The Level Change Podcast

Mar 27 2024 69 ep. 51 mins 6

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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.

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Dana says he would've resigned his position over Joe Rogan

Mar 27 2024 44 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comIn 2022, UFC’s lead color commentator, Joe Rogan, came under fire after a social media account stitched together a multitude of instances where Rogan used a very ugly racial epithet into a video clip that ended up going viral. Several outlets picked up the story, including mainstream news

Sean Strickland's latest video confessional + Sumo Stompin' with Tim Bissell

Mar 20 2024 60 mins

Sean Strickland certainly has tongues wagging this week after his latest social media video clip. His video confessional, a staple on his social feeds, comes from inside his car, where he tells fans how he doesn’t feel mentally stable, and that he told his girlfriend he just wanted to burn everything down but that he felt really connected to his fans. This level of “honesty”

Suga's star power, Sumo Stompin' and the end of an era

Mar 13 2024 34 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comUFC 299 was a great card in practice and according to the promotion’s brass, the event garnered a sellout gate that topped $13M—their fourth best live gate. The headliner, Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera, was a title bout for bantamweight gold and it featured a fantastic supporting card

UFC Vegas 87 hits all the right marks but still looks awful

Feb 28 2024 39 mins

UFC Vegas 87 is an ugly card, full stop. Despite the fact that the alternative stats look decent (ranked fights, fighters, etc.), the matchups don’t do much in the way of getting us amped to watch the card. If anything, it’s a deterrent to it. Let’s face it, no matter what they do, the Apex cards always seem like leftovers, even when they’re not.Bloody Elbow is fighting for

Ian Garry needs an image overhaul + interview with Vince McMahon biographer Josie Reisman

Feb 21 2024 93 mins

Ian Garry barely eked out a win over the ultra tough Geoff Neal this past Saturday night, but after all the trash he talked combined with that performance, we’re left wondering if the Irish lightning rod can turn his plight around. The crowd, the fans watching around the world and his fellow fighters spent a fair amount of time roasting him on social media in the aftermath of the

Sean Strickland wanted to 'humble' Machine Gun Kelly

Feb 14 2024 31 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comSean Strickland had a very eventful week in the leadup to Super Bowl Sunday. It started off right after the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada where former POTUS Donald Trump was making a speech. Just a few minutes into it, Trump gave Sean an extended shoutout and following the event, st

Behind the WWE curtain with Sean Ross Sapp

Feb 07 2024 44 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comThe first was the unexpected merger of WWE with the UFC. The historic deal saw the two companies combined under one roof with the combined entity branded as TKO Holdings. Vince McMahon would end up with a new title—executive chairman—a ton of shares, and the perk of being able to choose

UFC 297 was a mediocre dud + Sumo stompin' with Tim Bissell

Jan 24 2024 47 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comUFC 297 was not the best card. As a matter of fact, if I had to rate it on a scale of 1-10, I’d give it a 4. On paper, going into the event, we were quick to notice how there were no ranked fighters on the undercard and eight of those fighters were coming off losses. All four of the openin

Saudi Arabia already impacting UFC matchmaking

Jan 17 2024 55 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comHe’s back! Well, at least for this episode. Who? The one and only Mookie Alexander guest hosted today’s episode so we could make our yearly champions predictions, break down seven select fights from UFC 297, look back at UFC Vegas 84 and discuss how Saudi Arabia is not going to accept ju

Of course the first UFC card of 2024 is at the dreaded Apex

Jan 10 2024 53 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.comThe UFC is back after a long winter’s nap and what do they give their loyal fans? More Apex slop. One might think they’d want to kick off the new year with a firecracker of an event but instead, we get one that even if it does go off like a house afire, who’s gonna care? And more impor