Main Character Jiu-Jitsu 5 is scheduled for November 17th, 2024 and the promotion has put together an excellent card. There’s also an excellent open event the day before, where the main attraction is a women’s under 135lbs tournament that gives the winner the opportunity to challenge for the promotion’s title at MCJJ 5. There are 16 women competing in that qualifier tournament and there’s some serious talent involved, including ADCC Trials medalists. Whoever wins will have beaten four elite competitors on the same day and then they’ll have another challenge in front of them, as they’ll be challenging the reigning champion Morgan Black for the title.
There’s also some great superfights, including top 10th Planet competitor Richie Martinez taking on Nonso Ebede in a fun matchup. Martinez is far from the only 10th Planet black belt competing in the event though, as Kyle Chambers faces off with Oliver Taza in another superfight and the main event actually features his younger brother back in action. Geo Martinez will be facing Gianni Grippo in the final match of the night, and that promises to be one of the most exciting battles the promotion has ever put on. There’s several more 10th Planet competitors involved too, and one of them will actually be attempting to take home a title.
Rene Sousa is one of four men involved in the men’s under 185lbs tournament and he’s got some tough opposition standing in between him and the belt. His opening round match is against top prospect Jett Thompson, and the other side of the bracket sees Chris Wojcik facing Nick Ortiz. The final element of the Main Character Jiu-Jitsu 5 card is an interesting 5 vs 5 team dual, where the promotion’s inaugural champions are looking to defend their title. B-Team Jiu-Jitsu beat 10th Planet Las Vegas at MCJJ 4 and now they will be facing a whole new challenge, as MCJJ have actually put together a team to face them themselves.
Main Character Jiu-Jitsu 5 Full Card
Morgan Black vs 135lbs qualifier winner
Under 185lbs Championship Tournament
Chris Wojcik vs Nick Ortiz
Rene Sousa vs Jett Thompson
Superfights
Richie Martinez vs Nonso Ebede
Kyle Chambers vs Oliver Taza
Ruben Rivera vs Morgan Oriahi
David Garcia vs Nicholas Martinez
Lauren Burandt vs Elizabeth Moreno
Tristan Sainz vs Jimmy Vanosdol
Joseph Carroll vs Matthew Ferraiolo
Rafael Pinheiro vs Curtis Hembroff
Matt Cornett vs Jesse Tobar
Meryk Phillips vs Eli Guardiola
Tatina Krawec vs Alexa Garcia
John Strollo vs Husam Alabed
Dania Cruz vs Aryonna Mascarenas
Aaron Kurzer vs Frankie Lopez
Jim Govea vs Aidan Waltz
Caleb Brown vs Dani Gutierrez
Audrina Delbosque vs Mina Rodriguez-Sanchez
Amber Medina vs Sonia Muller
Ernesto Gutierrez vs Brent Calhoun
Cathryn Millares vs Karla Shelhammer
Syrus Martinez vs Rowan Parra
Tom Astarita vs Kekoa Canullo
Blayze Martinez vs Rainy Cirilo
Brody Brandt vs Keison Hermann
Zoe Freeman vs Vada McCubbin
Cruz Hooper vs Eli Cohn
Avery Colon vs Kaiyah Ponsford
Women’s Under 135lbs Qualifier Tournament
Leilani Bernales, Sarah Wilson, Nicole Mathew, Michaela Jones, Jennifer Rivera, Rachel Smith, Trinity Pun, Cholena Horne, Katie Iablalli, Ally Wolski, Holly Martin, Lauren Sears, Ana Mayordomo, Maka Vickers, Tatina Krawec, and Martina Zola.
5 vs 5 Team Dual
B-Team Jiu-Jitsu vs MCJJ Team
B-Team Jiu-Jitsu: Nick Mataya, Anthony Salvatore, Raphael Gomez, Joshua Wyland, and Musab Raza.
MCJJ Team: Davi Loretto, Jacob Howarth, Logan Marshall, Matt Yost, and Brad Schneider.
The full Main Character Jiu-Jitsu 5 event, including the full card above, is available to watch live on November 17th, 2024 on FloGrappling, click here to subscribe and watch.
