Pat Downey discusses his upcoming appearance at the IBJJF no gi world championship at blue belt, and his plans to rise up the BJJ ranks.

Pat Downey is an NCAA Division I All-American and a US Open National champion in wrestling before he transitioned to other combat sports. Pat is a Bellator MMA veteran and he has recently started to invest more time into his professional Jiu-Jitsu career, including an appearance at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational. Pat is also currently preparing to compete at the IBJJF no gi world championship as a BJJ blue belt.

Jits Magazine spoke to Pat about his time in both wrestling and MMA, and whether he would ever return to either sport. We also broke down his appearance at the Craig Jones Invitational and how it felt to compete on such a big stage, along with his upcoming appearance at the IBJJF no gi world championship at blue belt. We spoke about his debut match against Gordon Ryan, his desire to face Nicky Rodriguez, and even his plans for the future with Polaris and other promotions.

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0:00 Introduction
0:24 IBJJF no gi world championship at blue belt
4:38 Debut against Gordon Ryan
7:04 Future matches at other promotions
10:38 Other wrestlers at no gi worlds
11:56 Returning to wrestling?
13:22 Returning to MMA?
15:45 The Craig Jones Invitational experience
19:19 Nicky Rodriguez
22:23 Other matches Pat wants
24:19 ADCC 2026
25:29 Coaching wrestling at Fight Sports
26:07 Thanks & signing off

Today we’ve got a question from Chew Crew subscriber, Andrew, who asked the question

“How long should a Blue Belt work on a particular technique or position (for example Butterfly guard/armbars/etc.)? Do you work on these things until you are at a Black Belt Level?”

This is a good question for BJJ Blue Belts, and I will give you a few ideas that I use to this day.

You can use them at Blue Belt, but you can definitely use these ideas from White-Black Belt too.

Hopefully, if you had a similar question, you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy

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Today we’ve got a question from a BJJ Blue Belt, named Tye, who recently pissed off his Brown Belt training partner.

He’s a young guy & the Brown Belt was someone who essentially took him under his wing. Well, the other day they were rolling, and Tye caught the Brown belt in the Guillotine.

The Brown Belt does not tap, Tye makes multiple adjustments, and at some point, 4 or so minutes in, after the Brown Belt escaped, he bashed the Blue Belt for the rest of the round.

After they got done rolling the Brown Belt was obviously pissed.

Tye sends the message asking what he should have done in this situation.

In this video, I’ll give you a specific tip to prevent this from happening again. I’ll also discuss the higher belts perspective and what he could have done.

Hopefully, you found the answer useful Tye, and for anyone else out there who has had this situation happen to them, I hope this helps you too.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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