1 00:00:03,130 --> 00:00:04,580 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 2 00:00:05,930 --> 00:00:07,820 [crowd cheering and applauding] 3 00:00:19,890 --> 00:00:21,050 Welcome to BattleBots. 4 00:00:21,250 --> 00:00:24,810 I am Chris Rose, joined as always by my co-host. 5 00:00:25,010 --> 00:00:28,120 He is a UFC legend and a robot combat analyst, 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,460 the one and only Kenny Florian. 7 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:32,530 [crowd cheering and applauding] 8 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:33,840 We're in the thick of this season, 9 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,430 Chris, and things are really starting to heat up in the box, 10 00:00:37,630 --> 00:00:40,530 as we enter week five of World Championship VII. 11 00:00:40,730 --> 00:00:42,360 The first round of the qualifiers 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,980 is officially in the books 13 00:00:44,180 --> 00:00:45,580 and it's already been a wild ride. 14 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,530 Nineteen of the first 28 fights 15 00:00:48,730 --> 00:00:50,980 have come by way of the knockout, 16 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:53,360 and we haven't had a single split decision. 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,310 These teams are coming out hot. 18 00:00:57,030 --> 00:00:58,330 Some of the highest ranked bots 19 00:00:58,530 --> 00:01:01,430 coming into the season have crashed and burned, 20 00:01:01,630 --> 00:01:03,950 while some unranked squads are leaving their marks 21 00:01:04,150 --> 00:01:05,880 all over the BattleBox 22 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,840 and in the box as we all know, chaos is king. 23 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,260 Speaking of chaos, we've got an explosive lineup for you tonight. 24 00:01:13,460 --> 00:01:14,740 Literally, a couple of these guys 25 00:01:14,940 --> 00:01:16,080 are probably going to blow up. 26 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,330 I know that you guys love that portion of the program. 27 00:01:19,530 --> 00:01:21,820 So let's break down tonight's fight card. 28 00:01:24,310 --> 00:01:26,080 Round two of the qualifiers rolls 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,260 on with an action packed lineup, 30 00:01:28,460 --> 00:01:30,600 loaded with tournament darlings, 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,770 Giant Nut favorites and robots so violent, 32 00:01:33,970 --> 00:01:36,840 even the Decepticons would cringe. 33 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,050 [Kenny] That's right. We'll see. 34 00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:41,190 Championship contenders SawBlaze and Witch Doctor 35 00:01:41,390 --> 00:01:43,880 put their perfect starts on the line, 36 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,950 while top ranked phenoms like Blip and Ribbot 37 00:01:47,150 --> 00:01:49,710 try to get back to their winning ways. 38 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:52,600 [Kenny] And boy, do we have a thriller of a main event. 39 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,910 Martin Mason and his hyper aggressive 40 00:01:55,110 --> 00:01:57,260 MaDCatTer wade into the water 41 00:01:57,460 --> 00:02:00,220 with bad boy in training Ethan Kurtz 42 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:04,000 and his unrepentant ravager Riptide. 43 00:02:05,170 --> 00:02:07,330 [Chris] This will be an all out assault. 44 00:02:07,530 --> 00:02:09,740 The community college kids of MaDCatTer 45 00:02:09,940 --> 00:02:12,120 are looking to scratch and claw their way 46 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,670 to victory while Ethan Kurtz is saying, 47 00:02:14,870 --> 00:02:16,980 "it won't be curiosity that kills the cat, 48 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:19,100 it'll be our 60lb drum." 49 00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:22,740 [Kenny] But we are coming out hot with two, 50 00:02:22,940 --> 00:02:24,910 one and 0 teams on a mission 51 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:27,950 as the Brazilian brute Minotaur, 52 00:02:28,150 --> 00:02:30,840 charges into the ring with everyone's favorite 53 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,240 pyromaniac Free Shipping. 54 00:02:34,340 --> 00:02:36,770 All right, let's not waste any more time. 55 00:02:36,970 --> 00:02:38,460 Faruq, take it away. 56 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:40,480 [crowd cheering and applauding] 57 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:47,880 Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? 58 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,310 It's robot fighting time. 59 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,260 In red square, you might not be intimidated by a guy 60 00:03:06,460 --> 00:03:07,430 who's named Gary. 61 00:03:07,630 --> 00:03:09,080 That's a name for a stepdad. 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,330 It's not all that scary, but you'll learn some respect. 63 00:03:12,530 --> 00:03:14,190 He makes the rules in this house. 64 00:03:14,390 --> 00:03:15,460 Don't get bratty. 65 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:19,050 He'll kill your bot, marry your mom and become your daddy. 66 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:21,770 He'll send you to your room and your doom. 67 00:03:21,970 --> 00:03:24,500 It's Free Shipping! 68 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:26,060 [crowd cheering and applauding] 69 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,150 [Chris] There's the man. 70 00:03:32,350 --> 00:03:35,500 Gary Gin, took out a Gigabyte in round one. 71 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:38,050 And Kenny, he might be on to something special 72 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:39,770 with this new look, Free Shipping. 73 00:03:39,970 --> 00:03:40,840 [Kenny] Yeah. 74 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,120 What was once a bit of a novelty is now 75 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:44,810 a legitimate threat with the addition 76 00:03:45,010 --> 00:03:46,120 of that vertical spinner. 77 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,430 But up against a tried and true contender like Minotaur, 78 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,950 we'll see if Free Shipping can continue its rise 79 00:03:52,150 --> 00:03:53,620 and deliver a major upset. 80 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,880 In the blue square, they went to win it all 81 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,080 and I wouldn't bet against the foreign beast, 82 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,120 because they're here to win porca gigante. 83 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,430 That's the Giant Nut in Portuguese. 84 00:04:11,630 --> 00:04:13,840 When it's all said and done, there's only one thing 85 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,190 they'll call you, "The newest world champion of Robos de Batalha." 86 00:04:18,390 --> 00:04:21,080 Here to speak the universal language of robot destruction, 87 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,720 it's Minotaur! 88 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,740 [Chris] Team Minotaur let out of the tunnel 89 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:34,770 by captain Marco Meggiolaro 90 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:37,880 and the always emotional driver Daniel Freitas 91 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,740 kicked off their season with a beatdown 92 00:04:39,940 --> 00:04:41,740 of the reigning champs Tantrum, 93 00:04:41,940 --> 00:04:43,740 Minotaur is in the top of its game 94 00:04:43,940 --> 00:04:45,840 right out of the chute, Kenny. 95 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,810 [Kenny] Yeah, and Daniel is going to be locked in 96 00:04:48,010 --> 00:04:50,430 on those exposed tires on Free Shipping. 97 00:04:50,630 --> 00:04:53,120 Minotaur is like a junkyard dog. 98 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,720 Once you hop that fence, you are their prey. 99 00:05:03,340 --> 00:05:05,670 This basically is going to be a battle of drivers. 100 00:05:05,870 --> 00:05:07,740 I'm pretty sure, both drivers are very good. 101 00:05:07,940 --> 00:05:09,950 Both drivers know each other very well. 102 00:05:10,150 --> 00:05:12,640 They know the strategies, what to do. 103 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,190 Minotaur being smaller can make turns faster. 104 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:17,150 So Daniel is going to try to make turns 105 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,430 and try to get on the side to get the wheels. 106 00:05:19,630 --> 00:05:22,980 When you're using a drum that has a very thick tooth, 107 00:05:23,180 --> 00:05:24,840 so delivers a good punch. 108 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,150 Their plows of very heavy. 109 00:05:27,350 --> 00:05:29,220 So we need to have a very powerful drum 110 00:05:29,420 --> 00:05:31,190 to be able to really lift it. 111 00:05:31,390 --> 00:05:33,640 Otherwise, it's just going to be shoving us around. 112 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:34,740 Whoo! 113 00:05:34,940 --> 00:05:39,500 Minotaur is a really solid robot. 114 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,500 Really, really heavy hitter. 115 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:43,150 You know, Daniel is a great driver. 116 00:05:43,350 --> 00:05:45,150 I think, he's just going to be coming at us. 117 00:05:45,350 --> 00:05:47,020 He's going to be super aggressive. 118 00:05:47,220 --> 00:05:49,530 And we just have to be just as aggressive back. 119 00:05:49,730 --> 00:05:50,840 When that light turns green, 120 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,600 I mean, we're just going to have to go at it. 121 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,120 We're going to try to have to hit him 122 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,740 as soon as we can and as often as we can. 123 00:05:57,940 --> 00:05:59,370 [crowd cheering and applauding] 124 00:06:05,510 --> 00:06:06,890 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 125 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,500 [Chris] Look at the difference in size 126 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:13,880 between these two robots, 127 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,910 is that going to be a factor here, Kenny? 128 00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:17,770 [Kenny] Yeah, this could be a case of bigger, 129 00:06:17,970 --> 00:06:18,980 not being better. 130 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:21,600 Minotaur's heavy drum has so much pop. 131 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,740 Gary needs to keep Minotaur away 132 00:06:23,940 --> 00:06:27,270 from Free Shipping's sides and lead with those big wedges. 133 00:06:28,310 --> 00:06:30,050 [crowd chanting] Gary! 134 00:06:30,250 --> 00:06:31,670 Gary! 135 00:06:31,870 --> 00:06:33,510 [robotic voice] Red team, ready. 136 00:06:35,410 --> 00:06:37,030 [crowd cheering and applauding] 137 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,240 [robotic voice] Blue team, ready. 138 00:06:44,060 --> 00:06:45,930 [crowd cheering and applauding] 139 00:07:03,550 --> 00:07:05,150 [Chris] Free Shipping. 140 00:07:05,350 --> 00:07:08,710 Minotaur, someone's dream of an undefeated season 141 00:07:08,910 --> 00:07:10,620 is about to go up in smoke. 142 00:07:14,620 --> 00:07:16,720 Let the bot battle begin. 143 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,020 [Chris] Gary Gin says, "I ain't afraid. 144 00:07:21,220 --> 00:07:23,950 I ain't scared, I'm coming after you." 145 00:07:24,150 --> 00:07:25,950 [Kenny] These are two legendary teams, 146 00:07:26,150 --> 00:07:27,290 two legendary drivers. 147 00:07:27,490 --> 00:07:29,290 Oh, Minotaur strikes first blood! 148 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:32,460 The bull rips off one of Free Shipping's front forks. 149 00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:34,120 [Chris] Oh, Daniel Freitas just is going to try 150 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,460 to chew on some tires. 151 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:37,460 One of his specialties. 152 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:39,220 Free Shipping backpedaling. 153 00:07:39,420 --> 00:07:42,430 Now gets popped in the air, but lands on all fours. 154 00:07:42,630 --> 00:07:44,430 [Kenny] Gary Gin with some tremendous defensive 155 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:45,710 driving there, Chris. 156 00:07:45,910 --> 00:07:47,910 [Chris] Now he has Minotaur spun around, 157 00:07:48,110 --> 00:07:49,360 drives it into the corner. 158 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,020 Gary Gin says you're not the only one 159 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:53,190 that can play the bully, Daniel Freitas. 160 00:07:53,390 --> 00:07:54,640 Come on. 161 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,770 [Kenny] Well, look at those gyroscopic gymnastics by Daniel. 162 00:07:57,970 --> 00:07:59,290 He's not here to be pushed around. 163 00:07:59,490 --> 00:08:00,740 Minotaur back on the attack. 164 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:01,950 [speaking Portuguese] 165 00:08:02,150 --> 00:08:04,670 [Chris] Free Shipping trying to stay squared up. 166 00:08:04,870 --> 00:08:06,360 [Kenny] Gary Gin struggling a little bit though, 167 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,220 that tire already showing effects. 168 00:08:08,420 --> 00:08:09,290 It's about to fall off. 169 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:10,400 It looks like. 170 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:12,330 [Chris] Can Free Shipping hold off the assault 171 00:08:12,530 --> 00:08:15,430 by Minotaur and hold that on all four wheels? 172 00:08:15,630 --> 00:08:17,570 [Kenny] Oh, he'll drive with that thing on fire. 173 00:08:17,770 --> 00:08:19,500 No wheels, doesn't matter. 174 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:21,640 [Chris] Minotaur scoring with the polarizer 175 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,530 and connects on a nifty one, two combo 176 00:08:23,730 --> 00:08:25,770 that lifts Free Shipping into the air. 177 00:08:25,970 --> 00:08:27,880 [Kenny] Minotaur are just so low to the ground, Chris. 178 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,570 Consistently getting underneath. 179 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:31,120 Gary Gin and Free Shipping. 180 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,150 [Chris] Free Shipping with a more offensive mindset this season. 181 00:08:34,350 --> 00:08:36,910 But Minotaur has put him squarely on the defensive here 182 00:08:37,110 --> 00:08:39,190 in this bash, very impressive. 183 00:08:39,390 --> 00:08:44,020 [Kenny] Daniel Freitas is relentless, cooking up a robot sandwich. 184 00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:45,150 [Chris] Yummy. 185 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:46,770 [Kenny] Look at that drive for Gary Gin. 186 00:08:46,970 --> 00:08:48,020 [Chris] Oh, and there it is. 187 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:49,290 Minotaur's done it. 188 00:08:49,490 --> 00:08:52,430 Stripped the right front tire, right up a Free Shipping. 189 00:08:52,630 --> 00:08:55,260 And now Free Shipping tucked into this short corner, 190 00:08:55,460 --> 00:08:58,020 kind of like a wounded animal, Kenny Florian. 191 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:00,740 [Kenny] Gary staring down at his controller, confused, 192 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:04,060 Free Shipping may be stuck up against the side of the box. 193 00:09:05,550 --> 00:09:07,120 And this could be it. 194 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,050 [Chris] The countdown has started. 195 00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:11,020 Gary Gin doing all he can, 196 00:09:11,220 --> 00:09:13,790 but Free Shipping simply cannot move. 197 00:09:15,890 --> 00:09:17,500 [buzzer blaring] 198 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:19,880 [Chris] Minotaur improves to 2-0. 199 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,580 [crowd cheering and applauding] 200 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,670 [Chris] Kenny, this is why so many people love Gary Gin. 201 00:09:38,870 --> 00:09:40,710 He sees Minotaur and he can't wait to go 202 00:09:40,910 --> 00:09:41,810 meet him nose to nose. 203 00:09:42,010 --> 00:09:43,290 [Kenny] Yeah. 204 00:09:43,490 --> 00:09:46,670 The new look Free Shipping is swinging a big stick this season. 205 00:09:46,870 --> 00:09:48,500 Just got outgunned in this one. 206 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:50,150 [Chris] Minotaur stayed grounded 207 00:09:50,350 --> 00:09:53,050 with some Brazilian ballet moves and dished out 208 00:09:53,250 --> 00:09:55,640 some impressive combinations. 209 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,220 [Kenny] Daniel Freitas is a surgeon. 210 00:09:57,420 --> 00:09:59,980 The way he can attack, the angles he creates. 211 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:03,290 He picked off that front fork and from there, I mean, 212 00:10:03,490 --> 00:10:05,050 Gary Gin was in big trouble. 213 00:10:05,250 --> 00:10:07,460 [Chris] Daniel Freitas went tire hunting 214 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:09,430 and he stripped one loose. 215 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:11,020 The shipping may be free, 216 00:10:11,220 --> 00:10:13,580 but those packages are arriving late. 217 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,330 [crowd cheering and applauding] 218 00:10:17,530 --> 00:10:18,880 [Chris] Marco. 219 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,810 Oh, yeah. 220 00:10:21,010 --> 00:10:21,910 Hi, Marco. 221 00:10:22,110 --> 00:10:23,770 Hi. 222 00:10:23,970 --> 00:10:27,600 Your driver, Daniel Freitas is relentless, isn't he? 223 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,710 Oh, yeah. 224 00:10:28,910 --> 00:10:30,290 That was the driving duel. 225 00:10:30,490 --> 00:10:32,980 You know, these guys have been fighting each other for, like, 226 00:10:33,180 --> 00:10:35,770 13 years or so, they're heavyweights. 227 00:10:35,970 --> 00:10:37,330 So they know each other very well. 228 00:10:37,530 --> 00:10:39,600 It's going to be... it was going to be a very tough fight. 229 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,950 - I knew that. - All right. 230 00:10:41,150 --> 00:10:43,120 I want to include Daniel Freitas in this one. 231 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,530 - Daniel. - Hello. 232 00:10:44,730 --> 00:10:45,740 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 233 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:49,190 How much fun is it driving against a guy like Gary Gin? 234 00:10:49,390 --> 00:10:55,460 Ugh, I fight for Gary since 2007 maybe. 235 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:57,220 - [Chris] Wow. - A long time, long time. 236 00:10:57,420 --> 00:10:59,530 We have a great history. 237 00:10:59,730 --> 00:11:05,460 The Gary for me, the, the great driver that won 238 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:08,440 the, the big driver for the world. 239 00:11:09,580 --> 00:11:11,880 And it's very satisfactory 240 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,150 for me fight with this guy. 241 00:11:15,350 --> 00:11:16,600 [Chris] Well, Daniel and Marco, 242 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,600 congratulations to you and Team Minotaur. 243 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,120 - Parabens. - Thanks. 244 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:21,530 Obrigada. 245 00:11:21,730 --> 00:11:23,340 [crowd cheering and applauding] 246 00:11:31,340 --> 00:11:34,360 Kenny, this is why we love BattleBots. 247 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,840 That was a clash of two absolute warriors. 248 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,740 [Kenny] Yeah, Daniel and Gary are fearless on the sticks. 249 00:11:40,940 --> 00:11:43,980 Minotaur's drum was the clear difference maker. 250 00:11:44,180 --> 00:11:46,150 [Chris] Well, the drum may just meet its match 251 00:11:46,350 --> 00:11:48,740 in the form of Cobalt's disk spinner, 252 00:11:48,940 --> 00:11:52,120 explosive third fight on deck for Minotaur. 253 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,150 And as for Gary Gin, this is a loss 254 00:11:55,350 --> 00:11:56,770 he'll begrudgingly accept. 255 00:11:56,970 --> 00:11:57,840 [Kenny] No question. 256 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,500 He hung in there with one of the best 257 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:01,770 in the sport in Minotaur. 258 00:12:01,970 --> 00:12:04,810 All right. Next up, these guys are animals. 259 00:12:05,010 --> 00:12:07,190 Will the frog get the jump on the snake 260 00:12:07,390 --> 00:12:08,670 in the battle of the pond? 261 00:12:08,870 --> 00:12:11,400 It is Claw Viper against Ribbot, 262 00:12:11,590 --> 00:12:13,430 when we come back here onBattleBots. 263 00:12:13,630 --> 00:12:15,340 [crowd cheering and applauding] 264 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,220 This is BattleBots World Championship VII. 265 00:12:29,420 --> 00:12:30,710 Do you have your track shoes on right now? 266 00:12:30,910 --> 00:12:31,770 I don't know, why? 267 00:12:31,970 --> 00:12:33,120 I would change into them. 268 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,430 You're going to need them to keep up with our next contestant. 269 00:12:35,630 --> 00:12:37,530 That would be the one and only Claw Viper 270 00:12:37,730 --> 00:12:39,500 anchored by Kevin Milczewski. 271 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:40,770 You know, this is one of those bots 272 00:12:40,970 --> 00:12:42,530 that's been around the last few seasons, 273 00:12:42,730 --> 00:12:45,670 and they've kind of been, "meh," as the kids like to say. 274 00:12:45,870 --> 00:12:47,710 But in its season opener, we went, 275 00:12:47,910 --> 00:12:50,640 "What the heck is that thing out there?" 276 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,220 [Kenny] Claw Viper wasn't just fast. 277 00:12:52,420 --> 00:12:55,910 It was put it in the Superman versus Flash debate fast, 278 00:12:56,110 --> 00:12:59,360 but the improvements to its grabbing arm could take it from, 279 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,910 "meh to miraculous." 280 00:13:02,110 --> 00:13:04,080 We saw flashes of dominant control 281 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,260 in its first fight, lifted the rookie Ominous up 282 00:13:07,460 --> 00:13:12,460 and held it like a scene fromDirty Dancing. Speed and control. 283 00:13:12,660 --> 00:13:14,220 That's a wicked combo. 284 00:13:14,420 --> 00:13:18,260 But again, this is a totally different challenge in Ribbot. 285 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:20,260 [Chris] Ribbot, of course, the number two seed 286 00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:21,910 in last season's tournament, 287 00:13:22,110 --> 00:13:26,640 an intimidating machine and a major competitive step up for Claw Viper. 288 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,640 Although in fight number one Ribbot 289 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,330 took a serious beating from fellow green meanie Witch Doctor. 290 00:13:32,530 --> 00:13:34,530 But Kenny, this is an experienced squad 291 00:13:34,730 --> 00:13:37,600 led by David Jin that knows how to win. 292 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,360 [Kenny] Well, when you look at Ribbot's schedule, 293 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:42,460 Witch Doctor was far and away their toughest matchup. 294 00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:47,600 And even with that loss, the career record is an impressive 13 and 7. 295 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,500 This team expected some adversity 296 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:52,460 after revamping their weapon motor in the off season, 297 00:13:52,660 --> 00:13:55,330 but they love this new Ribbot, warts and all. 298 00:13:55,530 --> 00:13:58,710 They've dealt with coming back and making adjustments before. 299 00:13:58,910 --> 00:14:00,150 This is a very good team. 300 00:14:00,350 --> 00:14:01,400 It should be a good match up. 301 00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:03,080 Ribbot and Claw Viper. 302 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,640 Faruq, it's all yours. 303 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:06,270 [crowd cheering and applauding] 304 00:14:10,030 --> 00:14:13,740 In the Red Square from Seattle, Washington. 305 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:16,150 He's about to slither in this BattleBox 306 00:14:16,350 --> 00:14:18,360 and raven claw your eyes out. 307 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:19,600 But it's not magic. 308 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,190 It's science. 309 00:14:21,390 --> 00:14:23,710 It's Claw Viper! 310 00:14:23,910 --> 00:14:25,580 [crowd cheering and applauding] 311 00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:32,430 [Chris] Kevin Milczewski doing his thing. 312 00:14:32,630 --> 00:14:38,290 And I guarantee you, this is the slowest Claw Viper will move all night. 313 00:14:38,490 --> 00:14:39,460 [Kenny] Yeah. 314 00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:40,880 If you blink during this fight, 315 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,020 it will look like Claw Viper's teleporting. 316 00:14:43,220 --> 00:14:46,190 This robot is so well armored on the front and side. 317 00:14:46,390 --> 00:14:48,530 That does leave them vulnerable in the back. 318 00:14:48,730 --> 00:14:50,080 But good luck getting there. 319 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,000 [crowd cheering and applauding] 320 00:15:00,550 --> 00:15:03,740 In the blue square from Worcester, Massachusetts, 321 00:15:03,940 --> 00:15:06,670 the amphibian that will beat you into oblivion. 322 00:15:06,870 --> 00:15:08,810 It's Ribbot! 323 00:15:09,010 --> 00:15:10,580 [crowd cheering and applauding] 324 00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:19,640 [Chris] David Jin, leading his team through the tunnel. 325 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,530 Oh, feeling a little froggy today. 326 00:15:22,730 --> 00:15:24,910 Ribbot certainly capable of going vertical 327 00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:26,910 or horizontal with their weapon. 328 00:15:27,110 --> 00:15:29,190 Second straight fight with the vert, Kenny. 329 00:15:29,390 --> 00:15:31,770 [Kenny] Yeah, it only takes four bolts for them to swap weapons. 330 00:15:31,970 --> 00:15:34,910 Always a bit of gamesmanship in the pits from Ribbot. 331 00:15:35,110 --> 00:15:38,500 They leave teams guessing, this disc is 35 pounds 332 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:41,260 looking to punch Claw Viper in the fang. 333 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:43,000 [crowd cheering and applauding] 334 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,810 We increase the magnetic downforce, 335 00:15:51,010 --> 00:15:53,500 the Claw Viper has four times over the last year, 336 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:55,150 so it's got the same motors, 337 00:15:55,350 --> 00:15:57,150 but it's able to actually make use of them this year. 338 00:15:57,350 --> 00:15:59,460 We're not just skidding out, we're actually going forward 339 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:01,020 a heck of a lot harder this year. 340 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:03,740 If we let them get control and start delivering hits to us, 341 00:16:03,940 --> 00:16:04,840 we're in deep trouble. 342 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,400 We just watched them fight Ominous, 343 00:16:06,590 --> 00:16:09,150 and that was one of the craziest fights we've ever seen. 344 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:10,360 It'll definitely be a challenge, 345 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,120 as a driver trying to keep up with something that quick. 346 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:13,570 We're definitely going to have to focus on 347 00:16:13,770 --> 00:16:15,120 keeping ourselves pointed 348 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,080 and trying to show as much aggression as possible. 349 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,130 Although we fully expect Claw Viper to initiate all the engagements. 350 00:16:25,410 --> 00:16:27,000 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 351 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,290 [Chris] Kenny, what is Claw Viper's strategy in this one? 352 00:16:33,490 --> 00:16:36,190 [Kenny] Well, David Jin won't be surprised by Claw Viper's speed. 353 00:16:36,390 --> 00:16:39,150 So that lifter will need to impact this fight. 354 00:16:39,350 --> 00:16:41,460 Got to use it to disorient Ribbot. 355 00:16:41,660 --> 00:16:43,710 Take it into the hazards and score some points. 356 00:16:43,910 --> 00:16:44,950 All right. 357 00:16:45,150 --> 00:16:46,150 [Chris] And you got to believe here 358 00:16:46,350 --> 00:16:48,530 Ribbot has the weapon advantage. 359 00:16:48,730 --> 00:16:50,220 [Kenny] No question that disc can tear 360 00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:51,880 Claw Viper's lifter to shreds, 361 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,950 if Kevin leaves it exposed and one solid shot 362 00:16:55,150 --> 00:16:57,580 from Ribbot's vertical could end this fight. 363 00:17:01,030 --> 00:17:02,810 [robotic voice] Red team, ready? 364 00:17:03,010 --> 00:17:03,880 Let's go. 365 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,620 [crowd cheering and applauding] 366 00:17:08,580 --> 00:17:10,710 [robotic voice] Blue team, ready? 367 00:17:10,910 --> 00:17:12,790 [crowd cheering and applauding] 368 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,240 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 369 00:17:40,890 --> 00:17:42,600 [Chris] Let the bots battle. 370 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,400 Before I can even get the word out begin. 371 00:17:45,590 --> 00:17:46,670 There goes Claw Viper. 372 00:17:46,870 --> 00:17:47,840 [Kenny] Yeah, there's that speed. 373 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,880 There's that box rush, Claw Viper looking for bite, 374 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,600 Ribbot's weapon is fully spun up. 375 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,130 Kevin Milczewski has to be careful with the placement here. 376 00:17:57,370 --> 00:17:58,500 [Chris] Yeah. Ribbot. 377 00:17:58,700 --> 00:17:59,980 - Oh, look at that. - [Kenny] Wow. 378 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:01,220 That is incredible! 379 00:18:01,420 --> 00:18:02,880 [Chris] Whoa! 380 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,980 It was awesome, and so was that, by the way. 381 00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:08,400 [Kenny] Yeah. Ribbot threatening to come back, that was a big hit. 382 00:18:08,590 --> 00:18:10,640 [Chris] Nice job by Claw Viper to right itself 383 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,260 and square back up. 384 00:18:12,460 --> 00:18:14,570 [Kenny] Claw Viper is fast, but is it durable? 385 00:18:14,770 --> 00:18:17,710 Is it durable enough to take those huge hits from Ribbot? 386 00:18:17,910 --> 00:18:19,670 Stay down! Stay down! 387 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:22,050 [Chris] Oh, no. Is Ribbot stuck in the corner now? 388 00:18:22,250 --> 00:18:23,220 [Kenny] Oh, it might be. 389 00:18:23,420 --> 00:18:24,980 [Chris] Oh, that is a huge problem. 390 00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:26,810 Oh, he got loose. 391 00:18:27,010 --> 00:18:28,640 How's his mobility is the question. 392 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,150 [Kenny] Not great. It's still moving, though. 393 00:18:30,350 --> 00:18:31,740 [Chris] Yeah. 394 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:33,640 [Kenny] Claw Viper's going to have to go in for the kill at some point. 395 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,640 [Chris] And by the way, crab walking. 396 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,640 That is the way to move this season. 397 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,980 You won't get counted out as long as you're moving and all. 398 00:18:41,180 --> 00:18:43,980 [Kenny] That left side of Ribbot's drive is compromised, Chris. 399 00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:46,880 Can Claw Viper take advantage? 400 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,600 [Chris] Now, let's remember, Claw Viper can't just sit back. 401 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:50,980 He's not doing anything. 402 00:18:51,180 --> 00:18:54,220 [Chris] Even if Ribbot isn't moving great. 403 00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:55,980 [Kenny] Ribbot reengages. 404 00:18:56,180 --> 00:18:58,640 [Chris] And here's Claw Viper right back in there, 405 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,050 - face first into Ribbot. - [Kenny] Yeah. 406 00:19:00,250 --> 00:19:02,330 I don't know why Claw Viper's going right into that 407 00:19:02,530 --> 00:19:04,150 active weapon of Ribbot's. 408 00:19:04,350 --> 00:19:06,840 [Chris] Kevin Milczewski may have a death wish or something, 409 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,050 but with exchanges like this, Claw Viper forcing the judges 410 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:13,330 to take notice, at least in the aggression category. 411 00:19:13,530 --> 00:19:15,290 More than halfway through this one. 412 00:19:15,490 --> 00:19:16,460 [Kenny] Oh. 413 00:19:16,660 --> 00:19:18,190 [Chris] It's been a back and forth brawl 414 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:20,810 with both teams dishing out serious damage, 415 00:19:21,010 --> 00:19:23,190 Claw Viper a huge underdog in this one, 416 00:19:23,390 --> 00:19:27,220 has put itself in position to pull off a serious upset. 417 00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:29,570 [Kenny] Can it put Ribbot away? 418 00:19:29,770 --> 00:19:30,810 Oh, look at this. 419 00:19:31,010 --> 00:19:32,330 [Chris] Oh, the reverse suplex. 420 00:19:32,530 --> 00:19:33,500 I like that one. 421 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:35,260 [Kenny] Oh, wow. 422 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:36,570 [Chris] Oh. 423 00:19:36,770 --> 00:19:37,670 Oh, man. 424 00:19:37,870 --> 00:19:39,770 Try to run right into the upper neck. 425 00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:42,020 [Kenny] This is brilliant stuff here from Kevin Milczewski. 426 00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:43,310 [Chris] Oh! 427 00:19:44,170 --> 00:19:45,360 [Kenny] Ribbot inverted now, 428 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,740 but still has an active weapon, Chris. 429 00:19:47,940 --> 00:19:50,020 Kevin doesn't seem to care, Claw Viper 430 00:19:50,220 --> 00:19:51,580 going right at the claw. 431 00:19:52,790 --> 00:19:54,220 [Chris] There's another shot. 432 00:19:54,420 --> 00:19:57,950 And has that weapon started to slow, has Kevin broken it? 433 00:19:58,150 --> 00:19:59,530 [Kenny] Claw Viper having its way 434 00:19:59,730 --> 00:20:03,500 with last season's number two Tournament-C. 435 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:06,770 [Chris] Unbelievable, under 40 to go. 436 00:20:06,970 --> 00:20:08,570 [Kenny] I have never seen another team 437 00:20:08,770 --> 00:20:12,190 like Claw Viper use speed as a weapon like they have. 438 00:20:12,390 --> 00:20:14,710 [Chris] And now feeding them into the screws. 439 00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:17,460 [Kenny] These are two tough robots, Chris. 440 00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:20,290 But the fact that it's Ribbot and not Claw Viper 441 00:20:20,490 --> 00:20:21,570 that's lost its weapon here 442 00:20:21,770 --> 00:20:25,360 after all of these exchanges is absolutely crazy. 443 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:26,650 No one saw this coming. 444 00:20:28,130 --> 00:20:31,330 [Chris] A breathtaking display of speed and power here 445 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:32,710 from Claw Viper, 446 00:20:32,910 --> 00:20:34,710 who's come out of nowhere this season 447 00:20:34,910 --> 00:20:37,360 to put the entire field on notice. 448 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,120 Oh, wow, that's the way you finish up strong. 449 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,190 [crowd cheering and applauding] 450 00:20:43,390 --> 00:20:47,910 - [Chris] Kevin Milczewski and Claw Viper. - [Kenny] What a fight. 451 00:20:48,110 --> 00:20:50,460 [Chris] Putting on a show for the judges, 452 00:20:50,660 --> 00:20:53,770 Derek Young, Lisa Winter, and Fon Davis. 453 00:20:53,970 --> 00:20:57,400 They're going to be scoring this fight on an 11 point system. 454 00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:59,640 Five points could be awarded for damage. 455 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,790 Three a piece for aggression and control. 456 00:21:05,270 --> 00:21:08,050 Well, Kenny, I have an idea who is more aggressive. 457 00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:11,530 [Kenny] Claw Viper was all over that BattleBox, 458 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:13,360 and he had Ribbot attached to him. 459 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:14,530 He was picking him up. 460 00:21:14,730 --> 00:21:16,840 He was driving him all over the BattleBox 461 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,670 and ramming him into the sides repeatedly. 462 00:21:19,870 --> 00:21:20,910 Boom! 463 00:21:21,110 --> 00:21:23,570 [Chris] Put Ribbot in a BabyBjorn here, 464 00:21:23,770 --> 00:21:25,910 turn the frog into a tadpole. 465 00:21:26,110 --> 00:21:29,360 That new lifter working to perfection for Claw Viper. 466 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,430 But listen, let's give Ribbot some credit, 467 00:21:31,630 --> 00:21:33,400 in terms of durability. 468 00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:34,640 You know, there's a lot of bots 469 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,120 that would have died out there. 470 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,440 This one did not. 471 00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:39,810 [Kenny] No, Ribbot is tough. 472 00:21:40,010 --> 00:21:42,290 We knew that, landed a few nice shots, 473 00:21:42,490 --> 00:21:46,430 but Kevin Milczewski was racking up points in every category. 474 00:21:46,630 --> 00:21:48,500 Claw Viper came out of nowhere. 475 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:50,530 What a surprise. 476 00:21:50,730 --> 00:21:52,190 [Chris] Faruq has the decision. 477 00:21:52,390 --> 00:21:53,580 [crowd cheering and applauding] 478 00:21:54,820 --> 00:21:57,400 The results from the judges are in. 479 00:21:57,590 --> 00:21:59,100 [indistinct chatter] 480 00:22:01,650 --> 00:22:05,750 The winner by unanimous decision is, 481 00:22:10,030 --> 00:22:11,050 Claw Viper! 482 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:13,000 [crowd cheering and applauding] 483 00:22:16,510 --> 00:22:17,500 [Kevin] Well done, David. 484 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:19,130 [bleep] hell of a drive too. Hell of a drive. 485 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,740 Kevin Milczewski, how fast is that heart beating right now? 486 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:27,410 Oh, too fast. Oh. 487 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,080 Yeah. Speed kills for sure, man. 488 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,500 But also, you got a very powerful lifter as well. 489 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:34,120 That grabber was on point. 490 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,530 Yeah, it's working great this year. 491 00:22:35,730 --> 00:22:36,600 We put that strap on it, 492 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:37,840 and I can now hold people up 493 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,220 and carry them whenever I want. 494 00:22:39,420 --> 00:22:40,810 It's too much fun. 495 00:22:41,010 --> 00:22:42,260 I want to do it again. 496 00:22:42,460 --> 00:22:46,260 [Kenny] Kevin, How far can how far can Claw Viper go this season? 497 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:47,880 We won the top 32, 498 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,260 from there we'll make, we'll make do from there. 499 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:51,770 We won the top 32. 500 00:22:51,970 --> 00:22:53,220 Kevin, congratulations. 501 00:22:53,420 --> 00:22:55,150 You're doing your thing, 2-0. 502 00:22:55,350 --> 00:22:56,680 Thank you. Whoo! 503 00:22:58,200 --> 00:22:59,260 Great fight. 504 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,200 [crowd cheering and applauding] 505 00:23:04,060 --> 00:23:05,910 [Chris] Kenny, you said it, speed kills. 506 00:23:06,110 --> 00:23:08,360 I mean, I don't know if I've ever seen a bot 507 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,950 more improved from one season to the next than Claw Viper. 508 00:23:11,150 --> 00:23:13,840 Yeah, and again, it seems like everything revolves around that. 509 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,600 So now you have to adjust your whole style, 510 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,020 all your strategy around that one thing, speed. 511 00:23:20,220 --> 00:23:21,330 [Chris] And if you're David Jin, 512 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:23,500 I mean, Ribbot is a very good robot, 513 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:26,290 but you're staring at a record of 0-2 so far. 514 00:23:26,490 --> 00:23:27,910 Where do you go from here? 515 00:23:28,110 --> 00:23:30,460 [Kenny] Well, earlier we said Witch Doctor was the toughest 516 00:23:30,660 --> 00:23:33,460 on their schedule, but Claw Viper is obviously 517 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:35,500 much better than we anticipated. 518 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:38,080 So I think David could deal with these two losses. 519 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,430 Even so, that upcoming match 520 00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:42,880 with Jackpot is verging on a must win. 521 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:43,950 [Chris] All right. 522 00:23:44,150 --> 00:23:46,600 Coming up, can the knight of the old guard 523 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,810 Donald Hutson and Lock-Jaw deliver a generational beatdown 524 00:23:51,010 --> 00:23:52,260 on the prince of pain, 525 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:54,580 Jamison Go and SawBlaze? 526 00:23:55,860 --> 00:23:57,640 Find out next on BattleBots. 527 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,510 [crowd cheering and applauding] 528 00:24:08,820 --> 00:24:10,430 We continue on here on BattleBots 529 00:24:10,630 --> 00:24:12,220 with a pair of veterans squaring off 530 00:24:12,420 --> 00:24:14,260 for the very first time. 531 00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:17,050 Jamison Go and Donald Hutson are both revving up 532 00:24:17,250 --> 00:24:20,220 their bots for war inside the box. 533 00:24:20,420 --> 00:24:22,880 But before we dive into that match up, 534 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,530 we've got eyes back in the pits 535 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:28,330 and there's a look at one half of tonight's main event. 536 00:24:28,530 --> 00:24:33,190 MaDCatTer led by the king of all Cats, Professor Martin Mason. 537 00:24:33,390 --> 00:24:36,120 Now, Kenny, we understand there's a bit of tension in the air 538 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,710 when you talk about MaDCatTer and his opponent tonight, Riptide. 539 00:24:39,910 --> 00:24:41,050 [Kenny] That's right. 540 00:24:41,250 --> 00:24:44,430 MaDCatTer's driver, Calvin Iba has won multiple titles 541 00:24:44,630 --> 00:24:49,080 in the lower weight divisions of robot combat using his bot Lynx. 542 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,640 It's got almost a 90% career win rate, 543 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,810 one of the most dominant beetleweights in history. 544 00:24:56,010 --> 00:24:59,880 Calvin feels that Team Riptide borrowed his design, 545 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,080 scaled it up to the heavyweight division. 546 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,020 There's a tradition in robot combat 547 00:25:04,220 --> 00:25:06,640 of testing a design at the lower weights, 548 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,020 proving its viability and then scaling it up 549 00:25:10,220 --> 00:25:11,400 to the heavyweight division. 550 00:25:11,590 --> 00:25:13,190 There's a sense that Team Riptide 551 00:25:13,390 --> 00:25:15,120 sort of cut the line, 552 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,950 whether that's true or not, bad blood fuels the fight. 553 00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:21,190 [Chris] You know, every sport has its unwritten rules. 554 00:25:21,390 --> 00:25:22,980 The MaDCatTer squad feels like 555 00:25:23,180 --> 00:25:25,840 Ethan and Team Riptide broke a big one. 556 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,370 Either way, this main event could get nasty. 557 00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:34,840 But right now, we've got Lock-Jaw versus SawBlaze. 558 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,980 Let's talk a little bit about Donald Hutson, 559 00:25:37,180 --> 00:25:40,530 had a rough World Championship VI, over. 560 00:25:40,730 --> 00:25:42,360 Didn't get a single win. 561 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,080 Well, he's already surpassed that in one match this year. 562 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,330 And good to see a smile back on Donald's face. 563 00:25:49,530 --> 00:25:51,910 [Kenny] Donald feels 100% ready to take the fight 564 00:25:52,110 --> 00:25:55,360 to all the young talent here in World Championship VII. 565 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,570 Talking about young talent, Jamison Go, he's got it. 566 00:25:59,770 --> 00:26:01,570 He might be one of the favorites to win the entire thing. 567 00:26:01,770 --> 00:26:03,080 [Kenny] No question about it. 568 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,600 Seems like every season he gets closer and closer to that goal. 569 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,640 That goal, of course, winning the Giant Nut. 570 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,640 He has a tremendous robot. 571 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,080 [Chris] Knocked off HyperShock in his first round match. 572 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,670 Let's see what he does against the legend. 573 00:26:13,870 --> 00:26:16,050 [crowd cheering and applauding] 574 00:26:16,250 --> 00:26:17,400 [Chris] The teams are in position 575 00:26:17,590 --> 00:26:18,950 and ready to throw down. 576 00:26:19,150 --> 00:26:20,190 Let's get it on. 577 00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:22,060 [crowd cheering and applauding] 578 00:26:29,410 --> 00:26:31,710 [Chris] Kenny, we talked to Donald Hutson earlier today. 579 00:26:31,910 --> 00:26:33,840 He said he is forgoing the ground game in this. 580 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:34,980 [Kenny] Yeah, that's right. 581 00:26:35,180 --> 00:26:36,910 You know, he wants to utilize that weight 582 00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:39,120 for front and top armor. 583 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,080 His goal is to try to tear up the front end of SawBlaze. 584 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:44,360 And there's Screw Job. 585 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,740 This is only the second time Lock-Jaw has sacrificed 586 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:51,150 some weight in favor of a mini bot here atBattleBots. 587 00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:52,810 Looking to get underneath SawBlaze 588 00:26:53,010 --> 00:26:55,120 and cause some headaches for Jamison Go. 589 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,330 [robotic voice] Blue team, ready? 590 00:26:57,530 --> 00:26:58,510 Ready guys? 591 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:03,500 [Chris] Jamison Go at the top of his game right now. 592 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:07,050 Hit HyperShock so hard that Will Bales had to cut a hole 593 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:09,740 in his robot to remove the hammer saw. 594 00:27:09,940 --> 00:27:12,810 And this team makes its money controlling the action. 595 00:27:13,010 --> 00:27:14,770 [Kenny] That's right and he wants to get underneath 596 00:27:14,970 --> 00:27:16,460 Lock-Jaw, try to scoop him up. 597 00:27:16,660 --> 00:27:18,820 He also wants to try to attack those wheels. 598 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,370 [crowd cheering and applauding] 599 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,100 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 600 00:27:44,370 --> 00:27:46,430 [Chris] Let the bot battle begin. 601 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:48,840 Oh, SawBlaze with an all-out blitz. 602 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,670 All gas, no brakes to start this one. 603 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:55,910 Now he's got Donald Hutson, rams him right into the screw, oh, 604 00:27:56,110 --> 00:27:58,740 and lands a nice shot into Lock-Jaw's underbelly. 605 00:27:58,940 --> 00:28:00,500 [Kenny] Jamison's got him pinned, Chris. 606 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:02,150 [Chris] Oh, man. 607 00:28:02,350 --> 00:28:04,710 [Kenny] I'm having flashbacks to the HyperShock fight! 608 00:28:04,910 --> 00:28:06,980 [Chris] Here's Lock-Jaw grinding away now. 609 00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:08,950 But SawBlaze... Whoa! 610 00:28:09,150 --> 00:28:10,600 I've got another set of the screws 611 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:11,710 I'd like you to meet. 612 00:28:11,910 --> 00:28:13,710 [Kenny] SawBlaze is overpowering Lock-Jaw, 613 00:28:13,910 --> 00:28:16,050 but Lock-Jaw's still in this fight, Chris. 614 00:28:16,250 --> 00:28:18,710 [Chris] Oh, there goes the mini bot. 615 00:28:18,910 --> 00:28:20,950 Now, Jamison Go finally give it Lock-Jaw 616 00:28:21,150 --> 00:28:22,530 a chance to breathe. 617 00:28:22,730 --> 00:28:24,360 I think Donald Hutson's got to figure out a way 618 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,190 to get back right side up. 619 00:28:26,390 --> 00:28:27,980 [Kenny] Yeah, while he can drive inverted, 620 00:28:28,180 --> 00:28:29,530 that weapon is much more effective 621 00:28:29,730 --> 00:28:31,530 when it's spinning up toward the ceiling. 622 00:28:31,730 --> 00:28:33,570 Right now, it's striking down, 623 00:28:33,770 --> 00:28:36,030 making it hard to do anything against that plow. 624 00:28:37,620 --> 00:28:38,710 [Chris] Well, there you go. 625 00:28:38,910 --> 00:28:40,430 Lock-Jaw is back on its feet. 626 00:28:40,630 --> 00:28:43,130 Still two minutes left for Donald to turn it around. 627 00:28:44,650 --> 00:28:47,080 Oh, SawBlaze has his feet up. 628 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,430 Backs off and now Lock-Jaw continues to eat away 629 00:28:49,630 --> 00:28:51,710 at the sides of that massive plow. 630 00:28:51,910 --> 00:28:54,290 [Kenny] He's starting to wear down one side. 631 00:28:54,490 --> 00:28:55,950 - [Chris] Whoa! - [Kenny] Oh. 632 00:28:56,150 --> 00:28:58,260 [Chris] Huge shot there and Lock-Jaw might be 633 00:28:58,460 --> 00:28:59,910 in a precarious position. 634 00:29:00,110 --> 00:29:02,500 Donald Hutson's trying to get his bot to move, 635 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:04,050 but it's not budging, Kenny. 636 00:29:04,250 --> 00:29:06,050 [Kenny] Yeah, that back left wheel is spinning, 637 00:29:06,250 --> 00:29:08,020 but it's got nothing to hold on to. 638 00:29:08,220 --> 00:29:09,880 [referee] Ten, nine... 639 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,980 [Chris] Well there is the countdown. 640 00:29:12,180 --> 00:29:14,430 Jamison Go traps the mini bot in. 641 00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:17,840 Don't even think about helping the big boy out. 642 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,880 And just like that SawBlaze moves to 2-0, 643 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,570 with two incredibly dominant performances. 644 00:29:24,770 --> 00:29:27,530 [Kenny] Jamison Go is a man on a mission. 645 00:29:27,730 --> 00:29:29,580 [crowd cheering and applauding] 646 00:29:37,550 --> 00:29:38,810 [Chris] Well, Jamison Go 647 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,460 aggressive from the onset, as always. 648 00:29:40,660 --> 00:29:41,570 [Kenny] Yeah. 649 00:29:41,770 --> 00:29:42,950 I mean, this was a fun fight, Chris. 650 00:29:43,150 --> 00:29:45,020 You see him get Lock-Jaw inverted. 651 00:29:45,220 --> 00:29:47,020 Taking him for a ride around the BattleBox, 652 00:29:47,220 --> 00:29:48,980 introducing him to the screws there. 653 00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:50,360 Just so powerful. 654 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,400 [Chris] Yeah, He got Lock-Jaw right up on the rails there. 655 00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:55,640 Then he went to work with the hammer saw. 656 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,770 Really showing him no mercy whatsoever. 657 00:29:57,970 --> 00:29:58,840 [Kenny] Yeah. 658 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,910 Donald Hutson had some success eating away 659 00:30:01,110 --> 00:30:02,400 at SawBlaze's plow, 660 00:30:02,590 --> 00:30:04,400 but there was such a clear difference 661 00:30:04,590 --> 00:30:06,570 in the speed of these two robots. 662 00:30:06,770 --> 00:30:10,220 Chris, Lock-Jaw couldn't get around to the sides of SawBlaze. 663 00:30:10,420 --> 00:30:12,840 A dominant performance by Jamison Go. 664 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,600 [Chris] SawBlaze is 2-0. 665 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,890 This is not a team you want to see come tournament time. 666 00:30:19,820 --> 00:30:21,880 [crowd cheering and applauding] 667 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,330 We're going to run out of nozzles at this point. 668 00:30:24,530 --> 00:30:25,740 [Chris] Jamison Go. 669 00:30:25,940 --> 00:30:27,220 Congratulations. 670 00:30:27,420 --> 00:30:29,190 [crowd cheering and applauding] 671 00:30:29,390 --> 00:30:30,880 Jamison, you've been in the fight game 672 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,050 for an awfully long time, but how much fun is it 673 00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:34,460 fighting a guy like Donald Hutson 674 00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:36,020 for the first time ever? 675 00:30:36,220 --> 00:30:37,400 Oh, incredibly fun. 676 00:30:37,590 --> 00:30:39,910 We had a lot of great conversations before the match started. 677 00:30:40,110 --> 00:30:41,190 There's nothing but smiles. 678 00:30:41,390 --> 00:30:43,460 And I'm so nervous. 679 00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:44,950 - I'm shaking right now. - Why are you nervous? 680 00:30:45,150 --> 00:30:46,530 Oh, 681 00:30:46,730 --> 00:30:48,570 because I love robot fighting, you know, 682 00:30:48,770 --> 00:30:50,220 you guys love robot fighting, too, right? 683 00:30:50,420 --> 00:30:52,100 [crowd cheering and applauding] 684 00:30:53,510 --> 00:30:55,080 Dude, I think you've got the adrenaline 685 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,220 pumping through your veins. 686 00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:57,980 I have a feeling you would like to skip 687 00:30:58,180 --> 00:30:59,840 your last two regular season fights 688 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,770 in just advance to the round of 32 right now, huh? 689 00:31:02,970 --> 00:31:04,020 It's always the goal with SawBlaze. 690 00:31:04,220 --> 00:31:05,430 We just want to get into that tournament. 691 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:07,150 Try not to burn too many spares. 692 00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:08,710 I know that my flamethrower guy 693 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:11,290 is really unhappy with me right now. 694 00:31:11,490 --> 00:31:13,430 All right, well, Skorpios and Hydra 695 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:15,740 still ahead on your regular season schedule. 696 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,400 We'll look forward to those fights and much, much more. 697 00:31:18,590 --> 00:31:19,460 Congrats. 698 00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:20,710 Thank you very much. 699 00:31:20,910 --> 00:31:22,600 [crowd cheering and applauding] 700 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,620 [indistinct chatter] 701 00:31:31,340 --> 00:31:32,500 [Chris] Kenny, I have no idea 702 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:35,050 what's going to stop Jamison Go and SawBlaze this season. 703 00:31:35,250 --> 00:31:36,330 I don't see much. 704 00:31:36,530 --> 00:31:38,500 [Kenny] They're really just amazing right now. 705 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:40,190 Again, his driving is on point. 706 00:31:40,390 --> 00:31:41,430 He's shown that he's durable. 707 00:31:41,630 --> 00:31:43,950 He's hitting extremely hard with that hammer saw, 708 00:31:44,150 --> 00:31:45,710 he's getting underneath everybody. 709 00:31:45,910 --> 00:31:46,880 Should I keep going on? 710 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,360 - No. - No. 711 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,740 [Chris] SawBlaze has a good chance 712 00:31:49,940 --> 00:31:51,120 to lock up a tournament spot 713 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,080 with a win over Skorpios in its next fight. 714 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:55,530 And as for Donald Hutson, 715 00:31:55,730 --> 00:31:58,120 which Glitch is he going to get? 716 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,770 [Kenny] That'll be a crucial fight for both squads. 717 00:32:00,970 --> 00:32:03,190 We know Donald will have Lock-Jaw ready. 718 00:32:03,390 --> 00:32:05,290 Can't say the same for Kyle Miller and Glitch. 719 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:06,530 [Chris] All right. 720 00:32:06,730 --> 00:32:10,050 Coming up, can Aren Hill and his flywheel flipper Blip 721 00:32:10,250 --> 00:32:12,770 step out of the enormous shadow of HUGE 722 00:32:12,970 --> 00:32:14,810 and emerge with its first win? 723 00:32:15,010 --> 00:32:17,120 Or will Jonathan Schultz keep the good times 724 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,740 rolling on its oversized wheels? 725 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:22,570 We'll find out next here onBattleBots. 726 00:32:22,770 --> 00:32:24,340 [crowd cheering and applauding] 727 00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,080 [Chris] We are back here on BattleBots. 728 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:36,150 That is Kenny Florian. 729 00:32:36,350 --> 00:32:37,290 I am Chris Rose. 730 00:32:37,490 --> 00:32:39,740 We are super excited for this next fight 731 00:32:39,940 --> 00:32:43,400 because HUGE has rediscovered its mojo. 732 00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:44,500 Took it to Shatter! 733 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:46,330 in its opening fight and rode that 734 00:32:46,530 --> 00:32:47,910 upgraded weapon system 735 00:32:48,110 --> 00:32:49,880 all the way to a knockout. 736 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,150 Showing us this brand new version of HUGE 737 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:53,810 is one to be reckoned with. 738 00:32:54,010 --> 00:32:55,120 [Kenny] Yeah, no question about it. 739 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,910 That weapon was hitting very fast and hard, 740 00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:02,020 but even more impressive was its durability, its reliability. 741 00:33:02,220 --> 00:33:03,770 There's still plenty of season to go, 742 00:33:03,970 --> 00:33:05,810 but when that bar spinner stays active, 743 00:33:06,010 --> 00:33:08,880 it elevates HUGE into a legit contender. 744 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,430 [Chris] He will take on Blip, 745 00:33:10,630 --> 00:33:13,260 of course, commanded by Aren Hill. 746 00:33:13,460 --> 00:33:14,980 They lost their season opener, 747 00:33:15,180 --> 00:33:17,050 a tough one against End Game, 748 00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:18,880 which might be the bot to beat this season. 749 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:19,950 [Kenny] Yeah. 750 00:33:20,150 --> 00:33:22,050 Listen, no shame in losing to End Game, 751 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:25,880 especially going the distance, still Blip took a beating. 752 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,670 The teams put in some long hours back in the pits. 753 00:33:28,870 --> 00:33:30,810 They don't want their hard work undone 754 00:33:31,010 --> 00:33:32,500 by HUGE's bar spinner. 755 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:34,220 Aren needs to put that flipper to work 756 00:33:34,420 --> 00:33:35,950 and keep HUGE airborne. 757 00:33:36,150 --> 00:33:39,600 Or he might be staring down the barrel of 0-2. 758 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,130 Buckle up for safety on this one, Faruq. 759 00:33:46,370 --> 00:33:50,190 In the red square, from Mountain View, California. 760 00:33:50,390 --> 00:33:53,330 He's black and blue, but you're about to be, too. 761 00:33:53,530 --> 00:33:55,510 It's Blip! 762 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,120 [Chris] Aren Hill rolling out there with Blip. 763 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,530 Hey, they did a pretty good job rebuilding that bad boy. 764 00:34:06,730 --> 00:34:08,600 - Huh? - [Kenny] Yeah, it looks fantastic. 765 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,600 Looks like you got some extra armor there on the top. 766 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,050 He's attached what he calls, 767 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:14,290 fingers to the front of Blip there, 768 00:34:14,490 --> 00:34:18,290 those black rails riding across the front of that wedge. 769 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:19,910 Aren says he's willing to eat 770 00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:22,260 some shots to jam up HUGE's weapon. 771 00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:24,050 He wants to hook those big tires 772 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:25,950 with the fingers and fire off 773 00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:27,460 as many flips as possible. 774 00:34:27,660 --> 00:34:29,200 [crowd cheering and applauding] 775 00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:34,740 [Faruq] In the blue square, from South Windsor, Connecticut. 776 00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:38,000 I'm about to say something I've heard many times before. 777 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,570 Its HUGE! 778 00:34:41,770 --> 00:34:43,200 [crowd cheering and applauding] 779 00:34:46,650 --> 00:34:49,270 [Chris] Oh, Faruq, it is HUGE. 780 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,260 You are right about that, staring us down. 781 00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:56,080 Looking mean. 782 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,050 Showed off a lot of power in that fight with Shatter!, Kenny. 783 00:35:00,250 --> 00:35:02,220 [Kenny] Yeah, Blip is much more compact, 784 00:35:02,420 --> 00:35:04,810 so might be tough to land a critical shot. 785 00:35:05,010 --> 00:35:08,550 They're going with their 36 inch blade for maximum reach. 786 00:35:18,130 --> 00:35:19,600 We're going to be a super well armored brick 787 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,710 that drives really good and optimized for facing other more normal robots. 788 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:26,330 Obviously that presents a problem 789 00:35:26,530 --> 00:35:27,570 when HUGE comes up, 790 00:35:27,770 --> 00:35:30,640 that spinning bar's nasty and gets up to speed real fast. 791 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:31,910 I'm planning on getting under 792 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:33,220 and stopping that weapon 793 00:35:33,420 --> 00:35:35,080 and we've got enough attachment on the front of it 794 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:36,840 in order to be able to either hook wheels, 795 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,810 stab into wheel and get flips going. 796 00:35:40,010 --> 00:35:41,770 So we're hoping to be able to get underneath 797 00:35:41,970 --> 00:35:44,360 and either flip one's wheel or flip the other wheel. 798 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:45,980 But just like I would say, 799 00:35:46,180 --> 00:35:47,640 popcorn machine underneath them. 800 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,880 This is, the yappy little Chihuahua, if you will. 801 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,400 I mean, it's been like years since we were 1-0. 802 00:35:53,590 --> 00:35:55,980 We're always showing up with something halfway there, 803 00:35:56,180 --> 00:35:57,330 something working a little bit. 804 00:35:57,530 --> 00:35:59,150 And this is the year we showed up 805 00:35:59,350 --> 00:36:00,770 and it was all coming together. 806 00:36:00,970 --> 00:36:02,500 Blip is an interesting robot, 807 00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:03,980 primarily because of the team behind it. 808 00:36:04,180 --> 00:36:07,150 They're one of the most prepared teams who are here at BattleBots. 809 00:36:07,350 --> 00:36:08,290 We know that they're desperate 810 00:36:08,490 --> 00:36:10,430 and the most dangerous opponent is someone 811 00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:11,640 who's desperate and they know that 812 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,360 they need to win this fight and they're going to do 813 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:14,430 anything it takes to win it. 814 00:36:14,630 --> 00:36:16,290 And so we're preparing for anything. 815 00:36:16,490 --> 00:36:18,740 Right now, we're just set up to survive those falls, 816 00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:21,510 land softly, go on the offensive again. 817 00:36:25,310 --> 00:36:26,890 [crowd cheering and applauding] 818 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:38,000 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 819 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,530 [Chris] You heard it from Jonathan. 820 00:36:40,730 --> 00:36:44,220 He knows Team Blip is desperate to avoid an 0-2 start. 821 00:36:44,420 --> 00:36:46,930 He's bracing for liftoff, and so are we. 822 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,600 Let the bot battle begin. 823 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,670 Blip, trying to get to the side. 824 00:36:55,870 --> 00:36:58,460 Lift it up and HUGE takes the shot 825 00:36:58,660 --> 00:36:59,740 with that asymmetrical blade. 826 00:36:59,940 --> 00:37:00,910 [Kenny] Yeah. 827 00:37:01,110 --> 00:37:02,910 Aren knows he's going to have to eat a few shots 828 00:37:03,110 --> 00:37:05,440 if he wants to get in close enough to flip HUGE. 829 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:07,500 [Chris] Oh. 830 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:08,880 Big shot by HUGE. 831 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,840 Blip takes it on the chin and another pop, 832 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,910 Blip shakes that one off, too. 833 00:37:14,110 --> 00:37:15,050 [Kenny] Oh. 834 00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:17,330 [Chris] Oh, there's a nice flip by Aren Hill. 835 00:37:17,530 --> 00:37:19,330 HUGE with a counter shot, and Blip 836 00:37:19,530 --> 00:37:23,910 up against a giant again, back and forth action here. 837 00:37:24,110 --> 00:37:26,930 [Kenny] Aren doing a nice job of keeping HUGE off balance. 838 00:37:27,930 --> 00:37:29,150 [Chris] Oh. 839 00:37:29,350 --> 00:37:32,290 [Kenny] Good shot there. Huge landing at a high clip. 840 00:37:32,490 --> 00:37:36,020 How many of these big shots can Blip afford to take? 841 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:38,770 [Chris] Man, it must be so difficult to get the... 842 00:37:38,970 --> 00:37:41,570 Oh, that's a nice maneuver. 843 00:37:41,770 --> 00:37:43,530 Is that blade stuck in Blip's face? 844 00:37:43,730 --> 00:37:44,930 Yeah! 845 00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:48,330 [Kenny] Oh, no. Oh, no. 846 00:37:48,530 --> 00:37:51,150 [Chris] HUGE trying to feed Blip in to the upper deck. 847 00:37:51,350 --> 00:37:52,570 Oh, man. 848 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:55,770 [Kenny] That blade is stuck in the top of Blip. 849 00:37:55,970 --> 00:37:58,050 [Chris] Shades and SawBlaze versus HyperShock 850 00:37:58,250 --> 00:37:59,500 from earlier this season. 851 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:00,770 This is nasty. 852 00:38:00,970 --> 00:38:02,640 [Kenny] It's going to be hard to swing that blade 853 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,080 with a 250lb robot attached to it. 854 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,190 [Chris] Let's see how strong your asymmetrical blade is. 855 00:38:08,390 --> 00:38:09,740 [whistle] All right, guys, time out. 856 00:38:09,940 --> 00:38:10,880 Time out. 857 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,290 Listen up, teams, listen up. 858 00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:14,600 We got two robots that are stuck together here. 859 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,080 We're going to try to separate them. 860 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,000 If not, it goes to the judges, and it's a judge's decision. 861 00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:21,670 [Chris] All right. 862 00:38:21,870 --> 00:38:26,080 So the bar spinner of HUGE is absolutely buried in Blip's skull. 863 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:27,220 You know the drill now? 864 00:38:27,420 --> 00:38:29,910 Our crew's going to work separate these two. 865 00:38:30,110 --> 00:38:32,600 Then we'll throw them right back into the fray. 866 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,910 That's when we return onBattleBots. 867 00:38:36,110 --> 00:38:37,750 [crowd cheering and applauding] 868 00:38:47,370 --> 00:38:48,810 [Chris] We are back onBattleBots. 869 00:38:49,010 --> 00:38:51,880 Where our safety crew has just pried HUGE's bar 870 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,020 spinner out of Blip's noggin. 871 00:38:54,220 --> 00:38:55,120 That was pretty impressive work. 872 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,190 [Kenny] Yeah. 873 00:38:56,390 --> 00:38:58,430 Jonathan lined up Blip beautifully 874 00:38:58,630 --> 00:39:00,430 and cut right into the hull. 875 00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:02,860 We've never seen power like this HUGE. 876 00:39:04,890 --> 00:39:06,770 [Chris] The drivers are reset. 877 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:08,840 We've still got plenty of fight left. 878 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,720 [crowd cheering and applauding] 879 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,000 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 880 00:39:24,580 --> 00:39:26,840 [Chris] Let the bot battle resume. 881 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,400 HUGE gets that asymmetrical bar back up to speed. 882 00:39:30,590 --> 00:39:32,120 Blip picks up right where it left off, 883 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,840 getting underneath HUGE. 884 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,950 Let's see, if Aren Hill can get that flipper back in the mix. 885 00:39:37,150 --> 00:39:40,330 [Kenny] Aren has been getting up close and personal with that blade. 886 00:39:40,530 --> 00:39:42,880 HUGE's doing a good job of pointing out weapon out at all time. 887 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,020 Nice shot there. 888 00:39:44,220 --> 00:39:45,810 [Chris] Blip keeping the pressure on, 889 00:39:46,010 --> 00:39:48,400 continues to go straight at that weapon. 890 00:39:48,590 --> 00:39:51,360 [Kenny] Oh, that's a big shot. 891 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,740 [Chris] No light from that clipper since the unstick, 892 00:39:53,940 --> 00:39:54,810 Kenny. 893 00:39:55,010 --> 00:39:56,020 [Kenny] Yeah, that shot to the face 894 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:57,430 may have just taken it out. 895 00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:58,640 We'll see. 896 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,500 This was a very close fight before that stoppage. 897 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,650 But Blip could be behind the eight ball now. 898 00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:06,670 [Chris] One minute remaining. 899 00:40:06,870 --> 00:40:09,020 The weapon of HUGE still going strong, 900 00:40:09,220 --> 00:40:10,500 Blip may have to break it 901 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,240 if it wants to even the scorecard. 902 00:40:14,170 --> 00:40:16,430 Oh, another big shot from HUGE. 903 00:40:16,630 --> 00:40:19,330 That one bent one of those front fingers on Blip. 904 00:40:19,530 --> 00:40:20,770 Stop running away. 905 00:40:20,970 --> 00:40:21,880 Stop chasing. 906 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,220 [Kenny] Aren Hill with some elite driving here 907 00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:26,330 using Blip's speeds and corral HUGE 908 00:40:26,530 --> 00:40:28,080 and control the action. 909 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:29,360 But without an active weapon, 910 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,080 he is fighting from behind Chris, 911 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,670 and he is running out of time to turn the tide. 912 00:40:33,870 --> 00:40:36,120 I don't know what that means, but it's something. 913 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:37,530 [Chris] Whoa! 914 00:40:37,730 --> 00:40:41,710 Bot parts flying, here's Blip pushing HUGE into the screws. 915 00:40:41,910 --> 00:40:45,530 Kind of a dangerous spot for the big boy, but HUGE slips away. 916 00:40:45,730 --> 00:40:48,020 Dicey moment there for Jonathan Schultz. 917 00:40:48,220 --> 00:40:49,980 [Kenny] Oh, Blip takes it nasty, 918 00:40:50,180 --> 00:40:53,670 one, two combination from the Killsaws then HUGE. 919 00:40:53,870 --> 00:40:56,290 [Chris] Aren Hill trying to make one last push 920 00:40:56,490 --> 00:40:58,910 but this one will go the distance. 921 00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:02,570 Nonstop action and unsticking and two teams 922 00:41:02,770 --> 00:41:04,980 giving it everything they got 923 00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:06,820 in this fight, it had it all. 924 00:41:07,890 --> 00:41:09,600 Enough guys. 925 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,050 [Chris] And now it's up to our judges to declare a winner. 926 00:41:13,250 --> 00:41:14,190 [Jonathan] That was good fight. 927 00:41:14,390 --> 00:41:15,410 That was a good fight. 928 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,770 [Chris] What a match up, Kenny. 929 00:41:19,970 --> 00:41:22,150 It felt like Blip dictated the pace, 930 00:41:22,350 --> 00:41:25,120 but had to eat a ton of shots to do it. 931 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,880 None bigger than this smash that resulted in the stick. 932 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:29,950 [Kenny] Yeah. 933 00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:31,840 Once again, HUGE showing off 934 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,330 impressive power and reliability. 935 00:41:34,530 --> 00:41:36,600 And as we saw after the separation, 936 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,980 Blip's weapon couldn't stand up to the punishment. 937 00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:40,670 [Chris] And without its active weapon 938 00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:42,530 Blip was fighting from behind 939 00:41:42,730 --> 00:41:44,710 and HUGE started to pour it on. 940 00:41:44,910 --> 00:41:46,840 [Kenny] Yeah, but Aren Hill was fearless out there 941 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,770 even with HUGE sending one of Blip's fingers flying at his face. 942 00:41:50,970 --> 00:41:54,430 Aren went full Kobe Bryant, didn't even flinch. 943 00:41:54,630 --> 00:41:56,020 [Chris] Two warriors treating the fans 944 00:41:56,220 --> 00:41:58,260 to a full three minutes of action. 945 00:41:58,460 --> 00:42:00,460 It's a shame one has to lose. 946 00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:01,720 Here's Faruq. 947 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:07,580 The results from the judges are in. 948 00:42:11,620 --> 00:42:15,100 The winner by unanimous decision is, 949 00:42:19,790 --> 00:42:21,430 HUGE! 950 00:42:21,630 --> 00:42:23,170 [crowd cheering and applauding] 951 00:42:25,750 --> 00:42:27,060 That was awesome. 952 00:42:32,620 --> 00:42:35,400 [Chris] Jonathan Schultz. Congratulations. 953 00:42:35,590 --> 00:42:39,460 A rebuilt HUGE, now 2-0. 954 00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:40,530 You're all smiles. 955 00:42:40,730 --> 00:42:41,770 How great are you feeling? 956 00:42:41,970 --> 00:42:44,810 I mean, like, what a set of teams for us to beat. 957 00:42:45,010 --> 00:42:46,570 Shatter! and Blip, off the bat? 958 00:42:46,770 --> 00:42:48,120 You know, we've had the up and downs 959 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,400 of the last couple of years and to actually, like, 960 00:42:50,590 --> 00:42:52,360 we're taking it to top robots here. 961 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:53,740 You know, this isn't just anybody. 962 00:42:53,940 --> 00:42:57,050 I feel so amazing with how things are going so far. 963 00:42:57,250 --> 00:42:58,820 [crowd cheering and applauding] 964 00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:01,770 [Chris] John, it was kind of like 965 00:43:01,970 --> 00:43:03,430 dealing with a mosquito out there. 966 00:43:03,630 --> 00:43:04,950 Blip was kind of just all over you. 967 00:43:05,150 --> 00:43:07,360 You're trying to swat it away, you know. 968 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,220 Were you a little nervous when it went to the judges? 969 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:10,290 I was, absolutely. 970 00:43:10,490 --> 00:43:11,640 But I definitely credit a lot of it 971 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,530 to just about halfway through the fight, 972 00:43:13,730 --> 00:43:14,980 we chose to start spinning downwards. 973 00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:16,640 Instead, we went right through the top. 974 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,290 I got my first pin. 975 00:43:18,490 --> 00:43:19,810 I took someone to the shelf. 976 00:43:20,010 --> 00:43:21,050 We've never done that before. 977 00:43:21,250 --> 00:43:23,600 But just I think that that versatility really led us 978 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,120 to the victory and the fight, and we're all really prepared. 979 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,430 We showed up with a robot that works and kicks ass 980 00:43:28,630 --> 00:43:30,880 and it's just the strengths we've always had, 981 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:32,080 weaknesses smoothed over. 982 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,290 It's always had this potential. 983 00:43:34,490 --> 00:43:36,190 Jonathan, congratulations. 984 00:43:36,390 --> 00:43:37,330 Thank you very much. 985 00:43:37,530 --> 00:43:39,000 [crowd cheering and applauding] 986 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:46,400 [Chris] Kenny, 987 00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:49,080 I am so happy for Jonathan Schultz and HUGE, aren't you? 988 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:50,530 [Kenny] I'm very happy for him. 989 00:43:50,730 --> 00:43:52,400 You know, they've been struggling the last couple of seasons. 990 00:43:52,590 --> 00:43:55,460 They are now undefeated against very good robots. 991 00:43:55,660 --> 00:43:58,190 [Chris] They've got Reese Ewert's Fusion up next. 992 00:43:58,390 --> 00:44:00,430 And a chance to all but lock up a spot 993 00:44:00,630 --> 00:44:02,810 in the World Championship Tournament. 994 00:44:03,010 --> 00:44:06,840 On the other side of the ledger, you've got Blip at 0-2. 995 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,330 They're now set to face their sister team Tantrum next, 996 00:44:10,530 --> 00:44:12,020 who sit at 0-1. 997 00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:14,220 A little trouble in paradise brewing. 998 00:44:14,420 --> 00:44:16,260 That's going to be a must watch. 999 00:44:16,460 --> 00:44:18,150 Coming up next, it's a battle between 1000 00:44:18,350 --> 00:44:20,430 science and sorcery as Fusion 1001 00:44:20,630 --> 00:44:22,530 mixes it up with the Voodoo Queen herself, 1002 00:44:22,730 --> 00:44:23,710 Witch Doctor. 1003 00:44:23,910 --> 00:44:26,190 These are two of the most powerful robots 1004 00:44:26,390 --> 00:44:29,430 in the sport, coming off of opening fight victories. 1005 00:44:29,630 --> 00:44:32,190 But the road to 2-0 runs through each other. 1006 00:44:32,390 --> 00:44:34,750 You do not want to miss this one. 1007 00:44:36,370 --> 00:44:38,130 More BattleBots, right around the corner. 1008 00:44:51,410 --> 00:44:53,570 We continue on here on BattleBots. 1009 00:44:53,770 --> 00:44:55,290 That's Kenny Florian, I am Chris Rose. 1010 00:44:55,490 --> 00:44:57,910 And up next, Fusion taking on Witch Doctor 1011 00:44:58,110 --> 00:44:59,360 and the husband and wife, 1012 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,500 tandem of Andrea and Mike Gellatly 1013 00:45:01,700 --> 00:45:02,710 told us before the season, 1014 00:45:02,910 --> 00:45:04,980 they did a total rebuild of their robot. 1015 00:45:05,180 --> 00:45:06,670 They said this is the most blind 1016 00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:08,360 we are going into this season. 1017 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,460 We don't know how it's going to react. 1018 00:45:10,660 --> 00:45:12,260 Go ask Ribbot how it did 1019 00:45:12,460 --> 00:45:15,810 because Witch Doctor really took it to that frog. 1020 00:45:16,010 --> 00:45:17,020 [Kenny] Yeah, no question about it. 1021 00:45:17,220 --> 00:45:19,190 They gained a lot of power switching 1022 00:45:19,390 --> 00:45:20,770 to a brushless weapon motor. 1023 00:45:20,970 --> 00:45:23,120 More technical issues tend to pop up 1024 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:24,500 with brushless motors, 1025 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:27,190 but when you're a two time runner up for the Giant Nut, 1026 00:45:27,390 --> 00:45:30,710 a little risk might be what's needed to bring home the title. 1027 00:45:30,910 --> 00:45:32,220 Clearly, they're doing the right thing. 1028 00:45:32,420 --> 00:45:33,670 Uh, they better keep their distance at times 1029 00:45:33,870 --> 00:45:36,460 against tonight's opponent in Fusion 1030 00:45:36,660 --> 00:45:39,120 because that thing can catch on fire just about any time. 1031 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,290 Remember, it was a Fusion inferno 1032 00:45:41,490 --> 00:45:45,220 in fight number one, but still managed to get the win. 1033 00:45:45,420 --> 00:45:47,460 That's almost, I want to stress, 1034 00:45:47,660 --> 00:45:50,460 almost put a smile on Reese Ewert's face. 1035 00:45:50,660 --> 00:45:52,430 [Kenny] Yeah, No one quite like Reese. 1036 00:45:52,630 --> 00:45:55,190 This team is known for its dual weapons setup, 1037 00:45:55,390 --> 00:45:58,080 and they'll need both operating at full capacity 1038 00:45:58,280 --> 00:45:59,950 to take down one of the top robots 1039 00:46:00,150 --> 00:46:01,680 in the world in Witch Doctor. 1040 00:46:03,370 --> 00:46:05,080 Somebody is moving at 2-0. 1041 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,120 Let's find out which bot it is. 1042 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:08,220 Faruq. 1043 00:46:08,420 --> 00:46:09,890 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1044 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,570 In the red square, from Miami Springs, Florida. 1045 00:46:17,770 --> 00:46:19,670 She's here to write you a prescription, 1046 00:46:19,870 --> 00:46:22,880 200 milligrams of pick your aspirin. 1047 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,410 It's Witch Doctor! 1048 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,460 [Chris] Witch Doctor twice a runner up for the Giant Nut, 1049 00:46:35,660 --> 00:46:38,840 also a runner up last season in the Golden Bolt. 1050 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,080 He's got that nifty little plow in front 1051 00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,530 and it's got a specific strategy. 1052 00:46:43,730 --> 00:46:45,080 [Kenny] Yeah, that's right. 1053 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,190 Well, first of all, they've never faced a bot like Fusion before, 1054 00:46:48,390 --> 00:46:51,360 but they do suspect that the horizontal spinner 1055 00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,260 is what's causing those fires. 1056 00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:55,500 They're going to try to attack it with that wedge. 1057 00:46:55,700 --> 00:46:57,510 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1058 00:47:03,860 --> 00:47:07,050 In the blue square from Dorchester, Wisconsin. 1059 00:47:07,250 --> 00:47:10,360 His dual direction weapons are the most lethal pairing 1060 00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:13,600 since the combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. 1061 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,120 Give it up for Fusion! 1062 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,100 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1063 00:47:23,030 --> 00:47:25,670 [Chris] How nice would it be for Reese Ewert to get off 1064 00:47:25,870 --> 00:47:27,670 to a 2-0 start this season? 1065 00:47:27,870 --> 00:47:30,430 There he is pushing in Fusion, 1066 00:47:30,630 --> 00:47:32,360 two weapons one Reese, Kenny. 1067 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:33,500 [Kenny] Yeah, that's right. 1068 00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:34,880 And what's interesting is typically 1069 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,430 he uses his vertical spinner as a defensive tool. 1070 00:47:38,630 --> 00:47:40,460 He says he's switching things around this time here 1071 00:47:40,660 --> 00:47:41,570 against Witch Doctor. 1072 00:47:41,770 --> 00:47:43,640 He's going to use his vertical spinner 1073 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,240 as an offensive tool here. 1074 00:47:46,750 --> 00:47:48,620 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1075 00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:56,080 They actually have a vertical and horizontal in one robot. 1076 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:57,710 We have the whole three minutes to knock them out. 1077 00:47:57,910 --> 00:47:59,710 We don't have to get it done in the first 30 seconds. 1078 00:47:59,910 --> 00:48:00,880 Well, time is on our side 1079 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:02,360 because they have been known to catch fire 1080 00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:03,600 before the end of the match. 1081 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:05,430 The goal is to get them to catch fire, 1082 00:48:05,630 --> 00:48:07,460 get that knockout and get out. 1083 00:48:07,660 --> 00:48:10,330 I'm gonna attack with my vert and hopefully hit them 1084 00:48:10,530 --> 00:48:13,330 while they're upside down and take off their drive or some component. 1085 00:48:13,530 --> 00:48:15,050 Mike's a good driver. 1086 00:48:15,250 --> 00:48:16,740 He's going to try running circles around me. 1087 00:48:16,940 --> 00:48:18,860 I'm going to have to stay steady and hold my ground. 1088 00:48:23,060 --> 00:48:24,550 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 1089 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:27,170 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1090 00:48:29,130 --> 00:48:32,020 [Chris] All right, Reese coming off an opening fight win. 1091 00:48:32,220 --> 00:48:35,530 But, Kenny, that darn Fusion caught on fire yet again. 1092 00:48:35,730 --> 00:48:36,910 [Kenny] Yeah. Whatever it is. 1093 00:48:37,110 --> 00:48:40,050 Speed controllers, weapon motors or just a flawed design. 1094 00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:44,220 It's the one thing truly holding Fusion back from contention. 1095 00:48:44,420 --> 00:48:46,810 [Chris] I'm sure a few fiery incantations 1096 00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:49,620 are being muttered over there by team Witch Doctor. 1097 00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:53,890 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1098 00:49:04,410 --> 00:49:05,910 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 1099 00:49:06,110 --> 00:49:08,150 [Chris] The prolific Witch Doctor, 1100 00:49:08,350 --> 00:49:10,290 the dual threat Fusion. 1101 00:49:10,490 --> 00:49:13,310 Three powerful weapons ready to rumble. 1102 00:49:17,510 --> 00:49:20,290 Let the bot battle begin. 1103 00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,820 There's the hum of Fusion vertical firing up. 1104 00:49:24,550 --> 00:49:28,530 Oh, he draws first blood and sends Witch Doctor head over heels. 1105 00:49:28,730 --> 00:49:30,980 [Kenny] Looks like it damaged that front wedge there on Witch Doctor. 1106 00:49:31,180 --> 00:49:33,950 [Chris] No question. Oh, wow. 1107 00:49:34,150 --> 00:49:35,080 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 1108 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:36,190 [Kenny] Oh man. 1109 00:49:36,390 --> 00:49:38,400 [Chris] Reese Ewert has come out swinging. 1110 00:49:38,590 --> 00:49:39,980 [Kenny] Fusion off to a great start. 1111 00:49:40,180 --> 00:49:42,910 But are they durable enough here against Witch Doctor? 1112 00:49:43,110 --> 00:49:44,950 [Chris] Mike Gellatly circling now, 1113 00:49:45,150 --> 00:49:47,220 perhaps reconsidering going a weapon to weapon 1114 00:49:47,420 --> 00:49:50,260 with Fusion after those first exchanges. 1115 00:49:50,460 --> 00:49:52,130 Reese Ewert still tracking him. 1116 00:49:52,890 --> 00:49:53,950 Oh! 1117 00:49:54,150 --> 00:49:55,050 [Kenny] Another nice shot. 1118 00:49:55,250 --> 00:49:56,330 Whoa. 1119 00:49:56,530 --> 00:49:58,120 Reese said he was going to be aggressive with the vert, 1120 00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,670 and he is doing just that, Chris. 1121 00:50:00,870 --> 00:50:02,410 [Chris] Witch Doctor pushing back. 1122 00:50:03,650 --> 00:50:05,050 - [Kenny] Whoa! - [Chris] Huge shot. 1123 00:50:05,250 --> 00:50:06,260 That's it. 1124 00:50:06,460 --> 00:50:08,120 Fusion flying and may have knocked out 1125 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:09,640 the vertical spinner. 1126 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:10,950 Oh, boy. 1127 00:50:11,150 --> 00:50:12,910 Now, Witch Doctor and Mike Gellatly on the attack. 1128 00:50:13,110 --> 00:50:14,020 [Kenny] Oh. 1129 00:50:14,220 --> 00:50:15,570 [Chris] They've already taken down the vert. 1130 00:50:15,770 --> 00:50:17,080 Now going for the horizontal. 1131 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:18,570 Big shot there. 1132 00:50:18,770 --> 00:50:21,740 [Kenny] Mike Gellatly, so skilled at playing the angles, 1133 00:50:21,940 --> 00:50:24,150 won't be rattled by this slow start. 1134 00:50:24,350 --> 00:50:28,050 He is as good as it gets at making adjustments on the fly, Chris. 1135 00:50:28,250 --> 00:50:30,600 [Chris] Fusion has that horizontal spinner working. 1136 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,170 The vertical still out of commission, though. 1137 00:50:34,580 --> 00:50:35,740 Whoa! 1138 00:50:35,940 --> 00:50:36,950 Another huge shot. 1139 00:50:37,150 --> 00:50:38,050 Wow. 1140 00:50:38,250 --> 00:50:39,330 Now there's the 140 mark. 1141 00:50:39,530 --> 00:50:41,050 - Still no smoke. - [Kenny] Wow. 1142 00:50:41,250 --> 00:50:43,050 A jaw coming off of Witch Doctor. 1143 00:50:43,250 --> 00:50:44,190 [Chris] Yeah, bit by bit. 1144 00:50:44,390 --> 00:50:46,290 We're getting to see more and more of the innards 1145 00:50:46,490 --> 00:50:47,360 of the Witch Doctor. 1146 00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:48,500 [Kenny] And they are very exposed. 1147 00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:49,570 It is amazing 1148 00:50:49,770 --> 00:50:51,360 how hard Fusion can hit. 1149 00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,430 [Chris] And it looks like Fusion may have taken out 1150 00:50:53,630 --> 00:50:55,130 Witch Doctor's primary weapon. 1151 00:50:56,510 --> 00:50:59,770 Oh, now it strips off the left front tire, Kenny. 1152 00:50:59,970 --> 00:51:01,240 Wow. 1153 00:51:02,550 --> 00:51:04,740 Yep, that's a real problem. 1154 00:51:04,940 --> 00:51:07,220 Just kind of bouncing around the floor. 1155 00:51:07,420 --> 00:51:08,640 [Kenny] The last third of this fight 1156 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:10,840 is going to come down to durability, Chris. 1157 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,130 Who can stay functional down the stretch? 1158 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,150 Oh! Huge shot. 1159 00:51:16,350 --> 00:51:18,220 [Chris] Nice shot there from Witch Doctor. 1160 00:51:18,420 --> 00:51:20,980 And uh-oh, now Fusion's inverted. 1161 00:51:21,180 --> 00:51:23,220 [Kenny] And a plume of smoke just popped 1162 00:51:23,420 --> 00:51:25,400 out of the back of the Fusion as well, Chris. 1163 00:51:25,590 --> 00:51:27,430 [Chris] Oh, that could spell disaster. 1164 00:51:27,630 --> 00:51:29,530 Fusion looking to be breaking down here. 1165 00:51:29,730 --> 00:51:31,080 [Andrea] Hammer be ready. Hammer be ready. 1166 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,150 [Kenny] Durability, reliability has been an issue. 1167 00:51:33,350 --> 00:51:34,500 Look at this. 1168 00:51:34,700 --> 00:51:37,400 - Fusion. - [Chris] The horizontal spinner is alive, Kenny. 1169 00:51:37,590 --> 00:51:39,400 [Kenny] And they're not on fire, Chris. 1170 00:51:39,590 --> 00:51:41,810 [Chris] Can Fusion make it to the closing bell? 1171 00:51:42,010 --> 00:51:44,510 Witch Doctor continues to apply pressure. 1172 00:51:45,550 --> 00:51:47,220 [Kenny] Michael Gellatly trying to break that 1173 00:51:47,420 --> 00:51:48,980 horizontal spinner for good. 1174 00:51:49,180 --> 00:51:51,080 Is Fusion running out of gas here, 1175 00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:52,770 at the finish line? 1176 00:51:52,970 --> 00:51:54,950 [Chris] Under 30 to go with this one. 1177 00:51:55,150 --> 00:51:57,290 Is Fusion even moving at this point? 1178 00:51:57,490 --> 00:51:59,330 [Kenny] Mike has it pinned here. 1179 00:51:59,530 --> 00:52:01,880 No signs of life from Fusion. 1180 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:03,770 And the judges are going to take note 1181 00:52:03,970 --> 00:52:06,330 as this fight draws to a close. 1182 00:52:06,530 --> 00:52:08,020 [Chris] Witch Doctor releases 1183 00:52:08,220 --> 00:52:10,980 and there's a little bit of a crab walk from Fusion, 1184 00:52:11,180 --> 00:52:13,910 just gasping for air as the final seconds 1185 00:52:14,110 --> 00:52:16,290 now tick way. 1186 00:52:16,490 --> 00:52:18,960 This one will end up going to the judges. 1187 00:52:21,130 --> 00:52:26,530 A fun filled explosive fight between two durable bots 1188 00:52:26,730 --> 00:52:28,960 in Fusion and Witch Doctor. 1189 00:52:32,550 --> 00:52:33,640 I got to tell you, 1190 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,740 the judges have their work cut out for them 1191 00:52:35,940 --> 00:52:38,080 because there was some serious damage 1192 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,500 dished out by both robots in this one. 1193 00:52:40,700 --> 00:52:41,770 Kenny Florian. 1194 00:52:41,970 --> 00:52:43,530 [Kenny] Yeah, but it was Fusion landing 1195 00:52:43,730 --> 00:52:45,950 the highlight shots early on, just tore up 1196 00:52:46,150 --> 00:52:48,120 the front end, of Witch Doctor. 1197 00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:50,430 [Chris] You know, Reese definitely came out blazing. 1198 00:52:50,630 --> 00:52:53,710 And no, I don't mean his bot this time, 1199 00:52:53,910 --> 00:52:57,360 but Witch Doctor punched back, landed some nice combinations 1200 00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,360 and eventually broke Fusion's vert. 1201 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:02,670 [Kenny] But here's the beauty of the two weapon design. 1202 00:53:02,870 --> 00:53:06,330 Reese used the horizontal to go back on the attack. 1203 00:53:06,530 --> 00:53:08,260 He broke, Witch Doctor's weapon, 1204 00:53:08,460 --> 00:53:11,020 then stripped off half the wedge and a wheel. 1205 00:53:11,220 --> 00:53:13,050 [Chris] Both bots made strong cases 1206 00:53:13,250 --> 00:53:15,020 for the control and aggression category, 1207 00:53:15,220 --> 00:53:18,570 but Fusion had to be ahead on damage at that point, Kenny. 1208 00:53:18,770 --> 00:53:22,640 There were Witch Doctor parts all over the BattleBox. 1209 00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:25,530 [Kenny] Yeah, but Witch Doctor never stopped moving forward. 1210 00:53:25,730 --> 00:53:27,290 Michael Gellatly was excellent, 1211 00:53:27,490 --> 00:53:28,810 even on three wheels. 1212 00:53:29,010 --> 00:53:31,120 And this last shot that toppled Fusion 1213 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:32,640 could leave a lasting impression 1214 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:33,710 with the judges. 1215 00:53:33,910 --> 00:53:36,080 [Chris] This was an absolute brawl. 1216 00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:39,840 If it ended 20 seconds earlier, maybe it's a win for Fusion. 1217 00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:44,220 20 seconds later, perhaps Reese's bot gets knocked out. 1218 00:53:44,420 --> 00:53:47,050 Can't wait to see how the judges rule this one. 1219 00:53:47,250 --> 00:53:49,550 Let's send it on over to my man, Faruq. 1220 00:53:51,580 --> 00:53:54,060 The results from the judges are in. 1221 00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,440 We have a split decision. 1222 00:54:03,310 --> 00:54:07,480 Judge Fon scored the battle for Witch Doctor. 1223 00:54:10,100 --> 00:54:14,820 Judge Lisa scored the battle for Fusion. 1224 00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:22,510 Judge Derek scored the battle for the winner. 1225 00:54:27,580 --> 00:54:28,640 Witch Doctor! 1226 00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:30,410 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1227 00:54:36,410 --> 00:54:40,290 [Chris] Okay, with the first split decision of the season. 1228 00:54:40,490 --> 00:54:43,600 Let's bring you up to speed on a brand new rule. 1229 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:47,260 Competitors now have the option to appeal a decision 1230 00:54:47,460 --> 00:54:51,980 and have the judges watch back the fight with every available camera angle 1231 00:54:52,180 --> 00:54:53,190 for potential re-scoring. 1232 00:54:53,390 --> 00:54:54,330 [Kenny] That's right. 1233 00:54:54,530 --> 00:54:56,430 And if your appeal is unsuccessful, 1234 00:54:56,630 --> 00:54:59,290 you can't make any more for the remainder of the season. 1235 00:54:59,490 --> 00:55:02,980 So despite the post-fight rush these teams experience, 1236 00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:05,330 they need to weigh their options carefully. 1237 00:55:05,530 --> 00:55:09,060 It'll be interesting to see if Reese wants to take another look at this result. 1238 00:55:11,580 --> 00:55:14,220 [Chris] Witch Doctor, congratulations. 1239 00:55:14,420 --> 00:55:18,500 Andrea, that is not the way your robot entered the arena. 1240 00:55:18,700 --> 00:55:19,910 The way it looks now, right? 1241 00:55:20,110 --> 00:55:21,050 Yeah. 1242 00:55:21,250 --> 00:55:22,810 I mean, the last time we fought a horizontal spinner 1243 00:55:23,010 --> 00:55:24,500 was all the way back in 2019, 1244 00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:26,020 and it was a win over Tombstone 1245 00:55:26,220 --> 00:55:27,670 and he didn't do that much damage. 1246 00:55:27,870 --> 00:55:29,980 So huge props to Fusion and what they've done, 1247 00:55:30,180 --> 00:55:32,530 not just with the horizontal, but with two weapons. 1248 00:55:32,730 --> 00:55:33,910 That was an incredible fight. 1249 00:55:34,110 --> 00:55:35,050 Yeah. 1250 00:55:35,250 --> 00:55:38,080 And about that, you guys have never faced another robot 1251 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:39,360 with two weapons like that. 1252 00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:40,510 What did you learn? 1253 00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:42,750 Uh. [exhales] 1254 00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:45,980 So, we were really trying to go after Fusion's 1255 00:55:46,180 --> 00:55:49,880 horizontal weapon, not really into their vert, which of course, 1256 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:51,220 didn't work out at the beginning there. 1257 00:55:51,420 --> 00:55:52,670 They got a couple of hits on us. 1258 00:55:52,870 --> 00:55:53,910 But I know their strategy, I'm sure, 1259 00:55:54,110 --> 00:55:56,880 was to keep their vertical spinner pointed at us. 1260 00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:58,880 Andrea, it was a split decision. 1261 00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:00,910 What do you think was the difference here 1262 00:56:01,110 --> 00:56:02,670 in the judges' eyes? 1263 00:56:02,870 --> 00:56:04,880 Honestly, I think it was mobility at the end of the match, 1264 00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,120 like both robots dish such big hits. 1265 00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:08,330 But at the end of the day, 1266 00:56:08,530 --> 00:56:10,770 damage is key and if you lose full drive, 1267 00:56:10,970 --> 00:56:12,810 I think that just counts heavily. 1268 00:56:13,010 --> 00:56:14,360 But, you know, I'm not going to hide the fact 1269 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:15,770 that we took a lot of damage as well. 1270 00:56:15,970 --> 00:56:17,220 Yeah, I don't think you have to hide it. 1271 00:56:17,420 --> 00:56:19,290 By the way, we could see all the damage out there. 1272 00:56:19,490 --> 00:56:22,080 Andrea and Mike and Team Witch Doctor, congratulations. 1273 00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:23,770 You're off to a 2-0 start. 1274 00:56:23,970 --> 00:56:24,960 - Thank you. - Thanks. 1275 00:56:26,270 --> 00:56:27,570 Man, awesome fight. 1276 00:56:27,770 --> 00:56:28,720 That was insane. 1277 00:56:29,860 --> 00:56:32,050 Reese, that was a really close fight, man. 1278 00:56:32,250 --> 00:56:34,190 And you did it against one of the best teams in the world. 1279 00:56:34,390 --> 00:56:37,710 Is this appeal worthy in your opinion? 1280 00:56:37,910 --> 00:56:39,430 Oh, I don't know. 1281 00:56:39,630 --> 00:56:42,600 I guess I'll trust you, trust the judges on this one. 1282 00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:45,860 But I always vote for myself, so. 1283 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:51,460 Now, the nice thing is you didn't catch on fire. 1284 00:56:51,660 --> 00:56:52,600 - I was... - Exactly. 1285 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:53,840 - Did you see that? - I did. 1286 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:55,430 - You seeing that? - I did. 1287 00:56:55,630 --> 00:56:57,960 No fire, three minute match. 1288 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:01,400 I think we're improving. 1289 00:57:01,590 --> 00:57:04,430 Reese, I know you're a little happy under there. 1290 00:57:04,630 --> 00:57:05,680 I can see it. 1291 00:57:06,720 --> 00:57:08,600 Good eyesight, Kenny. 1292 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,640 My name's, my name's Chris. 1293 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:12,360 - Oh. - He was talking to me. 1294 00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:14,360 - I'm new to the game. - He was giving me the eyes. 1295 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:15,460 All right. 1296 00:57:15,660 --> 00:57:16,600 Hey, Reese. 1297 00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:18,570 It was a great fight and very entertaining. 1298 00:57:18,770 --> 00:57:19,670 We'll see in your next bout. 1299 00:57:19,870 --> 00:57:20,910 - Thanks, man. - Thank you. 1300 00:57:21,110 --> 00:57:22,750 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1301 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,150 Kenny, there's always a few fights per season 1302 00:57:30,350 --> 00:57:31,460 where we both say, 1303 00:57:31,660 --> 00:57:33,500 "we don't want to be the judges on this one." 1304 00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:34,740 That was tough to call. 1305 00:57:34,940 --> 00:57:36,500 It was an unbelievable fight. 1306 00:57:36,700 --> 00:57:38,430 Fair to say that was an instant classic. 1307 00:57:38,630 --> 00:57:40,050 Could have gone either way. 1308 00:57:40,250 --> 00:57:42,810 Reese didn't seem too interested in appealing there. 1309 00:57:43,010 --> 00:57:44,980 I think the judges got this one right. 1310 00:57:45,180 --> 00:57:48,330 Witch Doctor rebounded from Fusion's opening salvo 1311 00:57:48,530 --> 00:57:50,910 and left Reese's bot on its back. 1312 00:57:51,110 --> 00:57:53,980 [Chris] And despite the loss, this may have been Fusion's 1313 00:57:54,180 --> 00:57:57,080 best performance in the BattleBox. 1314 00:57:57,280 --> 00:57:59,000 Let's give our Reese Ewert a happy face. 1315 00:58:00,620 --> 00:58:02,340 - Good job, Reese. - Yep. Nice work. 1316 00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:06,260 When we return, a couple of prospects 1317 00:58:06,460 --> 00:58:10,530 make their case to join the greatest field of combat robots in the world. 1318 00:58:10,730 --> 00:58:13,640 It's Doomba versus Double Tap. 1319 00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:15,400 That's coming up on BattleBots. 1320 00:58:15,590 --> 00:58:17,000 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1321 00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,740 [Chris] We continue on here on BattleBotsand of course, 1322 00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:35,460 everybody this season chasing after the dream of lifting the Giant Nut. 1323 00:58:35,660 --> 00:58:37,400 But in addition to the 50 robots 1324 00:58:37,590 --> 00:58:38,910 that are trying to find their way 1325 00:58:39,110 --> 00:58:41,770 to the round of 32, BattleBotshas invited 1326 00:58:41,970 --> 00:58:45,500 a collection of brand new teams to test their metal right here 1327 00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:47,910 on the biggest stage in the sport. 1328 00:58:48,110 --> 00:58:50,640 These talented engineers have a whole lot to prove 1329 00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:52,460 if they want to join the big leagues, 1330 00:58:52,660 --> 00:58:55,290 but if you ask them, they're up to task. 1331 00:58:55,490 --> 00:58:56,400 We're a rookie team. 1332 00:58:56,590 --> 00:58:57,810 I'm a rookie captain. 1333 00:58:58,010 --> 00:59:00,460 This is my first ever combat robotics event. 1334 00:59:00,660 --> 00:59:02,190 To finally be here competing 1335 00:59:02,390 --> 00:59:04,050 is something else. 1336 00:59:04,250 --> 00:59:06,130 We even have our own mascot, Chunk. 1337 00:59:07,620 --> 00:59:10,600 It's really amazing. You know, I've gone to help from a lot of teams. 1338 00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:12,500 I didn't expect that much help. 1339 00:59:12,700 --> 00:59:14,150 [Jonathan] I talked to a lot of the builders 1340 00:59:14,350 --> 00:59:16,460 and they told us, you know, this is what you should do. 1341 00:59:16,660 --> 00:59:18,710 And we literally went the opposite way. 1342 00:59:18,910 --> 00:59:20,710 It should be interesting. 1343 00:59:20,910 --> 00:59:24,120 My bot is more beautiful than terrifying. 1344 00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:27,050 It's a real work of art and an engineering masterpiece. 1345 00:59:27,250 --> 00:59:29,600 Everyone kind of knows how you make a really destructive vert. 1346 00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:32,190 The really interesting challenge was to do something 1347 00:59:32,390 --> 00:59:34,050 weird and still be destructive. 1348 00:59:34,250 --> 00:59:37,950 Our robot is a 250 pound Roomba with a chainsaw on top of it. 1349 00:59:38,150 --> 00:59:40,120 And I know that sounds dumb and it is kind of dumb, 1350 00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:41,810 but that's what makes it so much fun. 1351 00:59:42,010 --> 00:59:44,570 [Chris] Kenny, these aren't bots in win-now mode. 1352 00:59:44,770 --> 00:59:48,190 There is no question, they're totally outclassed by our current field, 1353 00:59:48,390 --> 00:59:50,980 but this is a chance to put their design to the test. 1354 00:59:51,180 --> 00:59:53,670 A chance for new captains to rise up the ranks. 1355 00:59:53,870 --> 00:59:55,290 They're getting a very real look 1356 00:59:55,490 --> 00:59:56,670 from our selection committee 1357 00:59:56,870 --> 00:59:58,600 and they're trying to make their way maybe 1358 00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,400 into future seasons ofBattleBots and of course, 1359 01:00:01,590 --> 01:00:02,600 chase the Giant Nut. 1360 01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:03,770 [Kenny] That's right. 1361 01:00:03,970 --> 01:00:05,980 And they need to make the most of these opportunities. 1362 01:00:06,180 --> 01:00:08,670 There's really only one BattleBox in the world, 1363 01:00:08,870 --> 01:00:11,080 and it's right here in Las Vegas. 1364 01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:12,570 [Chris] And how about this? 1365 01:00:12,770 --> 01:00:15,190 The BattleBox is now open year-round 1366 01:00:15,390 --> 01:00:18,810 as Sin City plays host to nightly tournaments inBattleBots' 1367 01:00:19,010 --> 01:00:22,150 new live show Destruct-A-Thon. 1368 01:00:22,350 --> 01:00:25,150 So if you're in the neighborhood, swing on by. 1369 01:00:25,350 --> 01:00:28,080 You could see icons like Whiplash, 1370 01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,190 Witch Doctor, and HyperShock 1371 01:00:30,390 --> 01:00:33,910 duke it out as well as some of these up-and-coming squads. 1372 01:00:34,110 --> 01:00:35,150 So we got two of those now. 1373 01:00:35,350 --> 01:00:37,810 We've got Doomba and Double Tap. 1374 01:00:38,010 --> 01:00:40,460 Two outsiders looking for a way in. 1375 01:00:40,660 --> 01:00:43,400 Double Tap is led by Captain Jonathan Collazo, 1376 01:00:43,590 --> 01:00:46,050 the CEO of an aerial robotics company, 1377 01:00:46,250 --> 01:00:48,050 specializing in drone tech. 1378 01:00:48,250 --> 01:00:50,190 This team is excited to dip their toes 1379 01:00:50,390 --> 01:00:53,080 into the rough waters of robot combat. 1380 01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:54,220 [Kenny] Yeah, and they're facing 1381 01:00:54,420 --> 01:00:57,120 a veteran of the sport in Brice Farrell. 1382 01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:00,190 He's one of the original designers of Mammoth, 1383 01:01:00,390 --> 01:01:03,190 and he's built yet another monstrosity in Doomba. 1384 01:01:03,390 --> 01:01:06,150 I'm very excited to see these two in the BattleBox. 1385 01:01:06,350 --> 01:01:08,600 [Chris] Let's see if they have what it takes. 1386 01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:09,860 Faruq. 1387 01:01:12,860 --> 01:01:15,980 In the red square from Nottingham, Maryland, 1388 01:01:16,180 --> 01:01:17,980 they call this robot Bruce Campbell, 1389 01:01:18,180 --> 01:01:21,500 because his chainsaw is groovy. 1390 01:01:21,700 --> 01:01:22,980 Hail to the King, baby. 1391 01:01:23,180 --> 01:01:25,100 It's Doomba. 1392 01:01:30,750 --> 01:01:32,330 [Chris] Oh, Doomba. 1393 01:01:32,530 --> 01:01:34,080 That's thing is looking at me. 1394 01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,360 That's not the robot vacuum we ordered, Kenny. 1395 01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:37,430 [Kenny] Yeah. 1396 01:01:37,630 --> 01:01:39,080 Brice is a madman. 1397 01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:41,530 Doomba has got a dual motor setup 1398 01:01:41,730 --> 01:01:45,740 powering its 20-pound horizontal disk down below. 1399 01:01:45,940 --> 01:01:47,340 Plenty of offense on this bot. 1400 01:01:53,170 --> 01:01:56,710 In the blue square from San Jose, California. 1401 01:01:56,910 --> 01:01:57,840 The bot so nice, 1402 01:01:58,040 --> 01:01:59,290 he'll kill you twice. 1403 01:01:59,490 --> 01:02:01,130 It's Double Tap. 1404 01:02:06,790 --> 01:02:09,500 [Chris] Team Double Tap dressed to impress. 1405 01:02:09,700 --> 01:02:12,430 Big weapon on this bot, Kenny. 1406 01:02:12,630 --> 01:02:16,500 [Kenny] Big brains too, 40 engineers from over 20 countries 1407 01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:18,290 have helped design Double Tap. 1408 01:02:18,490 --> 01:02:22,530 That horizontal spins close to 250 miles an hour, 1409 01:02:22,730 --> 01:02:24,790 looking to pummel Doomba in its debut. 1410 01:02:32,510 --> 01:02:33,500 Building Doomba. 1411 01:02:33,700 --> 01:02:34,810 It was all about having fun. 1412 01:02:35,010 --> 01:02:36,910 So that's why we chose a really cute bot design. 1413 01:02:37,110 --> 01:02:39,500 We put big googly eyes on it because that's fun. 1414 01:02:39,700 --> 01:02:41,120 Put a chainsaw on it because that's fun. 1415 01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:43,640 Put a flame thrower on it, also fun. 1416 01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:44,740 And then we put a undercutter on it 1417 01:02:44,940 --> 01:02:45,840 so we can beat up bots 1418 01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:48,330 because ripping bots apart is the most fun. 1419 01:02:48,530 --> 01:02:50,600 Our weapon is leveled just perfectly to be able 1420 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:52,050 to take out their weapon. 1421 01:02:52,250 --> 01:02:54,220 We should be able to do this fairly easy. 1422 01:02:54,420 --> 01:02:58,020 We're using the macerator, which is our lower-weight vertical spinner. 1423 01:02:58,220 --> 01:03:03,600 Our vertical spinner is gonna hit close to 250 miles an hour at tip speed. 1424 01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:05,080 We are going for a knockout. 1425 01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:06,260 So, Doomba, watch out. 1426 01:03:06,460 --> 01:03:07,480 Here comes Double Tap. 1427 01:03:11,170 --> 01:03:12,680 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 1428 01:03:15,030 --> 01:03:17,880 [Chris] Kenny, I just got some special information 1429 01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:19,950 from ourBattleBots newsroom. 1430 01:03:20,150 --> 01:03:23,050 That chainsaw is merely a prop. 1431 01:03:23,250 --> 01:03:25,430 [Kenny] That's right. It doubles as a self-righter. 1432 01:03:25,630 --> 01:03:27,150 But I think Brice really just loves it 1433 01:03:27,350 --> 01:03:29,000 for the intimidation factor. 1434 01:03:41,060 --> 01:03:42,500 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 1435 01:03:42,700 --> 01:03:44,030 Fight! Fight! 1436 01:03:51,550 --> 01:03:52,670 I may have bought the bot truck 1437 01:03:52,870 --> 01:03:53,820 to pick up the speed. 1438 01:04:00,410 --> 01:04:03,050 [Chris] Let the bots battle begin. 1439 01:04:03,250 --> 01:04:04,880 Let's see how these two rookie bots 1440 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:07,260 navigate the battle BattleBox floor. 1441 01:04:07,460 --> 01:04:09,080 Double Tap spun up. 1442 01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,880 That is a nice jab to the front of Doomba. 1443 01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:14,810 [Kenny] Doomba is moving like it left its parking brake on Chris. 1444 01:04:15,010 --> 01:04:17,570 - [Chris] Oh. - [Kenny] And, uh-oh, here's some smoke. 1445 01:04:17,770 --> 01:04:18,710 [Chris] Oh, no. 1446 01:04:18,910 --> 01:04:22,510 There goes the top one hit and Doomba splits. 1447 01:04:24,370 --> 01:04:25,400 [Kenny] Oh, boy. 1448 01:04:25,590 --> 01:04:26,880 [Chris] Oh. 1449 01:04:27,080 --> 01:04:29,020 Nice little flip there. 1450 01:04:29,220 --> 01:04:33,980 [Kenny] And the guts are hanging out of Doomba. Call the coroner, Chris. 1451 01:04:34,180 --> 01:04:37,600 [Chris] They're gonna need to bring a couple of body bags for Doomba. 1452 01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,530 [Kenny] Oh, boy. Look at the chain. The chain, the guts. 1453 01:04:40,730 --> 01:04:42,670 [Chris] If you were ever curious how many wires 1454 01:04:42,870 --> 01:04:45,190 it takes to put a robot together. 1455 01:04:45,390 --> 01:04:48,000 - Start counting. Speaking of counting... - ...eight, seven, six, five... 1456 01:04:49,750 --> 01:04:53,460 - [Chris] Doomba is done. Congrats to Double Tap. - [referee] four, three, two... 1457 01:04:53,660 --> 01:04:55,980 [referee] ...One. Knock out. 1458 01:04:56,180 --> 01:04:58,370 [Chris] Victory number one. 1459 01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:04,150 [Jonathan] Okay. Did you see how it's done? 1460 01:05:04,350 --> 01:05:05,510 [indistinct chatter] 1461 01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:12,600 [Chris] Well, Kenny, after a very brief kind of feeling 1462 01:05:12,800 --> 01:05:16,260 out period, Double Tap was like, "Yo, just get out my way." 1463 01:05:16,460 --> 01:05:18,600 [Kenny] Yeah. Double tap got up to full speed 1464 01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:21,150 and it was pretty much one shot and done. 1465 01:05:21,350 --> 01:05:23,220 Doomba was Doneba. 1466 01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:26,430 [Chris] Yeah. The top came off. We got to see its innards. 1467 01:05:26,630 --> 01:05:31,890 That's always fun and time to head back to the pits for young Doomba. 1468 01:05:33,890 --> 01:05:36,400 [indistinct chatter] 1469 01:05:36,590 --> 01:05:38,100 [Brice] That's fun, man. 1470 01:05:41,790 --> 01:05:43,910 [Chris] Well, good for Jonathan and his crew there 1471 01:05:44,110 --> 01:05:45,570 over at Double Tap. 1472 01:05:45,770 --> 01:05:49,220 There's a lot of teams that are here that either visit us 1473 01:05:49,420 --> 01:05:51,670 in seasons past or have been watching the show 1474 01:05:51,870 --> 01:05:53,770 since we brought it back in 2015. 1475 01:05:53,970 --> 01:05:57,330 - If you're thinking about it, do it. - That's right. 1476 01:05:57,530 --> 01:05:59,120 The biggest lesson there that I learned is that 1477 01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:01,600 don't let your guts spill out all over the BattleBox floor. 1478 01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:03,570 - That's usually not good. - That's what you took from that? 1479 01:06:03,770 --> 01:06:05,570 - Yeah, that's what I took from that. - You are unbelievable. 1480 01:06:05,770 --> 01:06:09,640 I'm trying to give people a message of hope and desire, and you're like, 1481 01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,640 "Dude, look at inside of his bot. 1482 01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:16,120 - That's crazy." - It's fight world, man. It's crazy. 1483 01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:20,710 [Chris] All right. Coming up, a couple of knockout artists are gonna put up their dukes. 1484 01:06:20,910 --> 01:06:23,500 It's Riptide and MaDCatTer. 1485 01:06:23,700 --> 01:06:27,340 And these two squads certainly have a score to settle. 1486 01:06:28,930 --> 01:06:31,950 [Chris] And the Rookie of the Year goes to... 1487 01:06:32,150 --> 01:06:36,460 Glitch and Riptide. 1488 01:06:36,660 --> 01:06:39,530 [Ethan] The award is Rookie of the Year, not Rookies of the Year. 1489 01:06:39,730 --> 01:06:44,720 I think Riptide is the best rookie of BattleBotshistory. 1490 01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,750 [Kenny] Man, does Riptide hit hard. 1491 01:06:50,370 --> 01:06:52,580 [Chris] That is a knockout from the rookie. 1492 01:06:53,930 --> 01:06:56,620 [Chris] This is another upset for Riptide. 1493 01:06:59,100 --> 01:07:01,840 [Ethan] You know, we made it to the top eight in elims. 1494 01:07:02,040 --> 01:07:04,740 Glitch didn't make the round of 32. 1495 01:07:04,940 --> 01:07:07,440 So this year we had Glitch fight one. 1496 01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:11,680 And we beat them in six seconds. 1497 01:07:18,370 --> 01:07:21,170 They now know that Riptide was the better robot. 1498 01:07:22,270 --> 01:07:25,240 [Faruq] it's MaDCatTer. 1499 01:07:26,860 --> 01:07:29,080 [Martin] Yeah. 1500 01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:30,580 Oh, yeah. 1501 01:07:31,930 --> 01:07:32,880 Yeah. 1502 01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:34,840 You know to beat a bot like Whiplash. 1503 01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:37,740 One of the best control bots in the field... 1504 01:07:37,940 --> 01:07:40,020 [Chris] Oh, huge hit by MaDCatTer. 1505 01:07:40,220 --> 01:07:43,340 That wasn't Whiplash... That was Whip-last. [echoing] 1506 01:07:46,060 --> 01:07:47,910 It shows that we've got the strategy. 1507 01:07:48,110 --> 01:07:50,670 We're not just a one-hit wonder. We're hungry. 1508 01:07:50,870 --> 01:07:53,220 [Chris] That was brutal. 1509 01:07:53,420 --> 01:07:58,190 We're going up against Riptide. We're happy to do favors. 1510 01:07:58,390 --> 01:08:01,750 If you want assisted suicide, you come to us. 1511 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:07,220 [Ethan] MaDCatTer is a very consistent robot, 1512 01:08:07,420 --> 01:08:09,510 but they're not a very durable robot. 1513 01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:13,200 It'll only take a few hits to actually take them down. 1514 01:08:15,270 --> 01:08:16,910 Calvin's a very impulsive driver, 1515 01:08:17,110 --> 01:08:22,910 but against us, he doesn't have room to make a lot of mistakes. 1516 01:08:23,110 --> 01:08:27,530 In the off-season, our driver, Calvin, has been at every single competitive event. 1517 01:08:27,730 --> 01:08:28,880 And you know what Riptide is? 1518 01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:33,270 It's a big version of Calvin's championship Lynx robot. 1519 01:08:35,370 --> 01:08:38,670 We know where the weaknesses are. 1520 01:08:38,870 --> 01:08:41,480 [Ethan] A three-pounder is not the same as a heavyweight robot. 1521 01:08:44,370 --> 01:08:46,260 Saying that Riptide hasn't innovated 1522 01:08:46,460 --> 01:08:51,400 and we built a heavyweight Lynx, is a really small view. 1523 01:08:51,590 --> 01:08:54,950 [Martin] You know what? They don't have any way to flip themselves back over. 1524 01:08:55,150 --> 01:08:59,910 It's gonna end with Riptide just showing its underside. 1525 01:09:00,110 --> 01:09:02,430 [Martin] Oh, yeah. 1526 01:09:02,630 --> 01:09:03,960 There's gonna be fire. 1527 01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:06,620 There's gonna be destruction. 1528 01:09:07,620 --> 01:09:09,670 There's gonna be mayhem. 1529 01:09:09,870 --> 01:09:11,270 And there's gonna be MaDCatTer. 1530 01:09:12,860 --> 01:09:14,100 [Chris] Oh! 1531 01:09:15,750 --> 01:09:17,330 [Ethan] To be completely honest, 1532 01:09:17,530 --> 01:09:18,960 they'll be dead in two seconds. 1533 01:09:30,580 --> 01:09:31,740 [Chris] We are back onBattleBots. 1534 01:09:31,940 --> 01:09:34,460 And it's time right now for our main event. 1535 01:09:34,660 --> 01:09:36,840 It is the killer kitty MaDCatTer 1536 01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:41,120 taking on the screaming sensation Riptide. 1537 01:09:41,320 --> 01:09:43,740 Let's start with Martin Mason and MaDCatTer. 1538 01:09:43,940 --> 01:09:47,710 Yeah, he's got the big bravado, the big-time personality. 1539 01:09:47,910 --> 01:09:51,220 Now he's got a big-time bot based on what he did to Whiplash. 1540 01:09:51,420 --> 01:09:53,500 [Kenny] Yeah, I was just gonna say, don't let that distract you. 1541 01:09:53,700 --> 01:09:56,020 The professor leads a talented team of students 1542 01:09:56,220 --> 01:09:59,840 who have this bot rolling, and leading the charge for Martin's kids 1543 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:01,570 is driver Calvin Iba. 1544 01:10:01,770 --> 01:10:05,430 We've talked about the controversy with his bot Lynx and Riptide's design, 1545 01:10:05,630 --> 01:10:07,810 but the real story is Calvin's rise 1546 01:10:08,010 --> 01:10:10,530 as an elite driver here atBattleBots. 1547 01:10:10,730 --> 01:10:13,530 [Chris] Now, Martin's kids may sound like a charity, 1548 01:10:13,730 --> 01:10:15,740 but the only thing they're giving back to society 1549 01:10:15,940 --> 01:10:18,150 is pieces of their opponents. 1550 01:10:18,350 --> 01:10:22,290 And now they have a chance to stop the runaway train that is Riptide. 1551 01:10:22,490 --> 01:10:24,530 Ethan Kurtz is at the helm of what is becoming 1552 01:10:24,730 --> 01:10:27,080 one of the most dangerous bots in the game. 1553 01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:29,640 This guy has just been unbelievable 1554 01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:31,220 ever since we first saw him last season. 1555 01:10:31,420 --> 01:10:32,460 Yeah, 100%. 1556 01:10:32,660 --> 01:10:34,220 You know, last season what they had going for them is, 1557 01:10:34,420 --> 01:10:36,570 you know, a lot of people underestimated them. 1558 01:10:36,770 --> 01:10:37,950 We wondered if a sophomore slump 1559 01:10:38,150 --> 01:10:40,670 might be in the cards for World Championship VII. 1560 01:10:40,870 --> 01:10:44,050 And then in fight number one, they knocked out co-rookie of the Year, 1561 01:10:44,250 --> 01:10:46,950 Glitch before I can settle into my chair. 1562 01:10:47,150 --> 01:10:48,670 [Chris] Not since Bite Force have we seen a bot 1563 01:10:48,870 --> 01:10:51,430 with so much success to start its career. 1564 01:10:51,630 --> 01:10:53,360 We'll see if the community college 1565 01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:59,050 team MaDCatTer has a solution for the big problem that is Riptide. 1566 01:10:59,250 --> 01:11:01,130 Faruq. 1567 01:11:06,130 --> 01:11:10,270 [Faruq] Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? 1568 01:11:15,860 --> 01:11:18,790 It's time for the main event. 1569 01:11:22,060 --> 01:11:23,620 [crowd cheering] 1570 01:11:32,860 --> 01:11:36,020 In the red square, this much-maligned feline 1571 01:11:36,220 --> 01:11:38,260 has played every character in Cats. 1572 01:11:38,460 --> 01:11:40,360 It had to because on opening night 1573 01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:42,500 it killed Rum Tum Tugger with the bat. 1574 01:11:42,700 --> 01:11:46,190 It's shanked Skimbleshanks, maimed Mr. Mistoffelees and gored Grizabella. 1575 01:11:46,390 --> 01:11:50,050 How about that? It killed the entire Broadway cast. 1576 01:11:50,250 --> 01:11:53,400 Now, the show is just called Cat. 1577 01:11:53,590 --> 01:11:56,480 It's MaDCatTer! 1578 01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:03,710 [Chris] Here comes the squad from Mt. San Antonio College. 1579 01:12:03,910 --> 01:12:08,360 And how about the driver? Calvin Iba holding his bot Lynx. 1580 01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:10,910 Man brought receipts to this grudge match. 1581 01:12:11,110 --> 01:12:14,050 Kenny, this squad has all sorts of cool nicknames 1582 01:12:14,250 --> 01:12:16,460 for its armor and its weapons. 1583 01:12:16,660 --> 01:12:18,120 [Kenny] Yeah, you see that in front armor there? 1584 01:12:18,320 --> 01:12:20,530 They call that the sword and the shoe. 1585 01:12:20,730 --> 01:12:23,120 Two different types of armor there on the front. 1586 01:12:23,320 --> 01:12:28,620 They're also going with a 35-pound spinning disc they call jumbo fry. 1587 01:12:32,370 --> 01:12:34,460 [Faruq] In the blue square. 1588 01:12:34,660 --> 01:12:38,020 Whoa, dude, this bot is, like, totally sick. 1589 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:41,220 I'm stoked on his vibe. Bro, he rips. 1590 01:12:41,420 --> 01:12:43,910 If you can't hang, you better bail fast 1591 01:12:44,110 --> 01:12:47,950 because he'll like straight shred the gnar, it'll shred your ass. 1592 01:12:48,150 --> 01:12:52,430 Cowabunga, dude. It's Riptide! 1593 01:12:52,630 --> 01:12:54,030 [crowd cheering] 1594 01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:02,500 [Chris] Hey. Hey, now. 1595 01:13:02,700 --> 01:13:04,880 Loot at Ethan Kurtz with his high-energy squad. 1596 01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:07,710 Kenny, what's new with Riptide? 1597 01:13:07,910 --> 01:13:10,600 [Kenny] Well, they're going with their 60lb egg beater weapon, 1598 01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:12,880 but, you know, they had a difficult time 1599 01:13:13,080 --> 01:13:15,260 trying to make the 250lb weight limit. 1600 01:13:15,460 --> 01:13:19,170 So they may have weakened their robot by taking some armor off. 1601 01:13:30,790 --> 01:13:34,120 [Chris] All right. So Riptide shedding some weight for this one. 1602 01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:40,050 MaDCatTer following suit so it can get its mini bot, Gassy Cat in on the action. 1603 01:13:40,250 --> 01:13:42,260 And Kenny, I'm kind of curious where you stand on this 1604 01:13:42,460 --> 01:13:44,980 whole Lynx versus Riptide deal. 1605 01:13:45,180 --> 01:13:48,500 [Kenny] I don't think there's any question Lynx inspired Riptide's design, 1606 01:13:48,700 --> 01:13:53,430 but we're talking about scaling a robot from three pounds to 250. 1607 01:13:53,630 --> 01:13:55,910 That takes serious engineering prowess. 1608 01:13:56,110 --> 01:13:58,530 Riptide made last season's top eight. 1609 01:13:58,730 --> 01:14:02,330 It came into the season as the number 13 ranked robot. 1610 01:14:02,530 --> 01:14:04,820 That success speaks for itself. 1611 01:14:07,620 --> 01:14:09,550 [indistinct chatter] 1612 01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:17,790 - [man] Show no mercy. - Oh, yeah. 1613 01:14:22,240 --> 01:14:24,240 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 1614 01:14:29,030 --> 01:14:32,740 [Chris] No love lost between these two punishing heavyweights. 1615 01:14:32,940 --> 01:14:36,260 A little bit of finger-pointing. A whole lot of trash talk. 1616 01:14:36,460 --> 01:14:40,530 And we don't settle disputes by sharing our feels around here. 1617 01:14:40,730 --> 01:14:42,330 Time to let the weapons do the talking. 1618 01:14:42,530 --> 01:14:46,530 It's MaDCatTer and Riptide in the main event. 1619 01:14:46,730 --> 01:14:49,790 That's when BattleBots continues. 1620 01:14:58,270 --> 01:14:59,330 [Chris] Here atBattleBots 1621 01:14:59,530 --> 01:15:02,290 a great knockout is as much about the spectacle 1622 01:15:02,490 --> 01:15:05,770 as it is the robot death and destruction. 1623 01:15:05,970 --> 01:15:07,190 My name is Martin Mason. 1624 01:15:07,390 --> 01:15:09,290 I know a thing or two about showmanship. 1625 01:15:09,490 --> 01:15:13,570 Yeah! Oh, yeah. 1626 01:15:13,770 --> 01:15:15,950 Here are a few of my favorite showmen. 1627 01:15:16,150 --> 01:15:18,050 The Brazilians and Black Dragon. 1628 01:15:18,250 --> 01:15:21,080 Let's go. Yeah. 1629 01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:23,840 You know what? Those guys are all full of smiles. 1630 01:15:24,040 --> 01:15:25,430 They've got a great duck. 1631 01:15:25,630 --> 01:15:27,930 Anybody know what the heck a duck has to do with dragon? 1632 01:15:30,130 --> 01:15:31,930 Jamison Go and SawBlaze. 1633 01:15:33,340 --> 01:15:37,360 On the arena floor, he is silent and angry. 1634 01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:39,050 I'd call him the silent killer, folks. 1635 01:15:39,250 --> 01:15:42,370 You watch his face. I love what he brings to the arena. 1636 01:15:44,720 --> 01:15:47,530 Victor Soto and his shiny shoes. 1637 01:15:47,730 --> 01:15:49,960 This is a BattleBots. 1638 01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:55,260 He's got a cool demeanor. He takes this show to a whole 'nother level. 1639 01:15:55,460 --> 01:15:56,680 It's great showmanship. 1640 01:16:05,130 --> 01:16:08,080 [Chris] Welcome back to the main event here onBattleBots. 1641 01:16:08,280 --> 01:16:13,190 MaDCatTer and Riptide gearing up inside the box as we speak. 1642 01:16:13,390 --> 01:16:17,290 These are two teams with serious beef. How do they stack up, Kenny? 1643 01:16:17,490 --> 01:16:19,980 [Kenny] Here you go. MaDCatTer with a powerful drive. 1644 01:16:20,180 --> 01:16:22,880 Definitely has the advantage in terms of agility. 1645 01:16:23,080 --> 01:16:27,020 A big disparity in weapon weight favoring Riptide's drum. 1646 01:16:27,220 --> 01:16:30,570 But both of these bots spin those weapons up to full speed 1647 01:16:30,770 --> 01:16:32,670 in under five seconds. 1648 01:16:32,870 --> 01:16:34,790 Two of the best punchers in the business. 1649 01:16:43,130 --> 01:16:45,060 [robotic voice] Red team, ready? 1650 01:16:46,270 --> 01:16:47,370 Oh, yeah. 1651 01:16:50,130 --> 01:16:52,030 [robotic voice] Blue team, ready? 1652 01:17:01,370 --> 01:17:04,750 [Chris] The gloves are coming off. Ding, ding, ding. 1653 01:17:17,370 --> 01:17:19,000 [chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 1654 01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:32,570 [Chris] Let the bot battle begin. 1655 01:17:32,770 --> 01:17:34,290 Both weapons up to full speed. 1656 01:17:34,490 --> 01:17:38,600 And a good shot to start it out. MaDCatTer gets flipped off. 1657 01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:42,570 Oh, another huge shot. Both weapons still humming. 1658 01:17:42,770 --> 01:17:45,080 [Kenny] Oh, Riptide just cutting through that front armor. 1659 01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:47,050 [Chris] Oh, my gosh. 1660 01:17:47,250 --> 01:17:48,880 Oh. Okay. 1661 01:17:49,080 --> 01:17:50,770 [Kenny] These are knockout shots, Chris. 1662 01:17:50,970 --> 01:17:52,640 [Chris] Keep Riptide on a warpath. 1663 01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:55,020 There is no mercy for MaDCatTer. 1664 01:17:55,220 --> 01:17:57,050 [Kenny] Oh, my goodness. The wires are gone. 1665 01:17:57,250 --> 01:17:59,080 And that teeth gone. 1666 01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:02,500 [Chris] Unbelievable. In less than 30 seconds. 1667 01:18:02,700 --> 01:18:03,980 [Kenny] Wow. 1668 01:18:04,180 --> 01:18:06,670 [Chris] The kids out of Southern California have done it again. 1669 01:18:06,870 --> 01:18:09,930 And now Riptide is going after Gassy Cat too. 1670 01:18:11,440 --> 01:18:14,570 Oh, come on. Oh, my goodness. 1671 01:18:14,770 --> 01:18:16,980 [referee] Ten, nine... 1672 01:18:17,180 --> 01:18:22,190 [Chris] Martin Mason can't believe it. Even he is silent. 1673 01:18:22,390 --> 01:18:25,220 [Kenny] Riptide just put the field on notice, Chris. 1674 01:18:25,420 --> 01:18:27,130 [referee] ...one. Knockout. 1675 01:18:31,410 --> 01:18:35,020 [Chris] Ethan Kurtz doing it on every last bit of MaDCatTer. 1676 01:18:35,220 --> 01:18:38,000 That bad blood is boiling. 1677 01:18:42,130 --> 01:18:46,020 - Kenny Riptide is a monster. - [Kenny] Yeah. 1678 01:18:46,220 --> 01:18:48,710 I mean, when you have a weapon that's that powerful, 1679 01:18:48,910 --> 01:18:50,910 it does so much damage, so quickly. 1680 01:18:51,110 --> 01:18:53,220 It went right through that front armor on MaDCatTer. 1681 01:18:53,420 --> 01:18:57,020 - Oh. - [Chris] Unbelievable shots from Riptide. 1682 01:18:57,220 --> 01:19:01,330 You know, MaDCatTer is used to overpowering teams with its vertical spinner. 1683 01:19:01,530 --> 01:19:03,600 - Not today. Not today. - [Kenny] No. 1684 01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:08,530 Someone should call Bob Barker because this kitty just got put down. 1685 01:19:08,730 --> 01:19:11,810 [Chris] Yeah. Riptide may have taken a shot early, 1686 01:19:12,010 --> 01:19:15,840 but after that, it was all about the sophomores. 1687 01:19:16,040 --> 01:19:19,460 Ethan Kurtz delivers a cat-astrophic knockout 1688 01:19:19,660 --> 01:19:23,000 to the community college squad and MaDCatTer. 1689 01:19:26,930 --> 01:19:28,030 Ethan. 1690 01:19:29,340 --> 01:19:31,120 Hello, Ethan. Can you hear me? 1691 01:19:31,320 --> 01:19:32,840 Let's go! 1692 01:19:33,040 --> 01:19:34,510 [all yelling] 1693 01:19:39,720 --> 01:19:40,680 Oh, yeah. 1694 01:19:42,580 --> 01:19:43,840 Hi. 1695 01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:46,740 Ethan, you did the unthinkable. 1696 01:19:46,940 --> 01:19:48,930 You quieted down, Martin Mason. 1697 01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:56,570 You guys weren't hesitant at all. 1698 01:19:56,770 --> 01:20:00,050 You guys did not, you know, play defensive. You really went for it. 1699 01:20:00,250 --> 01:20:03,080 [Ethan] The strategy ended up being as MaDCatTer is really 1700 01:20:03,280 --> 01:20:06,220 a fast vertical spinner that goes pretty straightforward. 1701 01:20:06,420 --> 01:20:09,220 So we wanted to make sure that like we moved unpredictably. 1702 01:20:09,420 --> 01:20:11,640 So if you saw on the block, it's we're like showing our butt 1703 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:14,400 like we just wanted to like not to give them anything. 1704 01:20:14,590 --> 01:20:16,190 And that's what we did. 1705 01:20:16,390 --> 01:20:19,150 We didn't give them anything and we got them on their back and it was over from there. 1706 01:20:19,350 --> 01:20:20,500 We just took them. 1707 01:20:20,700 --> 01:20:23,570 For those teams that are watching you in action back in the pits, 1708 01:20:23,770 --> 01:20:25,740 what do you think they're thinking? 1709 01:20:25,940 --> 01:20:27,670 Uh... 1710 01:20:27,870 --> 01:20:29,530 Riptide could go 4-0, this year, baby. 1711 01:20:29,730 --> 01:20:32,220 [bleep] scared man. We're gonna take them. 1712 01:20:32,420 --> 01:20:34,910 Like if I'm seeing that. I'm thinking, "Oh, man. 1713 01:20:35,110 --> 01:20:38,640 MaDCatTer is a tough robot." "Oh, man. Glitch is a tough robot." 1714 01:20:38,840 --> 01:20:40,930 We just took them out both, man. 1715 01:20:42,550 --> 01:20:44,890 I'd be scared, if I was you. 1716 01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:51,310 Ethan and Riptide. Congratulations. As you move to 2-0. 1717 01:20:54,370 --> 01:20:56,120 You know, I designed this robot to be unbeatable. 1718 01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:58,880 And, you know, it's a great robot to base it off of. 1719 01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:01,950 So good job. 1720 01:21:02,150 --> 01:21:03,710 Well, Martin. 1721 01:21:03,910 --> 01:21:07,260 Did you ever think something like that would happen to your robot? 1722 01:21:07,460 --> 01:21:10,330 You know what, folks? This cat's got nine lives. 1723 01:21:10,530 --> 01:21:12,500 You're gonna see it again, folks. 1724 01:21:12,700 --> 01:21:16,400 And you know what? Great job on these guys. They brought 100%. 1725 01:21:16,590 --> 01:21:17,880 That's what we want to see, folks. 1726 01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:20,600 We want to see that intensity in the arena. 1727 01:21:20,800 --> 01:21:25,530 But we're ready to go again, folks. Any time. You betcha. 1728 01:21:25,730 --> 01:21:28,980 - Oh, right there, man. - [Chris] Martin, thank you. 1729 01:21:29,180 --> 01:21:30,480 [crowd cheering] 1730 01:21:38,620 --> 01:21:42,880 Well, Ethan Kurtz talks the big game and then his bot backs it up. 1731 01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:44,290 [Kenny] That's a high-energy team 1732 01:21:44,490 --> 01:21:47,050 and that's a high-energy weapon that they have. 1733 01:21:47,250 --> 01:21:49,150 My goodness. That's one of the most devastating weapons 1734 01:21:49,350 --> 01:21:50,950 in the whole competition. 1735 01:21:51,150 --> 01:21:53,740 Riptide will take on Captain Shrederator next. 1736 01:21:53,940 --> 01:21:55,910 They got to think that's a winnable match up. 1737 01:21:56,110 --> 01:21:58,670 Much more difficult fourth fight against the Brazilians 1738 01:21:58,870 --> 01:22:00,290 and Black Dragon. 1739 01:22:00,490 --> 01:22:04,950 But I'm not doubting Ethan when he says, "This squad can go for 4-0." 1740 01:22:05,150 --> 01:22:08,770 [Chris] And for Martin Mason, Calvin Iba, and MaDCatTer, 1741 01:22:08,970 --> 01:22:11,740 Riptide just handed them a hefty repair bill. 1742 01:22:11,940 --> 01:22:13,740 We'll see how fast they can recover 1743 01:22:13,940 --> 01:22:16,600 for their upcoming fight with Big Dill. 1744 01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:19,460 How about tonight's episode by the way? 1745 01:22:19,660 --> 01:22:22,400 Six of the seven winners improved to 2-0. 1746 01:22:22,590 --> 01:22:25,430 There are some serious Giant Nut contenders out there. 1747 01:22:25,630 --> 01:22:29,640 We saw the likes of Witch Doctor, Minotaur, 1748 01:22:29,840 --> 01:22:32,150 HUGE, Claw Viper, and SawBlaze. 1749 01:22:32,350 --> 01:22:34,600 They're all super, super impressive. 1750 01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:36,430 [Kenny] And Fusion was equally impressive 1751 01:22:36,630 --> 01:22:38,770 despite losing that narrow decision, 1752 01:22:38,970 --> 01:22:43,330 Reese has delivered two of the best performances on this young season. 1753 01:22:43,530 --> 01:22:47,360 He might finally, finally be on the path to contention. 1754 01:22:47,560 --> 01:22:49,430 [Chris] Meanwhile, an early hole might turn 1755 01:22:49,630 --> 01:22:53,260 into an early grave for some of the top squads out there. 1756 01:22:53,460 --> 01:22:56,360 I'm looking at you Aaron Hill and Blip. An 0-2 1757 01:22:56,560 --> 01:22:59,120 start and a third matchup with their sister team 1758 01:22:59,320 --> 01:23:02,050 Tantrum who sit at 0-1. 1759 01:23:02,250 --> 01:23:06,600 That has all the makings of a family reunion gone horribly wrong, Kenny. 1760 01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:10,810 These are two championship contenders we're talking about, both winless. 1761 01:23:11,010 --> 01:23:13,120 [Kenny] I sound like a broken record every season, 1762 01:23:13,320 --> 01:23:18,640 but every single season the robots get more powerful, more dangerous, 1763 01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:21,190 the teams get better, the teams get smarter. 1764 01:23:21,390 --> 01:23:24,290 There's gonna be some really good teams that may not make the top 32. 1765 01:23:24,490 --> 01:23:27,020 And by the way, if this is what the postseason is gonna look like, 1766 01:23:27,220 --> 01:23:28,500 I can't wait for that time. 1767 01:23:28,700 --> 01:23:30,500 But of course, we aren't even halfway 1768 01:23:30,700 --> 01:23:32,600 through the regular season just yet. 1769 01:23:32,800 --> 01:23:34,080 So that'll do it for tonight. 1770 01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:36,150 For Faruq, my man Kenny Florian. 1771 01:23:36,350 --> 01:23:39,910 I am Chris Rose. We will see you next time here on BattleBots. 1772 01:23:40,110 --> 01:23:41,440 [crowd cheering]