Pat Downey (wrestler)

James Patrick Downey III (born August 7, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler. A 2019 US Open National champion and Pan American Games medalist, Downey is well known as one of the most controversial American wrestlers today.[1][2][3][4]

Pat Downey
Personal information
Full nameJames Patrick Downey III
NationalityAmerican
Born (1992-08-07) August 7, 1992
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
College teamIowa State Cyclones
ClubTitan Mercury Wrestling Club
Coached byBill Zadick

Folkstyle career

High school

Downey attended North County High School and Loch Raven 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.[5] A legally problematic high schooler, Downey was multiple times denied of wrestling and playing football due to multiple charges.[6]

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 after breaking his thumb in a street fight.[7]

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).[8] He also went 10–1 against NCAA Division I competition, recording notable victories over Hawkeyes, Cornhuskers, Quakers, Sun Devils, etc.[9]

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, stating that 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.[7] 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.[5] He placed third at the Big 12 Conference championships[10] and entered the NCAA championships unseeded.[11] He performed greatly, taking out multiple high-seeded wrestlers to place fifth, earning All-American honors.[12][13]

As a junior, he was finding high success at 184 pounds during the regular season, posting seven wins and no losses.[5] 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.[14][15] 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.[16]

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.[17] He was also a FILA and USAW National Champion.[18]

Senior

Downey is currently competing in the senior level.[18]

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.[19] He competed just once between 2012 and 2013 and made his return in 2014.[20] In this year, he won the Northern Plains tournament,[21] placed sixth at the University Nationals[22] and attended the World Team Trials.[23] A year later, he competed at the ASICS US Nationals, the Northern Plains and the Bill Farrell Memorial but did not place,[20] unlike the University Nationals in where he placed fourth.[24] In 2016, he just wrestled one match.[25]

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.[26] At the WTT, he defeated two-time All-American turned MMA fighter Kyle Crutchmer but subsequently dropped his next two bouts.[27] To close the year, he racked up a bronze medal from the Dave Schultz Memorial Invitational.[28] In 2018, he once again placed at the US Open[29] and (unlike the previous year) at the World Team Trials.[30]

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[31] and the US Open[32] 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.[33] After successfully making the team, Downey won a prestigious Pan American Games medal[34] and went 2–1 at the World Championships.[35] He then participated in a Super Fight against the accomplished submission grappler Nick Rodriguez, whom he teched after scoring 12 points to none.[36]

In 2020, he won a bronze medal at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series in Italy[37] and had a brief appearance at the Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix.[38] In February he competed at a special event where he faced the man often referred as "Greatest Submission Grappler of All Time"[39][40][41] Gordon Ryan. This event consisted of a freestyle wrestling match and a submission grappling match. Downey won the first bout in one minute and twenty seconds and Ryan submitted Downey in the second match.[42] He was then slated to rematch Nick Rodriguez with submission grappling rules on March,[43] but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[44]

Downey was scheduled to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials on April 4 at State College, Pennsylvania.[45] 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.[46]

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.[47]

Controversies

After several tweets where he made comments towards Greco-Roman and women's wrestling, Downey was dropped by the NJRTC,[48] terminated by Paradigm Sport Management and Barbarian Appel and also lost his spot at the FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo card where he was supposed to wrestle 18' World Champion David Taylor on July 25, in a 5-day period.[49][2]

In November 2009, Downey was charged with first-degree assault, after Baltimore Police stated he had beaten up a Towson University student in a parking lot. According to police, Downey broke the student's jaw and knocked off four of his teeth.[6] In June 4 of 2010, Downey was once again charged with second-degree assault along with former teammate from North County HS Patrick Carey, after allegedly brawling with two Navy football players at a night club.[50] Downey was also charged with assault and robbery in September 2010, when he was accused of beating up a classmate who sold him and two of Downey's friends marijuana after refusing to pay him,[51] however, charges were dropped due to repeated changes in the victim's testimony.[52]

After a trial that took place in July 2011, where Downey was facing up to 35 years of prison,[50] Downey pled guilty to his crimes committed in November 2009, spending six days in jail.[53] In 2017, Downey referred to his antics as a high schooler:

"The whole street thug persona that I was getting labeled as, there was no doubt about it. I wasn’t running with the right crew, and I wasn’t living right. You don’t catch three felony assault charges if you’re doing everything right. Obviously, I was in the wrong places at the wrong times with the wrong people. I cleaned my act up tenfold. I had to change to get the results I wanted. If I didn’t, I was going to lose my life.”[4]

Mixed martial arts career

Downey was formerly signed with Paradigm Sport Management[54] and is now signed with SuckerPunch Entertainment. He is expected to make the transition into mixed martial arts once his freestyle career is over,[55][4] after a potential Olympic run in 2021.[56] Downey has expressed that he is likely to train at American Top Team, where other top-level wrestlers Bo Nickal and Anthony Cassar are also making the move once they hop into MMA after the US Olympic Trials.[57]

Early career

Downey was scheduled to make his amateur MMA debut on January 19, 2019 at Donald Cerrone's Cowboy Fighting Series 1.[58] However, he was removed from the card later on.[59]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
Win 60-36 Gordon Ryan TF 11-0 February 29, 2020 2020 BJJ Fanatics Grand Prix

Beverly, Massachusetts

2020 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix 14th at 86kg
Loss 59-36 Soslan Ktsoyev 6-6 January 23–26, 2020 2020 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

2020 Matteo Pellicone RS at 86kg
Win 59-35 Illia Archaia 13-7 January 15–18, 2020 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series

Rome, Italy

Loss 58-35 Alex Dieringer 2-3
Win 58-34 Ethan Ramos 9-5
Win 57-34 Osman Göcen 12-5
Win 56-34 Nick Rodriguez TF 12-0 October 4–5, 2019 2019 Who's Number One

Iowa City, Iowa

2019 World Championships 9th at 86 kg
Loss 55-34 Ahmed Dudarov TF 0-13 September 14–22, 2019 2019 World Championships

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Win 55-33 Zbigniew Baranowski 8-2
Win 54-33 Hovhannes Mkhitaryan TF 11-1
2019 Pan American Games at 86 kg
Win 53-33 Alexander Moore Fall August 7–10, 2019 2019 Pan American Games

Lima, Peru

Loss 52-33 Yurieski Torreblanca 2-7
Win 52-32 Angus Arthur TF 14-3
2019 Yasar Dogu 5th at 86 kg
Loss 51-32 Osman Göcen 6-7 July 11–14, 2019 2019 Yasar Dogu Grand Prix

Istanbul, Turkey

Loss 51-31 Deepak Punia 5-11
2019 US World Team Trials at 86kg
Win 51-30 Nick Heflin 4-0 May 17–19, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge

Raleigh, North Carolina

Win 50-30 Nick Heflin 6-2
2019 US Open at 86 kg
Win 49-30 Nick Heflin 10-4 April 24–27, 2019 2019 U.S Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 48-30 Myles Martin 9-7
Win 47-30 Kenneth Courts 9-4
Win 46-30 Kevin Parker Fall
Win 45-30 Pat Romero TF 13-0
Win 44-30 Cameron Caffey 10-4
2019 Granma y Cerro Pelado 7th at 86 kg
Loss 43-30 Yorli Jimenez February 15–23, 2019 2019 Granma y Cerro Pelado

Havana, Cuba

Loss 43-29 Yurieski Torreblanca
2019 Dave Schultz M. International at 86 kg
Win 43-28 Kenneth Courts TF 12-2 January 24–26, 2019 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Win 42-28 Brett Pfarr 7-4
Win 41-28 Josh Asper 6-4
2018 Alany 12th at 86 kg
Loss 40-28 Slavik Naniev 4-7 December 7–9, 2018 2018 Alany Tournament

Vladikavkaz, Russia

2018 US World Team Trials 4th at 86kg
Loss 40-27 Richard Perry 4-7 July 23, 2018 2018 US World Team Trials True Thirds

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Win 40-26 Joe Rau 7-0 May 20, 2018 2018 US World Team Trials Challenge

Rochester, Minnesota

Win 39-26 Ryan McWatters 10-5
Loss 38-26 Joe Rau 2-7
2018 US Open 7th at 86 kg
Win 38-25 Brandon Supernaw TF 10-0 April 24–28, 2018 2018 U.S Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Loss 37-25 Nick Reenan Fall
Win 37-24 Noe Garcia Fall
Win 36-24 Anthony Lodermeier TF 12-2
Loss 35-24 Dominic Ducharme 10-18
2017 Dave Schultz M. Invitational at 86 kg
Win 35-23 Takahiro Murayama TF 10-0 November 1–4, 2017 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial Invitational

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Loss 34-23 Richard Perry 1-2
Win 34-22 Kim Gwan-uk 2-1
Loss 33-22 Aleksander Musalaliev 2-3
2017 US World Team Trials at 86 kg
Loss 33-21 Austin Trotman 5-14 June 9–10, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials Challenge

Lincoln, Nebraska

Loss 33-20 David Taylor TF 0-10
Win 33-19 Kyle Crutchmer TF 14-1
2017 US Open 5th at 86 kg
Win 32-19 Kyle Crutchmer 7-3 April 26–29, 2017 2017 U.S Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Loss 31-19 Bo Nickal TF 2-12
Win 31-18 Gabe Dean 7-6
Win 30-18 Josh Asper 7-2
Loss 29-18 David Taylor TF 0-10
Win 29-17 Peter Renda 9-6
Win 28-17 Ryan McWatters TF 14-4
Win 27-17 Vic Avery 6-4
2016 Poland Open 14th at 86 kg
Loss 26-17 Fırat Binici 3-6 June 15–17, 2016 2016 Poland Open, Ziolkowski & Pytlasinski

Spala, Poland

2015 Bill Farrell International Open at 86 kg
Loss 26-16 Richard Perry 7-8 November 5–7, 2015 2015 Bill Farrell International Open

New York City, New York

Win 26-15 Tyler Caldwell 7-4
Win 25-15 Tyrel Todd 11-6
Win 24-15 Alireza Asadinia Fall
Loss 23-15 Ryan Loder 12-16
Win 23-14 Gwon Hyeok-beom 9-5
2015 University Nationals 4th at 86kg
Loss 22-14 Ryan Loder 5-5 May 28–31, 2015 2015 US University National Championships Akron, Ohio
Win 22-13 Sam Brooks 7-7
Win 21-13 Aaron Studebaker TF 10-0
Win 20-13 Glenn Climmons 8-5
Loss 19-13 Hayden Zillmer 5-8
Win 19-12 Montrail Johnson TF 10-0
Win 18-12 Nicholas Veling TF 12-2
Win 17-12 Lawrence Thomas 8-4
2015 Northern Plains at 86 kg
Loss 16-12 Victor Terrell 3-7 May 14–16, 2015 2015 Northern Plains

Waterloo, Iowa

Win 16-11 Cody Caldwell TF 12-1
Win 15-11 Dane Pestano TF 10-0
2015 ASICS US Nationals at 86 kg
Loss 14-11 Richard Perry Fall May 5–9, 2015 2015 ASICS US Senior Nationals

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 14-10 Robert Hamlin 6-5
Win 13-10 Adam Fierro 7-2
Loss 12-10 Deron Winn 1-7
Win 12-9 Quentin Wright Fall
2014 US World Team Trials at 86 kg
Loss 11-9 Enock Francois Fall May 29 - June 1, 2014 2014 US World Team Trials

Madison, Wisconsin

Loss 11-8 Robert Hamlin 5-7
2014 University Nationals 6th at 86kg
Loss 11-7 Chris Perry 4-10 May 22–25, 2014 2014 US University National Championships Akron, Ohio
Win 11-6 John Lampe TF 10-0
Win 10-6 Kenneth Courts 17-13
Win 9-6 Rory Bonner TF 11-1
Win 8-6 Trent Noon 6-4
2014 Northern Plains at 86 kg
Win 7-6 Bruce Toal TF 11-1 May 8–10, 2014 2014 Northern Plains

Waterloo, Iowa

Win 6-6 Justin Koethe TF 11-0
Win 5-6 Dan Olsen Fall
2012 NYAC International at 84 kg
Loss 4-6 Tamerlan Tagziev 0-5, 0-5 November 8–10, 2012 2012 NYAC Holiday International Open

New York City, New York

Win 4-5 Mathieu Deschatelets 4-1, 6-0
Loss 3-5 Selim Yaşar 0-3, 2–1, 0-1
2011 US OTT Qualifier at 84 kg
Loss 3-4 Evan Brown 1-0, 0–1, 0-4 December 3, 2011 2011 US Olympic Team Trials Qualifier

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 3-3 Cody Powers Fall
Loss 2-3 Kamaru Usman 1-1, 3-3, 0-4
2011 NYAC International at 84 kg
Loss 2-2 Kurt Brenner 1-3, 4–0, 3-5 November 11–13, 2011 2011 NYAC Holiday International Open

New York City, New York

Win 2-1 Eyad Abujaradeh 1-0, 5-0
Loss 1-1 Bryce Hasseman 1-1, 0-4
Win 1-0 Nathanael Ackerman 1-0, 4-3

NCAA record

NCAA Championships Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event
2016 NCAA Championships 5th at 197 lbs
Win 5-2 Jared Haught Fall March 15–17, 2016 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Loss 4-2 Nathan Burak SV-1 1-3
Win 4-1 Brett Harner 3-2
Win 3-1 Shawn Scott 5-3
Loss 2-1 Brett Pfarr MD 3-12
Win 2-0 Jared Haught TB-1 Fall
Win 1–0 Phil Wellington SV-1 3-1

Stats

Season Year School Rank Weigh Class Record Win Bonus
2017 Junior Iowa State University #7 (DNQ) 184 7-0 100.00% 57.14%
2016 Sophomore #5 (5th) 197 11-4 73.33% 13.33%
2015 Freshman Iowa Central Community College NR 10-1 90.91% 36-36%
Career 28-5 84.85% 30.30%

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