Epi 79 One of USA's Top Brown Belts Jared "Megalo" Dopp - a podcast by Byron Jabara

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Jared "Megalo" Dopp is a Brown belt under Rafael Lovato Jr.  He is a Blue, Purple, and Brown Belt No-Gi World Champion. Blue, Purple, and Brown Belt Pan Champion. Blue Belt Gi World Champion, and two time Purple Belt World Gi Silver medalist.  In 2013 as a Purple belt he took 4th place at ADCC.

We talk about:

• His accomplishments with only 4 years of serious training


• His push the pace style


• How he is able to force his opponents to make mistakes


• How he views Gi and No-gi differently


• Ways to get around an opponent that is stalling


• Passing the guard to the right side


• He is in school for chemical engineering


• Balancing school and BJJ


• His training schedule


• Off the mat training including rugby


• His research in growing nano tubes


• His thoughts on competing in 2015 ADCC


• His hopes of doing submission only matchs


• Strategy for a submission only match


• Advice for a student doing a first tournament


• His advice for cutting weight to compete

Links for Jared: Do or Die, True Nutrition, Jared's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

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