Combat Sports news variety show usually previewing or reviewing the latest UFC event while covering the latest news in combat sports.
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Our Combat Sports News Variety Show usually reviewing/previewing the current UFC event while covering the latest salacious news in combat sports. | Talent: Stephie Haynes & Victor Rodriguez, with occasional Guest Appearances from Mookie Alexander, as well as other well known industry fight analysts. themmadrawpodcast.substack.com
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed matchup reasoning meets candid scrutiny of MMA's promotional power, labor questions, and business deals.
Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez move easily between UFC card predictions, post-fight reactions, and the business decisions surrounding MMA.
The UFC card gets picks; fighter pay gets questions you might wish the promotion would answer.
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Grief, headlines, UFC Vegas 84, and purse chatter in a loose MMA recap.
Level Change Podcast opens on the death of Derek Schott, then moves through a brisk pass over headlines and a few UFC Vegas 84 fights. It also circles back to purse talk and the way fight business can decide what ends up mattering most in MMA.
A free UFC 294 episode that mixes analysis, headlines, and lively MMA detours.
UFC 294 gives this episode its center of gravity, but the broader appeal is the Level Change Podcast's easygoing mix of analysis, fight news, and quick detours into MMA's bigger talking points.
Direct MMA talk with clear opinions, a few technical reads, and some worthwhile detours.
Bloody Elbow's Level Change Podcast stays on fight talk and does it without much drift. Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez spend most of the episode on Bellator 301, then make quicker stops at UFC Vegas 82 and UFC 295.
An MMA business story about consolidation, collapse, and the blame game.
The Level Change Podcast spends this episode on the business side of MMA history, following how the UFC pulled talent together, how a promotion can come apart fast, and why those failures usually have more than one cause.
A blunt fight-week episode that ties Ngannou and Jones contract talk to a fighter-focused finish on Juliana Miller.
Level Change spends this episode on combat sports business and labor, moving from Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones to antitrust fallout and the UFC contract issue before landing on UFC Vegas 82.
Fight-week MMA talk that turns selective history into the main event.
Episode 258 of the Level Change Podcast, with Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez, covers UFC 292, looks back at UFC Vegas 78, and runs through a stack of MMA headlines.
The episode opens on UFC 298 and UFC Mexico before shifting to a Josie Reisman interview on Vince McMahon.
The Level Change Podcast keeps its mix of fight talk and loose conversation. This episode starts with UFC 298, turns to UFC Mexico, and then moves into an interview with Josie Reisman, the unauthorized biographer of Vince McMahon.
A loose UFC 297 conversation that folds in UFC Vegas 84, champion picks, and Mookie Alexander's prediction run.
Level Change Podcast keeps this UFC 297 and UFC Vegas 84 episode moving with Steffi Haines, Victor Rodriguez, and Mookie Alexander at the center.
The Level Change Podcast episode 275 spends its first section on Conor McGregor, including his appearance at the December 23 Saudi Arabia card with Cristiano Ronaldo and his claim that the UFC has mistreated him.
Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez host Level Change Podcast (Episode 264), a combat sports analysis show on Bloody Elbow.
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Tim Bissell explains why the Kyushu Basho matters, from the rare Yokozuna promotion path to Takakesho’s bid after winning September’s Aki basho.
Episode 260 of The Level Change Podcast covers UFC Paris, UFC 293, and a long discussion about where fight hype crosses the line.
The Level Change Podcast spends its first segment on Francis Ngannou versus Tyson Fury, with Steffi Haines arguing Ngannou won after the knockdown and Victor Rodriguez saying he understood the official decision but disagreed with it.
The Level Change Podcast episode 259 opens with Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez reacting to Conor McGregor’s deleted Twitter audio, where he says “they’re not going to let me fight in December” and complains about being kept from his livelihood.
The Level Change Podcast episode on UFC Vegas 79 covers Mateus Gamrot’s injury TKO over Rafael Fiziev, with a long detour into whether fighters enter bouts already hurt because surgeries and rehab are expensive.
The Level Change Podcast episode 277 centers on UFC championship picks, with Steffi Haines, Victor Rodriguez, and guest Mookie Alexander revisiting UFC Vegas 84 and then projecting titleholders through 2024.
Steffi Haines talks with Fightful Wrestling's Sean Ross Sapp about Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, The Rock, and the WWE-TKO business changes.
Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez spend most of Level Change Podcast episode 278 on UFC 297, opening with Sean Strickland's press-conference rant directed at Alexander K.
The Level Change Podcast episode 258 with Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez focuses on UFC 292, UFC Vegas 78, and a batch of MMA news.
The hosts recap the chaotic UFC Sao Paulo event, criticizing the main event as potentially the worst of the year, and preview UFC 295, including picks for key fights like the interim heavyweight title and light heavyweight main event.
Steffi and Victor dissect UFC 298, highlighting Ilya Topuria's championship ascendancy over veteran Volkanovski, Merab's dominant humiliation of Henry Cejudo, and recurring fighter patterns like Paulo Costa's collapse tendencies.
The hosts review UFC 293, focusing on Sean Strickland's upset win over Israel Adesanya and debate its implications.
An episode of Level Change featuring valuable discussion and insights.
Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez host Level Change Podcast episode 265, analyzing UFC Vegas 80.
The hosts review UFC 295's standout fights, including Diego Lopez's quick finish and Jessica Andrade's comeback, while discussing personal anecdotes like Thanksgiving plans.
They open by trashing the card.
The Level Change Podcast episode 266 centers on UFC 294, UFC Abu Dhabi, and a long stretch of fight-night and headline talk from Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez.
The Level Change Podcast episode 286 centers on UFC news, including Igor Severino’s biting incident at UFC Vegas 89 and the commission likely withholding his paycheck while fines are sorted out.
Steffi Haynes and Victor Rodriguez spend much of The Level Change Podcast on UFC 299, arguing that Sean O'Malley did not carry the event alone because the card also included Dustin Poirier, Michael Venom Page, Robelis Despain, and seven ranked fights.
Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez use episode 262 of The Level Change Podcast to react to UFC Noche, starting with Valentina Shevchenko versus Alexa Grasso and the disputed draw.
The Level Change Podcast episode on UFC Vegas 83 also spends significant time on the Guy Davis forensic accounting report, which says Dana White received $115 million and Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta each received $547 million.
The Level Change Podcast episode 281 spends its free section previewing UFC 298, starting with a blunt assessment that the card is “very, very top heavy” and that most of the interest is concentrated on the main card and featured prelim.
The Level Change Podcast episode 270 covers Bellator 301, UFC Vegas 82, the PFL purchase of Bellator, and a free bonus segment with sumo analyst Tim Bissell.
The Level Change Podcast episode 257 centers on UFC 291 fighter-pay disclosure in Utah, where the commission entered confidentiality agreements with most athletes and treated purse amounts as trade secret information.
The Level Change Podcast episode 271 opens with UFC Austin, Sean Strickland's gun-point incident, Ian Gary's marriage controversy, and Conor McGregor's Black Forge Inn losing more than $2 million.
Steffi Haynes, Victor Rodriguez, and guest Mookie Alexander break down UFC 296, which Mookie calls "the pinnacle of a UFC show" because every fight has intrigue from the opening prelim to the main event.
Steffi Haines and Victor Rodriguez analyze recent combat sports events on the Level Change Podcast.