[Chris] Oh, no,
not the Minibots!
[yelling] Oh! You leave
those little bots alone!
Pick on somebody
your own size, you creep!
You bully!
[Lisa] On nearly every single episode
ofBattleBots, a Minibot is abused.
[Chris yelling]
Oh, the humanity!
[Lisa] Last year alone, over 13
Minibots were rescued from the Box.
Hi, I'm BattleBotsjudge,
Lisa Winter,
will you be an angel
for a helpless Minibot?
Everyday these little guys are beaten
and neglected, and they need your help.
Call the number on
your screen right now.
For just pennies a day, you can help
save these Minibots from harm's way.
Call in the next 30 minutes, and you'll
receive a picture of the bot you've adopted.
One who's been given a
second chance thanks to you.
Right now, a Minibot needs you.
Your call says,
"I'm here to help."
- [Chris] Oh, my gosh!
- [Kenny] Poor cat!
[robotic voice] Robots activate.
[audience cheering]
Welcome to BattleBots!
I am Chris Rose,
joined by UFC legend
and robot combat analyst
to the stars, Kenny Florian.
[Kenny] I am so
ready for tonight, Chris.
We're here Box-side at our
arena in beautiful Las Vegas
where in moments, the world's most
savage robots will go head-to-head.
[audience cheering loudly]
[Chris] Who will rise to the occasion,
and who wlll fall in the stands?
Well, I guess there's really only
one way to find out, isn't there?
Let's take a look at
tonight's fight card.
The stakes are high
as we dive into week
four of the qualifiers.
We've got a mix of teams
kicking off their World
Championship campaigns,
as well as a handful of squads
stepping into the Box for
their second of four fights.
That includes the UK's
crippling crusher bot, Quantum.
Fresh off the very American
feast of Captain Shrederator.
Things might get toasty in its matchup
with the fearsome flamethrower of Gruff.
[Kenny] We've got three rookie
bots making their BattleBots debuts:
Starchild, Horizon
and SHREDDIT BRO!
All looking to prove they belong
in this elite field of 50 robots.
[Chris] And tonight's main
event features a pair of icons
- already backed into a corner with 0-1 records.
- [audience continues cheering]
HyperShock and Whiplash collide
in a critical match for both teams.
[Kenny] That's right. Will Bales had
to literally cut a hole in HyperShock
to remove Jamison Go's
hammer saw from its gut.
And Matt Vasquez had to
completely strip down Whiplash
after getting dismantled
by MaDCatTer.
Both teams are desperate for a
win and will do whatever it takes
to avoid falling to 0-2.
[Chris] But, we're kicking things
off with some international warfare.
The vicious vertical from
across the pond, Monsoon,
makes its long-awaited
return to theBattleBots.
It's gotta dance with the
burner from below the equator,
Black Dragon, who's saying,
"You want samba this? Come get it!"
Let's see what happens. Faruq?
[cheering intensifies]
Ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?
[screaming] It's
robot fighting time!
[audience cheering loudly]
In the red square,
this bot comes from the
land just south of the equator.
It's almost as hot, as when he
leaves you in a smoldering crater.
There's no beating the heat
breathed by this mean Brazilian.
You couldn't stop the burn, with
a whole bottle of SPF a billion.
- It's Black Dragon!
- [audience cheering]
Yeah! Whoo!
[Chris] The Brazilians and
Black Dragon out of the tunnel
for the first time this season and
there's a good look at the new captain,
Julio Cortez,
there on the right.
Kenny, he has inherited one of the
toughest bots in the sport's history.
[Kenny] Yeah, hasn't been
knocked out in 21 career matches.
Just nutty durability.
We've seen this bot
engulfed in flames
for over two
minutes and still win.
That toughness will
keep them in this fight.
And their 40 lb.. drum
can end it in a hurry.
In the blue square, this
bot comes from the UK,
but it's entire foreign policy
is to use its vertical blade
to leave Americans
lying horizontally.
It's invaded the States and has its residents
running, yelling to their neighbors,
"The British are coming!
The British are coming!"
- Give it up for Monsoon!
- [audience cheering]
[Chris] And for the first time
since World Championship IV,
Monsoon is out of the tunnel.
Co-captains Tom Brewster
and Tim Rackley the, uh,
Viking-looking fellow
there at the helm.
This British basher is here
to kick butt and drink tea.
And Kenny, they're
all out of Earl Grey.
[Kenny] Yeah, Monsoon
is a powerhouse.
A career record of 6-5,
but this is a full redesign.
They call that 42 lb.. massive
bar spinner, "The Brawler."
That gives them a big reach advantage
over a very compact Black Dragon.
[audience continues cheering]
For this fight against Monsoon,
don't get weapon with weapon
because Monsoon's
weapons is bigger than ours.
We will win in driving,
so come on, Monsoon.
Let's go to fight.
Black Dragon is
a fearsome robot,
um, they're not
to be taken lightly.
We've got a setup just for them
that we're using in this fight.
Yeah, we've got a gigantic
blade. It's got a lot of reach.
And our plan is to use
that to our advantage
so we're going to
use quite short forks.
So that we can remain
planted to the ground.
And as long as I can keep
squared up to them at all times
because of the weapon reach, we should
be able to hit them before they hit us.
And we're aware that they've
never been knocked out,
- but that's about to change.
- [cheering intensifies]
- Okay?
- Okay, boys, we ready?
Yeah! Let's go, Brazil!
- [robotic voice] Robots activate.
- [cheering intensifies]
[Chris] Kenny, three straight seasons with
three different captains for Black Dragon.
[Kenny] Yeah, this is a
university-sponsored team
so when someone
graduates, it's next man up.
But Julio has been a
part of this group for years.
And I love seeing the return
of driver Gabriel Bertozzi.
Very aggressive, wants to
grind Monsoon into a pulp.
[Chris] Once upon a time,
Monsoon took down SawBlaze
to advance to the top eight of the
World Championship tournament.
Tom says people have forgotten
just how good this bot can be.
[Kenny] Well, if this team can deliver
Black Dragon its first career knockout,
trust me, they'll have
everyone's attention.
We've got this!
[robotic voice] Red team, ready?
- Yeah!
- [audience cheering]
- Boo, nah, terrible.
- [robotic voice] Blue team, ready?
- [screaming indistinctly]
- Yes! We're back!
- Come on!
- Let's break 'em.
[Tim] Come on, Tom. You've
got this. You've so got this.
Oh, it's so good to be back!
Oh, boy. [laughs]
[cheering intensifies]
[audience chanting indistinctly]
[Chris] Let the
bot battle begin!
- Both weapons up to full speed.
- [clanking]
Oh! Nice shot by Black
Dragon out of the gate!
- [Kenny] Weapon on weapon and Brazil wins that exchange.
- [loud thump]
Monsoon shakes it off and Black
Dragon is having some drive issues.
- [Chris] And either they shut down their weapon...
- [clanking]
- or it shut down on its own.
- [Kenny] Oh!
- Monsoon just clipped off one of the forks on Black Dragon.
- [Chris] Yeah.
- [loud bang]
- [Chris] Oh!
- [Kenny] Huge shot!
- [Chris] Big time shot by Monsoon.
Full speed! Full speed!
[Kenny] Monsoon is
smothering Black Dragon, Chris.
- [loud bang] - [Chris]
Oh! Sideline it across!
- [audience cheering] - [Kenny]
Monsoon looking fantastic right now.
[Chris] That's a nice shot
though by Black Dragon.
[Kenny] And it looks like the Brazilians
may have been modulating their weapon.
They are known for that. It's
back up and spinning, Chris.
Monsoon's weapon is not.
[Black Dragon's motor humming]
[Chris] Black Dragons, you can
hear that egg beater drum humming.
[Kenny] Still having some
drive issues though, Chris.
- Monsoon's still speeding...
[indistinct] - [loud bang]
- [audience cheering loudly] - [Chris]
Great shot there by Black Dragon.
[Kenny] Yeah, kind of a
miscalculation there by Monsoon.
Still kinda punch
drunk out there.
[Chris] Kenny, there's no question
that Monsoon has now lost its weapon.
Real issue with still more
than half the fight to go.
[Kenny] Yup, it's not how
you start, it's how you finish,
and right now Black Dragon in
a good position to steal this fight.
- [Chris] Monsoon trying to stay close to Black Dragon.
- [motor humming]
Maybe prevent that
weapon from spinning up.
But here come the
Brazilians with some space.
Can they deliver the
weapon yet again?
- [bang]
- [audience groaning]
- [Kenny] Oh!
- [Chris] Uh-oh! Black Dragon puts monsoon on its head!
- [Kenny] Monsoon in big trouble here, Chris.
- [audience cheering]
[Chris] Yeah, big
time trouble, Kenny.
The Brits do not have a
self-righting mechanism
and without that active weapon
they may be hung out to dry.
- Hit us again! Come on! Do it!
- Flip it!
[Chris] Team Monsoon's trying to
beg the Brazilians into one more big hit.
[referee counting down]
[Chris] There's the countdown.
- Ten! Eleven! Twelve!
- [Chris] Monsoon back at BattleBots,
and they're on the
wrong side of a KO.
- [buzzer ringing] -
[audience cheering loudly]
Let's go, Brazil! Let's go!
[Chris] The unclimbable,
unbreakable, unkillable, Black Dragon.
Well, Kenny, the Brazilians
welcomed back the Brits with a stiff jab,
but it was Monsoon dishing
out the pain in the early going.
[Kenny] Absolutely. Both bots sort of
working out the kinks in this first match
but Monsoon looked dominant to start,
tossing Black Dragon {\i0} all over the BattleBox.
The Brazilians
though just won't die.
There's a great shot right
there by Black Dragon,
sending Monsoon
high up into the air.
Once Monsoon's weapon went
down, it was all Black Dragon.
[Chris] They seem
to always find a way.
Monsoon caught on its
head without a self-righter,
and that will do it.
[audience cheering]
- [Chris] Julio!
- Hey, guys.
- [yells] Yeah!
- Yes!
[Chris] Hey, Julio. Hey,
hey, hey, congratulations!
- Hello!
- [audience cheering]
- Yeah!
- Hey, Julio, the first 45 seconds or so of that fight
you guys were taking some
serious shots right to the face.
Where did this
turn, in your opinion?
So we tried to get Monsoon,
uh, uh, before their
Monsoon weapons, spinners.
So we get to make some
kind of box rush on them.
And I think it's not good
work, uh, like we, we thought.
But the fight is
there and we won!
So thank you, guys. Thank you.
[audience cheering]
Hey, where's the duck, dude?
- [all clamoring]
- Hey, come on.
- Yeah!
- Lucky duck! Lucky duck, you guys!
Lucky ducky, let's
go to another fight!
- [both laughing]
- Let's go.
- Congratulations, guys.
- Congratulations to you and Black Dragon.
- 1-0 on the season.
- [cheering]
- Let's go!
- Brazil!
[Chris] Well, the one thing that can't
happen when you're facing Black Dragon,
you can't lose your weapon,
because you know you're gonna
have to fight the
entire three minutes.
[Kenny] Yeah, they are so tough.
That's now 22 fights
without being knocked out.
Getting close to
aBattleBots record.
[Chris] And that record
is held by none other
than Bite Force.
Twenty five matches
avoiding a KO.
Black Dragon has three
more qualifying fights to join
some rare company, Kenny.
Tell us how they can get there?
[Kenny] Well, the British
invasion is going to continue
in the form of Quantum and Beta.
Then it's a fourth and final
matchup with the deadly
Riptide, one of the sport's
top knockout artists won't
be easy for Black Dragon.
- [Chris] All right, up next...
- [audience cheering]
the malevolent Malice
takes on rookie Emulsifier,
who went three electrifying
minutes in its insane debut fight.
Its highly-anticipated return
to the Box is next on{\i0}BattleBots!
[audience cheering]
[audience cheering]
[Chris] Welcome
back to BattleBots!
Tonight's fight card
features a collection of teams
making their World
Championship VII debuts,
as well as some fighting for
the second time this season.
Up next, we got a couple
of squads who are looking to
rebound from 0-1 starts,
Emulsifier and Malice.
[audience cheering]
And let's start off with the rookie
who actually had a very impressive,
if non-winning showing
against Reese Ewert and Fusion.
I thought they were
pretty good, first time out.
[Kenny] Absolutely. Emulsifier
ate some big shots in that first fight
but just refused to die. Their massive
vertical disk never stopped spinning.
And even though they came out on
the wrong side of a judge's decision,
I'd call that a good loss.
Excited to see them
back in the Box tonight.
Malice also sits at 0-1
and I know Bunny Sauriol
is supremely confident
in her robot and her team.
But even she'll be
the first one to tell you,
you know, we've gotta take
our game to the next level
and that would start
with a win tonight.
[Kenny] Yeah, before their first
match, we said this team has to
get some wins or they risk falling
out of the field of 50 {\i0} next season.
They put up a good
fight against Lock-Jaw,
but their weapon did go down
again which led to the loss.
It's a long season,
but the clock is ticking
on Malice and Bunny Sauriol
to get things figured out.
Let's see what happens. Faruq?
[audience cheering]
In the red square,
from Columbus, Ohio,
he's about to
colum-bus'-you-up! It's Emulsifier!
[audience cheering loudly]
[Chris] There's Emulsifier and
team captain, Matt Bores, on the left.
They're part of the
Bots FC franchise,
which is why you also
see Shatter! captain,
Adam Wrigley down there as well.
But this crew is excited to get
back in the Box there, Kenny Florian.
[Kenny] Yeah, Matt's got a ton of faith in
this 20-inch, 50 lb.. vertical disk spinner.
And he like this matchup. While this
weapon weighs a little less than Malice's,
he's confident his disk
can deliver the bigger blow.
In the blue square,
from San Jose, California,
better watch out, 'cause
Bunny ain't here to play, boy!
- [yells] It's Malice!
- [audience cheering loudly]
[Chris] Here comes team Malice
led by the one and only Bunny Sauriol.
She and her husband/new
driver David Liaw are all smiles
despite their 0-1 record.
Which weapon are they
going with tonight, Kenny?
[Kenny] Well, that's
a 55 lb.. drumstick
but the key for them will
be those 13-inch long forks.
They wanna use those
to pop up Emulsifier
and then smack its wedge,
instead of its weapon.
They know how powerful
their opponent's disk is.
[audience continues cheering]
Between Malice and I, both of
our weapons are pretty nasty.
We feel if we go
weapon-to-weapon with them
we might have a shot at ripping
off the teeth on their weapon.
My weapon is a solid steel disk.
There's appears to be a softer
material with steel-insert teeth.
Our thought is, if we
go weapon-to-weapon
we can potentially rip the
teeth off their main weapon bar
and win those exchanges.
In terms of how
we're going to attack,
we are putting the forks
on and we intend to keep
our forks underneath their
wedge, uh, by any means possible.
We will not stop. We will
literally just keep pushing at them
until we can get those forks
underneath their weapon.
And we are going to go at their
wedge until we can destroy it,
so then we can rip it off and
get to the good parts of his robot.
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting]
[Chris] Let the
bot battle begin!
- Malice takes a wide path. Emulsifier's tracking. Oh!
- [loud clanking]
- [Kenny] Oh!
- [Chris] Weapon-on-weapon!
[Kenny] Massive hits there.
- Bunny was very nervous before this fight.
- [loud banging]
- [Chris] Oh! And I understand why.
- [audience groaning]
[Chris] Oh, my goodness! Look
at the damage on Malice already!
Two thunderous
shots by Emulsifier!
And Malice is now hung
up on the pulverizer!
- And, get this, Emulsifier's inverted.
- What's up?
[Chris] That's a
crazy, crazy sequence!
[Kenny] Well, Emulsifier frees
Malice with a little bump there, Chris.
- And now Matt Bores has his robot right side up.
- [banging]
[Chris] And Emulsifier
might not be moving.
Emulsifier, I gotta see
some movement here.
- You got 20 seconds to show me movement here.
- [Chris] Wow! What a crazy
turn that would be. Malice,
spinning on one wheel.
Keep in mind the rules state that movement
of any kind'll keep you in the fight.
[referee 2] I'm gonna
start counting you down.
[Chris] Emulsifier's
weapon going full throttle...
- [counting down] - ...but they can't
move. Oh! They are being counted out!
Wow. Oh, how demoralizing for...
- [referee 2] Three, two, one, KO!
- Matt Bores and his crew.
Oh!
[Kenny laughing]
That is crazy!
[Chris] I gotta tell you, Emulsifier,
they gotta be kicking themselves, like,
they can't figure out
how to catch a break.
[Kenny] Yeah. I mean they did a great
job here in this fight {\i0} against Malice.
- Landed some really hard shots.
- [Chris] Oh!
[Kenny] Malice just
flung up into the air.
It looked like the fight
was over at that point.
You see the frame just
completely cracked in half.
And it was at this point it looked
like Emulsifier was gonna win the fight.
[Chris] Yeah, I mean after these
back-to-back shots, you're thinking,
"Well, there's no way that Bunny
Sauriol's bot would stick around."
But it was that second shot
that did something to Emulsifier.
[Kenny] Again, when you have these
hard-hitting kinetic weapons in the mix,
the damage could go both ways.
Emulsifier was able to self-right but
was frozen in place there at the end.
[Chris] In years past, this may
have been called a double knockout.
But the rules this season clearly
state that movement of any kind
means your robot
will not be counted out.
Malice fit that bill.
Emulsifier did not.
- [audience cheering]
- Great job, guys!
[Chris] Kenny, I don't
know what to say.
Is there any solace
that Emulsifier can take
even though its record is 0-2? I
mean it is shown out its rookie season
even though the record
doesn't indicate that.
[Kenny] Yeah, they're
snake-bitten, right now.
Few things shake out
differently and we could
very well be talking
about them at 2-0.
If you're Matt, you just have
to keep a level head and focus
on execution in your final
two fights. It's not over yet.
And if you're Bunny Sauriol and
team Malice, nothing to apologize for.
- It's not your fault that's the way it played out.
- Yep.
You'll take a one and
one record at this point.
[Kenny] Absolutely,
but who you beat
and how you beat
them does matter.
This was not exactly
a quality performance
in terms of changing
the narrative on this team.
They need convincing victories
in their final two matches.
[Chris] All right, coming up,
Charles Guan's Overhaul
will grapple with one of
the most unique designs
we've seen in years.
It's a rookie, Starchild,
and it's a quackpot.
What the heck is a quackpot?
Stick around,
and you'll find out.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering]
We are back on BattleBots,
World Championship VII.
That is Kenny Florian.
I am Chris Rose.
And you can see,
our next two teams are
already getting
set up in the Box.
Representing GrabberBot Nation
and entering his fifth season,
we've got Charles Guan
and his turquoise
terror, Overhaul,
facing a rookie robot
led by the former captain
of P1, Brandon Zalinsky.
And get this.
Brandon's meta breaking
new design is allegedly
a cross between
HUGE and SawBlaze.
Here's a little more on
the origin story of Starchild.
[Brandon] Starchild is a
vertical spinning thwackbot.
A thwackbot is a kind of robot
that utilizes the robot's body,
not just a weapon, in
order to get weapon power.
We hit the gas, then
we hit the brakes,
and the whole center section
of the body swings over,
and hits our opponent.
The inspiration for Starchild,
if you go all the way back,
is Mark Setrakian's
robot called the Master
from the original
BattleBots series.
[announcer] You
can see the Master
scoring some points now.
[Brandon] The comparisons
to HUGE are obvious,
but I don't really
agree with a lot of them.
HUGE kind of points
at its opponents,
and he just obliterates you.
- [announcer] Ripped through, I mean it.
- [commentator] Ohhh!
- [announcer] Ohhh!
- [commentator] Ohhh!
- [announcer] Oh, gosh!
- [commentator] Uh-oh!
[Brandon] Starchild
fights a little bit more
like SawBlaze would fight,
but we're wearing a heavier
weapon than SawBlaze,
and we're running
at the same speed.
[crowd gasping]
Starchild requires
precision driving
and being able to
accurately place the weapon
on top of your opponent,
and when it connects,
it's one of, if not the highest
kinetic energy top attack robots
in the entire event.
We have a three-pound,
or beetleweight
version, of this robot,
that's been very
successful in local events...
[all exclaiming]
[announcer] A big shot
by Brandon Zalinsky!
[Brandon] ...so
that's why we decided
to scale it up to 250 pounds.
We wanted to do something cool,
something new,
something meta breaking,
and something that hopefully
would be able to turn the
kind of four-wheel drive,
vertical spinner
meta on its head.
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Kenny, today's
fight is brought to you
by the word "thwack."
[Kenny] I love it!
[Chris] All right. The
drivers are ready.
The Box is locked.
Let's get ready for a fight.
[robot announcer]
Red team, ready?
That's you.
- [crowd cheering]
- [Chris] Oh!
Team Overhaul already
throwing punches,
and there's Charles,
with the controller in his hand.
Kenny, how do they
match up with Starchild?
[Kenny] Well, it'll
be interesting to see
how much of Starchild
Overhaul can even reach,
maybe those
spokes on its wheels.
But Charles does
have to like this matchup
from an experience standpoint,
going up against an
untested rookie robot.
[robot announcer]
Blue team, ready?
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Team Starchild
looking awfully confident.
Now, we heard
Brandon say this bot is
way different than HUGE,
but help me out here, Kenny,
because I'm seeing
a lot of similarities.
[Kenny] Yeah, well,
those are tegris wheels,
just like the ones HUGE uses,
but the big difference
is that weapon.
At the end of the tail sits a
SawBlaze-like hammer saw.
Now, it is powerful,
but it will require
incredibly technical driving
to line up a shot,
stop on a dime,
and then, deliver the blow.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
[Chris] It's GrabberBot Nation
versus Thwack Thwack City.
Kenny, let's get weird.
[buzzes]
Let the bot battle begin!
Starchild pulling itself
into Overhaul's orbit.
Whiffs on the first whack,
and now Overhaul's
going right at Starchild,
trying to grab onto
that big old thing.
[Kenny] Charles
Guan actually got
a few points he
could latch on to,
including Starchild's
main frame,
but those big spikes
and the wheel spokes
are going to be the
primary target, Chris.
[Chris] Whoa!
Brandon Zalinsky
doing a nice job
evading Overhaul's
forks, for now.
- Uh-oh! Bam!
- [Kenny] Oh!
Good shot there!
- Uh-oh, look at this.
- [Chris] It looks like Overhaul's got him.
Starchild getting no traction
with those massive wheels,
whipping that tail around,
trying to break free,
kind of like a wild animal
caught in the
jaws of a predator.
[Kenny] He's gonna have
to let go after 20 seconds.
He's trying to get
a suplex going,
unable to do it
because of those
gigantic wheels.
[Chris] Starchild works
its way off the screws.
We've seen one
big thwack so far,
but other than that,
Overhaul's controlled this
match pretty much, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, Brandon
Zalinsky's had trouble
connecting with that weapon.
I'd try to lure Overhaul
into one of the short corners.
The less space it has to move,
the easier it's
going to be to hit it.
[Chris] Well, you
can hear that weapon,
but just more swings
and misses from Starchild.
There's a glancing
blow. That's nice.
[Kenny] And Chris, I'm not sure
if Overhaul's right
side drive is working.
Charles Guan is doing a
good job staying aggressive,
but he seems to
be driving in circles.
[Chris] Now,
there's a good shot!
Probably the best
shot in the match.
- [Kenny] Great shot, and another one.
- [Chris] Uh-oh.
Well, now Overhaul has got
Starchild, and releases him.
Ninety to go.
Starchild's starting to
get that weapon dialed in,
but Overhaul seems unfazed.
Oh, he's got him again,
taking him for a ride,
trying to throw him
up on those screws.
Nice work. Good
control by Overhaul.
[Kenny] Yeah, Charles
Guan doing a nice job
driving right down
his opponent's throat,
but in order to rack up
more damage points,
we'll need to see him
pick up a little steam,
and then, ram Starchild
into the sides of the arena.
[Chris] Approaching
the minute mark now.
- Whoa!
- [Kenny] Whoa!
[Chris chuckling] Hey.
Starchild's slicing
up its own artwork.
Now, staring each other down,
and Overhaul latches on,
and they got him good, Kenny.
[Kenny] Hey, there's
some great control, huh?
[Chris] It's looking
like a dog with a bone!
Remember, he can hold
him there for 20 seconds,
then has to let go.
Can Starchild break free?
- Oh, look at that!
- [Kenny] Oh!
[Chris] A little reversal!
[Kenny] That was beautiful,
like two grapplers going at it.
A little jujitsu here
in the BattleBox.
[Chris] Starchild
dragging Overhaul,
and lands another good shot!
Brandon Zalinsky's got
about 30 seconds left
to rip off a few more thwacks.
[Kenny] Some veteran driving
here from Charles Guan, Chris,
just suffocating
Starchild, making it hard
for Brandon Zalinsky
to do damage.
[Chris] Under 20 to go.
Another shot there by Starchild,
trying to get some points
in the waning seconds.
Now that hundred-pound
pulverizer's getting in on the action.
- Overhaul's been controlling things...
- {\i0}[crowd] Ten, nine,
- eight, seven, six...
- [Chris]... but we have seen some good thwacks.
- In its first fight ever...
- [crowd] Five, four,
- three, two, one...
- [Chris] ...Starchild will go the distance with Overhaul.
[buzzer buzzes]
[Kenny] And Charles
Guan won't let go!
[Chris] And so, this one
now goes to the judges.
All three are former
BattleBots participants.
They are Derek Young,
Lisa Winer, and Fon Davis,
scoring on an 11-point system,
five points to be
awarded for damage,
three apiece for
aggression and control.
[Chris] All right, Kenny.
Brandon Zalinsky was
able to land some thwacks
with his complex,
new design, Starchild,
but he had trouble
doing it consistently.
[Kenny] Yeah, a lot
of swings and misses.
Clearly, that weapon
system on Starchild
is going to take some
time to get dialed in,
and while they weren't deadly,
I think the handful of
shots Brandon landed
will score him some points
in the damage category.
[Chris] The veteran,
Overhaul, did
a really nice job
of staying patient,
and then striking
when the time was right.
Even took the
big boy for a ride.
How do you think the judges
are gonna break this one down?
[Kenny] You know, both
bots stayed aggressive
throughout the match,
and probably
split that category.
Starchild was able
to successfully attack
the top of Overhaul,
but I thought Overhaul ex*cuted
a very effective strategy,
and showed superior control.
That may be the difference maker
on the scorecards.
[Chris] A very entertaining
and unique matchup.
Here's Faruq with the decision.
[crowd cheering]
The results from
the judges are in.
The winner, by
unanimous decision, is...
Overhaul!
[all applauding]
[chuckles]
[Chris] Wow, Charles!
How are you guys?
How exciting was that for you,
to get a W out of
the gate that way?
[Charles] Oh,
it's very exciting.
Finally, Overhaul's worked
three minutes
straight in the Box.
Didn't catch on fire.
[chuckles] Charles, how
unwieldy was that fight?
Very. Obviously, Starchild
is a very large robot.
It's like, you know,
kind of good practice
for fighting HUGE.
We have an idea of
how we can approach
these kinds of large
opponents in the future,
but, uh, man!
I think it was quite a
bit to handle, I gotta say.
I could never
get a full lift on it,
just 'cause it's
more than twice the size
of my own robot, right?
That a way, Charles.
Way to get W number one.
- Congrats.
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
[chuckles]
Listen, I love it when
bot builders come up with
some new engineering,
and even using some traits
- that we've seen before...
- Right.
But you know, it
can be a little scary
when you try something new.
[Kenny] Absolutely,
but this was really
the best-case scenario
for both teams in
terms of matchup.
Starchild got to road
test a wild new design
against a nonlethal opponent,
and Overhaul was
able to take advantage
of a rookie bot who's
still figuring things out.
Excited to see them
in their second fight.
[Chris] All right, coming up,
two teams looking
to stay undefeated,
as the most powerful
crusher bot in the world,
Quantum, takes on
the{\i0}BattleBots equivalent
of an M1 Abrams tank, Gruff.
Plus, a special guest.
Adam Wrigley of Team Shatter!
Is making his way
down to the Box
to break down all
the action with us.
It's gonna be a
whole lot of fun,
so stick around.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering]
[all applauding]
[Chris] We are
back on{\i0}BattleBots.
That's Kenny Florian.
I am Chris Rose.
We look awesome
because of this guy,
the captain of Team Shatter!
Adam Wrigley,
you're going to be joining
us for this next fight.
First of all, tell
us a little bit
about what we're donning here.
Yeah, so, I'm really
excited to be here, first.
Thanks for having me,
and what you're wearing there
are the official Bots
FC team scarves,
one for Shatter!,
that's the pink and blue,
and one for Emulsifier,
our new robot.
- That's the orange and red.
- Awesome.
Be honest. Who
looks better right now?
I mean, it's hard, 'cause
you both look so great.
[chuckles]
- See, he's split. Split very nice.
- You're always the salesman.
- Always the salesman.
- Switzerland.
[Chris] All right,
you're gonna be
a guest analyst
for our next fight.
It's Gruff against Quantum.
They both come in at one and 0.
So, what has impressed
you most about Quantum?
Because you look
at that machine,
it won Best Design back in 2019,
but it is a badass bot.
[Adam] It's an amazing robot,
just insane crushing power.
There's basically nothing
that can stop it, proving that
you don't need to be
overt to be successful,
and it's beautiful on top of it.
I'm very envious
of their design.
Uh, what about Gruff?
I mean, Gruff is a
hard bot to take out.
Can a crusher bot like
Quantum beat Gruff in a decision?
So I think, you know,
when you look at
standard configs of both robots,
you say, "Oh, well,
Quantum's just gonna come in
and bite them,"
but Gruff is running
a really interesting
setup for this fight.
They've got what
they're calling, I think,
- the bit, on the front...
- [Kenny] Mmm.
[Adam] ...kind of
taking something
out of the horse realm.
They're gonna try and jam
this into the mouth of Quantum,
so that it can't get them.
Can they hear me?
- [Kenny chuckles] -
[Chris chuckling] Yeah.
- Everybody can hear you right now, believe me.
- Oh, sh**t.
- [chuckles] - The entire
world can hear you.
- They're about to fight. It's fine.
- I shouldn't have.
Maybe I shouldn't
have said that.
- Um...
- [Chris] Yeah, that's okay.
- [chuckles] - Welcome to
the world of being an analyst.
This is where Kenny
says something, and then,
everybody back in
the pits hates him.
[chuckles]
You ready to watch this one?
I'm really excited.
Faruq, sorry you
don't have a scarf.
- [chuckles]
- Take it away.
[crowd cheering]
In the red square, from
Palm Harbor, Florida,
what he lacks in
manners he makes up for
in having a big-a*s
flamethrower.
It's Gruff!
[all applauding]
[Chris] Gruff, led
by Sam McAmis,
and he's brought
his little son with him, Vinny.
I love it. Yeah, wave, Vinny!
[Kenny chuckles]
[Chris] Gruff clearly
sparing no expense
to keep this new
attachment a secret.
[Kenny] The big reveal.
That's the big bit
Adam was talking about.
They want to try and
feed that to Quantum,
stop the tooth, and
maybe lift it off the ground.
[Adam] It's a really
interesting adaptation.
You don't really need
to get below the wedge,
you just need to
get below their tooth.
[crowd cheering]
In the blue square,
from Birmingham, U.K.,
his name starts with a Q,
and now, he's coming for you.
It's Quantum!
[all applauding]
[Chris] James and Grant Cooper.
We saw Quantum
run with two teeth
in their win over
Captain Shrederator.
What do you think
about the choice
to just go one tooth
today, Adam Wrigley?
[Adam] Well, that single tooth
is gonna concentrate
that energy.
That's gonna make that bite
twice as powerful as
when they use two teeth,
and they told me
they're gonna try and aim
for some of the small
holes in the top of Gruff,
and just sneak it in there,
and get into those internals.
I think it's a good choice,
and it's a really
interesting difference
in how many
adaptations they've made.
[crowd cheering]
Our plan is to not let them
even get a chance to bite us.
We've got some,
basically, bite blockers
that should stop them
from even being able
to get inside the
perimeter of our robot,
but then, we're adding
a bar on our forks
that should allow us
to basically catch them,
and hook their top jaw,
and throw them that way.
I'm seeing some long attachments
they've got floating around.
If they're long enough,
they can get under our arm,
and flip us over before we
actually get to reach them,
so we're going to make sure
we get around the side of him.
There's something
about the brute force
of forcing your teeth
into the other robot.
It's just...
It's disgusting and grotesque,
but it feels amazing.
Once the teeth are
inside the other robot,
there's nothing
they can do then.
We know that we're in control,
and it's making sure
that we don't
release that control,
and give them the opportunity.
[crowd cheering]
[robot announcer]
Robots activate.
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Kenny, I think
Quantum's even scarier
with just one tooth.
[Kenny] Yeah, they'll need
all the crushing
power they can get
against their heavily
armored opponent.
You can see the see
the side walls on Gruff.
Those are the bite blockers
Sam was talking about.
They're hoping those
prevent Quantum
from clamping all the
way down on them.
[Chris] Will Gruff's
modifications be enough
to beat the Brits?
Or will the bite of Quantum
be simply too much to handle?
Either way, somebody's
moving to two and 0,
when we return onBattleBots.
[all applauding]
[Chris] We are
back on{\i0}BattleBots,
where the crusher,
Quantum, is ready to clash
with the heavily armored Gruff.
Adam Wrigley of Team Shatter!
Is along for the ride with us,
and his analysis
has been so good,
I may just have to rock a
man bun come next season.
[chuckles]
Thanks so much.
[crowd chanting]
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[Chris] Here we go.
Both of these squads one and 0.
A win here
puts you on the fast
track to the tournament.
[crowd chanting] Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[buzzes]
[Chris] Let the
bot battle begin!
Here comes Quantum,
looking for a bite.
[Adam] Ooh! Right
over the walls.
[Chris] Wrigley's on it.
Quantum crushes
that bite blocker,
and look out!
[Adam and Kenny] Oh!
[Chris] Right into the
barrier of the upper deck...
- [Adam] Whoa!
- [Chris] ...and this is what Quantum does best, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, and
they're giving Gruff
a little bit of their
own medicine,
- attacking from the flank...
- [Adam] Whoa!
[Kenny] ...and just
using the BattleBox
to destroy that
machine. My goodness.
[Chris] Adam,
Quantum's all over Gruff
to start out this match.
Hey, if you're Sam McAmis,
what are you thinking
right about now?
[Adam] I think you're
a little bit disappointed
that the walls aren't working
at this point in the fight.
[Chris] Gruff trying to use
that flamethrower
as a deterrent,
maybe create a little bit
of space, and reset here.
[Kenny] Sam McAmis
shaky on the stick so far.
Chris, Grant Cooper
is owning him right now.
- [Adam] Whoa!
- [Chris] Oh! Drives Gruff into the screws,
trying to get it onto
the upper deck.
[Adam] Oh, on the shelf.
[Chris] Nice display of
control there by Quantum,
and now, quick to meet
Gruff back on ground level.
[Kenny] For me right now,
that speed advantage for Quantum
is just significant.
They are all over
Gruff right now.
[Chris] Quantum
trying to get in there
for yet another bite.
So far, the bit attachment on
Gruff has been a non-factor.
[Kenny] Whoa!
Quantum just missed
with that bite right there.
- Oh!
- [Adam] Oh!
- [Chris] Whoa! Hey, now.
- [Adam] Into the floor.
Quantum a little
skittish after that.
[Chris] And now, Gruff
seems to be having trouble
with its drive, just
sort of, kind of,
crab-walking around the Box,
stumbling around here.
[Adam] I wonder if the
wedge got caved under a little,
giving him ground
clearance issues
after that.
[Chris] Could be,
but Gruff has bigger
issues at the moment.
Quantum, with a nice hold,
sinks that tooth
deep into Gruff.
[Kenny] Perfect execution
there by Quantum.
[Adam] You know,
enough of these,
he's gonna find
something important.
[Chris] Quantum has
Gruff in its jaws again,
the Cooper brothers
making a meal
out of Sam McAmis' bot.
[Kenny] Quantum
has a really nice hold.
This is a great fight.
[Chris] There comes the smoke.
[Adam] Yeah,
there's the battery,
something flaming
inside. Oh, yeah.
[Chris] Gruff flailing
those front forks,
kind of like an animal
caught in a trap,
and now saying, "Hey guys,
if I'm going down, I'm
taking your sign with me."
[Kenny chuckles]
[Chris] Quantum
still threatening
with that sharp,
shiny, silver tooth.
Uh-oh.
[Chris] Quantum
pouring it on now,
sinking its teeth
back into Gruff,
picking it up, spitting it out,
ordering some dental floss
for delivery back to the pits.
This has been an all-out as*ault
by the British cruncher!
[Kenny] Not much
movement out of Gruff.
This could be a knockout.
[Chris] Under 30 seconds
remaining in this fight.
Has Gruff had enough?
- Ten, nine...
- [Adam] Oh, there it is.
- Eight, seven...
- [Chris] Gruff, one of the toughest bots
- in the sport to k*ll...
- six,
- five, four, three...
- [Chris] ...but Quantum licks its lips and says,
- "Check, please."
- [referee] ...two,
one, knockout!
Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
Told you I'd knock him out!
Good!
- Yeah!
- Yeah! Yeah!
[Chris] Well, from the onset,
we had a pretty good idea
of what Quantum's strategy
was in this thing, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, I mean,
they were using their speed
to their advantage.
Excellent driving there
by the brothers Cooper,
able to get around
to the flanks,
and crush down.
[Adam] Yeah, when you come
up with these configurations,
you kind of realize immediately
whether or not it
was the right choice.
And I think, when Gruff
came out, they probably
immediately realized it was
not the right choice unfortunately.
[Kenny] Yeah, you know... [sighs]
And I don't know if Gruff
really came in with a Plan B.
I think they felt that that bit
was gonna be enough potentially,
uh, and they just
weren't able to adapt
to the excellent gameplan
and driving of team Quantum.
[Chris] Yeah, in the end, the
speed and power of Quantum
just too much for
Gruff to handle here.
That nasty single tooth crusher
found the meal it was looking for.
[Adam] Yeah, you can only take so many
of those until they find the important bits
and, uh, there they were.
[crowd cheering]
[Grant talking indistinctly]
Hey, Grant, James,
congratulations.
- Uh...
- Thank you.
Grant, two fights.
Two amazing
performances out of your bot.
How much has that surprised you?
Uh, it's... It's not a surprise
but it's just really good
to actually see it happen.
We put so much work into
this machine over the years.
We've been able to try
and show what it can do and,
we've not shown you guys,
the fans of... around the world
sort of what Quantum
can do and, yeah.
It's... it's amazing to just get in
there, show you what we built it for,
- and, yeah.
- Yeah.
It's... it's been
brilliant for us.
[Chris] Hey, Grant.
Have you changed
your thought process?
I know you were just excited to be
back here for the first time since 2019.
But now that you've had
two performances like that,
are you guys a viable
contender for the Giant Nut?
- [crowd cheering]
- Absolutely. We...
We always build
with a design to win.
We don't just build a nice robot to come
here and show we can build nice things.
We... we try to come here
and show what we can do.
Um, and... and do
that in the arena.
So, yeah, our focus
is always on the Nut
but we take one fight at a time,
and this has been another great fight.
- [crowd cheering]
- Certainly was.
Congratulations to
the Cooper brothers
- and all of Team Quantum.
- Thank you very much.
- Well done.
- [crowd continues cheering]
[Chris] Well, we may be
witnessing the birth of a contender.
I think we've learnt in
two fights, Adam, that, uh,
Quantum is more than just
a cool looking robot, huh?
[Adam] Yeah. That...
That's one of those things that I
think when you build a beautiful robot
maybe sometimes
people underestimate you.
They think, oh, it's
all show and no go.
And, uh, Quantum
definitely has some go.
Well, your next
fight is against Beta.
- So, that's gonna be hammer bot against hammer bot.
- Ooh!
You get to go against one of
the OGs of that configuration.
That'll be fun.
Yeah, this is, uh, you
know, I'm not gonna lie,
uh, you know, John Reid's
robot has inspired a lot on Shatter.
Uh, we still run a clear top
as an homage to them, uh,
and, uh, it's a real dream
come true to try and, uh,
try and fight him.
Uh, I mean, uh, it was almost a dream
come true to meet him the first time.
- That's cool.
- He said, uh, I had a "proper" hammer.
Which, if anyone speaks British,
- is quite the compliment.
- [Kenny laughs]
- Jeez.
- Adam Wrigley, it was great hanging out with you.
Best of luck the
rest of the season.
- Good job.
- Thanks for having me.
- [crowd cheering] - Thanks
for the scarf. I finally look sporty.
- Classy.
- Yeah, it's a little chilly in here.
Not anymore.
[Chris] All right. Well,
how about this for a segue?
Coming up next, John
Reid's Beta will enter the Box
to face a completely
redesigned Kraken.
And later tonight, we've got HyperShock
and Whiplash in the main event.
Tons of action still
coming your way
here onBattleBots!
We are back on BattleBots
World Championship VII
and I know this is a young
person's sport these days
but I kind of dig it when a pair
of grizzled veterans get after it.
And that's exactly what
we've got this match.
Kraken against Beta
and let's start with Kraken
captained by Matt Spurk.
Last season after going winless,
Matt told us he was
retiring his fan favorite robot.
But instead of sending
it to Davy Jones' Locker,
he took the idea of
Kraken and evolved it.
And check this out.
Kenny, if old Kraken
was a goldfish,
this thing looks
like a barracuda!
You kidding me?
[Kenny] Yeah, its top jaw
functions as an articulating arm
with a hammer saw type
weapon at the end of it.
Now, Matt's robots have
always been durable since 2019.
Kraken has gone the
distance in 16 of 18 matches,
but they only won five of those
which is why Kraken 2.0
has a big emphasis on offense.
He may have some teething issues
but, uh, I'm excited to see what it can do.
Uh, speaking of teething issues,
this guy is so old, he might
not have any more teeth.
- [chuckling] -
Kidding, John Reid.
I'm basically in
your own age class.
After missing last season,
the 63-year-old is back
with what still might be the most
powerful hammer bot in the world, Beta.
And John's brought some new
blood with him this time around.
[Kenny] That's right. The last time we
saw Beta was inWorld Championship V
and they caught some flak from
fans for barely using that weapon
that every fan in robot
combat wants to see.
And that should
change this year.
New to the team, Jason Marston
who has competed overseas
almost exclusively
with hammer bots.
He's got one job and that's
fire the hammer early and often.
- Yeah, I can't wait to see this one. Faruq?
- [crowd cheering]
In the red square, you don't
want to cross this frightening bot.
The scariest thing out of
Florida, and that's saying a lot.
Stealing jet skis, fighting
gators shirtless like it's no thing,
he's such a lunatic, they
crowned him Florida's king.
Florida bot arrested
for homicide, it's Kraken!
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] You know, Kenny, one of the
many things I love about team Kraken,
it is truly a family affair for
Matt Spurk, his entire crew.
His wife Sara's here and then
his two boys, Cayden and Ethan,
and they're gonna operate
the weapons controller.
There's little Ethan to
the left with the narwhal.
And of course, the newest
member of the family, Kraken 2.0.
[Kenny] Yeah,
and it looks great.
You can see that battle
axe-looking 13-pound blade there.
Now, with 22 matches as a team,
Kraken has never knocked out an opponent.
That's the goal this year.
In the blue square,
it's a British invasion.
A hard day's fight,
you'll face defeat
when he fires up his
silver hammer to "Let it be."
Forget holding your hand,
he'll hold this to your throat
and your death will be
almost as embarrassing
as the songs Ringo wrote.
He hates you, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's Beta!
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] And here comes
John Reid, pushing out Beta.
His crew flanking him, holding
some of their other hammerheads.
Kind of gives you a good idea just
how big those suckers are, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, it's an absolutely
devastating weapon when it's fired.
But what made it a top eight robot
in the world just a few years ago
was its mobility and armor.
That huge front wedge makes
Kraken will have to get round to
the back to do any damage here.
We feel like our
robot is very versatile.
I think our weapon gives us
an opportunity to kind of exploit
some of the weaknesses of Beta.
This is an evolved Kraken.
This isn't the same robot
that was the punching bag
for the... for the
entire field last year.
This is a robot that's
gonna start punching back.
Strategy with the
Kraken is really difficult.
Nobody's seen it fight before.
I mean, hopefully we get
them trapped in the corner
and we just go beat them, again
and again until they... they cry enough.
I think our main goal for this season
is to beat another robot to a pulp.
[crowd cheering]
[robotic voice] Robots activate.
[Kenny] You can see now, Beta is
going with a thin hammer blade here.
It's better for slicing
but will also present
less surface area for Kraken's
new weapon to connect with.
[Chris] Well, maybe
that had an effect on this.
Almost 80% of teams
and teammates in the pits
pick Kraken for this one, Kenny.
[Kenny] Wow! Maybe
Beta not firing its hammer
is still fresh in
their minds but still,
this is a legendary bot
against an untested design.
Put some respect on
Beta's name. Come on!
[crowd cheering]
[chanting] Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
[Chris] Do not stick
your hand in there, kids.
Let's do this.
[crowd continues
chanting and cheering]
[Chris] Let the
bot battle begin.
Beta on the offensive.
There's Kraken doing a little
gnawing with that new weapon.
Beta attacks the back.
[Kenny] They can't stay in front
for too long, they gotta be careful.
[Chris] Kraken backs off. He's
got that new weapon fully spun up.
A whip from Beta.
Now we've got a little
bit of a staring contest.
- [Kenny] Oh!
- [Chris] Whoa! Sparks there as each team's weapon connects.
[Kenny] Looks like they're both
trying to line up a perfect shot, Chris.
Someone's gotta
just let it rip here.
[Chris] Kraken trying
to find the right direction.
He's got a shot.
- Oh!
- [team Kraken exclaiming]
- [Chris] Nice little flip there.
- Put the jaw down.
- Put the jaw down.
- [squealing]
[Chris] And you can hear
the Spurk kids going nuts.
They've never seen Kraken
do that kind of damage before.
[Kenny] I think a piece
of Beta might be caught
on the arena floor here, Chris.
- [Chris] Meanwhile, Kraken's going to town...
- [crowd] Oh!
[Chris] ...just racking up
some serious damage points.
[Kenny] A nice shot
there by Kraken.
Trying to attack the back side,
this is exactly what they wanted here.
[Chris] Matt Spurk has a clean
look at that exposed air tank.
- Oh! Just missed it. Good shot though.
- [Kenny] Oh.
[Chris] And now
Beta's finally free.
Matt Spurk still clearly
getting his sea legs
with this new version
of Kraken, Kenny.
[Kenny] Well, a massive spinning
weapon creates a ton of gyroscopic force
that pulls you as
you drive, Chris.
Matt Spurk's never had
to deal with that before.
[Chris] And looks like a piece of their
drive belt might have been knocked loose too.
I'll tell you what though. Kraken, a robot
that almost always goes three minutes,
is clearly ahead in the
damage category, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, Matt Spurk hasn't
been in this spot too many times.
Let's see how he
finishes this one.
[Chris] Beta struggling to
move on the BattleBots floor.
They have been
firing that weapon.
They just cannot
find the strike zone.
Closing in on a minute to go.
Kraken trying to get its
bearings. Beta trying to get back...
Oh, there you go!
[Kenny] Yeah, they're
moving a little better now, Chris.
[Chris] Yes.
[Kenny] There we go.
[Chris] Yeah. And now Beta
has fired a couple of huge shots.
- [man] Head in the game!
- [Chris] Sixty seconds to change the game.
- And... Oh!
- [Kenny] Oh! That's a nice shot.
[Chris] Oh, that one may have
taken out Kraken's weapon!
- That's exactly what they wanna do.
- [Chris] Oh.
[Kenny] But look at...
Look at Beta's weapon!
- That's a little crooked!
- [Chris] Oh, my God.
I thought your nose was nasty.
- Look at Beta's!
- [Kenny laughs]
[Chris] That hammer
is bent backwards.
That is a big-time
problem for John Reid.
[Kenny] Well,
Chris, you called it.
If that shot did knock
out Kraken's weapon,
that's something the judges will
definitely take into consideration.
[Chris] I'm not sure how
functional Beta's weapon
will be for the
rest of this fight.
- Oh, look at this.
- [Kenny] Oh.
- [Chris laughing] - [Kenny] It's
gone from a hammer to a spatula.
Oh, boy!
Oh, no!
- [Chris] Oh, nice! He's still using it!
- [Kenny] Yeah, he is.
[Chris] Oh, I love this!
[Kenny] The Kraken just nodding
its head going, "Yeah, come on!"
[Chris] Bots wind it down in what
has become a much closer fight.
Beta is still firing
that hammer.
One last flurry perhaps?
- Under 10 to go, get back in there Beta and Kraken!
- [Kenny] That's not the case.
[Chris] Give us some
more love! Get it!
Fire it!
- Yes!
- [Kenny] Oh!
- [Chris] And again, and again! Cracking the Kraken!
- [buzzer rings]
- [Chris] Beta putting on a show in the final second...
- [Cayden screaming]
- [Chris] ...for the judges.
- [crowd cheering]
[Kenny] Man, this is not
gonna be an easy call.
[Chris] Kenny, both bots took some
time getting their weapons dialed in,
but it was Kraken who
really drew first blood.
[Kenny] Yeah, Matt Spurk landed
some quality shots and did a good job
taking advantage of Beta's mobility
issues out there on the BattleBots floor.
This new version of Kraken
was designed to dish out damage
and that's exactly what
it did to start this fight.
[Chris] But here's
where things turned.
Beta lands a big shot that
takes out Kraken's weapon.
[Kenny] Yeah, that really
evened out the match.
A hit like that will score a ton of
points in the damage category.
And even though Beta's hammer
was bent sideways, it kept firing.
Both teams stayed aggressive. Maybe
a few more control points for Kraken
but this is going to be a tough
one for the judges to score.
[Chris] All right, let's
find out how they saw it.
Here's Faruq!
The results from
the judges are in.
[crowd cheering]
And the winner by
unanimous decision is...
Beta!
- Beta!
- [crowd cheering]
Good fight, Matty.
[Chris] Hey,
congratulations, John.
Thank you so much. Wow!
How fun is it when that
hammer's working even when
it's got like a bent beak to it?
Halfway through the fight,
we were in deep trouble there.
But something freed up, the... the...
The shell had been bent by them earlier,
it freed up and we just
got some drive in there.
Even with the bent hammer,
we got some good
hits in there, so...
It's good to see the hammer...
Beta's hammer swinging again.
- [crowd cheering] - [Chris]
John, congratulations.
Way to win one for the old guys.
Thank you. [laughing]
All right, Matt Spurk. What did you
think of the new offensive-minded Kraken?
Well, we added in a spinner this year
and we still went to a judges' decision.
- So, I don't know what we're doing wrong.
- [all laugh]
So, um... No, I... I think,
you know, we got new bot
gremlins we're trying to work through.
We were trying some new tires, I'm
not sure they gave us real great grip.
Uh, we got a lot of things we gotta go
back to the pit to kind of tweak and adjust
but, overall, really happy
with how that robot worked.
I can see the potential
and the hit potential
- that this bot has.
- [Cayden] Mmm-hmm.
- And I think it's something we can really build with.
- [crowd cheering]
Awesome. Good to have you
back, you and the entire family.
We'll see you down the road.
Thanks.
- [John] Great job.
- [Matt] That was great.
- Again, thanks a lot, man.
- [chuckles]
[Chris] All right. Well, John Reid kept
his promise about firing the weapon,
and they start off the
season with a big win, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, and that really gets me excited
for their next {\i0} fight against Shatter.
We know our friend Adam
Wrigley isn't trigger shy.
Could be an all-time great
fight between hammer bots.
What'd you think of the
version of Kraken 2.0?
[Kenny] I loved it.
And part of the beauty
of the four-fight season
is being able to
figure things out.
The weapon looks like
it could be very effective,
and it's got three more
fights to really get it dialed in.
[Chris] Coming up next, two
rookie robots go mano a mano
as the SHREDDIT BRO!
Steps into the Box with Horizon.
And later tonight, in our
high-octane main event,
the consummate showman
Will Bales and HyperShock
will collide with Matty Vasquez
and his Swiss army bot Whiplash.
All that and more next
here on BattleBots.
We are back on BattleBots
and, Kenny, up next,
we got a couple of rookie bots making
theirWorld Championship VII debuts
as SHREDDIT BRO!
Takes on Horizon.
And we are just one fight
away from our electrifying finale
between two of the
biggest names in the sport.
Both looking to rebound
from opening fight beatdowns.
It's the king of control
Matty Vasquez and Whiplash
taking on the duke of destruction
Will Bales and HyperShock.
It should be a good one. Let's
dive into tonight's main event.
[crowd chanting]
HyperShock! HyperShock!
Our first match
against SawBlaze...
Smash and burn!
[echoing] Burn. Burn.
Of course didn't
quite go as planned.
[Chris] Uh-oh.
HyperShock inverted!
[echoing] Inverted. Inverted.
And they did exactly
what they needed to do.
Just stay on us.
[Kenny and Chris] Wow!
[echoing] Whoa!
We definitely have one of
the hardest schedules this year.
We've got SawBlaze,
Whiplash, End Game, Claw Viper.
Claw Viper is not an
easy fight anymore.
[Chris and Kenny] Ohhh!
[Will] We just saw them
wipe the floor with Ominous.
We need to have some
wins in this schedule,
so we at least need a
win against Whiplash.
[Faruq] It's Whiplash!
Our match up against
MaDCatTer was very tough.
- [Chris] Ohhh!
- [Kenny] Oh! Huge hit by MaDCatTer.
We just had some issues, like our spinner
never really got going in that fight.
We ended up taking
a ton of damage.
- [Kenny] No!
- [Chris] Oh, no!
That was brutal.
They hit very hard, like, I don't know
if we've ever been hit that hard before.
We have a lot of
repairs in the pits.
We have a very slim pit crew.
My brother, he's not even here the
whole season 'cause he's still a student.
That is a really tough loss.
All we can do is get the
robot running as well as we can
and just fight as
hard as we can.
Whiplash is a control bot.
They're a very good control bot.
That's what he's gonna do.
For us, we wanna
get hits in early.
And we wanna tear stuff apart.
We... we got Most
Destructive Bolt last year.
We wanna... [chuckles] We
wanna represent for that thing.
[Kenny] Will Bales just
destroyed everything in his path!
My tactic was keep the weapon
facing towards our opponent,
keep hitting 'em no matter what.
Upside down, right side up,
doesn't matter. Just hit 'em.
[Chris and Kenny] Ohhh!
[Chris] What a
shot by HyperShock!
[Matty] HyperShock is a very tough
four-wheel drive vertical spinner.
And we need to be getting
them upside down very fast.
Just gonna go head-to-head and
see who wins the first encounter.
It's either gonna end up with us
in pieces or them on their back.
[Chris and Kenny] Ohhh!
[Will] Our mission
in this fight is
be chaos.
Embody chaos.
[Matty] When your all-in-one
strategy goes out the window,
you just throw
everything you can at it.
This is one of those matches that everyone's
gonna stop what they're doing and watch.
'Cause I'm just gonna
beat 'em into submission.
[Kenny shouting]
Are you kidding me?
[laughing]
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Two Giant Nut contenders
staring down a potential 0-2 hole.
That is going to be a brawl.
But there's a look at
our next two competitors
getting their first
taste of the BattleBox.
And let's start with
SHREDDIT BRO!
That's a new bot but their
captain has been here before.
Evan Arias.
He used to have a
bot called Pain Train.
Only managed one
win in six career fights.
Just couldn't find its footing
here in the big leagues.
But Evan is a world champion
in lower weight classes.
In fact, he accomplished
that on the back of his little
three-pound version
of SHREDDIT BRO!
Kenny, this might be Evan's
last gasp here atBattleBots.
[Kenny] Yeah, listen. BattleBots
is reserved for the best of the best.
Evan's passion is undeniable
but he's talked a
big game for years
and it is way past
time to back it up.
He has a lot riding on this scaled
up version of his Beetleweight design.
- Looks a lot like his old bot Pain Train.
- [Chris] Right.
Um, but he said he really focused on
making that weapon durable and effective.
Whatever it takes to prove he
belongs in this elite field of 50.
[Chris] Horizon looks like
nothing we've ever seen before.
It is engineered by Joshua Kong.
He has been a team member
of Gigabyte in the past.
He's no stranger to, I
believe the technical term is,
scary spinny things, Kenny.
[Kenny] Well, Horizon's been
getting a lot of love back in the pits.
This bot is an
engineering marvel.
It has two 23-pound horizontal
disks at the end of each wing.
This is an ambitious
design, a beautiful machine.
Is it effective at a... in a
fight? Hmm, we'll find out.
[crowd cheering]
All right. The bots are locked
and loaded inside the Box.
Let's get ready for this fight.
[robotic voice] Red team. Ready.
[Chris] And there he
is, SHREDDIT BRO!
Looks cleaner than his old bot,
Pain Train, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, and he's
working with a clean slate.
SHREDDIT BRO! is his best chance
to prove he can hang
with the heavyweights.
That egg beater is 60 pounds.
It spins at 190 miles per hour.
It's got plenty of pop.
[robotic voice]
Blue team, ready.
[audience cheering]
[Chris] All right, I see
where Joshua Kong
got the name Horizon.
This bot is long!
[Kenny] Yeah, it's got
a five-foot wingspan.
And when those horizontal
spinners get going,
the centripetal force
should cause the
entire arm to rotate.
Josh took one big lesson away
from his time with Gigabyte.
"If I'm spinning, I'm winning."
[audience chanting repeatedly]
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[Chris] Horizon...
SHREDDIT BRO!
A pair of rookies with
a whole lot to prove.
Let's see what they've got.
[buzzer beeping]
- [Chris] Let the bot battle begin!
- [audience cheering]
SHREDDIT BRO! out
to the center of the Box.
Horizon hangs back, looking to
get those double disks up to speed.
Here comes SHREDDIT BRO!
And it's a very friendly
one-two combination.
- [Kenny chuckling] - [Chris]
It's a couple of love taps.
Horizon with a glancing blow,
but clearly not much
power behind that strike.
[Kenny] And you can
see Evan Arias struggling
to control SHREDDIT
BRO! here to start, Chris.
[Chris] Yeah, shades of
his former robot Pain Train,
which was plagued
by mobility issues.
- [controller mumbling] - [Chris] This is
not a good start for SHREDDIT BRO!,
as Evan can barely get
the bot to even move.
Not again, Evan.
Please! Not again!
[Kenny] Horizon
hesitant to engage so far.
[Chris] All right, there's a
little pop from SHREDDIT BRO!
[Kenny] Josh Kong can't
afford to be too passive here.
No matter how
insignificant they may seem,
SHREDDIT BRO!
Has landed a few jabs.
And that's gonna put it
ahead on the scorecards.
[Chris] You can hear it.
[Kenny] Ah, there he goes. SHREDDIT
BRO! is starting to get up to speed.
[Chris] It just... It's like it doesn't
want to get out of its parking space.
[Kenny] And for Horizon, they
have to try and take advantage,
see if they can get around
the back of SHREDDIT BRO!
And get something going.
I wonder if those forks
on SHREDDIT BRO!
Are a little too
low to the ground,
which is not allowing it
to drive the way it wants.
[bots crackling]
- [Kenny] Oh, yeah.
- [Chris] Yeah.
SHREDDIT BRO! is... has
done more damage to the floor
than its opponent.
Oh! A quality shot
there from Horizon!
Doing some damage to the
left back tire of SHREDDIT BRO!
[Kenny] Yeah, but both of
these drivers really struggling
to put their robots where they want
to here inside the BattleBox, Chris.
No amount of testing or prep
can simulate driving on this surface
or on this big of a stage.
[Chris] About a minute
and 15 left to go in this one.
- [loud popping]
- [Chris] Oh my!
- [crowd roaring] -
[Chris] There it is!
[Kenny] Wow, that
might be it for Horizon!
[Chris] Big shot by
SHREDDIT BRO!
Oh, look at Horizon! They
say, "Hey Florian, forget you."
[Kenny laughing]
It rises again.
[Chris] Under a minute to go!
Horizon's still
alive, and no life
from either of those
horizontal disk spinners.
SHREDDIT BRO! just
trying to get out of its own way
and move around
the BattleBox, Kenny.
[Kenny] Yeah, I'm not sure
SHREDDIT BRO! can move.
Horizon may have freed it there,
and now Horizon's stuck
on top of SHREDDIT BRO!
[Kenny] Does Horizon have a pin?
Is that what it is?
Do we need a
referee up the top rope
- going, "One... two... three!"
- [Kenny laughing]
[Kenny] They're kind
of stuck together there.
I think, yeah, he did the, uh,
Hulk Hogan leg drop on top.
[Kenny] Well you know, it
is BattleBots mating season.
Don't know if you heard the
moose calls back in the pit.
[Kenny laughing]
[man] Just keep trying to
wiggle out of there, if you can.
[Chris] Approaching
in these rookie
robots' debut fight.
Referee instructing both
teams to try and separate,
but these bots seem to be
out of gas and out of options
as the final seconds
tick away here.
[audience] Two... one...
- [buzzer sounding]
- [audience cheering]
[Chris] So after three minutes,
we're gonna be
heading to the judges.
Kenny, not a ton
to break down here.
A disappointing debut for both of
these rookie robots to say the least.
[Kenny] No doubt. Listen, so much
goes into building combat robots,
especially at the
heavyweight level.
You can't necessarily
judge a design
based solely on its first fight.
[Chris] Hey, look no
further than Team Tantrum.
A novelty in its first season,
but it went from
chump to champion.
Now, these two have
a really long way to go
to reach those heights, but
despite the lack of fireworks,
one of these teams is
gonna start their career 1-0.
Here's Faruq with the decision.
[crowd cheering]
The results from
the judges are in!
And the winner by
unanimous decision is...
SHREDDIT BRO!
[all cheering]
GG, good fight.
- [Chris] Yo, bro!
- Yo, yo! What's up!
It's you in the winner's
circle, that's what's up!
Oh, oh, you mean this?
Yeah!
Teamwork makes
the dream work, baby!
All right, Ev.
Uh... wasn't the most
active fight we've ever seen,
uh, in part because your bot
kept getting stuck on the floor.
What... What transpired there?
Yeah, um, I gotta review
that if I'm being honest.
Uh, the translation from the
test box today was a little rough,
but I'm pretty sure a
little... a little bit of tuning,
something on the
tires, we'll be good.
We'll be aight.
[Chris] But the weapon, even though
it doesn't spin at maximum speed,
did deliver the biggest
shot of the match.
That had to have
excited you, right?
Oh, yeah. We were holding
back actually, but uh...
- You know.
- [all chuckling]
All right, man. We'll see you in
your next fight. Congratulations!
See you guys, thank you.
[audience cheering]
[Chris] Kenny, this season's
field of 50 is as good as it gets.
And these are two fringe
teams on a very short leash.
Unfortunately, they dug
themselves a deeper hole
with this performance.
[Kenny] Yeah, but they did
earn their spots for a reason.
There's gonna be
a learning curve,
they're gonna make
some adjustments,
and I think we'll
see them benefit.
[Chris] Yeah, two bots
that will definitely benefit
from a guaranteed
four-fight qualifying schedule.
All right, when we return,
it's all about tonight's
heavyweight main event.
HyperShock and Whiplash
are waiting in the wings
preparing to make
their way into the arena.
You simply do
not want to miss it.
[audience cheering]
[Chris] Welcome back to the
fight capital of the world, Las Vegas,
where we are getting set for
tonight's heavyweight main event,
featuring 2020
runners-up Whiplash
and last year's Most Destructive
award winner HyperShock.
Each looking to bounce
back from an 0-1 start.
They both got knocked out.
They're both in dire need
of a victory here tonight.
Let's start with Matty
Vasquez and Whiplash.
They got taken to the
shed by MaDCatTer.
We haven't seen that very often.
[Kenny] Yeah, frankly, Matt
Vasquez got outdriven in that first fight,
and that cost them.
They had to completely
strip down the robot
and replace its internal parts.
Matt's brother, Jason, has
been away at school, too,
so the crew's
been short-staffed.
But few teams
have the experience
the Vasquezes do.
They're fourth on
the all-time wins list,
so you can never count them out.
In the meantime,
HyperShock and Will Bales
coming off their best regular
season performance yet.
Right out of the gate, they get
punched in the face by SawBlaze
a few times out there.
How do they rebound tonight?
[Kenny] Well, despite having a
hammer saw stuck in their chassis,
HyperShock had an easier
rebuild than Whiplash.
Needed to replace some
wheels and add new armor,
but I'm really excited to
see these two in the Box.
Matt Vasquez is all about
control and precision.
Will Bales is like a
bull in a china shop
and I think Will's
going to come out
like a heat-seeking
m*ssile in this one.
[Chris] Now, let's take a
look at how these two bots
stack up mechanically.
What sticks out to you, Kenny?
[Kenny] Well, both robots have
incredibly powerful drive trains,
which is just one of the reasons
this fight should be so dynamic.
But you can see HyperShock
is the more powerful,
more robust robot in
every other category.
And that puts all the
pressure on Matt Vasquez
to be absolutely perfect.
[Chris] One other
thing I didn't mention.
They have exactly the same
personality as captains, right?
Will Bales, Matty Vasquez...
I'm lying!
You'll see it in
the tunnel walk.
Faruq!
[crowd cheering]
Ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?
[crowd cheering]
It's time for the main event!
[air siren wailing]
[all cheering]
[Faruq] In the red square,
forget what anyone's told you.
This is the ultimate
driving machine.
Fastest thing on four wheels
since the young Lightning McQueen.
But it's also a k*ller,
so even though the
driving skills are beautiful,
they can go real
slow in the procession
when they're driving
to your funeral.
Give it up for Whiplash!
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] The Vasquez family.
They have had so much
success here at BattleBots.
They've got the possibility of
[Kenny] Yeah, and they've still
got a nasty one with Monsoon,
and then the reigning
champs on the schedule.
Not sure they can
afford to drop this one.
Matt's gotta avoid going
head-to-head with Will here though.
Look for him to try and turn
his bot just before contact
like a boxer rolling
with the punches.
[Faruq] In the blue square,
like the late great
Olivia Newton-John,
he's electrifying.
You don't wanna get physical,
or he'll send your bot flying.
You're the one that he wants
to do some serious damage to.
He's summer-shoving
you into the Sandy,
and there's nothing
you can Xanadu.
He's hopelessly devoted to doom,
it's HyperShock!
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Ah, here they come.
HyperShock and Will Bales.
Just trailing his bot there.
High-55s with the crowd...
[Kenny] Are they
gonna strike a pose?
- [Chris] Whoa!
- [Kenny laughing]
[Chris] Okay! I think they're
getting whiplashed, Kenny.
[Kenny] Ah, I never
would've guessed.
Great shot of the weapon.
Needs to just keep
that square to Whiplash.
- [Will] Let's go!
- [Kenny] And Will can't mess around tonight.
The strength of schedule
will be on his side.
But a loss here with
End Game up next
could mean starting 0-3.
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] All right, Kenny. I hear
you've got another amazing stat for us.
Lay it on me.
[Kenny] Yeah, get this.
In 29 career matches, Whiplash
has never had back-to-back losses.
This is a tough match-up, but if
any team knows how to come back
from an 0-1 start, it's them.
[Chris] Geez, did you slip the
stat department a 20 earlier today?
[Kenny chuckling]
[Chris] Kenny Florian bringing
the heat, ladies and gentlemen.
[crowd cheering]
[all chanting]
[robotic announcer]
Robots activate.
[all cheering]
[Chris] All right, well, with
two of the fastest robots
and two of the best
drivers on the planet,
this should play out
like a Guy Ritchie movie.
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Which Pre-Season Top
Ten team will come out with the win?
We'll find out
next on BattleBots!
- [Chris] Oh, that's a huge...
- [Kenny] Oh, huge shot!
[Chris] Big time
shot by Monsoon.
Earlier tonight, the
Brazilian beast Black Dragon
nearly got slayed by Monsoon.
But they were able to
keep their 22-fight streak
of never getting
knocked out alive.
And back in the pit, Black
Dragon captain Julio Cortez
and teammate Mateus Cintra
told us just how close it was.
So, we've never
been knocked out.
But this time, this was the time
we were most close
to being knocked out.
He almost shot our
gearbox, our motor.
Hey, it's like very close,
because here is our motor.
And he hit here.
So it's very, very close.
But not today, Monsoon!
Not today.
- We gotta count a little bit with luck this time.
- Yeah, yeah.
Lucky ducky.
That is the lucky ducky,
guys! Lucky ducky!
[duck quacking]
[crowd cheering]
[Chris] Welcome back to BattleBots,
where we are just seconds away
from tonight's
heavyweight main event.
It is last season's Most Destructive
award winner HyperShock
squaring off against the
Both teams have hopes
of winning it all this year,
but right now, they're each
looking to rebound from an 0-1 start.
[crowd chanting repeatedly]
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[buzzer beeping]
[Chris] Let the
bot battle begin!
Will Bale circling the
drain on Matty Vasquez,
looking for an angle.
Oh, he takes the first shot
of the match to Whiplash,
and has been inverted!
[Kenny] Uh-oh!
[Chris] HyperShock
can't drive this way,
but it's at a disadvantage.
[Kenny] Yeah, this is not a
great start here for Will Bales.
[Chris] Uh, he's gonna
try to flip himself over.
But uh-oh, you get
near the upper deck,
and all of a sudden
Whiplash is gonna be able to...
control this match a little bit.
Bales trying to
get off, flip himself.
[Kenny] Matt Vasquez
showing the judges
that Whiplash is in control,
dictating the
pace of this match,
now trying to get that
vertical disk in the mix.
[Chris] Oh, nice shot! Whiplash
gets underneath HyperShock.
HyperShock still on its head.
Come around,
quick flip over him.
[Chris] Will's wife Alex giving
him some driving advice.
Whiplash on the attack, and
HyperShock is now teetering.
- [Kenny] Oh!
- [Chris] Oh, and it's back!
- [Kenny] Wow!
- [Chris] Look out,
here comes HyperShock
getting under Whiplash!
[Kenny] HyperShock's
starting to come back here...
[Chris] Oh!
[Kenny] That double disk spinner
doing some damage here on Whiplash!
[Chris] HyperShock
back on four wheels,
and looking to
make up for lost time.
[Kenny] Will Bales
wants a knockout, Chris.
[Chris] HyperShock trying to
take Whiplash into the corner
and throw him out of the arena.
- Instead, they get pounded by the pulverizer.
- [Kenny] Uh-oh.
[Chris] And oh, Hypershock
gets dislodged by Whiplash.
[Kenny] I love it.
Matt Vasquez had the opportunity
to leave HyperShock there.
Oh! Vasquez wants a
fight here against Bales.
[Chris] Oh! Oh!
[Kenny] Ooh!
- [Chris] The guts are hanging out...
- [Kenny] Oh, no!
[Chris] The guts are
hanging out of Whiplash!
That might do it!
Whiplash on fire!
There is smoke!
- They are incapacitated!
- [referee] Eight, seven, six...
- [Chris] The countdown has started!
- [referee] ...five, four...
- [Chris] HyperShock with a reversal of fortune!
- [referee] ...three, two, one!
Knockout!
[buzzer beeping]
[Chris] ...and walks
away a winner!
[all cheering]
[Kenny] What a
comeback by HyperShock!
[all cheering]
[laughing]
[happy muffled noises]
[Chris] Well, this
was a fantastic match
as Will Bales and HyperShock
ended up on its head
in the early going.
[Kenny] Yeah, I mean we said
this was gonna be a driver's match,
and man, what a
treat this one was.
This was not going well,
uh, for Team HyperShock.
Wil Bales was inverted here,
Whiplash was looking
pretty dominant,
and then that happened.
He got back on his wheels, and
then Will Bales started to come back.
[Chris] Yeah, HyperShock
started doing HyperShock things.
Got underneath Whiplash, turned
up the heat with that vertical spinner.
[Kenny] Absolutely.
Bit of a dicey moment as
HyperShock got stuck under the rail,
but Matty Vasquez wanted
to keep the match going.
And HyperShock
threw it into overdrive.
[Chris] And here it is,
the shot of the match.
[Kenny] All it takes
is one mistake.
You see the guts
spill out of Whiplash.
Unbelievable.
Thank you for reminding me.
[kissing]
[laughing]
Will Bales, I just heard
you tell your wife Alex,
"Thank you for reminding me."
Reminding me of... of what?
That you have a dentist
appointment next week?
[all laughing]
No, uh, after the
SawBlaze fight,
she, uh, reminded me that
I'm supposed to gyro-flip, uh,
when we're upside down.
Uh, so, she's coach now, so she's
supposed to whisper all the actual tactics
in my ear, so really
she's in charge.
[crowd cheering]
How worried were you
when you were racing inverted
and you couldn't get
flipped back over?
Um, well, you know,
honestly at this point,
it's getting par for
the course, so...
[chuckling]
Um, it turns out that we hit really
hard upside down or right side up.
Uh, I think it's just
as scary upside down.
Um, you can ask Matt, but...
Yeah. Agree.
It... It worked
out, so I'm happy.
[Chris] Well, listen.
There aren't a lot of robots
that make it look like
that inside the BattleBox.
How did you do it?
Uh, luck!
Um, brute force and luck.
Um, you know, Matt's
an amazing driver,
it's an honor to fight him,
it's an honor to kick their butt...
[chuckling]
Um, and I'm sure they will
come back with a vengeance.
All right, Will Bales.
Great job, you even
your record at 1-1.
Thanks, guys.
[excitedly] Ah! Aw, man.
[sighing]
Matt, we usually don't
see Whiplash end up, uh,
looking like that.
How did it happen?
Uh, I don't know. It was going
pretty well in the beginning.
But, uh, like you said,
when they're upside down,
they're still pretty dangerous.
I think in this case, they were
more dangerous if I'm being honest.
'Cause they were just...
You know, our arm was up,
they kind of climbed under it
and sucked up our batteries,
which... we don't want that to happen,
and he found a way to do it.
Matt, you're known
for your driving skills,
but what's it like driving
against someone like Will Bales?
Oh, yeah. I mean
it's... [chuckling]
Will's a great driver.
It's obviously really tough, we
have very different robot types,
so it's a kind of
a weird dynamic,
but it was a good match.
All right, so Matt,
you sit at 0-2.
Your final two regular season
matches are against Monsoon...
- and the current champion, Tantrum.
- Oh, yeah.
What do you have to do
to get into the round of 32?
Well, first we
gotta fix the robot.
And then we gotta
test the robot a lot.
And, um, yeah!
We'll see... We'll
see what we can do.
I think we get it back together.
- [crowd cheering] - All
right, best of luck, buddy.
- Thank you.
- Thank you!
Will!
[Chris] So Will Bales manages to
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
And just a reminder
how critical this win
was for HyperShock,
up next they have
Golden Bolt winner and Pre-Season
number one ranked End Game.
Then it's a date with the
speed demon Claw Viper,
who looked very much
improved in its first fight.
So now if you're Whiplash,
your win list, where
do you go from here?
[Kenny] Well, you
know, clearly the robot
has yet to function
the way they want it to,
but they faced incredibly
tough opponents
in their first two fights, and
we know strict of schedule
is something the selection
committee puts an emphasis on
come tournament time.
Don't bury Matty
Vasquez just yet.
Overall tonight, very
impressive for Black Dragon,
who we saw with a
knockout out of the gate.
And then everybody back in
the pits is talking about Quantum.
[Kenny] Oh, my gosh. They're
more than just good looks.
I mean, they are a
nasty crusher bot.
All right, so that
means that all 50 bots
that are competing for
the World Championship
we have seen one so
far, it's been unbelievable,
and we are really
just getting started.
For Faruq, my man Kenny Florian,
I am Chris Rose, we'll see
you next time here on BattleBots.
[crowd cheering]
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08x04 - There's No Tapping Out in BattleBots!
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Show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.
Show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.