BattleBots (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 11 - Let the Tournament Begin! - full transcript

At this point in tim
all the robots were 0-0.

Yeah.

And this is where
it starts to count.

Oh, are you kidding me?

Nothing that
happened matters anymore.

It's not about the seed, it'
about your next opponent

And getting through
the tournament.

Show has gotta go on.

We're just trying t
survive one fight at a time

oh!

If you assemble a part wrong,



If you forget to
connect the wire,

You can lose it before
you even get into the arena

in the tournament,
the bots are top in the worl

If you give them any
advantage, they'll take it

- And you'll be done.
- Get up! Get up!

Now that's full power, baby!

Everything you do in the
box can be their greatest mistake...

burn it like that.

Could be your greatest mistake.

That's a big one.

It can change...

Just like that.

Robots activate.

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.



Hey, everyone, and
welcome to the opening round

Of the 2021 world championship
tournament of battlebots.

I am chris rose, joined
as always by ufc legend,

And the best damn
robot fighting analyst

This side of the giant
nut, kenny florian.

Thanks, chris. This is what
we've all been waiting for.

I can't believe
we're finally here.

All of the painstaking work
game changing strategy

And insidious destruction
has led to this moment

When true champions
reveal themselves to the world.

Are you kidding me?

As we take a look at
the tournament bracket,

The top bots have been
seeded one to thirty-two

Based on their
performance in the qualifier

As well as their
overall pedigree,

And it's been broken
down into four quadrants.

Each headline by one
of our top four seeds,

End game,

Ribbot,

Whiplash

And sawblaze.

The team that can navigate
this minefield of mechanical mayhem

And win five consecutive fights,
will be crowned the 2021 champion.

And because this season's
field was so competitive,

Four teams on the cusp will fight
for the final two spots in the bracket

And a pair of play in bouts

Now, everyone in the field of
32 is kicking, scratching, lifting,

Flipping and sawing for the chance
at the ultimate prize in robot combat,

The giant nut.

All right, it's time
to meet the moment.

Tonight, we head to
the left side of the bracke

To kick off the round of 32

And top to bottom, this is a
stacked group of contender

We've got fearless and ferocious
rookies like, riptide and glitch,

Punishing offensive juggernauts
like, minotaur and uppercut.

Perennial giant nut favorite
sawblaze and witch doctor.

This is as epic an opening
round as we have ever seen.

No question, and
we've barely mentioned

Our number one seed, the
returning champion from new zealand,

End game, and its captains,
nick mabey and jack barker.

Their journey to repeating
begins later tonight.

Okay. Batting leadoff.

It's the 12th seed, shatter
facing the 21 seed, riptide

In a matchup of
devastating weapons,

Between shatter's,
lethal spiked hammer

And riptide's
eye-popping drum spinner.

We're going to kick off
the tournament in style.

Kenny, we have waited months for
this moment to arrive. Are you ready?

- I am so ready.
- I know I'm ready.

Are you guys ready?

Faruq, it's all you, my man.

Ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?

It's robot fighting time.

In the red square,

The water is not warm,
the water is just scary,

You don't need a ply, when
the ocean is your cemetery.

Swimming parallel to the
beach will still get you dead,

Because if the
water doesn't kill you,

You'll get a hole in the head

From riptide.

Team riptide
making its tournament debut

After going two and
one in the qualifiers.

Captain ethan kurtz started off
his career by knocking out huge

And we've been watching
this bot closely ever since

riptide just hit so hard,

Every impact makes you wince

I love this team's
energy and confidence.

Let's see how they handle
the pressures of the tournament.

In the blue square,

This beastly bot's
from brooklyn,

And you'll get no sleep

When your dreams
are haunted by fear.

So what's your...
What you want? Mercy?

Not likely. You better
ride away like paul revere

And the bot's crash so
fast it feels like sabotage.

You'll fight for your
right to get dropped.

He's a sure shot
whose rep is intergalactic

And you're about to
be... Mm... Dropped.

It's shatter!

Team shatter lost to end game

In the quarterfinals of
last year's tournament.

This year earned an early
entry and a number 12 seed

After two straight impressiv
wins in the qualifiers.

They think this spiked hammer
can win them the giant nut, kenny.

They redesigned the
hammer to be more shock absorbing,

And that's giving them the
green light to fire it over and over.

Adam wrigley needs to avoid
any direct shots with riptide's drum,

But one clean strike can
end this match in a hurry.

All right. We are moments away
from kicking off the 2021 tournament.

Make sure you head
over to battlebots. Com

To fill out your championshi
tournament brackets

And keep up with
all of tonight's action.

I'm on the edge
of my seat already, chris.

Every fight is win or go hom

And every bot has the potential
to go on a championship run.

Riptide.

Shatter.

A berth in the top
16 is on the line.

Let the world championship
tournament begin.

Adam wrigley told
us he was gonna...

Feeling out, period, but...

Wow, that was a serious job

Some of that of blade of
armor came off right away

That's strictly cosmetic.

This isn't a good
look for shatter,

Getting thrown up by riptid

On the upper deck with no props.

We are already
seeing a good job.

Whoa! Oh!

Parts of shatter are getting
thrown around everywhere. My goodness!

Actually the entire robot
is getting thrown all over by riptide.

Let's go! Let's go!

This team has no fear, and they
have absolutely no mercy either.

Riptide has
been dominant so far,

And still plenty of time.

Kenny, shatter is
starting to smoke a little bit.

They're going to have
to show some movement,

I'm not so sure that their
drive is working anymore.

I mean, they have
been launched up in the air

They've been hit hard head o

I don't think that, I don't think
they're getting out of there...

oh, gosh! They're
no getting out of anywhere

Because a 100-pound
pulveriz just dropped out on 'em

And now referee's dropping
their season 6-feet under.

Knock out!

Whoo!

Unbelievable.

Kenny, somebody's for real.

Yeah, no question about it,

If there were any doubts, uh, I
think they just put that to bed.

These guys are serious.

Amazing driving,

Amazing weapon aggression.

They're the full package.

Wow. And look at
that shot, high off the glas

Followed it up with another one.

And at that point, shatter
pretty much incapacitated.

The rookies just
never led up in this fight

And true to its name,
riptide leaves shatter

Dead in the water.

Ethan,

How pumped up are you now
that you're out of the round of 16?

Let's go! That
was so good! Yeah!

Ethan, you were so
excited just to be accepted

Into the battlebots world.

Have you kind of
shocked yourself

As a rookie making
it as far as you have?

Well, actually my legs are like
shaking to death like, right now.

You could see my leg just
like twitching, like, literally.

It's just, it's
not... It can't stop.

All right. Well,
go relax a little while.

- We'll see you in the round of 16.
- I'm gonna go sleep.

- I'm gonna go sleep.
- Okay.

- Go sleep.
- Thank you.

Whoo!

So riptide is
indeed the first team

To punch its ticket
to the round of 16,

Where it will face
the winner of uppercut

Versus huge.

This rookie squad
just keeps getting better

Each and every time out.

And as for team
shatter, we have no doubt

Adam wrigley and
that hammer from hell

Will be out for
blood next season.

Coming up...

Two speed demons line up for
a drag race into the round of 16,

It is p1 versus hypershock.

When the battlebots world
championship tournament continues.

Welcome back to battlebots,

The world championship
tournament is in full swing

And up next, it's the
number 13 seed, hypershock

Taking on the number 20 seed p1.

After two decisive
victories in the qualifiers

Will bales and his squad earn
an early bid to the round of 32.

So, kenny, is this the best version of
hypershock that we have ever seen?

No doubt. I've talked to a
lot of folks who believe hypershock

Can make a deep run in
this quadrant of the bracket.

That vertical spinner
is hitting so hard.

The bot is incredibly agile, and
will has this large pit crew in sync.

For p1, it went two
and one in the qualifiers,

Its lone loss was courtesy
of ribbot, so no shame in that.

Brandon zalinsky's bot really seems
to be taking form here, don't you think?

P1 can get underneath your skin

As easily as it gets
underneath your bot.

It could be so
frustrating to fight,

Especially when brandon's
driving is dialed in.

Against a veteran
like will bales driving

May be the x
factor in this fight.

Let's see what happens. Faruq.

In the red square,

This killer bot driver will rip
out your earnhardt

Leave you screaming and broken
like a roadblock, sandra bernhard.

He's got a petty death wish for
you like, race car, charles bronson,

So don't ever cut off this robot

Or he'll cut off your
jimmie johnson.

It's p1!

Captain brandon
zalinsky leading his team out here

As we get a look at p1

And his bot is looking
like rocky balboa.

I can't see
nothing. Cut me, mick... Cut me.

Oh yeah, it's been
through some wars this seaso

Remember, they took down
2020's most destructive bot

Valkyrie in their opening fight.

Here against hypershock,
p1 wants to use that lifter

To keep hypershock off balance

And seal the win with
some precision maneuvers.

In the blue square,

This team has like 80
members, even a team mom.

She gives rides in the
minivan and hands out snacks.

She is the bomb. That
bot can carve up your grill

With a spinner that
comes from above

And leave you
with a mangled face

Only a mother could love.

Give it up for hypershock.

Mom! This is my mom.

One of the most popular
bots around 2-0 this season.

There's will bales
giving mama the credit.

Yes, she's the reason, she's it.

I'm sure she's a big help, but
let's give credit where it's due.

Hypershock has looked
ferocious all season.

The discs on that weapon
are over an inch thick now

And hitting harder than ever

P1 is already so beat up

And the road's not getting
any less bumpy here

Against will bales
and hypershock.

I don't think will's
girlfriend appreciate that sign.

We're just going to
try to drive around them

And ke... Keep off the
direct front of his robot,

Get to the sides a little bit

If I can get kind of one of
the shoulders of my robot

Just to the wheel, I'm hoping
to be able to knock them over.

And once I knock him
over, he can't self right.

So get behind
him, get the lifter up,

Slam him all the way
across the field into the wall,

Hopefully break the weapon.

We're feeling good.
We're feeling confident.

Um, I think we have
the speed on them.

I think we have the
maneuverability on them.

And and thank goodness
they're not a vertical spinner,

So they're not going to damage
us, that's our job for them.

If we can get a good
momentum going,

You never know.

We say every year,
"oh, this is our year."

Everyone says,
"oh, this is our year."

Maybe it's our year.

Robots activate.

And for more on this fight,

Let's bring in our bot whisperer.
Pete, what do you have on it?

One of the things
you guys have heard

From lot of the builders
over the years has been,

One of the failure points
has been loose wires

They've usually
gotten them crimped.

They've gotten smashed,
they've gotten cut.

Well, will is trying to
eliminate that from hypershock.

He has created
a battery box that

Six of his battery
packs all fit in

So that he can just plug
this directly into his robot

Instead of having any loose
wire looms that are hanging up

And allowing to be caught
by spinning weapons.

That's great. It took him
ten years to figure that one out?

Yeah, well. I mean,
he's getting better, look at him.

Hypershock!
Hypershock! Hypershock! Hypershock!

P1 and hypershock,

Somewhere, dom toretto is
raising his eyebrows at this one.

The race to the
round of 16 is on.

Let the bot battle begin.

Hypershock on a box
rush, trying to get under p1

And delivers a shot.

Those front forks on
hypershock, very effectiv out of the gate.

Whoa! Nice shot ther

And p1 flips back... Oh!

Pushed into the
corner, bad spot to be.

And, this is what he
was hoping for, he's hoping for

Will to get overly aggressiv

Perhaps that was will
stepping on the gas,

When he should've
just been more patient.

Yeah, drove right up p1's
lifter and now hypershock is inverted.

He can drive this way, chris,

But will bales is at
a disadvantage now.

Brandon zalinsky of p1
told us he hoped to get him inverted

And put him up on the
jump up on the upper deck.

But will this help
will get back over?

That's what will tried to do,
but he can't flip himself back

And then utilize that weapon

and that was one of the
big changes he made this season,

He took out that self righti
mechanism to get himself

More armor in this
fight, but right now,

He is struggling out there.

So, what will bales is
trying to do is utilize the battlebox

And throw himself into the
rails to flip himself back over.

But, kenny, it's not workin
and it's costing him time.

Yeah, and p1 not eag to do him

Any favors and engage
with that lifter, chris.

Brandon zalinsky knows
hypershock is less dangerou

Inverted like this and he's
going to take advantage.

So, for the moment,
p1 playing it conservatively

And let's remember the three
categories on the judges' scorecards,

Damage, control and aggression.

Yep, neither bot
has taken much damage,

I think p1 feels like hypershock
can't really hurt them in this scenario.

Let's see if will can find
a way to right the ship.

Oh, there we go. Can he
get himself back over he cannot.

It's got to be so
frustrating for will bales.

And now a minute
left in this match.

And watch out for
the kill saws there now.

And there you go.

Will bale's back
the right side up.

Let's see if he can
do some damage.

Amazingly maneuvere -

That was a huge hit,
that's what he wanted.

Wow!

What a come back
here by both teams.

Hypershock curling p1.

But the middle of match now hypershock
trying to score as many points as possible.

But bales does not have that
primary weapon spinning in now.

Caught under the
rails, momentarily.

Both bots caught in the shor
corner near the upper deck.

Yeah, hypershock may
have burned out it's weapon motor

Trying to self right, chris

under 30 to go.

Hypershock trying
t attack that flank of p1 now

The backside of the as we

hypershock
got the underbelly of p1.

This fight is going
to go the distance.

Hypershock's weapon
no longer working.

P1, a little smashed
and crashed.

A super entertaining
round of 32 match.

Bales' a bit stunned.

Zalinsky got the job done.

And now, it's in the
hands of the judges.

They are derek young,
jason bardis and lisa winter

Scoring on an 11-point scale.

Five points can be
awarded for damage,

Three a piece for
aggression and control.

- Good job. That was fun at least.
- Whoo!

Well, kenny, hypershock
wasted no time getting to work in this one

yeah, I thought
they had control and I thoug

They were landing
some great shots.

I mean, p1 is one durable
bot, that's the mistake

Right there it seemed p1
followed a beautiful recovery up

With basically a judo move.

He used will's
aggression against him

And sent hypershock
flying over the top.

Will bales spend half this match

Trying to get himself
uninverted, if you will?

And finally, he was able to
it with about a minute to go

Shortly thereafter, he delivered
this massive shot. Whoa!

Oh, man, knocked
him out of every camera fram

That move was sick, but hypershock
actually took the worst of that,

With its vertical spinner dying.

That's going to weigh
heavily in the judge's mind

hyperschock finds a
way to get back in the match late,

But was it enough?

Here is faruq with the decision.

The results from
the judges are in.

The winner by
unanimous decision is...

P1.

Oh, yeah!

We did it! Good job.

Brandon,

Brandon zalinsky,
how's it going?

Are you, are you
shocked by the decision?

I... I, the only thing I'm
shocked about is that

It was unanimous and not split.

I thought for sure it
would be a split decision.

In your opinion,
what did you do right?

Uh, when he got inverted,
we didn't kick him back over,

When they were near the
upper deck, we put him on it,

Uh, and we stayed working the entire fight,
driving weapon work, the whole fight.

So yeah, thank you.

The goal was to keep the
drive and weapon working

And to make his weapon not work.

So that was, that was the goal
of the fight and it succeeded.

You guys have continually made
improvements season after season.

How big is this for your team?

Oh, it's huge.

I mean, we now have
a win in the tournament.

We had never made
a tournament before.

This is enormous for us.

It's over an established
veteran robot,

A vertical spinner,

Somebody who... May be
in the rock paper scissors

Isn't somebody we
should beat on paper.

So, I'm unbelievably proud of
myself and the rest of my team.

Hey, brandon,
congratulations on getting

- That first postseason win.
- Thank you.

Kenny, I think we made it
through the entire regular season

Without once saying, "you never want
to leave it in the hands of the judges."

- We get to the round of 32 and boom, there you are.
- That was a tough one.

Two of the
three judges scored it 4-1

In the damage
category in favor of p1.

And despite that highlight shot,

It looks to me like hypershock

Losing function of its weapo
was the deciding factor.

Well, one thing's for sure.

A lot of folks at home just had their
brackets busted with this p1 victory,

And brandon zalinsky
now has a date with

The winner of the sawblaze
versus hijinx matchup,

Which is later this evening.

This is a bitter pil
for will and team hypershock

But boy, did they look great
this season and they will be back.

This sport is just more fun when
hypershock is out there mixing it up.

All right.
Coming up...

The number 32 seed

And a dance with the defendi
champion end game is up

For grabs in our
first play-in match,

It's skorpios vs. Malice.

That's coming your
way next on battlebots.

Welcome back to the battlebo
world championship tournamen

Where dreams are dashed,

Legends are born

And all eyes are locked on the
most coveted trophy in the sport,

The giant nut.

The action continues with tonight's
playing match between skorpios and malice

The winner earns
the number 32 seed

And advances to a
matchup with end game.

No time to waste.

The bots are ready
inside the box. Let's go.

Red team, ready.

Captain bunny sauriol
and team malice

Had a tough string of schedule
this season and went 1 and 2.

But the records are
out the window now

And all that matters is
getting this win, kenny.

That's right,
and they'll be relying

On that massive horizontal
bar they call drumstick.

Consistency has been an issu
with their weapon all season

But when it works, it hurts

blue team, ready.

Co-captain zach
lytle and diana tarlson

Also went 1-2 in the qualifiers.

Coming into this season,
you and I both thought

Skorpios had a real shot
at the giant nut here, kenny

well, they were a
fixture in main events this year,

Losing decisions to whiplas
and yeti in two epic battles

When skorpios has that
weapon working at full speed

And zach is on top of his game,

This is still a legit contender.

We got this!

The qualifiers
had a bottleneck of talent

Vying for a spot in the top 32.

And the selection committee
said, "you know what? Fight for it."

So here we are.

Skorpios. Malice.

The winner moves
on to face end game.

Let the play-in battle begin

Skorpios with a huge box rush,
and gets the attention from malice.

Yeah, that's the kind of
confidence they have in that front armo

Went right at that
primary weapon of malice

And that may have disabled it.

Yeah, keep an eye on
that drumstick weapon of malice,

It is not spinning.

Of course, it can't get any
distance to get away from skorpios.

The obvious
aggression in the first 20.

Yeah, now
skorpios trying to eat malic

With that one
tooth spinning disc.

- Oh!
- And malice, kenny, has got to get off

That front wedge of skorpios, it's
just bein dragging around the box.

Well, that's the
beauty of that front armor,

It has those little hooks
that can kind of drag

Their opponents
around the battlebox.

Kenny, that primary weapon,
that drumstick of malice is not working.

- Oh!
- What's their best chance now?

Well, they have a
he of a driver in david rush,

And he has to find a way to break
that primary weapo of skorpios now.

Skorpios still on the offensive.

Oh, delivers a shot
to the top of malice,

It gets sparks flying.

Who's going to move on in the
tournament and face end game?

Can malice find a way to
turn the tide and even the score cards?

Skorpios really taking
advantage of its speed here, chris.

Malice puts so much stock in that
big weapon of theirs as a deterrent,

But they sacrificed
some mobility as a result.

And sometimes
you cannot see the damage

That a weapon like skorpios is
doing to a bot like malice, kenny.

Yeah, that's right. I
mean, they're attacking from above.

Hammering the top of that robot.

And remember,
there is complex wiring

And battery configurations
inside all of these machines

Internal damage can be as
dangerous as external damage

skorpios just
landing shot after shot,

It's got malice down,
up near the screws.

However, there is smoke
coming out of skorpios.

Oh! Will it continue to
function while smoking?

Skorpios staying aggressive,
but they have to be careful here.

They cannot afford to
lose function in that saw.

They are not
shutting down their weapon.

Under a minute to go, which
means the kill saws are active.

Oh, add that to the equation.

Forty-five to go.

You know, malice
showing some serious durability.

This is what bunny wanted,

To at least be durable
and go the distance here.

If you're thinking
about the judges' scorecards

Three different categories,
the most heavily weighted

Is damaged by that
shot from skorpios.

The other two categories
are aggression and control.

And as skorpios continues
to smoke, they are undaunted

They say, "we don't care.
W are going to rule this match

yes, sir, this is a team
with tournament experience

And they are going for it.

Oh, look at this.

Nice work taking
malice into the screws.

This fight is going
to go the distance.

An impressive performance
by team skorpios

Fighting for its tournament
life here in the play-in match.

Zach and diana
are looking confident.

While the judges score this one,

Let's take a look at the replay.

Kenny, this box rush
by skorpios, I think,

Did in malice's
weapon pretty much.

There's no question about it.

Those two hits was all it
took to disable that weapon

Skorpios is just so fast and
that front armor is just ridiculous.

Zach lytle was in predator
mode for much of this match.

Could've dialed it back
after that initial onslaught

But chose to keep attacking
and leave no doubt, kenny.

Yeah. Listen, I
thin the main deciding factor

Was the fact that the primar
weapon of malice was shut do

The first 10 seconds of the
fight, so that wasn't a good sign.

Skorpios did have their primary
weapon for the full length of the fight.

And man, did they
drive aggressive.

The results from
the judges are in.

The winner by
unanimous decision is...

Skorpios.

Skorpios!

Love you, guys.

So congratulations
to team skorpios.

Zach, diana and their entire
crew will now rush back to the pits

To reconfigure and repair

Whatever it takes to get
them ready for a matchup

With end game later tonight

That is no easy task, kenny

definitely not easy

But listen, skorpios thrived in
last year's bounty tournament.

They're going to be a tough
opening test for the champs

and for malice a
challenging season ends here,

But we all know the
bunny will be back.

All right. Coming up...

Does bloodsport have what
it takes to be an all-star?

Or will he fall at the
hooves of minotaur?

We're going to find
out next on battlebots.

Welcome back to battlebots,
and we're getting a look

At team skorpios in the pits,
putting in some work on their bot

Fresh off their
victory over malice.

Moments ago, they
stopped for a visit

With their upcoming
opponent from team end game.

Looks pretty cordial to me,

But we all know they're
hopi for each other's demise.

And over on the
other side of the pits,

Near the haas
automation haaspital,

We're getting word
that team glitch

Is having some issues with
their robot's weapon system

The rookies have had
a phenomenal season

Coming into the round of
32 with a perfect 3-0 mark,

They've got to match-up
wit witch doctor later tonight.

So, we'll certainly continu
to monitor that situation.

But right now, we
turn our attention

To the 16 versus
17 matchup that is,

Minotaur taking on bloodsport.

They both went 2-1
during the regular season,

But you talk to justin
marple, he's like,

"man, my draw sucks.

This is going to be
really, really tough." why?

I mean, minotaur is a
legendary team with a brutal weapon

And even though they starte their season
off in flames with the loss to sawblaze,

They've been on fire ever
since, with back to back knockouts

Of dragon slayer and deep si

it was really interesting.

We talked with junior,
the captain of minotaur,

He said, "listen, I have
great respect for bloodsport

But I'm really starting to think about
my preparations to face end game."

Wa... Wait, a second, you
got a round of 32 match-up, bro.

What should he be worried about?

Well, bloodsport is such
a destructive horizontal spinner

With a full arsenal of
weapons to choose from.

I think minotaur's driver daniel
freitas likes this style matchup.

But remember, bloodsport was
the number two seed last season,

And it can chew bots up.

Yeah, no doubt
these are two punctures

Who aren't known
for holding back.

Faruq.

In the red square...

This bot is one of the most
feared in the entire tournament

And the way he draws blood,
you're going to require a tourniquet.

He'll find a way to cut you.
Don't worry, he's an optimist.

He's got precision
with the blade.

He puts the bot in phlebotomist.

Give it up for bloodsport.

The 17th seed
started out the season

Losing a knockout to whiplash,

But then came back
to knockout subzero,

Won a decision
against claw viper.

That's an interesting
configuration.

They call this
weapon the club sandwich,

It's aluminum
sandwiched by ar steel.

Justin marple isn't afraid to bust
out a new weapon in a big fight.

They say it hits
incredibly hard,

They love its reliability.

They also think its
reach will help them

To chip away at
minotaur's edges.

In the blue square,

Just like david bowie,
labyrinths are his favorite places,

Gonna make some
ch... Ch... Ch... Changes

To other bots' faces.

He's a hero, a star, man,
he'll kill you quick with no pity,

Pack your bags 'cause he's
sending you to suffer death city.

It's minotaur!

Daniel freitas with
the terminator walk out.

All right, there's the wave to the
crowd, he is human after all, kenny.

Guess it helps to be this intense when
you drive a ruthless bot like minotaur

it takes a certain
amount of fearlessness

To put constant pressure
on your opponent.

And look at that drum, it's 57
pounds of night night medicine,

You take too many shots
fro it and you're going to sleep

Minotaur is really a really
quick and aggressive bot,

But we think we're a little bit quicker
and a little bit more aggressive,

So we're just going
to try to counter that,

Really go for their edges, try
to, try to just like, get them like,

Off their game and, uh, and we'll
see how the three minutes goes.

This is like a legend
team. Uh, we've...

I've been watching them
since I was a kid and like,

They never gave
up a free shot, they...

They're always on you,
they're really aggressive.

Early in the competition,
they were in flames

And they kept driving around
as if nothing was happening, so,

You know, we, we know this is
going to be a really tough fight for us.

We're gonna beat them
because we are more powerful.

We are ready and
we can take the heat,

I don't think they
can handle our heat.

We are spinning really fast and

So that way we can hit
them like hard as we can,

Try to take their, their
wheels out and also

Their, their armor, and
that's our strategy right now.

We are pretty confident that we
can make it to the, to the giant nut.

Robots activate.

Oh, listen to this crowd
chanting for the legend, minotaur.

Can bloodsport silence them all

With a win in this
round of 32 showdown?

We'll have the fight
when battlebots continues.

Welcome back to battlebots,
where the 16th seed, minotau

And the 17th seed,
bloodsport are ready to clas

You know they say, you shouldn't
wear red around an angry bull?

We're about to find out
if they are indeed right.

Let the bot battle begin.

Here comes minotaur.

It's... Oh, listen to that
drum spinner fire up.

- Whoa!
- Oh!

Bloodsport just
ricocheted off the glass,

You have to keep your eye on that
new weapon and see if it's going to work.

He already took
the tips off of that blade, chris,

That clip flew over here.

Oh!

That was a big hit.

Bloodsport absorbs the
pain, this bot is awfully hard to kill.

Their horizontal spinner
see to still be functional, kenn

yeah, but it looks like
it might be off balance, chris.

Part of that blade has
been clipped by minotaur

And that is going
to be a problem.

Yeah, the weight distribution
is certainly off on bloodsport.

So far, daniel freitas
has been on the attack

And dishing out the punishment.

But don't sleep
on bloodsport, looks like

Justin marple's going to continue to
attack with that weapon no matter what.

A spot in the round of
16 is on the line here,

Who wants it more?

Oh! Another huge hit
as bloodsport's weapon

Trying to fire up, but
more pieces of bloodsport

Being thrown around
the box, and now minotaur

Takes him over by the
screw in the upper deck.

Yeah, it's the
surgeon, dr. Daniel freitas.

Going to work
here, just chipping away.

Yeah, he has his
doctorate in botology.

That is a class you don't want
to be taking if you're bloodsport.

No, not at all.
But justin marple hanging in

He knows if he can break minotaur's
weapon, this figh can change in an instant.

And look at freitas just staying
right on top of bloodsport.

Yeah, this is
what he wanted chris.

He wanted to make sure
that that primary weapon

Never really had a chance
to get up to full speed.

Whoa!

Another enormous shot.

Bloodsport doing
cartwheels in the battlebox

But like you said, kenny,
now we have to keep our eye

On the drum spinner of minotaur,

Which has stopped working,
at least for the moment.

Minotaur
leaning on bloodsport now

Like a boxer that's
punched himself out.

Under a minute to go

Oh!

Pulverizer getting
in on the action now.

Remember, that's
100 pound hammer

That just dropped down
onto the head of bloodsport

Now, minotaur playing
the waiting game,

Hitting for ten seconds wha
you can do before releasing

And bloodsport make a
push here down the stretch

Firing that horizontal
spinner back up.

Oh! Minotaur now is
playing little possum.

They still have life
in their drum spinner,

And that's bad news
for bloodsport, kenny.

Yeah, I mean, these
guys just know what to do

Against horizontal spinners
they have so much experience

Daniel freitas, one of the
best drivers in the world.

Pieces just continue to
fall off of bloodsport, chri

twenty seconds to go for
bloodsport to make some sort of rally.

Instead, that 100-pound
hammer drops on their head,

Not once, not
twice, almost thrice.

Maybe bloodsport's just trying
to bend their blade back the right way.

This one will go the distance.

Yeah!

Minotaur circles
the center of the box

As though they are
the ones moving on.

Yeah!

You think somebody's fired up?

Not sure which judge is
gonna tell daniel freitas

He isn't victorious
with minotaur.

Well, it's always tough when
as a bot you taste glass early on.

Did he call
backboard by the way,

That was an amazing hit there.

Minotaur just stayed
right on it the whole time.

And you mentioned th bloodsport's
weapon was compromised early on in this

yeah, daniel freitas chipped
away at the edges of that new weapon

And it was off balance
for most of this fight.

And look at this shot, sending
bloodsport cartwheeling across the box

and then minotaur,
putting them under the pulverizer

Say, "hey, have
a little bit of this."

we should
give credit to bloodsport.

Not a whole lot of robots would have
gone the distanc with minotaur tonight.

The results from
the judges are in.

The winner by
unanimous decision is...

Minotaur.

- Thank you guys. Focus.
- Thank you.

Hey, daniel. I just have
one simple question.

How much fun was that?

I don't know.

I don't remember what
happened in the fight.

You guys gotta ask
him in a few hours.

I don't remember,
I don't remember.

- Don't worry, I'll text him later about it.
- Yeah.

Congratulations, junior.

- We'll see you in the next round.
- Thank you.

Thank you, guys. Thank you.

Well, kenny, minotau I
think, is in prime form right now.

No question about it and so much
of doing well here in the tournament

Of battlebots is
peaking at the right time

And these guys are
peaking at the right time.

Oh, they sure are.

And the brazilians are on
their way to the round of 16,

Where they may have a shot
at the number 1 seed, end game.

That's if the new zealander can
take down skorpios later tonight.

And for justin marple
and team bloodsport,

This bot continues to impres
us each and every year,

They simply got
the horns in this one.

Now, after the break, hijinx gets
up to some serious shenanigans

Against the fearsome sawblaze.

But which of them
will be left standing?

We'll find out when
we come back.

It's battlebots.

Welcome back to battlebots
w here we have some breaking news.

Earlier, we learned
that rookie, glitch,

Was having trouble
with its weapons system.

And you can see one of our
producers informing the tea

That their prep tim
had indeed expired

So, we can now
confirm that glitch

Has been forced to
withdraw from the tournament

Stepping in to replace them
on short notice, it will be.

Mammoth.

And, of course, ricky willem
took all of two seconds to sign on.

This is a huge
opportunity, as mammoth

Will now fight as the
number nine overall see

After initially missing
out on the tournament.

Remember, the team went
1-2 in the qualifiers, but came

Oh, so close to
knocking out tombstone.

The selection committee
determined that

Of all the alternates
on standby,

Mammoth was the most
deservi of this emergency swap.

Ricky will now be doing
all he can to prep his team

For a looming fight
with witch doctor,

Who also must game plan
for a whole new opponent.

Well, nothing like a little last
minute drama, huh, kenny florian?

Oh, man, ricky, he's
got to be on cloud nine and listen,

Very tough news for glitch,
who was so impressive

Going 3-0 in the
qualifying rounds.

Not the way kyle miller
wanted his season to end,

But team glitch has a
promising future in this sport.

So, exciting things happening

On this opening night of the
world championship tournament.

And up next,

The round of 32 continues, with
the number 4 overall seed, sawblaze

Taking on the number
29 seed, hijinx.

Let's start with sawblaze
and captain jamison go.

This is a popular
name back in the pits

When you talk about
potential champions.

Is this the year sawblaze
lifts the giant nut, kenny?

I mean, listen,
the field is so stacked,

The tournament
is a true gauntlet.

But jamison go is as good
as they come in this sport.

As for hijinx,
captained by jen herchenroeder,

This is one heck of a mountain
to climb here in the round of 32.

Well, jamison
go is an oppressive driver

And he'll be focused on
jamming up their weapon.

Hijinx needs to create
space, so for me,

It's going to come
down to driving.

They have an excellent drive
in orion beach. Should be fu

Let's check it out.

Faruq.

In the red square

From oakland, california,
it's got a lisa frank binder

To store your death certificate.

It's hijinx.

Jen herchenroeder
leading out hijinx,

Enjoying its second straigh
season in the tournament.

Nice start for the
sophomore bot.

But it doesn't get any tougher
than this opening round match up.

For me, their greate
asset here is momentum.

They come into this fight with back
to back wins over kraken and subzero

And a whole lot of
confidence in the bot.

You need that kind of mental
edge against a force like sawblaze.

In the blue square

From cambridge, massachusett
your championship dreams

Are about to go up
in flames against

Sawblaze!

Well, last time
sawblaze entered the battlebox

The world champs end game,
immediately sent them flyin out of it.

That was a shocking
moment for this team, kenny

But it also could have been
considered a wake-up call.

Yeah, and this is
a bear you shouldn't poke,

They'd beat you in so many ways,

That powerful saw,
the deadly torch

And the world-class
driving of jamison go.

You can see that big plow
they've added to counter

Hijinx's horizontal spinner

As always, the battle reall
starts back there in the pit

In addition to it
being an intense fight,

We're also breaking out
our brand new weapon.

It's chamfered instead
of having a rake angle.

So instead of a bite and a kick
out, this one is meant to cut right in.

I know sawblaze is going to
run a big front plow against us,

And I want to get into that
plow and do some real damage.

So, jamison, I... I
hope you enjoy that

You are the first ever
to see this new weapon.

Uh, I hope you feel special, I
know we broke it out just for you.

Been saving it for a big,
big fight and this is the one.

They're a pretty high
energy horizontal spinner.

They have a tricky little tail

On the back of the leg
to try and disrupt wedges,

Which is going to
be interesting for us

Since that's usually our strategy
for mitigating weapons like that.

We're going to try to play them at their
wedge game with our defensive wedge

And see if we can get in real
close and disrupt their weapon.

Feeling pretty good about
this. We got a good seed.

I think it says that the
selection committee

Believes that
we're a good robot.

We got to keep winning

And just keep our eye
focused on the giant nut.

Robots activate.

As you said,
kenny, hijinx has been hot,

But there's no resting on
your laurels here because

Well, I don't really
know what laurels are,

But I'm pretty sure sawblaz
could burn them right off.

Yeah, well, you're getting
a good look at that tail on hijinx.

They'll need it here to
fight through low ground

red team, ready.

Blue team, ready.

- Slash and burn, guys.
- Slash and burn!

Let the bot battle begin.

Sawblaze on a box rush,
gets under, a little mini hit

On hijinx, not letting it fire up
that blade, kenny. Great strategy.

Now, speaking of fire,

He's trying to get that goin
on the backside of hijinx.

Oh, the pulverizer, the
100-pound hammer hit that blade.

Hijinx has got to be careful

sawblaze,
such a well-rounded robot

Just smothers you
inside the battlebox.

Jamison go doing it.

Oh, now it's weapon
getting in on the act.

Yeah, he might be trying
to chop off that whee off hijinx.

No! That thing hit so hard.

Trying to toast the
wheel and then get rid of it.

Quite the lethal one-two punch.

My goodness!

Oh! Just broke
off a top piece of armor.

This is not good here.

And cut one of the,
one of the motors to

oh, the guts are coming out.

Close your eyes if you can't
handle it and if you're squeamish.

Oh, my gosh.

- Oh!
- Is chopping hiji

Bit by bit and that might
have been the knockout blow

the tail's absolutel
done and the question now I

Can hijinx show enough
movement to avoid a countdown?

And it gets put
right in front of us.

Oh!

I didn't order that

all right, once agai hijinx, you
gotta show me you got some movement.

Hijinx is got to show movement.

It's trying to get
out of the corner.

Oh, it's got packs on the floor.

Oh, but hijinx counters,
throwing that wheel into sawblaze.

More pieces thrown
on the battlebox floor.

Oh!

Jamison go an
absolu savage tonight.

Hijinx trying to do
whatever it can to get back in action,

And sawblaze says "you want
some more? I'll give you more."

Got another taste
of the pulverizer.

This is just complete brutality.

How tough is hijinx, by the way?

Oh, my gosh. Look
at the gash on that thing.

Unbelievable action box side

we've never seen the hammer
saw on sawblaze hit this hard, chris.

Most people will pay
thousands and thousands of dollars

For a front row seat
like we've got, kenny.

Just a masterful
job by jamison go.

Best seats in the house and
it's happening literally in front of us.

Sawblaze just going
out hard on hijinx.

Sawblaze isn't backing up.

He's saying, "as long as you're
moving, I'm moving in for the kill."

sawblaze looking
eve bit like a top four seed.

Remember, it's only loss
this year was to end game.

Jamison go, taking out all
his aggression on hijinx tonight.

Oh, gosh! He's trying
to put him up on the upper deck

And he put hijinx up there.

The last few seconds.

Hijinx has nowhere to
go, except, perhaps, home.

Boy, did jamison go and sawblaze
take control of this match early.

I mean, listen, this is what
you expect to see from a top four seed.

Obviously, this is a fight
sawblaze is supposed to win,

But I wonder if jamison was
expecting such a clean match.

Well, clean is right if sawblaze
really didn't take any notable damage.

That's going to pay huge
dividends as the tournament rolls on.

Meanwhile, back in the
pits I think the other team's

Spidey sense, is doing
a lot more than just tinglin

no question, jamison go
just put this tournament on notice.

His bot is out for blood.

Give a ton of credit to
orion beach, the driver of hijinx,

To actually keep that
robot alive for three minutes,

But boy, it took a
pounding, kenny.

Yeah, once hijinx lost its tail,

We thought it was over,
but jen herchenroeder's tea

Has built one tough bot.

The results from
the judges are in.

The winner by
unanimous decision is...

Sawblaze.

Jamison,

It didn't seem as
though there was

A single misstep by
you during that fight,

Is that a correct assessment?

Uh, the front of our
wedge, we'd disagree.

I kind of hit... Hit the
bot a few times ourself.

Really, jamison?

I mean...

He's a perfectionist.

- Jamison...
- You got to be hard on yourself

- Otherwise you never improve.
- Take a breath, brother.

How much fun was that?

Oh, that was, uh,
that was crazy fun.

You know, we were in there,
in the box, we are aggressive

And everything else, everything
else went according to plan.

Jamison, you were really
upset after the end game fight,

It seemed like you took
that frustration out on hijinx.

- Is that, is that correct?
- Yeah, and I'm sorry.

Jamison, you've
always talked about

The ultimate goal is,
unless you're number one,

It just, just doesn't matter.

Do you feel that that's
within your grasp?

We're one step
closer, we'll find out.

- Boy, you are all business.
- I won't say too much.

It's just one fight at a time.

Well, that next fight
is now against p1.

How do you break
that one down for us?

Well, I was really impressed with
brandon's driving this tournament,

Uh, especially
against the ribbot fight,

He was extremely
methodical and very patient.

So we're going to have to
bring our a game for sure.

Jamison, congratulations.
You are on to the round of 16.

Okay.

So jamison,
showing a ton of respect

For his upcoming opponent in p1.

But I think we both
agree here kenny,

He'll be heavily
favored in that matchup.

Yeah, I can't...
See what he's done.

When he's at his best, I
don't see anybody beating him.

And for hijinx, a second straight
season goi out in the round of 32.

But this beautiful machine
is set to be a fixture

In this tournament
for years to come.

After the break.

Glitch is out, mammoth is in

And witch doctor awaits.

The battlebots world
championship tournament continues.

Next.

All right, we continue on
here in the round of 32.

And if you've been following along
tonight, team glitch had some well,

Glitches back in the
pits and after earning

The number nine seed
with a sizzling rookie season,

Kyle miller and his team hav officially
bowed out of thei matchup with witch doctor.

No, it wasn't a curse, at
least as far as we know.

But it is a great example of how
vital reliability and preparation

In the pits are
late in the season

And especially here in the
world championship tournament.

So, stepping in for glitch
will be the first alternate

Mammoth and ricky
willems, they say,

"yo, we're ready to go."

So, ricky and mammoth
are going to get their shot.

It's a little crazy, but you never know
what could happen here at battlebots.

After a top 16
appearance in 2020,

Mammoth faced a tough
streng of schedule this season,

Securing its lone win in a
vintage performance against hijinx.

In the tournament last
year, they took down

The number three
overall seed, copperhead

In a first round shocker.

Mammoth!

Yeah, I mean, what an
opportunity here for mammoth and listen,

Mammoth is just so
unusual and so awkward,

Don't discount the impact th
change has on witch doctor,

Who's been game planning
all week for the 3-0 rookie glitch.

So for mike and andrea gellatly,

A whirlwind season
just got whirlier.

2-1 in the qualifiers, thei lone
loss to the champions, end game,

You have been a competitor when things
have gone awry, how do you deal with it?

Now, these kind of last-minute
changes are, are difficult to deal with,

Especially if you've already
configured your robot.

But listen, late swaps happe
frequently in the fight game

And this is when it helps
to be such a storied vetera

Who's seen every type of
madness there is in this sport.

When in doubt, they
rely on their strengths.

And in this case, it is
mike gellatly's ability

To put witch doctor
in the right place

And let that vertical
spinner go to town.

Things are a little crazy, let's see
how it all unravels inside the box.

Faruq.

In the red square

From miami, florida, I don't
care if you have an hmo or a ppo,

This doctor will
leave you tko'd.

Give it up for witch doctor!

Witch doctor
was a 2019 runner up,

And this squad has been
out for redemption ever sinc

This is a true legend
of the sport, kenny,

A beautiful bot and run
by a fierce, fierce team.

Yeah, that's right. They
are peaking at the right time as well.

And think about this, they
avoid a truly nasty 3-0 rook

And instead fight a 1-2 mammoth.

But will this be a
blessing or a curse?

In the blue square

From baltimore, maryland,
the massive mastodon,

Mammoth.

And it doesn't
get any better than this

For mammoth
captain, ricky willems.

For all we know, he was minutes
away from grabbing a hot dog

And a beverage and picking
out a seat in the crowd.

And now he's got a
shot at sending his team

To the round of 16 for
the second straight season.

Well, you
mentioned it earlier, chris

In the tournament last year,

They took down an equally dangerous
vertical spinner in copperhead.

Mammoth is no
stranger to an upset.

Uh, there's not a lot
to hit on mammoth,

So we're gonna have to
do a lot of strategic driving.

They have these big
forks, they kind of corral you,

So if you get anywhere on there,
they're gonna grab you and toss you.

Uh, luckily, our self-right
is working really well,

We've tested it a lot this year,

Uh, but we're still going
to be trying to drive around

And hit those wheels, which is
the way to knock mammoth out.

Uh, so I haven't seen exactly
what configuration they're running,

But we're going to go for those
juicy wheels that they have exposed

And not try to do anything fancy
'cause this is the round of 32.

I'm over the moon.
This is incredible.

We're in the top 32.

Glitch had some problems, they
had some glitches, that's... You know,

Happens to the best of them, but,
uh, what, what a second chance.

Witch doctor is going
to come at us hard.

They're running
without their forks.

They're not going to
try and get under this.

I don't know if that's the right move
for them, but I'm excited about it

'cause it means that I can hook 'em
and hopefully, I can throw them around.

I know they can self-right
well, so I still have to be careful,

But if I can get some combos,
get them rolling around,

Maybe get them out of the arena,
uh, it is going to be awesome.

Whoo!

Robots activate.

Witch doctor has
visions of securing the giant nut,

Mammoth currently blocking its
view like an suv on the highway.

We'll find out if a little
voodoo can cut it down to size.

The fight, when we
return on battlebots.

We are back and witch docto
has a mammoth size problem

Facing them
inside the battlebox.

We are moments away from
another round of 32 clash.

Can mammoth
seize this opportunity

And shock the world by
taking down a legend?

Let the bot battle begin.

Mike gellatly, the outstandi
driver for witch doctor

Driving up his way
through mammoth.

Oh! Knocks it up
and then lets it...

Oh, gosh!

Went right for those
tires, chris, and look at the chains.

One is off.

Oh!

Oh, my goodness, he just tor
the weapon off of mammoth.

Oh!

Wow, another ridiculous hit.

Ahh! It's over.

Well, mammoth's vegas freeroll,
it's going to last under a minute.

Ten, nine, eight... -
the countdown has started.

Mike gellatly with his driving

Will send witch doctor,
into the round of 16.

Wow.

Knockout!

Whoo!

Talk about the
driving of mike gellatly

He's a master.

Yeah, there's no doubt about it.

I, I mean, he just used
those tires as a bullseye

And he was hitting
them every single time.

The... His ability to drive is just
something to behold out there,

Went right at the
weapon, chewed that up

And started going for it, the wheels,
and it was over shortly thereafter.

Glitch, mammoth,
heck, it doesn't matter,

Witch doctor's moving
on to the round of 16.

Andrea and mike,

I think the fight was way
easier than the last several hours

Because you didn't know exactly
who you were going to fight.

How crazy has it been, andrea?

We've been wa... Ready all day.

We were ready for about 12
hours, so we have the nerves,

The anxiety, just waiting there

To fight one robot and
then they switch it on you,

We switch our configuration.

And the thing with mammoth
is that every robot fits in a box,

You have your horizontal
spinners, your vertical spinners,

But mammoth does
not fit in the box,

They don't even fit
into the starting square.

So we had to improvise a little.

Wha.. What was the strategy
here against mammoth?

Uh, not get flipped.

I mean, that mammoth is
running some ridiculous, like,

Power on their,
on their flipper,

And they've been doing such a
great job over the last few years,

Iterating and making it
better and better every year,

So we weren't really sure
what to expect out of mammoth,

But we really wanted
to put on a good show.

Um, and like andrea said, you
know, the highs and lows of today,

Waiting and then hurrying up
and then waiting some more.

Um, you know, we were
taking naps in the pit

And just kind of like trying to
get ready and stay on our game.

And I think, I think that
was a pretty decent fight.

Um, I don't know what
the strategy was, though.

I don't know. To win.

Andrea and mike
gellatly, team witch doctor,

Congratulations as you
move on to the round of 16.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

So despite all the drama,

Witch doctor's moving
on in the tournament.

It will face the winner of
the 8 versus 25 matchup,

Copperhead and lucky.

Let's take a look at how that
fight went down earlier tonight.

Robert and kimberly
cowan of team copperhead

Entered the arena
determined to avenge

Last year's shocking round
of 32 loss to mammoth,

And copperhead wasted no tim

Putting its intimidating
drum spinner to work.

Kenny, it's just jab
after jab after jab.

I mean, look
at that thing, it's a brick

It's so low to the ground,

It is so powerful,
just a brutal machine.

- There goes the tire from lucky.
- Whoa!

And another huge hit.

But the 25 seed lucky hung in,

Absorbed the punishment
and succeeded

In enforcing a judge's decision.

The winner by
unanimous decision is...

Copperhead.

Copperhead is
living up to its top ten see

And this squad's motto
of smash, smash, smash,

Continues to
propel them forward.

In the five versus twenty-eight
matchup, destructive weapons

And a whole lot of
unpredictability were in play

When uppercut
squared off with huge.

Like two rabid dogs
let off their leashes,

It didn't take long
for these two to clash

In the center of the box.

Whoa!

What a
shot! My goodness.

And look at
the recoil on uppercut.

Those bots were reeling
from this monster shot,

But it was uppercut who recovered
first and continued to engage.

Huge looks stunned, chris.

Here comes uppercut.

Uppercut looked to be in control

Until things went
a little haywire.

It looks like both
robots are incapacitated.

We could have
the rare double ko.

If that's what's gonna happe

Unbelievable!

Knockout.

As per the rules,
the simultaneous knockout

Went to the judges' scorecards
and faruq delivered the decision.

The winner by
unanimous decision is...

Uppercut.

So after a fight tha
didn't go down as we expecte

Uppercut moves on to
the round of 16 for a bout

With the rampaging
rookie, riptide.

Let's go! Yeah!

So with that, here
on the left side of the bracket,

Only one spot in the round
of 16 remains unclaimed.

When we return,

Zach lytle picks up the controls
for the second time tonight

As he faces off with
the defending champs.

It's skorpios and end game,

When the world championship
tournament continues.

Much like dogs and their owners

Or an old married couple,

The line between
bots and builder

Can sometimes
get a little, uh, fuzzy.

I think there's a little bit of vanity
that gets wrapped up into robot design,

And a lot of times
some of these robots

End up looking kind
of like the builders.

You know, hypershock is
ver flash, just like will bales

And, uh, unfortunately,
subzero is

A little wide and a little big.

I think matt, my driver,
probably resembles this bot a lot.

He's very intense, and, uh, they
don't call him plumbcra for nothing.

Witch doctor, witch doctor's
outfits really match their bot.

Hijinx. With hijinx, team appearance
kind of has a flow with the robot.

Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
The guy's like taller than all of us,

His robot's longer
than all of us.

We are back for the round of 32.

Hey, skorpios, congratulations,
you won the play-in game

And now you get to face
the number one overall seed

And the current holder
of the giant nut, end game.

And how great has the bot built
by jack barker and nic mabey been.

They took care of
hydra first time out,

Then they took
care of witch doctor,

Then they took care of sawblaze.

Holy smokes! Dare I
say that end game was

Better so far in 2021 than the
team that won it all last year?

They have been. They faced
a murderer's row here at battlebots

And they have knocked
every single person out.

It's been mind-blowing.

In the on-deck
circle sits skorpios.

You saw them take care of malice

In the play-in
game, diana tarlson,

The co-captain of the squad said,
"we're coming for you end game."

She is absolutely fearless and
truly believes her bot can win it all.

Well, listen, they
have a awesome front armor,

You're going to need that against
a devastating weapon in end game.

They have excellent
driving, they have experienc

One solid shot from skorpios'
upgraded stinger can turn the tide

And that confidence they've
got can be a major asset.

Let's find out if
it works for 'em.

Faruq.

In the red square

From up near san francisco, so
if you look at him the wrong way,

Divers will have to retrieve your
body from the bottom of the bay.

This bot is a giant, but if
he winds up to throw a pitch,

It'll be tossing your bot
off the golden gate bridge.

Give it up for skorpios!

In its four fights this season,

It has gone the
distance in all four,

Including a play-in
win over malice.

The husband and wife tandem
of zach lytle, diana tarlson,

Can they make some
history tonight, kenny?

Very interesting to
see skorpios without its plo

Instead going with a
new fork configuration.

I will say that zach is really
good at capitalizing on mistakes.

End game hasn't been making many
of those, but it only takes one, chris.

Skorpios!

In the blue square,

I was thinking, this team
name has end at the beginning,

Seems backwards, but it kind
of explains how they're winning.

They're endearing, but their opponents
are endangered, that's for sure.

Face them and there's an
endless amount of pain to endure.

If you endeavor to fight them,
I can't endorse that thought,

Because end game has
ended every enemy they fought.

Give it up for end game.

Oh, oh! Faruq, bringing
the heat and so too is end game.

And the champs have a new look.

They styling, they profiling and
that thing is just flat out nasty.

It even looks
like a championship bot.

We said earlier that p1 was
looking like rocky balboa,

No question that end game has
that apollo creed swagger right now.

Skorpios are a
really durable bot.

We've seen them in the past take
incredible damage and just keep running,

So we're not confident we'll be
able to take them out very quickly,

But I think we'll be
able to break through

And, and hopefully,
disable them.

They're not going to have any
problems turning and jarring.

They're gonna be facing their
front towards us the whole time,

So I think we've just got to
go straight down the middle.

Even though this
is the round of 32,

We're treating it
as if it's the final

Because it's just as important.

Yeah, if you make
one mistake, you're out.

A lot of teams have
to wait till the very end

To see if they can beat
the champion or not,

- We get to do it in round one.
- Oh!

Skorpios has killed robots that
have won the giant nut before,

And we're ready to do it again.

We're fighting end game,

And if we take him
out here, he's out,

That's it, he's out of
the contest for the year.

Everyone thinks end
game is unbeatable.

He went through witch doctor,

He went through hydra,
he went through sawblaze.

Everyone thinks you
just can't beat him,

But I think everyone keeps
trying to beat him at his own game.

We're going to try
something different,

And this unstoppable robot

Is about to meet
the unbreakable bot.

Robots activate.

Both bots using some
unique fork configurations here, kenny.

That's right,
and both bots are hoping

To feed the other
right down the middle.

The champs are using the sam
setup that sent sawblaze ou of the box.

We should see some
fireworks in this one.

Red team, ready.

I remember that thin

blue team, ready.

Let the bot battle begin.

Oh!

There's that weapon already
displayed by end game.

Uh-oh, skorpios turns
its back on the jam.

Oh, boy, end game going
with a lot of force. Getting under that...

Oh! Just all over, chris.

And end game's got
skorpios near the upper deck

and look at how bent
those front forks are on skorpios.

End game trying to p
skorpios on the upper deck,

It's halfway there and
the wheel is shredded.

Can skorpios work
its way off the deck

Or is this thing done
in less than a minute?

My goodness.

Oh, my god, you can
get a good look at gary gin

Whose face is all battered
u on the bottom of that robot

Nine, eight...

and the countdown has started.

Zach and diana, all they
can do is look at the miser

Because the champ is moving on.

Well, uh, end game
did whatever it wanted.

Yeah, this was really a
case of the strong getting stronger,

Uh, I mean, these guys
just continue to impress.

Talk about, you know,
the configuration game here

Using those long forks, they
were just winning the ground war.

And from there, skorpios
really was in big time trouble.

We've seen this
throughout the 2021 season,

When you are wobbly and you
get placed in that short corner,

Your match can end in
a hurry on that upper dec

yeah. And
how about that precision?

I mean, he placed him perfectly,

Right on the upper deck
where he couldn't move,

Just surgical there
from jack barker.

Yeah, talk about
landing a coin on its side.

A little bit of bad
luck for skorpios,

A whole lot of magic from
the defending champs.

And you just know that
daniel freitas and minotaur

Back there in the pits,
sharpening their hooves.

We have got a dream matchup
brewing in the round of 16.

Whew!

Jack barker, nick mabey,

Congratulations, you
guys are moving on.

- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.

Uh, you've had four fights,

You have knocked out
all four of your opponents,

They are all great competitors,

Well-decorated
inside of this arena.

Jack, what does that
say about your robot?

I think end game's on
form this year, you know,

We've come back stronger, we've
come back with a lot of improvements,

Um, and we've tested them
out through the fight nights

And now they're
starting to show through,

So we're really happy
with how it's performing.

You told us that there
was more pressure on you,

Even though you had
already won the giant nut,

That was before the
regular season started.

Now that you've already taken
your first step here in the postseason,

Is there additional
pressure you're feeling, nick?

Hey, so, like it's the
round of 32, so every fight

Is as important as the next one.

It's more important
than the pre's

Than the pre-tournament, so like

The pressure is on,
like we have to perform.

Every fight from here is
equivalent of the grand final.

Like we have to
win every single one.

Yeah, if we don't win
everyone, we can't get the nut.

Well, your next one is going
to be like a championship fight,

It is against minotaur,

That means it is
against daniel freitas.

Jack, how much are you
looking forward to that battle?

Look, we got our ass beat
by them last time we played,

So we are coming back,
end game is a lot stronger

And we have some
configurations, especially for them.

We were up all night
the night before we left

'cause we thought we
need to beat minotaur.

So we're gonna try put them
on and see what happens,

You know, we'll smack them with
our weapon and hopefully, they break.

Well, guys, congratulations on taking your
first step toward defending your title.

Thank you very much.

End game!
End game! End game! End game!

Dude, I, I don't know what
more to say about end game,

I mean, I've said it
countless times this season,

I think they're better
than a season ago

When they hoisted the giant nut.

They've already take down
the best of the best this season.

It makes you wonder
if the only team

That can actually beat
end game is end game.

Well, kenny florian their
round of 16 opponent, minotaur,

Will certainly have
something to say about that

That is going to be a war with
all the flavor of a final's matchup.

And we say our
farewell to skorpios,

Who pulled out all the stops
in its two fights this evening.

Great effort from
a stellar team.

All told, eight robots advanced
to the round of 16 tonight,

Including sawblaze,
witch doctor,

And p1 after that big-time
upset of hypershock.

And once again,
shout out to mammoth

Stepping in on short
notice for the rookie, glitch.

This was a wild night.

And guess what?

Next week we get to do it
all again as we round out

The field of 16
robots left in the fight

For the 2021 battlebots
world championship.

And what a loaded
li up with bots like tantrum,

Whiplash, ribbot and last
season's number one seed, hydra,

Fighting for its life in
ou second play-in match.

The race for the
giant nut is just getting started.

For faruq, our bot
whisperer, pete,

My man, kenny
florian, I am chris rose,

We'll see you next time
right here on battlebots.

End game!

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