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Two PFL Champions Crowned In New Jersey!

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2025 PFL World Tournament: Finals
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Professional Fighters League (PFL) staged the “Jean vs. Storley” event last night (Fri., Aug. 1 2025) from inside Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., featuring the Featherweight and Welterweight final matchups.

In the co-main event 145-pound matchup, Movlid Khaybulaev and Jesus Pinedo went to war for nearly five rounds

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in a back-and-forth battle. With a little under two minutes remaining in the bout, Khaybulaev managed to catch Pinedo with a tight arm-triangle that forced the stoppage.

With the win, Khabulaev improves to 24-0-1 and secures his second PFL tournament final win, as he earned his first in 2021 by defeating Chris Wade via unanimous decision. For Pinedo, he drops to 16-2 and failed to win his second final after reaching the mountain top in 2023.

In the headlining bout, Thad Jean and Logan Storley collided in a highly-competitive 170-pound scrap. After 15 minutes of action, Jean had done enough to earn the nod on the judges scorecards. With the win, Jean improves to 11-0, 7-0 PFL. As for Storley, he suffers just his second win under the PFL banner, snapping his three-fight win streak.

Take a look at all of the results and highlights below, which included several highlight-reel knockouts:

FULL PFL 8 RESULTS

Thad Jean def. Logan Storley via unanimous decision
Movlid Khaybulaev def. Jesus Pinedo via submission, arm-triangle choke
Asael Adjoudj def. Yves Landu via unanimous decision
Jordan Newman def. Eslam Abdul Baset via TKO (retirement)
Jakub Kaszuba def. Sergio Cossio via unanimous decision
Kyle Driscoll def. Husein Kadimagomaev via split decision
Fred Dupras def. Nathan Kelly via technical submission, guillotine choke)
Sarak Shields def. Nick Meck via TKO (doctor stoppage)
Tom Pagliarulo def. Matt Turnbull via knockout

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