Jackson vs Jean

Who won Jackson vs Jean?

Thad Jean beat Jason Jackson by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Thursday 12th June 2025 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Thad Jean.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Jackson vs Jean stats

Jason Jackson stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Thad Jean made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Jason Jackson's 2nd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Thad Jean marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Jason Jackson's PFL record stood at 2-0-0, while Thad Jean's came in at 5-0-0.

The stats suggested Jean had a large advantage in power over Jackson, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Jackson's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jackson had a slight advantage over Jean, with a 21% submission rate over Jean's 11%.

Jason Jackson was the older man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

Jackson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 13 years and 1 month later than Jean, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 64 to Jean's 16.

Jackson vs Jean form

Jackson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andrey Koreshkov at PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1 on 3rd April 2025 by submission in the 2nd round at Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Bellator Champions Series: Dublin on 22nd June 2024 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ray Cooper at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Before that, he had defeated Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

He was victorious against Douglas Lima at Bellator MMA on 8th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Jean remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mukhamed Berkhamov at PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1 on 3rd April 2025 by knockout in the 1st round at Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Brown at PFL 8: 2024 Playoffs on 16th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hard Rock Live, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Romain Debienne at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he was victorious against Ali Omar at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

He had won against Eric Alequin at PFL Challenger Series 2023 – Week 1 on 27th January 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Universal Studios, Orlando.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Thad Jean had been fighting more than Jason Jackson.

Going to this contest, Jason Jackson had last fought 2 months and 12 days ago, while Thad Jean's last outing had been 2 months and 12 days ago.

Jackson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Jean's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did Jackson vs Jean start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Jackson vs Jean?

Jason Jackson was a 4/7 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Thad Jean made his way into the ring at 11/8 (+140) with oddsmakers.