#441 Preview of A Bunch of Great Title Fights MCJJ 9

This week on the show Maine and Josh preview Main Character Jiu Jitsu 9 and all the title fights on the card as well as some of the other compelling matchups on the rest of the card

We kick off the preview, take a look at every single title fight, starting off with the Women's Bantamweight match which is a rematch between Amanda Bruse vs Jasmine Rocha.  We discussed their most recent matchup at WNO and how the late finish from Jasmine sealed her the match. We talked about some of the game plan that Amanda might change and how the match time may play a factor in this rematch.

In our preview of the Men's Middleweight Nick Mataya vs Marlon Taji, we discussed next most recent performance against Jacob Boreman at WNO, and Marlons European trials win and recent IBJJF Crown performance against Victor Hugo.

In the Men's Welterweight title Kade Tsitos vs Josh Cisneros, we talked about the leg lock and wrestling offense from Kade coupled against the diligent positional work from Josh. 

In the Women's Lightweight title Helena Crevar vs Kennedy Franklin, we discussed the difficulty in matching up Helena and the strength of her recent performances at the top level.

In the Men's Lightweight title we previewed Gianni Grippo vs Reese LaFever, we talked about the recent strength of Grippos performances at West Coast trials, coupled against the hot prospect in LaFever. We discussed the longevity of Gianni game and how he is still competing at the top level for nearly the last 15 years.

We briefly discussed the Women's Flyweight title with Natasha Druggan vs Jaine Fragoso.

We previewed Felipe Costa vs Jon "Thor" Blank, discussing the guard work from Jon coupled against the top pressure and Xande Six Blades Lovato style pressure passing in a dichotomy match. 

We also briefly talked about the style matchups in Austin Oranday vs Max Hanson, Francisco Lo vs Logan Smith, and Hunter Colvin vs Pat Shagholi. 

Recorded 4-27-2026