Nashville, TN — In a split decision that can only be looked at as an upset, Thad Jean came away from PFL Nashville with a win over Jason Jackson, and a spot in the PFL World Tournament welterweight final against Logan Storley.
Jean (10-0) is a bright spot for the PFL this year, an undefeated prospect who now faces his second straight Bellator champion.
“I already know Logan Storley is going to grab, and he’s going to be able to really drag me into deep waters,” Jean told media outlets including Cageside Press following PFL Nashville. “Going against Jason Jackson has definitely been the toughest fight of my career, and I don’t think a fight will get tougher than that. Now that I’ve felt that, I know my training has to go to the next level.”
The win, he later stated, was part of God’s plan in his opinion. “Being able to go out there and put on the show that everybody knew it was going to be, the Clash of the Islands, Jason Jackson versus the up-and-coming Thad Jean- I kept my zero, thank God I kept my zero. It’s so good. That was a tough fight. And you know there’s going to be people in the comments, ‘you didn’t win that fight, you didn’t win that fight!’ But you’re following me, so it doesn’t matter, and I took the win.”
Jean added that there’s no hard feelings with Jackson, and he plans to try to recruit him to prepare for Logan Storley. Good luck, as the pair are teammates. As for the scorecards, Jean was confident. “I was confident that I was going to win; I didn’t know by how much I was going to win. I knew it was probably going to be a split decision, and it was a split decision.”
Watch the full PFL Nashville post-fight media appearance by Thad Jean above.
