He wasn't fast enough to react to Pain cutting his hand , Jiraiya lost to Pain without using any of Deva's abilities , he didn't show any speed feats over Nagato/Pain .
As for the 2 toad sages Genjutsu , let's see Tsukyomi ( against 2 shinobis who suck at genjutsu ) or Frog Genjutsu song ( against Itachi alone )
I have rexamined thnx
Your argument doesn't really make since, but I'll try to respond. Jiraiya was unaware of Pains abilities at the time, so he thought that he had won. Jiraiya was already out of sage mode and was taken by surprise, had he been in sage mode and aware he would have easily dodged his attack.
Frog song from what we see is definitely more deadly then Tsukiyomi. For one, it is an audible genjutsu, which is said to be more effective then a visual genjutsu because it effects more than one opponent, that could take care of Negato and Itachi. Tsukiyomi has never killed, but frog song has.
They are facing Nagato not the six paths , so to destroy the dog , you have to defeat Nagto ( much harder than defeating animal path )
I think the 6 Paths would be a better match, Negato is one person, that makes it easier.
Nagato beat Jiraiya no problem..
Itachi can beat Naruto with Tsukuyomi
Do you honestly think any one of those two can survive vs. Gedo Mazda??
Pain was loosing the fight as soon as Jiraiya entered sage mode, If it wasn't for the lack of information, Jiraiya would have won, Pain said that himself. Gedo Mazo takes an extreme toll on Negato as seen during the bout with Hanzo, so it would have to be an all or nothing attack, ensuring victory, but if Hanzo was able to escape, who has shown no speed feats, then Naruto and Jiraiya could dodge as well. Tsukiyomi may be a problem for Naruto, but he won't be caught easily, and depending on the ability of Itachi's gift, he may be able to counter it (there were no restrictions in this fight).
you have to cut jiraya some slack becos he had no idea about his abilities and that was his biggest advantage but either way jiraya would have lost but would have put up a much better fight.
Sigh.....Pain says Jiraiya would have won if he knew about his paths, did people forget that??