How to Watch PFL 2025 World Tournament 5

The 2025 #PFLWorldTournament Semifinals are here ‼️

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The Professional Fighters League will move along with the PFL 2025 World Tournament on Thursday at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, where a welterweight semifinal pitting former Bellator MMA champion Jason Jackson against rising talent Thad Jean slides into the spotlight as the 2025 PFL World Tournament 5: Semifinals main event.

Fighters only get one shot! Watch the Semifinals of the PFL World Tournament LIVE Thursday, June 12 at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+

The main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT, while prelims begin on ESPN+ at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.

Jackson has been victorious in nine of his last 10 professional outings. After losing the Bellator strap to Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Bellator Champions Series Dublin last June, “The Ass Kicking Machine” returned to former in the welterweight quarterfinals, choking out Andrey Koreshkov at PFL World Tournament 1 on April 3.

The 26-year-old Jean has yet to taste defeat in nine appearances. He made a statement in the quarterfinals when he scored a first-round knockout of Mukhamed Berkhamov at PFL World Tournament 1.

2025 PFL World Tournament 5: Semifinals Fight Card

Jason Jackson (171) vs. Thad Jean (170.4)
Jesus Pinedo (145.2) vs. Gabriel Braga (145)
Logan Storley (170.6) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (170.4)
Movlid Khaybulaev (145.4) vs. Tae Kyun Kim (145.6)
Jeremy Kennedy (146) vs. Adam Borics (145.8)
Magomed Umalatov (170.4) vs. Anthony Ivy (*175.4)
Joseph Luciano (170.4) vs. Sarek Shields (170)
Mukhamed Berkhamov (170.6) vs. Kendly St. Louis (170.2)
Alexei Pergande (145.4) vs. Mike Bardsley (145.2)
Jason Danner (135.8) vs. Nathan Gilmore (135)

* Ivy missed weight by 4.4 pounds. As a result, his fight against Umalatov has been changed to a catchweight.