BattleBots (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 13 - Round of 16 - full transcript
Robots, activate!
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Welcome to battlebots!
Tonight, the deadliest robot combat
tournament on the entire planet
Continues as we get closer
to crowning a world champion.
Hi, everybody, I'm chris rose,
Joined as always by ufc legend.
Say hello to kenny florian.
Thanks, chris. I can't wait
to get into the action tonight.
How we feelin', vegas?
You guys ready to roll?
We've reached the top 16
In the battlebots world
championship tournamen
That means, tonight, it
is the best of the best.
And over the years,
This round of
competition has given us
Some of the best flashbulb
moments in the history of the sport
Oh, my goodness!
And tonight
promises more of the same,
As 16 of the world's most
impressive combat robots
Look to risk life
And lithium-ion to
continue their March
Towards the most
epic troph on the planet,
The giant nut!
All right, taking a
look at the bracket
Kenny talk to us
about the phenomenal
Round of 16 field.
Well, we've got
thre former runners up
In the mix all looking to finish
The job this time around
And claim the trophy,
Including last year's
finalist whiplash,
Led by matty vasquez,
who was foaming at the mout
To get back to the mountaintop.
Three of last season's top
seeds are back for another bite
In copperhead, uppercut,
And the bad boy
of battlebots, hydra.
How about two robots
that have been crowned
Most destructive
in seasons past,
It's cobalt and rotator.
We've got a former
desperado winner
Looking to make a
deep run in black dragon.
Tantrum busted a
lot of brackets last year
By making the semifinals,
Can new captains alex
grant and ginger schmidt
Match or better that
mark this time around?
And don't forget,
The number four
overall seed sawblaze,
Captain jamison
go is quite simply
A man possessed.
You'll also see a cluster
of dangerous teams
Making their first
appearanc in the top 16 in p1,
Jackpot, and the
rookies riptide and blip.
And to close out the night,
A gift from the robot gods,
A clash that had fans
lined up overnight,
A building so explosive
We'll be getting
noise complaints
From the international
space station,
Minotaur versus end game!
Sitting pretty atop the bracket,
Jack barker and nick mabey'
Personal weapon
of mass destruction
Looks as dangerous as ever,
Making mincemeat of every te
It's faced on the road
to a hopeful repeat.
But you better believe,
There's a storm a-coming
In the form of the
brazilian bazooka, minotaur.
Fueled by raw emotion.
Driver, daniel freitas
Has it dialed up to
11 comin into tonight,
And for him, it's
win or die trying.
Does he have what it
takes to tank the champs?
I dare you to tell
him he doesn't.
Yeah!
We will, of course,
unfold each matchup as we go
But we begin now with
an absolute barn burne
As two of the field's most
chaotic weapons spin u
To throw down.
It's riptide versus uppercut
This should be fun.
It is going to be a crazy night,
You ready to get it started?
- Oh, I'm so ready.
- You guys ready?
Faruq, take it away.
Ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?
It's robot fighting time!
In the red square,
Going up against this team
Captained by ethan kurtz,
Chances are you're gonna scream,
"ow! That freakin' hurts!"
The fight will just
be getting started
And the next thing you know,
He'll be standing over your
bot's dead body screaming,
"let's go!
Let's go!"
Seriously, man,
this dude is insane.
Anyway, give it up
For riptide!
Oh, yeah,
faruq bringing the heat
Right out of the gate
and nobody deserves it
More than one of
the brightest faces
Of the robot combat youth
movement, ethan kurtz
He upset shatter
in the round of 32.
Kenny, is ethan's electric
personality part of his success?
Oh, for sure, in the fight game,
Mindset is a huge factor,
And ethan's inhibitions
are to the wind.
He told us he showed
up to battlebots,
Expecting his bot
to not even turn on,
Yet, here he is, set to figh
for a spot in the top eight
This kid is playing with
house money here in vegas,
And it's working like a char
in the blue square,
This team comes from mit.
And they'll leave you mia.
They specialize in tkos,
So their opponents better pray.
Btw, those were acronyms,
And they're fitting in this case
Because omg,
You'll be doa
If you get in his
face. Give it up
For uppercut!
Making their third
straight round of 16 appearance
Since their debut,
It's alex hattori
and team uppercut
Hoping that the third
time really is the charm
As they take another crack
at making the quarterfinals
- Whoa!
- Little flexing.
And a little uppercut
actio - okay!
- Nice.
- Didn't know they had it in them.
Good technique, guys
But yeah, this is definitel
a big fight for this team,
And alex knows that
it'll al likely come down
To weapon-on-weapon carnage
And when you're the guy with
the biggest stick in the bunch,
Expect to see him flying
into the fray fist first.
And for more on the rookie bot,
Let's bring in our
bot whisperer pete.
So, I've been talking to the
riptide team back there in the pits,
And one of the things
that I've seen them doing
And learning from each
figh is they keep removing
Variables out of the system
They've added foam
around their wires
To keep those from shorting out
Or arcing out or being pinched.
But what's really
setting riptide apart
From the other robots
is most robots go
From about a half
inch wide blade
To maybe like a
three inch wide bat,
It's what they're hitting with.
Riptide is 13.5 inches wide
Of solid tooth engagement,
And since, of course, they're
traveling at 180 miles an hour
Rotational speed,
When they hit, they
get a much bigger patte
To lift and whack
other robots into the air.
Uppercut! Uppercut!
Robots, activate!
Red team, ready?
He meant business.
Blue team, ready?
Riptide, uppercut,
Kicking off the round of 16
Winner punches their
ticket to the quarterfinals.
Brace yourselves
for turbulence, people.
Let the bot battle begin and
here comes uppercu whoa!
It's a great shot from the
rookie and another one.
Whoa, and another,
The rookie is all over uppercut
and sends it into the screws.
Are we gonna have
a monumental upset?
Wow!
Can alex hattori work
his way out of there?
Is he gonna get
spit out? He is.
The rookie's
right on top of him,
riptide staying right on him.
- Massive hits.
- Unbelievable.
Kickin' up, some serious dir
There's something
nasty in the box.
I ain't cleaning that
up. Oh, look at it.
Oh!
This is unbelievable
riptide keeping him off balance.
What is going on?
Yes, riptide is chewing
Uppercut's foam tires to pieces.
And kicking the debris
all over the battlebox.
For a second, I
thought uppercut was trying to
Smuggle some
contraband into the arena.
Good to know.
Alex hattori
in serious trouble now.
Uppercut just
spinning in circles,
And that's not gonna be
enough to keep it in the fight.
Oh, they are done,
both of their wheels are don
This is another
upset for riptide.
Unbelievable!
I cannot wait to see
ethan kurtz's reaction.
The number five
seed is finished.
- Yeah! Yeah!
- They've got this.
Wow!
Well, the rookie
wasn't scared, kenny.
Yeah, just clipped him
right there on the flank - wow!
And from
there it wa all riptide.
They never let him off the hook.
Pure aggression.
This was a blitzkrieg.
Uppercut was never in this fight
And that's a hard
thing to believe.
Kenny, uppercut makes its money
By overwhelming opponents
with its weapon strength.
What went wrong tonight?
Listen, very few tea
are able to take advantage
Of the gyroscopic precision
Uppercut produces when
its weapon is at full speed,
But riptide did exactly that
They kept it off balance,
Stayed planted on
the battlebox floor
And used uppercut's
own energy against itself.
Very impressive
win by the rookie.
So, kenny, uh, you think
Ethan's excited to be
movin on to the top eight?
Hey, ethan.
Get over here, kiddo.
Are your hands
shaking right now?
I actually cannot feel my hands.
I cannot move 'em anymore.
I literally cannot. I don't
know what's happening.
Please take me to the er.
Like, actually, I'm,
I'm, like, not kidding.
I need to go. Okay, okay.
Uh, what did happen?
Okay, so we were so worried
they're gonna get up to speed.
But I think we clipped something
That wasn't their weapon
on that first exchange,
Which allowed us just to
control the fight from there,
And we didn't give
'em a chance after that.
That was the plan all along.
We are the most powerful
drum spinner in the world.
We just beat... We just beat
The most powerful spinner,
Vertical spinner in battlebots.
Shows us we're legit.
We're freakin' legit, man!
We're gonna win!
Congratulations, ethan
And your entire riptide team.
- Great job.
- Thank you.
Let's go!
So, the walking
espresso shot ethan kurtz,
Pulls off an explosive upset
And team riptide will now
move on to the quarter finals
And face the winner
of sawblaze versus p1.
And a big old tip of the ca
To the team from mit, uppercut
Three years, three
top 16 appearances,
That can only mean
we have a lot more
Uppercuts to
dodge in the future.
When we return,
Will tantrum continue to giv
Its opponents deadly fits
Or will rotator's blades,
Put a different
spin on the story?
That's coming up on battlebots.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament,
The round of 16.
Up next, it's the
11th seed tantrum
Facing the sixth seed rotato
And, you know the
tantrum story by now.
It was originally designed
and captained by aren hill,
Made it to the
semifinals last season,
But aren decided to spawn
A new death machine this yea
And left tantrum
In the capable
hands of alex grant
And ginger schmidt.
They have not missed
a beat this season.
Yeah, absolutely.
You can't say enough
about ginger and alex,
They've been incredible leaders,
But in terms of the robot,
Tantrum took huge damage in
their last fight against gigabyte.
The team has been
working around the clock
To get tantrum
ready for this fight,
But that amount of pit
work would be daunting
For even the most
seasoned of captains.
This will be the biggest
tes of their young career.
Yeah, they're gonna
have to be at their best
'cause they're gonna get the
sixth seed rotator and victor soto,
Who has just been
perfect this year.
That's right and
every year we find ourselves
Asking the same thing,
Is this finally victor's yea
After the impressive
performance he and rotator h
Against captain
shrederator in the last round,
The question only
becomes more pressing.
And, you know,
victor and rotator
Desperately want to answer
With a resounding yes.
All the pieces are there.
The mad scientist just
need to get it done here
Against a very sturdy tantru
All right, let's find out
what happens, faruq.
In the red square,
From cambridge, massachusetts.
The only pacifier
for this bot is murder.
It's tantrum!
Team tantrum,
Making their way
out of the tunnel
For their second
straight appearance
In the round of 16.
How are they feeling
about this matchup, kenny?
Well, if you look at
all of their fights this season,
Three of the bots
they've taken out
Have been horizontal spinner
With another in
rotator here tonight,
Alex and ginger told us
This could work in
their favor as tantrum
Has been successfully
stress tested
Against very similar
angles of attack.
Tantrum!
Tantrum! Tantrum! Tantrum!
In the blue square,
From doral, florida,
Killing from the same direction
On either side of the equator,
It's rotator!
Team rotator,
Made its battlebots debut
All the way back in 2016.
We know that horizontal spinner
Is dangerous
But tantrum is as
durable as they come.
So, do we expect the fight
To go to the judges, kenny?
No doubt.
Both of these robots
Are hard to kill
Victor is well
aware that rotator
Doesn't historically come ou
On the winning end when the
fight goes to the full three minutes,
So look for him to ramp up
The aggression here
And do everything he can
To score a knockout.
Going into this fight is
gonna be a driving match
Victor soto is an
awesome driver.
He's gonna take the wedges
Right into the front of tantrum
And try to sweep around
and try to get our wheels.
But we have dillon carey
And he's gonna, you
know, outdrive him,
Give him a big old punch
and get us the match.
I think it would
be disappointing
If we don't make it
out of the round of 16.
We came here this
year with new captains
To prove that tantrum
is a strong robot,
Last year wasn't a fluke.
So, we wanna make it as
far if not further this year.
I'm not really sure
how much damage
We'll be able to inflict,
But we'll see if we can
At least, uh, control them.
If we can do damage and do some
Internal damage or get
a ko, that'll be even better
Uh, I just expect it to be
a three minute slugfest.
We're thrilled to
be in the top 16.
Uh, the farthest we've
ever gone is the top eight
Where we got knocked out
by bite force a few years ag
And our goal is to exceed th
And go for the giant nut.
- Good?
- Good.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Let the bot battle begin!
Tantrum fast out of the gate
But rotator,
Taken into the rails
immediately by tantrum.
Nice work by dillon carey.
Yeah, there's that
control they were talking about.
They're doing a great job of
winning this ground game here, chris.
Popped up rotator nicely.
Oh, yes, the rotato
Was so durable.
First two fights of
the regular season
Went the distance.
Go, rotator!
And one of victor soto's
Most successful technique
Is feeding those
wedges of spinning
Just like that.
Well called kenny florian.
One big hit!
Nice job by tantrum,
using that long arm...
oh!
Not gently!
Great hit, he's got
rotator right there
The screws in the upper
deck trying to force him upstairs
He does.
He's got chewed up,
can he get out of there inverted?
- he can.
- He's vulnerable.
Tantrum gonna look
to get in reach again.
Oh, man!
Whoa! Big shot!
Now, inverted that.
Right off the square.
- Watch out!
- They gotta be careful there
Yeah, I think that victor
soto doesn't mind driving..
And it looks like tantrum
is running in circles,
Trying to free itself.
I think it maybe high
centered on a piece of debris, chris
And this is a golden
opportunity for rotator
To get back in this fight.
And rotator
took itself out at the rails
oh, my god!
Tantrum got out of the way
At just the right time.
But they are still
strugglin to move.
They're not moving.
They lost one of the brakes.
All right, you gotta show m you got
some better control other than circle.
This is gonna be
a real problem for tantrum
As rotator starts chewing
and takes care of the rest.
And now starts
working on the wedge.
What a comeback
this would be for rotator!
Victor soto,
Dishing out the punishment now.
And there goes the other fist.
So tantrum no longer
has its self-righting system
rotator's still going,
but good news for tantrum,
Back on the attack now.
It's out-pushing rotator
Back toward the upper deck.
Tantrum, welcome
back to the party, pal.
What a crazy fight!
And rotator showing
some serious damage here.
Under a minute to go
Tantrum has rotator pinned
But releases.
Rotator trying to flip itsel but
it just now lost fight inverted.
Whoa!
Look at the damage it's doing
to the top of the wedge of tantrum.
Get it.
Tantrum just
going right back in there.
Oh! Oh! Aggression.
And now tantrum has rotator
Pinned in the corner
of the upper deck.
Thirty seconds.
Can victor soto
make one last push?
Rotator's in big trouble,
And they've been inverted
For a long time, chris
And that's gonna play a factor
In the judges' decision.
Whoa!
They don't need the judges.
A remarkable
shot by dillon carey
And tantrum
As they move on
To the round of eight.
Wow!
That was ridiculous!
Three, two, one!
Wow!
Kenny, I gotta be honest, I don't
know wher to start with this fight.
Is your heart
gonna able to take it?
I mean, this was crazy.
Both of these guys
Had their opportunities
at knockouts.
This fight was one of
the be I've ever seen.
Tantrum able to
control rotator out of the gate
Rack up damage,
and aggression points
And heck, even
bully victor soto's bot
Onto the upper deck.
Yeah, tantrum was
definitely ahead on the scorecards,
But this is where
the fight took a turn.
This collision right here.
Tantrum got hung up
on a piece of debris
In the battle box,
And rotator started
going to work.
Yeah, actually,
when rotator became inverte
They started to do
significantly more damage.
Yeah, that's right,
they were attacking from above
And tantrum was
just kind of, circling
For a long time,
And it looked like a tantru
Was about to get knocked out
but then, chapter three
Dillon carey, the
driver of tantrum,
Found a way to free the bot
And get his team
back in this match.
Unbelievable!
The fans were going nuts.
All signs pointed to
this fight going to the judges
Where we know of course,
anything can happen.
But in the waning seconds,
Tantrum got underneath rotator,
As you can see he
took it coast to coast,
Launched it out of the aren
For the knockout.
That was an instant classic
Whoo!
Alex and ginger, get over here.
- We're here.
- Oh, my gosh!
Ginger,
What the heck did you just see?
Wow, that might be
one of the craziest fights
We've had all season.
- All season?
- Yeah.
- Try about ever in battlebots.
- Ever, ever.
Wow! Uh, take us
through this thing
Because at the end,
You didn't have your fists,
You didn't have your
self-righting system,
You were pinned in the corner
And then, all of a
sudden before you know it,
You're throwing rotator
out of the arena, alex.
That was insane, yeah,
Like in the middle
of that, we were
At the... at the ropes.
I'm shaking right
now. This is crazy.
That was an awesome fight.
That was an awesome fight.
- Thank you.
- Yes.
We were on the
ropes in the corner,
He was beating on us,
But we got movement again
and we just took it to him.
- Yeah.
- We just... Uh, we brought it.
-Yeah, victor... -and
that was awesome.
Victor's got one of the
best horizontals in the game,
So, we were scared
coming into this one
And halfway through the fight
When we weren't
moving there in the corner,
We've got a really
smart drive team.
We were using
our self-righter arm
To get unstuck, thinking
smart hanging in there
And I think tantrum took hits
- And it kept going.
- It kept going.
- You know, tantrum never stops.
- It kept going.
Team tantrum,
congratulations on the win.
Thank you, chris.
Thank you kenny.
Thank you, chris.
Thank you kenny.
So, for victor soto and rotator,
It's a tale as old as time,
As the perennial,
Maybe this year team once again
Finds themselves knocked ou
In the round of 16.
So, maybe next year.
Meanwhile,
tantrum quite literally
Punched its ticket
Back to the quarterfinals,
Where it will face
the winner of whiplash
Versus cobalt.
Do we have a potential
All aren hill
semifinals brewing.
Now, wouldn't that be something?
When we come back,
Will jackpot cash out
blip's life insurance policy
Or will the rookie bot prove it
has more than just beginner's luck?
That's up next on battlebots.
Welcome back to the
battlebots world championship tournamen
Round of 16.
We just witnessed aren hill's,
Former bot tantrum
Punch its way into
the quarterfinals.
Now, we're set to
see his rookie bot,
The seven seed blip
Take on the ten seed jackpo
For a chance to join them.
As far as aren hill goes,
He's had four fights this year,
Four wins, he keeps getting
more intel on his robot,
And he feels confident.
Yeah, that's right and
he absolutely should be confident.
This is a guy who
doesn't see a ceiling
On blip's potential
And has his sights set
on winning the whole thing,
Even if that means
demolishing his own bot
Tantrum on the way there.
In the meantime, jeff waters,
Robert stehn, uh, good buddies
From right here in las vegas.
They're still
absorbing the shock
Of defeating former
champ, tombstone
In the round of 32.
You gotta imagine they feel like
They can take on the
world here tonight, kenny.
No doubt. And they
m not have to take on the worl
But they do have to take on
One of the most
impressive rookies
Since jackpot itself here.
Jeff and robert,
know that driving
Is going to be key
against the shifty flipper,
So watch them to try and
score some damage point
In hopes of disabling
blip's weapons.
The bots are ready to activate.
We're gonna get
you right to the action.
Let's go inside the battlebox.
Red team, ready?
There's jeff waters jr.
Geared up for his first
roun of 16 appearance,
And it looks like
they've got a mini bot
On a budget with them there
they do, that's ace
Which jeff told us is
in the fray, here tonigh
After he saw donald hutson
Use a similarly
designed mini-bot
Very effectively
When lock jaw faced
blip in the qualifiers,
The plan is to use
ace to high center blip
And tee it up for
a knockout blow.
Blue team, ready?
Aren hill and blip
Looking to keep their
impressive unbeaten streak alive.
How do they take down
the heavy hitting bot
On a budget, kenny florian?
Well, aren is just
so locked in for this fight
He's using the
same configuration
That won him that
fight you just mentioned
Against another vertical
spinner in lock jaw
So, look for blip to use
those piano key wedgelet
To get underneath jackpot
And launch it out
of the tournament.
Yup, I got this.
Team jackpot
from right here in las vegas,
Can the hometown heroes
Defeat team blip
And move on to
the quarterfinals?
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Let the bot battle begin!
Blip circles around.
Tries to find the
right angl on jackpot
Trying to get
under him and flip.
- jackpot got stuck on the floor.
- Sure did.
Blip taking full
advantage of it.
The bots go nose-to-nose.
Blip backs away, though
Didn't wanna fire the
flipper into jackpot's weapon.
Jackpot having trouble now.
And just took a shot.
Flipped him. Oh, and pulverized
him. Look at the bottom...
Again, a nice flip by blip.
We've seen
aren hil take his time
And be patient and look at this.
Uh-oh, jackpot cannot move.
I'm not giving that nudge.
The ace, the little guy
Is gonna try to
help out his big fella.
I don't think, I...
Push! Push!
Everybody on three.
One, two...
oh, no!
- Six, five...
- can I get a hand over here, please?
Yeah, I don't think
he's big enough, chris that's...
Not gonna work out.
This is gonna do it
how did he do that?
Aren hill's gonna take blip
To the round of eight.
Well, this wasn't
nearly the flip fest
We saw from blip in its
opening round fight, kenny
But aren hill certainly
got the job done.
That's right, this
was more of a controlled,
Defensive minded win here
And, you know, most
flipper are just so eager
To launch their opponents
That they are constantly
triggering their weapon.
Blip is different.
Aren has so much confidence
In his bot's ability
to take a punch
That he's willing
to stay patient
And hunt for just
the right angle
Before engaging
with that flipper.
All it took tonight
was a couple of tiny pops
From that flywheel flipper
To send the boys
from las vegas packing.
At least it'll be
a short trip home.
The rookie blip
still undefeated.
Aren hill,
So what did you see out here?
Was it as simple
as just flipping
Jackpot over and you
knew you had this thing?
We knew we're really durable,
We knew they're
not quite as durable.
Let's ram into 'em, get
underneath 'em, just flip them over.
Didn't have to go crazy.
Take the win and go for it.
You told us before this fight
That you day dreamed
about the possibility of facing
Your other robot
tantrum in the semifinals.
You are each now
one step away from that.
Is it almost becoming
reality in your mind?
Oh, 100%.
They're... They're doing pretty
well living up to expectations.
Does that mean that there's
gonna start being some trash talking
Back in the pits...
Start?
That's been going.
Hey, aren, congratulations.
You guys did an amazing job.
We'll see you in
the round of eight.
Thank you.
So, the hometown heroes jackpot
With another impressive season
In just their second year at it.
They didn't win the jackpot
But they did win a
whole lot of clout
Going into next year.
As for aren hill, his stock
is flying higher than ever.
Blip is moving on,
And will face the winner of
hydra versus black dragon.
And that match
is coming up next.
It's jake ewert,
Clashing with gabriel maia,
Flipper versus flame for
a spot in the quarterfinals
The tournament action continues
After a break.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament.
Three teams have already punched
their tickets into the quarterfinals.
And we've got two behemoths
Up next looking to do the same.
It's the 18th seed,
black dragon,
Throwing down with
the 31st seed hydra.
I'm gonna repeat that again,
The 31st overall seed hydra.
You're probably
thinking to yourself,
Wasn't jake ewert's
bot, the number one seed
Gonna into the round
of 32 a year ago?
Yes, losing record though,
During the regular season,
Had to win the play-in game
Just to get to the round of 32,
Where they knocked off the
number two overall seed, ribbot.
Now, jake ewert said,
"there's probably a 90% chance,
That I win this fight,
But only a 60% chance,
That my bot will actually
be fully functional."
Jake, I was told there would be no
math on this portion of the program,
So I'm really confused.
Does he like his robot
or not like his robot?
It's a love-hate relationship.
When it works, it is
firing robots up in the air.
But what it's not, it's
losing very quickly.
So, I think for him,
he wants to know,
- Which hydra is gonna show up.
- Right.
Is this thing gonna
work when I need it to?
Uh, and that can definitely make
A bot builder and a
driver, very uneasy.
Taking on a
semifinalist from a season ago,
Black dragon of course,
out of brazil and gabriel maia.
They seem pretty confident,
Although this will
be a firs for them.
That's right, but there's
a lot of uncertainty in this one
As black dragon has never faced
a flipper before here at battlebots.
Knowing that, gabriel has
studied hydra's other fights
And feels confident
that team is ready,
For a new challenge
in this high stakes tilt.
We gotta get this
thing going because,
Ah, I could hear the
brazilian guys backstage
- They're ready to come out here. Faruq.
- One, two three.
Black dragon!
In the red square,
This bot is made from 100%
Real wisconsin bad boy.
It's part cheese
curd on a motorcycle,
Part bratwurst punching soy.
Your chance of
living our skim to none
When this bot eats you whole.
It's the scary dairyland monster
Gee golly don't you
know? It's hydra!
And right away, you
can hear the boos raining down
For the polarizing,
jake ewert and hydra.
But jake just
feeds off of all of it,
Doesn't he, kenny?
I mean, totally.
Jake is the perfect villain
Because, not only does
he get the crowd going,
He also has one of
the most entertaining
And dominant bots in the field.
Jake might have come into
this tournament as a 31 seed.
But, after what hydra
did to defender and ribbot,
This is a team with
a ton of momentum,
That nobody wants to
be matched up against.
In the blue square,
This fighter is brazilian.
His team is reptilian.
How many bots has
he killed? Try a billion.
Bring the pain is his credo,
Make you bleed like a mosquito,
Then he'll be rollin'
on a beach in rio,
Rockin' a speedo.
It's black dragon!
Won a very
close judge's decision
Over mad catter
in the round of 32.
They're hyped,
they're energetic,
They got a duck.
They're ready to roll.
How do the fiery brazilians
get it done against hydra?
Well, gabriel's
approach is simple
Utilize black dragon's
spee and maneuverability
To avoid hydra's
ground scraping launcher,
And dish out damage
to the sides and rear,
And if black dragon
does get flipped,
Gabriel is confident, those
custom wheels can help absor
A good amount of damage
When they hit
the battlebox floor.
We're ready for black dragon,
And they're another bot that
is gonna be a wedge battle.
So, if I can get underneath
their front wedges,
That just gives me
something to flip on,
And I should be able
to hit that all day long,
And not have a big problem
And not even worry
about the drum.
They're gonna try it out fork
Probably the king
of forks at this point,
So, it's not probably
gonna work so well for them.
We are not playing mind
games uh, with them.
I was in their
pit the other day.
I know what they're gonna run.
I've seen in a lot of matches,
Their drum kind of
just stop sometimes.
So, I'm hoping that a
few flips and it'll be like...
Free game, I won't need to
worry about that weapon anymore.
I'm really anxious
for the fight,
Hydra is a fast
bot, reliable bot.
I know we can handle this,
But it's a different kind
of bot for black dragon.
Uh, we have never
faced a launcher before,
But, I think we made it.
I think we were
going the a right way.
I'm happy with the
bot. It's working.
It's finally having weapons,
fire system and a good drive.
So, you know, I'm really
anxious for the top 16 fights.
Robots, activate.
It's the surging hydra,
And the red hot black dragon
Winner heads to
the quarterfinals,
And moves one step closer
to hoisting the giant nut.
Who is it gonna be?
The fight...
When the battlebots world
championship tournamen continues.
Welcome back to the world
championship tournament here on battlebot
Where the 31st seed hydra,
Is ready to face the
18th seed black dragon.
Winner moves onto
the quarterfinals.
Prepare for launch.
Fight, fight, fight...
let the bot battle begin.
Black dragon
The fire breathing dragon.
Uh-oh, careful.
Whoa!
Big flips that hydra
Hopes to get tonight.
Black dragon landed directl
on its weapon there, chris.
And hydra, oh,
just whipped a bad flip
And now, uh-oh.
Nice flip by hydra.
Black dragon trying
to attack head on right there
Very dangerous game,
flirting with the flipper like that.
Black dragon lookin for an angle
Gets around to
the side of hydra,
Looking for a bite with
that egg beater weapon,
But can't finish the
job there, kenny.
Yup, hard to get purchase
on that low profile frame of hydra.
Whoa, what a shot!
Black dragon drove
directly onto hydra's
Flipper and got launched
nearly 15 feet in the air.
Another.
How many more shots
can black dragon take?
Well, black dragon
didn't turn at least for a second,
It's rolling right towards u
and now, it's right side up
how about the
durability of black dragon?
So far so good for
the brazilian team.
And kenny, hydra has not
left the center square at al
Oh, look at that jump.
Black dragon ends up...
This is gonna be a tough one
Can they move? They're stuck
on the rail next to the screws
Jake gonna go
for the mini bot. Oh!
Black dragon is back at it.
Oh!
Black dragon came back
to life somehow, chris,
Inverted but heading
back into the danger flip
Hydra says, "you want
more? I'll give you more!"
a minute 20 to go.
Hydra being very
methodical in its movement.
Yeah, they're being
very patient here,
Just kind of waiting
for black dragon.
But could that hurt them
in the aggression category?
May be, but I'm not sure,
It matters at this point.
Black dragon's
weapon slowing down.
Definitely starting to see stars
As a result of
all of these flips.
A spot in the quarterfinals
Hangs in the balance.
Under a minute to go,
black dragon driving inverte
And now it's not.
Let's see if that
helps black dragon.
It's got 40 seconds.
To create a comeback story.
Look at this, hydra,
mini flip after mini flip.
Chris, the brazilian
team has had many,
Many opportunities
To come up with
a different strategy
To take a different approach
And hydra, has just blown
th all around the battlebox.
- Oh!
- Unreal!
Hydra just flipping
his opponent at will
It is literally on fire.
They are gonna make it
the distance, but they ar
Close. Oh, my goodness
Jake ewert and hydra,
Putting on a show tonight.
Seventeen flips, to
impress the judges tonight,
And they are derek young,
Lisa winter, and jason bardi
Scoring on an 11 point syste
Five points can be
awarded for damage.
Three for aggression.
And, of course,
three for control.
Black dragon! Black dragon!
Black dragon!
Black dragon!
You saw the brazilia
Trying to sell the crowd there,
But these fans know
What they just witnessed, kenny.
What a performance
From jake ewart and team hydra.
Patient, they kept
their weapon pointed
At black dragon
and waited for him
And gave him a
ride into the heavens.
We expected black dragon to try,
And find a way
to attack the flanks
Or the backside of hydra,
But instead they
just kept feeding
The robot into the flipper.
Yeah, you know,
we talked about experience
And how much that matters.
Hydra has faced a lot
of different vertical spinne
Over the course of his caree
Black dragon never
faced a flipper before,
And to be honest, it showed
Now, jake ewert was willing
to sacrifice some points
In the aggression category,
By staying planted in
the center of the box.
And black dragon played
right into his hands.
Seventeen flips for
hydra on the night.
The results from
the judges are in.
- Woo-hoo.
- Yeah.
The winner by
unanimous decision is...
hydra...
hydra!
Hydra!
- Oh, jake ewart.
- Hi, guys, how's it going?
You're the little
engine that could.
That 31st seed that's come out
of nowhere to shock the world,
And end up in
the round of eight.
Yeah, I'm that
dark horse, right,
By about this much, uh-huh?
Uh-huh.
You told us you
were, you thought...
That if there was a 90% chance
That you could win this
fight as long as your robot,
Was working the right way.
Was it working the right way?
- No, it wasn't.
- Oh, stop jake!
No my drive was broken.
And with the first 10 seconds,
So, I was limping
along the whole time.
It's a good thing I
pre-game for them
And I knew they
were super aggressive,
So, they just keep
coming after me.
We actually call
it hydra syndrome.
Because once you get flipped,
For some reason, they just
keep driving up my flipper
All the time, so...
You're playin' it so cool.
Are you excited to be
in the round of eight?
- It's okay.
- Oh.
All right, man,
we'll see you there.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
So, the lovable gan from brazil,
Black dragon, is bounced
out of contention tonight.
Congratulations to them
on making the round of 16
In each of the three years
that they've competed.
As for the anti-hero
jake ewert and hydra,
The battle of flippers
is officially on.
As they draw aren hill's
bli in the quarterfinals.
Talk about a marquee matchup
Coming up... Which
doctor is looking to a
Another snake skin to its wall,
But will copperheads
sink it's venomous fangs
Into those sinister plans?
Find out next on battlebots
we continue
on here at battlebots,
The round of 16, and
there's one particular pit,
Backstage that is
going nuts tonight.
And that, of course, is the
one overseen by aren hill
And his duo of bots
in blip and tantrum.
Earlier, we saw both teams
Scrap their way
into the quarterfinals.
In fact, there they are.
That's where the party
is su to be later tonight.
Just, shh!
Don't tell kenny,
he's not invited.
But right now, it's
a kinetic cataclysm,
As two truly
devastating weapons,
Are set to square off.
It's the 24 seed witch doctor
Versus the eighth
seed copperhead.
This is gonna be a
double da of disaster.
Mike and andrea gellatly
of team witch doctor,
They're gonna hang out
with robert and kimberly cowan
Of team copperhead.
As far as copperhead goes, boy,
Their strategy in this...
Let's just dive in face
firs go weapon to weapon.
Let's have some fun tonight
it's actually
that simple for them.
They just need to
point their weapon
And attack.
And wherever they hit,
it's totally cool with them
They're very confident.
And who can blame them?
They're undefeated in
their first year as captains,
And here they
stand in the top 16.
Their strategy has been working.
Lord knows the weapon
works and in my opinion,
There's a ton of value in
going with what got you here.
Witch doctor, michael gellatly,
Outstanding driver,
He knows, he has to be
on his a-game tonight, why?
Well, he has to
outdrive the other team.
They were actually both
happ and concerned
With how hard their
weapon is hitting,
Because with those impacts,
They're actually doing a lo
of damage to themselves,
So combat can
definitely be paradoxical.
Winner of this fight moves on,
To the final eight and
picks up the tab the next time
These two actually
do double date.
Faruq, it's all yours.
In the red square,
From miami, florida,
Sending you to the pharmacy,
For a 30-day refill
Of haunted squirrel paws,
It's witch doctor.
One of the most
popular bots around
And what a crazy ride
it wa in the round of 32.
They thought they were
gonn face the rookie bot glitch.
At the last minute,
glitch could not get ready,
So, they had to change tacks
Get ready for mammoth
and they knocked it out.
So, they can deal
with anything, kenny.
Definitely, mike and
andrea, are seasoned vets
And aren't going to
back down from anyone.
But mike did tell us,
He has no desire to
go weapon to weapon
Against the hulking
drum of copperhead.
So, look for him to
try to outmaneuver,
His slithery opponent,
While lining up a knockout blow.
In the blue
square from erie, colorado.
Once bitten, twice you die.
It's copperhead.
The number eighth seed,
A perfect record this seaso
That included winning a
judge's decision over lucky
In the round of 32.
Yeah, and they
did an insane amount
Of damage in that fight.
No surprise to anyone,
Who's seen this bot in action
And look at cuddles. Is
that a witch doctor hat?
Oh, my gosh! Cuddles.
Yeah, way to have
some of that team spirit.
He's so cute.
Chris, you gotta give him a hug
- At some point.
- Absolutely.
Come on over here
with that hat on.
That's sick.
So, copperhead is like
the opposite of mammoth,
You know, mammoth is
like the biggest robot here,
And copperhead is definitely
one of the smallest robots here.
And the thing's built
like an absolute brick.
We know that their
frame can take big hits,
But I don't think anybody's
actually been able
To deliver like a ko
hit to copperhead.
So, we're gonna try our best,
To see what we
can do to their frame
And cause a lot of damage.
I know this is the
olympics of robotic combat,
But I look at every
robot in the top 16,
And any one of them
could win the championship
And nobody would be surprised.
To be among that field,
is a huge honor for us,
But it's even more motivating
To prove that witch
doctor could stand out,
Within a group like this,
Which is really the
best we've ever seen.
Yeah, we're
undefeated. I wouldn't say
That we're confident
going against witch doctor.
It is witch doctor.
But we're as confident
as we can be with our bot.
We're both gonna
try and be aggressive.
And whoever ends up
kind of getting that first hit,
We're just gonna continue it
through to the end of the fight.
Mike might end up
getting that first hit,
And he might dominate
and control the fight.
I kind of hope it
goes the other way.
I'm gonna try and
dominate, control the fight.
We'll just see, how those
first couple exchanges happen.
Robots, activate.
Red team, ready?
Blue team ready?
Yeah.
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
The 2019 runner up,
Ready for battle.
The rookie captain cowan
Is trying to keep their
tournament run alive.
Let the bot battle begin.
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
So much for mike gellatly's idea
Not to face the
weapon. yeah.
Went right into that weapon
Of copperhead, my
goodness. Risky move there.
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
Nice shot and turn around.
Witch doctor does.
- And again with a love tap. And again!
- Whoa!
Witch doctor, all
over copperhead right now.
Oh, mike gellatly laying it on.
Oh no, for the first
time, this season,
Copperhead is not moving.
- It's in full speed.
- Yes.
Is the eighth
seed down for the count?
The weapon
is spinning, but there's
No life left in
that robot, chris.
The countdown is on
- And after an undefeated season.
- Eight, seven...
- all captains, rober and kimberly cowan could do.
- Six, five...
- Is watch as thei dream of winning...
- Four, three...
- The giant nut slithers away.
- Two, one.
Knockout!
Witch doctor is
moving on to the next round.
Wow!
How about this righ
out of the gate, kenny? Oh!
Yeah, just ridiculous.
Boom.
And what's remarkable,
Is that copperhead did exact
What they wanted
to do here, chris.
They got the first big
hit, but it didn't matter.
Witch doctor, very
lucky to land on its feet.
It recovered and eventually
was able to deliver
A counter shot.
This could have been
copperhead's fight.
Well, that was
the beginning of the end,
For the eighth seed,
As it spent the rest
of the match inverted
And gasping for air.
Witch doctor, now moving
on, to the quarterfinals.
Andrea and mike,
Were you lying to us, mike?
You told us you didn't
wanna go weapon to weapon?
I said I didn't want to.
Uh,
But I did.
No, I mean, uh,
Copperhead has done
such a great job this year.
They've been
super collected and,
And reserved, and uh,
We weren't sure, if they
were gonna charge us or what.
So,
It's all a blur. I don't think
I took a breath the entire time.
Uh, and our discs, we, uh...
I don't know, if the
teeth broke at the end.
They were a little
Out of balance, but...
Did you see that
backflip, though?
Stuck the landing.
What was the strategy here?
Because obviously you
did go weapon to weapon,
Uh, and then you just didn't
stop attacking from there.
Well, we always start
trying to control the match.
In a match like this,
whoever gets the first hit,
Really dominates the match.
And in this case, copperhead
came out swinging.
Really looked, like, they
were gonna control the match.
That had us really,
really nervous.
But mike was able to
turn it around somehow,
And get some really big hits in.
Congratulations, guys.
We'll see you
in the final eight.
Thanks, chris.
So, the eighth seed copperhead's
Undefeated season
comes to a close.
Big time congrats to
rob and kimberly cowan
On a very impressive
maiden voyage as co-captains.
Expect much more
from them in the future.
As for witch doctor,
The gellatlys are
clearly on the warpath
Here again in 2021.
They'll be watching
the matchup between
End game and
minotaur very closely,
As they'll take on the winne
of that clash of the titans
Coming up, will p1
drive over sawblaze
On its way to victory lane
Or will sawblaze make this,
Nothing more than
a funeral procession.
Find out when we
come back on battlebots.
All right, we got more
of the round of 16,
With the number four
overall seed sawblaze,
Taking on the 20th seed p1.
Jamison go.
He wasn't excited he made
the top eight a year ago.
He wants number one.
He is a few victories away,
From getting that
and his robot is...
Near perfecto.
Yes. And he's a perfectionist.
You know, and sometimes
that's a good thing.
Sometimes, it's a bad thing
He's had one mistake all season
That led to a loss
against end game.
But for a builder like jamison,
That does nothing but douse
fuel on his burning desire
To finally get his
hands on the giant nut.
Jamison knows this
is a very real shot
And he's not taking any chances
Against a bot like p1,
That's already surprised
a number of good teams.
I'm not gonna say
that the captain of p1,
Brandon zalinsky is
just happy to be here,
But he's really happy
and proud to be here.
He said, "listen,
we've got no spinner,
We are not a flipper.
We're a really speedy lifter
And the only one
of our kind left here,
In the round of 16."
Remember, he upset
the 13th seed, hypershock,
In the last round, kenny?
The question is how does he now
Beat sawblaze?
Yeah, he acknowledge
he's not gonna have
A whole lot of
offensive pow out there.
He says, I'm gonna be honest
I need to win a decision.
The way I win a
decision is by out driving
Jamison go. No easy task.
Can he outdrive him?
Let's find out.
Faruq.
In the red square from
hudson, new hampshire,
At least one better than p2.
It's p1.
Brandon zalinsky
Having a breakout
season with p1.
What's he got to do to shoc
The world again tonight, kenny?
I mean, like we said
He wants to try to
outdrive jamison go,
Which is no easy task.
The biggest advantage
brando has, though,
Has to be speed.
P1 is easily one of
the quickest bots around
And brandon will
have to utilize that
To perfection in
order to notch a win.
In the blue square,
From cambridge, massachusetts,
It came, it saw,
It blazed.
It's sawblaze.
Team sawblaze,
Knocked off hijinx
in the round of 32,
Thanks to a judge's decision
Jamison go clearly
proud of his bot
And why wouldn't he be?
This thing is a
stone cold killer.
You know, I
think they ask themselves
The most important question
when you're involved in combat,
And that is how do we not die?
Their focus was on
durability this season.
They're taking hits much better,
But more importantly,
they're also delivering
So offensively, defensively
This is a tremendous robot.
I know that p1
is a well-armored,
Very durable robot
I think, can easily go to judges
Based on how durable it is.
Uh, a good plan
for us, hopefully,
Is to get the advantage,
If we can win by control,
Just like the hijinx match, we
wanna dial back the weapon,
Make sure we don't
hurt ourselves too badly.
And if we're confident
that we can take the win,
We're gonna take it like that.
As far as fight strategy goes,
It's gonna be kind
of all about driving
And getting around
to his sides and rear
And making him
use that hammer arm,
To self-right his own robot
Because if we can make
Either the motor
fail or his clutch fail,
And the arm gets stuck,
Then we can win the fight.
Robots, activate.
And for more on this matchup,
We'll bring in
our bot whisperer.
Pete, what do you
have on jamison's bot?
So it's forks have be sharpened.
Jamison is coming in
with his highest energy,
His highest speed,
And he says he wants to
be the first one to do damage.
But what's important is,
To see what he
has to get through.
So this represents,
What is the first layer of armor
On the top of p1.
And then, they add
a layer of tigress
And then another layer
Of quarter inch ar.
So, this thickness
Must be cut through
to get to anything
Inside p1 from the top.
Thanks, pete.
P1 looks great defensively.
The question is, will
they have enough offense,
In order to pull off the upset?
It is time to find
out as a berth,
In the round of
eight is on the line.
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Let the bot battle begin.
Uh-oh, sawblaze
has got p1 already.
Oh, drop of the hammer saw.
And takes them
to the pulverizer.
Oh, look at that nice
damage done out of the gate
By the fourth seed sawblaze
well, they're alread
winning that ground battle.
Oh!
And that hammer
saw hitting so hard already.
Yeah, pete talked
about all that top armor
P1 is going to need it tonight.
That wheel tastes so good.
And that flamethrowe
is quite the weapon as well
They'll try to burn
the internals of p1.
Sawblaze trying to carry
p1 over to the upper deck.
But p1 slides off
those big front forks.
P1 may already be dealing
with some mobility issues here, chris
and sawblaze taking advantage
And landing another power shots.
- Ah! Brutal.
- Jamison go relentless so far.
Brandon zalinsky's gotta
ge away from sawblaze
Just catch his breath and
readjust. There you go.
Although, it looks like maybe
that's a belt on the floor, kenny.
That could be a major issue
oh, yeah, and you'll
see p1. That's gotta come from p1.
They're having issues right now.
But no bot in this season, in my
opinion, has used to battlebox bette
Than jamison go
and team sawblaze.
Tryin' to take p1, I think
into the upper deck screws.
Circles back, gets him in there.
Can't quite finish the
job. But either way
Sawblaze winning the control
category to this point in the fight.
Whoa! That was nice
little, almost reverse hit.
That wasn't expected
by sawblaze.
Brandon zalinsky
is doing a good job
Of driving defensively to get
off those forks of jamison go.
That's about the
only bright spot for p1 so far.
Well, brandon prides himsel on being
able to get lower than his opponents,
But it has been the exact
opposite here tonight.
Jamison go just
dominating the ground battl
And in turn
dominating the fight.
And now, right in front of u
- "what's up, dudes?"
- hey, how you doin'?
How you doin'?
How are you doin'?
Sawblaze readjusting
Oh, he's got p1 cornered
Right into the rails.
Team sawblaze laying
off with their hammer saw now.
They do not wanna risk any
unnecessary damage here
p1 struggling to mov
Doing whatever it can
to avoid a countdown.
Sawblaze hovering.
Gettin' underneath.
There is that hammer saw.
"in case you forgot what that
feels like." says jamison go.
Yeah, I see those
chains there on the floor from p1.
And they're in all sorts
of trouble right now.
Oh, and to add
insul to injury, the kill saws
Take a bite out
of p1 from below.
- Oh!
- Oh!
What a beautiful
shot by jamison go.
And sawblaze so dominant.
Every facet of the game.
Damage, control,
Aggression, the fourth seed
It's going to the judges,
But you got to imagine there's
only one way they could see this.
Well, brandon
zalinsky is stunned,
As jamison go just
went full throttle.
Give p1 credit for making
it the full three minutes.
Jenny and jamison go set
out to control p1 in this match
And he did exactly that.
My goodness,
you said it in the fight.
It's brandon that's used to
getting underneath his opponents
And dictating
the action with p1,
But he got hit with a dose
of his own medicine here
In the round of 16.
Sawblaze dominated
the ground battle here.
Add in the power
of that hammer saw
And this was a beatdown.
The veteran landed a series of
power shots at the start of the match.
That rattled p1's frame
and compromised its mobility
And instead of pushing the
robot to try and score a knockout,
Jamison was simply
happy to let the time expire
And keep sawblaze
in tip-top shape
For the next round
of the tournament.
The results from
the judges are in.
The winner by
unanimous decision is...
Sawblaze!
Jamison,
It looked like that fight went
Exactly the way
you wanted it, did it?
I guess I'd say yeah, um,
We kept low, we
Got them on our forks, you know,
we brought the hammer down.
And, uh, you know,
We got to see if the
robot had any scars.
I think I may have
lost a tooth there,
But I think that's
probably pretty good.
Jamison, I don't know if
there's a bot builder here
That is more singularly
focused than you.
I mean, you have one
goal, it is to win the giant nut.
Can you start to daydream
Even a little bit about it right
now, being this close to it?
Nope, cannot.
I made a little mistake there, I
let our tire get hit by the kill saw,
So we need to fix that.
Need to practice more.
Really, jamison?
One at a time,
one fight at a time.
One fight at a time,
just like jake said.
And away.
Well, your next fight will
be in the round of eight.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
So, a laser focus jamison go
Burns his way into
the quarterfinals.
He will face rookie riptide
In what is sure to
be a kinetic fight.
As for brandon zalinsky and p1,
Hey, talk about
a breakout season
For missing the
tournament last year
To finishing in the top 16.
That is one heck of
an accomplishment.
All right, comin' up,
It's the fight the fans
have been waiting for.
Can minotaur turn the battlebox
Into its own
personal china shop.
Or will the number
one overall seed
End game's March to
a repeat title rage on?
We'll find out when we
come back on battlebots.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament
Where once again, the
round of 16 has delivere
Some unforgettable moments.
Six bots have already staked
their claim in the quarterfinals,
Including the number
11 seed tantrum.
It will be facing the winne
of the 3 versus 14 matchup,
Whiplash versus cobalt.
Let's take a look at how that
fight went down earlier tonight.
It's whiplash!
In a clash of driving styles,
Last year's runner
up matty vasquez
Squared off against the
minister of mayhem, matt maxim.
Let the bot battle begin.
Cobalt went on
the offensive early
And was able to
land a series of shots
That spelt trouble for whiplash.
Whoa!
Whiplash got
his fork stuck in the wall
That allowed cobalt
to hit him from behind.
Matt maxim
told us he was waiting
For matt vasquez
to make mistake.
There it was.
But after just the
first minute of action,
Both bots ran into trouble.
Oh, look at this.
Cobalt may be high
centered whiplash looks stuck.
Time, time, everybody
put their transmitters down.
Okay, transmitters are down.
We're stuck.
We're only a
minute in here, jenny.
Are they gonna try and
unstick these two or wha
well, that's what I would
expect to see so early in the match, chris
But cobalt's weapon
is still spinning.
Per the rule book,
it was determined that
Because cobalt was unable
to power down its weapon,
The bots could not
be safely unstuck.
We better take it.
And the call went to the judges
Who returned a split decisio
The winner...
Cobalt!
Yeah!
So, cobalt cracks the top eight
And will face tantrum
in the quarter finals.
For team whiplash, an abrupt
ending from last year's runner up.
But matty vasquez remains
One of the most talented and
respected builders in the sport.
No doubt, he'll be
as motivated as ever
Coming into next season.
And with that, only one spot
in the quarterfinals remains
And it is time for the fight
the world has been waiting for.
Minotaur versus end game.
These two teams last met back
In the 2019
desperado tournament,
Where minotaur made quick
wo of the new zealanders.
But you talk to both
teams, they know
That end game in particular
is a very different robot.
And minotaur
driver daniel freitas,
Just to get ready for this fight
Watched the 2019
tape at least 50 times
Over the last few days
to get ready for this thing.
I have no idea
what's gonna happen.
Yeah, that's right.
Team minotaur
Has actually been playing
a lot of mind games...
- Mmm-hmm.
- With team end game.
They've been putting a
lot of forks on taking 'em off,
Putting other ones on.
They have no intentions
of using the forks.
This is just another
fantastic fight.
Speaking of the mind games,
End game co-captain jack barker
and nick mabey actually told us
They looked over
in minotaur's pits
And said, "those guys looke
a little worried right now.
And if minotaur has watched any of
end game's fights so far this season,
There's good reason
to be a little scared.
Listen, end game is hitting just
As hard as any of the most
powerful weapons out there,
But the brazilians
are not intimidated.
Most teams who wanna avoid
going weapon and weapon
With the champs, backing dow
Just isn't daniel
freitas' style.
These guys have
confidence in minotaur's ability
To take a punch and to
driv inverted if necessary.
So, look for all out
aggression from both teams.
This one may come
down to which bot
Can land the most combinatio
And keep its
opponent off balance.
You're ready to see some
weapon on weapon crime?
- What are we waiting for?
- Nothin'!
Let's round out
the group of eight
Right now with faruq.
In the red square,
Hey, bots, this team
set out last season
Sparing your lives.
Now this bull is
back like jordan,
Wearing a 45.
In this fight, they're
an underdog,
Not getting much of a chance
And they took that personally.
Now, prepare for
your last dance.
Give it up for minotaur!
The bot from brazil
won a judges decision
Over bloodsport
in the round of 32.
There is their
driver, daniel freitas.
You tell me if
he's ready, kenny.
I mean, look at that focus.
It looks like he's about to get
Into the battlebox
and figh end game.
I don't suggest that by the way.
In the blue square,
He's the scariest bot you'll
ever see on your screen.
This thing is a slasher
just like Halloween.
This isn't a kid's game.
This isn't red rover.
It's the end of the
line. Let's shout
Game over!
It's end game!
How about this list of teams to
be knocked out by end game this season,
Hydra, witchdoctor,
sawblaze, and skorpios.
This is a team that is
really on top of their game
This is the best
we've seen them.
They are dressed to
impress look at the shades.
Uh, the only
thing wrong with their bot is
They needed a
post-it note at the end.
Did they borrow
an ' from smeeee?
For more on the champs,
We're gonna bring in
our bot whisperer, pete.
Gentlemen, the two outer forks
that you're looking at on end game
Have been specifically score
So that if they get
any hit on the side,
They will break away and will
not bend and hinder end game.
But the inner forks
are much heavier duty
And very specifically
designed just for minotaur.
The whole idea was that the
drum would roll up on this fork,
Not doing much damage,
Allowing it to bring minotau
right into their weapon.
Well, there you have it, folks,
The reigning champs playing some
chess here before the opening bell.
Robots, activate.
It's minotaur.
It's end game.
The fight with the battlebot world
championship tournament continues.
In the violent
race for the giant nut,
Surviving is only
half the battle.
This is gonna be
a real problem for tantrum,
As rotator starts chewing it
up and takes care of the fence
after the buzzer
blares and the smoke clears,
Our builders get right to wo
Repairing their bots
for the next fight.
But even these teams of
talented engineers need help.
That's why battlebots
has brought together
The world class services
of autodesk fusion 360
And haas in our
hospital to save the day,
Our self-righting sprocket
actually snapped in half and broke.
So, we put in an
order at the hospital.
And we should be able to go
into our next fight punching again.
Using schematics
tailored to each individual team,
Autodesk fusion 360 and haa
Are able to quickly and
effectively work togethe
To create replacement parts
without ever leaving the building.
At the highest
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If you wanna be the best,
you have to work with the best.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament
With the current
holder of the giant nut.
End game is about to collid
with the raging bull, minotaur.
Winner claims the last
spot in the quarter finals.
The loser's season is over.
Let's go!
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Boy, oh, boy, have the
fans been waiting for this one?
Two of the most destructive
robots on planet earth.
Let the bot battle begin!
The teams meet the
veteran bots and go weap
To weapon right out of the gate.
Here we go, kenny!
- Oh, my goodness!
- They've got end gam on its head.
- Oh!
- Bouncing around!
Minotaur testing the
durability of that weapo of end game.
Right now, both weapons
temporarily shut down.
End game and minotau
pinned against the screws
But minotaur finds some spac
Daniel freitas reloads.
Nice little shot the and
now going at the back of the champ.
What's going on with
the wedge with end game?
They are stuck
insid of the kill saw slot, chris
And minotaur is hanging back
there's minotaur
right on top of him.
Whoa! Good
shot by end game
the reigning champ with plenty
Of gas left in the tank.
Oh!
And now jack
moving in for the kill.
End game got the
better of that one as well.
But how about daniel freitas?
What a maneuver to
escape from that short corner.
And now, lookin' to reengage.
Whoa! Huge
shot. End game on its head.
And it flipped back over.
And it looks like minotaur
may have bent back
One of those front forks on
end game in that exchange.
The bots meet on the logo, nose to
nose down, staring each other down.
End game trying to find a way
to feed its weapon into minotaur
The brazilian's drum spinne now
firing up, who's gonna flinch first?
Oh, boy! Here we go. More fun!
This is such a
nasty brawl right here, chris.
More face to face action.
No love lost between these guys.
Minotaur won the mat in 2019.
End game certainly remembers
that and wants to avenge it.
Yeah, this is like
ali-frazier, two heavyweight
Just seeing who the
more powerful puncher is.
Been back and
forth quite so far,
But here comes minotaur
backing end game down.
Wow! That was ridiculous.
Minotaur is holding end gam under
the pulverizer, they have to let him go.
But I'm not so sure jack
barker can get out of here.
What a performance
from daniel freitas!
Now, digging into the
underbelly of the champ.
They are taking
it to end game right now.
We have not seen
this at al all season.
The brazilians pinni end
game up against the side of the box.
The pulverizer gets a
little shot at the champ
Who has to make up some
ground in the last 30 second
this has been
a brilliant execution
Of a game plan by team minotaur.
Oh, and another huge shot.
Minotaur almost had him under
the rails and now into the pulverizer
Look at the damage on the
back of end game right there, chris.
Fifteen seconds to g
End game fighting for
its tournament life here
Against the brazilian bazooka.
- Wow!
- Under ten to go.
This classic
match is going the distance.
It's the one seeded
defending champ finished?
Courtesy of minotaur.
Wow!
And minotaur celebrating
As though they have the victory.
Thank you, guys.
Freitas talking
tras to the champs,
Even though the judges
have yet to unveil their decision
Daniel freitas says, "I
don't need no decision."
kenny, so rarely do
things live up to expectations,
This fight did.
No question about it.
This was brutal,
it was exciting.
It was back and forth.
This could very well
have been a finals match.
You saw minotaur
deliver some perfect shots.
And just when you thought the
champ might be done, well, look at that.
Incredible power
sho from both teams.
But check out this
driving from daniel freitas,
Escaping from the short corn
and riding minotaur in one move.
Ridiculous!
You know, this figh
was neck and neck, kenny
And then minotaur got to
tho front forks on end game
And that seemed
to be the difference.
That's right. Once the
brazilians bent back those forks,
It limited end game's abilit to
feed minotaur into its weapon
And minotaur took advantage
and it may have
bee the last 30 seconds
That truly defined this figh
as minotaur began to have
Its way with the champs getting
underneath and simply grinding away.
And perfect timing
there wit the 100-pound pulverizer
And then one last indelible
image for the judges to look at..
Oh!
Before taking
it to the scorecards.
The results from
the judges are in.
And the winner, by
unanimous decision is...
Minotaur.
Junior?
Yep.
What was that three minutes
like for you and your team?
It was amazing. I think, the best
three minutes, like, from the last year,
Probably, or two years.
It feels great, you
know, such a good fight,
And fight against end
game, it's a pleasure for us.
It feels great, you know, I
almost have no words to describe
The feeling that
we have right now.
Daniel,
You just beat end game, man.
You're onto the round of eight.
How pumped up are you, dude?
Go ahead. Next. One more.
One at each time.
Guys, congratulations. We'll
see you in the round of eight.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys.
Jack and nick, I know
you're disappointed, but...
If you're to give up
your championship, nick,
Is that the way to give it up?
I mean, if we have to lose, that's
the way we have to lose, like...
That was such a fight.
Guys, I know this
loss just happened.
But can you take a
big step back, jack,
And... And kind of summarize
what the last two seasons
And this wild ride
has been like?
Yeah, I think
we've improved a lot
And we've had some
crazy highs last season.
And the start of this
season's been so good as well.
So, we have to ride that
and just keep improving.
End game this year was a
lot better than last year, still.
But, you know, minotaur's
a scary machine,
So we just gotta
give 'em credit for that
And move on and make
more improvements.
Guys, you're a great champion.
Congratulations.
- Thanks.
- Fantastic run.
Thank you so much.
- Well done!
- Good job, man.
You know, winning a giant
nut is such a monumental task.
Team end game entered the
hall of champions last season,
They looked primed
to do it again this year.
They just fell a little shor
They will be back and will b a serious
threat to make another run at the top.
You better believe that.
As for minotaur,
what else can you say?
They upset the reigning
cham in an instant classic.
They'll be moving on to face
witch doctor now in the quarterfinals.
Well, next time we see you,
it'll be on championship nig
Where we will start with
eig and finish with one.
The chaos and destruction
has all led to this.
Do not miss the crowning of a
brand new battlebots champion.
For faruq, our bot whisperer,
pete, and kenny florian.
I am chris rose.
We'll see you next time here
on battlebots.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
Welcome to battlebots!
Tonight, the deadliest robot combat
tournament on the entire planet
Continues as we get closer
to crowning a world champion.
Hi, everybody, I'm chris rose,
Joined as always by ufc legend.
Say hello to kenny florian.
Thanks, chris. I can't wait
to get into the action tonight.
How we feelin', vegas?
You guys ready to roll?
We've reached the top 16
In the battlebots world
championship tournamen
That means, tonight, it
is the best of the best.
And over the years,
This round of
competition has given us
Some of the best flashbulb
moments in the history of the sport
Oh, my goodness!
And tonight
promises more of the same,
As 16 of the world's most
impressive combat robots
Look to risk life
And lithium-ion to
continue their March
Towards the most
epic troph on the planet,
The giant nut!
All right, taking a
look at the bracket
Kenny talk to us
about the phenomenal
Round of 16 field.
Well, we've got
thre former runners up
In the mix all looking to finish
The job this time around
And claim the trophy,
Including last year's
finalist whiplash,
Led by matty vasquez,
who was foaming at the mout
To get back to the mountaintop.
Three of last season's top
seeds are back for another bite
In copperhead, uppercut,
And the bad boy
of battlebots, hydra.
How about two robots
that have been crowned
Most destructive
in seasons past,
It's cobalt and rotator.
We've got a former
desperado winner
Looking to make a
deep run in black dragon.
Tantrum busted a
lot of brackets last year
By making the semifinals,
Can new captains alex
grant and ginger schmidt
Match or better that
mark this time around?
And don't forget,
The number four
overall seed sawblaze,
Captain jamison
go is quite simply
A man possessed.
You'll also see a cluster
of dangerous teams
Making their first
appearanc in the top 16 in p1,
Jackpot, and the
rookies riptide and blip.
And to close out the night,
A gift from the robot gods,
A clash that had fans
lined up overnight,
A building so explosive
We'll be getting
noise complaints
From the international
space station,
Minotaur versus end game!
Sitting pretty atop the bracket,
Jack barker and nick mabey'
Personal weapon
of mass destruction
Looks as dangerous as ever,
Making mincemeat of every te
It's faced on the road
to a hopeful repeat.
But you better believe,
There's a storm a-coming
In the form of the
brazilian bazooka, minotaur.
Fueled by raw emotion.
Driver, daniel freitas
Has it dialed up to
11 comin into tonight,
And for him, it's
win or die trying.
Does he have what it
takes to tank the champs?
I dare you to tell
him he doesn't.
Yeah!
We will, of course,
unfold each matchup as we go
But we begin now with
an absolute barn burne
As two of the field's most
chaotic weapons spin u
To throw down.
It's riptide versus uppercut
This should be fun.
It is going to be a crazy night,
You ready to get it started?
- Oh, I'm so ready.
- You guys ready?
Faruq, take it away.
Ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?
It's robot fighting time!
In the red square,
Going up against this team
Captained by ethan kurtz,
Chances are you're gonna scream,
"ow! That freakin' hurts!"
The fight will just
be getting started
And the next thing you know,
He'll be standing over your
bot's dead body screaming,
"let's go!
Let's go!"
Seriously, man,
this dude is insane.
Anyway, give it up
For riptide!
Oh, yeah,
faruq bringing the heat
Right out of the gate
and nobody deserves it
More than one of
the brightest faces
Of the robot combat youth
movement, ethan kurtz
He upset shatter
in the round of 32.
Kenny, is ethan's electric
personality part of his success?
Oh, for sure, in the fight game,
Mindset is a huge factor,
And ethan's inhibitions
are to the wind.
He told us he showed
up to battlebots,
Expecting his bot
to not even turn on,
Yet, here he is, set to figh
for a spot in the top eight
This kid is playing with
house money here in vegas,
And it's working like a char
in the blue square,
This team comes from mit.
And they'll leave you mia.
They specialize in tkos,
So their opponents better pray.
Btw, those were acronyms,
And they're fitting in this case
Because omg,
You'll be doa
If you get in his
face. Give it up
For uppercut!
Making their third
straight round of 16 appearance
Since their debut,
It's alex hattori
and team uppercut
Hoping that the third
time really is the charm
As they take another crack
at making the quarterfinals
- Whoa!
- Little flexing.
And a little uppercut
actio - okay!
- Nice.
- Didn't know they had it in them.
Good technique, guys
But yeah, this is definitel
a big fight for this team,
And alex knows that
it'll al likely come down
To weapon-on-weapon carnage
And when you're the guy with
the biggest stick in the bunch,
Expect to see him flying
into the fray fist first.
And for more on the rookie bot,
Let's bring in our
bot whisperer pete.
So, I've been talking to the
riptide team back there in the pits,
And one of the things
that I've seen them doing
And learning from each
figh is they keep removing
Variables out of the system
They've added foam
around their wires
To keep those from shorting out
Or arcing out or being pinched.
But what's really
setting riptide apart
From the other robots
is most robots go
From about a half
inch wide blade
To maybe like a
three inch wide bat,
It's what they're hitting with.
Riptide is 13.5 inches wide
Of solid tooth engagement,
And since, of course, they're
traveling at 180 miles an hour
Rotational speed,
When they hit, they
get a much bigger patte
To lift and whack
other robots into the air.
Uppercut! Uppercut!
Robots, activate!
Red team, ready?
He meant business.
Blue team, ready?
Riptide, uppercut,
Kicking off the round of 16
Winner punches their
ticket to the quarterfinals.
Brace yourselves
for turbulence, people.
Let the bot battle begin and
here comes uppercu whoa!
It's a great shot from the
rookie and another one.
Whoa, and another,
The rookie is all over uppercut
and sends it into the screws.
Are we gonna have
a monumental upset?
Wow!
Can alex hattori work
his way out of there?
Is he gonna get
spit out? He is.
The rookie's
right on top of him,
riptide staying right on him.
- Massive hits.
- Unbelievable.
Kickin' up, some serious dir
There's something
nasty in the box.
I ain't cleaning that
up. Oh, look at it.
Oh!
This is unbelievable
riptide keeping him off balance.
What is going on?
Yes, riptide is chewing
Uppercut's foam tires to pieces.
And kicking the debris
all over the battlebox.
For a second, I
thought uppercut was trying to
Smuggle some
contraband into the arena.
Good to know.
Alex hattori
in serious trouble now.
Uppercut just
spinning in circles,
And that's not gonna be
enough to keep it in the fight.
Oh, they are done,
both of their wheels are don
This is another
upset for riptide.
Unbelievable!
I cannot wait to see
ethan kurtz's reaction.
The number five
seed is finished.
- Yeah! Yeah!
- They've got this.
Wow!
Well, the rookie
wasn't scared, kenny.
Yeah, just clipped him
right there on the flank - wow!
And from
there it wa all riptide.
They never let him off the hook.
Pure aggression.
This was a blitzkrieg.
Uppercut was never in this fight
And that's a hard
thing to believe.
Kenny, uppercut makes its money
By overwhelming opponents
with its weapon strength.
What went wrong tonight?
Listen, very few tea
are able to take advantage
Of the gyroscopic precision
Uppercut produces when
its weapon is at full speed,
But riptide did exactly that
They kept it off balance,
Stayed planted on
the battlebox floor
And used uppercut's
own energy against itself.
Very impressive
win by the rookie.
So, kenny, uh, you think
Ethan's excited to be
movin on to the top eight?
Hey, ethan.
Get over here, kiddo.
Are your hands
shaking right now?
I actually cannot feel my hands.
I cannot move 'em anymore.
I literally cannot. I don't
know what's happening.
Please take me to the er.
Like, actually, I'm,
I'm, like, not kidding.
I need to go. Okay, okay.
Uh, what did happen?
Okay, so we were so worried
they're gonna get up to speed.
But I think we clipped something
That wasn't their weapon
on that first exchange,
Which allowed us just to
control the fight from there,
And we didn't give
'em a chance after that.
That was the plan all along.
We are the most powerful
drum spinner in the world.
We just beat... We just beat
The most powerful spinner,
Vertical spinner in battlebots.
Shows us we're legit.
We're freakin' legit, man!
We're gonna win!
Congratulations, ethan
And your entire riptide team.
- Great job.
- Thank you.
Let's go!
So, the walking
espresso shot ethan kurtz,
Pulls off an explosive upset
And team riptide will now
move on to the quarter finals
And face the winner
of sawblaze versus p1.
And a big old tip of the ca
To the team from mit, uppercut
Three years, three
top 16 appearances,
That can only mean
we have a lot more
Uppercuts to
dodge in the future.
When we return,
Will tantrum continue to giv
Its opponents deadly fits
Or will rotator's blades,
Put a different
spin on the story?
That's coming up on battlebots.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament,
The round of 16.
Up next, it's the
11th seed tantrum
Facing the sixth seed rotato
And, you know the
tantrum story by now.
It was originally designed
and captained by aren hill,
Made it to the
semifinals last season,
But aren decided to spawn
A new death machine this yea
And left tantrum
In the capable
hands of alex grant
And ginger schmidt.
They have not missed
a beat this season.
Yeah, absolutely.
You can't say enough
about ginger and alex,
They've been incredible leaders,
But in terms of the robot,
Tantrum took huge damage in
their last fight against gigabyte.
The team has been
working around the clock
To get tantrum
ready for this fight,
But that amount of pit
work would be daunting
For even the most
seasoned of captains.
This will be the biggest
tes of their young career.
Yeah, they're gonna
have to be at their best
'cause they're gonna get the
sixth seed rotator and victor soto,
Who has just been
perfect this year.
That's right and
every year we find ourselves
Asking the same thing,
Is this finally victor's yea
After the impressive
performance he and rotator h
Against captain
shrederator in the last round,
The question only
becomes more pressing.
And, you know,
victor and rotator
Desperately want to answer
With a resounding yes.
All the pieces are there.
The mad scientist just
need to get it done here
Against a very sturdy tantru
All right, let's find out
what happens, faruq.
In the red square,
From cambridge, massachusetts.
The only pacifier
for this bot is murder.
It's tantrum!
Team tantrum,
Making their way
out of the tunnel
For their second
straight appearance
In the round of 16.
How are they feeling
about this matchup, kenny?
Well, if you look at
all of their fights this season,
Three of the bots
they've taken out
Have been horizontal spinner
With another in
rotator here tonight,
Alex and ginger told us
This could work in
their favor as tantrum
Has been successfully
stress tested
Against very similar
angles of attack.
Tantrum!
Tantrum! Tantrum! Tantrum!
In the blue square,
From doral, florida,
Killing from the same direction
On either side of the equator,
It's rotator!
Team rotator,
Made its battlebots debut
All the way back in 2016.
We know that horizontal spinner
Is dangerous
But tantrum is as
durable as they come.
So, do we expect the fight
To go to the judges, kenny?
No doubt.
Both of these robots
Are hard to kill
Victor is well
aware that rotator
Doesn't historically come ou
On the winning end when the
fight goes to the full three minutes,
So look for him to ramp up
The aggression here
And do everything he can
To score a knockout.
Going into this fight is
gonna be a driving match
Victor soto is an
awesome driver.
He's gonna take the wedges
Right into the front of tantrum
And try to sweep around
and try to get our wheels.
But we have dillon carey
And he's gonna, you
know, outdrive him,
Give him a big old punch
and get us the match.
I think it would
be disappointing
If we don't make it
out of the round of 16.
We came here this
year with new captains
To prove that tantrum
is a strong robot,
Last year wasn't a fluke.
So, we wanna make it as
far if not further this year.
I'm not really sure
how much damage
We'll be able to inflict,
But we'll see if we can
At least, uh, control them.
If we can do damage and do some
Internal damage or get
a ko, that'll be even better
Uh, I just expect it to be
a three minute slugfest.
We're thrilled to
be in the top 16.
Uh, the farthest we've
ever gone is the top eight
Where we got knocked out
by bite force a few years ag
And our goal is to exceed th
And go for the giant nut.
- Good?
- Good.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Let the bot battle begin!
Tantrum fast out of the gate
But rotator,
Taken into the rails
immediately by tantrum.
Nice work by dillon carey.
Yeah, there's that
control they were talking about.
They're doing a great job of
winning this ground game here, chris.
Popped up rotator nicely.
Oh, yes, the rotato
Was so durable.
First two fights of
the regular season
Went the distance.
Go, rotator!
And one of victor soto's
Most successful technique
Is feeding those
wedges of spinning
Just like that.
Well called kenny florian.
One big hit!
Nice job by tantrum,
using that long arm...
oh!
Not gently!
Great hit, he's got
rotator right there
The screws in the upper
deck trying to force him upstairs
He does.
He's got chewed up,
can he get out of there inverted?
- he can.
- He's vulnerable.
Tantrum gonna look
to get in reach again.
Oh, man!
Whoa! Big shot!
Now, inverted that.
Right off the square.
- Watch out!
- They gotta be careful there
Yeah, I think that victor
soto doesn't mind driving..
And it looks like tantrum
is running in circles,
Trying to free itself.
I think it maybe high
centered on a piece of debris, chris
And this is a golden
opportunity for rotator
To get back in this fight.
And rotator
took itself out at the rails
oh, my god!
Tantrum got out of the way
At just the right time.
But they are still
strugglin to move.
They're not moving.
They lost one of the brakes.
All right, you gotta show m you got
some better control other than circle.
This is gonna be
a real problem for tantrum
As rotator starts chewing
and takes care of the rest.
And now starts
working on the wedge.
What a comeback
this would be for rotator!
Victor soto,
Dishing out the punishment now.
And there goes the other fist.
So tantrum no longer
has its self-righting system
rotator's still going,
but good news for tantrum,
Back on the attack now.
It's out-pushing rotator
Back toward the upper deck.
Tantrum, welcome
back to the party, pal.
What a crazy fight!
And rotator showing
some serious damage here.
Under a minute to go
Tantrum has rotator pinned
But releases.
Rotator trying to flip itsel but
it just now lost fight inverted.
Whoa!
Look at the damage it's doing
to the top of the wedge of tantrum.
Get it.
Tantrum just
going right back in there.
Oh! Oh! Aggression.
And now tantrum has rotator
Pinned in the corner
of the upper deck.
Thirty seconds.
Can victor soto
make one last push?
Rotator's in big trouble,
And they've been inverted
For a long time, chris
And that's gonna play a factor
In the judges' decision.
Whoa!
They don't need the judges.
A remarkable
shot by dillon carey
And tantrum
As they move on
To the round of eight.
Wow!
That was ridiculous!
Three, two, one!
Wow!
Kenny, I gotta be honest, I don't
know wher to start with this fight.
Is your heart
gonna able to take it?
I mean, this was crazy.
Both of these guys
Had their opportunities
at knockouts.
This fight was one of
the be I've ever seen.
Tantrum able to
control rotator out of the gate
Rack up damage,
and aggression points
And heck, even
bully victor soto's bot
Onto the upper deck.
Yeah, tantrum was
definitely ahead on the scorecards,
But this is where
the fight took a turn.
This collision right here.
Tantrum got hung up
on a piece of debris
In the battle box,
And rotator started
going to work.
Yeah, actually,
when rotator became inverte
They started to do
significantly more damage.
Yeah, that's right,
they were attacking from above
And tantrum was
just kind of, circling
For a long time,
And it looked like a tantru
Was about to get knocked out
but then, chapter three
Dillon carey, the
driver of tantrum,
Found a way to free the bot
And get his team
back in this match.
Unbelievable!
The fans were going nuts.
All signs pointed to
this fight going to the judges
Where we know of course,
anything can happen.
But in the waning seconds,
Tantrum got underneath rotator,
As you can see he
took it coast to coast,
Launched it out of the aren
For the knockout.
That was an instant classic
Whoo!
Alex and ginger, get over here.
- We're here.
- Oh, my gosh!
Ginger,
What the heck did you just see?
Wow, that might be
one of the craziest fights
We've had all season.
- All season?
- Yeah.
- Try about ever in battlebots.
- Ever, ever.
Wow! Uh, take us
through this thing
Because at the end,
You didn't have your fists,
You didn't have your
self-righting system,
You were pinned in the corner
And then, all of a
sudden before you know it,
You're throwing rotator
out of the arena, alex.
That was insane, yeah,
Like in the middle
of that, we were
At the... at the ropes.
I'm shaking right
now. This is crazy.
That was an awesome fight.
That was an awesome fight.
- Thank you.
- Yes.
We were on the
ropes in the corner,
He was beating on us,
But we got movement again
and we just took it to him.
- Yeah.
- We just... Uh, we brought it.
-Yeah, victor... -and
that was awesome.
Victor's got one of the
best horizontals in the game,
So, we were scared
coming into this one
And halfway through the fight
When we weren't
moving there in the corner,
We've got a really
smart drive team.
We were using
our self-righter arm
To get unstuck, thinking
smart hanging in there
And I think tantrum took hits
- And it kept going.
- It kept going.
- You know, tantrum never stops.
- It kept going.
Team tantrum,
congratulations on the win.
Thank you, chris.
Thank you kenny.
Thank you, chris.
Thank you kenny.
So, for victor soto and rotator,
It's a tale as old as time,
As the perennial,
Maybe this year team once again
Finds themselves knocked ou
In the round of 16.
So, maybe next year.
Meanwhile,
tantrum quite literally
Punched its ticket
Back to the quarterfinals,
Where it will face
the winner of whiplash
Versus cobalt.
Do we have a potential
All aren hill
semifinals brewing.
Now, wouldn't that be something?
When we come back,
Will jackpot cash out
blip's life insurance policy
Or will the rookie bot prove it
has more than just beginner's luck?
That's up next on battlebots.
Welcome back to the
battlebots world championship tournamen
Round of 16.
We just witnessed aren hill's,
Former bot tantrum
Punch its way into
the quarterfinals.
Now, we're set to
see his rookie bot,
The seven seed blip
Take on the ten seed jackpo
For a chance to join them.
As far as aren hill goes,
He's had four fights this year,
Four wins, he keeps getting
more intel on his robot,
And he feels confident.
Yeah, that's right and
he absolutely should be confident.
This is a guy who
doesn't see a ceiling
On blip's potential
And has his sights set
on winning the whole thing,
Even if that means
demolishing his own bot
Tantrum on the way there.
In the meantime, jeff waters,
Robert stehn, uh, good buddies
From right here in las vegas.
They're still
absorbing the shock
Of defeating former
champ, tombstone
In the round of 32.
You gotta imagine they feel like
They can take on the
world here tonight, kenny.
No doubt. And they
m not have to take on the worl
But they do have to take on
One of the most
impressive rookies
Since jackpot itself here.
Jeff and robert,
know that driving
Is going to be key
against the shifty flipper,
So watch them to try and
score some damage point
In hopes of disabling
blip's weapons.
The bots are ready to activate.
We're gonna get
you right to the action.
Let's go inside the battlebox.
Red team, ready?
There's jeff waters jr.
Geared up for his first
roun of 16 appearance,
And it looks like
they've got a mini bot
On a budget with them there
they do, that's ace
Which jeff told us is
in the fray, here tonigh
After he saw donald hutson
Use a similarly
designed mini-bot
Very effectively
When lock jaw faced
blip in the qualifiers,
The plan is to use
ace to high center blip
And tee it up for
a knockout blow.
Blue team, ready?
Aren hill and blip
Looking to keep their
impressive unbeaten streak alive.
How do they take down
the heavy hitting bot
On a budget, kenny florian?
Well, aren is just
so locked in for this fight
He's using the
same configuration
That won him that
fight you just mentioned
Against another vertical
spinner in lock jaw
So, look for blip to use
those piano key wedgelet
To get underneath jackpot
And launch it out
of the tournament.
Yup, I got this.
Team jackpot
from right here in las vegas,
Can the hometown heroes
Defeat team blip
And move on to
the quarterfinals?
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Let the bot battle begin!
Blip circles around.
Tries to find the
right angl on jackpot
Trying to get
under him and flip.
- jackpot got stuck on the floor.
- Sure did.
Blip taking full
advantage of it.
The bots go nose-to-nose.
Blip backs away, though
Didn't wanna fire the
flipper into jackpot's weapon.
Jackpot having trouble now.
And just took a shot.
Flipped him. Oh, and pulverized
him. Look at the bottom...
Again, a nice flip by blip.
We've seen
aren hil take his time
And be patient and look at this.
Uh-oh, jackpot cannot move.
I'm not giving that nudge.
The ace, the little guy
Is gonna try to
help out his big fella.
I don't think, I...
Push! Push!
Everybody on three.
One, two...
oh, no!
- Six, five...
- can I get a hand over here, please?
Yeah, I don't think
he's big enough, chris that's...
Not gonna work out.
This is gonna do it
how did he do that?
Aren hill's gonna take blip
To the round of eight.
Well, this wasn't
nearly the flip fest
We saw from blip in its
opening round fight, kenny
But aren hill certainly
got the job done.
That's right, this
was more of a controlled,
Defensive minded win here
And, you know, most
flipper are just so eager
To launch their opponents
That they are constantly
triggering their weapon.
Blip is different.
Aren has so much confidence
In his bot's ability
to take a punch
That he's willing
to stay patient
And hunt for just
the right angle
Before engaging
with that flipper.
All it took tonight
was a couple of tiny pops
From that flywheel flipper
To send the boys
from las vegas packing.
At least it'll be
a short trip home.
The rookie blip
still undefeated.
Aren hill,
So what did you see out here?
Was it as simple
as just flipping
Jackpot over and you
knew you had this thing?
We knew we're really durable,
We knew they're
not quite as durable.
Let's ram into 'em, get
underneath 'em, just flip them over.
Didn't have to go crazy.
Take the win and go for it.
You told us before this fight
That you day dreamed
about the possibility of facing
Your other robot
tantrum in the semifinals.
You are each now
one step away from that.
Is it almost becoming
reality in your mind?
Oh, 100%.
They're... They're doing pretty
well living up to expectations.
Does that mean that there's
gonna start being some trash talking
Back in the pits...
Start?
That's been going.
Hey, aren, congratulations.
You guys did an amazing job.
We'll see you in
the round of eight.
Thank you.
So, the hometown heroes jackpot
With another impressive season
In just their second year at it.
They didn't win the jackpot
But they did win a
whole lot of clout
Going into next year.
As for aren hill, his stock
is flying higher than ever.
Blip is moving on,
And will face the winner of
hydra versus black dragon.
And that match
is coming up next.
It's jake ewert,
Clashing with gabriel maia,
Flipper versus flame for
a spot in the quarterfinals
The tournament action continues
After a break.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament.
Three teams have already punched
their tickets into the quarterfinals.
And we've got two behemoths
Up next looking to do the same.
It's the 18th seed,
black dragon,
Throwing down with
the 31st seed hydra.
I'm gonna repeat that again,
The 31st overall seed hydra.
You're probably
thinking to yourself,
Wasn't jake ewert's
bot, the number one seed
Gonna into the round
of 32 a year ago?
Yes, losing record though,
During the regular season,
Had to win the play-in game
Just to get to the round of 32,
Where they knocked off the
number two overall seed, ribbot.
Now, jake ewert said,
"there's probably a 90% chance,
That I win this fight,
But only a 60% chance,
That my bot will actually
be fully functional."
Jake, I was told there would be no
math on this portion of the program,
So I'm really confused.
Does he like his robot
or not like his robot?
It's a love-hate relationship.
When it works, it is
firing robots up in the air.
But what it's not, it's
losing very quickly.
So, I think for him,
he wants to know,
- Which hydra is gonna show up.
- Right.
Is this thing gonna
work when I need it to?
Uh, and that can definitely make
A bot builder and a
driver, very uneasy.
Taking on a
semifinalist from a season ago,
Black dragon of course,
out of brazil and gabriel maia.
They seem pretty confident,
Although this will
be a firs for them.
That's right, but there's
a lot of uncertainty in this one
As black dragon has never faced
a flipper before here at battlebots.
Knowing that, gabriel has
studied hydra's other fights
And feels confident
that team is ready,
For a new challenge
in this high stakes tilt.
We gotta get this
thing going because,
Ah, I could hear the
brazilian guys backstage
- They're ready to come out here. Faruq.
- One, two three.
Black dragon!
In the red square,
This bot is made from 100%
Real wisconsin bad boy.
It's part cheese
curd on a motorcycle,
Part bratwurst punching soy.
Your chance of
living our skim to none
When this bot eats you whole.
It's the scary dairyland monster
Gee golly don't you
know? It's hydra!
And right away, you
can hear the boos raining down
For the polarizing,
jake ewert and hydra.
But jake just
feeds off of all of it,
Doesn't he, kenny?
I mean, totally.
Jake is the perfect villain
Because, not only does
he get the crowd going,
He also has one of
the most entertaining
And dominant bots in the field.
Jake might have come into
this tournament as a 31 seed.
But, after what hydra
did to defender and ribbot,
This is a team with
a ton of momentum,
That nobody wants to
be matched up against.
In the blue square,
This fighter is brazilian.
His team is reptilian.
How many bots has
he killed? Try a billion.
Bring the pain is his credo,
Make you bleed like a mosquito,
Then he'll be rollin'
on a beach in rio,
Rockin' a speedo.
It's black dragon!
Won a very
close judge's decision
Over mad catter
in the round of 32.
They're hyped,
they're energetic,
They got a duck.
They're ready to roll.
How do the fiery brazilians
get it done against hydra?
Well, gabriel's
approach is simple
Utilize black dragon's
spee and maneuverability
To avoid hydra's
ground scraping launcher,
And dish out damage
to the sides and rear,
And if black dragon
does get flipped,
Gabriel is confident, those
custom wheels can help absor
A good amount of damage
When they hit
the battlebox floor.
We're ready for black dragon,
And they're another bot that
is gonna be a wedge battle.
So, if I can get underneath
their front wedges,
That just gives me
something to flip on,
And I should be able
to hit that all day long,
And not have a big problem
And not even worry
about the drum.
They're gonna try it out fork
Probably the king
of forks at this point,
So, it's not probably
gonna work so well for them.
We are not playing mind
games uh, with them.
I was in their
pit the other day.
I know what they're gonna run.
I've seen in a lot of matches,
Their drum kind of
just stop sometimes.
So, I'm hoping that a
few flips and it'll be like...
Free game, I won't need to
worry about that weapon anymore.
I'm really anxious
for the fight,
Hydra is a fast
bot, reliable bot.
I know we can handle this,
But it's a different kind
of bot for black dragon.
Uh, we have never
faced a launcher before,
But, I think we made it.
I think we were
going the a right way.
I'm happy with the
bot. It's working.
It's finally having weapons,
fire system and a good drive.
So, you know, I'm really
anxious for the top 16 fights.
Robots, activate.
It's the surging hydra,
And the red hot black dragon
Winner heads to
the quarterfinals,
And moves one step closer
to hoisting the giant nut.
Who is it gonna be?
The fight...
When the battlebots world
championship tournamen continues.
Welcome back to the world
championship tournament here on battlebot
Where the 31st seed hydra,
Is ready to face the
18th seed black dragon.
Winner moves onto
the quarterfinals.
Prepare for launch.
Fight, fight, fight...
let the bot battle begin.
Black dragon
The fire breathing dragon.
Uh-oh, careful.
Whoa!
Big flips that hydra
Hopes to get tonight.
Black dragon landed directl
on its weapon there, chris.
And hydra, oh,
just whipped a bad flip
And now, uh-oh.
Nice flip by hydra.
Black dragon trying
to attack head on right there
Very dangerous game,
flirting with the flipper like that.
Black dragon lookin for an angle
Gets around to
the side of hydra,
Looking for a bite with
that egg beater weapon,
But can't finish the
job there, kenny.
Yup, hard to get purchase
on that low profile frame of hydra.
Whoa, what a shot!
Black dragon drove
directly onto hydra's
Flipper and got launched
nearly 15 feet in the air.
Another.
How many more shots
can black dragon take?
Well, black dragon
didn't turn at least for a second,
It's rolling right towards u
and now, it's right side up
how about the
durability of black dragon?
So far so good for
the brazilian team.
And kenny, hydra has not
left the center square at al
Oh, look at that jump.
Black dragon ends up...
This is gonna be a tough one
Can they move? They're stuck
on the rail next to the screws
Jake gonna go
for the mini bot. Oh!
Black dragon is back at it.
Oh!
Black dragon came back
to life somehow, chris,
Inverted but heading
back into the danger flip
Hydra says, "you want
more? I'll give you more!"
a minute 20 to go.
Hydra being very
methodical in its movement.
Yeah, they're being
very patient here,
Just kind of waiting
for black dragon.
But could that hurt them
in the aggression category?
May be, but I'm not sure,
It matters at this point.
Black dragon's
weapon slowing down.
Definitely starting to see stars
As a result of
all of these flips.
A spot in the quarterfinals
Hangs in the balance.
Under a minute to go,
black dragon driving inverte
And now it's not.
Let's see if that
helps black dragon.
It's got 40 seconds.
To create a comeback story.
Look at this, hydra,
mini flip after mini flip.
Chris, the brazilian
team has had many,
Many opportunities
To come up with
a different strategy
To take a different approach
And hydra, has just blown
th all around the battlebox.
- Oh!
- Unreal!
Hydra just flipping
his opponent at will
It is literally on fire.
They are gonna make it
the distance, but they ar
Close. Oh, my goodness
Jake ewert and hydra,
Putting on a show tonight.
Seventeen flips, to
impress the judges tonight,
And they are derek young,
Lisa winter, and jason bardi
Scoring on an 11 point syste
Five points can be
awarded for damage.
Three for aggression.
And, of course,
three for control.
Black dragon! Black dragon!
Black dragon!
Black dragon!
You saw the brazilia
Trying to sell the crowd there,
But these fans know
What they just witnessed, kenny.
What a performance
From jake ewart and team hydra.
Patient, they kept
their weapon pointed
At black dragon
and waited for him
And gave him a
ride into the heavens.
We expected black dragon to try,
And find a way
to attack the flanks
Or the backside of hydra,
But instead they
just kept feeding
The robot into the flipper.
Yeah, you know,
we talked about experience
And how much that matters.
Hydra has faced a lot
of different vertical spinne
Over the course of his caree
Black dragon never
faced a flipper before,
And to be honest, it showed
Now, jake ewert was willing
to sacrifice some points
In the aggression category,
By staying planted in
the center of the box.
And black dragon played
right into his hands.
Seventeen flips for
hydra on the night.
The results from
the judges are in.
- Woo-hoo.
- Yeah.
The winner by
unanimous decision is...
hydra...
hydra!
Hydra!
- Oh, jake ewart.
- Hi, guys, how's it going?
You're the little
engine that could.
That 31st seed that's come out
of nowhere to shock the world,
And end up in
the round of eight.
Yeah, I'm that
dark horse, right,
By about this much, uh-huh?
Uh-huh.
You told us you
were, you thought...
That if there was a 90% chance
That you could win this
fight as long as your robot,
Was working the right way.
Was it working the right way?
- No, it wasn't.
- Oh, stop jake!
No my drive was broken.
And with the first 10 seconds,
So, I was limping
along the whole time.
It's a good thing I
pre-game for them
And I knew they
were super aggressive,
So, they just keep
coming after me.
We actually call
it hydra syndrome.
Because once you get flipped,
For some reason, they just
keep driving up my flipper
All the time, so...
You're playin' it so cool.
Are you excited to be
in the round of eight?
- It's okay.
- Oh.
All right, man,
we'll see you there.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
So, the lovable gan from brazil,
Black dragon, is bounced
out of contention tonight.
Congratulations to them
on making the round of 16
In each of the three years
that they've competed.
As for the anti-hero
jake ewert and hydra,
The battle of flippers
is officially on.
As they draw aren hill's
bli in the quarterfinals.
Talk about a marquee matchup
Coming up... Which
doctor is looking to a
Another snake skin to its wall,
But will copperheads
sink it's venomous fangs
Into those sinister plans?
Find out next on battlebots
we continue
on here at battlebots,
The round of 16, and
there's one particular pit,
Backstage that is
going nuts tonight.
And that, of course, is the
one overseen by aren hill
And his duo of bots
in blip and tantrum.
Earlier, we saw both teams
Scrap their way
into the quarterfinals.
In fact, there they are.
That's where the party
is su to be later tonight.
Just, shh!
Don't tell kenny,
he's not invited.
But right now, it's
a kinetic cataclysm,
As two truly
devastating weapons,
Are set to square off.
It's the 24 seed witch doctor
Versus the eighth
seed copperhead.
This is gonna be a
double da of disaster.
Mike and andrea gellatly
of team witch doctor,
They're gonna hang out
with robert and kimberly cowan
Of team copperhead.
As far as copperhead goes, boy,
Their strategy in this...
Let's just dive in face
firs go weapon to weapon.
Let's have some fun tonight
it's actually
that simple for them.
They just need to
point their weapon
And attack.
And wherever they hit,
it's totally cool with them
They're very confident.
And who can blame them?
They're undefeated in
their first year as captains,
And here they
stand in the top 16.
Their strategy has been working.
Lord knows the weapon
works and in my opinion,
There's a ton of value in
going with what got you here.
Witch doctor, michael gellatly,
Outstanding driver,
He knows, he has to be
on his a-game tonight, why?
Well, he has to
outdrive the other team.
They were actually both
happ and concerned
With how hard their
weapon is hitting,
Because with those impacts,
They're actually doing a lo
of damage to themselves,
So combat can
definitely be paradoxical.
Winner of this fight moves on,
To the final eight and
picks up the tab the next time
These two actually
do double date.
Faruq, it's all yours.
In the red square,
From miami, florida,
Sending you to the pharmacy,
For a 30-day refill
Of haunted squirrel paws,
It's witch doctor.
One of the most
popular bots around
And what a crazy ride
it wa in the round of 32.
They thought they were
gonn face the rookie bot glitch.
At the last minute,
glitch could not get ready,
So, they had to change tacks
Get ready for mammoth
and they knocked it out.
So, they can deal
with anything, kenny.
Definitely, mike and
andrea, are seasoned vets
And aren't going to
back down from anyone.
But mike did tell us,
He has no desire to
go weapon to weapon
Against the hulking
drum of copperhead.
So, look for him to
try to outmaneuver,
His slithery opponent,
While lining up a knockout blow.
In the blue
square from erie, colorado.
Once bitten, twice you die.
It's copperhead.
The number eighth seed,
A perfect record this seaso
That included winning a
judge's decision over lucky
In the round of 32.
Yeah, and they
did an insane amount
Of damage in that fight.
No surprise to anyone,
Who's seen this bot in action
And look at cuddles. Is
that a witch doctor hat?
Oh, my gosh! Cuddles.
Yeah, way to have
some of that team spirit.
He's so cute.
Chris, you gotta give him a hug
- At some point.
- Absolutely.
Come on over here
with that hat on.
That's sick.
So, copperhead is like
the opposite of mammoth,
You know, mammoth is
like the biggest robot here,
And copperhead is definitely
one of the smallest robots here.
And the thing's built
like an absolute brick.
We know that their
frame can take big hits,
But I don't think anybody's
actually been able
To deliver like a ko
hit to copperhead.
So, we're gonna try our best,
To see what we
can do to their frame
And cause a lot of damage.
I know this is the
olympics of robotic combat,
But I look at every
robot in the top 16,
And any one of them
could win the championship
And nobody would be surprised.
To be among that field,
is a huge honor for us,
But it's even more motivating
To prove that witch
doctor could stand out,
Within a group like this,
Which is really the
best we've ever seen.
Yeah, we're
undefeated. I wouldn't say
That we're confident
going against witch doctor.
It is witch doctor.
But we're as confident
as we can be with our bot.
We're both gonna
try and be aggressive.
And whoever ends up
kind of getting that first hit,
We're just gonna continue it
through to the end of the fight.
Mike might end up
getting that first hit,
And he might dominate
and control the fight.
I kind of hope it
goes the other way.
I'm gonna try and
dominate, control the fight.
We'll just see, how those
first couple exchanges happen.
Robots, activate.
Red team, ready?
Blue team ready?
Yeah.
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
The 2019 runner up,
Ready for battle.
The rookie captain cowan
Is trying to keep their
tournament run alive.
Let the bot battle begin.
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
So much for mike gellatly's idea
Not to face the
weapon. yeah.
Went right into that weapon
Of copperhead, my
goodness. Risky move there.
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
Nice shot and turn around.
Witch doctor does.
- And again with a love tap. And again!
- Whoa!
Witch doctor, all
over copperhead right now.
Oh, mike gellatly laying it on.
Oh no, for the first
time, this season,
Copperhead is not moving.
- It's in full speed.
- Yes.
Is the eighth
seed down for the count?
The weapon
is spinning, but there's
No life left in
that robot, chris.
The countdown is on
- And after an undefeated season.
- Eight, seven...
- all captains, rober and kimberly cowan could do.
- Six, five...
- Is watch as thei dream of winning...
- Four, three...
- The giant nut slithers away.
- Two, one.
Knockout!
Witch doctor is
moving on to the next round.
Wow!
How about this righ
out of the gate, kenny? Oh!
Yeah, just ridiculous.
Boom.
And what's remarkable,
Is that copperhead did exact
What they wanted
to do here, chris.
They got the first big
hit, but it didn't matter.
Witch doctor, very
lucky to land on its feet.
It recovered and eventually
was able to deliver
A counter shot.
This could have been
copperhead's fight.
Well, that was
the beginning of the end,
For the eighth seed,
As it spent the rest
of the match inverted
And gasping for air.
Witch doctor, now moving
on, to the quarterfinals.
Andrea and mike,
Were you lying to us, mike?
You told us you didn't
wanna go weapon to weapon?
I said I didn't want to.
Uh,
But I did.
No, I mean, uh,
Copperhead has done
such a great job this year.
They've been
super collected and,
And reserved, and uh,
We weren't sure, if they
were gonna charge us or what.
So,
It's all a blur. I don't think
I took a breath the entire time.
Uh, and our discs, we, uh...
I don't know, if the
teeth broke at the end.
They were a little
Out of balance, but...
Did you see that
backflip, though?
Stuck the landing.
What was the strategy here?
Because obviously you
did go weapon to weapon,
Uh, and then you just didn't
stop attacking from there.
Well, we always start
trying to control the match.
In a match like this,
whoever gets the first hit,
Really dominates the match.
And in this case, copperhead
came out swinging.
Really looked, like, they
were gonna control the match.
That had us really,
really nervous.
But mike was able to
turn it around somehow,
And get some really big hits in.
Congratulations, guys.
We'll see you
in the final eight.
Thanks, chris.
So, the eighth seed copperhead's
Undefeated season
comes to a close.
Big time congrats to
rob and kimberly cowan
On a very impressive
maiden voyage as co-captains.
Expect much more
from them in the future.
As for witch doctor,
The gellatlys are
clearly on the warpath
Here again in 2021.
They'll be watching
the matchup between
End game and
minotaur very closely,
As they'll take on the winne
of that clash of the titans
Coming up, will p1
drive over sawblaze
On its way to victory lane
Or will sawblaze make this,
Nothing more than
a funeral procession.
Find out when we
come back on battlebots.
All right, we got more
of the round of 16,
With the number four
overall seed sawblaze,
Taking on the 20th seed p1.
Jamison go.
He wasn't excited he made
the top eight a year ago.
He wants number one.
He is a few victories away,
From getting that
and his robot is...
Near perfecto.
Yes. And he's a perfectionist.
You know, and sometimes
that's a good thing.
Sometimes, it's a bad thing
He's had one mistake all season
That led to a loss
against end game.
But for a builder like jamison,
That does nothing but douse
fuel on his burning desire
To finally get his
hands on the giant nut.
Jamison knows this
is a very real shot
And he's not taking any chances
Against a bot like p1,
That's already surprised
a number of good teams.
I'm not gonna say
that the captain of p1,
Brandon zalinsky is
just happy to be here,
But he's really happy
and proud to be here.
He said, "listen,
we've got no spinner,
We are not a flipper.
We're a really speedy lifter
And the only one
of our kind left here,
In the round of 16."
Remember, he upset
the 13th seed, hypershock,
In the last round, kenny?
The question is how does he now
Beat sawblaze?
Yeah, he acknowledge
he's not gonna have
A whole lot of
offensive pow out there.
He says, I'm gonna be honest
I need to win a decision.
The way I win a
decision is by out driving
Jamison go. No easy task.
Can he outdrive him?
Let's find out.
Faruq.
In the red square from
hudson, new hampshire,
At least one better than p2.
It's p1.
Brandon zalinsky
Having a breakout
season with p1.
What's he got to do to shoc
The world again tonight, kenny?
I mean, like we said
He wants to try to
outdrive jamison go,
Which is no easy task.
The biggest advantage
brando has, though,
Has to be speed.
P1 is easily one of
the quickest bots around
And brandon will
have to utilize that
To perfection in
order to notch a win.
In the blue square,
From cambridge, massachusetts,
It came, it saw,
It blazed.
It's sawblaze.
Team sawblaze,
Knocked off hijinx
in the round of 32,
Thanks to a judge's decision
Jamison go clearly
proud of his bot
And why wouldn't he be?
This thing is a
stone cold killer.
You know, I
think they ask themselves
The most important question
when you're involved in combat,
And that is how do we not die?
Their focus was on
durability this season.
They're taking hits much better,
But more importantly,
they're also delivering
So offensively, defensively
This is a tremendous robot.
I know that p1
is a well-armored,
Very durable robot
I think, can easily go to judges
Based on how durable it is.
Uh, a good plan
for us, hopefully,
Is to get the advantage,
If we can win by control,
Just like the hijinx match, we
wanna dial back the weapon,
Make sure we don't
hurt ourselves too badly.
And if we're confident
that we can take the win,
We're gonna take it like that.
As far as fight strategy goes,
It's gonna be kind
of all about driving
And getting around
to his sides and rear
And making him
use that hammer arm,
To self-right his own robot
Because if we can make
Either the motor
fail or his clutch fail,
And the arm gets stuck,
Then we can win the fight.
Robots, activate.
And for more on this matchup,
We'll bring in
our bot whisperer.
Pete, what do you
have on jamison's bot?
So it's forks have be sharpened.
Jamison is coming in
with his highest energy,
His highest speed,
And he says he wants to
be the first one to do damage.
But what's important is,
To see what he
has to get through.
So this represents,
What is the first layer of armor
On the top of p1.
And then, they add
a layer of tigress
And then another layer
Of quarter inch ar.
So, this thickness
Must be cut through
to get to anything
Inside p1 from the top.
Thanks, pete.
P1 looks great defensively.
The question is, will
they have enough offense,
In order to pull off the upset?
It is time to find
out as a berth,
In the round of
eight is on the line.
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Let the bot battle begin.
Uh-oh, sawblaze
has got p1 already.
Oh, drop of the hammer saw.
And takes them
to the pulverizer.
Oh, look at that nice
damage done out of the gate
By the fourth seed sawblaze
well, they're alread
winning that ground battle.
Oh!
And that hammer
saw hitting so hard already.
Yeah, pete talked
about all that top armor
P1 is going to need it tonight.
That wheel tastes so good.
And that flamethrowe
is quite the weapon as well
They'll try to burn
the internals of p1.
Sawblaze trying to carry
p1 over to the upper deck.
But p1 slides off
those big front forks.
P1 may already be dealing
with some mobility issues here, chris
and sawblaze taking advantage
And landing another power shots.
- Ah! Brutal.
- Jamison go relentless so far.
Brandon zalinsky's gotta
ge away from sawblaze
Just catch his breath and
readjust. There you go.
Although, it looks like maybe
that's a belt on the floor, kenny.
That could be a major issue
oh, yeah, and you'll
see p1. That's gotta come from p1.
They're having issues right now.
But no bot in this season, in my
opinion, has used to battlebox bette
Than jamison go
and team sawblaze.
Tryin' to take p1, I think
into the upper deck screws.
Circles back, gets him in there.
Can't quite finish the
job. But either way
Sawblaze winning the control
category to this point in the fight.
Whoa! That was nice
little, almost reverse hit.
That wasn't expected
by sawblaze.
Brandon zalinsky
is doing a good job
Of driving defensively to get
off those forks of jamison go.
That's about the
only bright spot for p1 so far.
Well, brandon prides himsel on being
able to get lower than his opponents,
But it has been the exact
opposite here tonight.
Jamison go just
dominating the ground battl
And in turn
dominating the fight.
And now, right in front of u
- "what's up, dudes?"
- hey, how you doin'?
How you doin'?
How are you doin'?
Sawblaze readjusting
Oh, he's got p1 cornered
Right into the rails.
Team sawblaze laying
off with their hammer saw now.
They do not wanna risk any
unnecessary damage here
p1 struggling to mov
Doing whatever it can
to avoid a countdown.
Sawblaze hovering.
Gettin' underneath.
There is that hammer saw.
"in case you forgot what that
feels like." says jamison go.
Yeah, I see those
chains there on the floor from p1.
And they're in all sorts
of trouble right now.
Oh, and to add
insul to injury, the kill saws
Take a bite out
of p1 from below.
- Oh!
- Oh!
What a beautiful
shot by jamison go.
And sawblaze so dominant.
Every facet of the game.
Damage, control,
Aggression, the fourth seed
It's going to the judges,
But you got to imagine there's
only one way they could see this.
Well, brandon
zalinsky is stunned,
As jamison go just
went full throttle.
Give p1 credit for making
it the full three minutes.
Jenny and jamison go set
out to control p1 in this match
And he did exactly that.
My goodness,
you said it in the fight.
It's brandon that's used to
getting underneath his opponents
And dictating
the action with p1,
But he got hit with a dose
of his own medicine here
In the round of 16.
Sawblaze dominated
the ground battle here.
Add in the power
of that hammer saw
And this was a beatdown.
The veteran landed a series of
power shots at the start of the match.
That rattled p1's frame
and compromised its mobility
And instead of pushing the
robot to try and score a knockout,
Jamison was simply
happy to let the time expire
And keep sawblaze
in tip-top shape
For the next round
of the tournament.
The results from
the judges are in.
The winner by
unanimous decision is...
Sawblaze!
Jamison,
It looked like that fight went
Exactly the way
you wanted it, did it?
I guess I'd say yeah, um,
We kept low, we
Got them on our forks, you know,
we brought the hammer down.
And, uh, you know,
We got to see if the
robot had any scars.
I think I may have
lost a tooth there,
But I think that's
probably pretty good.
Jamison, I don't know if
there's a bot builder here
That is more singularly
focused than you.
I mean, you have one
goal, it is to win the giant nut.
Can you start to daydream
Even a little bit about it right
now, being this close to it?
Nope, cannot.
I made a little mistake there, I
let our tire get hit by the kill saw,
So we need to fix that.
Need to practice more.
Really, jamison?
One at a time,
one fight at a time.
One fight at a time,
just like jake said.
And away.
Well, your next fight will
be in the round of eight.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
So, a laser focus jamison go
Burns his way into
the quarterfinals.
He will face rookie riptide
In what is sure to
be a kinetic fight.
As for brandon zalinsky and p1,
Hey, talk about
a breakout season
For missing the
tournament last year
To finishing in the top 16.
That is one heck of
an accomplishment.
All right, comin' up,
It's the fight the fans
have been waiting for.
Can minotaur turn the battlebox
Into its own
personal china shop.
Or will the number
one overall seed
End game's March to
a repeat title rage on?
We'll find out when we
come back on battlebots.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament
Where once again, the
round of 16 has delivere
Some unforgettable moments.
Six bots have already staked
their claim in the quarterfinals,
Including the number
11 seed tantrum.
It will be facing the winne
of the 3 versus 14 matchup,
Whiplash versus cobalt.
Let's take a look at how that
fight went down earlier tonight.
It's whiplash!
In a clash of driving styles,
Last year's runner
up matty vasquez
Squared off against the
minister of mayhem, matt maxim.
Let the bot battle begin.
Cobalt went on
the offensive early
And was able to
land a series of shots
That spelt trouble for whiplash.
Whoa!
Whiplash got
his fork stuck in the wall
That allowed cobalt
to hit him from behind.
Matt maxim
told us he was waiting
For matt vasquez
to make mistake.
There it was.
But after just the
first minute of action,
Both bots ran into trouble.
Oh, look at this.
Cobalt may be high
centered whiplash looks stuck.
Time, time, everybody
put their transmitters down.
Okay, transmitters are down.
We're stuck.
We're only a
minute in here, jenny.
Are they gonna try and
unstick these two or wha
well, that's what I would
expect to see so early in the match, chris
But cobalt's weapon
is still spinning.
Per the rule book,
it was determined that
Because cobalt was unable
to power down its weapon,
The bots could not
be safely unstuck.
We better take it.
And the call went to the judges
Who returned a split decisio
The winner...
Cobalt!
Yeah!
So, cobalt cracks the top eight
And will face tantrum
in the quarter finals.
For team whiplash, an abrupt
ending from last year's runner up.
But matty vasquez remains
One of the most talented and
respected builders in the sport.
No doubt, he'll be
as motivated as ever
Coming into next season.
And with that, only one spot
in the quarterfinals remains
And it is time for the fight
the world has been waiting for.
Minotaur versus end game.
These two teams last met back
In the 2019
desperado tournament,
Where minotaur made quick
wo of the new zealanders.
But you talk to both
teams, they know
That end game in particular
is a very different robot.
And minotaur
driver daniel freitas,
Just to get ready for this fight
Watched the 2019
tape at least 50 times
Over the last few days
to get ready for this thing.
I have no idea
what's gonna happen.
Yeah, that's right.
Team minotaur
Has actually been playing
a lot of mind games...
- Mmm-hmm.
- With team end game.
They've been putting a
lot of forks on taking 'em off,
Putting other ones on.
They have no intentions
of using the forks.
This is just another
fantastic fight.
Speaking of the mind games,
End game co-captain jack barker
and nick mabey actually told us
They looked over
in minotaur's pits
And said, "those guys looke
a little worried right now.
And if minotaur has watched any of
end game's fights so far this season,
There's good reason
to be a little scared.
Listen, end game is hitting just
As hard as any of the most
powerful weapons out there,
But the brazilians
are not intimidated.
Most teams who wanna avoid
going weapon and weapon
With the champs, backing dow
Just isn't daniel
freitas' style.
These guys have
confidence in minotaur's ability
To take a punch and to
driv inverted if necessary.
So, look for all out
aggression from both teams.
This one may come
down to which bot
Can land the most combinatio
And keep its
opponent off balance.
You're ready to see some
weapon on weapon crime?
- What are we waiting for?
- Nothin'!
Let's round out
the group of eight
Right now with faruq.
In the red square,
Hey, bots, this team
set out last season
Sparing your lives.
Now this bull is
back like jordan,
Wearing a 45.
In this fight, they're
an underdog,
Not getting much of a chance
And they took that personally.
Now, prepare for
your last dance.
Give it up for minotaur!
The bot from brazil
won a judges decision
Over bloodsport
in the round of 32.
There is their
driver, daniel freitas.
You tell me if
he's ready, kenny.
I mean, look at that focus.
It looks like he's about to get
Into the battlebox
and figh end game.
I don't suggest that by the way.
In the blue square,
He's the scariest bot you'll
ever see on your screen.
This thing is a slasher
just like Halloween.
This isn't a kid's game.
This isn't red rover.
It's the end of the
line. Let's shout
Game over!
It's end game!
How about this list of teams to
be knocked out by end game this season,
Hydra, witchdoctor,
sawblaze, and skorpios.
This is a team that is
really on top of their game
This is the best
we've seen them.
They are dressed to
impress look at the shades.
Uh, the only
thing wrong with their bot is
They needed a
post-it note at the end.
Did they borrow
an ' from smeeee?
For more on the champs,
We're gonna bring in
our bot whisperer, pete.
Gentlemen, the two outer forks
that you're looking at on end game
Have been specifically score
So that if they get
any hit on the side,
They will break away and will
not bend and hinder end game.
But the inner forks
are much heavier duty
And very specifically
designed just for minotaur.
The whole idea was that the
drum would roll up on this fork,
Not doing much damage,
Allowing it to bring minotau
right into their weapon.
Well, there you have it, folks,
The reigning champs playing some
chess here before the opening bell.
Robots, activate.
It's minotaur.
It's end game.
The fight with the battlebot world
championship tournament continues.
In the violent
race for the giant nut,
Surviving is only
half the battle.
This is gonna be
a real problem for tantrum,
As rotator starts chewing it
up and takes care of the fence
after the buzzer
blares and the smoke clears,
Our builders get right to wo
Repairing their bots
for the next fight.
But even these teams of
talented engineers need help.
That's why battlebots
has brought together
The world class services
of autodesk fusion 360
And haas in our
hospital to save the day,
Our self-righting sprocket
actually snapped in half and broke.
So, we put in an
order at the hospital.
And we should be able to go
into our next fight punching again.
Using schematics
tailored to each individual team,
Autodesk fusion 360 and haa
Are able to quickly and
effectively work togethe
To create replacement parts
without ever leaving the building.
At the highest
level of the sport,
If you wanna be the best,
you have to work with the best.
Welcome back to the battlebots
world championship tournament
With the current
holder of the giant nut.
End game is about to collid
with the raging bull, minotaur.
Winner claims the last
spot in the quarter finals.
The loser's season is over.
Let's go!
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Boy, oh, boy, have the
fans been waiting for this one?
Two of the most destructive
robots on planet earth.
Let the bot battle begin!
The teams meet the
veteran bots and go weap
To weapon right out of the gate.
Here we go, kenny!
- Oh, my goodness!
- They've got end gam on its head.
- Oh!
- Bouncing around!
Minotaur testing the
durability of that weapo of end game.
Right now, both weapons
temporarily shut down.
End game and minotau
pinned against the screws
But minotaur finds some spac
Daniel freitas reloads.
Nice little shot the and
now going at the back of the champ.
What's going on with
the wedge with end game?
They are stuck
insid of the kill saw slot, chris
And minotaur is hanging back
there's minotaur
right on top of him.
Whoa! Good
shot by end game
the reigning champ with plenty
Of gas left in the tank.
Oh!
And now jack
moving in for the kill.
End game got the
better of that one as well.
But how about daniel freitas?
What a maneuver to
escape from that short corner.
And now, lookin' to reengage.
Whoa! Huge
shot. End game on its head.
And it flipped back over.
And it looks like minotaur
may have bent back
One of those front forks on
end game in that exchange.
The bots meet on the logo, nose to
nose down, staring each other down.
End game trying to find a way
to feed its weapon into minotaur
The brazilian's drum spinne now
firing up, who's gonna flinch first?
Oh, boy! Here we go. More fun!
This is such a
nasty brawl right here, chris.
More face to face action.
No love lost between these guys.
Minotaur won the mat in 2019.
End game certainly remembers
that and wants to avenge it.
Yeah, this is like
ali-frazier, two heavyweight
Just seeing who the
more powerful puncher is.
Been back and
forth quite so far,
But here comes minotaur
backing end game down.
Wow! That was ridiculous.
Minotaur is holding end gam under
the pulverizer, they have to let him go.
But I'm not so sure jack
barker can get out of here.
What a performance
from daniel freitas!
Now, digging into the
underbelly of the champ.
They are taking
it to end game right now.
We have not seen
this at al all season.
The brazilians pinni end
game up against the side of the box.
The pulverizer gets a
little shot at the champ
Who has to make up some
ground in the last 30 second
this has been
a brilliant execution
Of a game plan by team minotaur.
Oh, and another huge shot.
Minotaur almost had him under
the rails and now into the pulverizer
Look at the damage on the
back of end game right there, chris.
Fifteen seconds to g
End game fighting for
its tournament life here
Against the brazilian bazooka.
- Wow!
- Under ten to go.
This classic
match is going the distance.
It's the one seeded
defending champ finished?
Courtesy of minotaur.
Wow!
And minotaur celebrating
As though they have the victory.
Thank you, guys.
Freitas talking
tras to the champs,
Even though the judges
have yet to unveil their decision
Daniel freitas says, "I
don't need no decision."
kenny, so rarely do
things live up to expectations,
This fight did.
No question about it.
This was brutal,
it was exciting.
It was back and forth.
This could very well
have been a finals match.
You saw minotaur
deliver some perfect shots.
And just when you thought the
champ might be done, well, look at that.
Incredible power
sho from both teams.
But check out this
driving from daniel freitas,
Escaping from the short corn
and riding minotaur in one move.
Ridiculous!
You know, this figh
was neck and neck, kenny
And then minotaur got to
tho front forks on end game
And that seemed
to be the difference.
That's right. Once the
brazilians bent back those forks,
It limited end game's abilit to
feed minotaur into its weapon
And minotaur took advantage
and it may have
bee the last 30 seconds
That truly defined this figh
as minotaur began to have
Its way with the champs getting
underneath and simply grinding away.
And perfect timing
there wit the 100-pound pulverizer
And then one last indelible
image for the judges to look at..
Oh!
Before taking
it to the scorecards.
The results from
the judges are in.
And the winner, by
unanimous decision is...
Minotaur.
Junior?
Yep.
What was that three minutes
like for you and your team?
It was amazing. I think, the best
three minutes, like, from the last year,
Probably, or two years.
It feels great, you
know, such a good fight,
And fight against end
game, it's a pleasure for us.
It feels great, you know, I
almost have no words to describe
The feeling that
we have right now.
Daniel,
You just beat end game, man.
You're onto the round of eight.
How pumped up are you, dude?
Go ahead. Next. One more.
One at each time.
Guys, congratulations. We'll
see you in the round of eight.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys.
Jack and nick, I know
you're disappointed, but...
If you're to give up
your championship, nick,
Is that the way to give it up?
I mean, if we have to lose, that's
the way we have to lose, like...
That was such a fight.
Guys, I know this
loss just happened.
But can you take a
big step back, jack,
And... And kind of summarize
what the last two seasons
And this wild ride
has been like?
Yeah, I think
we've improved a lot
And we've had some
crazy highs last season.
And the start of this
season's been so good as well.
So, we have to ride that
and just keep improving.
End game this year was a
lot better than last year, still.
But, you know, minotaur's
a scary machine,
So we just gotta
give 'em credit for that
And move on and make
more improvements.
Guys, you're a great champion.
Congratulations.
- Thanks.
- Fantastic run.
Thank you so much.
- Well done!
- Good job, man.
You know, winning a giant
nut is such a monumental task.
Team end game entered the
hall of champions last season,
They looked primed
to do it again this year.
They just fell a little shor
They will be back and will b a serious
threat to make another run at the top.
You better believe that.
As for minotaur,
what else can you say?
They upset the reigning
cham in an instant classic.
They'll be moving on to face
witch doctor now in the quarterfinals.
Well, next time we see you,
it'll be on championship nig
Where we will start with
eig and finish with one.
The chaos and destruction
has all led to this.
Do not miss the crowning of a
brand new battlebots champion.
For faruq, our bot whisperer,
pete, and kenny florian.
I am chris rose.
We'll see you next time here
on battlebots.