Media UFC placebo effect; marketing affects how fights are perceived.

[koa pomaikai]

I saw a very interesting video, in which this guy was able to convince people tap water tasted amazing by marketing it as $1,000 fancy water.



I think that fight fans are often times under a similar placebo effect due to marketing. A lot of fights put on by the UFC amongst contenders are actually quite bad if you remove the commentary, the walk-out, the promos, the hype, and just focus on nothing but the fight.

There are some very low level fights that are exciting and brutal but due to marketing people perceive it as less entertaining than title fights.

Do you think this is true? Are fight fans biased by the UFC when viewing how good a fight is?

FYI if you want to see the full video with the fancy water placebo effect:



I think if you remove the backstory, the hype, and the promos.

Low level fights are often times better than high level fights. I think you could even market and convince people that Covington is still a contender.

 

[Ares Black]

Wasteland is that way >>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Many UFC fans instantly take whatever Joe Rogan says as facts.

 

[markys00]

Many UFC fans instantly take whatever Joe Rogan says as facts.

Many UFC fans will discredit whatever Joe Rogan says just because it's him saying it too

 

[PaddyO'malley]

Yuh passed marketing 101 good fi u fam all di best hope uni gwaan well maybe Drizzy pay off dem OSAP loan

Proud of u fam

 

[Buckland]

Water is wet.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

this thread sucks no placebo..

 

[JBJ was here]

Many UFC fans will discredit whatever Joe Rogan says just because it's him saying it too

Weakly discrediting anything Rogan says is the appropriate reaction to him saying something. He's frequently wrong about things he should know, frequently stupid, frequently completely full of shit, and not a valid authority on anything. Rogan saying something non-trivial is true isn't strong or direct evidence that that something is false, but if you consider it as weak circumstantial evidence you'll generally come out ahead for not taking ivermectin or thinking every attempted submission is locked in.

 

[gentel]

I'm not saying I'm immune to placebos and marketing but I do take less influence than other ppl, and this may explain why I had Erceg vs Pantoja as my FOTY

Aljo vs Movsar also one of the best fights all year

 

[Substance Abuse]

TS clearly doesn't watch any regional MMA, lol.

 

[Sasha]

Water is wet.

1000$ water is wet and tastes so good

 

[ElLunico]

No shit sherlock

 

[Dionysian]

I think that fight fans are often times under a similar placebo effect due to marketing. A lot of fights put on by the UFC amongst contenders are actually quite bad if you remove the commentary, the walk-out, the promos, the hype, and just focus on nothing but the fight.

Thread starters are often under a placebo effect in that they attack rape victims online ignoring evidence of police stations being ordered by higher courts to provide physical evidence, patterns of terrorization of the said rape victims to include stabbing their family members while their kids sleep in the next room, etc. Actually create multiple shitty threads attacking the rape victims too.

Sorry, what were we talking about? Oh yeah. Covington is overrated.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

TS clearly doesn't watch any regional MMA, lol.

I'm still not sure he watches  any MMA

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

I saw a very interesting video, in which this guy was able to convince people tap water tasted amazing by marketing it as $1,000 fancy water.



I think that fight fans are often times under a similar placebo effect due to marketing. A lot of fights put on by the UFC amongst contenders are actually quite bad if you remove the commentary, the walk-out, the promos, the hype, and just focus on nothing but the fight.

There are some very low level fights that are exciting and brutal but due to marketing people perceive it as less entertaining than title fights.

Do you think this is true? Are fight fans biased by the UFC when viewing how good a fight is?

FYI if you want to see the full video with the fancy water placebo effect:



I think if you remove the backstory, the hype, and the promos.

Low level fights are often times better than high level fights. I think you could even market and convince people that Covington is still a contender.

You are 100% correct.

 

[checktheknuckles]

notice all those falling for it were women. LMAO

Not to sound sexists, but I'm sure men would fall for it too if it were their wives paying for it.

 

[JakePaulMMA]

Many UFC fans instantly take whatever Joe Rogan says as facts.

And to anyone who listens to Joe Rogan and takes it serious, I would suggest taking heroin. It's not as bad as they say. Don't be woke, just try it.

 

[VinceArch]

TS, will you be able to make a decent thread this year?

 

[Leonard Haid]

Don't believe the hype, and it's mostly hype in this arftifical existence most of us live in.

 

[Ares Black]

To be clear, this is not what the Placebo Effect means.