PFL World Tournament 8 Fight Card: Welterweight & Featherweight Finals
The 2025 edition of the PFL World Tournament is wrapping up. During August, the fight promotion plans to stage three events, with each fight card headlined by the tournament finals of two weight divisions. This week, on Friday, August 1, the Professional Fighters League visits Atlantic City, New Jersey, for an event that will crown the tournament winners in the welterweight and featherweight weight classes.
The PFL World Tournament 8 fight card takes place at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight card streams on ESPN+ at 6:00 p.m. ET.
PFL World Tournament 8 Fight Card
Thad Jean vs. Logan Storley – welterweight tournament championship
Jesus Pinedo vs. Movlid Khaybulaev – featherweight tournament championship
Asael Adjoudj vs. Yves Landu
Jordan Newman vs. Eslam Abdulbaset
Jakub Kaszuba vs. Sergio Cossio
Husein Kadimagomaev vs. Kyle Driscoll
Nathan Kelly vs. Frederik Dupras
Sarek Shields vs. Nick Meck
Damion Nelson vs. Isaiah Diggs
Matt Turnbull vs. Tom Pagliarulo
Thad Jean vs. Logan Storley - PFL 2025 Welterweight Tournament Final
Thad Jean (10-0) began his PFL career in 2023, fighting on the Challenger Series. He joined the 2025 PFL tournament with a 8-0 record.
In the first round of this year's tournament, Jean scored a first-round knockout win over Mukhamed Berkhamov. He followed that with a June split decision victory over former Bellator welterweight champion Jason Jackson.
Logan Storley (18-3) is the more seasoned and recognizable fighter in this matchup. A longtime member of the Bellator roster, he was with that organization from 2017 through 2023, Storley won the interim Bellator welterweight title in 2022 with a decision over Michael 'Venom' Page.
Before turning to MMA, Storley was a four-time All-American wrestler with Minnesota.
Storley earned his spot in the 2025 PFL World Tournament finals with decision wins over Joseph Luciano and Masayuki Kikuiri.
Jesus Pinedo vs. Movlid Khaybulaev - PFL 2025 Featherweight Tournament Final
NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 12: Jesus Pinedo looks on before fighting Gabriel Braga during the semifinals ... More of the PFL 2025 World Tournament at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on June 12, 2025 in Nashville, Florida. (Photo by)
Jesus Pinedo (25-6-1) is in search of his second PFL World Tournament win. The 29-year-old conquered the 2023 tournament. Pinedo did not compete in 2024, missing one bout because of injury and another due to a bad weight miss.
Pinedo returned for the 2025 PFL featherweight tournament winning his first two fights by first-round knockout. In April he knocked out former Bellator title challenger Adam Borics, then in June he stopped Gabriel Braga in a trilogy fight. Braga won the first of those bouts in 2023 via split decision. Pinedo took the second contest with a knockout in 2023 World Tournament final.
NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 12: Movlid Khaybulaev celebrates after defeating Tae Kyun Kim during the ... More semifinals of the PFL 2025 World Tournament at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on June 12, 2025 in Nashville, Florida. (Photo by)
Movlid Khaybulaev (23-0-1) is also a returning PFL tournament winner. Khaybulaev won the 2021 edition of the featherweight tourney. He then competed for the promotion twice in 2023 before sitting idle until this year's event.
Khaybulaev has decision wins over Jeremy Kennedy and Kim Tae-kyun in this year's competition.
The bantamweight, lightweight and women's flyweight PFL World Tournament Finals are on August 15 in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the middleweights, light heavyweights, and heavyweights compete on August 21 in Hollywood, Florida.
Stay tuned for more on the PFL World Tournament fight card, including live results, reactions, highlights and more on fight night from the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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