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[Faruq]
Over its 25-year history,

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excellence atBattleBots

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has been measured
in hardware,

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punctuated
by the ultimate prize,

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the Giant Nut.

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Tonight,
the quest for another one

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of the sport's crown
jewels...

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[Chris] Team End Game
wins the first ever

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Golden Bolt.

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[Faruq]
enters its second chapter.

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Five nights
of single elimination fights,

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culminating in a merciless
winner-take-all tournament.

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I'm not done yet.

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[Faruq]
Welcome to robot combat

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at its most raw.

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Let's go!

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[Faruq]
This isBattleBots Champions,

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the Race for the Golden Bolt.

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[robotic voice]
Robots, activate.

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[crowd cheering]

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Welcome to
BattleBots Champions

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Sin City Slugfest.

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I'm Chris Rose
and joined as always

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by UFC legend and the greatest

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robot combat analyst
ever to call a fight,

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Kenny Florian.

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[crowd cheering]

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Chris,
it's great to be here in Vegas

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for our fourth Slugfest
qualifying tournament.

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We are down to our last two

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available spots
in our tournament of champions

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in a chance at...

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-the Golden Bolt.
-The Golden Bolt.

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[Kenny] The Golden Bolt
Championship field

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is stacked, Chris.

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Giant Nut winner SawBlaze,
Tantrum,

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and End Game have been joined

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by Slugfest winners
Shreddit Bro,

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Whiplash, and Free Shipping.

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Tonight, eight more teams
will put it all on the line

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in a one-night,
three-round gauntlet

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and only one
will conquer this bracket

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and get their shot
at the hardware.

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[Chris] All right.
We're gonna break down

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all of the matchups as we go

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but let's jump
right into the action

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and kick off round one.

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We got Banshee
squaring off with Cobalt.

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Can the flipper bot
pull off the upset

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against one of the most
destructive

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verticals in the sport?

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Let's find out.

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It's about to get wild
in here,

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Vegas, and BattleBotsfans.

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Take it away, Faruq.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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are you ready?

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It's robot fighting time!

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In the red square
from Phoenix, Arizona,

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you scream, I scream,

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we all scream for Banshee!

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[crowd cheering]

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[Chris]
First year squad Banshee

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led by Captain David Small

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repping his Celtic heritage

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with the sword
and the kilt, Kenny.

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[Kenny] Yeah, brought a sword
to a bazooka fight.

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This is a tough draw
for this squad

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but the few times
Cobalt has been KO'd,

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it's been when they get
tipped upside down.

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If Banshee
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it's got
a puncher's chance here.

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[man] Banshee, Banshee.

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In the blue square

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from Oceanside, California
and the UK

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and proving
that the special relationship

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is still intact, it's Cobalt!

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[Chris] The vicious
vertical spinner of Cobalt.

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This team had a heck
of a World Championship VII.

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Driver Dave Moulds
was phenomenal on the sticks.

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But Kenny,
Dave won't be driving tonight.

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What's up with that?

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[Kenny] Well, co-captain
John Mladenik purchased Cobalt

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with the intention
of driving it as well.

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Now that Dave Moulds
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he's ready
to take over completely.

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Remember,
John was the longtime

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driver of Gigabyte.

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He knows how to maximize
destruction

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but he's still
getting used to this bot,

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so expect a bit
of a learning curve tonight.

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Their weapon
is absolutely devastating.

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It's one of the most
destructive robots

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we've seen
in the sport, period.

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So we've armored up
the robot with UHMW.

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This will absorb
some of the major blows

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that their weapon dishes to us
and will hopefully give us

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another chance to come around
and try to flip them.

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This tournament's do or die.
We've got one shot basically

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and with that one loss,
if that happens, we're done.

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We pack up and we leave,
so every fight counts.

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We are taking a risk
by me driving

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because he just has more
stick time.

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I'm not as aggressive fighter
as he is.

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I don't have the skills
to do those fast maneuvers.

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When I get
an opportunity, you know,

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I'm gonna make sure I line up
when I get an opportunity

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and I'm gonna jam him.

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And I think
with our front wedge setup

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that for this fight,
I think that's gonna work.

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Historically,
we find if we just get

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one good hit
on an average robot,

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it's pretty much...

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It's over then.

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[crowd cheering]

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[robotic voice]
Robots, activate.

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[Chris] Team Cobalt there
still repping

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former Captain Brent Rieker

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who's battled health issues.

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We continue to wish him well.

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All right, Kenny.

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Who are you putting
your chips on for this one?

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[Kenny] Yeah,
massive edge to Cobalt.

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That 45-pound blade
is an absolute serial killer.

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David Small
has surrounded Banshee

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with one-inch thick UHMW

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but my bookie senses tell me
that won't be enough

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to stop Cobalt from
mashing it into blood pudding.

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But hey, like I said,
all it takes is one flip

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and a lucky bounce for Banshee
to pull off the upset.

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Great value pick
if you like the underdog here.

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[Chris]
Let the bot battle begin.

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Cobalt, oh, I'm keeping
my eye on that weapon, Kenny.

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[Kenny] Yeah,
they're trying to keep

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that weapon pointed
at Banshee at all times,

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just kind of waiting
for Banshee to attack.

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-Oh, there's an opportunity.
-[Chris] Yup.

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John Mladenik at the controls.

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Dave Moulds carried it
through last season.

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[Kenny] Oh.

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[Chris] And Banshee
takes a serious shot

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and a second time and a third.

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-[Kenny] Whoa.
-[Chris] It took out a light.

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-Flipper works.
-[Chris] What a combination

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but Banshee
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[Kenny]
Oh, but now the flipper bot

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on its head,
a little out of control here.

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Let's see
if Cobalt can take advantage.

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Banshee, looks like
it's shaking off some cobwebs.

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[Chris] John Mladenik
admittedly much more

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conservative than Dave Moulds
in the driving department.

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Oh.

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[Kenny] Way less experienced
as well,

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still getting his bearings
here with the drive.

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[Chris] Yeah.
A few seasons ago,

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the Wildman Matt Maxham
that was the driver of Cobalt.

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Last season,
it was Dave Moulds.

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Now John Mladenik
here in the Slugfest,

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having some trouble navigating
his way on the floor.

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[Kenny] Yeah, he is struggling

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but David Small
not very much better

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as he leaves Banshee extremely
vulnerable once again.

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[Chris]
The killshot has been there

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for the taking for Cobalt.

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John just has
to find a way to line it up.

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[Kenny] Banshee
is not moving well, Chris.

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[Chris] Whoa!

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[Kenny]
Another good shot there.

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[Chris] Another huge shot.

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There's all sorts of pieces
flying around the box.

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I have no idea what's what.

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More than 90 seconds
into the three-minute fight.

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Cobalt has certainly landed

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the bigger blows
but John Mladenik

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has been unable to put
Banshee away so far.

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And of course,
you don't ever wanna let a bot

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hang around in a fight, Kenny,

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especially when you don't have
a self-righter

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-and you're facing a flipper.
-[Kenny] Yeah, that's right.

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It only takes one shot
to swing a fight.

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[Chris]
Oh, nice exchange there.

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And here's Banshee
with a flip putting Cobalt

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on its head
and the team reacts.

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Look out.

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[Kenny] That's exactly
what we're talking about,

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Chris.

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Dicey exchange there
for Cobalt.

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That weapon
produces so much energy.

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If it makes contact
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it can send the robot
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and potentially disabling it.

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[Chris] Under a minute to go,
the Kill Saws are active.

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-Oh.
-[Kenny] Uh-oh.

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There's an opportunity.

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[Chris]
Banshee unable to convert

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with the flipper there

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and Cobalt's front forks
are bent upward, Kenny.

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That's not gonna make life
any easier for John Mladenik.

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[Kenny] No, it makes it
much more difficult

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to feed Banshee
into his weapon.

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Cobalt needs to be careful
as it turns away.

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That's where it gets
some lift,

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some gyroscopic action

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which could allow Banshee
to get underneath it.

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But is that flipper
working on Banshee?

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I'm not so sure, Chris.

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[Chris] It doesn't
look like it at the moment.

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Cobalt trying to get
one more shot

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to impress the judges

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as we're under 10 seconds
to go.

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[Kenny] Oh,
chipping away at the armor

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on Banshee
and now taking it for a ride.

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Nice finish by Cobalt.

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[buzzer buzzes]

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[Chris] So after three minutes
of combat,

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we are headed
to the judges' scorecards.

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They are Derek Young,
Lisa Winter,

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and Fon Davis
scoring on an 11-point system.

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Five points
can be awarded for damage,

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three apiece in the categories
of aggression and control.

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Well, Kenny,
Banshee may have had

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a golden opportunity
here with John Mladenik

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still getting his bearings
on the sticks for Cobalt

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but David Small
unable to capitalize

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in the early going.

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[Kenny] Yeah,
and it started with David

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driving headfirst
into Cobalt's weapon.

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Never a good idea.

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Cobalt followed it up
with a big shot

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that hurt Banshee and seemed
to affect its mobility.

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[Chris] Normally,
Cobalt would make quick work

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of a wounded opponent,
but again,

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Mladenik
was clearly hesitant,

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had trouble
lining up the killshot.

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[Kenny] And Banshee
almost made him pay, Chris.

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Got underneath
with the flipper

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a couple of times.

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Very close calls for Cobalt.

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[Chris] A very nice
finishing sequence

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from Cobalt,

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which certainly did
more damage

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but was it enough to advance?

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Here's Faruq.

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The results
from the judges are in.

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The winner
by unanimous decision is...

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Cobalt!

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John, congratulations
on the victory.

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You made a big switch
on the team.

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You decided to drive.
Why was that?

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Yeah, we...

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I had to start driving
eventually.

252
00:11:31,211 --> 00:11:34,591
I only had three minutes
in a grudge match last season.

253
00:11:34,625 --> 00:11:36,522
So this is my second
three minutes,

254
00:11:36,556 --> 00:11:38,936
so I got six minutes
of stick time.

255
00:11:38,970 --> 00:11:40,453
It had to happen.

256
00:11:44,073 --> 00:11:45,418
John, we of course know you

257
00:11:45,453 --> 00:11:46,798
from your Gigabyte days
as well.

258
00:11:46,832 --> 00:11:49,384
The biggest difference
between driving Gigabyte

259
00:11:49,418 --> 00:11:51,418
as opposed to Cobalt is?

260
00:11:51,453 --> 00:11:53,867
I can always tell what's
the front and what's the back.

261
00:11:53,901 --> 00:11:56,177
There's no...
There's no mistaking it.

262
00:11:56,211 --> 00:11:59,108
I don't have the muscle memory
that Dave has.

263
00:11:59,142 --> 00:12:02,280
I think it's gonna take me
a while to get to that level

264
00:12:02,315 --> 00:12:04,246
but I think it's gonna happen,

265
00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,315
so hopefully
we'll keep winning.

266
00:12:07,349 --> 00:12:08,970
Dave, how difficult is it

267
00:12:09,005 --> 00:12:10,867
watching somebody else
drive the robot?

268
00:12:10,901 --> 00:12:12,280
It was really painful.

269
00:12:12,315 --> 00:12:14,177
[laughter]

270
00:12:14,211 --> 00:12:16,453
-But... No, it's good--
-Off the team.

271
00:12:16,487 --> 00:12:18,108
I think it's good.

272
00:12:18,142 --> 00:12:19,556
I think
John needed just kicking out

273
00:12:19,591 --> 00:12:21,832
the nest and now he's there,

274
00:12:21,867 --> 00:12:23,522
I think
he's gonna do really well.

275
00:12:23,556 --> 00:12:26,142
We look forward to seeing
you guys in the semifinals.

276
00:12:26,177 --> 00:12:27,280
-Thank you.
-Thank you.

277
00:12:28,556 --> 00:12:30,315
[cheers and applause]

278
00:12:31,970 --> 00:12:32,901
Well done.

279
00:12:32,936 --> 00:12:35,729
-Well done.
-Great semi-final.

280
00:12:35,763 --> 00:12:36,867
Well done.

281
00:12:36,901 --> 00:12:38,487
[Chris]
So Banshee's David Small

282
00:12:38,522 --> 00:12:40,591
must sheath his sword
for now.

283
00:12:40,625 --> 00:12:42,660
Tough matchup for the rookie.

284
00:12:42,694 --> 00:12:45,315
But hey, there's nowhere
to go from here but up.

285
00:12:45,349 --> 00:12:48,660
As for Cobalt, that has got
to be tough for Dave Moulds.

286
00:12:48,694 --> 00:12:49,901
You could hear it
in his voice.

287
00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:51,591
He wants to be
on that stick right now

288
00:12:51,625 --> 00:12:54,660
'cause he thinks
this machine has plenty left.

289
00:12:54,694 --> 00:12:56,349
[Kenny] Yeah. And to be fair,
John Mladenik,

290
00:12:56,384 --> 00:12:58,246
learning how to drive
one of the most vicious

291
00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,522
combat robots on the planet
is no easy task.

292
00:13:01,556 --> 00:13:03,970
The big question
will be if John's skills

293
00:13:04,005 --> 00:13:06,211
can keep up
with the level of competition

294
00:13:06,246 --> 00:13:08,970
as he gets deeper
into this bracket.

295
00:13:09,005 --> 00:13:11,591
[Chris] A very solid point,
Kenny Florian.

296
00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:13,418
Up next for Cobalt
would be the winner

297
00:13:13,453 --> 00:13:16,005
of Emulsifier
versus Captain Shrederator.

298
00:13:17,936 --> 00:13:20,005
Coming up,
two mean green machines

299
00:13:20,039 --> 00:13:21,729
are getting ready
to enter the box

300
00:13:21,763 --> 00:13:24,246
as the hometown heroes
Jackpot

301
00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:25,970
square off
with Emmanuel Carrillo

302
00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:27,349
and Big Dill.

303
00:13:28,867 --> 00:13:30,867
And hey, we are just
getting started

304
00:13:30,901 --> 00:13:33,591
on a night that looks like
aBattleBots roulette wheel.

305
00:13:33,625 --> 00:13:36,798
You can spin to win,
get lucky,

306
00:13:36,832 --> 00:13:39,073
maybe even hit a jackpot.

307
00:13:39,108 --> 00:13:40,556
Who's gonna punch
their ticket

308
00:13:40,591 --> 00:13:42,694
to the Golden Bolt
tournament tonight?

309
00:13:42,729 --> 00:13:44,453
Stick around and find out.

310
00:13:49,418 --> 00:13:51,005
[theme music playing]

311
00:13:53,522 --> 00:13:55,108
This is BattleBots Champions

312
00:13:55,142 --> 00:13:56,970
Sin City Slugfest.

313
00:13:57,005 --> 00:13:58,246
Tonight, we're locking in

314
00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,005
one of the last
two remaining spots

315
00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,280
in the upcoming
Golden Bolt tournament.

316
00:14:02,315 --> 00:14:04,453
Whichever team
can win three fights in a row

317
00:14:04,487 --> 00:14:08,832
will earn the right to
join this exclusive field.

318
00:14:08,867 --> 00:14:10,556
The first round
continues right now

319
00:14:10,591 --> 00:14:13,901
with a matchup
between Big Dill and Jackpot.

320
00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:16,832
And, Kenny, let's start off
with the blue collar bot.

321
00:14:18,108 --> 00:14:20,694
Led by local Las Vegas
plumber, Jeff Waters,

322
00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:23,315
this is a robot
built on a shoestring budget,

323
00:14:23,349 --> 00:14:26,039
been a great bang
for buck bot, too.

324
00:14:26,073 --> 00:14:28,556
They had never lost
a regular season fight

325
00:14:28,591 --> 00:14:29,936
until last season.

326
00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:31,556
They lost their first two.

327
00:14:31,591 --> 00:14:32,867
They had to make a run
all the way

328
00:14:32,901 --> 00:14:34,729
to the round of 32,
where they were eventually

329
00:14:34,763 --> 00:14:37,418
eliminated very quickly
by Witch Doctor.

330
00:14:37,453 --> 00:14:39,349
So, where does
Jeff Waters' bot

331
00:14:39,384 --> 00:14:40,901
sit right now
in your opinion?

332
00:14:40,936 --> 00:14:43,177
[Kenny] Well, budget-wise,
it may be an outsider,

333
00:14:43,211 --> 00:14:46,142
but this bot fits right in
with the current meta.

334
00:14:46,177 --> 00:14:49,073
Jackpot's vertical weapon
hits incredibly hard

335
00:14:49,108 --> 00:14:50,694
and it boasts
one of the biggest

336
00:14:50,729 --> 00:14:52,246
reaches in the field.

337
00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,384
So chances
are it's hitting you

338
00:14:54,418 --> 00:14:55,970
before you hit it.

339
00:14:56,005 --> 00:14:57,867
And if anyone knows
how to handle

340
00:14:57,901 --> 00:15:00,315
a punishing work schedule,
it's Jeff.

341
00:15:00,349 --> 00:15:01,798
He's built for the Slugfest.

342
00:15:03,591 --> 00:15:06,349
They're squaring off against
the robot called Big Dill.

343
00:15:06,384 --> 00:15:09,280
Emmanuel Carrillo, of course
there is the captain.

344
00:15:09,315 --> 00:15:11,694
As a control bot,
Big Dill couldn't compete

345
00:15:11,729 --> 00:15:14,039
with all the big weapons
out there.

346
00:15:14,073 --> 00:15:15,936
But for World
Championship VII,

347
00:15:15,970 --> 00:15:17,936
Emmanuel added
a vertical spinner

348
00:15:17,970 --> 00:15:19,832
to fight fire with fire.

349
00:15:19,867 --> 00:15:21,901
It went one and three
and missed the tournament,

350
00:15:21,936 --> 00:15:24,108
but do not let that fool you.

351
00:15:24,142 --> 00:15:26,798
This is a bot on the rise,
Kenny Florian.

352
00:15:26,832 --> 00:15:27,936
[Kenny]
Right on the money, Chris.

353
00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:29,832
Once Emmanuel
got things dialed in,

354
00:15:29,867 --> 00:15:32,142
Big Dill
started looking dangerous.

355
00:15:32,177 --> 00:15:34,832
Put on an epic fight
against Mad Catter,

356
00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:36,591
closed out World
Championship VII

357
00:15:36,625 --> 00:15:39,246
with a solid win
over Free Shipping.

358
00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,694
This bot is gonna be
trouble going forward,

359
00:15:41,729 --> 00:15:44,384
and I think they could
pull off an upset here.

360
00:15:46,108 --> 00:15:49,073
[cheers and applause]

361
00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:53,142
Yeah.

362
00:15:54,832 --> 00:15:57,073
Coming into this match
with Jackpot,

363
00:15:57,108 --> 00:15:58,280
I think the big thing

364
00:15:58,315 --> 00:15:59,625
is we got to avoid
their weapon.

365
00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:01,763
The goal is really
just to box rush him.

366
00:16:01,798 --> 00:16:03,349
Make sure
they can't really spin up.

367
00:16:03,384 --> 00:16:05,453
If they do get spun up,
they really can't drive.

368
00:16:05,487 --> 00:16:07,005
So we're gonna really
maneuver around the box

369
00:16:07,039 --> 00:16:08,867
and try to get
our strikes that way.

370
00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:11,246
We're gonna have to do
a lot of back-to-back fights.

371
00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,384
And this is a war
of attrition,

372
00:16:13,418 --> 00:16:14,970
so we're not gonna play
that sparring game,

373
00:16:15,005 --> 00:16:16,005
we're not gonna play
as defensive.

374
00:16:16,039 --> 00:16:17,142
We're gonna go
super offensive,

375
00:16:17,177 --> 00:16:18,591
try to keep
these matches short,

376
00:16:18,625 --> 00:16:20,142
so that we don't
sustain damage

377
00:16:20,177 --> 00:16:21,522
and we can
turn around quicker.

378
00:16:26,142 --> 00:16:28,349
So our next match
is gonna be a bit of a pickle.

379
00:16:28,384 --> 00:16:30,556
Big Dill
is doing really good now

380
00:16:30,591 --> 00:16:32,660
with their newer design.

381
00:16:32,694 --> 00:16:34,556
They got new vertical spinner
on the front

382
00:16:34,591 --> 00:16:37,211
that's actually very effective
despite how small it is.

383
00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:39,039
Right now,
we have BlackHeart,

384
00:16:39,073 --> 00:16:41,349
which is our big
heart-shaped weapon.

385
00:16:41,384 --> 00:16:43,763
The design on this one
compared to the double diamond

386
00:16:43,798 --> 00:16:46,073
is that we'll concentrate
the energy into the middle

387
00:16:46,108 --> 00:16:48,556
to prevent them
from going down the center.

388
00:16:48,591 --> 00:16:51,418
I'm hoping that after this,
we can relish in victory.

389
00:16:56,556 --> 00:16:57,867
[robot voice]
Robots, activate.

390
00:16:59,108 --> 00:17:00,901
[Chris] Big Dill
going with their mini bot,

391
00:17:00,936 --> 00:17:03,901
Nacho Supreme,
which does pack a punch.

392
00:17:03,936 --> 00:17:06,210
But, Kenny, you know
what Jeff Waters told me?

393
00:17:06,246 --> 00:17:09,555
He wants a nickel every time
he tickles that pickle.

394
00:17:09,591 --> 00:17:11,624
[Kenny] Well, he'd settle
for just the five cents

395
00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:13,969
if he could land
a one-shot KO.

396
00:17:14,005 --> 00:17:16,280
And, you know, for all
the bot-on-a-budget talk,

397
00:17:16,315 --> 00:17:19,246
Jackpot is a pretty
versatile robot.

398
00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,763
But Jeff has decided to stick

399
00:17:20,797 --> 00:17:22,832
with just one
configuration tonight

400
00:17:22,867 --> 00:17:24,763
to save time between fights.

401
00:17:24,797 --> 00:17:27,383
As he mentioned,
going with BlackHeart,

402
00:17:27,418 --> 00:17:30,108
which is their largest
and most powerful blade.

403
00:17:30,142 --> 00:17:31,556
Great reach on it, too.

404
00:17:31,591 --> 00:17:34,832
But Big Dill's long forks
could be the equalizer.

405
00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:00,384
[Chris]
Let the bots battle begin.

406
00:18:00,418 --> 00:18:04,246
Quick box rush
by Big Dill nailed Jackpot.

407
00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,936
[Kenny] Yeah. Big Dill
going right to work here

408
00:18:06,970 --> 00:18:08,073
getting underneath.

409
00:18:08,108 --> 00:18:09,384
Nice flip there.

410
00:18:09,418 --> 00:18:10,832
Get up. Get up.
Get up. Get up.

411
00:18:10,867 --> 00:18:12,901
[Chris] Emmanuel Carrillo
on the attack.

412
00:18:12,936 --> 00:18:14,453
Uh-oh, he's got one
of his forks

413
00:18:14,487 --> 00:18:15,729
stuck in the KillSaw

414
00:18:15,763 --> 00:18:18,487
so that allowed Jackpot
to get a little shot in there.

415
00:18:18,522 --> 00:18:20,073
[Kenny] Yeah. I think
I just saw a belt come off

416
00:18:20,108 --> 00:18:21,418
of Big Dill, though, Chris.

417
00:18:21,453 --> 00:18:22,901
-Not a good sign...
-[Chris] Yeah.

418
00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:24,729
[Kenny] for their vertical
spinner, I believe.

419
00:18:24,763 --> 00:18:26,280
I think
that's the weapon on that.

420
00:18:26,315 --> 00:18:28,763
[Chris] And now Jackpot
is in control of Big Dill.

421
00:18:28,798 --> 00:18:30,315
[Kenny] Yeah. You could see
the weapon belt there

422
00:18:30,349 --> 00:18:31,763
from Big Dill.

423
00:18:31,798 --> 00:18:33,694
[Chris] Only 30 seconds in
and Big Dill

424
00:18:33,729 --> 00:18:35,798
has lost its primary weapon.

425
00:18:35,832 --> 00:18:37,798
And now looks to be
struggling to move, Kenny.

426
00:18:37,832 --> 00:18:39,901
[Kenny] Yeah. He's gonna
go around in circles.

427
00:18:39,936 --> 00:18:42,005
Jackpot gonna take
full advantage of that.

428
00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:45,556
[Chris] Yeah. Jackpot
staring Big Dill on the face,

429
00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:48,142
trying to spin up
that 52-pound weapon,

430
00:18:48,177 --> 00:18:50,694
but that BlackHeart
has been silenced momentarily.

431
00:18:50,729 --> 00:18:52,384
Now it's back up running.

432
00:18:52,418 --> 00:18:53,625
[Kenny] Yeah.
Jackpot having some issues

433
00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:55,591
with their lifter
as well, it seems, Chris.

434
00:18:55,625 --> 00:18:58,108
Emmanuel Carrillo,
an experienced driver,

435
00:18:58,142 --> 00:19:00,798
crab-walking his robot
across the BattleBox,

436
00:19:00,832 --> 00:19:02,280
looking to engage,

437
00:19:02,315 --> 00:19:04,867
Big Dill has got a lot
of fight left in it.

438
00:19:04,901 --> 00:19:06,418
-And look at that.
-[Kenny] Oh.

439
00:19:06,453 --> 00:19:07,694
Battle of the lifters,

440
00:19:07,729 --> 00:19:09,625
Big Dill
winning that exchange.

441
00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:11,039
[Chris]
Well, prior to last season,

442
00:19:11,073 --> 00:19:13,246
Big Dill's only weapon
was that lifter.

443
00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,798
So Emmanuel certainly knows
how to put it to work.

444
00:19:15,832 --> 00:19:17,694
Impressive control
for Big Dill

445
00:19:17,729 --> 00:19:19,315
given his lack
of mobility here.

446
00:19:20,867 --> 00:19:22,384
[Kenny]
Jeff Waters pushes back.

447
00:19:22,418 --> 00:19:24,142
Lands a nice jab there.

448
00:19:24,177 --> 00:19:25,660
The Jackpot's weapon
doesn't have

449
00:19:25,694 --> 00:19:28,005
the same pop it did
at the start.

450
00:19:28,039 --> 00:19:29,487
[Chris] Oh, no.

451
00:19:29,522 --> 00:19:31,970
That's enough to send
Nacho Supreme flying, though.

452
00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:33,798
And hey,
here comes the little guy.

453
00:19:33,832 --> 00:19:36,280
He's back. We got a standoff.

454
00:19:36,315 --> 00:19:38,315
[Kenny] Oh, the two lifters
locking horns,

455
00:19:38,349 --> 00:19:40,384
neither one
willing to back down.

456
00:19:40,418 --> 00:19:42,694
Big Dill's got to be
careful here on the release.

457
00:19:42,729 --> 00:19:45,039
Jackpot could light him up.

458
00:19:45,073 --> 00:19:46,522
[Chris] And look at this.
The mini bot,

459
00:19:46,556 --> 00:19:48,108
Nacho Supreme
determined to leave

460
00:19:48,142 --> 00:19:49,556
its mark on this fight.

461
00:19:49,591 --> 00:19:50,867
Trying to high center him.

462
00:19:50,901 --> 00:19:53,487
[man] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

463
00:19:53,522 --> 00:19:55,418
[Kenny] These two
continue to butt heads.

464
00:19:55,453 --> 00:19:56,798
Big Dill hanging in there.

465
00:19:58,211 --> 00:20:00,625
[Chris] One minute.
KillSaws active.

466
00:20:00,660 --> 00:20:02,177
Smokes coming out of Big Dill.

467
00:20:02,211 --> 00:20:05,522
-[Kenny] Oh.
-[Chris] Pulverizer,
good shot on Jackpot.

468
00:20:05,556 --> 00:20:07,280
[Kenny] Sweet little move
by Big Dill

469
00:20:07,315 --> 00:20:10,108
to drag Jackpot back
underneath the Pulverizer.

470
00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:12,453
The mini bot's
got it high centered,

471
00:20:12,487 --> 00:20:14,936
Emmanuel Carrillo
showing some nice control here

472
00:20:14,970 --> 00:20:16,280
down the stretch.

473
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:18,418
[Chris] The bots separate,
the smoke clears.

474
00:20:18,453 --> 00:20:21,246
That most likely
coming from Bid Dill's tires.

475
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:22,970
You know,
Jackpot has done the bulk

476
00:20:23,005 --> 00:20:24,591
of the damage here, Kenny.

477
00:20:24,625 --> 00:20:26,694
But Big Dill determined to win

478
00:20:26,729 --> 00:20:29,384
the aggression
and control categories.

479
00:20:29,418 --> 00:20:31,177
[Kenny] Big Dill
moving a lot better now

480
00:20:31,211 --> 00:20:34,246
and definitely playing
the aggressor at the moment.

481
00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,901
Emmanuel Carrillo
has Jeff Waters on the run.

482
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,246
[Chris] Can Big Dill
find a way to sway

483
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,384
the judges to take out
the hometown hero?

484
00:20:43,418 --> 00:20:46,142
Oh, pushing Jackpot
across the box.

485
00:20:46,177 --> 00:20:48,798
And nice control there
by Big Dill.

486
00:20:48,832 --> 00:20:51,625
Oh, under 10 to go.

487
00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:55,039
Big Dill, burning rubber,
leaning on Jackpot.

488
00:20:55,073 --> 00:20:56,936
Trying to make a statement.

489
00:20:56,970 --> 00:20:58,384
Will it be enough in this one?

490
00:20:58,418 --> 00:20:59,763
[buzzer buzzes]

491
00:21:01,556 --> 00:21:02,763
[Kenny] Fascinating fight

492
00:21:02,798 --> 00:21:04,625
for the judges
to break down, Chris.

493
00:21:10,211 --> 00:21:11,901
[Chris]
Fascinating fight indeed,

494
00:21:11,936 --> 00:21:14,211
Kenny Florian,
starting with the nice

495
00:21:14,246 --> 00:21:16,901
box rush by Big Dill
right out of the gate.

496
00:21:16,936 --> 00:21:18,591
[Kenny] Yeah.
That is one fast pickle.

497
00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:21,280
Gets the lifter go
and got underneath Jackpot,

498
00:21:21,315 --> 00:21:22,798
got some nice lifts in
in this fight.

499
00:21:22,832 --> 00:21:23,936
Look at that.

500
00:21:23,970 --> 00:21:25,832
[Chris] The problem
was Jackpot took out

501
00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:29,005
Big Dill's weapon belt
in this early exchange.

502
00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:31,142
And Emmanuel Carrillo's bot
was without

503
00:21:31,177 --> 00:21:33,763
its vertical spinner
for the rest of the match.

504
00:21:33,798 --> 00:21:35,039
[Kenny] Yeah, that's right.

505
00:21:35,073 --> 00:21:38,349
Big Dill, also obviously
battling some mobility issues

506
00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:41,901
out there, but Emmanuel
refused to roll over, Chris.

507
00:21:41,936 --> 00:21:44,142
Put the lifter to work,
stood his ground,

508
00:21:44,177 --> 00:21:46,625
and I thought pretty much
controlled the action.

509
00:21:48,108 --> 00:21:49,591
[Chris] Here's a shot
of these two heavyweights

510
00:21:49,625 --> 00:21:51,832
going nose to nose.

511
00:21:51,867 --> 00:21:54,177
I think you and I
both feel like this fight

512
00:21:54,211 --> 00:21:56,867
was closer than it may have
actually appeared.

513
00:21:56,901 --> 00:21:59,073
How do you think the judges
will break this one down?

514
00:21:59,108 --> 00:22:00,556
[Kenny]
Well, hard to ignore the fact

515
00:22:00,591 --> 00:22:02,901
that Big Dill
lost its primary weapon,

516
00:22:02,936 --> 00:22:06,177
but the team did still
have use of their lifter.

517
00:22:06,211 --> 00:22:09,315
Jackpot's spinner
clearly wasn't 100%.

518
00:22:09,349 --> 00:22:11,211
But for me, the door's open
for Big Dill

519
00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:13,591
when you consider
how aggressive they were

520
00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:15,763
throughout the fight,
as well as take stock

521
00:22:15,798 --> 00:22:17,901
at the control
they showed down the stretch.

522
00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:19,660
It's gonna be close.

523
00:22:19,694 --> 00:22:21,591
[Chris]
Let's see how they call it.

524
00:22:21,625 --> 00:22:22,901
Faruq?

525
00:22:25,108 --> 00:22:27,487
The results
from the judges are in.

526
00:22:30,453 --> 00:22:33,901
The winner
by unanimous decision is...

527
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:39,591
Jackpot.

528
00:22:50,039 --> 00:22:52,763
Jeff, congratulations.

529
00:22:52,798 --> 00:22:57,108
Did you feel like once
Big Dill lost its weapon,

530
00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:59,246
that if you had just
made it three minutes,

531
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,418
that would be good enough
to get a W?

532
00:23:01,453 --> 00:23:02,694
Yeah.
We came in there originally,

533
00:23:02,729 --> 00:23:04,280
we're gonna
Dill-iver the pain.

534
00:23:04,315 --> 00:23:05,798
[laughter]

535
00:23:05,832 --> 00:23:07,315
No. It was a...
It was a good fight.

536
00:23:07,349 --> 00:23:08,936
Jeff,
were you a little nervous

537
00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:10,763
when it went
to the judge's decision?

538
00:23:10,798 --> 00:23:13,039
We snagged
that belt on that first hit.

539
00:23:13,073 --> 00:23:15,798
So, like you guys said,
it was just surviving

540
00:23:15,832 --> 00:23:17,384
for three minutes
to get it going.

541
00:23:17,418 --> 00:23:19,349
Jackpot's driving
phenomenally now.

542
00:23:19,384 --> 00:23:20,970
As you can see, it was
drifting around the arena.

543
00:23:21,005 --> 00:23:22,556
So I...

544
00:23:22,591 --> 00:23:24,901
I'm thankful that there was
not much damage on it

545
00:23:24,936 --> 00:23:26,280
and we can get there

546
00:23:26,315 --> 00:23:27,936
and get ready
for our next two fights.

547
00:23:27,970 --> 00:23:29,591
Look forward to seeing you
in the semifinals.

548
00:23:29,625 --> 00:23:30,729
Congratulations.

549
00:23:32,108 --> 00:23:33,211
[man] Yeah, yeah.

550
00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:34,556
[laughs]

551
00:23:36,694 --> 00:23:38,625
-You did good, guys.
-It was a great match.

552
00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:41,798
[Chris]
So, the hometown heroes

553
00:23:41,832 --> 00:23:43,867
now advanced to round two,
where they will take on

554
00:23:43,901 --> 00:23:46,556
the winner of Lucky
versus Overhaul.

555
00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:49,867
But, Kenny, I wanna go back
to the decision for a second.

556
00:23:49,901 --> 00:23:53,660
All three judges had it seven
to four for Jackpot.

557
00:23:53,694 --> 00:23:55,108
Surprising to you?

558
00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:56,694
[Kenny] Yeah.
I was impressed by Big Dill.

559
00:23:56,729 --> 00:23:59,384
I think it's fair to ask
if that was Matt Vasquez

560
00:23:59,418 --> 00:24:01,005
out there
controlling the fight

561
00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:02,867
like Emmanuel Carrillo
just did,

562
00:24:02,901 --> 00:24:04,487
would we not be talking about

563
00:24:04,522 --> 00:24:07,453
what an incredibly surgical
performance that was?

564
00:24:07,487 --> 00:24:10,039
Big Dill hasn't earned
the benefit of the doubt yet,

565
00:24:10,073 --> 00:24:12,936
I guess, but I think
it will in short order.

566
00:24:14,177 --> 00:24:16,556
[Chris] All right. Well,
up next, we're gonna see

567
00:24:16,591 --> 00:24:19,660
one of the biggest blades
in all of robot combat,

568
00:24:19,694 --> 00:24:23,039
try to break through
the red, white, and blue.

569
00:24:23,073 --> 00:24:26,384
It's Emulsifier
versus Captain Shrederator

570
00:24:26,418 --> 00:24:29,453
whenBattleBots Champions
continues.

571
00:24:29,487 --> 00:24:31,418
[crowd cheering]

572
00:24:37,591 --> 00:24:38,867
[Chris] We continue on
with more

573
00:24:38,901 --> 00:24:42,211
BattleBots Champions
Sin City Slugfest.

574
00:24:42,246 --> 00:24:46,211
Up next, it is Emulsifier
versus Captain Shrederator.

575
00:24:46,246 --> 00:24:48,625
The winner moves on
to face Cobalt.

576
00:24:48,660 --> 00:24:50,936
Kenny, what are we looking at
in this fight?

577
00:24:50,970 --> 00:24:53,073
[Kenny] Well,
we've got a seventh-year vet

578
00:24:53,108 --> 00:24:56,487
going against
basically a first-year bot.

579
00:24:56,522 --> 00:24:59,729
It's hard to root against
Brian Nave and Shrederator.

580
00:24:59,763 --> 00:25:01,936
I mean, 'Merica. Am I right?

581
00:25:01,970 --> 00:25:05,005
But it's been a long time
since this full-body spinner

582
00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:07,591
has done the stars
and stripes justice.

583
00:25:07,625 --> 00:25:09,970
Emulsifier,
on the other hand,

584
00:25:10,005 --> 00:25:13,005
really impressed me
at World Championship VII.

585
00:25:13,039 --> 00:25:15,384
A really neat design
with those treaded wheels

586
00:25:15,418 --> 00:25:17,694
and a humongous
vertical spinner,

587
00:25:17,729 --> 00:25:20,349
and it's under
the Bots FC umbrella

588
00:25:20,384 --> 00:25:23,073
started by Shatter!'s
Adam Wrigley,

589
00:25:23,108 --> 00:25:24,694
so you know it's well-built.

590
00:25:24,729 --> 00:25:26,832
The team is coming in hungry
after feeling

591
00:25:26,867 --> 00:25:28,349
like they were snubbed

592
00:25:28,384 --> 00:25:30,142
in last season's
tournament.

593
00:25:30,177 --> 00:25:32,039
Excited to see
what they do tonight.

594
00:25:32,073 --> 00:25:33,901
[crowd cheering]

595
00:25:33,936 --> 00:25:36,349
[Chris] A towel-off? Nice.

596
00:25:36,384 --> 00:25:38,625
Looking like Kenny
in spring break '96.

597
00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:40,694
[Kenny laughs]

598
00:25:42,832 --> 00:25:45,315
Shederator has a big
steel shell,

599
00:25:45,349 --> 00:25:47,487
and if we let it get up
to speed,

600
00:25:47,522 --> 00:25:49,418
he could land
a devastating blow on us.

601
00:25:49,453 --> 00:25:50,694
We're gonna try
to box rush him,

602
00:25:50,729 --> 00:25:52,487
stay on top of him,

603
00:25:52,522 --> 00:25:54,177
ping pong him off the walls.

604
00:25:54,211 --> 00:25:56,487
We have a huge
titanium plow on the front

605
00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,798
of our robot
that we're hoping will deflect

606
00:25:58,832 --> 00:26:00,763
a lot of his hits
up into our weapon.

607
00:26:00,798 --> 00:26:02,901
We obviously
want the fight to be quick,

608
00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:04,522
and we don't wanna take
a lot of damage

609
00:26:04,556 --> 00:26:05,901
so we could go
onto the next fight

610
00:26:05,936 --> 00:26:07,729
as fresh as possible.

611
00:26:07,763 --> 00:26:09,763
[tense music playing]

612
00:26:11,315 --> 00:26:12,660
We got Emulsifier.

613
00:26:12,694 --> 00:26:14,453
It's a big giant wedge
and a vertical spinner,

614
00:26:14,487 --> 00:26:16,384
the two things
we hate the most,

615
00:26:16,418 --> 00:26:17,867
but we're gonna try
something new this time.

616
00:26:17,901 --> 00:26:20,384
We got what we call
the "Talons of Freedom"

617
00:26:20,418 --> 00:26:21,832
that we're gonna put in there
and we're gonna try

618
00:26:21,867 --> 00:26:23,349
to win the ground game.

619
00:26:23,384 --> 00:26:24,694
Whole-body spinners
are notorious

620
00:26:24,729 --> 00:26:26,073
for losing the ground game,

621
00:26:26,108 --> 00:26:27,660
we're gonna see
if we can turn that around.

622
00:26:27,694 --> 00:26:30,453
I feel like we got a chance,
I feel like we're gonna enter

623
00:26:30,487 --> 00:26:32,522
the ground game
for the first time ever,

624
00:26:32,556 --> 00:26:35,005
and... But we'll see.
We need some luck.

625
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:37,660
We're gonna try wedge to win,

626
00:26:37,694 --> 00:26:39,694
with a little bit
of spin thrown in.

627
00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:42,936
[crowd cheering]

628
00:26:44,591 --> 00:26:46,591
[robotic voice]
Robots, activate.

629
00:26:46,625 --> 00:26:49,625
[crowd cheering]

630
00:26:49,660 --> 00:26:50,832
[Chris] So Brian Nave

631
00:26:50,867 --> 00:26:52,591
mentioning
Shrederator's wedge,

632
00:26:52,625 --> 00:26:55,280
what they call
the "Talons of Freedom" there.

633
00:26:55,315 --> 00:26:57,660
Will it make a difference
in this one, Kenny?

634
00:26:57,694 --> 00:27:00,142
[Kenny] Well, it's small,
might be like trying to stop

635
00:27:00,177 --> 00:27:01,970
a tidal wave with an umbrella,

636
00:27:02,005 --> 00:27:04,867
but if Brian Nave
can keep it pointed

637
00:27:04,901 --> 00:27:06,867
directly at Emulsifier,

638
00:27:06,901 --> 00:27:09,211
the idea is that
it pops him up

639
00:27:09,246 --> 00:27:10,763
and prevents a direct shot

640
00:27:10,798 --> 00:27:12,832
from that big old
vertical spinner.

641
00:27:12,867 --> 00:27:15,453
Tough needle to thread,
but with nothing to lose,

642
00:27:15,487 --> 00:27:17,315
I like seeing
the grizzled vet

643
00:27:17,349 --> 00:27:18,625
trying something different.

644
00:27:19,522 --> 00:27:22,487
[dramatic music playing]

645
00:27:28,763 --> 00:27:30,763
[crowd cheering]

646
00:27:40,729 --> 00:27:42,729
[timer beeping]

647
00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:46,763
[Chris]
Let the bot battle begin.

648
00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:48,487
Emulsifier,
quick out of the gate.

649
00:27:48,522 --> 00:27:50,660
Oh, lands a couple of shots
to the Captain

650
00:27:50,694 --> 00:27:52,384
and not letting him get away.

651
00:27:52,418 --> 00:27:53,625
[Kenny] Oh!

652
00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:54,832
[Chris] Uh-oh.

653
00:27:54,867 --> 00:27:56,694
Near disaster there
for Emulsifier,

654
00:27:56,729 --> 00:27:59,729
but Matt Bores being very
aggressive here early on.

655
00:27:59,763 --> 00:28:01,073
[Kenny] Oh, but
there's Shrederator's

656
00:28:01,108 --> 00:28:02,901
Talons of Freedom at work.

657
00:28:02,936 --> 00:28:05,108
-[Chris] Yup.
-[Kenny] Jammed up Emulsifier.

658
00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:07,522
[Chris] Uh-oh. Emulsifier
not really moving well.

659
00:28:07,556 --> 00:28:08,487
[Kenny] Oh, boy.

660
00:28:08,522 --> 00:28:09,487
[man] Oh.
I'm spinning, spinning.

661
00:28:09,522 --> 00:28:10,522
[Kenny] Captain Shrederator

662
00:28:10,556 --> 00:28:12,487
almost destroyed
himself there.

663
00:28:12,522 --> 00:28:14,142
[Chris] Emulsifier,
I don't know if it's stuck

664
00:28:14,177 --> 00:28:16,349
on the KillSaw's slits or not,

665
00:28:16,384 --> 00:28:18,591
something is going on
with those treads.

666
00:28:18,625 --> 00:28:21,073
I mean, I don't see
that left side of Emulsifier

667
00:28:21,108 --> 00:28:22,936
working there
as far as the treads go.

668
00:28:22,970 --> 00:28:24,073
Come on, Brian.

669
00:28:24,108 --> 00:28:25,556
[Chris] At the very least,

670
00:28:25,591 --> 00:28:27,418
it has to be crab walking.

671
00:28:27,453 --> 00:28:28,384
[Kenny] Oh, man.

672
00:28:28,418 --> 00:28:29,729
And Captain Shrederator
up to full speed.

673
00:28:29,763 --> 00:28:31,211
Are they gonna go in
for a hit?

674
00:28:31,246 --> 00:28:33,005
[referee] I gotta see
some kind of engagement here.

675
00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:34,832
[Chris] Shrederator's
got to engage.

676
00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:38,039
Emulsifier is a sitting duck
right now.

677
00:28:38,073 --> 00:28:39,349
-Oh!
-[Kenny] Oh!

678
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,246
[Chris] All right.
Shrederator lands a jab,

679
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,901
but backs off yet again.

680
00:28:42,936 --> 00:28:45,039
[Kenny] Yeah. I'm not sure
what Brian Nave's doing here.

681
00:28:45,073 --> 00:28:47,867
Emulsifier is really
struggling to move.

682
00:28:47,901 --> 00:28:50,384
[Chris] Shrederator connects
on another little jab there.

683
00:28:50,418 --> 00:28:51,556
But you're right, Kenny.

684
00:28:51,591 --> 00:28:52,970
They're not being nearly
as aggressive

685
00:28:53,005 --> 00:28:54,073
as they could be,

686
00:28:54,108 --> 00:28:55,798
especially with an opponent
that's limping around.

687
00:28:55,832 --> 00:28:56,832
-Go forward...
-Keep going.

688
00:28:56,867 --> 00:28:57,970
go forward, go forward.
Keep it going.

689
00:28:58,005 --> 00:28:59,832
[Chris] The brothers Wrigley
coaching at Matt Bores

690
00:28:59,867 --> 00:29:03,142
as Brian Nave
tries to find an angle.

691
00:29:03,177 --> 00:29:04,556
Oh, there's a good shot.

692
00:29:04,591 --> 00:29:07,039
And he's got Emulsifier
on its back foot.

693
00:29:07,073 --> 00:29:08,142
Oh.

694
00:29:08,177 --> 00:29:09,556
[Kenny] Shrederator can go in
for the kill there,

695
00:29:09,591 --> 00:29:12,522
if they can attack the sides
or the back, it was exposed.

696
00:29:12,556 --> 00:29:13,694
[Chris] Yeah. But right now,

697
00:29:13,729 --> 00:29:15,108
Shrederator's
no longer spinning.

698
00:29:15,142 --> 00:29:16,418
[Kenny] Oh, boy.

699
00:29:16,453 --> 00:29:18,487
[Chris] And that is huge
in the eyes of the judges

700
00:29:18,522 --> 00:29:21,867
because Emulsifier's weapon
is still fully functional.

701
00:29:21,901 --> 00:29:24,694
-Come on, Brian!
-Keep it going.

702
00:29:24,729 --> 00:29:26,591
[Chris] Captain Shrederator
needs to get a little space,

703
00:29:26,625 --> 00:29:27,936
see if it can spin up again.

704
00:29:27,970 --> 00:29:30,418
Oh, this is just brutal
for Shrederator

705
00:29:30,453 --> 00:29:32,142
because it's theirs
for the taking

706
00:29:32,177 --> 00:29:33,591
with just over a minute to go.

707
00:29:33,625 --> 00:29:34,349
[Kenny] It certainly is.

708
00:29:35,177 --> 00:29:36,901
-Another minute?
-One more minute.

709
00:29:36,936 --> 00:29:40,073
[Chris] We can hear the dread
in Brian Nave's voice.

710
00:29:40,108 --> 00:29:41,280
Oh.

711
00:29:41,315 --> 00:29:42,901
But here's the thing.

712
00:29:42,936 --> 00:29:45,625
Shrederator can move
but has no weapon.

713
00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:48,729
Emulsifier's got a weapon
but cannot move.

714
00:29:48,763 --> 00:29:51,005
[Kenny] And this is why
we were calling for Brian Nave

715
00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:53,177
to try and finish off
Emulsifier

716
00:29:53,211 --> 00:29:54,660
when he had the chance.

717
00:29:54,694 --> 00:29:56,108
[Chris] Fifty seconds to go.

718
00:29:56,142 --> 00:29:58,487
Emulsifier's doing
everything it can

719
00:29:58,522 --> 00:30:01,418
to show that it's got
some kind of mobility.

720
00:30:01,453 --> 00:30:03,556
[Kenny] Oh, Matt Bores
is still at least

721
00:30:03,591 --> 00:30:05,142
trying to be aggressive here,

722
00:30:05,177 --> 00:30:07,694
controlling things
even on one leg.

723
00:30:07,729 --> 00:30:09,349
[Chris] Smart move
by Emulsifier,

724
00:30:09,384 --> 00:30:11,073
putting him
on top of the KillSaws.

725
00:30:11,108 --> 00:30:12,867
[Kenny] In a fight like this,
those kind of

726
00:30:12,901 --> 00:30:15,556
savvy little moves
can make a difference.

727
00:30:15,591 --> 00:30:17,832
[Chris] Shrederator
manages to slide off.

728
00:30:17,867 --> 00:30:20,039
We are now under 30 to go.

729
00:30:20,073 --> 00:30:21,901
Can either team
make a statement

730
00:30:21,936 --> 00:30:25,005
or land some kind of shot
down the stretch here?

731
00:30:25,039 --> 00:30:26,453
[Kenny] Well,
Emulsifier's weapon

732
00:30:26,487 --> 00:30:28,280
is still spinning
at full speed.

733
00:30:28,315 --> 00:30:29,867
They've definitely been
the more aggressive bot

734
00:30:29,901 --> 00:30:31,177
in this one.

735
00:30:31,211 --> 00:30:33,487
[Chris] Tough fight
for both these squads.

736
00:30:33,522 --> 00:30:35,729
And if you're Brian Nave,
you have to wonder,

737
00:30:35,763 --> 00:30:37,487
what would have happened
if you went for the kill

738
00:30:37,522 --> 00:30:38,418
a bit earlier?

739
00:30:38,453 --> 00:30:39,487
-Hit it up all the way.
-[indistinct]

740
00:30:39,522 --> 00:30:41,211
-Come on, come on.
-[man] We got a kill function.

741
00:30:41,246 --> 00:30:42,694
[Chris] Well,
this is gonna end up

742
00:30:42,729 --> 00:30:44,832
going the full three minutes.

743
00:30:44,867 --> 00:30:46,039
All right, we're done.
We're done.

744
00:30:46,073 --> 00:30:47,625
[Chris] A lot to unpack here.

745
00:30:47,660 --> 00:30:49,005
[man] There we go!

746
00:30:49,039 --> 00:30:50,660
[indistinct chatter]

747
00:30:50,694 --> 00:30:53,418
[Chris] Team Emulsifier
thinks they've got it,

748
00:30:53,453 --> 00:30:55,694
but we will have the official
judges' decision

749
00:30:55,729 --> 00:30:58,073
for you after the break,

750
00:30:58,108 --> 00:30:59,418
as well as an exciting matchup

751
00:30:59,453 --> 00:31:01,625
between the grappler,
Overhaul,

752
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:03,970
and the Canadian
flipper bot, Lucky.

753
00:31:04,970 --> 00:31:06,453
So much more to come

754
00:31:06,487 --> 00:31:08,867
as these teams
continue their quest

755
00:31:08,901 --> 00:31:11,005
for a shot at
The Golden Bolt.

756
00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:12,694
Don't go anywhere.

757
00:31:17,936 --> 00:31:19,936
[crowd cheering]

758
00:31:21,970 --> 00:31:24,315
[Chris] We continue on here
with the first round

759
00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:26,591
of the BattleBots Champions
Sin City Slugfest.

760
00:31:26,625 --> 00:31:28,142
Before the break,

761
00:31:28,177 --> 00:31:29,832
Emulsifier
and Captain Shrederator

762
00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:32,280
went the full three minutes
in a match

763
00:31:32,315 --> 00:31:35,246
and saw both bots
limp to the finish line.

764
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,936
And we can now report
that the judges awarded

765
00:31:37,970 --> 00:31:41,142
Emulsifier the victory
in a unanimous decision.

766
00:31:41,177 --> 00:31:44,005
The shredded terror
will take on John Mladenik

767
00:31:44,039 --> 00:31:46,384
and Cobalt in the next round.

768
00:31:46,418 --> 00:31:49,315
Up next, it's tonight's
final first round matchup.

769
00:31:49,349 --> 00:31:52,039
You've got the best
damn combat robot from north

770
00:31:52,073 --> 00:31:55,073
of the 49th parallel,
the Canadian Lucky,

771
00:31:55,108 --> 00:31:56,763
led by Mark Demers,

772
00:31:56,798 --> 00:31:58,177
squaring off
with the president

773
00:31:58,211 --> 00:32:01,039
of grabber bot nation,
Charles Guan

774
00:32:01,073 --> 00:32:03,694
and his power lifter,
Overhaul.

775
00:32:03,729 --> 00:32:06,453
Our camera crew tracked them
down back in the pits.

776
00:32:10,901 --> 00:32:11,901
[Faruq] Overhaul!

777
00:32:11,936 --> 00:32:13,039
[crowd cheering]

778
00:32:13,073 --> 00:32:14,763
[Charles] Overhaul is gonna be
fighting Lucky

779
00:32:14,798 --> 00:32:16,694
for our first Sin City
Slugfest match.

780
00:32:16,729 --> 00:32:20,005
Lucky is a very big bot
that it's very unlikely

781
00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,005
that Overhaul will actually be
able to grab and pick him up.

782
00:32:22,039 --> 00:32:25,108
My strategy is to stay away
from that flipper

783
00:32:25,142 --> 00:32:26,694
and try to keep him
rolled over,

784
00:32:26,729 --> 00:32:28,556
make him waste his shots
trying to get upright.

785
00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:33,315
[Mark] Charles is a really
good driver,

786
00:32:33,349 --> 00:32:35,211
-he's got more motor than us.
-Oh!

787
00:32:35,246 --> 00:32:36,246
[Mark] We don't wanna get
into a pushing match.

788
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:37,487
We wanna avoid their front

789
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:38,936
to be around on the sides

790
00:32:38,970 --> 00:32:40,005
and have them in the air.

791
00:32:41,108 --> 00:32:43,108
[Charles] Lucky sometimes
has mobility issues

792
00:32:43,142 --> 00:32:44,453
and we're gonna try
to exploit that.

793
00:32:44,487 --> 00:32:45,763
The KillSaw slots

794
00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:47,280
are renowned
for trapping robots,

795
00:32:47,315 --> 00:32:50,315
so I'm gonna try to lure him
across the KillSaw slots

796
00:32:50,349 --> 00:32:53,177
to try to outmaneuver Lucky's
very low to the ground design.

797
00:32:55,384 --> 00:32:56,936
When you have
such a compressed schedule,

798
00:32:56,970 --> 00:32:58,280
it's always hard.

799
00:32:58,315 --> 00:32:59,694
We're worried
that if we take damage

800
00:32:59,729 --> 00:33:01,246
that we won't be able
to repair in time.

801
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,625
[Chris] What an enormous shot
by Cobalt!

802
00:33:03,660 --> 00:33:06,349
[Mark] Luckily, we have
a great pit crew this year.

803
00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:07,936
I think we're one
of the best teams

804
00:33:07,970 --> 00:33:10,453
in terms of getting things
turned around quickly.

805
00:33:10,487 --> 00:33:11,970
If we can get in there
for The Golden Bolt,

806
00:33:12,005 --> 00:33:14,142
that really solidifies
our position at BattleBots.

807
00:33:17,349 --> 00:33:18,453
[Charles] Overhaul has never
had to fight

808
00:33:18,487 --> 00:33:19,901
three times in one night.

809
00:33:19,936 --> 00:33:21,556
This is gonna be
a battle of attrition,

810
00:33:21,591 --> 00:33:23,108
it's gonna be a battle
of inventiveness

811
00:33:23,142 --> 00:33:24,073
and creativity,

812
00:33:24,108 --> 00:33:25,142
because at some point,

813
00:33:25,177 --> 00:33:26,246
I think I'm gonna start
running out of parts,

814
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:27,729
and then I'm just gonna start

815
00:33:27,763 --> 00:33:29,418
making stuff up.

816
00:33:29,453 --> 00:33:30,556
I'm very confident
that Overhaul

817
00:33:30,591 --> 00:33:31,625
is gonna win this.

818
00:33:32,453 --> 00:33:33,625
Time to see what happens.

819
00:33:39,453 --> 00:33:40,936
[Chris] Lucky Captain,
Mark Demers

820
00:33:40,970 --> 00:33:43,039
coming off
his best season ever.

821
00:33:43,073 --> 00:33:44,694
Overhaul Captain,
Charles Guan,

822
00:33:44,729 --> 00:33:46,901
just thrilled that he isn't
facing a nasty,

823
00:33:46,936 --> 00:33:48,694
spinny thing in his opener.

824
00:33:48,729 --> 00:33:49,660
[Kenny] No, absolutely.

825
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:51,039
He's got some kind of vendetta

826
00:33:51,073 --> 00:33:54,349
against the horizontal
and vertical spinners.

827
00:33:54,384 --> 00:33:57,694
He's a grappler bot
through and through.

828
00:33:57,729 --> 00:33:59,039
So this is
an interesting match.

829
00:33:59,073 --> 00:34:00,763
We have the grappler
going against the flipper.

830
00:34:00,798 --> 00:34:02,349
-Yeah.
-At least he won't be angry

831
00:34:02,384 --> 00:34:03,418
-at Mark Demers.
-No.

832
00:34:03,453 --> 00:34:04,556
-That'll make it fun.
-Yeah.

833
00:34:04,591 --> 00:34:06,246
-Mm-hmm.
-Let's check it out. Faruq.

834
00:34:08,590 --> 00:34:11,349
[dramatic music playing]

835
00:34:11,384 --> 00:34:14,693
[Faruq] In the red square,
from Ottawa, Canada,

836
00:34:14,729 --> 00:34:17,073
the Canuck that
"don't give a puck,"

837
00:34:17,108 --> 00:34:19,177
it's Lucky!

838
00:34:19,211 --> 00:34:22,177
[crowd cheering]

839
00:34:25,798 --> 00:34:27,039
[Chris] Lucky,
one of our favorite

840
00:34:27,073 --> 00:34:28,487
flippers in the game,

841
00:34:28,521 --> 00:34:30,901
hotshot driver Matt Olson
to the right.

842
00:34:30,936 --> 00:34:33,487
Captain Mark Demers
bringing up the rear.

843
00:34:33,521 --> 00:34:34,970
Kenny, how do you see Lucky

844
00:34:35,005 --> 00:34:37,901
handling a rapid-fire
tournament like the Slugfest?

845
00:34:37,936 --> 00:34:39,901
[Kenny] Well, the team showed
massive improvement

846
00:34:39,936 --> 00:34:41,832
last season,
so I think they could make it

847
00:34:41,867 --> 00:34:43,005
to the final,

848
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,073
possibly get a rematch
with Cobalt

849
00:34:45,108 --> 00:34:48,246
who blew them up in WCVII.

850
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,867
Need to take care of business
against Overhaul first.

851
00:34:50,901 --> 00:34:53,246
[dramatic music playing]

852
00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:00,936
In the blue square,

853
00:35:00,970 --> 00:35:02,453
from Atlanta, Georgia,

854
00:35:02,487 --> 00:35:07,142
charging you extra
for the dolly, it's Overhaul!

855
00:35:08,694 --> 00:35:10,487
[Chris] The always
entertaining Overhaul

856
00:35:10,522 --> 00:35:12,246
led by Charles Guan.

857
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,625
[laughs]

858
00:35:13,660 --> 00:35:15,005
Hey, Charles.

859
00:35:15,039 --> 00:35:17,384
Six seasons under his belt,
not a ton of wins,

860
00:35:17,418 --> 00:35:18,970
but look at this guy.

861
00:35:19,005 --> 00:35:22,901
Every day in the BattleBots
is the best day of his life!

862
00:35:22,936 --> 00:35:25,246
[Kenny] Yeah.
Charles loves the game.

863
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,798
Listen, for better or worse,

864
00:35:26,832 --> 00:35:28,522
he's wedded to this design,

865
00:35:28,556 --> 00:35:30,694
but this bot's starting
to look like a relic

866
00:35:30,729 --> 00:35:32,005
of the old days.

867
00:35:32,039 --> 00:35:33,660
That being said,
whether it's by

868
00:35:33,694 --> 00:35:35,487
welding a chair
to lifter arms

869
00:35:35,522 --> 00:35:37,694
or just refusing to go down,

870
00:35:37,729 --> 00:35:39,936
Charles always finds a way
to produce

871
00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:41,522
grade A entertainment.

872
00:35:43,487 --> 00:35:46,005
[crowd cheering]

873
00:35:46,625 --> 00:35:47,901
[man] Let's go, Lucky!

874
00:35:49,142 --> 00:35:51,108
[cheers and applause]

875
00:35:53,142 --> 00:35:55,005
[dramatic music playing]

876
00:35:57,349 --> 00:35:58,729
Good match, Charles.

877
00:35:58,763 --> 00:36:00,246
-[Charles] Yeah, finally.
-[Mark] First time, buddy.

878
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,556
Woo!

879
00:36:01,591 --> 00:36:02,867
[robotic voice]
Robots, activate.

880
00:36:02,901 --> 00:36:05,005
[crowd cheering]

881
00:36:05,039 --> 00:36:05,832
[Chris] Okay.

882
00:36:05,867 --> 00:36:07,142
Well, we've got a pair

883
00:36:07,177 --> 00:36:09,211
of BattleBots OGs here,

884
00:36:09,246 --> 00:36:11,763
a combined 12 seasons
of experience

885
00:36:11,798 --> 00:36:13,591
between these two teams.

886
00:36:13,625 --> 00:36:17,487
On a night where it feels like
anything is possible,

887
00:36:17,522 --> 00:36:19,005
could one of these squads
find a way

888
00:36:19,039 --> 00:36:21,660
to punch their ticket
to the Golden Bolt Tournament

889
00:36:21,694 --> 00:36:22,867
and launch themselves

890
00:36:22,901 --> 00:36:25,591
into the upper echelon
of the sport?

891
00:36:25,625 --> 00:36:26,970
We'll find out

892
00:36:27,005 --> 00:36:29,522
whenBattleBots Champions
continues.

893
00:36:33,384 --> 00:36:35,936
[crowd cheering]

894
00:36:35,970 --> 00:36:38,280
[suspenseful music playing]

895
00:36:38,315 --> 00:36:40,418
[Chris] We are back
on BattleBots Champions

896
00:36:40,453 --> 00:36:42,763
where Lucky and Overhaul

897
00:36:42,798 --> 00:36:44,487
are revving up
in their squares.

898
00:36:44,522 --> 00:36:48,108
Winner moves on to the second
round of tonight's slugfest.

899
00:36:48,142 --> 00:36:51,591
We've got a classic grappler
versus puncher matchup here.

900
00:36:51,625 --> 00:36:54,073
Kenny, real quick,
what's gonna be the key?

901
00:36:54,108 --> 00:36:56,625
[Kenny] Well, to win,
Overhaul has to dominate

902
00:36:56,660 --> 00:36:58,660
control and to do that,
Charles Guan

903
00:36:58,694 --> 00:37:01,694
is gonna have to take
some shots to the face.

904
00:37:01,729 --> 00:37:04,453
But if he gets Lucky
to whiff on enough jabs,

905
00:37:04,487 --> 00:37:07,694
he might be able to drain
the flipper bot's air tank,

906
00:37:07,729 --> 00:37:10,625
which would give him
free reign to suplex.

907
00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,142
Tough nut to crack,

908
00:37:12,177 --> 00:37:14,556
but for a mechanical sadist
like Charles,

909
00:37:14,591 --> 00:37:17,005
a little rope-a-dope
might sound like fun.

910
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,246
[crowd chanting]
Fight! Fight! Fight!

911
00:37:32,729 --> 00:37:34,625
[Chris] Champion RC driver
Matt Olson

912
00:37:34,660 --> 00:37:36,970
on the sticks for Lucky.

913
00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:40,591
[crowd chanting]
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

914
00:37:43,246 --> 00:37:46,073
[timer beeping]

915
00:37:46,108 --> 00:37:48,798
[Chris] Let the bots
battle begin!

916
00:37:48,832 --> 00:37:50,384
The bots creep out
of the squares

917
00:37:50,418 --> 00:37:51,936
that match their paint jobs.

918
00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:54,211
Lucky in the red,
Overhaul in the blue.

919
00:37:54,246 --> 00:37:55,729
[Kenny] Oh,
there's a nice angle.

920
00:37:55,763 --> 00:37:57,177
Oh.

921
00:37:57,211 --> 00:37:59,073
[Chris] Lucky able to get
underneath Overhaul there

922
00:37:59,108 --> 00:38:01,315
but does not fire the flipper.

923
00:38:02,970 --> 00:38:04,177
Oh.

924
00:38:04,211 --> 00:38:06,039
Here's Overhaul
getting underneath Lucky.

925
00:38:06,073 --> 00:38:08,418
Matt Olson reverses,
gets free.

926
00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:11,936
The team's jostling
for the low ground early.

927
00:38:11,970 --> 00:38:13,970
[Kenny] Overhaul has to be
careful to keep its beak

928
00:38:14,005 --> 00:38:16,005
out of the way
of Lucky's flipper.

929
00:38:16,039 --> 00:38:19,246
Charles Guan almost able
to get the lift there.

930
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,349
Come here. I see you.
I see what you're doing.

931
00:38:22,384 --> 00:38:24,487
[Kenny] Matt Olson
looking to attack the flanks.

932
00:38:24,522 --> 00:38:27,246
Able to get to the side
but whiffs on the flip.

933
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,418
No connections with that
weapon so far, Chris.

934
00:38:30,453 --> 00:38:32,005
[Chris] Yeah,
no damage to speak of,

935
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:34,039
but both drivers trying to win
the control game.

936
00:38:34,073 --> 00:38:34,970
[thuds]

937
00:38:35,005 --> 00:38:35,867
[Kenny] That's a nice angle.

938
00:38:35,901 --> 00:38:37,487
[Chris] Lucky has Overhaul

939
00:38:37,522 --> 00:38:39,556
pinned against the rails.

940
00:38:39,591 --> 00:38:41,177
-[Chris] There you go.
-[Kenny] There it is.

941
00:38:41,211 --> 00:38:42,970
They need to get
a little bit deeper

942
00:38:43,005 --> 00:38:44,073
underneath Overhaul there.

943
00:38:44,108 --> 00:38:45,660
Get underneath that center
of mass a little bit.

944
00:38:45,694 --> 00:38:47,039
They don't have
that same reach

945
00:38:47,073 --> 00:38:48,211
with that flipper tongue.

946
00:38:48,246 --> 00:38:49,729
[Chris] Overhaul
in the meantime having...

947
00:38:49,763 --> 00:38:50,867
Looks like
it's having a little bit

948
00:38:50,901 --> 00:38:52,005
of a drive issues.

949
00:38:52,039 --> 00:38:53,901
Can't get itself
out of the corner.

950
00:38:53,936 --> 00:38:55,039
[Kenny] Oh.

951
00:38:55,073 --> 00:38:57,073
[Chris] Lucky lands
a kidney shot, follows it up.

952
00:38:57,108 --> 00:38:59,867
Here come the Canadians.

953
00:38:59,901 --> 00:39:01,349
-[Kenny] Oh. Nice flip!
-[Chris] Nice flip

954
00:39:01,384 --> 00:39:03,142
onto the upper deck.

955
00:39:03,177 --> 00:39:06,591
[Kenny] Yeah. Lucky will use
a lot of jab-like flips

956
00:39:06,625 --> 00:39:08,280
to get their range
a little bit.

957
00:39:08,315 --> 00:39:10,936
Kind of, get the other robot
off balance

958
00:39:10,970 --> 00:39:12,522
and then they'll look
for the big one.

959
00:39:12,556 --> 00:39:13,798
[Chris] Yeah.
Well, make no mistake,

960
00:39:13,832 --> 00:39:15,108
this isn't HYDRA.

961
00:39:15,142 --> 00:39:16,246
We understand that,

962
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,246
but it still has
a dangerous flipper.

963
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,418
[Kenny] Absolutely.

964
00:39:19,453 --> 00:39:22,005
But Overhaul not going
to go down easy.

965
00:39:22,039 --> 00:39:23,625
[Chris] More than halfway
through this fight,

966
00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:25,867
Overhaul still looking
for that ability

967
00:39:25,901 --> 00:39:28,729
to flip the flipper
over on its head.

968
00:39:28,763 --> 00:39:30,142
[Kenny] Yeah, Charles Guan
has shown

969
00:39:30,177 --> 00:39:33,177
that he can get underneath
Lucky with those forks,

970
00:39:33,211 --> 00:39:35,591
but can he find a way
to invert it?

971
00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:37,280
-Oh.
-[Chris] Nice flip.

972
00:39:37,315 --> 00:39:40,073
And pop back by Overhaul.

973
00:39:40,108 --> 00:39:42,832
[Kenny] Matt Olson just missed
the big follow up shot there,

974
00:39:42,867 --> 00:39:45,453
hasn't been able
to really capitalize here

975
00:39:45,487 --> 00:39:47,108
against the wounded Overhaul.

976
00:39:47,142 --> 00:39:50,936
Always dangerous to let a bot
hang around in this sport.

977
00:39:50,970 --> 00:39:53,798
[Chris] Under a minute to go,
KillSaws active.

978
00:39:53,832 --> 00:39:56,108
Lucky in control so far.

979
00:39:56,142 --> 00:39:57,901
You'd have to think ahead
on the scorecards

980
00:39:57,936 --> 00:39:59,970
with Overhaul
struggling to move.

981
00:40:00,005 --> 00:40:01,729
Can the Canadians
finish the job

982
00:40:01,763 --> 00:40:03,487
and advance
to the second round

983
00:40:03,522 --> 00:40:06,901
or does the crafty Overhaul
have one last push left in it?

984
00:40:08,453 --> 00:40:11,005
[Kenny] Oh,
there's a nice flip by Lucky.

985
00:40:11,039 --> 00:40:13,142
[Chris] Uh-oh,
Lucky's smoking.

986
00:40:13,177 --> 00:40:14,349
[Kenny] Uh-oh.

987
00:40:14,384 --> 00:40:16,970
[Chris] That might be the one
thing that could do it in.

988
00:40:17,005 --> 00:40:18,591
If it can't move anymore,

989
00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:20,349
that's gonna be
a major problem.

990
00:40:20,384 --> 00:40:21,246
[KillSaw screeching]

991
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:22,694
[Kenny] Oh, KillSaws get in

992
00:40:22,729 --> 00:40:24,487
on the underbelly of Overhaul.

993
00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:25,729
-[thuds]
-[Kenny] Whoa!

994
00:40:25,763 --> 00:40:27,763
[Chris] Oh,
nice shot by Lucky.

995
00:40:27,798 --> 00:40:29,039
[Kenny] This is where
they can follow up

996
00:40:29,073 --> 00:40:31,039
with another flip,
unable to do it though.

997
00:40:31,073 --> 00:40:33,315
[Chris] Yeah, they're not
mobile enough to do it.

998
00:40:33,349 --> 00:40:35,694
They just need to survive
to the ten-second mark.

999
00:40:35,729 --> 00:40:36,660
[Kenny] Oh.

1000
00:40:36,694 --> 00:40:38,073
[Chris] And have this one
go to the judges,

1001
00:40:38,108 --> 00:40:38,970
which they will do.

1002
00:40:39,005 --> 00:40:40,315
[timer beeping]

1003
00:40:40,349 --> 00:40:41,936
[Chris] Let's see if Overhaul
wants to come in

1004
00:40:41,970 --> 00:40:43,487
and play one more time.

1005
00:40:43,522 --> 00:40:45,246
I still got it.
I still got it.

1006
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,142
[Chris] And the answer is...

1007
00:40:47,177 --> 00:40:48,487
no, thank you.

1008
00:40:48,522 --> 00:40:49,970
[crowd cheering]

1009
00:40:50,005 --> 00:40:52,453
[rock music playing]

1010
00:40:52,487 --> 00:40:54,832
[Chris] So, for the fourth
time in as many fights,

1011
00:40:54,867 --> 00:40:57,522
we head to the judges'
scorecards.

1012
00:40:57,556 --> 00:40:59,211
[Matt] Good job, Charles.

1013
00:40:59,246 --> 00:41:00,384
-Good match, buddy.
-[Charles] Hell, yeah.

1014
00:41:00,418 --> 00:41:01,625
[man] Nice match.

1015
00:41:04,384 --> 00:41:06,349
[Chris] Well, Kenny,
after some juking

1016
00:41:06,384 --> 00:41:08,349
and jockeying for position,

1017
00:41:08,384 --> 00:41:10,142
Lucky finally able
to get Overhaul

1018
00:41:10,177 --> 00:41:11,729
pinned against the rail.

1019
00:41:11,763 --> 00:41:14,280
That's where this flipper bot
does its best work.

1020
00:41:14,315 --> 00:41:15,729
[Kenny] That's right.

1021
00:41:15,763 --> 00:41:18,487
And this first big shot
clearly hurt Overhaul,

1022
00:41:18,522 --> 00:41:20,660
took out the left side
of its drive.

1023
00:41:20,694 --> 00:41:23,177
After that, Matt Olson
found some openings

1024
00:41:23,211 --> 00:41:25,763
and was able to punt
Charles Guan's bot

1025
00:41:25,798 --> 00:41:27,487
around the BattleBox.

1026
00:41:27,522 --> 00:41:29,798
[Chris] Overhaul known
for its durability,

1027
00:41:29,832 --> 00:41:31,591
was able to avoid
the knockout,

1028
00:41:31,625 --> 00:41:33,211
hang around and...

1029
00:41:33,246 --> 00:41:36,039
Uh-oh, Lucky started
coughing up smoke

1030
00:41:36,073 --> 00:41:38,832
and actually lost
some mobility itself.

1031
00:41:38,867 --> 00:41:40,211
[Kenny] Yeah, both bots
are gonna need

1032
00:41:40,246 --> 00:41:42,039
some electrolytes
after this fight,

1033
00:41:42,073 --> 00:41:44,039
but I think given
its aggressiveness

1034
00:41:44,073 --> 00:41:46,073
and the number of shots
it landed,

1035
00:41:46,108 --> 00:41:48,763
Lucky should be
the one moving on.

1036
00:41:48,798 --> 00:41:51,005
[Chris] Here is Faruq
with the decision.

1037
00:41:51,556 --> 00:41:52,936
[crowd cheering]

1038
00:41:52,970 --> 00:41:55,280
The results
from the judges are in.

1039
00:41:55,315 --> 00:41:58,729
[suspenseful music playing]

1040
00:41:58,763 --> 00:42:02,384
The winner by unanimous
decision is...

1041
00:42:06,936 --> 00:42:07,936
Lucky!

1042
00:42:07,970 --> 00:42:09,970
[crowd cheering]

1043
00:42:10,005 --> 00:42:13,005
[dramatic music playing]

1044
00:42:20,315 --> 00:42:22,832
[Chris] Mark, congratulations.

1045
00:42:22,867 --> 00:42:24,280
Thank you.

1046
00:42:24,315 --> 00:42:25,729
So it looks like...

1047
00:42:25,763 --> 00:42:27,832
You guys are super effective
when you kind of

1048
00:42:27,867 --> 00:42:30,384
throw those jab-type flips.

1049
00:42:30,418 --> 00:42:31,556
Is that...

1050
00:42:31,591 --> 00:42:32,729
Are we seeing that
the right way?

1051
00:42:32,763 --> 00:42:34,211
Yeah, you're seeing
a lot of jabs.

1052
00:42:34,246 --> 00:42:35,453
There were a couple
of haymakers,

1053
00:42:35,487 --> 00:42:37,832
so the bigger one in there,
but mostly jabs, get control,

1054
00:42:37,867 --> 00:42:41,039
put them on their back
to control a game.

1055
00:42:41,073 --> 00:42:43,073
So Mark, you're now off
to the semi-finals

1056
00:42:43,108 --> 00:42:44,384
where Jackpot awaits.

1057
00:42:44,418 --> 00:42:46,901
What sort of challenge
does he pose?

1058
00:42:46,936 --> 00:42:48,625
We know they're hitting hard

1059
00:42:48,660 --> 00:42:50,349
and we know they're gonna
come out swinging.

1060
00:42:50,384 --> 00:42:52,522
So we got to be ready
to take some hits

1061
00:42:52,556 --> 00:42:54,660
and we're looking to control
that match, too.

1062
00:42:54,694 --> 00:42:55,901
We're looking forward to it.

1063
00:42:55,936 --> 00:42:57,901
Good job by you
and your entire team.

1064
00:42:57,936 --> 00:42:59,177
Go have a shift change.

1065
00:42:59,211 --> 00:43:00,211
Go clean the sweaters

1066
00:43:00,246 --> 00:43:01,798
and we'll see you
next period, eh?

1067
00:43:01,832 --> 00:43:03,832
[crowd cheering]

1068
00:43:07,487 --> 00:43:08,349
[Chris] Hi, Charles.

1069
00:43:08,384 --> 00:43:10,211
Hey, hey, what's going on?

1070
00:43:10,246 --> 00:43:11,522
[Chris] You weren't able
to get much going

1071
00:43:11,556 --> 00:43:13,246
offensively tonight.

1072
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,246
I guess overall big picture
with your robot,

1073
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:17,556
there are some people
that'll say,

1074
00:43:17,591 --> 00:43:19,556
"Okay, you're a lifter,
you're a grappler.

1075
00:43:19,591 --> 00:43:21,177
That's kind of fun."

1076
00:43:21,211 --> 00:43:24,384
Would you ever wanna change
and bring something different?

1077
00:43:24,418 --> 00:43:25,453
Not at the moment.

1078
00:43:25,487 --> 00:43:27,694
I will always be
the last knight

1079
00:43:27,729 --> 00:43:29,763
of the defenders
of the Grabby Bot Nation.

1080
00:43:29,798 --> 00:43:31,211
[man] Grabby Bot Nation!

1081
00:43:31,246 --> 00:43:32,142
[laughs]

1082
00:43:32,177 --> 00:43:33,315
Is that like a party of one?

1083
00:43:33,349 --> 00:43:34,729
-Yeah.
-[Chris] Or what is--

1084
00:43:34,763 --> 00:43:36,625
I mean, here we have
Claw Viper, we have Quantum,

1085
00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:38,246
we have a lot
of other lifters, right?

1086
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,177
So, I think
that we will remain stalwart

1087
00:43:40,211 --> 00:43:42,315
in the face of the vertical
spinner threat.

1088
00:43:42,349 --> 00:43:44,142
We wish you the best of luck
with that, Charles.

1089
00:43:44,177 --> 00:43:45,142
Thank you.

1090
00:43:45,177 --> 00:43:46,177
[Chris] You're always
entertaining. Thank you.

1091
00:43:46,211 --> 00:43:47,798
[crowd cheering]

1092
00:43:47,832 --> 00:43:51,005
[suspenseful music playing]

1093
00:43:51,039 --> 00:43:52,349
-[Charles] Good match, sir.
-[Mark] Hell, yeah.

1094
00:43:52,384 --> 00:43:53,729
[Matt] Long time coming.

1095
00:43:53,763 --> 00:43:55,246
[Charles] Yeah, I've been
looking forward to this

1096
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:56,039
for a while.

1097
00:43:56,073 --> 00:43:57,177
[Chris] Kenny, I thought Lucky

1098
00:43:57,211 --> 00:43:58,556
obviously did enough
to advance.

1099
00:43:58,591 --> 00:43:59,522
It's that simple.

1100
00:43:59,556 --> 00:44:00,936
Yeah, I think they had
a great game plan.

1101
00:44:00,970 --> 00:44:02,073
They were very effective.

1102
00:44:02,108 --> 00:44:05,039
They were able to get
underneath Overhaul's side

1103
00:44:05,073 --> 00:44:08,108
and I thought
they executed very well.

1104
00:44:08,142 --> 00:44:11,384
[Chris] Okay. So our second
round matchups are all set.

1105
00:44:11,418 --> 00:44:15,867
Lucky advances to take on
local Las Vegas hero Jackpot.

1106
00:44:15,901 --> 00:44:17,280
And up next, we're gonna see

1107
00:44:17,315 --> 00:44:19,867
two of the biggest weapons
in robot combat.

1108
00:44:19,901 --> 00:44:22,108
It's a battle
between buzzsaws,

1109
00:44:22,142 --> 00:44:25,936
as Emulsifier and Cobalt
try to get one step closer

1110
00:44:25,970 --> 00:44:28,246
to a shot at immortality.

1111
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,901
-[Kenny] Oh, oh, oh!
-[Chris] Oh!

1112
00:44:30,936 --> 00:44:33,901
The carnage is getting
cranked all the way up

1113
00:44:33,936 --> 00:44:37,315
when we return on
BattleBots Champions.

1114
00:44:42,142 --> 00:44:43,522
[crowd cheering]

1115
00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:45,729
[upbeat music playing]

1116
00:44:45,763 --> 00:44:48,005
[Chris] We continue on
with more BattleBots Champions

1117
00:44:48,039 --> 00:44:49,591
Sin City Slugfest.

1118
00:44:49,625 --> 00:44:53,556
All four quarter finals
went to the judges' scorecard.

1119
00:44:53,591 --> 00:44:56,039
What do we have in store
as we hit the first two

1120
00:44:56,073 --> 00:44:57,729
semi-final matchups?

1121
00:44:57,763 --> 00:44:58,970
Let's break it down.

1122
00:44:59,005 --> 00:45:03,005
It's Emulsifier
taking on Cobalt.

1123
00:45:03,039 --> 00:45:06,039
Of course, John Mladenik,
not only the team captain,

1124
00:45:06,073 --> 00:45:07,970
he is currently driving
as well.

1125
00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:09,453
What does that mean
for this team?

1126
00:45:09,487 --> 00:45:11,867
[Kenny] Well, as we saw
in that first fight,

1127
00:45:11,901 --> 00:45:14,591
it means a completely
different Cobalt.

1128
00:45:14,625 --> 00:45:17,108
While John learns
how to tame this beast,

1129
00:45:17,142 --> 00:45:18,487
opponents are gonna have

1130
00:45:18,522 --> 00:45:20,591
some extra opportunities
to attack.

1131
00:45:20,625 --> 00:45:23,005
But I think we've got
to take a step back

1132
00:45:23,039 --> 00:45:27,211
and realize how tough it is
to drive a 250-pound robot

1133
00:45:27,246 --> 00:45:29,177
with a weapon this deadly.

1134
00:45:29,211 --> 00:45:31,453
It's not like
driving an RC car.

1135
00:45:31,487 --> 00:45:33,039
Gyroscopic forces

1136
00:45:33,073 --> 00:45:35,246
from Cobalt's
vertical spinner

1137
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,142
are constantly
pulling on the bot,

1138
00:45:37,177 --> 00:45:39,556
making it difficult
to line up a shot.

1139
00:45:39,591 --> 00:45:42,418
That being said, if something
doesn't start to click,

1140
00:45:42,453 --> 00:45:43,729
we could see Cobalt,

1141
00:45:43,763 --> 00:45:45,315
one of the top bots
in the world,

1142
00:45:45,349 --> 00:45:48,901
exit this Slugfest earlier
than we thought it would.

1143
00:45:50,177 --> 00:45:52,970
So Emulsifier
is a very interesting robot.

1144
00:45:53,005 --> 00:45:55,453
It's actually
very similar to Cobalt.

1145
00:45:55,487 --> 00:45:58,556
A huge vertical spinner
with a big front wedge,

1146
00:45:58,591 --> 00:46:00,901
but it's those treaded tires
that are different

1147
00:46:00,936 --> 00:46:03,591
and nearly cost them
in their last fight, Kenny.

1148
00:46:03,625 --> 00:46:05,005
[Kenny] Yeah.
One of those early shots

1149
00:46:05,039 --> 00:46:08,177
from Shrederator damaged
their right side drive.

1150
00:46:08,211 --> 00:46:09,556
So, they've been
working overtime

1151
00:46:09,591 --> 00:46:11,625
to get it ready
for this matchup,

1152
00:46:11,660 --> 00:46:14,832
but one thing that kept
on working is that weapon.

1153
00:46:14,867 --> 00:46:17,522
In fact, they've never had
to die during a fight.

1154
00:46:17,556 --> 00:46:20,142
So Matt Bores is ready
and willing to go

1155
00:46:20,177 --> 00:46:21,556
head-to-head here

1156
00:46:21,591 --> 00:46:24,211
and put John Mladenik
on his back foot.

1157
00:46:24,246 --> 00:46:27,211
[crowd cheering]

1158
00:46:36,591 --> 00:46:38,039
Cobalt's a very tough robot.

1159
00:46:38,073 --> 00:46:40,177
He's got a really nasty
ground game.

1160
00:46:40,211 --> 00:46:42,108
He's got the spring-loaded
forks.

1161
00:46:42,142 --> 00:46:44,280
If he gets under you,
he just sends you flying.

1162
00:46:44,315 --> 00:46:46,867
Cobalt may win
the ground game on us,

1163
00:46:46,901 --> 00:46:49,246
but we are a little bit
more maneuverable than Cobalt,

1164
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:50,349
in my opinion.

1165
00:46:50,384 --> 00:46:52,315
So, we might try to get around
to the side of him,

1166
00:46:52,349 --> 00:46:54,694
get a shot off on his chassis,

1167
00:46:54,729 --> 00:46:56,005
and try to disable him
that way.

1168
00:46:56,039 --> 00:46:57,280
If we go head-to-head,

1169
00:46:57,315 --> 00:46:58,591
I have a little bit
more reach than him

1170
00:46:58,625 --> 00:47:00,660
and I'm gonna try to use that
to my advantage.

1171
00:47:00,694 --> 00:47:03,936
I should hit his chassis
before he hits mine.

1172
00:47:03,970 --> 00:47:06,798
So, we're hoping
that that plays in our favor.

1173
00:47:09,108 --> 00:47:11,625
Emulsifier's got
a very dangerous weapon on it.

1174
00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:14,556
If they hit you,
it's gonna... It's gonna hurt.

1175
00:47:14,591 --> 00:47:16,487
It's not gonna take many hits
to knock them out.

1176
00:47:16,522 --> 00:47:17,901
It's just getting there first
and getting those hits

1177
00:47:17,936 --> 00:47:19,453
and making sure
you can drive there

1178
00:47:19,487 --> 00:47:21,660
and get in there
before he gets to you.

1179
00:47:21,694 --> 00:47:22,832
If we're losing
that ground game,

1180
00:47:22,867 --> 00:47:24,108
it's a tough fight for me.

1181
00:47:24,142 --> 00:47:25,901
The ground game makes me
feel more confident

1182
00:47:25,936 --> 00:47:28,246
that when I do come
in a clear area to hit him,

1183
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:29,522
that I'm getting under him.

1184
00:47:29,556 --> 00:47:32,005
And if that happens,
I can't see how we lose.

1185
00:47:32,039 --> 00:47:34,211
We want this Golden Bolt
so bad.

1186
00:47:34,246 --> 00:47:37,349
He said he would streak around
the whole hotel if we win.

1187
00:47:37,384 --> 00:47:38,177
Again.

1188
00:47:38,211 --> 00:47:39,729
[laughs]

1189
00:47:42,832 --> 00:47:44,039
[robotic voice]
Robots activate.

1190
00:47:45,246 --> 00:47:46,832
[crowd cheering]

1191
00:47:46,867 --> 00:47:48,211
[suspenseful music playing]

1192
00:47:48,246 --> 00:47:49,625
[Chris] I think Matt Bores
was alluding to it,

1193
00:47:49,660 --> 00:47:52,005
but Emulsifier
has removed the wedge here

1194
00:47:52,039 --> 00:47:54,039
in hopes of gaining
a reach advantage,

1195
00:47:54,073 --> 00:47:54,936
is that right, Kenny?

1196
00:47:54,970 --> 00:47:56,108
[Kenny] Yeah.
And it's a gamble.

1197
00:47:56,142 --> 00:47:58,556
They'll have a better reach
and improved mobility

1198
00:47:58,591 --> 00:48:01,073
on the box's uneven floor,

1199
00:48:01,108 --> 00:48:02,936
but losing the wedge
also means

1200
00:48:02,970 --> 00:48:06,108
those treated tires
are completely exposed.

1201
00:48:06,142 --> 00:48:08,694
Matt Bores has to stay
squared up with Cobalt

1202
00:48:08,729 --> 00:48:10,280
at all times now

1203
00:48:10,315 --> 00:48:13,005
or those treads
are going to get shredded.

1204
00:48:16,349 --> 00:48:18,487
[robotic voice]
Red Team, ready.

1205
00:48:23,487 --> 00:48:25,487
Blue Team, ready.

1206
00:48:31,349 --> 00:48:32,936
[man] Let's go!

1207
00:48:32,970 --> 00:48:35,970
[crowd cheering]

1208
00:48:50,108 --> 00:48:52,418
[Kenny] Two vicious verticals,

1209
00:48:52,453 --> 00:48:54,591
one spot in the final round,

1210
00:48:54,625 --> 00:48:57,315
zero second chances.

1211
00:49:00,349 --> 00:49:02,798
[Chris]
Let the bot battle begin.

1212
00:49:03,867 --> 00:49:05,694
[Kenny] Oh, boy.
Get ready for some

1213
00:49:05,729 --> 00:49:07,177
-crazy hits here, Chris.
-[Chris] Yeah.

1214
00:49:07,211 --> 00:49:08,694
Let's go for it.

1215
00:49:08,729 --> 00:49:10,453
Oh, nice.

1216
00:49:10,487 --> 00:49:11,625
[Kenny]
Look at the size difference

1217
00:49:11,660 --> 00:49:13,073
between these two discs.

1218
00:49:13,108 --> 00:49:15,798
[Chris] Oh, a lot of energy
being exchanged.

1219
00:49:15,832 --> 00:49:17,522
[Kenny]
Cobalt giving up inside there.

1220
00:49:17,556 --> 00:49:20,246
Emulsifier almost had
a nasty hit on him. Boom.

1221
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:21,901
[Chris]
Emulsifier with those treads,

1222
00:49:21,936 --> 00:49:23,970
-having all sorts of issues.
-[Kenny] Yeah.

1223
00:49:24,005 --> 00:49:26,315
Come on, John,
you gonna come after us?

1224
00:49:26,349 --> 00:49:28,418
[Chris] Eric Wrigley
from Team Emulsifier

1225
00:49:28,453 --> 00:49:31,798
trying to bait his opponent,
as he's been known to do.

1226
00:49:31,832 --> 00:49:33,591
[Kenny] Emulsifier really
out of control

1227
00:49:33,625 --> 00:49:34,867
-to start this fight.
-[Chris] Wee.

1228
00:49:34,901 --> 00:49:36,453
[Kenny] Gyroing
around the BattleBox

1229
00:49:36,487 --> 00:49:37,763
on the treads.

1230
00:49:37,798 --> 00:49:39,625
Cobalt trying
to stay squared up.

1231
00:49:39,660 --> 00:49:42,108
It's already taken some damage
to its front wedges.

1232
00:49:42,142 --> 00:49:44,418
[Chris] But remember,
John Mladenik

1233
00:49:44,453 --> 00:49:46,798
tearing the torch
and driving it for Cobalt.

1234
00:49:46,832 --> 00:49:48,453
He's a little bit
more conservative

1235
00:49:48,487 --> 00:49:51,487
than Dave Moulds who ran
it during season seven.

1236
00:49:51,522 --> 00:49:52,970
[Kenny]
Oh, Cobalt's got to stay away

1237
00:49:53,005 --> 00:49:54,694
-from those KillSaw slots.
-[Chris] Whoa.

1238
00:49:54,729 --> 00:49:56,177
[Kenny]
Nice shot there by Cobalt.

1239
00:49:56,211 --> 00:49:57,729
-[Chris] Very nice work.
-[Kenny] Oh.

1240
00:49:57,763 --> 00:49:59,315
[Chris] And uh-oh, it looks
like one of the treads

1241
00:49:59,349 --> 00:50:01,246
has come off of Emulsifier

1242
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,901
and it's really going
to affect its mobility.

1243
00:50:03,936 --> 00:50:05,625
Can Cobalt take advantage?

1244
00:50:05,660 --> 00:50:07,108
-[Kenny]
Still has one tread left,
-[Chris] Oh.

1245
00:50:07,142 --> 00:50:08,694
[Kenny] on the other side.
Nice shot by Cobalt.

1246
00:50:08,729 --> 00:50:10,349
[Chris] Oh, man.

1247
00:50:10,384 --> 00:50:12,142
[Kenny] Matt Bores
does not have good control

1248
00:50:12,177 --> 00:50:13,936
of his robot, Chris.

1249
00:50:13,970 --> 00:50:15,660
[Chris] Not at all.
Not at all.

1250
00:50:15,694 --> 00:50:18,211
In fact, it's lost
half of the tread,

1251
00:50:18,246 --> 00:50:20,487
one on each side.

1252
00:50:20,522 --> 00:50:22,315
[Kenny] Can John Mladenik
line up a shot

1253
00:50:22,349 --> 00:50:24,005
and finish the job?

1254
00:50:24,039 --> 00:50:25,867
The Emulsifier's weapon
is still spinning,

1255
00:50:25,901 --> 00:50:28,073
but the robot is crab walking.

1256
00:50:28,108 --> 00:50:30,798
John's got to go now.

1257
00:50:30,832 --> 00:50:33,625
[Chris] Ninety seconds,
and another big shot
by Cobalt.

1258
00:50:33,660 --> 00:50:36,798
And the Pulverizer drops
on top of the Emulsifier now,

1259
00:50:36,832 --> 00:50:38,280
not once but twice.

1260
00:50:38,315 --> 00:50:40,901
Oh, it just whiffs
on the third try.

1261
00:50:40,936 --> 00:50:43,384
[Kenny] I think
this is gonna be it, Chris.

1262
00:50:43,418 --> 00:50:45,936
[Chris] Yeah. Emulsifier
is in a terrible spot,

1263
00:50:45,970 --> 00:50:47,453
cannot self-right.

1264
00:50:47,487 --> 00:50:51,142
That is the equation
for death in BattleBots.

1265
00:50:51,177 --> 00:50:53,073
Eight, seven...

1266
00:50:53,108 --> 00:50:55,177
[Chris] The countdown is on.

1267
00:50:55,211 --> 00:50:58,418
Cobalt is going to be
headed off to the final.

1268
00:50:58,453 --> 00:51:01,591
[man] Two, one, knockout!

1269
00:51:03,867 --> 00:51:05,108
[man] Nice work.

1270
00:51:07,901 --> 00:51:09,005
Good job.

1271
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:15,660
[Chris]
Well, Kenny, Emulsifier

1272
00:51:15,694 --> 00:51:17,936
really couldn't stay
grounded in this one

1273
00:51:17,970 --> 00:51:19,798
and Cobalt certainly
took advantage.

1274
00:51:19,832 --> 00:51:20,901
[Kenny] Yeah, that's right.

1275
00:51:20,936 --> 00:51:22,763
You know, that gyroscopic
motion right there

1276
00:51:22,798 --> 00:51:24,108
was getting them up
in the air

1277
00:51:24,142 --> 00:51:26,073
and allowed Cobalt
to take advantage,

1278
00:51:26,108 --> 00:51:28,177
get underneath and
land shots just like that.

1279
00:51:28,211 --> 00:51:29,418
[Chris]
Yeah. And started removing

1280
00:51:29,453 --> 00:51:31,763
the tread off of Emulsifier.

1281
00:51:31,798 --> 00:51:34,487
That was a big deal
for Cobalt.

1282
00:51:34,522 --> 00:51:35,901
[Kenny]
Yeah, it's a vulnerability,

1283
00:51:35,936 --> 00:51:37,522
you know, anytime you have
exposed wheels

1284
00:51:37,556 --> 00:51:39,453
or exposed treads,
you're gonna get a robot

1285
00:51:39,487 --> 00:51:42,039
with a vertical spinner
that is going to attack it.

1286
00:51:42,073 --> 00:51:45,418
[Chris] And few weapons can
hit the way that Cobalt does.

1287
00:51:45,453 --> 00:51:46,901
So even though Emulsifier

1288
00:51:46,936 --> 00:51:48,694
has a tremendous
amount of power,

1289
00:51:48,729 --> 00:51:50,763
you're gonna get flipped
just like that

1290
00:51:50,798 --> 00:51:52,280
across the BattleBox.

1291
00:51:52,315 --> 00:51:55,901
[Kenny] A disappointing
outing for Emulsifier.

1292
00:51:55,936 --> 00:51:58,211
Far from a perfect
performance by Cobalt,

1293
00:51:58,246 --> 00:52:01,142
but John Mladenik
did what he needed to do

1294
00:52:01,177 --> 00:52:02,142
to advance.

1295
00:52:02,177 --> 00:52:04,142
[crowd cheering]

1296
00:52:06,591 --> 00:52:09,832
[Chris] John, congratulations
on your semi-final win.

1297
00:52:09,867 --> 00:52:11,798
Looks like you're getting
very comfortable

1298
00:52:11,832 --> 00:52:13,522
driving that machine, huh?

1299
00:52:13,556 --> 00:52:14,901
Yeah. And, you know,

1300
00:52:14,936 --> 00:52:17,142
I have a different
tactic than Dave,

1301
00:52:17,177 --> 00:52:19,177
but so far,
it's been successful.

1302
00:52:19,211 --> 00:52:21,763
Yeah, John, it seemed like
it was all about patience

1303
00:52:21,798 --> 00:52:23,832
and precision there.

1304
00:52:23,867 --> 00:52:25,625
They're very dangerous,
so I didn't wanna make

1305
00:52:25,660 --> 00:52:26,936
a mistake
where they would hit us.

1306
00:52:26,970 --> 00:52:28,418
If they get a big hit on us,
you know,

1307
00:52:28,453 --> 00:52:30,349
it could have been over
with that hit.

1308
00:52:30,384 --> 00:52:32,556
So it... I mean we got...
They got a lot of hits on us,

1309
00:52:32,591 --> 00:52:34,591
but I don't think they got
one just solid enough

1310
00:52:34,625 --> 00:52:36,970
to knock us over at least.

1311
00:52:37,005 --> 00:52:40,763
John, you don't see a lot of
robots out here with treads.

1312
00:52:42,108 --> 00:52:44,487
Was it your plan to go
after those things

1313
00:52:44,522 --> 00:52:46,108
or you just saw
one on the floor

1314
00:52:46,142 --> 00:52:48,246
and you're like,
huh, I can go get some more.

1315
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:49,970
Well, you know,
I saw they lost one side

1316
00:52:50,005 --> 00:52:51,349
in the Shrederator fight,
right?

1317
00:52:51,384 --> 00:52:53,142
When they fought Shrederator?

1318
00:52:53,177 --> 00:52:55,660
So I thought if I could
just get a single hit on that,

1319
00:52:55,694 --> 00:52:57,970
you know,
maybe they lose a tread,

1320
00:52:58,005 --> 00:53:00,073
-and that was the whole plan.
-[Chris] Congratulations.

1321
00:53:00,108 --> 00:53:02,039
We will see you
in the final momentarily.

1322
00:53:02,073 --> 00:53:04,142
-Thank you.
-Thank you.

1323
00:53:04,177 --> 00:53:06,142
[crowd cheering]

1324
00:53:07,729 --> 00:53:09,108
-[John] Good match, guys.
-Hey, good match.

1325
00:53:09,142 --> 00:53:10,591
-[man] Good fight, folks.
-[John] Good match.

1326
00:53:10,625 --> 00:53:11,729
[man] That was a slugfest.

1327
00:53:11,763 --> 00:53:12,798
-[man] Great fight.
-[man] Thanks, man.

1328
00:53:12,832 --> 00:53:13,763
[man] Thank you, guys.

1329
00:53:15,556 --> 00:53:18,522
[Chris] So Matt Bores
and Emulsifier are done.

1330
00:53:18,556 --> 00:53:19,832
A little underwhelmed

1331
00:53:19,867 --> 00:53:21,522
by what I saw from them
tonight, Kenny.

1332
00:53:21,556 --> 00:53:23,315
[Kenny]
Yeah, I was expecting more.

1333
00:53:23,349 --> 00:53:25,280
After what they did
at World Championship IV

1334
00:53:25,315 --> 00:53:27,039
as a rookie, I thought
they had a chance

1335
00:53:27,073 --> 00:53:29,005
to come in here
and run the table,

1336
00:53:29,039 --> 00:53:30,315
but maybe this is
a good thing,

1337
00:53:30,349 --> 00:53:32,073
to bring them back down
to earth a bit

1338
00:53:32,108 --> 00:53:35,453
and to continue to fuel
their fire moving forward.

1339
00:53:35,487 --> 00:53:37,522
Well, Cobalt,
throughout season seven,

1340
00:53:37,556 --> 00:53:40,039
and now here
in the Sin City Slugfest,

1341
00:53:40,073 --> 00:53:43,073
continues to demonstrate
how nasty its weapon can be.

1342
00:53:43,108 --> 00:53:44,522
[Kenny] Absolutely. It proves
that you don't have

1343
00:53:44,556 --> 00:53:46,349
to go a million miles
an hour to be effective.

1344
00:53:46,384 --> 00:53:48,901
He took his time,
waited for the right spots,

1345
00:53:48,936 --> 00:53:50,970
and, you know,
got the knockout.

1346
00:53:51,005 --> 00:53:52,798
[Chris] All right.
Well, up next,

1347
00:53:52,832 --> 00:53:54,556
we're gonna find out
who Cobalt will see

1348
00:53:54,591 --> 00:53:56,246
in the Slugfest final.

1349
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:59,694
It's a gambler's dream
as the Canadian flipper Lucky

1350
00:53:59,729 --> 00:54:03,660
squares off with
the Las Vegas local, Jackpot.

1351
00:54:03,694 --> 00:54:06,005
And we caught up with
Jeff Waters and his squad

1352
00:54:06,039 --> 00:54:08,798
as they were gearing up
to face the flipper bot.

1353
00:54:08,832 --> 00:54:09,936
[Jeff]
The fight against Big Dill,

1354
00:54:09,970 --> 00:54:11,349
we chose the wrong material
for our bushing,

1355
00:54:11,384 --> 00:54:12,660
and then it just deposited

1356
00:54:12,694 --> 00:54:14,591
a lot of material
onto the weapon shaft.

1357
00:54:14,625 --> 00:54:16,832
That's why it wasn't spinning
up so well during that fight.

1358
00:54:16,867 --> 00:54:19,522
Jason's currently trying
to slap that back together.

1359
00:54:19,556 --> 00:54:22,005
Uh, we just found out
that Lucky won their fight,

1360
00:54:22,039 --> 00:54:23,867
so we're gonna get
ready for them.

1361
00:54:23,901 --> 00:54:26,591
With how quick the turnaround
times are for the Slugfest,

1362
00:54:26,625 --> 00:54:28,280
uh, where you can't
do much as far

1363
00:54:28,315 --> 00:54:30,142
as like configuration changes,

1364
00:54:30,177 --> 00:54:32,453
so we're gonna run it
the same way we fought Dill

1365
00:54:32,487 --> 00:54:34,694
and hopefully,
we won't take much damage

1366
00:54:34,729 --> 00:54:35,798
in that fight as well.

1367
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,694
[theme music playing]

1368
00:54:46,349 --> 00:54:48,763
[Chris] We continue on
with our second semi-final.

1369
00:54:48,798 --> 00:54:51,073
It is the local bot Jackpot

1370
00:54:51,108 --> 00:54:55,073
taking on the kids from up
north candidate, eh, Lucky,

1371
00:54:55,108 --> 00:54:57,177
captained by Mark Demers.

1372
00:54:57,211 --> 00:55:00,246
Winner will see Cobalt
in the Slugfest final.

1373
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,729
And Kenny, these teams
are in somewhat different

1374
00:55:02,763 --> 00:55:05,901
situations after their first
round fights, right?

1375
00:55:05,936 --> 00:55:07,936
[Kenny] Yeah. Lucky,
of course, took on a bot

1376
00:55:07,970 --> 00:55:10,246
with a non-lethal weapon
in round one,

1377
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,349
so all they had to do
was refill the pneumatic tank

1378
00:55:13,384 --> 00:55:15,729
and buff out any scratches.

1379
00:55:15,763 --> 00:55:18,418
Jackpot, on the other hand,
had a weapon failure,

1380
00:55:18,453 --> 00:55:21,142
which took a little
more than Drano to fix.

1381
00:55:21,177 --> 00:55:22,936
Apparently,
some debris got stuck

1382
00:55:22,970 --> 00:55:24,177
in the weapon shaft

1383
00:55:24,211 --> 00:55:26,315
and prevented it
from spinning up.

1384
00:55:26,349 --> 00:55:29,901
Everything is running
at a hundred percent now,

1385
00:55:29,936 --> 00:55:32,729
but Jeff Waters is a bit more
behind the eight ball here

1386
00:55:32,763 --> 00:55:34,211
than the king of the North.

1387
00:55:34,246 --> 00:55:37,246
Either way, these are
two high level teams,

1388
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:38,487
so I'm expecting this

1389
00:55:38,522 --> 00:55:40,729
to be a very
competitive fight.

1390
00:55:41,901 --> 00:55:44,384
All right. So both these bots
are in a good spot.

1391
00:55:44,418 --> 00:55:46,280
Somebody's gonna be
in a better one

1392
00:55:46,315 --> 00:55:48,453
after this semi-final. Faruq.

1393
00:55:51,522 --> 00:55:53,453
In the red square,

1394
00:55:53,487 --> 00:55:56,211
this bot is as Canadian
as the maple leaf flag,

1395
00:55:56,246 --> 00:55:58,142
but he'll suck the soul
from your body

1396
00:55:58,177 --> 00:56:00,073
like it was milk in a bag.

1397
00:56:00,108 --> 00:56:03,280
It's Canuck tradition
to be polite and well-behaved,

1398
00:56:03,315 --> 00:56:06,349
so before he kills you,
he'll help dig your grave.

1399
00:56:06,384 --> 00:56:08,625
He's poutine you
in your place,

1400
00:56:08,660 --> 00:56:10,384
it's Lucky.

1401
00:56:16,453 --> 00:56:20,211
[Chris]
Here they are, Team Lucky.

1402
00:56:20,246 --> 00:56:22,936
So excited.

1403
00:56:22,970 --> 00:56:25,763
Two wins away from a berth
in the Golden Bolt.

1404
00:56:27,936 --> 00:56:30,177
The machine always
looks great, man.

1405
00:56:30,211 --> 00:56:31,625
[Kenny]
Yeah. And we talked about it,

1406
00:56:31,660 --> 00:56:33,729
but they've got a chance
to really elevate

1407
00:56:33,763 --> 00:56:35,453
their reputation tonight.

1408
00:56:35,487 --> 00:56:38,246
Second season
with the hotshot driver,

1409
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:41,177
a veteran bot
that finally looks dialed in.

1410
00:56:41,211 --> 00:56:43,625
This is a big fight
for the Canadians.

1411
00:56:47,487 --> 00:56:49,487
[crowd cheering]

1412
00:56:50,453 --> 00:56:53,108
In the blue square,
you don't know Jack

1413
00:56:53,142 --> 00:56:55,625
if you think you can beat this
jack of all trades,

1414
00:56:55,660 --> 00:56:56,970
hit the road, Jack,

1415
00:56:57,005 --> 00:56:59,453
or get jacked up
by his spinning blades.

1416
00:56:59,487 --> 00:57:01,315
He has variety like a potluck.

1417
00:57:01,349 --> 00:57:03,625
You have no pot of gold
or rainbow,

1418
00:57:03,660 --> 00:57:05,211
just him raking the pot

1419
00:57:05,246 --> 00:57:07,660
while you are broke
and in some pain, bro.

1420
00:57:07,694 --> 00:57:11,005
Give it up for Jackpot.

1421
00:57:16,694 --> 00:57:19,453
[Chris] Jeff Waters,
the Las Vegas-based plumber.

1422
00:57:19,487 --> 00:57:21,763
When I think of Jackpot,
Kenny, the first word

1423
00:57:21,798 --> 00:57:24,625
that comes to mind is scrappy.

1424
00:57:24,660 --> 00:57:27,073
[Kenny] Yeah, Jeff
is really a problem-solver.

1425
00:57:27,108 --> 00:57:28,936
No budget, no problem.

1426
00:57:28,970 --> 00:57:31,384
Potentially fight three times
in one night?

1427
00:57:31,418 --> 00:57:32,970
Sure, why not?

1428
00:57:33,005 --> 00:57:35,005
And I will say
his opponent, Lucky,

1429
00:57:35,039 --> 00:57:38,315
is one-in-seven all time
against verts,

1430
00:57:38,349 --> 00:57:40,418
so Jeff likes his chances

1431
00:57:40,453 --> 00:57:42,522
at solving this problem, too.

1432
00:57:43,694 --> 00:57:46,729
[crowd cheering]

1433
00:57:50,246 --> 00:57:52,694
Jackpot does hit
at a strange angle.

1434
00:57:52,729 --> 00:57:54,798
We know that thing
is terrifying

1435
00:57:54,832 --> 00:57:55,936
when it's spinning
at full speed,

1436
00:57:55,970 --> 00:57:57,832
so we're expecting
massive hits

1437
00:57:57,867 --> 00:58:00,246
and we're gonna try to avoid
those as much as possible.

1438
00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,763
We have a relatively
new fork configuration,

1439
00:58:02,798 --> 00:58:03,867
which is in the front.

1440
00:58:03,901 --> 00:58:05,246
I think we can get in close

1441
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:07,418
and we're really aiming
for their sides.

1442
00:58:07,453 --> 00:58:08,970
Ultimately, we wanna go in

1443
00:58:09,005 --> 00:58:10,901
and get under them,
flip them a few times,

1444
00:58:10,936 --> 00:58:13,211
while also never
letting them under us.

1445
00:58:13,246 --> 00:58:14,660
They have this gyro effect

1446
00:58:14,694 --> 00:58:16,384
which keeps them
from turning quickly

1447
00:58:16,418 --> 00:58:18,280
and we look
to capitalize on that

1448
00:58:18,315 --> 00:58:21,005
and really pick the spots
for the engagement.

1449
00:58:21,039 --> 00:58:22,660
We know Lucky
is a really good flipper.

1450
00:58:22,694 --> 00:58:23,970
It's got an amazing dryer.

1451
00:58:24,005 --> 00:58:25,487
Matt Olson,
me and him have a history

1452
00:58:25,522 --> 00:58:26,694
of racing RC cars together.

1453
00:58:26,729 --> 00:58:27,970
I know what he's capable of,

1454
00:58:28,005 --> 00:58:29,625
so I'm going into that match

1455
00:58:29,660 --> 00:58:31,211
expecting a really
good driving fight.

1456
00:58:31,246 --> 00:58:32,660
Best way to win this fight

1457
00:58:32,694 --> 00:58:34,763
would be to make sure
if we're going head-to-head

1458
00:58:34,798 --> 00:58:36,487
that we have
the lower ground game.

1459
00:58:36,522 --> 00:58:37,901
And if we're not
going head-to-head,

1460
00:58:37,936 --> 00:58:39,418
I got to make sure
I get to his side

1461
00:58:39,453 --> 00:58:40,970
or he doesn't get to my side.

1462
00:58:41,005 --> 00:58:43,349
The other thing we're gonna
have to look out for is a...

1463
00:58:43,384 --> 00:58:44,798
Just any type of shock damage.

1464
00:58:44,832 --> 00:58:46,867
They're gonna shoot us
really high in the air,

1465
00:58:46,901 --> 00:58:49,108
so we're just gonna make sure
everything is all beefed up

1466
00:58:49,142 --> 00:58:51,349
and can take all those
g-forces from landing.

1467
00:58:54,970 --> 00:58:56,729
[robotic voice]
Robots activate.

1468
00:58:56,763 --> 00:58:59,453
-[crowd cheering]
-[intense music playing]

1469
00:58:59,487 --> 00:59:02,005
[Chris] All right.
Well, Lucky versus Jackpot,

1470
00:59:02,039 --> 00:59:04,591
this is a matchup
made for Sin City.

1471
00:59:04,625 --> 00:59:06,384
Kenny, dial us
in on the action.

1472
00:59:06,418 --> 00:59:07,867
[Kenny]
Well, it should be a fun one.

1473
00:59:07,901 --> 00:59:10,384
Lucky is in full-on
defense mode

1474
00:59:10,418 --> 00:59:12,625
going with the forks
and some extra armor

1475
00:59:12,660 --> 00:59:14,142
around their wheels.

1476
00:59:14,177 --> 00:59:15,591
Jackpot, as we know,

1477
00:59:15,625 --> 00:59:17,832
isn't changing
their configuration tonight,

1478
00:59:17,867 --> 00:59:21,280
but they did bring out
the mini bot Ace for this one.

1479
00:59:21,315 --> 00:59:24,073
Each of the forks on that
little doorstop-looking thing

1480
00:59:24,108 --> 00:59:26,487
can lift 500 pounds.

1481
00:59:26,522 --> 00:59:27,936
This is one
of the few mini bots

1482
00:59:27,970 --> 00:59:30,729
that can really make
a difference in a fight.

1483
00:59:30,763 --> 00:59:33,280
[cheering]

1484
00:59:33,315 --> 00:59:35,280
Let's go, Jackpot.

1485
00:59:36,798 --> 00:59:38,763
Let's go, Jackpot.

1486
00:59:40,556 --> 00:59:42,246
Let's go, Jackpot.

1487
00:59:44,591 --> 00:59:46,591
Fight! Fight! Fight!

1488
00:59:50,005 --> 00:59:51,384
Let's do this.

1489
00:59:58,522 --> 01:00:01,970
[alarm buzzing]

1490
01:00:02,005 --> 01:00:03,936
[Chris]
Let the bot battle begin.

1491
01:00:03,970 --> 01:00:05,832
Lucky misses on the box rush

1492
01:00:05,867 --> 01:00:08,384
to get under Jackpot,
but doesn't pull the trigger.

1493
01:00:08,418 --> 01:00:09,487
[Kenny]
I think they got caught

1494
01:00:09,522 --> 01:00:10,660
on the KillSaw slot there.

1495
01:00:10,694 --> 01:00:12,384
[Chris] Jackpot's mini bot Ace

1496
01:00:12,418 --> 01:00:13,660
trying to get involved.

1497
01:00:13,694 --> 01:00:14,936
A little friendly fire,

1498
01:00:14,970 --> 01:00:17,660
but it is chasing down Lucky
like a mosquito.

1499
01:00:17,694 --> 01:00:18,832
-[metal clanging]
-[Kenny] Oh, look at that.

1500
01:00:18,867 --> 01:00:20,108
[Chris] Oh. Oh, no.

1501
01:00:20,142 --> 01:00:21,936
[Kenny] Ace helping out
Jackpot, Chris.

1502
01:00:21,970 --> 01:00:23,073
That was beautiful.

1503
01:00:23,108 --> 01:00:25,349
[Chris] What a great job
by the mini bot.

1504
01:00:25,384 --> 01:00:26,729
You're gonna get a little
something extra

1505
01:00:26,763 --> 01:00:28,729
in your paycheck
this week, pal.

1506
01:00:28,763 --> 01:00:30,625
[Kenny] And you can see,
it's lifting up the sides

1507
01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:32,901
of Lucky so it can't drive.

1508
01:00:32,936 --> 01:00:35,418
[Chris]
What a nuisance for Lucky,

1509
01:00:35,453 --> 01:00:38,005
that is dealing
with a two-on-one fast break

1510
01:00:38,039 --> 01:00:41,039
by the Las Vegas tandem
of Jackpot and Ace.

1511
01:00:41,073 --> 01:00:42,625
-[metal clangs]
-[Chris] Oh.

1512
01:00:42,660 --> 01:00:44,349
[Kenny] Lucky's starting off
in a deep hole here.

1513
01:00:44,384 --> 01:00:47,280
Matt Olson got to find
a way to punch back.

1514
01:00:47,315 --> 01:00:49,039
[Chris]
Lucky, on top of everything,

1515
01:00:49,073 --> 01:00:52,108
those little forks are getting
stuck in the KillSaw slits.

1516
01:00:52,142 --> 01:00:53,522
[Kenny]
Yeah. And while those forks

1517
01:00:53,556 --> 01:00:56,280
helped the Canadians
get under Jackpot early on,

1518
01:00:56,315 --> 01:00:58,142
I'm wondering if they're
preventing Lucky

1519
01:00:58,177 --> 01:00:59,487
from getting close enough

1520
01:00:59,522 --> 01:01:01,798
to really pull off
an effective punch.

1521
01:01:01,832 --> 01:01:03,832
Everything's been more
of a slap, so far.

1522
01:01:03,867 --> 01:01:05,487
[Chris] Uh-oh.
This is good for Lucky,

1523
01:01:05,522 --> 01:01:07,005
bad for Jackpot.

1524
01:01:07,039 --> 01:01:08,625
The Canadians have
to be careful

1525
01:01:08,660 --> 01:01:10,073
they don't get clipped
from above though.

1526
01:01:10,108 --> 01:01:11,729
-[metal clanging]
-[Kenny] Oh, here you go.

1527
01:01:11,763 --> 01:01:13,487
Nice driving there
by Matt Olson.

1528
01:01:13,522 --> 01:01:16,867
Oh, look at the chains fell
off of Jackpot there, Chris.

1529
01:01:16,901 --> 01:01:18,970
[Chris]
Uh-oh. That spells trouble.

1530
01:01:19,005 --> 01:01:20,901
Jackpot's weapon
no longer spinning

1531
01:01:20,936 --> 01:01:22,660
and now Lucky's trying
to take advantage,

1532
01:01:22,694 --> 01:01:24,384
but they still can't
land a punch.

1533
01:01:24,418 --> 01:01:26,694
-[metal clangs]
-[Chris] Another whiff.

1534
01:01:26,729 --> 01:01:28,349
[Kenny] Look at this.
Lucky's got Jackpot

1535
01:01:28,384 --> 01:01:30,315
against the screws.

1536
01:01:30,349 --> 01:01:32,211
Get him up there, big fella!

1537
01:01:32,246 --> 01:01:34,246
[Chris] Excellent, excellent
driving by Matt Olson,

1538
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,280
to put Jackpot
on the upper deck.

1539
01:01:36,315 --> 01:01:38,177
[Kenny] He can now
corner him there.

1540
01:01:38,211 --> 01:01:39,142
-Oh.
-[Chris] Oh.

1541
01:01:39,177 --> 01:01:40,591
Missed opportunity.

1542
01:01:40,625 --> 01:01:41,970
[Kenny]
Oh, this is a good one.

1543
01:01:42,005 --> 01:01:43,832
[Chris] Yeah, that's
a hundred-pound Pulverizer

1544
01:01:43,867 --> 01:01:45,556
that's dropping on these bots.

1545
01:01:45,591 --> 01:01:47,522
[Kenny] And can you move?

1546
01:01:47,556 --> 01:01:48,901
Is... Oh, no.

1547
01:01:48,936 --> 01:01:50,936
Is Lucky stuck up
against the box?

1548
01:01:50,970 --> 01:01:52,142
Tell me when.

1549
01:01:52,177 --> 01:01:53,901
[Chris]
Or do we have a standoff?

1550
01:01:53,936 --> 01:01:55,384
If Jackpot reverses,

1551
01:01:55,418 --> 01:01:57,556
Lucky's gonna launch
into the moon.

1552
01:01:57,591 --> 01:01:58,936
Help me out.

1553
01:01:58,970 --> 01:02:00,970
[Kenny] Matt's gonna have
to fire eventually.

1554
01:02:01,005 --> 01:02:03,211
-[metal clangs]
-[both] Oh.

1555
01:02:03,246 --> 01:02:06,349
[Chris] Matt Olson
20 steps over here.

1556
01:02:06,384 --> 01:02:08,556
Right on the clock
and landed a shot.

1557
01:02:08,591 --> 01:02:10,487
[laughs]

1558
01:02:10,522 --> 01:02:13,349
Under a minute to go
and the KillSaws are active.

1559
01:02:13,384 --> 01:02:14,832
You gotta back away from me.

1560
01:02:14,867 --> 01:02:16,005
[Chris] Lucky has the pin.

1561
01:02:16,039 --> 01:02:17,005
[Jeff] Don't let him out
of the corner.

1562
01:02:17,039 --> 01:02:18,073
I'm not running him over.

1563
01:02:18,108 --> 01:02:19,798
[Chris] Do we have another
flip out of Lucky?

1564
01:02:19,832 --> 01:02:22,453
[Kenny] Wow. What a comeback
here for Lucky.

1565
01:02:22,487 --> 01:02:23,694
[Chris]
Oh, there is some smoke.

1566
01:02:23,729 --> 01:02:25,970
I can see smoke out
of one robot.

1567
01:02:26,005 --> 01:02:27,246
Whoa.

1568
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:28,487
Maybe it's just bad breath

1569
01:02:28,522 --> 01:02:29,867
coming out of one
of those things.

1570
01:02:29,901 --> 01:02:30,970
-[Kenny laughs]
-[Chris] Oh, the hundred-pound

1571
01:02:31,005 --> 01:02:33,005
Pulverizer just nailed Lucky.

1572
01:02:33,039 --> 01:02:34,384
I don't know how much movement

1573
01:02:34,418 --> 01:02:36,005
we'll see out of
the Canadian bot.

1574
01:02:36,039 --> 01:02:37,694
[Kenny] Oh, doing a little
crab walking there.

1575
01:02:37,729 --> 01:02:39,832
I think they have some damage
to their left side.

1576
01:02:39,867 --> 01:02:41,832
[Chris]
No question about that.

1577
01:02:41,867 --> 01:02:44,108
Oh, yeah, you can see
the outer armor

1578
01:02:44,142 --> 01:02:45,763
bent against the wheel there.

1579
01:02:45,798 --> 01:02:47,591
And with Lucky
still able to crab walk,

1580
01:02:47,625 --> 01:02:50,073
Jackpot has got to engage.

1581
01:02:50,108 --> 01:02:51,694
[Kenny]
Not much Jackpot can do

1582
01:02:51,729 --> 01:02:53,039
without its primary weapon.

1583
01:02:53,073 --> 01:02:55,660
Lucky just spinning
in circles.

1584
01:02:55,694 --> 01:02:56,936
[Chris]
Well, this one's gonna end up

1585
01:02:56,970 --> 01:02:58,349
going the distance.

1586
01:02:58,384 --> 01:03:01,453
A very interesting fight here

1587
01:03:01,487 --> 01:03:03,142
-in the semifinals.
-[buzzer buzzes]

1588
01:03:03,177 --> 01:03:04,867
-[dramatic music playing]
-Spin down. Spin down.

1589
01:03:06,211 --> 01:03:08,315
You have any spinning left
on your weapon?

1590
01:03:08,349 --> 01:03:09,487
-We lost both of ours.
-[man] Okay.

1591
01:03:09,522 --> 01:03:10,867
-But the rest are fine.
-Oh, yeah.

1592
01:03:10,901 --> 01:03:13,832
[Chris] Okay. Well, a tale
of two halves there.

1593
01:03:13,867 --> 01:03:17,591
Jackpot dominant
in the first 90 seconds.

1594
01:03:17,625 --> 01:03:19,418
Lucky controlled things
in the second half

1595
01:03:19,453 --> 01:03:20,694
for the most part.

1596
01:03:20,729 --> 01:03:22,694
How will the judges see it?

1597
01:03:22,729 --> 01:03:24,108
We'll get the decision.

1598
01:03:24,142 --> 01:03:25,522
Find out which one
of these teams

1599
01:03:25,556 --> 01:03:28,349
is taking on Cobalt
in the final,

1600
01:03:28,384 --> 01:03:29,591
that is next.

1601
01:03:29,625 --> 01:03:30,729
-Yeah!
-[man] Let's go!

1602
01:03:30,763 --> 01:03:32,729
[Chris]
On BattleBots Champions.

1603
01:03:38,729 --> 01:03:40,142
[dramatic music playing]

1604
01:03:40,177 --> 01:03:42,556
[crowd cheering]

1605
01:03:42,591 --> 01:03:44,522
[Chris] Welcome back
to BattleBots Champions,

1606
01:03:44,556 --> 01:03:46,349
where the flipper bot Lucky

1607
01:03:46,384 --> 01:03:48,763
and the hometown heroes
Jackpot,

1608
01:03:48,798 --> 01:03:50,487
just went the full
three minutes

1609
01:03:50,522 --> 01:03:52,763
in an incredibly close fight.

1610
01:03:52,798 --> 01:03:54,936
The judges are nearing
their decisions,

1611
01:03:54,970 --> 01:03:56,625
which will send
one of these teams

1612
01:03:56,660 --> 01:04:00,211
into the slugfest final
to take on Cobalt.

1613
01:04:01,315 --> 01:04:04,280
[dramatic music playing]

1614
01:04:04,315 --> 01:04:06,315
[Chris] Kenny, a lot
to unpack here in this one.

1615
01:04:06,349 --> 01:04:07,487
[Kenny] Yeah. I thought
it was a great

1616
01:04:07,522 --> 01:04:08,867
start there for Jackpot.

1617
01:04:08,901 --> 01:04:10,936
Ace, their mini bot
getting involved,

1618
01:04:10,970 --> 01:04:12,970
high centering Lucky,
putting him on a T.

1619
01:04:13,005 --> 01:04:14,487
-Here you go.
-[Chris] Jackpot

1620
01:04:14,522 --> 01:04:17,556
racking up points in all
three categories to start.

1621
01:04:17,591 --> 01:04:19,763
Lucky couldn't quite
utilize its flipper

1622
01:04:19,798 --> 01:04:21,418
the way it wanted to,

1623
01:04:21,453 --> 01:04:23,832
but it did put its front
forks to good use,

1624
01:04:23,867 --> 01:04:26,763
shoving Jackpot
into the side of the box.

1625
01:04:26,798 --> 01:04:28,246
[Kenny]
And Jackpot lost its weapon

1626
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:29,660
in that collision, Chris.

1627
01:04:29,694 --> 01:04:32,763
Big time damage point
for Lucky there.

1628
01:04:32,798 --> 01:04:35,039
[Chris] Matt Olson
then proceeded to pop Jackpot

1629
01:04:35,073 --> 01:04:38,177
onto the upper deck and
even played some mind games,

1630
01:04:38,211 --> 01:04:40,694
waiting until
the very last second

1631
01:04:40,729 --> 01:04:42,073
to launch Jeff Waters' bot

1632
01:04:42,108 --> 01:04:44,522
after it got stuck
on top of Lucky.

1633
01:04:44,556 --> 01:04:46,142
So won this fight, Kenny?

1634
01:04:46,177 --> 01:04:47,798
[Kenny] Yeah, this is gonna be
an interesting

1635
01:04:47,832 --> 01:04:49,418
judges' decision here.

1636
01:04:49,453 --> 01:04:51,418
Both had some
good opportunities,

1637
01:04:51,453 --> 01:04:52,970
both scored some nice damage.

1638
01:04:53,005 --> 01:04:55,211
Jackpot's weapon, though,
went down early.

1639
01:04:55,246 --> 01:04:58,349
That's gonna certainly
factor into the decision.

1640
01:04:58,384 --> 01:05:01,280
But Lucky had mobility
issues down the stretch.

1641
01:05:01,315 --> 01:05:04,005
Does that put Jackpot
over the top?

1642
01:05:04,039 --> 01:05:06,039
This is going
to be very close.

1643
01:05:06,073 --> 01:05:07,694
[Chris] Faruq has the decision

1644
01:05:07,729 --> 01:05:10,763
that'll send one of these
teams to tonight's final.

1645
01:05:10,798 --> 01:05:12,522
[crowd cheering]

1646
01:05:14,073 --> 01:05:16,487
The results
from the judges are in.

1647
01:05:16,522 --> 01:05:19,832
[tense music playing]

1648
01:05:19,867 --> 01:05:22,556
We have a split decision.

1649
01:05:22,591 --> 01:05:24,315
-Ooh.
-[crowd oohs]

1650
01:05:25,625 --> 01:05:30,246
Judge Fon scored
the battle for Lucky.

1651
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:33,349
[cheering]

1652
01:05:33,384 --> 01:05:38,418
Judge Derek scored the battle
for Jackpot.

1653
01:05:38,453 --> 01:05:40,453
[cheering]

1654
01:05:42,349 --> 01:05:45,349
Judge Lisa scored the battle

1655
01:05:45,384 --> 01:05:47,729
for the winner...

1656
01:05:49,005 --> 01:05:50,591
[crowd chanting]
Lucky, Lucky, Lucky...

1657
01:05:50,625 --> 01:05:53,108
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Jackpot!

1658
01:05:53,142 --> 01:05:55,108
-[cheering]
-[triumphant music playing]

1659
01:05:55,142 --> 01:05:56,936
-Good job, guys.
-Well done.

1660
01:05:58,901 --> 01:06:01,246
[crowd cheering]

1661
01:06:04,349 --> 01:06:06,522
[Chris]
Hey, Jeff, congratulations.

1662
01:06:06,556 --> 01:06:09,073
How shocked were you
that you ended up

1663
01:06:09,108 --> 01:06:11,315
getting this split decision?

1664
01:06:11,349 --> 01:06:12,763
I'm not shocked at all.

1665
01:06:12,798 --> 01:06:16,729
I sucked up Ace into our robot
about 30 seconds in,

1666
01:06:16,763 --> 01:06:18,936
cut both their belts from
there as a driving battle.

1667
01:06:18,970 --> 01:06:20,832
Matt Olson's one
of the best drivers around,

1668
01:06:20,867 --> 01:06:22,384
we raced in the past
against each other.

1669
01:06:22,418 --> 01:06:24,073
I knew it's gonna come down
to driving.

1670
01:06:24,108 --> 01:06:26,315
We both had gremlins
toward the end.

1671
01:06:26,349 --> 01:06:27,867
I need to hurry up
and get it ready

1672
01:06:27,901 --> 01:06:30,073
to our final fight.

1673
01:06:30,108 --> 01:06:33,660
Jeff, you are now
one win away in your hometown

1674
01:06:33,694 --> 01:06:35,591
from entering
the Golden Bolt Tournament.

1675
01:06:35,625 --> 01:06:37,108
What does that mean to you?

1676
01:06:37,142 --> 01:06:38,970
I'm really hoping that we

1677
01:06:39,005 --> 01:06:40,901
don't have to cost
the BattleBots

1678
01:06:40,936 --> 01:06:42,936
any money of having
to ship the Bolt out.

1679
01:06:42,970 --> 01:06:45,591
-[laughing]
-Very good.

1680
01:06:45,625 --> 01:06:47,073
All right. We'll see you
in the final, Jeff.

1681
01:06:47,108 --> 01:06:48,280
-Congratulations.
-Thank you.

1682
01:06:48,315 --> 01:06:50,005
[laughs]

1683
01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:51,591
-Good job.
-Oh, yeah.

1684
01:06:51,625 --> 01:06:53,005
That was close.

1685
01:06:53,039 --> 01:06:54,901
[crowd cheering]

1686
01:06:54,936 --> 01:06:56,073
Hi, Mark.

1687
01:06:56,108 --> 01:06:58,177
Hey, Chris and Kenny.
How are ya?

1688
01:06:58,211 --> 01:07:00,901
How are you is the question
with the split decision.

1689
01:07:00,936 --> 01:07:04,556
We knew it was a close one
and, you know, in Vegas,

1690
01:07:04,591 --> 01:07:06,315
sometimes you hit the Jackpot,

1691
01:07:06,349 --> 01:07:08,246
and sometimes
Jackpot hits you.

1692
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:11,280
-[Chris laughs]
-Yeah. Yeah. What...

1693
01:07:11,315 --> 01:07:13,418
Were you shocked
that that mini bot

1694
01:07:13,453 --> 01:07:15,798
was as big a nuisance
as it appeared to be?

1695
01:07:15,832 --> 01:07:17,832
Yeah. It was a pain
in the ass.

1696
01:07:17,867 --> 01:07:20,211
-[laughing]
-Yeah, they did a good job.

1697
01:07:20,246 --> 01:07:21,936
Good driving over there.

1698
01:07:21,970 --> 01:07:23,660
They... That was actually
a big decision-maker

1699
01:07:23,694 --> 01:07:24,625
in the...in the match.

1700
01:07:24,660 --> 01:07:25,625
It was a real nuisance for us,

1701
01:07:25,660 --> 01:07:27,694
and was able to get under us,

1702
01:07:27,729 --> 01:07:30,211
set Jackpot up for some
good hits right at the start.

1703
01:07:30,246 --> 01:07:31,832
So, that might've been
the difference.

1704
01:07:31,867 --> 01:07:33,039
Mark, it's always a blast

1705
01:07:33,073 --> 01:07:34,453
watching you and your team
do battle.

1706
01:07:34,487 --> 01:07:35,487
Thanks so much.

1707
01:07:35,522 --> 01:07:36,487
-Thank you.
-Thank you.

1708
01:07:36,522 --> 01:07:39,522
[crowd cheering]

1709
01:07:40,625 --> 01:07:41,798
Good driving, dude.

1710
01:07:41,832 --> 01:07:43,487
That was good driving.
Well done.

1711
01:07:46,177 --> 01:07:49,418
[Chris] Well, those Canadians
are gracious in defeat.

1712
01:07:49,453 --> 01:07:51,936
But it is JackPot
who moves on.

1713
01:07:51,970 --> 01:07:53,936
That means
the Las Vegas locals

1714
01:07:53,970 --> 01:07:55,694
will now take on Cobalt

1715
01:07:55,729 --> 01:07:57,280
in the final fight
of the night.

1716
01:07:57,315 --> 01:07:59,694
One of those teams
is gonna punch their ticket

1717
01:07:59,729 --> 01:08:01,625
to the Golden Bolt Tournament

1718
01:08:01,660 --> 01:08:03,522
where the other
slugfest winners

1719
01:08:03,556 --> 01:08:06,211
and our three most recent
champions await.

1720
01:08:06,246 --> 01:08:08,005
And those three
Giant Nut winners

1721
01:08:08,039 --> 01:08:09,936
End Game, Tantrum,
and SawBlaze,

1722
01:08:09,970 --> 01:08:11,384
are champing at the bit

1723
01:08:11,418 --> 01:08:13,660
to get their hands
on some more hardware.

1724
01:08:14,694 --> 01:08:16,453
[dramatic music playing]

1725
01:08:16,487 --> 01:08:18,349
[Kenny] Oh.

1726
01:08:18,384 --> 01:08:21,279
[Nick] The Golden Bolt
is another level entirely.

1727
01:08:21,315 --> 01:08:23,763
We're here to show
that we've still got it.
We're still the top.

1728
01:08:23,797 --> 01:08:26,556
[Jack] The first Golden Bolt
and the Nut was not a fluke.

1729
01:08:28,315 --> 01:08:31,073
Being a world champion
is a lot of pressure now.

1730
01:08:31,108 --> 01:08:32,763
People are gunning for us.

1731
01:08:32,797 --> 01:08:33,867
[Chris] Oh!

1732
01:08:33,900 --> 01:08:35,176
[Ginger]
We had a disappointing

1733
01:08:35,211 --> 01:08:36,384
championship seven.

1734
01:08:36,417 --> 01:08:37,659
So this is a second chance

1735
01:08:37,694 --> 01:08:40,073
for Tantrum to prove itself.

1736
01:08:40,108 --> 01:08:42,211
They won't see
what's coming for them.

1737
01:08:43,176 --> 01:08:44,867
This is the best of the best.

1738
01:08:44,900 --> 01:08:47,279
We wanna bring our A-game,
even more so than before.

1739
01:08:48,211 --> 01:08:50,141
End Game is the best robot
out there

1740
01:08:50,176 --> 01:08:51,279
and we're gonna show you.

1741
01:08:52,556 --> 01:08:54,797
Hopefully, we don't have
to hit End Game round one.

1742
01:09:06,832 --> 01:09:08,417
[Chris] Mark Setrakian
is a Hollywood

1743
01:09:08,453 --> 01:09:11,487
animatronics expert
and aBattleBots legend,

1744
01:09:11,522 --> 01:09:13,246
having helped push
the sport forward

1745
01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:16,279
with iconic creations
like Mechadon,

1746
01:09:16,315 --> 01:09:18,832
Snake, and The Master.

1747
01:09:18,867 --> 01:09:22,729
[Faruq]
Give it up for Mark Setrakian!

1748
01:09:22,763 --> 01:09:24,935
[crowd cheering]

1749
01:09:24,970 --> 01:09:27,763
[Chris] Earlier tonight,
alongside The Bot Whisperer,

1750
01:09:27,797 --> 01:09:30,453
Mark thrilled the audience
with a demonstration

1751
01:09:30,487 --> 01:09:32,832
of his revolutionary
robot prototype,

1752
01:09:32,867 --> 01:09:36,797
a five-legged walker bot
called Stalker.

1753
01:09:36,832 --> 01:09:38,763
[Mark]
Stalker weighs 77 pounds,

1754
01:09:38,797 --> 01:09:40,141
so this is really tiny.

1755
01:09:40,176 --> 01:09:42,073
You have to imagine what
this thing would look like

1756
01:09:42,108 --> 01:09:45,108
if it's scaled up
to full BattleBots posture.

1757
01:09:45,141 --> 01:09:48,832
I could go into...
Oh, this is scorpion-style.

1758
01:09:48,867 --> 01:09:51,417
Here we go.
That's the mantis position.

1759
01:09:51,453 --> 01:09:53,315
And then figure out what kind
of weapons to put on it.

1760
01:09:53,349 --> 01:09:55,556
You know, hey,
this is BattleBots,
you gotta have weapons.

1761
01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:57,349
How strong is it, exactly?

1762
01:09:59,211 --> 01:10:01,522
[Chris] Who knows what kind
of wide-sweeping applications

1763
01:10:01,556 --> 01:10:03,142
this design could have.

1764
01:10:03,177 --> 01:10:04,246
Time will tell.

1765
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:05,522
Uh-oh.

1766
01:10:08,142 --> 01:10:10,591
[crowd cheering]

1767
01:10:10,625 --> 01:10:13,556
[dramatic music playing]

1768
01:10:13,591 --> 01:10:15,418
[Chris] We are back
on BattleBots Champions

1769
01:10:15,453 --> 01:10:16,936
Sin City slugfest,

1770
01:10:16,970 --> 01:10:18,729
we have arrived at the final

1771
01:10:18,763 --> 01:10:21,487
between JackPot and Cobalt.

1772
01:10:21,522 --> 01:10:23,763
This showdown's gonna
determine who advances

1773
01:10:23,798 --> 01:10:25,418
to the tournament
of champions,

1774
01:10:25,453 --> 01:10:27,108
where former
Giant Nut winners

1775
01:10:27,142 --> 01:10:29,936
and fellow slugfest
survivors await.

1776
01:10:29,970 --> 01:10:32,936
And at the end of the journey
lies one of the crown jewels

1777
01:10:32,970 --> 01:10:35,694
of robot combat,
the Golden Bolt.

1778
01:10:35,729 --> 01:10:37,901
[crowd cheering]

1779
01:10:37,936 --> 01:10:39,487
[Chris] So which
of these two heavyweights

1780
01:10:39,522 --> 01:10:41,453
will earn the chance
to add some hardware

1781
01:10:41,487 --> 01:10:42,970
to their trophy case?

1782
01:10:43,005 --> 01:10:45,246
Well, Cobalt hasn't
looked like the same

1783
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:46,936
"bat out of hell"
berserker bot

1784
01:10:46,970 --> 01:10:48,453
with John Mladenik driving.

1785
01:10:48,487 --> 01:10:50,211
But its weapon
is still as vicious

1786
01:10:50,246 --> 01:10:51,936
as any in the sport.

1787
01:10:51,970 --> 01:10:53,660
Will that be good enough
to take down

1788
01:10:53,694 --> 01:10:56,280
the hometown heroes' JackPot?

1789
01:10:56,315 --> 01:10:58,315
Let's dive into this matchup.

1790
01:11:00,177 --> 01:11:01,694
[dramatic music playing]

1791
01:11:01,729 --> 01:11:03,177
[Jeff] You couldn't have
the Sin City Slugfest

1792
01:11:03,211 --> 01:11:04,694
without a bot from Sin City.

1793
01:11:04,729 --> 01:11:06,660
It's kind of that pressure
on us to go through,

1794
01:11:06,694 --> 01:11:09,246
beat Cobalt, and qualify
ourselves for Golden Bolt.

1795
01:11:10,522 --> 01:11:13,625
This tournament has just been
so grueling for us

1796
01:11:13,660 --> 01:11:15,867
and we're totally exhausted,
but if you're going

1797
01:11:15,901 --> 01:11:17,901
for that goal
that you dream of,

1798
01:11:17,936 --> 01:11:19,867
you get hyped up.

1799
01:11:19,901 --> 01:11:22,591
It's a... It's a motivation.

1800
01:11:22,625 --> 01:11:24,522
[Jeff] Watching the Cobalt
and Emulsifier fight,

1801
01:11:24,556 --> 01:11:26,798
I noticed Cobalt was having
issues driving forward.

1802
01:11:26,832 --> 01:11:29,867
John has very limited
stick time on Cobalt itself.

1803
01:11:29,901 --> 01:11:32,384
So I feel like us
zipping around really fast

1804
01:11:32,418 --> 01:11:34,005
is going to be
a good advantage for us

1805
01:11:34,039 --> 01:11:35,798
because they're not
gonna be able to chase us.

1806
01:11:35,832 --> 01:11:38,349
We're definitely gonna throw
our mini bot Ace in there.

1807
01:11:38,384 --> 01:11:40,005
That should keep Cobalt

1808
01:11:40,039 --> 01:11:41,453
from going forward
and backwards,

1809
01:11:41,487 --> 01:11:43,349
allowing us to get
a good piercing hit

1810
01:11:43,384 --> 01:11:44,798
with our weapon, BlackHeart.

1811
01:11:47,142 --> 01:11:48,522
The only way
we get knocked out

1812
01:11:48,556 --> 01:11:50,936
is if we lose our weapon
and it goes upside down.

1813
01:11:50,970 --> 01:11:53,142
But I think we have
a bigger hit than they do.

1814
01:11:54,487 --> 01:11:56,418
I think
it's going to be fireworks.

1815
01:11:56,453 --> 01:11:58,936
I doubt
if this match with JackPot

1816
01:11:58,970 --> 01:12:01,211
is gonna go three minutes.
I would be shocked if it did.

1817
01:12:05,005 --> 01:12:06,453
[Jeff] I'm excited
to be here in the finals.

1818
01:12:06,487 --> 01:12:08,315
The crowd gets really loud
when we come out there.

1819
01:12:08,349 --> 01:12:11,556
So, I feel like having them
on our side is gonna be great.

1820
01:12:11,591 --> 01:12:14,729
To make it to the Golden Bolt
itself is very prestigious.

1821
01:12:14,763 --> 01:12:17,211
And I think getting to fight
the best of the best,

1822
01:12:17,246 --> 01:12:18,970
and being considered being one
of the best of the best,

1823
01:12:19,005 --> 01:12:20,625
that's a big deal.

1824
01:12:22,487 --> 01:12:25,763
[crowd cheering]

1825
01:12:25,798 --> 01:12:28,211
[Kenny] Really an impressive
job by JackPot's pit crew

1826
01:12:28,246 --> 01:12:30,832
to get this robot
and the mini bot

1827
01:12:30,867 --> 01:12:32,487
ready for this fight.

1828
01:12:32,522 --> 01:12:34,280
You kind of get the feeling
that Jeff Waters

1829
01:12:34,315 --> 01:12:36,315
is having
the time of his life.

1830
01:12:36,349 --> 01:12:37,798
They told us earlier tonight,

1831
01:12:37,832 --> 01:12:39,798
he wants to save
BattleBots' expenses

1832
01:12:39,832 --> 01:12:42,556
by just having them
basically drive

1833
01:12:42,591 --> 01:12:43,832
the Golden Bolt home.

1834
01:12:43,867 --> 01:12:45,349
You got to win this one
just to make it into that...

1835
01:12:45,384 --> 01:12:46,763
-Yeah.
-tournament.

1836
01:12:46,798 --> 01:12:48,487
But this dude
does not lack confidence.

1837
01:12:48,522 --> 01:12:49,384
[Chris] No, not at all.

1838
01:12:49,418 --> 01:12:50,798
Listen, if you look
at his robot,

1839
01:12:50,832 --> 01:12:52,798
I think
it's hitting very hard.

1840
01:12:52,832 --> 01:12:54,901
And I think this is gonna be
a much faster pace

1841
01:12:54,936 --> 01:12:57,729
than John Mladenik
is used to with Cobalt.

1842
01:12:57,763 --> 01:12:58,970
I think that's gonna be
a challenge

1843
01:12:59,005 --> 01:13:01,177
because Jeff is so familiar
with this robot.

1844
01:13:01,211 --> 01:13:04,315
Let's find out who is off
to the Golden Bolt Tournament.

1845
01:13:04,349 --> 01:13:05,349
Faruq?

1846
01:13:05,384 --> 01:13:07,418
[crowd cheering]

1847
01:13:07,453 --> 01:13:09,177
[intense music playing]

1848
01:13:11,798 --> 01:13:15,073
Ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?

1849
01:13:15,108 --> 01:13:18,211
[crowd cheering]

1850
01:13:19,384 --> 01:13:23,280
It's time for the main event.

1851
01:13:23,315 --> 01:13:26,280
-[intense music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

1852
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:37,384
In the red square,

1853
01:13:37,418 --> 01:13:39,177
you got to know
when to chokehold them,

1854
01:13:39,211 --> 01:13:40,901
know when to stone-cold them,

1855
01:13:40,936 --> 01:13:43,418
know when to claw away
because he'll never run.

1856
01:13:43,453 --> 01:13:45,005
You better count
your blessings

1857
01:13:45,039 --> 01:13:46,694
if he doesn't put you
through a table

1858
01:13:46,729 --> 01:13:48,660
because there will be
no time for counting

1859
01:13:48,694 --> 01:13:50,384
when your ass is done.

1860
01:13:50,418 --> 01:13:52,280
Give it up for the gambler,

1861
01:13:52,315 --> 01:13:55,246
it's JackPot.

1862
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:58,280
[intense music playing]

1863
01:13:58,315 --> 01:14:01,694
[Chris] Listen to that crowd
cheering for one of their own,

1864
01:14:01,729 --> 01:14:05,384
get ready to go head-to-head
with such a dangerous weapon.

1865
01:14:05,418 --> 01:14:08,142
What are Jeff Waters
and his crew
thinking here, Kenny?

1866
01:14:08,177 --> 01:14:11,108
[Kenny] Well, they're putting
a lot of faith
in the mini bot, Ace.

1867
01:14:11,142 --> 01:14:13,763
Believe it or not,
it was surprisingly effective

1868
01:14:13,798 --> 01:14:17,039
at stopping
and lifting a veteran driver

1869
01:14:17,073 --> 01:14:19,453
like Matt Olson
in their last fight.

1870
01:14:19,487 --> 01:14:21,522
They believe
against John Mladenik

1871
01:14:21,556 --> 01:14:24,418
who is still figuring out
how to drive Cobalt.

1872
01:14:24,453 --> 01:14:27,453
Ace could play
an even bigger role.

1873
01:14:27,487 --> 01:14:29,556
[crowd cheering]

1874
01:14:30,246 --> 01:14:32,142
In the blue square,

1875
01:14:32,177 --> 01:14:33,798
named for one shade of gray,

1876
01:14:33,832 --> 01:14:35,591
he knows at least 50 more.

1877
01:14:35,625 --> 01:14:38,039
The BattleBox
is his personal shred room

1878
01:14:38,073 --> 01:14:39,832
and he's locking the door.

1879
01:14:39,867 --> 01:14:41,729
"You signed the contract,"
he says,

1880
01:14:41,763 --> 01:14:43,246
"now let's you and I fight."

1881
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:45,487
Ripping off your limbs
like Fifty Shades

1882
01:14:45,522 --> 01:14:48,591
ripped off Twilight,
don't forget your safe word,

1883
01:14:48,625 --> 01:14:52,763
because here comes Cobalt!

1884
01:14:52,798 --> 01:14:55,280
-[crowd cheering]
-[intense music playing]

1885
01:14:56,418 --> 01:14:58,177
[Chris] Cobalt.

1886
01:14:58,211 --> 01:15:00,832
Captain John Mladenik
bringing up the rear.

1887
01:15:00,867 --> 01:15:02,625
And while he's been
driving this robot

1888
01:15:02,660 --> 01:15:05,142
at a different speed than
we're used to seeing,

1889
01:15:05,177 --> 01:15:06,901
I think it's fair to say
he's improved

1890
01:15:06,936 --> 01:15:08,970
-in every fight, Kenny.
-[Kenny] Absolutely.

1891
01:15:09,005 --> 01:15:10,660
But now, let's see
if he can perform

1892
01:15:10,694 --> 01:15:12,073
when the lights
are brightest

1893
01:15:12,108 --> 01:15:15,108
and the home crowd
is rooting for the other team.

1894
01:15:15,142 --> 01:15:18,487
All John needs is one big hit
with this weapon, though.

1895
01:15:18,522 --> 01:15:20,556
JackPot can take a punch,

1896
01:15:20,591 --> 01:15:23,005
but Cobalt is that powerful.

1897
01:15:24,005 --> 01:15:27,005
[crowd cheering]

1898
01:15:33,349 --> 01:15:34,384
[Chris] Okay, Kenny.

1899
01:15:34,418 --> 01:15:36,211
Two vicious vertical spinners,

1900
01:15:36,246 --> 01:15:38,315
what's gonna be the key
to punching a ticket

1901
01:15:38,349 --> 01:15:39,625
to the Golden Bolt here?

1902
01:15:39,660 --> 01:15:41,349
[Kenny] Well, we've been
saying it all night,

1903
01:15:41,384 --> 01:15:43,936
but the wild card
is John Mladenik.

1904
01:15:43,970 --> 01:15:47,694
Cobalt is one of the most
violent bots in this sport.

1905
01:15:47,729 --> 01:15:49,280
If something clicks,
then John starts

1906
01:15:49,315 --> 01:15:52,005
whipping it around,
they could very well win

1907
01:15:52,039 --> 01:15:54,660
the Golden Bolt
not just this slugfest.

1908
01:15:54,694 --> 01:15:57,142
But if John
is overly cautious,

1909
01:15:57,177 --> 01:15:59,867
Jeff Waters will hit Cobalt

1910
01:15:59,901 --> 01:16:01,867
like you hit the slots, Chris,

1911
01:16:01,901 --> 01:16:03,694
early and often.

1912
01:16:04,694 --> 01:16:06,453
[Chris]
No gambling before 8:00 a.m.

1913
01:16:06,487 --> 01:16:07,867
That's my rule.

1914
01:16:07,901 --> 01:16:09,039
Sticking to it.

1915
01:16:09,073 --> 01:16:12,108
[crowd cheering]

1916
01:16:12,142 --> 01:16:15,108
[crowd chanting]

1917
01:16:39,729 --> 01:16:41,936
[Chris]
Let the bot battle begin.

1918
01:16:43,832 --> 01:16:45,591
Deliberate to start.

1919
01:16:45,625 --> 01:16:47,453
Little circling.

1920
01:16:47,487 --> 01:16:48,901
Cobalt.

1921
01:16:48,936 --> 01:16:50,487
[Kenny] Been trying
to get Ace involved

1922
01:16:50,522 --> 01:16:52,763
to try to tap
the back side of Cobalt.

1923
01:16:52,798 --> 01:16:55,073
[Chris] Yes, they are.
Here's JackPot.

1924
01:16:55,108 --> 01:16:57,349
His little buddy
staring down Cobalt.

1925
01:16:57,384 --> 01:16:58,970
Now they split up.

1926
01:16:59,005 --> 01:17:00,763
[Kenny] Oh, there's that
two-pronged attack there,

1927
01:17:00,798 --> 01:17:02,142
Ace at the backside.

1928
01:17:02,177 --> 01:17:03,453
Oh, nice shot.

1929
01:17:03,487 --> 01:17:05,694
Oh, man, we got smoke already.

1930
01:17:05,729 --> 01:17:08,108
[Chris] A huge mistake
by John Mladenik.

1931
01:17:08,142 --> 01:17:09,763
[Kenny] Oh, boy.

1932
01:17:09,798 --> 01:17:11,349
Like, a ton of smoke.

1933
01:17:11,384 --> 01:17:14,005
Like, I can't see
the freaking robots smoke.

1934
01:17:14,039 --> 01:17:16,556
Cobalt showed JackPot
its backside

1935
01:17:16,591 --> 01:17:19,005
and Jeff Waters
was more than happy

1936
01:17:19,039 --> 01:17:22,763
to sink his blade directly
into the battery compartment.

1937
01:17:22,798 --> 01:17:24,315
This is nasty, Chris.

1938
01:17:24,349 --> 01:17:27,418
[Chris] And now we've got
flames spewing out of Cobalt.

1939
01:17:27,453 --> 01:17:29,798
JackPot is still
lodged to the back side

1940
01:17:29,832 --> 01:17:31,418
of John Mladenik's bot.

1941
01:17:31,453 --> 01:17:33,177
I'm not sure these two
are gonna be able

1942
01:17:33,211 --> 01:17:34,660
to be separated, Kenny.

1943
01:17:34,694 --> 01:17:37,487
It is a freaking
horror show out there.

1944
01:17:37,522 --> 01:17:39,867
[Kenny] JackPot dragging
Cobalt around the box

1945
01:17:39,901 --> 01:17:41,349
trying to shake it lose.

1946
01:17:41,384 --> 01:17:43,660
Cobalt's weapon
has stopped spinning.

1947
01:17:43,694 --> 01:17:45,901
Will it be able to move
if Jeff Waters

1948
01:17:45,936 --> 01:17:48,384
can find a way to separate?

1949
01:17:48,418 --> 01:17:50,901
[Chris] Waters looking
for any way to break free.

1950
01:17:50,936 --> 01:17:53,280
[man] Tag along those corners
one more time, Jeff.

1951
01:17:53,315 --> 01:17:54,936
[Chris]
These two heavyweight robots,

1952
01:17:54,970 --> 01:17:58,384
they are bonding together
in hellfire at the moment.

1953
01:17:58,418 --> 01:17:59,936
We approach
the halfway point

1954
01:17:59,970 --> 01:18:02,901
of tonight's Slugfest final.

1955
01:18:02,936 --> 01:18:04,901
[Kenny] Now how is this
gonna affect JackPot as well?

1956
01:18:04,936 --> 01:18:07,660
JackPot can be burning up...
There you go.

1957
01:18:07,694 --> 01:18:09,142
[Chris] Oh, there you go.
Oh, my God.

1958
01:18:09,177 --> 01:18:10,763
Cobalt can still move though.

1959
01:18:10,798 --> 01:18:12,453
Its weapon is still spinning.

1960
01:18:12,487 --> 01:18:15,763
And the mini bot, Ace,
right back underneath him.

1961
01:18:15,798 --> 01:18:18,246
[Kenny] He might be
stuck up against
the KillSaw slots there.

1962
01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:19,556
[Chris] Okay. Let's see if...
Oh, yeah,

1963
01:18:19,591 --> 01:18:21,108
Cobalt can still move.

1964
01:18:21,142 --> 01:18:24,280
[Kenny] Oh, JackPot got
a little too aggressive there.

1965
01:18:24,315 --> 01:18:26,315
Those wedges working nicely
for Cobalt.

1966
01:18:26,349 --> 01:18:29,625
But how long can Cobalt
withstand this fire.

1967
01:18:29,660 --> 01:18:31,867
[Chris] Kenny,
Cobalt refuses to die.

1968
01:18:31,901 --> 01:18:34,108
And here it comes,
looking to re-engage.

1969
01:18:34,142 --> 01:18:36,798
The weapon's somehow
still spinning. Look out.

1970
01:18:36,832 --> 01:18:38,073
[Kenny] Crazy.

1971
01:18:38,108 --> 01:18:40,073
JackPot now trying
to attack the sides.

1972
01:18:40,108 --> 01:18:41,867
Could this be it for Cobalt?

1973
01:18:41,901 --> 01:18:43,418
[Chris] Uh-oh. Yeah.

1974
01:18:43,453 --> 01:18:45,177
That fire is way too big.

1975
01:18:45,211 --> 01:18:47,349
Way too much
for the drive motors.

1976
01:18:47,384 --> 01:18:49,073
The countdown has started.

1977
01:18:49,108 --> 01:18:51,453
JackPot is gonna win
in its hometown.

1978
01:18:51,487 --> 01:18:54,315
And it is off
to the Golden Bolt Tournament.

1979
01:18:54,349 --> 01:18:56,901
Three, two, one.

1980
01:18:56,936 --> 01:18:58,970
-Buzzer.
-[buzzer buzzes]

1981
01:19:01,073 --> 01:19:02,591
Come on!

1982
01:19:02,625 --> 01:19:04,487
[cheering]

1983
01:19:04,522 --> 01:19:06,832
Basically I [bleep], man.

1984
01:19:19,280 --> 01:19:21,349
[Chris] And Kenny,
in terms these Vegas fans

1985
01:19:21,384 --> 01:19:24,005
would understand,
JackPot chose to split

1986
01:19:24,039 --> 01:19:25,694
their pair
to start the match.

1987
01:19:25,729 --> 01:19:27,556
Cobalt followed
the little guy

1988
01:19:27,591 --> 01:19:30,108
and then the big guy
made him pay.

1989
01:19:30,142 --> 01:19:32,901
[Kenny] A critical driving
error by John Mladenik

1990
01:19:32,936 --> 01:19:35,315
showing JackPot
his back side.

1991
01:19:35,349 --> 01:19:37,487
One mistake against
a high level team

1992
01:19:37,522 --> 01:19:40,039
can be the difference
between winning and losing.

1993
01:19:40,073 --> 01:19:42,384
[Chris] Well, that shot
started a five-alarm fire

1994
01:19:42,418 --> 01:19:44,005
in the BattleBox.

1995
01:19:44,039 --> 01:19:46,832
But shockingly, once the bots
were able to separate,

1996
01:19:46,867 --> 01:19:49,108
Cobalt was still
fully functional.

1997
01:19:49,142 --> 01:19:52,142
[Kenny] Yeah, that's right.
And JackPot was forced
to re-engage.

1998
01:19:52,177 --> 01:19:54,936
Even took a scary little shot
from Cobalt.

1999
01:19:54,970 --> 01:19:57,453
Impressive that
Cobalt stayed mobile

2000
01:19:57,487 --> 01:20:00,556
and kept spinning
for as long as it did.

2001
01:20:00,591 --> 01:20:02,418
[Chris] Eventually,
Jeff Waters got around

2002
01:20:02,453 --> 01:20:03,832
to the side and said,

2003
01:20:03,867 --> 01:20:06,660
"Go towards the light,
Cobalt."

2004
01:20:06,694 --> 01:20:09,729
And the flames overtook
John Mladenik's bot.

2005
01:20:09,763 --> 01:20:12,280
The Las Vegas locals
win the night.

2006
01:20:13,832 --> 01:20:16,832
[crowd cheering]

2007
01:20:17,660 --> 01:20:20,073
Jeff Waters, congratulations.

2008
01:20:20,108 --> 01:20:22,591
You are off
to the Golden Bolt Tournament.

2009
01:20:24,315 --> 01:20:25,901
Oh, my goodness.

2010
01:20:25,936 --> 01:20:28,142
[crowd cheering]

2011
01:20:29,073 --> 01:20:31,556
That was a heck of a hit.

2012
01:20:31,591 --> 01:20:33,142
Jason did a hell of a job

2013
01:20:33,177 --> 01:20:34,763
getting that thing
set up for me.

2014
01:20:34,798 --> 01:20:36,970
He teed it up and I hit him
right in the butt.

2015
01:20:37,005 --> 01:20:39,798
-It was awesome.
-[laughter]

2016
01:20:39,832 --> 01:20:41,280
Dude, I thought
you were a plumber.

2017
01:20:41,315 --> 01:20:43,970
I didn't know you were worked
at a barbecue joint, too.

2018
01:20:44,005 --> 01:20:46,005
I made sure he had
a pumber's crack as well.

2019
01:20:46,039 --> 01:20:48,453
-Oh, God.
-[laughter]

2020
01:20:48,487 --> 01:20:50,315
[crowd cheering]

2021
01:20:50,349 --> 01:20:52,556
All right. What was the game
plan heading into this hard...

2022
01:20:52,591 --> 01:20:54,556
Very hard hitting robot
in Cobalt?

2023
01:20:54,591 --> 01:20:56,936
Exactly that.
I was dancing around.

2024
01:20:56,970 --> 01:20:59,108
I know it had issues
with the forks in forward.

2025
01:20:59,142 --> 01:21:00,694
I was waiting for Ace
to get him teed up for me.

2026
01:21:00,729 --> 01:21:02,694
And I got him right
where I needed to hit him.

2027
01:21:02,729 --> 01:21:05,763
[crowd cheering]

2028
01:21:05,798 --> 01:21:08,211
So Jeff, now you get to prove

2029
01:21:08,246 --> 01:21:09,660
that you are one of the best.

2030
01:21:09,694 --> 01:21:12,177
You are going against
former Giant Nut champions,

2031
01:21:12,211 --> 01:21:14,763
other winners
of Sin City Slugfest,

2032
01:21:14,798 --> 01:21:16,280
are you ready?

2033
01:21:16,315 --> 01:21:17,349
-Yes.
-Oh, yeah.

2034
01:21:17,384 --> 01:21:18,729
She's ready to go.

2035
01:21:18,763 --> 01:21:19,867
I got to hurry up
and get her ready.

2036
01:21:19,901 --> 01:21:21,832
We got to see...
We had three fights

2037
01:21:21,867 --> 01:21:24,487
to go through and see
if we can take that Bolt home.

2038
01:21:24,522 --> 01:21:25,970
Jeff, congratulations.

2039
01:21:26,005 --> 01:21:29,177
We will see you
in the Golden Bolt Tournament.

2040
01:21:29,211 --> 01:21:30,453
Great job.

2041
01:21:30,487 --> 01:21:33,487
[crowd cheering]

2042
01:21:35,660 --> 01:21:37,108
[Jeff] Oh, my goodness.

2043
01:21:37,142 --> 01:21:39,349
John, I know you... Obviously,
you're disappointed.

2044
01:21:39,384 --> 01:21:41,487
But how shocked are you
that it was basically

2045
01:21:41,522 --> 01:21:43,177
one shot that did you in?

2046
01:21:43,211 --> 01:21:45,936
The back is the weak point
and I went for the little guy,

2047
01:21:45,970 --> 01:21:47,453
and I should've
never done that.

2048
01:21:47,487 --> 01:21:48,660
You know,
I don't know why I thought,

2049
01:21:48,694 --> 01:21:50,073
"Oh, I can knock
this little guy out."

2050
01:21:50,108 --> 01:21:51,418
And then he came from behind.

2051
01:21:51,453 --> 01:21:53,522
And it really was
a driving mistake.

2052
01:21:53,556 --> 01:21:56,039
And what was that
that exploded in your robot?

2053
01:21:56,073 --> 01:21:57,211
-What went on fire?
-The batteries.

2054
01:21:57,246 --> 01:21:58,453
He hit right
where the batteries were.

2055
01:21:58,487 --> 01:21:59,729
It's amazing it went so long

2056
01:21:59,763 --> 01:22:01,522
when the batteries
were on fire.

2057
01:22:01,556 --> 01:22:04,005
-Yeah.
-[crowd cheering]

2058
01:22:04,039 --> 01:22:05,522
I think I got a hit.

2059
01:22:05,556 --> 01:22:07,039
-The best hit was after
the batteries were on fire.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

2060
01:22:07,073 --> 01:22:08,694
[laughs]

2061
01:22:08,729 --> 01:22:11,487
John, great run for you
and your entire team.

2062
01:22:11,522 --> 01:22:13,039
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.

2063
01:22:13,073 --> 01:22:15,763
[intense music playing]

2064
01:22:15,798 --> 01:22:16,970
Dude, that was a good fight.

2065
01:22:17,005 --> 01:22:18,418
-I was getting there, man.
-Good job.

2066
01:22:18,453 --> 01:22:20,315
Your little guy
did distract me.

2067
01:22:23,660 --> 01:22:26,453
[Chris] So we say goodbye
to John Mladenik and Cobalt.

2068
01:22:26,487 --> 01:22:28,832
An off-season of driving
and I think we'll see

2069
01:22:28,867 --> 01:22:30,867
that violent vert
back up to speed.

2070
01:22:30,901 --> 01:22:33,867
But, Kenny, we have seen
Jeff Waters and JackPot

2071
01:22:33,901 --> 01:22:37,280
around the BattleBox now
for three years.

2072
01:22:37,315 --> 01:22:38,694
This is a big deal for him
to move on

2073
01:22:38,729 --> 01:22:39,970
to the tournament
in champions.

2074
01:22:40,005 --> 01:22:42,625
Yeah. You don't just get into
the Golden Bolt Tournament.

2075
01:22:42,660 --> 01:22:44,005
You have to earn your way in.

2076
01:22:44,039 --> 01:22:45,625
And they absolutely did that

2077
01:22:45,660 --> 01:22:47,418
with all those
impressive wins.

2078
01:22:47,453 --> 01:22:49,556
[Chris] Okay. So JackPot moves

2079
01:22:49,591 --> 01:22:51,936
into the fourth Slugfest
winners spot,

2080
01:22:51,970 --> 01:22:53,970
making the Golden Bolt
Tournament field

2081
01:22:54,005 --> 01:22:55,556
even more unexpected

2082
01:22:55,591 --> 01:22:57,453
than it was
coming into the night.

2083
01:22:57,487 --> 01:22:59,073
[Kenny] Chaos, baby.

2084
01:22:59,108 --> 01:23:01,591
When Shreddit Bro was our
first Slugfest winner,

2085
01:23:01,625 --> 01:23:04,660
you knew we were in
for some wild nights.

2086
01:23:04,694 --> 01:23:06,487
[Chris] And we saved
one of the best

2087
01:23:06,522 --> 01:23:08,522
Slugfest fields for last.

2088
01:23:08,556 --> 01:23:11,005
Take a look at next week's
all-star lineup.

2089
01:23:11,039 --> 01:23:13,177
Last year's top rookie,
Ripperoni.

2090
01:23:13,211 --> 01:23:14,694
The most improved robot,

2091
01:23:14,729 --> 01:23:16,901
the lightning
quick Claw Viper.

2092
01:23:16,936 --> 01:23:19,660
Monsoon. Glitch.

2093
01:23:19,694 --> 01:23:22,005
Oh, yeah, and the man
who changed his reputation

2094
01:23:22,039 --> 01:23:23,625
in last year's Slugfest,

2095
01:23:23,660 --> 01:23:26,177
Will Bales and his bot,
Hypershock.

2096
01:23:26,211 --> 01:23:28,832
You cannot miss
Slugfest number five

2097
01:23:28,867 --> 01:23:31,108
where we will lock in
the final spot

2098
01:23:31,142 --> 01:23:32,901
in the Golden Bolt
Tournament.

2099
01:23:34,349 --> 01:23:35,763
That'll do it for us.

2100
01:23:35,798 --> 01:23:37,349
For Faruq,
my man Kenny Florian,

2101
01:23:37,384 --> 01:23:38,556
I am Chris Rose.

2102
01:23:38,591 --> 01:23:41,556
We will see you next time here
on BattleBots Champions

2103
01:23:41,591 --> 01:23:43,418
Sin City Slugfest.

2104
01:23:43,453 --> 01:23:46,418
[intense music playing]