Video: Check out highlights from the weekend fight Marc Goddard deemed 'breathtaking stuff'

Veteran referee Marc Goddard isn’t easily impressed, so when he labels a fight ‘breathtaking stuff,’ you probably want to take notice.

“Fight Nights Global 84: Deak vs. Shupanov” took place Friday at Hant Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the main event, Fight Nights Global bantamweight champion Tomas Deak (18-9-1) took on Russian challenger Sharamazan Shupanov (4-2-1) in a rematch of a contentious 2015 affair, which Deak won via split decision.

There was no love lost between the two, who nearly got the fight going 24 hours early at the event’s official weigh-ins.

When the two did finally step in the cage at Friday’s event, the contest delivered on the promise, with both men battling toe-to-toe in a high-paced affair that lasted the better of five rounds, before Goddard deemed and exhausted Shupanov unable to continue.

If the highlights above leave you wanting more, check out the full fight video below.

Fight Nights Global 84 results include:

• Tomas Deak def. Sharamazan Shupanov via TKO (punches) – Round 5, 3:17 – to defend bantamweight title
• Ali Bagautinov def. Andy Young via unanimous decision
• Viktor Pesta def. Alexander Gladkov via unanimous decision
• Yasubey Enomoto def. Shamil Amirov via knockout (punches) – Round 3, 4:01
• Nodar Kudukhashvili def. Samuel Kristofic via unanimous decision
• Filip Tomczak def. Jozef Wittner via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:03
• Yevgeny Orlov def. Dritan Barjamaj via submission (shoulder choke) – Round 1, 1:03
• Maxim Butorin def. Vitaliy Stoyan via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:27
• Marek Mazuch def. Abdul Soulake via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:53

For more on Fight Nights Global 84, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

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