Pat Downey (wrestler)
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| Full name | James Patrick Downey III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 7, 1992 Baltimore, Maryland, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa State Cyclones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Titan Mercury Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bill Zadick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Patrick Downey III (born August 7, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler. He is the 19' US World Team Member at 86 kilograms and a Pan American Games medalist.
Folkstyle career
High School
Downey attended North County High School, where he was a three-sport athlete, competing in wrestling, football and lacrosse. After placing third at the MPSSAA championships as a freshman, he went on to win the tournament every year and also won the NHSCA and USAW National Championships before his graduation in 2011. As a football player, he set a school record for total offense in a game with 420 total yards on 315 yards passing and 105 yards rushing his senior year and was one of three Maryland prep quarterbacks selected to the prestigious Super-22 Team.[1]
College
University of Nebraska
After being invited to train at the United States Olympic Training Center by Bobby Douglas, he started residing and training in there. During his stay, he met Olympic Gold medalist and University of Nebraska graduate Jordan Burroughs, who played a big part on Downey's recruiting. He was accepted by the Nebraska Cornhuskers and was supposed to attend the University of Nebraska, but as a recently-turned 21 year-old, he got sidetracked on partying. This caused head coach Mark Manning's decision of cutting Downey off the team, suggesting him to start a mixed martial arts career as he had demonstrated an expeditiously problematic behavior.[2]
Iowa Central Community College
After his deflected time at UNL, Downey attended Iowa Central Community College, an NJCAA level school. As a redshirt freshman competing at 197 pounds, he compiled an undefeated record and became the 15' NJCAA champion (helping the Tritons reach the team championship).[3] He also went 10-1 against NCAA Division I competition, recording notable victories over Hawkeyes, Cornhuskers, Quakers, Sun Devils, etcetera.[4]
Iowa State University
After putting things back on track, Downey was given two options; Iowa State University and University of Iowa. He ended up deciding to wear the Cyclones' cardinal and gold clothes. Some of the factors of his decision were his connections with coaches Kevin Jackson and Trent and Travis Paulson and his preference of the teammates.[2] During his sophomore season (2015-16), he competed just three times and lost one of the matches, but still was the starter for the post-season at 197 pounds.[1] He placed third at the Big 12 Conference championships[5] and entered the NCAA championships unseeded.[6] He performed greatly, taking out multiple high-seeded wrestlers to place fifth, earning All-American honors.[7][8]
As a junior, he was finding high success at 184 pounds during the regular season, posting seven wins and no losses.[1] On February 23, 2017, it was announced that Downey had been kicked off the wrestling team due to "repeated violations of team rules", as quoted by head coach Kevin Jackson.[9][10] Despite some talks about a potential run as an Iowa Hawkeye, this finished Downey's collegiate wrestling career and he earned his degree from ISU via online courses.[11]
Freestyle career
Junior
Downey was a standout junior level freestyle wrestler until 2014, year in which his eligibility to compete at this level expired. After failing to make the 2012 Senior Olympic Team, he made the Junior World Team and went on to win a silver medal at the World Championships.[12] He was also a FILA & USAW National Champion.[13]
Senior
Downey is currently competing in the senior level.[13]
2011-2016
He made his debut in 2011 (fresh out of high school) at the OTT qualifiers in an attempt to make the Olympic Team, but was unsuccessful after losing in the first round to eventual UFC champion and then NCAA DII champion Kamaru Usman.[14] He competed just once between 2012 and 2013 and made his return in 2014.[15] In this year, he won the Northern Plains tournament,[16] placed sixth at the University Nationals[17] and attended the World Team Trials.[18] A year later, he competed at the ASICS US Nationals, the Northern Plains and the Bill Farrell Memorial but did not place[15], unlike the University Nationals in where he placed fourth.[19] In 2016 he just wrestled one match.[20]
2017-2018
In 2017 he made a return to freestyle in big fashion with a fifth place finish at the US Open, which qualified him for the World Team Trials.[21] At the WTT he defeated two-time All-American turned MMA fighter Kyle Crutchmer but subsequently dropped his next two bouts.[22] To close the year, he racked up a bronze medal from the Dave Schultz Memorial Invitational.[23] In 2018 he once again placed at the US Open[24] and (unlike last year) at the World Team Trials.[25]
2019-2020
Downey completed his best year of competition as of now in 2019, as he racked up titles from the Dave Schultz Memorial International[26] and the US Open[27] and made the World Team after defeating Nick Heflin in the challenge finals and the defending World Champion David Taylor could not make it to Final X.[28] After successfully making the team, Downey won a prestigious Pan American Games medal[29] and went 2-1 at the World Championships.[30] He then participated in a Super Fight against the accomplished submission grappler Nick Rodriguez, whom he teched after scoring 12 points to none.[31]
In 2020, he won a bronze medal at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series in Italy[32] and had a brief appearance at the Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix.[33] In February he competed at a special event where he faced the man often referred as "Greatest Submission Grappler of All Time"[34][35][36] Gordon Ryan. This event consisted on a freestyle wrestling match and a submission grappling match. Downey won the first bout in twenty seconds and Ryan submitted Downey in the second one.[37] He was then slated to rematch Nick Rodriguez with submission grappling rules on March,[38] but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[39]
Downey was scheduled to compete at the 20' US Olympic Team Trials on April 4 at State College, Pennsylvania.[40] However, the event was postponed for 2021 along with the Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving all the qualifiers unable to compete.[41]
After the Olympic Trials were postponed, Downey participated in the first wrestling event of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic on June 28, at Rumble on the Rooftop. He faced Greco-Roman World Team Member Joe Rau in a mixed-rules match, this consisted in one period of Greco-Roman rules and other of freestyle rules, with no technical falls. After choosing Greco-Roman in the first period, Downey was down 9 points to none and could just pick up four points during the freestyle period, dropping the match 4-9.[42]
On July 7, the New Jersey Regional Training Center announced that they had cut ties with Downey due to negative comments towards Greco-Roman and women's wrestling.[43]
Downey was scheduled to face 18' World Champion David Taylor on July 25 at FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo.[44] On July 12, he announced that he had withdrawn from the bout due to problems with the organization.[45]
Mixed martial arts career
Downey is currently signed with Paradigm Sport Management[46] and has trained with Colby Covington, former UFC interim champion who attended Iowa Central and won an NJCAA championship just like Downey.[47] He is expected to make the transition into mixed martial arts once his freestyle career is over.[48][49]
Freestyle record
NCAA record
Stats
References
- ^ a b c "Patrick Downey III - Wrestling". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ a b "Iowa State's Pat Downey ready to make use of second chance to wrestle at Division I level". Team USA.
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- ^ Daily, Brian Mozey/Iowa State. "Iowa State places third at Big 12 Wrestling Championships". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ grappleCy (2016-03-09). "2016 D1 NCAA Wrestling Championship Brackets". Wide Right & Natty Lite. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ grappleCy (2016-03-21). "2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships Recap". Wide Right & Natty Lite. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "2015-16 Wrestling Season Recap". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ grappleCy (2017-02-23). "All-American Pat Downey Dismissed, Burns All Bridges on Way Out". Wide Right & Natty Lite. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Young, Aaron. "These tweets may show why Patrick Downey is no longer an Iowa State wrestler". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Leistikow, Chad; Leistikow, Chad. "Graduate transfer Pat Downey won't wrestle for Hawkeyes". Hawk Central. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "World Championships Preview: Pat Downey 86kg". Fanatic Wrestling. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ a b "Patrick Downey III - Team USA". Team USA.
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- ^ "2014 Northern Plains Jr & Sr - FS". www.trackwrestling.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2014 ASICS University Nat - FS". www.trackwrestling.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2014 U.S. World Team Trials - FS". www.trackwrestling.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2015 UWW Cadet & University Nationals-FS". www.trackwrestling.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Freestyle World Team Trials preview at 86 kg/189 lbs". Team USA. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "See the results for the 2017 Junior and Senior World Team Trials wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "See the results for the 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "See the results for the 2018 US Open Wrestling Championships wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "See the results for the 2018 Senior Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "USA Wrestling Events". usawrestlingevents.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "#FreestyleFriday: Dedicated and determined Downey wins U.S. Open and prepares for Raleigh". Team USA. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ NJ.com, James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for (2019-05-25). "World champion David Taylor withdraws from Final X-Rutgers; NJRTC's Pat Downey gets Team USA spot". nj. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Smith, Earl (2019-08-11). "Three US Men Win Gold on Final Day of Pan-American Games". The Open Mat. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ truewrestling. "2019 Men's Freestyle World Championship Wrap up & Results – True Wrestling". Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Peters, Matt (2019-10-06). "ADCC Silver Medalist Nick Rodriguez Loses via Technical Fall in Wrestling Return". Grappling Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Gilman, Dake and Valencia win golds, four others claim medals to close out Matteo Pellicone". Team USA. January 18, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Forrest Molinari wins bronze medal on final day of Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia". Team USA. January 26, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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- ^ "Is Gordon Ryan the world's best grappler?". MMA Junkie. 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Regan, Tristan (2020-02-26). "Gordon Ryan Justifies His Claim As No Gi GOAT". Grappling Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Ryan, Downey each win one event at BJJ Fanatics Grand Prix". InterMat. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Lindsey, Alex (2019-12-07). "Nick Rodriguez v Pat Downey 2 Set For Third Coast Grappling 4". Grappling Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ admin (2020-03-05). "Breaking: Third Coast Grappling IV Main Event is Cancelled". Grappling Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody. "Wrestling: Iowa's Spencer Lee wins Senior Nationals, qualifies for 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials". Hawk Central. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody. "USA Wrestling announces that 2020 Olympic Trials are postponed". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ Staff, 5PM (2020-06-28). "Rau Defeats Downey at Rumble on the Rooftop". Five Point Move. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hamilton, Andy. "NJRTC drops World Teamer Pat Downey after social media posts about women's wrestling and Greco-Roman". Trackwrestling. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ "Dake vs Chamizo - July 25 - Only On FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Pat Downey is no longer on the card for the FloWrestling event on July 25th. We are currently looking for a replacement opponent for David Taylor". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Paradigm Sport Management | Pat Downey". Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Colby Covington working with elite wrestler who 'used to wipe the mats' with Kamaru Usman". MMA Junkie. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ Gallo, Ed (2018-03-26). "Five Class of 2018 Wrestling to MMA Prospects". MMASucka.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Amateur Wrestler Pat Downey Might Be A Villain Worth Rooting For". pressboxonline.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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External links
- Pat Downey at the International Wrestling Database
- Pat Downey at the International Wrestling Database
- Pat Downey at Team USA (archived)
- American male sport wrestlers
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Iowa State Cyclones wrestlers
- People from Baltimore
- Sportspeople from Maryland
- Amateur wrestlers
- Iowa State University alumni
- Iowa State Cyclones athletes
- American sport wrestlers
- American sportsmen
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games wrestlers
- Competitors at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling