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

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@chewjitsu and I went to ADCC 2022 in Las Vegas and got to check out all of the action.

On Day 2 of the Vlog, I get to interview Jocko Willink and Echo Charles from @Jocko Podcast, meet some of the legends of the ADCC, check out the podium with the athletes, and Chewjitsu and I give our thoughts on the weekend!

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If you saw the recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show #129 with Gordon Ryan & Mo Jassim, you may have caught the clip of Gordon Ryan talking about how his shoulders have gotten so tight from all of the Jiu-Jitsu training, and that he literally has a hard time reaching the back of his head.

In this video, I do a quick break down of what exactly Gordon is talking about, why this happens in Jiu-Jitsu, and how he can fix his shoulder issues for improved shoulder function, shoulder health, and longevity on the mats.

If you’re someone who deals with tight shoulder from Jiu-Jitsu or from a lot of sitting, these techniques will make a huge difference.

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Going back to the Gordon Ryan vs Felipe Pena match, we review the take downs executed by Gordon Ryan. They were all simple and take downs that anyone can execute – granted you have good setups and timing like Gordon did.

The first one was a simple back foot sweep. The second was my favorite, the far knee block. The final was another back foot sweep, but with a same side cross line. Check them out and let me know your thoughts.

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This past Sunday, the grappling world had one of the biggest matches of the year, Gordon Ryan vs Felipe Pena 3. The much anticipated trilogy was a no time limit, submission only match. Despite going 44 minutes, the match had a good amount of action sequences and teachable moments. On this video, I’m covering the effective sweeps that Gordon used from his bottom half guard.

Both sweeps were initiated from the same error that Felipe made, sitting to his hip facing Gordon’s hips – without controlling Gordon’s top arm. This allowed Gordon to get his arm behind Felipe, and execute both sweeps – the hip bump to the back and the Overwrap leg trap.

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