#370 Gordon Ryan Talks About His Steroid Usage Plus IBJJF 2024 No-Gi Worlds Recap

Grappling Rewind: Breakdowns of Professional BJJ and Grappling Events

This week on the show Maine and Miranda recap the IBJJF 2024 No-Gi World, and talk about Gordon Ryan's landmark public discussion of his steroid usage during his championship runs. We also talk about Pat Downey's disqualification in his blue belt world's final match.
In the news section of the show, we discussed Gordon Ryan's statements regarding steroid use in the sport and his own performance enhancing drug usage across his competition career spanning from 2016 onward. We discussed the generally unregulated and untested nature of the sport. And discuss some of the reasons he provided for why he chose to take PEDs being sparked by his desire to move out of his coach and teammate Garry Tonon's weight class.
In the recap of IBJJF 2024 No-Gi Worlds we discussed Pat Downey and his finals match disqualification as well as some of the specific rules that most likely led to the disqualification even prior to the fight that took place after the match.
We also discussed some of the standout colored belt performances at the tournament and some of the more impressive runs from people we are already familiar with, from other major competitions who won colored belt world titles at the event.
In the recap section of the show we run through both the men's and the women's adult black belt divisions, discussing every finals match as well as the open class for both the men's and women's division. We talk about some of the standout finishes and discuss some of the context behind some of the wins for the matches.
Recorded 12-16-2024