MMA circles, in no small way due to the success that Shotokan karate practitioner Lyoto Machida has had. And although Machida has skill in a variety of disciplines beyond what Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan founder) once built, it is always fun to watch his true karate style of striking go up against one of the grappling styles that once dominated, and perhaps continue to dominate, the MMA landscape. Such will be the case when Machida goes up against Ryan Bader at the UFC on FOX 4.

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