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[ clank ]
[ electricity crackles ]

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<i> robots, activate.</i>

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[ cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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♪♪

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welcome to battle.

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Where taking your aggression
out on your opponent

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is perfectly fine,

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as long as an opponent
is a military grade,

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fully weaponized robot
of mass destruction,

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not exceeding 250 pounds.

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I'm chris rose
here with the man

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who has finally learned
to control his anger,

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ufc legend and our analyst,
kenny florian.

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Chris, I'm a man of peace now.
These arms are only for hugs.

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Ah, that is so sweet.

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Well, we won't see
any hugging tonight

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as we've got some new blood
and returning favorites,

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all looking for their first
win of the season.

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For tonight's spots,
their battle to the top

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begins right now, it's time
for some full metal carnage.

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Alright.
Let's get to our fight card.

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We've got a handful
of brand new bots

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ready to leave their mark
in the box tonight.

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That's right.
Four rookie bots

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brandishing four
terrifying weapons,

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tracer looks to break in
its deadly vertical spinner

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while the aptly named grappler,
claw viper, faces off

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against fellow newbie hijinx.

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One of two new
horizontal spinners here tonight

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alongside perfect phoenix,
driven by tyler nguyen.

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And at just 11 years old,

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we've heard tyler
has the potential

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to be one of the better drivers
in the competition

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and is a disciple of the king of
chaos himself, ray billings.

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And if you like
big bots and who doesn't?

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Boy, do we have
a super-sized match up for you.

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It's the return
of an even taller mammoth

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taking on fan favorite
huge.

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A true clash of the titans
that has us wondering

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how are they both
going to fit in the box?

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It literally couldn't
get any bigger.

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And in our main event,
its last season's runner up,

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witch doctor
and andrea gellatly,

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who hopes to finish the job

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and finally take home
the giant nut.

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But on the path
to potential victory,

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their first step
is quite a doozy.

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A doozy is right, chris.

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They're up against the whyachi
clan's fearsome flipper hydra --

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a second-year bot that already
took the scene by storm

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when they literally tossed
the legendary bronco aside

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to claim their throne as current
king of the flippers.

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That's all coming up
later tonight.

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But right now, let's kick
things off with some style.

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After a hiatus from robot
combat, the tough-as-nails,

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chuck pitzer is back
with his bot ghost raptor.

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Looking to shake off the rust
against shiny second-year

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hammer bot shatter!

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That night is going
to be all-out insane.

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Faruq, let's fire
this baby up.

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[ cheers and applause ]

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ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?

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It's robot-fighting time!

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[ cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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in the blue square,
boo! Did I scare you?

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I'm just trying to prepare you
for a terrifying apparition

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here to win
the war of attrition.

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You can't walk away even though
you're aghast.

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Its back, the ghost
of "battlebots" past.

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Its ghost raptor!

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[ cheers and applause ]

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there he is, chuck pitzer,
and ghost raptor,

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all the way back
in season one,

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a surprise semifinalist after a
notable victory over icewave.

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The next year,
he got pounded by razor back

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and hasn't competed since.
That's right.

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Chuck is an emotional guy
who fights

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with his heart on his sleeve.
It was actually his teammates

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who convinced him
to dust off his controller

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and come back
for another season.

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We know he's dangerous,

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so I'm curious to see
how he comes out here tonight.

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[ cheers and applause ]

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in the red square,
this bot is from brooklyn,

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home of the jigga baby,

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and his hammer will drop beats
like his name was jay-z

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hammer, ax, spike,
whatever you're calling them,

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you've got 99 problems,
and this bot is all of 'em.

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[ vocalizes ]

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it's shatter!

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[ cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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there's adam wrigley
and his shimmering

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hammer bot shatter!

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Last year, bringing more bark
than bite with a 2-2 record.

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Now he's back and ready to get
down to business, kenny.

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He absolutely is, chris.

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Adam was disappointed
in his showing last season,

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and he's on a mission
to prove

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that he's more
than just a pretty bot

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they brought back
that ablative armor,

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which is designed
to shear off the bot

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while absorbing
incoming kinetic energy.

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Pitzer:
It's my first time back.

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In some ways
I feel like a stranger.

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In some ways I feel like
I'm coming home.

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The robot that you're seeing
in today's fight

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is not the same robot,
really, that fought,

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you know, back in
season 1 and season 2.

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In order for shatter!
To get a good shot at me,

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he's got to go through
the weapon.

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But if he does hit me
and I'm spun up,

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he's going to pay for it.
So I think it'll do pretty well.

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Wrigley: Ghost raptor
is an interesting robot

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because it's
a horizontal spinner

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that can adjust the height
that it hits that.

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We're just going to jam
the hammer into their weapon.

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So if you've ever seen
someone jam a twig

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into someone's bicycle wheel,
that's what we're going to try

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and do with their bar
and our hammer.

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We really want to come out
the game with a win.

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And a win against ghost raptor,

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you know, a legacy team from the
original run of "battlebots"

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that would be huge.

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♪♪

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time now to check in
with peter abrahamson

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our all-knowing
bot whisper.

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Peter, what's going on
with this fight?

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I'm really torn because
there's two bots here

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that I love, both of.

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Ghost raptor being driven by
chuck.

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He's really brought
what looks like

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a pretty beefy bot this time

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and can probably deliver
a pretty good punch

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and then he's going against
shatter! Who's got omni-wheels

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that allow it to not only roll
in the direction

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that the wheel normally goes,

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but to track sideways
and really aim that hammer.

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So this is going to be
a fun fight.

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Man: Fire.

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The 2020 season
continues in -- oh!

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Shatter! Tests that hammer

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some of their ablative
armor falls off.

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Of course,
that's all by design.

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Is adam wrigley getting
a little chuckle.

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Who's going to clean
that up?

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<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

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[ cheers and applause ]

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<i> red team, ready.</i>

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Go!

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Rose: Adam wrigley
ready and set.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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[ audience chanting "fight" ]

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♪♪

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let the bot battle begin!

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Here goes that horizontal
spinner from ghost raptor.

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Oh! Shatter! Drops the hammer.

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A shot to the top
of ghost raptor.

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Now ghost raptor, looking
to take shatter! For a ride.

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Adam wrigley's bot firing
away here

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at the start of the fight,
landing series of blows.

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Shatter!
The aggressor here

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in the opening minute
of this fight, chris.

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Did ghost raptor suffer
some damage

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to that primary weapon,
in those exchanges?

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That's better, looks like it
may have gone down.

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Shatter! Just refusing
to let up with that hammer.

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These are violent swings.

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Well, there's a big piece of
shatter! That has

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already come off.

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And now that ghost raptor
seems to have lost

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that primary weapon, chris,
chuck pitzer is faced

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with trying to win
a control battle here.

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You can see ghost raptor to
trying to use the battle box

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to its advantage.
Once again, it's been four years

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since we saw this bot
in competition.

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Oh, there you go.
There's a shot.

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Shatter! Playing
a little opossum there.

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Now ghost raptor looking
to find some space to breathe.

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Right now, chris,
the difference is

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the driving of chuck pitzer,

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I think the speed
of ghost raptor

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giving shatter!
A lot of problems out there.

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Some smoke coming from
ghost raptor right now.

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That is not a good sign.
Closing in on 90 second fast.

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I saw a fire.

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Uh-oh, and now,
now some fire.

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And once again, we have flames
inside the battle box.

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Ghost raptor in serious trouble,
but, oh, shatter!

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Also seems to be
incapacitated, kenny.

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Wow!
After a back and forth fight,

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could we now be headed
for a double k.O.?

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Referee: Can you show me
any kind of movement?

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No. Shatter! Wiggles free.
Ghost raptor still not moving.

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Ghost raptor, I've got to see
some movement.

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I'm not seeing any movement
on you.

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I think
that's going to be it.

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And there it is,
the countdown has begun.

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Shatter!
Will be able to celebrate

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its first win of the year.
...Three, two, one.

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Ghost raptor is knocked out,
winner is shatter!

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[ cheering ]
[ cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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and after a four-year hiatus,

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it is heartbreak city
for chuck pitzer

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and his return
to the battle box.

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Kenny, this thing
basically ended

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after 10 or 15 seconds
of two critical hits.

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Yeah, but give some credit
to ghost raptor

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in his first fight back.
Chuck never said die.

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He lost his primary
weapon early,

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but he got in there with that
lifter and stayed in the fight.

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But that hammer of shatter!
Came to work.

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Adam wrigley landing blow
after blow after blow.

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Ghost raptor
eventually caught fire.

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For a moment, both bots
looked like they were cooked.

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But shatter! Managed
to find its legs

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and secure the victory
in its 2020 debut.

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[ cheers and applause ]

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man: Go get 'em!

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Adam wrigley, turn around.
[ laughs ]

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yeah, you're all smiles.
How are you feeling out there?

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Pretty good.
Pretty good.

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Most of the upgrades
were working pretty good.

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So it looked nice.

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Adam, there was a huge hit
early on that

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was either
the first or second one.

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Do you think that's where
the match turned?

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Yeah, I mean, that's what
we were trying to do,

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we wanted to come out,
jam that weapon up

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to make a big explosion.

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We thought their weapon
was kind of directly linked.

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Not a lot of shock mounting
in between the motor

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and the weapon bar.

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So if we could get in there,
get that big impact,

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something would blow up inside.
Seems like that's what happened.

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Yeah, we were pretty excited
with that.

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Florian:
There are some nice hits
from both bots there.

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It seems like it came down
to durability.

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Are you pleased with the
durability of your to?

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We're going to take a look
at some things.

245
00:11:02,429 --> 00:11:04,229
I thought it was going
a little slow at the end there,

246
00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:05,964
and we don't want
that to happen.

247
00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:07,365
I want to be driving fast,
the whole match.

248
00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:08,667
So we're going to
take it apart,

249
00:11:08,669 --> 00:11:10,335
find out what was
slowing us down.

250
00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:12,203
But I'm happy the hammer
worked the whole time.

251
00:11:12,205 --> 00:11:13,571
I'm happy we could
take those hits,

252
00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:16,574
dish them out,
and I thought it looked good.

253
00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:17,709
I know you got long hair.

254
00:11:17,711 --> 00:11:19,310
You can go let your hair
down now after your win.

255
00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:21,346
No, really. You can --
can you let your hair down?

256
00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:22,814
It's pulling a little tight.

257
00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:25,183
But you know,
maybe if we win a few more

258
00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,518
I'll take my hair down.

259
00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:27,919
Oh, you're going to
tease us like that.

260
00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:29,187
Oh, I see it. I see it.

261
00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,723
Okay, adam wrigley and shatter!,
congratulations.

262
00:11:31,725 --> 00:11:33,158
Thank you.

263
00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,794
[ cheers and applause ]

264
00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:37,796
rose: He's got the hair,
he's got the confidence,

265
00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:39,731
and now he's got
his first win, kenny.

266
00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:42,067
Yeah, well, listen,
I think he's pretty confident

267
00:11:42,069 --> 00:11:44,769
from last season,
but what he did out there

268
00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:47,505
I think he's definitely
a team to watch.

269
00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:49,941
And for our friend chuck pitzer
and ghost raptor,

270
00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,943
it's not the start
they were looking for,

271
00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:54,345
but it's great to know
they are back in action.

272
00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:57,015
Alright. Coming up,
things are getting sketchy.

273
00:11:57,017 --> 00:12:01,553
Tracer takes on the mean,
green fighting machine ribbot.

274
00:12:01,555 --> 00:12:04,556
And later tonight,
it's the battle of the beasts --

275
00:12:04,558 --> 00:12:08,460
mammoth takes on huge.
Let's take a closer look.

276
00:12:08,462 --> 00:12:09,828
♪♪

277
00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:13,064
tauheed: It's huge!

278
00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,399
-Ah!
-Oh!

279
00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:16,534
Yeah!

280
00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:18,937
Tauheed: It's mammoth!

281
00:12:18,939 --> 00:12:21,106
-Whoa!
-Yeah, we got him!

282
00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:23,641
Huge and mammoth
are both such unique robots,

283
00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:25,477
rose: Huge, really throwing
his weight around.

284
00:12:25,479 --> 00:12:27,946
Willems:
Simply because no one's faced
something like them before.

285
00:12:27,948 --> 00:12:30,081
-Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
-Huge is lining up the weapon.

286
00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:31,316
When the two of them
come together...

287
00:12:31,318 --> 00:12:32,383
-Oh!
-Oh!

288
00:12:32,385 --> 00:12:33,718
Nobody knows
what's going to happen.

289
00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,787
-Holy smokes.
-When we look at the robots,

290
00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:36,821
we don't know
what we're going to hit.

291
00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:38,356
Mammoth on the attack.

292
00:12:38,358 --> 00:12:39,491
We don't know what we can reach.

293
00:12:39,493 --> 00:12:40,959
Foxtrot's
caught in there.

294
00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:42,927
But we don't know
how the other one works.

295
00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:44,028
Misery.

296
00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:45,797
And we're not prepared
for each other.

297
00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:49,000
Hit him, hit him!
Yeah!

298
00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,244
We are back on "battlebots:
Fight night"

299
00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:01,613
and we are just getting started
with tonight's

300
00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:03,615
heavy hitting fight card.

301
00:13:03,617 --> 00:13:07,819
Right now it's the return
of the crew from wpi, ribbot,

302
00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:11,322
who will be facing off
against rookie bot tracer.

303
00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:13,291
And let's start with tracer.

304
00:13:13,293 --> 00:13:16,594
We've got jason woods.
He is the captain of tracer,

305
00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:19,230
a first-time captain
here at "battlebots"

306
00:13:19,232 --> 00:13:21,666
looking to make a splash
in his debut fight.

307
00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:25,003
He's bringing some heat with
a mean-looking vertical spinner.

308
00:13:25,005 --> 00:13:27,405
And a lot of people
in the pits better be careful

309
00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:28,873
because this guy could fight.

310
00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:30,775
Florian: He can for sure.
And even though he's driving

311
00:13:30,777 --> 00:13:32,644
an untested bot,
a lot of people believe

312
00:13:32,646 --> 00:13:34,679
he's one of the dark horses
in this tournament.

313
00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:38,016
Last year, a new robot
to the fight was ribbot,

314
00:13:38,018 --> 00:13:39,851
captained by david jin.

315
00:13:39,853 --> 00:13:42,353
Of course, they're all
the kids from wpi.

316
00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:44,189
He actually just
got his degree

317
00:13:44,191 --> 00:13:46,558
had a solid first season
at 3-3,

318
00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,693
but they have higher hopes
for this season.

319
00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:49,928
How do you like these guys,
kenny?

320
00:13:49,930 --> 00:13:51,329
Well, I tell you what,
they're proof

321
00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:52,997
that you can really do
a lot of damage

322
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:54,999
and be successful in your
very first season

323
00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,235
in "battlebots,"
if you do things right.

324
00:13:57,237 --> 00:13:58,770
They're coming
into their second season

325
00:13:58,772 --> 00:14:01,606
with a wealth of experience
and a whole lot to prove.

326
00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:03,741
So look out
for these guys as well.

327
00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:05,410
By the way,
david jin did graduate.

328
00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:07,512
There's a few team members
that are taking quizzes

329
00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:09,914
and have a proctor here
during the tournament.

330
00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,449
Can you help them study or...?
No. No.

331
00:14:11,451 --> 00:14:15,186
No, no. Me neither.
Faruq, it's all yours.

332
00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:18,323
[ cheers and applause ]

333
00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:23,194
in the blue square,
from gold river, california

334
00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:26,297
it's tracer!

335
00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:28,566
[ cheers and applause ]

336
00:14:28,568 --> 00:14:31,636
thirty-six-year-old jason woods,
he said,

337
00:14:31,638 --> 00:14:33,705
"you better look out
because my bot

338
00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:35,506
could definitely take
a punch."

339
00:14:35,508 --> 00:14:37,408
that's right.
He's confident that his bot

340
00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:39,878
is one of the sturdiest
built bots in the field.

341
00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,880
And you better believe
he has full faith

342
00:14:41,882 --> 00:14:45,083
in that 50-pound
vertical spinner on offense.

343
00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:48,019
A good looking bot.

344
00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:52,523
And the red square
from worcester, mass.

345
00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:54,392
Ribbot!

346
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:57,795
[ cheers and applause ]

347
00:14:57,797 --> 00:15:01,132
kenny, where did
the foam frog legs go?

348
00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:02,867
Ah, yeah, they had
to switch things up.

349
00:15:02,869 --> 00:15:05,270
It was really messy
in the battle box last season

350
00:15:05,272 --> 00:15:08,406
and I had to clean it up,
so I didn't want any part of it.

351
00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,708
And they've got their choice
of four weapons.

352
00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:13,144
They're going with...?
The undercutter.

353
00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:14,712
You see that red undercutter
right there.

354
00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:17,081
They're going to look to try
to attack the back of tracer

355
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,383
and try to get to
the wheels.

356
00:15:18,385 --> 00:15:26,357
♪♪

357
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:28,660
woods:
It's funny, in years past,
they were always the fun team,

358
00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:31,029
they got their robot foam
sprayed everywhere.

359
00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:32,864
But make no mistake,

360
00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:34,766
we were sneaking on them
in the box last night

361
00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:36,134
and that thing is fired up.

362
00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,036
It's going to be kind of
a full frontal attack.

363
00:15:38,038 --> 00:15:40,138
Not a lot of jujitsu going on.

364
00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:42,907
We got a lot of armor,
pretty scary weapons.

365
00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:45,376
So I'm glad I'm driving ours.

366
00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:47,545
If everything works
as it should,

367
00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:49,681
it should be
pretty invulnerable.

368
00:15:49,683 --> 00:15:51,015
Jin: It'd be really great
for our morale

369
00:15:51,017 --> 00:15:52,884
and our momentum going into
the rest of the season,

370
00:15:52,886 --> 00:15:54,385
if we can get
a win against tracer.

371
00:15:54,387 --> 00:15:55,620
Because we're
a horizontal spinner,

372
00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,522
and we don't have any gyroscopic
possession,

373
00:15:57,524 --> 00:16:00,491
which means that our robot is
at its maximum maneuverability.

374
00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:02,126
If we can get tracer
to the middle of the arena,

375
00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:04,796
then we'll be able to hopefully
drive circles around them

376
00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,564
and pick and choose
when to hit them.

377
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,566
We're expecting to can see a lot
of sparks this match.

378
00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:16,607
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

379
00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:19,444
[ cheers and applause ]

380
00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:22,513
tracer looks ready to go.

381
00:16:22,515 --> 00:16:26,250
He's also going to use
a mini bot called clean cut,

382
00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:28,886
which looks like
a little vacuum out there.

383
00:16:38,298 --> 00:16:41,666
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

384
00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:44,035
the frog lives.
Mm-hmm.

385
00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:52,310
Let the bot battle
begin!

386
00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:54,145
Both weapons firing.

387
00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:56,781
Oh, big hit and a collision
right out of the gate!

388
00:16:56,783 --> 00:16:59,117
And look out,
ribbot throws a wheel.

389
00:16:59,119 --> 00:17:00,518
But right back in it.

390
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,654
Oh!
Tracer's on it's back.

391
00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:05,957
The frog is alive!

392
00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:07,859
Now, he's going after
the mini bot.

393
00:17:07,861 --> 00:17:10,261
Man: Bye!

394
00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:11,562
Oh, yeah!

395
00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:14,265
Kenny, tracer has no
self-righting mechanism.

396
00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:18,369
Can it get that weapon kicked
back and flip himself over?

397
00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:19,670
If not, it's game over.

398
00:17:19,672 --> 00:17:21,739
Referee:
...Counting you out in 10...

399
00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:25,176
Oh, the count down
has already started, no!

400
00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:29,047
Tracer still spinning
those wheels in desperation.

401
00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:31,582
That's gonna do it.
...Three, two, one.

402
00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:34,719
Tracer is knocked out.
Winner, ribbot.

403
00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:41,459
An unbelievable job by ribbot
and the kid from wpi.

404
00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:44,929
My goodness.

405
00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:47,632
How's this for a welcoming
to "battlebots"?

406
00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:52,437
Kenny, tracer's plan
was to box rush ribbot

407
00:17:52,439 --> 00:17:53,738
and go weapon to weapon,

408
00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:58,009
which looked like a great idea
for about three seconds.

409
00:17:58,011 --> 00:17:59,844
Yeah, there's nothing
like that first hit

410
00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:01,045
to get you to the fight.

411
00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:03,281
And clearly, ribbot woke up
after that,

412
00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:06,250
wheeling around to deliver
a one-and-done strike.

413
00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:08,252
And without any kind of
self-righting mechanism,

414
00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:09,720
tracer didn't have a hope.

415
00:18:09,722 --> 00:18:12,490
And just like my old
grandpappy used to tell me,

416
00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:14,292
if you want to win
in the battle box,

417
00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:17,195
you've got to be able
to self-right.

418
00:18:17,197 --> 00:18:23,668
♪♪

419
00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:24,769
you've got a guy on him.

420
00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:26,070
Chris has got his eye on him.

421
00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:30,041
David jin, is that exactly the
way you thought it would go?

422
00:18:30,043 --> 00:18:31,309
Not entirely.

423
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:32,710
They were a little more mobile
than I was hoping,

424
00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:35,346
but we got a bit of a bad hit
on the first one.

425
00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:36,681
But the second hit
was great.

426
00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:38,216
I mean, they're fast.
We wanted to go around them,

427
00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:39,450
but I don't think
that was going to happen.

428
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,252
So we decided to go
to the backup plan,

429
00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:42,854
which just straight
for the weapon.

430
00:18:42,856 --> 00:18:44,589
Florian: You know, this season
you said confidence

431
00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:45,790
was going to be big
for you guys.

432
00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,558
How confident are you
right now?

433
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,427
I think we feel very good.
Do we feel pretty good?

434
00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:51,496
-Yeah!
-Alright.

435
00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:52,964
Well, I don't want
to be the downer.

436
00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:54,599
David, you've already
graduated,

437
00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:57,268
ryan, let's see the wide shot
real quick here.

438
00:18:57,270 --> 00:19:00,571
Raise your hands, guys.
If you have a quiz or an exam

439
00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:02,874
coming up in the next week
or so.

440
00:19:02,876 --> 00:19:04,242
[ laughs ] aw, man.

441
00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:07,545
Man, does any -- raise your hand
if you want kenny's help

442
00:19:07,547 --> 00:19:09,413
preparing.

443
00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:12,583
Oh, okay. Alright.
See? They like me, chris.

444
00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:13,751
That's nice. Guys --

445
00:19:13,753 --> 00:19:15,086
I can't help you,
but they like me.

446
00:19:15,088 --> 00:19:17,188
Just remember, guys,
kenny's not a judge.

447
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,957
He's just a broadcaster, you
don't have to brown nose him.

448
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:21,526
Best of luck in the exams.

449
00:19:21,528 --> 00:19:23,294
And david jin
and team ribbot.

450
00:19:23,296 --> 00:19:25,763
Best of luck in the future.
Thanks for the time.

451
00:19:29,936 --> 00:19:31,269
Rose:
Alright, coming up,

452
00:19:31,271 --> 00:19:33,571
it's the battle
of the mythical beasts

453
00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:36,340
as black dragon
takes on kraken.

454
00:19:36,342 --> 00:19:38,876
But first, let's check in
with jenny taft,

455
00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:42,246
who caught up with black dragon
earlier tonight.

456
00:19:43,283 --> 00:19:47,919
Man: Black dragon
just stalking his prey.

457
00:19:47,921 --> 00:19:51,255
Well, safe to say,
gabriel, black dragon

458
00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:53,691
came prepared for this season
of "battlebots,"

459
00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:56,060
what's new about the robot?

460
00:19:56,062 --> 00:19:58,529
When the season ended
last year,

461
00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:00,631
we lost to lock jaw
in a tough match.

462
00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:04,702
Oh, this is tony.
Domination by lockjaw right now.

463
00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:07,738
But it's time to think
about what we could do

464
00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:09,073
to win the giant nut.

465
00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:11,509
Well, it seems like you've been
doing more than thinking.

466
00:20:11,511 --> 00:20:14,579
With everything you've got here,
tell me about a few of these.

467
00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:17,548
So this is the lightest weight
that we have.

468
00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:20,518
We used against somewhat
like kraken

469
00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,455
because we don't need a lot of
protection in our front.

470
00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:28,726
So this weight can go
underneath them and use armor

471
00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:32,296
and other things in the top.
The other ways we designed it

472
00:20:32,298 --> 00:20:34,765
because we lost against
lockjaw last season.

473
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:38,769
So we need something that can
have this protection up front

474
00:20:38,771 --> 00:20:41,672
and have some things
go underneath them.

475
00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,175
This other one
we had some guess

476
00:20:44,177 --> 00:20:47,745
after the fight
against captain shrederator.

477
00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:48,913
-Oh!
-Whoa!

478
00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:51,048
-Direct hit!
-Wow!

479
00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:54,185
We did not manage to get good
hits with our weapon,

480
00:20:54,187 --> 00:20:56,220
so we designed this one

481
00:20:56,222 --> 00:20:59,457
so we can expose
more our a weapon

482
00:20:59,459 --> 00:21:02,760
facing shallow spinners
so we have different options

483
00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:05,029
for different robots
to go against.

484
00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:08,332
I think every bot we came more
prepared so

485
00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:11,502
black dragon is like --
you're going for the nut?

486
00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:13,170
Yeah.
It's a dream for us.

487
00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:14,472
So good to catch up,
gabriel.

488
00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:15,940
I know you guys
have to get back to work,

489
00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:18,409
but to be honest,
you look very prepared.

490
00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:20,011
Best of luck.
Thank you. Thank you very much.

491
00:21:20,013 --> 00:21:23,047
Good luck, guys.

492
00:21:23,049 --> 00:21:26,217
Rose: What a performance
from black dragon.

493
00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:29,053
Rose: Alright,
thank you, jenny.

494
00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:32,790
You got to love the enthusiasm
black dragon brings to the pits.

495
00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:37,261
He'll step inside the battle box
to face kraken, next.

496
00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:39,730
And all roads lead
to our main event.

497
00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,399
Furious flipper hydra

498
00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:44,602
takes on last year's runner up
witch doctor

499
00:21:44,604 --> 00:21:48,139
as "battlebots:
Fight night" continues.

500
00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:59,483
Rose: We are back on
"battlebots: Fight night."

501
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:00,918
up next, we've got
the winners

502
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,487
of last season's
desperado tournament,

503
00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:06,657
the bad boys from brazil,
black dragon

504
00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:10,194
facing off against
the clingy grappler kraken.

505
00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:12,363
And let's start with kraken.

506
00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:14,198
The feisty
floridian matt spurk

507
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,767
returns for his third season
here at "battlebots."

508
00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:20,438
and what is kenny florian have
in common with kraken, you ask?

509
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,207
It's not just his love
for dressing up like a pirate.

510
00:22:23,209 --> 00:22:25,209
Kenny was something
of a grappler himself.

511
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:27,645
Florian:
I do love the puffy-shirt look,
chris, but that's right.

512
00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:30,147
I have nothing but respect
for the grapple game.

513
00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:32,483
The control approach
isn't the flashiest,

514
00:22:32,485 --> 00:22:35,119
but matt and kraken
come prepared every year

515
00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:37,288
to dirty it up
in the box in the hunt

516
00:22:37,290 --> 00:22:38,989
for those valuable
control points

517
00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:40,291
and they'll be squaring off

518
00:22:40,293 --> 00:22:42,793
against the brazilians
and black dragon.

519
00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:44,295
It was a long road
to get here

520
00:22:44,297 --> 00:22:46,497
this season for gabriel
and his team,

521
00:22:46,499 --> 00:22:50,033
but not even a global pandemic
can hold these guys back.

522
00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:52,303
Yeah, I can't say enough
about the enthusiasm

523
00:22:52,305 --> 00:22:54,038
this team brings
to the battle box.

524
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,706
You saw them showing jenny
earlier

525
00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:58,042
how prepared they are
for every fight.

526
00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:00,845
They're going up against
a stellar bot in kraken.

527
00:23:00,847 --> 00:23:02,546
I can't wait to
see these guys battle

528
00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:04,515
should be
a good match up.

529
00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:07,351
Faruq sound
the battle cry.

530
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:17,461
Tauheed:
In the blue square from itajubá,
brazil, its black dragon!

531
00:23:17,463 --> 00:23:20,631
[ cheers and applause ]

532
00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:23,000
kenny, this bot's
so impressive, a year ago,

533
00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:27,138
it won the desperado, lost to
lockjaw in a round of 16

534
00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:31,208
but gained a ton of fans.
And you'll notice, kenny,

535
00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:33,144
they're not saying
that eggbeater,

536
00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:35,980
they're going with
the double disc as the weapon.

537
00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:37,348
That's right.
They're double disc

538
00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:40,017
is actually their lightest
weapon configuration,

539
00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:42,653
which lets them add
some extra top armor to the bot,

540
00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:44,688
to protect against
kraken's jaws,

541
00:23:44,690 --> 00:23:46,223
but don't let that fool you.

542
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:49,727
This bot still packs
a huge punch.

543
00:23:49,729 --> 00:23:53,964
In the red square
from titusville, florida,

544
00:23:53,966 --> 00:23:56,267
it's kraken!

545
00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:59,470
[ cheers and applause ]

546
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:02,606
matt spurk changed the tooth
structure in the off season,

547
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:06,410
kenny, this thing
can now clamp down 12 times.

548
00:24:06,412 --> 00:24:08,913
Yeah, and that's a huge
advantage for a control bot

549
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:12,550
like kraken, more clamps means
a little more room for error,

550
00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:14,885
especially when trying
to get ahold of a feisty

551
00:24:14,887 --> 00:24:16,420
bot like black dragon.

552
00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:22,927
Here we go,
let's do this.

553
00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,830
Teles: We expect a great fight
against kraken.

554
00:24:25,832 --> 00:24:27,498
I think that the fight
will depend on

555
00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,168
who has the most control
over the three minutes,

556
00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:35,139
we are trying to prove that we
can make deeper in the top 16.

557
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:36,440
We want the top 16.

558
00:24:36,442 --> 00:24:39,777
We want to go back top eight,
top four,

559
00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:41,745
even the giant nut this year.

560
00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:43,280
Spurk: This is
the battle of the beasts.

561
00:24:43,282 --> 00:24:45,349
It's black dragon
versus kraken.

562
00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:47,284
We've got a distinct advantage

563
00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:49,887
because our very
narrow bottom jaw

564
00:24:49,889 --> 00:24:52,490
can just slide right between
their two front forks.

565
00:24:52,492 --> 00:24:54,625
And as soon as we get
that bottom jaw in there,

566
00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:56,994
we're shoving our teeth
down through their weapon.

567
00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:58,562
We've done it before
against ribbot.

568
00:24:58,564 --> 00:25:00,664
We're going to do it again
with black dragon.

569
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:03,234
We're going to bite them
and drag them underwater.

570
00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:06,537
[ cheers and applause ]

571
00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:09,206
♪♪

572
00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:12,076
<i> robots, activate.</i>

573
00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:20,651
[ cheers and applause ]

574
00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:25,155
whoo! Here we go.
It's game time, fellas.

575
00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:34,298
♪♪

576
00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:37,067
and there's kraken's mini bot,
narwhal.

577
00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:40,471
Let's see if it can avoid
being dragon food.

578
00:25:40,473 --> 00:25:41,805
Remember,
bite is primary.

579
00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:44,375
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

580
00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:53,651
let the bot battle begin!

581
00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:55,185
Looks like kraken
wants to attack

582
00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:56,921
black dragon
head on.

583
00:25:56,923 --> 00:25:58,055
Dragon almost had him here.

584
00:25:58,057 --> 00:25:59,823
Oh, there we go,
there we go!

585
00:25:59,825 --> 00:26:02,860
He has bitten down.

586
00:26:02,862 --> 00:26:05,462
This is exactly
what kraken wants to do.

587
00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:08,132
Chris, kraken got this clamp
down before black dragon

588
00:26:08,134 --> 00:26:09,833
can fire up its weapon.

589
00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:12,269
Alright. Ready?
Flame now. Play now.

590
00:26:12,271 --> 00:26:15,306
Oh, and we've got flames
inside the battle box.

591
00:26:15,308 --> 00:26:17,775
Kraken releasing
that fiery breath.

592
00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:20,511
And this is up close
and personal.

593
00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:22,346
Black dragon, though,
has got to be careful

594
00:26:22,348 --> 00:26:25,416
not to get
their internal scorched at all.

595
00:26:25,418 --> 00:26:28,552
So he's really got his teeth
stuck into black dragon.

596
00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:29,954
And once again,
he can carry him

597
00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:32,256
around the battle box
for 30 seconds.

598
00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:34,091
Then it's a catch
and release program

599
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:36,493
and it's become
a power battle right now.

600
00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:39,196
These guys have to be careful
to not burn out their motors.

601
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,331
Uh-oh!

602
00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:43,000
I see a belt coming off of
black dragon, chris.

603
00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:44,568
That's not good.
Yeah.

604
00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:48,305
Kraken jumps out
to the early lead in this fight.

605
00:26:48,307 --> 00:26:52,176
Oh, my gosh, he just drove right
into the teeth of kraken again.

606
00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:56,246
And kraken's tooth, that left
tooth has been bent a bit.

607
00:26:56,248 --> 00:26:57,481
Yeah,
remember black dragon

608
00:26:57,483 --> 00:26:59,483
has the more destructive
primary weapon

609
00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:01,085
between these two.

610
00:27:01,087 --> 00:27:04,521
Oh, kraken almost swallowed up
its own mini bot, narwhal.

611
00:27:04,523 --> 00:27:09,059
Oh, nice shot by black dragon,
who put kraken on it's dome.

612
00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:11,996
Team black dragon,
says we're not done yet.

613
00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:13,130
Spurk:
Press the bite.

614
00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:14,598
Keep biting keep biting.
Bite, bite, bite!

615
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,500
Oh, he's got
black dragon in the corner.

616
00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:19,103
He's just going to try
and pound him into the rail,

617
00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:21,572
but now black dragon
pushing back.

618
00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:23,307
Well, I think kraken
needs some braces.

619
00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:25,142
His teeth are a little crooked.

620
00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:26,577
The black dragon has managed

621
00:27:26,579 --> 00:27:29,213
to punch their way
back into this match.

622
00:27:29,215 --> 00:27:32,883
But kraken has been in control
of a large stretch of this one,

623
00:27:32,885 --> 00:27:34,985
will these teams
go the distance?

624
00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,187
Very technical fight
so far.

625
00:27:37,189 --> 00:27:39,356
Black dragon
hasn't been displaying

626
00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:41,525
the same kind
of driving skills.

627
00:27:41,527 --> 00:27:44,028
-Oh!
-Whoa!

628
00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:46,563
Well, he took one tooth off.

629
00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:49,033
Something definitely happened to
kraken's teeth.

630
00:27:49,035 --> 00:27:51,135
That left tooth is a goner.

631
00:27:51,137 --> 00:27:53,971
And now kraken is popped
in it's head.

632
00:27:53,973 --> 00:27:55,539
Under a minute to go.

633
00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:57,808
The brazilians are mounting
quite the comeback

634
00:27:57,810 --> 00:27:59,076
right now, chris.

635
00:27:59,078 --> 00:28:01,011
Kraken chasing after
black dragon.

636
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,681
Get in here, I'm hungry.

637
00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:07,351
Under 30 seconds to go
and kraken cannot bite down.

638
00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:10,954
He cannot clamp down
all the way on black dragon.

639
00:28:10,956 --> 00:28:13,857
But he does have a solid hold
of his opponent.

640
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:15,059
There it is, there it is,
there it is!

641
00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:17,127
There's is some nice shots
from the hammer.

642
00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:19,196
Showing some excellent
control right now, chris.

643
00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:21,665
Closing in on 10 seconds,
so this one

644
00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,634
will go the distance.

645
00:28:23,636 --> 00:28:25,502
Kraken impressive.

646
00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:29,406
Black dragon nailed his opponent
a few times

647
00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:32,176
as this one goes,
the full three minutes.

648
00:28:32,178 --> 00:28:35,746
There it is!
Yeah!

649
00:28:35,748 --> 00:28:37,881
That's what I'm talking about!

650
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:39,750
That's a fight!

651
00:28:39,752 --> 00:28:44,254
[ cheers and applause ]

652
00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:47,925
so this one indeed
goes to the judges,

653
00:28:47,927 --> 00:28:51,762
a very competent looking matt
spurk and team kraken.

654
00:28:51,764 --> 00:28:52,996
We'll see if the judges

655
00:28:52,998 --> 00:28:56,366
share their enthusiasm
when we come back.

656
00:29:05,144 --> 00:29:08,412
Rose:
Welcome back to "battlebots,"
where we have black dragon

657
00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:11,315
and kraken eagerly
awaiting a decision

658
00:29:11,317 --> 00:29:13,817
after three minutes
of robot combat.

659
00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:17,187
Their fate now lies
in the hands of the judges.

660
00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:20,724
This year, they're scoring
on an 11 point scale.

661
00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:22,659
The biggest category
is damage.

662
00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:25,429
You can award up to five points
for a single bot

663
00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,464
or split the points as well.

664
00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:31,702
Three points for aggression
and three for control.

665
00:29:31,704 --> 00:29:35,739
We saw a very confident looking
team kraken before the break,

666
00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:38,842
but you can't earn
points for that.

667
00:29:38,844 --> 00:29:41,812
Kenny, kraken's game plan
executed

668
00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:43,514
to perfection
in the early going.

669
00:29:43,516 --> 00:29:44,581
Florian:
Yeah, no doubt about it.

670
00:29:44,583 --> 00:29:46,550
There's an early clamp there
from kraken

671
00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:48,719
as it bites down
on black dragon

672
00:29:48,721 --> 00:29:51,789
showing its power off there.
And there's the flame.

673
00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:54,291
I mean, you can't get
much better of a start there.

674
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:55,592
But kenny,
as you mentioned before

675
00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:59,096
the fight that grapple strategy
isn't the flashiest,

676
00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:00,597
definitely not
the flashiest,

677
00:30:00,599 --> 00:30:03,233
which is always a danger when
you let it go to the judges.

678
00:30:03,235 --> 00:30:06,336
It's no secret that kraken
had full control of the match.

679
00:30:06,338 --> 00:30:08,438
But you can't forget
that damage this season

680
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,140
is worth more than control.

681
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:12,776
Even without their spinner
ever reaching full speed,

682
00:30:12,778 --> 00:30:14,711
black dragon was able
to flip kraken

683
00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:16,013
land some effective shots

684
00:30:16,015 --> 00:30:18,382
and even ripped out
one of kraken's teeth.

685
00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:21,919
Kraken with the toothless
grin of a hockey player
after this one.

686
00:30:21,921 --> 00:30:24,621
Time to find out what
the judges saw. Here's faruq.

687
00:30:26,826 --> 00:30:30,194
The results
from the judges are in.

688
00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:37,768
We have a split decision.

689
00:30:37,770 --> 00:30:39,269
Come on, come on.

690
00:30:39,271 --> 00:30:42,806
Judge derek scored
the battle for...

691
00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:47,211
Kraken.
Yes! Yes.

692
00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:51,915
Judge lisa scored the battle
for black dragon.

693
00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:53,884
Yeah!

694
00:30:56,922 --> 00:31:02,626
Judge jason scored the battle
for the winner.

695
00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:06,496
♪♪

696
00:31:06,498 --> 00:31:08,098
black dragon!

697
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,000
[ cheering ]

698
00:31:10,002 --> 00:31:19,343
♪♪

699
00:31:19,345 --> 00:31:22,512
[ audience boos ]

700
00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:30,153
gabriel, it's chris
and kenny, are you shocked?

701
00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:33,657
Oh, it was awesome fight, man
back and forth fight.

702
00:31:33,659 --> 00:31:38,996
We flip them sometimes they grab
us a bunch of time of the fight.

703
00:31:38,998 --> 00:31:42,165
So could gone either way.
Oh, awesome fight.

704
00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:47,004
Winning the fight is awesome.
So we are happy. Very happy.

705
00:31:47,006 --> 00:31:49,339
You know, when you look
at the rules this season,

706
00:31:49,341 --> 00:31:53,010
a damage obviously plays a big
part in how many points you get,

707
00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:55,445
particularly when you use
your primary weapon.

708
00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:58,382
Do you think that's why
you got the nod from the judges?

709
00:31:58,384 --> 00:32:01,518
Yeah, I think the points
were pretty close

710
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,521
and we go out
and they tooth out,

711
00:32:04,523 --> 00:32:10,360
but they they were amazing team,
amazing match. So very good.

712
00:32:10,362 --> 00:32:13,363
Gabriel, how frustrating is it
when your robot is caught

713
00:32:13,365 --> 00:32:15,232
in the teeth of a kraken?

714
00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:17,501
Oh, it's hard.
It's hard to be controlled.

715
00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:20,804
They have a strong bite.
So it's oh,

716
00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:25,676
I can't describe the emotion
is what I'm feeling right now.

717
00:32:25,678 --> 00:32:27,177
Lack, lack of words
for that.

718
00:32:27,179 --> 00:32:29,046
Let me see that smile,
gabriel.

719
00:32:29,048 --> 00:32:30,714
Let me see it.
Yeah. There you go.

720
00:32:30,716 --> 00:32:33,050
Congratulations to you
and black dragon

721
00:32:33,052 --> 00:32:36,520
on win number one this year.
Thank you. Thank you.

722
00:32:36,522 --> 00:32:39,790
Bring them on.

723
00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:42,659
All right, there's a winner,
there is also a loser,

724
00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:46,263
so we bring in matt spurk,
the captain of kraken.

725
00:32:46,265 --> 00:32:48,432
Matt, are you shocked?

726
00:32:48,434 --> 00:32:49,733
Oh, yeah, I am.

727
00:32:49,735 --> 00:32:52,536
I thought we really took it
to him in that match.

728
00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:54,404
That was the kind of fight
we were looking for.

729
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:57,240
Three minutes, fire, fighting,
big sparks,

730
00:32:57,242 --> 00:33:00,077
and we got all of that.
But we still thought we won

731
00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:02,045
and obviously
disappointed that we lost,

732
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,114
but not disappointed with
how kraken did that match.

733
00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:05,916
We'll get her fixed up.
We'll come back out

734
00:33:05,918 --> 00:33:07,751
in the next one'll be better
than ever.

735
00:33:07,753 --> 00:33:11,054
Once again. How many teeth
did you bring with you?

736
00:33:11,056 --> 00:33:14,791
We had the over under at 9
teeth. We lost one big one.

737
00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:16,593
I'm not sure how many
of the little ones we lost.

738
00:33:16,595 --> 00:33:18,328
We'll have to go back
to the pits and count them.

739
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:20,397
But we brought spares.
We'll, weld 'em on.

740
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:22,566
Like I said, we'll be back in
here ready for the next fight.

741
00:33:22,568 --> 00:33:24,468
Yeah, we've got kind of
an odd new rule

742
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:26,336
in the 2020 version
of "battlebots."

743
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,405
with every tooth
that your bot loses,

744
00:33:28,407 --> 00:33:30,907
we have to pull a tooth
out of the captain's mouth.

745
00:33:30,909 --> 00:33:32,509
So you have to go see
our orthodontist

746
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,878
will go take care of that before
your next fight, okay buddy?

747
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,447
I've been needing some dental
work done so that's alright.

748
00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:39,583
Matt spurk, thanks for being
such a good sport.

749
00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:41,752
Thanks, guys.
It's always great to be here.

750
00:33:41,754 --> 00:33:44,621
[ cheers and applause ]

751
00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:47,157
alright, it's never easy
being a judge,

752
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:50,327
black dragon literally snatching
their first win of the season

753
00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:52,963
out of kraken's mouth.
And if you're kraken,

754
00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:55,165
you have to wonder
what more you have to do

755
00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:58,001
to impress the judges
moving forward.

756
00:33:58,003 --> 00:33:59,569
You hear that, kenny?
You hear that?

757
00:33:59,571 --> 00:34:01,772
That's people typing
on their keyboard at home,

758
00:34:01,774 --> 00:34:04,441
lighting -- lighting up
the decision right there.

759
00:34:04,443 --> 00:34:06,476
Hey, that's what you signed up
for when you're a judge

760
00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:08,378
in "battlebots."
the internet is undefeated.

761
00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:09,679
As always.

762
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:13,450
Alright. Coming up, it is
a clash, bash and crash

763
00:34:13,452 --> 00:34:14,618
of the titans.

764
00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:17,287
And the bigger they are,
the bigger the scars.

765
00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:20,424
The big boys,
mammoth and huge.

766
00:34:20,426 --> 00:34:22,259
Face off, that's next.

767
00:34:30,369 --> 00:34:32,502
We are back on "battlebots"
and it's time right now

768
00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:35,405
to prove that size
does indeed matter.

769
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,475
And it is time
for mammoth versus huge.

770
00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:42,779
Let's kick things off with huge
and jonathan schultz.

771
00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:44,481
This is a bot that's made
an impression

772
00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:46,149
in each of
its first two years,

773
00:34:46,151 --> 00:34:49,786
making it safely into the top 16
but not advancing any further.

774
00:34:49,788 --> 00:34:53,190
As for jonathan schultz,
how big is his celebrity?

775
00:34:53,192 --> 00:34:56,159
Well, he actually saw
a Halloween costume

776
00:34:56,161 --> 00:34:59,729
not made of huge made
of jonathan schultz.

777
00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:01,598
He said he was taken
aback by that.

778
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,400
But this is a team
on the rise, kenny.

779
00:35:03,402 --> 00:35:04,568
No doubt about it.

780
00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:06,002
And they really feel like
they're at home now

781
00:35:06,004 --> 00:35:09,172
and they deserve to be here,
which is a great sign.

782
00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:10,841
But, you know,
I think when we first saw it,

783
00:35:10,843 --> 00:35:13,276
we were impressed, obviously,
by the size of the bot.

784
00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:15,745
But this thing can do
some serious damage.

785
00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:18,348
It's a brilliant design.
And here we have

786
00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:21,184
the perfect match up
against another gigantic bot.

787
00:35:21,186 --> 00:35:22,786
By the way, I'm going
as kenny florian

788
00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:25,188
next year, Halloween.
I've already ordered my costume

789
00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:26,556
to giant satellite dishes

790
00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:29,359
as my ears and I'll throw a
beard on, should be fun.

791
00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:31,661
Alright. Let's move on
to mammoth and ricky willems.

792
00:35:31,663 --> 00:35:33,563
It's year two
for this project.

793
00:35:33,565 --> 00:35:35,465
And you know how,
like, you go to school

794
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:36,833
and then you come back
after the summer,

795
00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,702
you're like god,
that kid grew?

796
00:35:38,704 --> 00:35:40,604
Well, the same thing
can be said for mammoth,

797
00:35:40,606 --> 00:35:43,673
which has grown from six feet
tall to six foot four.

798
00:35:43,675 --> 00:35:45,775
I don't know if it's going
through bot puberty

799
00:35:45,777 --> 00:35:47,144
or what is happening here.

800
00:35:47,146 --> 00:35:48,678
Last year was kind of
a carnival act,

801
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,780
like a look at the bot
with the beard.

802
00:35:50,782 --> 00:35:53,083
Now it's saying, "you know what?
I'm here to stay."

803
00:35:53,085 --> 00:35:55,352
when in doubt,
just go bigger.

804
00:35:55,354 --> 00:35:57,053
You know,
ricky is an interesting guy.

805
00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:58,321
And I love his creativity

806
00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:01,591
and how he really is thinking
outside the box

807
00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:03,293
literally, in order to,

808
00:36:03,295 --> 00:36:05,462
you know, build something
new and different.

809
00:36:05,464 --> 00:36:08,098
And I just love this match up.
It's perfect.

810
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:12,302
It's going to be awesome.
Faruq, bring out the big boys.

811
00:36:12,304 --> 00:36:14,304
[ cheers and applause ]

812
00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:18,175
in the blue square
from baltimore, maryland.

813
00:36:18,177 --> 00:36:21,811
They're incredible bulk,
mammoth!

814
00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:25,215
[ cheers and applause ]

815
00:36:25,217 --> 00:36:29,152
ricky willems told us this bot
can now throw refrigerators

816
00:36:29,154 --> 00:36:32,522
10 feet in the air
and 25 feet away.

817
00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:34,057
Did you check to make sure
your fridge

818
00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:35,825
is still ok in the trailer?
Oh, my goodness.

819
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:37,994
You know, first thing I notice,
it's a little bit wider, chris.

820
00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:39,329
So it looks like that bot's

821
00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:42,199
going to get better stability
on the battlebots floor.

822
00:36:42,201 --> 00:36:48,004
♪♪

823
00:36:48,006 --> 00:36:51,808
in the red square
from south windsor, connecticut,

824
00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:57,948
it's hell on wheels,
it's huge!

825
00:36:57,950 --> 00:37:01,785
[ cheers and applause ]

826
00:37:01,787 --> 00:37:04,521
kenny, obviously,
whenever you talk about huge,

827
00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:06,856
you want to mention the wheels,
but it's the spinning bar

828
00:37:06,858 --> 00:37:08,858
in the middle
that will get them points

829
00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:10,961
in the judges' eyes.
Yeah, that's right.

830
00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:13,630
And that bar is actually
10 pounds heavier.

831
00:37:13,632 --> 00:37:15,599
It's longer than last season.

832
00:37:15,601 --> 00:37:18,401
And they now have a switch
to actually turn the bar around.

833
00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:21,471
They can hit up like an uppercut
or they can hit down.

834
00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:23,807
So one little switch
will change that.

835
00:37:23,809 --> 00:37:25,976
That is very different
from last season.

836
00:37:25,978 --> 00:37:35,518
♪♪

837
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,155
willems:
Mammoth looks kind of the same,
but it is 100 percent new.

838
00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:41,291
Everything is bigger,
better, stronger.

839
00:37:41,293 --> 00:37:43,526
We're pretty excited.
Our front legs,

840
00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:45,462
as they stick out,
they're new this year,

841
00:37:45,464 --> 00:37:47,731
they are wider than huge is.

842
00:37:47,733 --> 00:37:49,532
So if we funnel them
in there,

843
00:37:49,534 --> 00:37:50,967
we should be able
to walk them around

844
00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:54,204
wherever we want in the arena,
get it ready and chuck them out.

845
00:37:54,206 --> 00:37:57,040
Where we hit them,
they're going to do weird things

846
00:37:57,042 --> 00:37:58,241
as they fly through the air.

847
00:37:58,243 --> 00:38:00,010
I'm really excited
to see what happens.

848
00:38:00,012 --> 00:38:02,012
They're finally going to get
a taste of their own medicine.

849
00:38:02,014 --> 00:38:04,714
This is the biggest match up,
literally and figuratively,

850
00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:06,816
that battlebots has ever seen.

851
00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:08,952
Schultz: You need to look at all
the things that mammoth can hit

852
00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:10,086
that no one else can.

853
00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:12,088
We realized that this is
how everybody else feels

854
00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:13,490
when they're going to fight us.

855
00:38:13,492 --> 00:38:15,592
We're going to spin downwards
and run towards them.

856
00:38:15,594 --> 00:38:17,227
And every time we hit them,

857
00:38:17,229 --> 00:38:19,529
it'll push us a little deeper
into mammoth.

858
00:38:19,531 --> 00:38:22,699
It's the fight of two
very different robots,

859
00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:25,435
but also two robots that are
just embracing the same idea.

860
00:38:25,437 --> 00:38:27,170
We'll see if bigger is better
or not.

861
00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:30,707
Are you spinning down?
Yep.

862
00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:35,512
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

863
00:38:35,514 --> 00:38:38,515
[ cheers and applause ]

864
00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:48,191
♪♪

865
00:38:48,193 --> 00:38:50,593
<i> blue team, ready.</i>

866
00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:54,664
Let's do this!

867
00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:57,033
Come on, pip squeak!

868
00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:59,302
<i> Red team, ready.</i>

869
00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:02,639
[indistinct speech]

870
00:39:02,641 --> 00:39:03,940
rose: The two biggest bots
of entire field

871
00:39:03,942 --> 00:39:07,844
and only one could start the
season out with a victory.

872
00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:44,447
Big time, do-see-do.

873
00:39:44,449 --> 00:39:46,516
And how's that for
a self-right, for mammoth?

874
00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:48,985
But it looks like
they're repertoire maybe bent.

875
00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:52,756
-Whoa! And move!
-Whoa!

876
00:39:52,758 --> 00:39:55,592
Wow, yeah, kenny,
these two are now intertwined.

877
00:39:55,594 --> 00:39:58,928
It looks like a pair of moose
in mating season.

878
00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:02,064
That huge blade is millimeters
away from mammoth's wheel

879
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:03,867
and that would be lights out
for mammoth.

880
00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:09,105
Mammoth trying to politely
excuse itself from the table.

881
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:13,143
Finally they
are able to separate.

882
00:40:13,145 --> 00:40:14,444
Well done, gentlemen.

883
00:40:14,446 --> 00:40:17,247
Right now, it seems like
the length and size of mammoth

884
00:40:17,249 --> 00:40:19,215
is kind of standing it
right now, chris.

885
00:40:19,217 --> 00:40:21,117
It's amazing
because mammoth,

886
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:23,353
it looks like a -- whoa!

887
00:40:23,355 --> 00:40:26,556
Mammoth head over heels
in the battle box.

888
00:40:26,558 --> 00:40:28,491
How is that thing able
to do that?

889
00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:32,695
Unbelievable acrobatics!

890
00:40:32,697 --> 00:40:35,165
You don't see that out of an
athlete that's 6'4" usually.

891
00:40:35,167 --> 00:40:37,267
It's crazy.
Now, the question is,

892
00:40:37,269 --> 00:40:40,303
are the main weapons
doing any damage so far?

893
00:40:40,305 --> 00:40:44,441
I think huge is confused
as to how to attack maybe.

894
00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:52,816
Whoa. Wow.

895
00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:55,552
The pulverizer coming down
to maybe try to do some damage.

896
00:40:55,554 --> 00:40:56,920
Hammer! Hammer!

897
00:40:56,922 --> 00:40:58,421
Those are controlled by the
teams and look at mammoth,

898
00:40:58,423 --> 00:41:00,757
trying to push huge out
of the battle box.

899
00:41:00,759 --> 00:41:03,026
And in fact, look at
the interesting strategy.

900
00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:05,762
The pulverizer is down
on one of huge's wheels.

901
00:41:05,764 --> 00:41:08,264
I don't know if he's able
to get out of there right now

902
00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,333
because it's kind of pinned
by mammoth mammoth

903
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:12,469
cutting off the battle box
like a boxer.

904
00:41:12,471 --> 00:41:14,070
Together: Whoa!

905
00:41:14,072 --> 00:41:16,606
He just knocked him
out of the box!

906
00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:19,209
Mammoth,
are you kidding me?!

907
00:41:19,211 --> 00:41:21,678
Oh, we did it!

908
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,547
One wheel in,
one wheel out.

909
00:41:24,549 --> 00:41:27,350
It's sounds kind of like
the hokey pokey, kenny,

910
00:41:27,352 --> 00:41:28,985
but what it really all means is
huge is in some serious trouble.

911
00:41:31,423 --> 00:41:35,492
And mammoth taking a ride
and hops in celebration.

912
00:41:35,494 --> 00:41:38,661
What a shot! Mammoth had just
won this fight, chris.

913
00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:43,032
Ten, nine, eight, seven...
Huge cannot free itself.

914
00:41:43,034 --> 00:41:47,303
...Six, five, four, three...
Mammoth starts off 2020...

915
00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:49,005
...Two, one.
...With a knock out win!

916
00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:51,341
Huge is knocked out.
Winner, mammoth.

917
00:41:51,343 --> 00:41:53,443
[ cheers and applause ]

918
00:41:53,445 --> 00:41:57,247
what a knockout by mammoth.

919
00:41:57,249 --> 00:41:58,781
Yes!

920
00:41:58,783 --> 00:42:01,451
Rickey willems screaming into
the heavens in celebration,

921
00:42:01,453 --> 00:42:03,353
and so he should.

922
00:42:03,355 --> 00:42:04,654
What a knockout.

923
00:42:04,656 --> 00:42:08,258
[ yelling ]

924
00:42:08,260 --> 00:42:10,627
kenny, were you shocked with the
way that mammoth took control

925
00:42:10,629 --> 00:42:12,328
of this fight
from the outset?

926
00:42:12,330 --> 00:42:13,863
Absolutely.
I was shocked.

927
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:16,232
This fight was ridiculous,

928
00:42:16,234 --> 00:42:18,668
but getting stuck up
against the battle box

929
00:42:18,670 --> 00:42:21,037
and not being able to get out
of there is one of the things

930
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:24,541
that huge has been able
to avoid in previous seasons.

931
00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:25,975
Mammoth showed us
a lot of things

932
00:42:25,977 --> 00:42:28,678
that we have never seen before,
the battle box.

933
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,614
And I just I salivate
when I think about

934
00:42:31,616 --> 00:42:33,216
a lot of the future match ups
for that bot.

935
00:42:33,218 --> 00:42:34,751
Yeah. So ricky willems
and mammoth,

936
00:42:34,753 --> 00:42:37,854
they had a game plan,
it was to basically pop a wheel

937
00:42:37,856 --> 00:42:40,390
over the railing.
That's what happened.

938
00:42:40,392 --> 00:42:49,365
♪♪

939
00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:51,868
okay.

940
00:42:51,870 --> 00:42:55,071
Rose: Ricky is that the
design mammoth celebration?

941
00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:58,841
Yeah, we planned that for weeks,
every every choreographed move.

942
00:42:58,843 --> 00:43:03,012
No. Oh. Oh my god.
Why are you so out of breath?

943
00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:07,483
Did you see that?
Backflips, frontflips?

944
00:43:07,485 --> 00:43:10,086
Ricky, you look surprised.

945
00:43:10,088 --> 00:43:13,456
From our standpoint, it looked
like a huge upset here,

946
00:43:13,458 --> 00:43:14,490
no pun intended.

947
00:43:14,492 --> 00:43:16,359
Did you see it
going down this way?

948
00:43:16,361 --> 00:43:18,127
Oh, I mean, I thought

949
00:43:18,129 --> 00:43:19,796
that that was
what was going to happen,

950
00:43:19,798 --> 00:43:21,130
but I didn't think
it was going to look

951
00:43:21,132 --> 00:43:23,866
that spectacular in the process.
Holy crap.

952
00:43:23,868 --> 00:43:27,470
I mean, I knew we would pop up
in the air when we hit them.

953
00:43:27,472 --> 00:43:29,005
I knew they'd
pop up in the air.

954
00:43:29,007 --> 00:43:31,140
I didn't know we'd be flipping
on top of ourselves,

955
00:43:31,142 --> 00:43:32,642
flipping on top of them.

956
00:43:32,644 --> 00:43:35,411
I didn't know our weapon was
going to bend in half like that.

957
00:43:35,413 --> 00:43:37,080
I had no idea, apparently.

958
00:43:37,082 --> 00:43:39,315
I thought I knew
I was not prepared.

959
00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:41,150
Jonathan schultz
and team huge,

960
00:43:41,152 --> 00:43:43,586
they're no joke, man.
They're a legit team.

961
00:43:43,588 --> 00:43:46,522
Knowing what you know now,
how far can you go?

962
00:43:46,524 --> 00:43:48,124
Oh, top 16.

963
00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:53,162
Top eight, the championship.
I don't think there's a limit.

964
00:43:53,164 --> 00:43:55,598
Rose: Hey, ricky,
here's the good news.

965
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,002
We do have oxygen and a medic on
standby if you need it.

966
00:43:59,004 --> 00:44:01,304
Are you okay?
Thank you guys. I will be.

967
00:44:01,306 --> 00:44:03,439
I am more than okay.
I'm spectacular.

968
00:44:03,441 --> 00:44:07,210
I could not be better.
Thank you all.

969
00:44:07,212 --> 00:44:09,912
Florian:
Congratulations. We'll see you
for your next fight.

970
00:44:13,318 --> 00:44:16,252
Kenny, we've been doing this
five seasons now,

971
00:44:16,254 --> 00:44:18,154
I ain't never witnessed
something like that before.

972
00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:22,158
That fight was ridiculous.
Godzilla versus king kong,

973
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,994
whatever it is
you want to compare it to.

974
00:44:24,996 --> 00:44:26,863
Yeah, I was just speechless.
Alright.

975
00:44:26,865 --> 00:44:30,900
Coming up, winner, winner.
Two beginners, kind of.

976
00:44:30,902 --> 00:44:35,371
Its claw viper and hijinx,
their breakout bout, next.

977
00:44:43,648 --> 00:44:46,282
Rose:
We are back on "battlebots:
Fight night,"

978
00:44:46,284 --> 00:44:50,720
we're four fights into an action
packed fight card here tonight.

979
00:44:50,722 --> 00:44:53,156
Right now, we got a pair
of brand new bots

980
00:44:53,158 --> 00:44:54,791
led by familiar faces.

981
00:44:54,793 --> 00:44:58,428
And let's start with claw viper,
led by kevin milczewski.

982
00:44:58,430 --> 00:45:01,230
He used to drive the mini
bot for team warhawk.

983
00:45:01,232 --> 00:45:03,933
Now spreading his wings,
he's got his own team

984
00:45:03,935 --> 00:45:06,569
and he's bringing a ton
of confidence into the box.

985
00:45:06,571 --> 00:45:10,807
He told us "this is
a top-four robot," okay.

986
00:45:10,809 --> 00:45:12,775
Yeah, this guy knew
his bot inside and out.

987
00:45:12,777 --> 00:45:15,378
I mean, any question we had
for him, he had the answer.

988
00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:17,013
He could win this fight.

989
00:45:17,015 --> 00:45:21,050
He'll be taking on team hijinx
led by jen herchenroeder.

990
00:45:21,052 --> 00:45:24,654
She's spent time since 2016 with
team scorpius.

991
00:45:24,656 --> 00:45:28,224
She moves from the assistant's
chair and now is the lead dog.

992
00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:30,159
She said, "listen,
I got to be honest with you.

993
00:45:30,161 --> 00:45:32,428
I'm a little anxious.
I'm a little nervous.

994
00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:33,963
I'm a lot excited."

995
00:45:33,965 --> 00:45:35,932
that's what you like to hear
out of a first-time captain.

996
00:45:35,934 --> 00:45:37,300
Definitely.

997
00:45:37,302 --> 00:45:39,135
But she does have a lot of
responsibility being a captain.

998
00:45:39,137 --> 00:45:41,938
She said it's like juggling
100 balls in the air.

999
00:45:41,940 --> 00:45:43,139
And, you know,
this is definitely

1000
00:45:43,141 --> 00:45:44,440
an experimental bot here.

1001
00:45:44,442 --> 00:45:46,409
And she says, you know,
to have that first fight

1002
00:45:46,411 --> 00:45:48,077
and we're going to learn
a lot about our bot

1003
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:49,512
and what it could do.

1004
00:45:49,514 --> 00:45:51,781
And by the way,
it's an announcer's nightmare.

1005
00:45:51,783 --> 00:45:55,218
It's herchenroeder
and milczewski

1006
00:45:55,220 --> 00:45:58,087
got it out of the system.
Faruq, take it away.

1007
00:45:58,089 --> 00:46:01,691
[ cheers and applause ]

1008
00:46:01,693 --> 00:46:05,828
in the blue square
from seattle, washington.

1009
00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:10,767
Here to reign,
it's claw viper!

1010
00:46:10,769 --> 00:46:16,005
[ cheers and applause ]

1011
00:46:16,007 --> 00:46:19,742
kevin milczewski, a software
engineer from seattle,

1012
00:46:19,744 --> 00:46:24,981
kenny, he told us his bot can go
from 0 to 20 in a half second.

1013
00:46:24,983 --> 00:46:26,983
Yeah, that's really impressive,
if it's true.

1014
00:46:26,985 --> 00:46:29,519
I believe that would make it
the fastest accelerating

1015
00:46:29,521 --> 00:46:31,554
to in the history
of battlebots.

1016
00:46:31,556 --> 00:46:34,690
Combined with that strong front
wedge and a powerful lifter,

1017
00:46:34,692 --> 00:46:37,260
this could be a very impressive
bot, chris.

1018
00:46:37,262 --> 00:46:42,765
♪♪

1019
00:46:42,767 --> 00:46:46,836
in the red square
from santa rosa, california,

1020
00:46:46,838 --> 00:46:51,474
the spinnister of offense
hijinx!

1021
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:57,580
[ cheers and applause ]

1022
00:46:57,582 --> 00:46:59,949
jen is actually
a former art major

1023
00:46:59,951 --> 00:47:01,551
at the university of maryland,

1024
00:47:01,553 --> 00:47:04,253
and that is a good
looking bot, kenny.

1025
00:47:04,255 --> 00:47:06,422
It's a great looking bot
and jen's hoping

1026
00:47:06,424 --> 00:47:10,126
more than just looks can kill.
Hijinx has that devastating

1027
00:47:10,128 --> 00:47:12,728
sixty-eight-pound
horizontal bar,

1028
00:47:12,730 --> 00:47:15,765
but it takes about three seconds
to spin up to full speed.

1029
00:47:15,767 --> 00:47:17,433
So she'll have to
drive smart

1030
00:47:17,435 --> 00:47:20,403
if she's going to bank her
first "w" here tonight.

1031
00:47:20,405 --> 00:47:24,907
[ cheers and applause ]

1032
00:47:24,909 --> 00:47:26,275
herchenroeder: Right now in
tonight's fight,

1033
00:47:26,277 --> 00:47:28,978
we've swapped from the
long-bladed stout blade

1034
00:47:28,980 --> 00:47:30,813
the stout blade
has no lightning holes

1035
00:47:30,815 --> 00:47:32,815
and performs better under load.

1036
00:47:32,817 --> 00:47:35,284
It also has a slightly
lower moment of inertia.

1037
00:47:35,286 --> 00:47:37,887
So we can spin it up faster,
which is important

1038
00:47:37,889 --> 00:47:41,190
because claw viper is
a very fast robot on its wheels.

1039
00:47:41,192 --> 00:47:44,560
Our strategy is
to fend off claw viper

1040
00:47:44,562 --> 00:47:47,163
while they box rush us,
'cause they're gonna,

1041
00:47:47,165 --> 00:47:49,532
and give ourselves
enough time to spin up to full

1042
00:47:49,534 --> 00:47:52,168
and then turn around
and go in full hard.

1043
00:47:52,170 --> 00:47:55,438
Milczewski:
So hijinx has a whole lot of
kinetic energy in their weapon.

1044
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,342
So we've bolted like 35 pound
big hunk of steel

1045
00:47:59,344 --> 00:48:01,777
to the front of the robot that
we're going to throw into there

1046
00:48:01,779 --> 00:48:03,713
with spinner, get it to stop
so we can

1047
00:48:03,715 --> 00:48:06,182
bring our lifter into play
and throw him out of the arena.

1048
00:48:06,184 --> 00:48:08,284
It's absolutely critical for us
to get to win this fight

1049
00:48:08,286 --> 00:48:10,119
because we want to impress
the selection committee.

1050
00:48:10,121 --> 00:48:12,288
If we could beat them,
beat them convincingly,

1051
00:48:12,290 --> 00:48:13,990
I think it sets us up
on the right stage

1052
00:48:13,992 --> 00:48:15,725
to move forward
in the rest of the tournament.

1053
00:48:18,029 --> 00:48:21,030
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

1054
00:48:21,032 --> 00:48:25,101
Kenny claw viper can do 0 to 20
in a half second,

1055
00:48:25,103 --> 00:48:28,304
that's versus a three second
spin up for hijinx.

1056
00:48:28,306 --> 00:48:30,973
Sounds like a race
to the start here.

1057
00:48:30,975 --> 00:48:34,477
Absolutely. If claw viper
is as fast as kevin says,

1058
00:48:34,479 --> 00:48:36,545
hijinx need to avoid
the box rush

1059
00:48:36,547 --> 00:48:38,214
to give itself time
to spin up.

1060
00:48:38,216 --> 00:48:39,782
Alright. Let's bring
in our bot whisperer.

1061
00:48:39,784 --> 00:48:41,417
Peter, how do you see it?

1062
00:48:41,419 --> 00:48:44,287
Abrahamson:
Well, with hijinx, they're using
their shorter blade.

1063
00:48:44,289 --> 00:48:46,989
That is a much faster
spin up time.

1064
00:48:46,991 --> 00:48:50,359
So they're definitely planning
on giving a couple of good

1065
00:48:50,361 --> 00:48:52,728
knocks to claw viper.

1066
00:48:52,730 --> 00:48:55,364
But claw viper, you know,
he's a brick.

1067
00:48:55,366 --> 00:48:59,035
If he stops that blade and gets
a good grab in the middle,

1068
00:48:59,037 --> 00:49:01,637
boom, that's up and over
in a suplex.

1069
00:49:04,475 --> 00:49:08,077
<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

1070
00:49:08,079 --> 00:49:11,514
[ cheers and applause ]

1071
00:49:11,516 --> 00:49:15,351
<i> red team, ready.</i>

1072
00:49:15,353 --> 00:49:19,021
[ cheers and applause ]

1073
00:49:19,023 --> 00:49:26,062
♪♪

1074
00:49:26,064 --> 00:49:33,069
♪♪

1075
00:49:33,071 --> 00:49:39,976
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

1076
00:49:43,548 --> 00:49:45,214
let the bot battle begin!

1077
00:49:45,216 --> 00:49:48,751
Whoa, no joke. That claw viper
getting up to speed in a hurry.

1078
00:49:48,753 --> 00:49:50,052
[ audience "oh's" ]
wow!

1079
00:49:50,054 --> 00:49:53,422
It actually crossed the battle
box in 1.1 second,

1080
00:49:53,424 --> 00:49:55,057
according to kevin.

1081
00:49:55,059 --> 00:49:58,127
Oh, man,
he gets right under.

1082
00:49:59,864 --> 00:50:04,367
Now trying to use that claw
to its advantage.

1083
00:50:04,369 --> 00:50:09,672
Hijinx, kind of a sitting duck
takes one right in the kisser.

1084
00:50:09,674 --> 00:50:12,775
Yeah, right now, you could see
that speed is a major factor.

1085
00:50:12,777 --> 00:50:16,979
Major advantage here
for claw viper.

1086
00:50:16,981 --> 00:50:18,714
Hijinx has got to get out of
the corner,

1087
00:50:18,716 --> 00:50:22,485
that is a terrible spot for it.
You got to get moving,

1088
00:50:22,487 --> 00:50:24,420
take those little wheels,
get out of the corner.

1089
00:50:24,422 --> 00:50:28,124
You're going to be in trouble.
Heads up!

1090
00:50:28,126 --> 00:50:31,160
Big hit, and that's where
that width is really

1091
00:50:31,162 --> 00:50:34,063
a big-time disadvantage,
is not able to turn as quickly

1092
00:50:34,065 --> 00:50:40,569
as say claw viper right now.
Oh! Huge hit there.

1093
00:50:40,571 --> 00:50:44,040
You see the pulverize
with 100 pound hammerhead

1094
00:50:44,042 --> 00:50:49,045
dropping down on it lands
one right on the noggin.

1095
00:50:49,047 --> 00:50:53,716
And this is just tremendous
control here from claw viper.

1096
00:50:53,718 --> 00:50:56,786
Orion beach, the driver of
hijinx, has got to do something

1097
00:50:56,788 --> 00:50:59,789
like get out of the claw
of claw viper

1098
00:50:59,791 --> 00:51:02,825
who's found his ticket hijinx
for a spin around the box.

1099
00:51:02,827 --> 00:51:05,895
He's trying to make him
a dizzy, chris.

1100
00:51:05,897 --> 00:51:11,901
And now he's just popping that
bot around the box at will.

1101
00:51:11,903 --> 00:51:13,269
Oh-no, a sitting duck.

1102
00:51:13,271 --> 00:51:17,573
Yeah, its weapon is working,
but hijinx is not moving.

1103
00:51:17,575 --> 00:51:20,776
Referee: Ten, nine, eight...
Oh, no that countdown

1104
00:51:20,778 --> 00:51:24,580
is started.
...Seven, six, five...

1105
00:51:24,582 --> 00:51:26,382
This is gonna do it.
...Four, three...

1106
00:51:26,384 --> 00:51:27,917
Claw viper with...
...Two...

1107
00:51:27,919 --> 00:51:30,052
The impressive k.O.
...One.

1108
00:51:30,054 --> 00:51:32,488
Knockout!

1109
00:51:32,490 --> 00:51:35,291
Yes, yeah!

1110
00:51:35,293 --> 00:51:37,760
[ cheers and applause ]

1111
00:51:37,762 --> 00:51:39,562
alright.
That's what we got.

1112
00:51:39,564 --> 00:51:40,863
That's what we got.

1113
00:51:43,234 --> 00:51:45,501
Rose: Kenny claw viper
wasn't joking when it said

1114
00:51:45,503 --> 00:51:47,136
it might be
the fastest bot here.

1115
00:51:47,138 --> 00:51:49,004
Rose: Yeah, that thing
is lightning fast,

1116
00:51:49,006 --> 00:51:50,639
just going underneath,

1117
00:51:50,641 --> 00:51:53,776
going over the top,
hitting it from the side.

1118
00:51:53,778 --> 00:51:55,544
Really, it was all claw viper
in this fight.

1119
00:51:55,546 --> 00:51:57,847
He's got a lot of toys
to play with.

1120
00:51:57,849 --> 00:51:59,248
It sure does.

1121
00:51:59,250 --> 00:52:01,851
Again, speed really was
the deciding factor in this one

1122
00:52:01,853 --> 00:52:04,687
and the fact that it was
so low to the ground.

1123
00:52:04,689 --> 00:52:06,989
Yeah, that really was
the finishing blow right there,

1124
00:52:06,991 --> 00:52:10,192
you see the primary weapon
of hijinx is working,

1125
00:52:10,194 --> 00:52:12,394
but when the bot's not moving
the fight's over.

1126
00:52:12,396 --> 00:52:16,265
♪♪

1127
00:52:16,267 --> 00:52:19,602
[ cheers and applause ]

1128
00:52:19,604 --> 00:52:22,404
kevin, you all smiles there
after win number one.

1129
00:52:22,406 --> 00:52:24,940
Oh, heck, yeah,
that was great.

1130
00:52:24,942 --> 00:52:27,176
Lifter didn't --
lifter got knocked out on

1131
00:52:27,178 --> 00:52:30,513
I think, the first hit,
because his weapon is insane,

1132
00:52:30,515 --> 00:52:33,149
but drive kept working
and was able to beat them up

1133
00:52:33,151 --> 00:52:35,117
and my robot
lasted longer than his.

1134
00:52:35,119 --> 00:52:36,752
So I'm walking away
with the win.

1135
00:52:36,754 --> 00:52:38,521
You know, you said
you probably had

1136
00:52:38,523 --> 00:52:40,422
the fastest spot
in the competition.

1137
00:52:40,424 --> 00:52:43,959
It seemed like speed really was
the key to winning this fight.

1138
00:52:43,961 --> 00:52:47,062
Yeah, I was trying to go out
and fast and hard to stop him

1139
00:52:47,064 --> 00:52:49,131
from getting
that blade up the full speed.

1140
00:52:49,133 --> 00:52:51,000
Just keep on him.
You know, every time we hit,

1141
00:52:51,002 --> 00:52:53,669
I just spun back around,
came back, hit him again.

1142
00:52:53,671 --> 00:52:55,638
He wanted to not let him
get up to full speed.

1143
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:57,907
Kevin, what's your heart rate
right now?

1144
00:52:57,909 --> 00:52:59,508
I don't know, but I should
probably check a doctor

1145
00:52:59,510 --> 00:53:01,310
because it's going real fast.

1146
00:53:01,312 --> 00:53:02,811
But that's a good thing,
isn't it?

1147
00:53:02,813 --> 00:53:05,548
It's great.
I won!

1148
00:53:05,550 --> 00:53:08,017
Kevin, congratulations
on win number one.

1149
00:53:08,019 --> 00:53:10,452
Thank you so much, chris.

1150
00:53:10,454 --> 00:53:13,455
Rose: And for hijinx
it's better luck next time.

1151
00:53:13,457 --> 00:53:17,526
That weapon's going to be scary
once they get it all dialed in.

1152
00:53:17,528 --> 00:53:20,095
Coming up, the kid gloves,
they come off.

1153
00:53:20,097 --> 00:53:23,132
Two juveniles get delinquent as
perfect phoenix

1154
00:53:23,134 --> 00:53:26,168
meets extinguisher.
That's next.

1155
00:53:34,679 --> 00:53:35,978
Welcome back to "battlebots."

1156
00:53:35,980 --> 00:53:38,214
we've got two bots ready
to rattle,

1157
00:53:38,216 --> 00:53:40,349
it's a youth movement
in the battle box

1158
00:53:40,351 --> 00:53:43,719
as perfect phoenix makes its
debut against extinguisher,

1159
00:53:43,721 --> 00:53:45,287
but while they're
getting dialed in,

1160
00:53:45,289 --> 00:53:47,756
our own jenny taft
caught up with ricky willems

1161
00:53:47,758 --> 00:53:52,094
to get his take on mammoth's
giant victory over huge.

1162
00:53:52,096 --> 00:53:55,130
Ricky, team mammoth,
you guys wanted huge,

1163
00:53:55,132 --> 00:53:56,765
you got huge.
What a fight, right?

1164
00:53:56,767 --> 00:53:59,702
It felt like you could
have lost multiple times.

1165
00:53:59,704 --> 00:54:01,870
Three, in my estimation.

1166
00:54:01,872 --> 00:54:04,306
We had no idea how close
we came to losing.

1167
00:54:04,308 --> 00:54:07,142
Rose:
Mammoth gets put on its head!

1168
00:54:07,144 --> 00:54:08,811
There are big chunks
missing out of this robot.

1169
00:54:08,813 --> 00:54:10,879
Show me, please, yeah.
What are you looking at?

1170
00:54:10,881 --> 00:54:13,249
The first one that we saw
is just there's like

1171
00:54:13,251 --> 00:54:16,652
half a fist sized hole here
in this upright.

1172
00:54:16,654 --> 00:54:19,888
I knew they wanted to come
in here and decapitate us.

1173
00:54:19,890 --> 00:54:21,824
-Whoa!
-Whoa!

1174
00:54:21,826 --> 00:54:24,927
If this tube gets blasted
in half, we collapse.

1175
00:54:24,929 --> 00:54:26,228
You're done?
There's no strength

1176
00:54:26,230 --> 00:54:27,630
if that's not a triangle.
Yeah.

1177
00:54:27,632 --> 00:54:29,832
These tubes have to not get hit.

1178
00:54:29,834 --> 00:54:32,801
There's no armor here.
It's just structural strength.

1179
00:54:32,803 --> 00:54:36,405
What really terrified us,
jonathan, is a good driver.

1180
00:54:36,407 --> 00:54:40,542
He's got a lot of spinners. He
was going to go for our chain.

1181
00:54:40,544 --> 00:54:44,079
Yes.
Look how close he came here.

1182
00:54:44,081 --> 00:54:46,315
Less than an inch.
Half an inch.

1183
00:54:46,317 --> 00:54:47,549
If it was a half an inch over,

1184
00:54:47,551 --> 00:54:50,085
our chain would have exploded.
We would've been dead.

1185
00:54:50,087 --> 00:54:52,321
No weapon which would let him
get as close as he wanted,

1186
00:54:52,323 --> 00:54:54,623
do whatever he wanted to do.
How you pull it off?

1187
00:54:54,625 --> 00:54:57,359
Oh, I mean, clearly size, right?
Exactly.

1188
00:54:57,361 --> 00:55:01,397
No our drive speed.
I'm just learning how to drive

1189
00:55:01,399 --> 00:55:03,599
this thing in the arena
with how fast it is.

1190
00:55:03,601 --> 00:55:05,901
And you have made so many
improvements to the speed.

1191
00:55:05,903 --> 00:55:07,102
Everything is different.

1192
00:55:07,104 --> 00:55:09,138
And we weren't even
half speed in that fight.

1193
00:55:09,140 --> 00:55:11,507
So we've got a long way to go
to make sure that I am

1194
00:55:11,509 --> 00:55:13,742
as nimble as the robot can be.

1195
00:55:13,744 --> 00:55:16,545
I know you guys respect
huge you respect jonathan

1196
00:55:16,547 --> 00:55:18,447
and what he's done.

1197
00:55:18,449 --> 00:55:20,749
What does it mean
to you to beat him?

1198
00:55:20,751 --> 00:55:25,521
Jonathan, and huge they are the
original metabreakers, right?

1199
00:55:25,523 --> 00:55:28,190
They are the team that came in
and shook everything up

1200
00:55:28,192 --> 00:55:30,859
by doing something completely
outside of the box.

1201
00:55:30,861 --> 00:55:33,896
We wanted to do that again,
turned up to 11.

1202
00:55:33,898 --> 00:55:35,998
This just validates
that we did what we came for.

1203
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,100
If we want to prove ourselves.
We need to come back

1204
00:55:38,102 --> 00:55:41,870
and we need to take out serious,
normal competitors,

1205
00:55:41,872 --> 00:55:44,840
vertical spinners,
horizontal spinners.

1206
00:55:44,842 --> 00:55:46,208
I want to take out
half the top a6.

1207
00:55:46,210 --> 00:55:49,511
If we can do that,
we have established ourselves.

1208
00:55:49,513 --> 00:55:52,514
We're here, we're enormous,
but we're serious.

1209
00:55:52,516 --> 00:55:55,217
Just realized I'm literally
standing...

1210
00:55:55,219 --> 00:55:56,251
Under the robot.

1211
00:55:56,253 --> 00:55:58,454
This is not
the right place to be.

1212
00:55:58,456 --> 00:56:01,557
Titanium tootsies worrisome.
Congrats, guys.

1213
00:56:01,559 --> 00:56:03,292
-Thanks.
-Thank you.

1214
00:56:03,294 --> 00:56:06,795
Rose:
So it came down to mere inches
in a fight between giants,

1215
00:56:06,797 --> 00:56:09,164
great stuff, jenny.
Alright.

1216
00:56:09,166 --> 00:56:11,300
Coming up, perfect phoenix
and extinguisher

1217
00:56:11,302 --> 00:56:13,602
prepare to make their way
into the box.

1218
00:56:13,604 --> 00:56:15,170
But as they power
their pistons,

1219
00:56:15,172 --> 00:56:17,606
let's take a look
at tonight's epic main event,

1220
00:56:17,608 --> 00:56:20,109
its hydra and witch doctor.

1221
00:56:24,415 --> 00:56:27,282
It's witch doctor!

1222
00:56:27,284 --> 00:56:28,584
Yeah.

1223
00:56:28,586 --> 00:56:30,686
The other seasons,
we were kind of an up and comer

1224
00:56:30,688 --> 00:56:32,087
who had some potential.

1225
00:56:32,089 --> 00:56:33,756
Rose: Oh, no!
Red devil trying to

1226
00:56:33,758 --> 00:56:36,859
cut into the top of witch doctor
here.

1227
00:56:36,861 --> 00:56:40,229
Looks like witch doctor's going
to make it the distance.

1228
00:56:40,231 --> 00:56:41,864
Advancing to the final...

1229
00:56:44,535 --> 00:56:47,536
Witch doctor!

1230
00:56:47,538 --> 00:56:50,005
Gellatly:
But now, after our amazing
run last season,

1231
00:56:50,007 --> 00:56:55,010
witch doctor has a gigantic
target on its back.

1232
00:56:55,012 --> 00:56:57,179
Florian: Witch doctor
on fire right now.

1233
00:56:57,181 --> 00:56:59,415
Gellatly: Love us or hate us,
I think we've earned respect

1234
00:56:59,417 --> 00:57:01,683
as a top competitor
here this year.

1235
00:57:04,255 --> 00:57:07,289
Witch doctor is well overrated.

1236
00:57:07,291 --> 00:57:08,957
-Whoa!
-Hydra!

1237
00:57:08,959 --> 00:57:10,492
I mean, proven yourself
one year

1238
00:57:10,494 --> 00:57:13,495
when you don't do
that great every other year?

1239
00:57:13,497 --> 00:57:15,297
Rose: Unbelievable.

1240
00:57:15,299 --> 00:57:19,268
It seems like a fluke.

1241
00:57:19,270 --> 00:57:22,104
You built an amazing robot,
very impressive run.

1242
00:57:22,106 --> 00:57:23,839
Next year should be better.

1243
00:57:23,841 --> 00:57:26,542
Ewert:
This year, hydra is going to be
more powerful than last year.

1244
00:57:26,544 --> 00:57:27,709
We have a new front end,

1245
00:57:27,711 --> 00:57:29,344
so hopefully nobody
can get underneath us.

1246
00:57:29,346 --> 00:57:31,713
And it's got twice as much power
as it had last year.

1247
00:57:31,715 --> 00:57:34,516
Florian: Oh, there's no mercy
from hydra!

1248
00:57:34,518 --> 00:57:36,251
I'm hoping to wreck
the battle box floor

1249
00:57:36,253 --> 00:57:38,520
with the bot
landing on it.

1250
00:57:38,522 --> 00:57:40,456
Rose: Uh-oh,
here comes witch doctor.

1251
00:57:40,458 --> 00:57:41,890
Together: Oh!

1252
00:57:41,892 --> 00:57:45,093
Rose:
It just flew up 15 feet
up into the air.

1253
00:57:45,095 --> 00:57:48,063
We don't have enough armor
to really take a big attack,

1254
00:57:48,065 --> 00:57:50,866
but for a flipper,
the easiest way to do anything

1255
00:57:50,868 --> 00:57:52,067
is just to get them
out of the arena.

1256
00:57:52,069 --> 00:57:53,402
Then you win automatically.

1257
00:57:53,404 --> 00:57:55,871
-Oh!
-Oh!

1258
00:57:55,873 --> 00:58:00,275
Witch doctor could survive
a million flips.

1259
00:58:00,277 --> 00:58:02,678
But it can't fall
out of the arena.

1260
00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:06,014
Rose: And it just broke
the clock monitor!

1261
00:58:06,016 --> 00:58:07,716
This match against hydra's
is going to set the tone

1262
00:58:07,718 --> 00:58:08,984
for the whole tournament.

1263
00:58:08,986 --> 00:58:11,220
-Oh!
-Another huge hit!

1264
00:58:11,222 --> 00:58:13,522
It seems like it should be
a slam dunk for me.

1265
00:58:13,524 --> 00:58:17,259
Florian:
Hydra just might be the most
powerful flipper of the game.

1266
00:58:17,261 --> 00:58:19,528
We win this match,
we're definitely primed

1267
00:58:19,530 --> 00:58:20,929
to be that top seed.

1268
00:58:20,931 --> 00:58:24,700
That's going to be critical
to winning the giant nut.

1269
00:58:24,702 --> 00:58:26,034
Rose: Hits are devastating.

1270
00:58:26,036 --> 00:58:28,003
This is the match that we
have to prove everything.

1271
00:58:28,005 --> 00:58:31,373
-And there's the flip.
-If we can go at it,

1272
00:58:31,375 --> 00:58:33,008
people are going to be
shaking in their boots.

1273
00:58:33,010 --> 00:58:34,810
Because they have to go
matched up against hydra.

1274
00:58:43,587 --> 00:58:46,355
We are back on "battlebots:
Fight night" and kenny florian,

1275
00:58:46,357 --> 00:58:48,524
and I cannot wait
for this next bout

1276
00:58:48,526 --> 00:58:51,393
because here is
where dreams come true.

1277
00:58:51,395 --> 00:58:53,362
We've got tyler nguyen.

1278
00:58:53,364 --> 00:58:55,330
He is the captain
of the bot perfect phoenix.

1279
00:58:55,332 --> 00:58:57,332
He says he's been dreaming
of this moment

1280
00:58:57,334 --> 00:58:59,368
ever since he was
five years old.

1281
00:58:59,370 --> 00:59:01,603
He waited for years
and years

1282
00:59:01,605 --> 00:59:05,307
to finally safely arrive
inside the battle box.

1283
00:59:05,309 --> 00:59:10,279
Did I mention that tyler
is 11 years old?

1284
00:59:10,281 --> 00:59:13,682
He has been mensa
since the age of four.

1285
00:59:13,684 --> 00:59:15,584
It is nothing
short of remarkable.

1286
00:59:15,586 --> 00:59:17,119
I mean, the kid
has been driving,

1287
00:59:17,121 --> 00:59:19,955
bots since he was five
and he has a world champion.

1288
00:59:19,957 --> 00:59:23,158
In ray billings in his corner.
Talk about the right stuff.

1289
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,661
Truth be told, tyler's mom,
juli johnson,

1290
00:59:25,663 --> 00:59:28,330
has been dating ray billings
for several years.

1291
00:59:28,332 --> 00:59:31,466
And so tyler was always
infatuated with "battlebots."

1292
00:59:31,468 --> 00:59:33,769
and ray, as you said,
has been a mentor.

1293
00:59:33,771 --> 00:59:36,572
He told us he might be
the smartest person

1294
00:59:36,574 --> 00:59:37,873
in the entire building,

1295
00:59:37,875 --> 00:59:41,209
like no joke, iq of 156
and off the charts.

1296
00:59:41,211 --> 00:59:42,644
We can't wait to
see him.

1297
00:59:42,646 --> 00:59:45,513
Now, by comparison,
his opponent tonight

1298
00:59:45,515 --> 00:59:48,550
should be checking the mail
for his aarp card.

1299
00:59:48,552 --> 00:59:51,253
John flaacke is an 18 year
old freshman

1300
00:59:51,255 --> 00:59:52,788
at the university of florida.

1301
00:59:52,790 --> 00:59:55,157
His body is called extinguisher.
That's right.

1302
00:59:55,159 --> 00:59:56,825
Now, we saw him last season.

1303
00:59:56,827 --> 00:59:58,994
Struggled a little bit
with his robot, of course,

1304
00:59:58,996 --> 01:00:02,230
but he believes he's rectified
a lot of the issues.

1305
01:00:02,232 --> 01:00:04,466
That hammer is going to be
swinging much harder.

1306
01:00:04,468 --> 01:00:06,201
It's a 20-pound hammer.

1307
01:00:06,203 --> 01:00:08,036
It's going to be more durable,
more reliable.

1308
01:00:08,038 --> 01:00:10,339
So I can't wait to see
what kind of bought

1309
01:00:10,341 --> 01:00:11,773
he brought this season.

1310
01:00:11,775 --> 01:00:15,344
Should be a ton of fun to watch.
Faruq, show us how it's done.

1311
01:00:17,982 --> 01:00:20,882
In the blue square
from herndon, virginia,

1312
01:00:20,884 --> 01:00:26,088
the baby faced thriller,
perfect phoenix!

1313
01:00:26,090 --> 01:00:28,523
[ cheers and applause ]

1314
01:00:28,525 --> 01:00:32,027
there he is on the right,
11-year-old tyler nguyen,

1315
01:00:32,029 --> 01:00:34,096
about to make his dream
of competing here

1316
01:00:34,098 --> 01:00:36,398
at battlebots come true.
Kenny,

1317
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,001
and I'm not so sure I could even
even spell battlebots

1318
01:00:39,003 --> 01:00:41,003
when I was his age,
let alone build one.

1319
01:00:41,005 --> 01:00:42,537
Spelling can be tough,
chris,

1320
01:00:42,539 --> 01:00:44,806
but this kid
is truly impressive.

1321
01:00:44,808 --> 01:00:47,275
He's actually been gifted
the base of his bot

1322
01:00:47,277 --> 01:00:49,945
three-time world champion
paul ventimiglia

1323
01:00:49,947 --> 01:00:53,148
and hopes to use his aggressive
driving style to drive

1324
01:00:53,150 --> 01:00:58,253
that newly upgraded ar500
blade right into extinguisher.

1325
01:00:58,255 --> 01:01:00,222
And there with him
is his buddy sawyer,

1326
01:01:00,224 --> 01:01:03,625
whose dad, roy,
is a member of team tombstone.

1327
01:01:05,929 --> 01:01:09,698
In the red square
from tampa, florida.

1328
01:01:09,700 --> 01:01:13,502
I need this bot because
I'm on fire --

1329
01:01:13,504 --> 01:01:15,771
it's extinguisher!

1330
01:01:15,773 --> 01:01:18,707
[ cheers and applause ]

1331
01:01:18,709 --> 01:01:22,177
john flaacke went 1-3
in his debut season

1332
01:01:22,179 --> 01:01:25,047
a year ago, already this bot
looks better, kenny.

1333
01:01:25,049 --> 01:01:28,350
Much better, chris, the flaackes
made a ton of upgrades

1334
01:01:28,352 --> 01:01:30,052
to the bot in the off season,

1335
01:01:30,054 --> 01:01:33,321
including ramping up
its top speed to an impressive

1336
01:01:33,323 --> 01:01:35,123
23 miles per hour.

1337
01:01:35,125 --> 01:01:37,993
And the bot also has
a new 20-pound hammer

1338
01:01:37,995 --> 01:01:41,363
that john hopes
can disable the primary weapon

1339
01:01:41,365 --> 01:01:43,031
of perfect phoenix.

1340
01:01:45,235 --> 01:01:47,669
Nguyen: Well, tonight,
I'm battling extinguisher,

1341
01:01:47,671 --> 01:01:50,639
and I'm pretty nervous
since my first fight,

1342
01:01:50,641 --> 01:01:54,142
but it should be a pretty good
even match up for both of us.

1343
01:01:54,144 --> 01:01:56,745
I'm using the default the,
uh, floppy,

1344
01:01:56,747 --> 01:01:58,880
lower wedge configuration
as opposed to the hard

1345
01:01:58,882 --> 01:02:01,216
anti-spinner wedge
configuration.

1346
01:02:01,218 --> 01:02:03,885
So I'm on
I'm still only like 11,

1347
01:02:03,887 --> 01:02:05,053
but I'm ready to be --

1348
01:02:05,055 --> 01:02:07,589
but I'm ready to smash up
the competition

1349
01:02:07,591 --> 01:02:10,158
and try to go all the way
to the finals.

1350
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:12,260
Flaacke: Perfect phoenix
doesn't have a lot of top armor

1351
01:02:12,262 --> 01:02:14,229
under their spinning bar,

1352
01:02:14,231 --> 01:02:18,166
so we're using our hammer module
along with our heaviest wedge

1353
01:02:18,168 --> 01:02:20,635
so that we can box rush
them off the start.

1354
01:02:20,637 --> 01:02:24,372
Our drive train is capped at
about 35 miles an hour.

1355
01:02:24,374 --> 01:02:26,541
So we're just going to use
that drive speed

1356
01:02:26,543 --> 01:02:28,443
and torque to stay right on them

1357
01:02:28,445 --> 01:02:32,681
and not let them get away
from us to spin up at all.

1358
01:02:32,683 --> 01:02:36,785
[ cheers and applause ]

1359
01:02:36,787 --> 01:02:39,187
okay, alright.
I'm excited. Let's do this.

1360
01:02:39,189 --> 01:02:42,124
Alright.

1361
01:02:42,126 --> 01:02:44,459
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

1362
01:02:44,461 --> 01:02:45,427
[ cheers and applause ]

1363
01:02:45,429 --> 01:02:48,263
rose: Here we go.

1364
01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:50,832
11-year-old tyler nguyen.

1365
01:02:50,834 --> 01:02:54,669
18-year-old john flaacke.

1366
01:02:54,671 --> 01:02:56,805
Anybody else feeling old?

1367
01:03:00,344 --> 01:03:03,712
<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

1368
01:03:03,714 --> 01:03:07,449
[ cheers and applause ]
man: Alright. There you go.

1369
01:03:07,451 --> 01:03:10,986
<i> Red team, ready.</i>

1370
01:03:10,988 --> 01:03:13,188
[ cheers and applause ]

1371
01:03:25,903 --> 01:03:30,338
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

1372
01:03:32,743 --> 01:03:34,709
rose:
Let the bot battle begin!

1373
01:03:34,711 --> 01:03:38,980
Here comes extinguisher.
Whoa big shot early on.

1374
01:03:38,982 --> 01:03:41,316
Yeah, that is a very speedy
bot and extinguisher...

1375
01:03:41,318 --> 01:03:44,419
And I think extinguisher may be
extinguished at this point.

1376
01:03:44,421 --> 01:03:47,556
Holy smokes. Perfect phoenix is
just sitting back

1377
01:03:47,558 --> 01:03:50,258
and wondering
if extinguisher can even move.

1378
01:03:50,260 --> 01:03:51,960
His weapon is working,

1379
01:03:51,962 --> 01:03:54,563
but he has lost his drive train
ability.

1380
01:03:54,565 --> 01:03:55,931
Here we can't lose,
come on.

1381
01:03:55,933 --> 01:03:57,833
Rose: He's trying to do
whatever he can to show

1382
01:03:57,835 --> 01:03:59,467
some sort of
transitional movement.

1383
01:03:59,469 --> 01:04:00,735
Referee:
I need to see some movement.

1384
01:04:00,737 --> 01:04:03,238
You got to show me
you got some kind of control.

1385
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:05,006
We're trying to move.

1386
01:04:05,008 --> 01:04:07,342
Ten, nine...
Yeah, the countdown has started.

1387
01:04:07,344 --> 01:04:10,378
...Eight, seven, six...
Extinguisher cannot move.

1388
01:04:10,380 --> 01:04:12,247
...Five, four...
And just like that,

1389
01:04:12,249 --> 01:04:16,718
11-year-old tyler nguyen has his
first battlebots victory.

1390
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:18,053
Yeah!

1391
01:04:18,055 --> 01:04:23,258
♪♪

1392
01:04:23,260 --> 01:04:25,894
well, first fight,
first victory,

1393
01:04:25,896 --> 01:04:28,597
dreams do come true
for tyler nguyen.

1394
01:04:30,834 --> 01:04:33,702
Kenny, do not blink,
this one was a quick one.

1395
01:04:33,704 --> 01:04:37,305
Florian:
Yeah, tyler went out there and
kind of played the bullfighter,

1396
01:04:37,307 --> 01:04:38,974
just got out of the way,

1397
01:04:38,976 --> 01:04:40,976
extinguisher rammed
into the side of the box.

1398
01:04:40,978 --> 01:04:43,445
And then it was
that counter shot one

1399
01:04:43,447 --> 01:04:47,616
and done for perfect phoenix.
And it was a perfect knockout.

1400
01:04:47,618 --> 01:04:53,455
All it takes is one
solid knock and it is over.

1401
01:04:53,457 --> 01:04:57,559
Wow.

1402
01:04:57,561 --> 01:05:00,262
Rose: Tyler nguyen,
over here.

1403
01:05:00,264 --> 01:05:02,297
No, your left there.

1404
01:05:02,299 --> 01:05:05,767
No, to your right, turn right
there. Right there. Yes!

1405
01:05:05,769 --> 01:05:08,703
Double thumbs up, buddy.
How excited are you?

1406
01:05:08,705 --> 01:05:10,038
I'm very excited
for that battle.

1407
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:12,107
I won. I mean. I mean, like,
I was going to be

1408
01:05:12,109 --> 01:05:14,075
I was I thought
I was going to be I mean,

1409
01:05:14,077 --> 01:05:15,744
like, I was like,

1410
01:05:15,746 --> 01:05:17,846
really, like, surprise at,
like, the power of my weapon.

1411
01:05:17,848 --> 01:05:21,349
They're like beating them
in one hit.

1412
01:05:21,351 --> 01:05:22,817
What was your strategy coming
into this fight tyler?

1413
01:05:22,819 --> 01:05:25,253
Well, my strategy --
I knew they would box rush me

1414
01:05:25,255 --> 01:05:26,821
because I'm a horizontal spinner

1415
01:05:26,823 --> 01:05:28,456
and, like, I thought
they would do like

1416
01:05:28,458 --> 01:05:30,325
in season 1 bite force
versus tombstone

1417
01:05:30,327 --> 01:05:32,327
is where they like straight
to boxers me.

1418
01:05:32,329 --> 01:05:34,796
So I left the square at an angle

1419
01:05:34,798 --> 01:05:36,765
and they did just what
I thought they would do.

1420
01:05:36,767 --> 01:05:39,701
So then what happened
is I turned around and hit them

1421
01:05:39,703 --> 01:05:41,770
and looks like
that hit was big enough

1422
01:05:41,772 --> 01:05:45,040
so that their bot turned off
and cut out and that was it.

1423
01:05:45,042 --> 01:05:46,508
Did we keep you up
past your bedtime?

1424
01:05:46,510 --> 01:05:48,043
Are you still good to go?

1425
01:05:48,045 --> 01:05:50,645
I'm good to go. I go to bed
at a reasonable hour every night

1426
01:05:50,647 --> 01:05:52,681
because I have to do
online school.

1427
01:05:52,683 --> 01:05:54,582
Tyler, you are.
You are amazing.

1428
01:05:54,584 --> 01:05:56,751
Congratulations to you
and sawyer.

1429
01:05:56,753 --> 01:05:59,054
Rest up because you've got
ap chemistry

1430
01:05:59,056 --> 01:06:00,855
in the morning and precalc.

1431
01:06:00,857 --> 01:06:03,458
So enjoy that
and we will talk to you soon.

1432
01:06:03,460 --> 01:06:05,293
You're 1-0, buddy,
that sounds pretty good.

1433
01:06:05,295 --> 01:06:07,929
Give it a thumbs up. Celebrate.
Celebrate!

1434
01:06:07,931 --> 01:06:09,798
Yeah!

1435
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:13,401
[ laughter ]

1436
01:06:13,403 --> 01:06:18,907
that was nothing short
of sensational, no joke.

1437
01:06:18,909 --> 01:06:21,676
Ray billings told us this kid
is a good enough driver

1438
01:06:21,678 --> 01:06:23,345
and obviously
he's smart enough

1439
01:06:23,347 --> 01:06:27,082
where he could win
the giant nut in two years.

1440
01:06:27,084 --> 01:06:29,617
He might be selling himself
short on something like that.

1441
01:06:29,619 --> 01:06:31,786
Again,
it was a spectacular win.

1442
01:06:31,788 --> 01:06:33,254
Obviously shows
a lot of promise.

1443
01:06:33,256 --> 01:06:35,090
I can't wait to see more.
Alright.

1444
01:06:35,092 --> 01:06:37,425
Coming up, it's the fight
we've been waiting for.

1445
01:06:37,427 --> 01:06:39,794
It's the main event
as witch doctor

1446
01:06:39,796 --> 01:06:42,731
looks to cast her
destructive spell on hydra,

1447
01:06:42,733 --> 01:06:46,067
one of the most
dangerous bots here, jenny taft.

1448
01:06:46,069 --> 01:06:48,737
How are our builders
doing back in the pits?

1449
01:06:48,739 --> 01:06:50,472
Witch doctor is well aware

1450
01:06:50,474 --> 01:06:51,806
that there's a target
on their back,

1451
01:06:51,808 --> 01:06:54,009
given the runner up
finish last year,

1452
01:06:54,011 --> 01:06:56,244
and andrea told me they didn't
want to make a lot of changes

1453
01:06:56,246 --> 01:06:59,314
to the bot because the bot
is already functioning well.

1454
01:06:59,316 --> 01:07:02,384
But she did make the self
brighter faster,

1455
01:07:02,386 --> 01:07:03,785
which doctor's
prepared to win.

1456
01:07:03,787 --> 01:07:05,487
They want to win, and even
though their team is smaller,

1457
01:07:05,489 --> 01:07:07,389
they're not going to let
that get in the way.

1458
01:07:07,391 --> 01:07:10,592
And as for jake and hydra,
he made it very clear

1459
01:07:10,594 --> 01:07:12,260
he is here to win the nut.

1460
01:07:12,262 --> 01:07:16,097
And frankly, he said
witch doctor is a bit overrated.

1461
01:07:16,099 --> 01:07:17,499
We'll see about that.

1462
01:07:17,501 --> 01:07:20,769
Rose:
Hydra, witch doctor, next.

1463
01:07:26,877 --> 01:07:29,644
Rose: Here we go.
11-year-old tyler nguyen.

1464
01:07:29,646 --> 01:07:34,416
This is my first fight, I,
I just knocked out extinguisher.

1465
01:07:34,418 --> 01:07:36,451
Whoa, big shot early on.

1466
01:07:36,453 --> 01:07:37,852
I think I got a good hit.

1467
01:07:37,854 --> 01:07:40,955
The wheel axles, we're kind of
like bent out of shape,

1468
01:07:40,957 --> 01:07:43,425
but other than that damage,
the shock from the impact

1469
01:07:43,427 --> 01:07:45,960
you might have like gone
into the other robot,

1470
01:07:45,962 --> 01:07:48,296
hit a critical component
like the speed controller

1471
01:07:48,298 --> 01:07:50,432
or a battery.
And that was lights out.

1472
01:07:50,434 --> 01:07:53,868
-That's a knockout!
-Yeah!

1473
01:07:53,870 --> 01:07:55,103
I'm feeling quite confident.

1474
01:07:55,105 --> 01:07:58,073
I have no damage whatsoever
to the battle bot.

1475
01:07:58,075 --> 01:08:01,176
It came out of the arena
like it came into the arena.

1476
01:08:01,178 --> 01:08:03,178
You good?
I'm excited.

1477
01:08:03,180 --> 01:08:04,512
Let's do this.
Alright.

1478
01:08:04,514 --> 01:08:06,147
Ray was like
standing right here,

1479
01:08:06,149 --> 01:08:07,715
like right here
and right then.

1480
01:08:07,717 --> 01:08:10,085
And he's like, kind of, like,
mentored, like, me

1481
01:08:10,087 --> 01:08:12,587
through this battlebots process.

1482
01:08:12,589 --> 01:08:14,956
And it's like, help me like
starting the battle.

1483
01:08:14,958 --> 01:08:16,958
Fighting the battle.
Finishing the battle.

1484
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:20,228
Rose: And just like that,
11-year-old tyler nguyen

1485
01:08:20,230 --> 01:08:24,899
has his first battlebots
victory!

1486
01:08:30,140 --> 01:08:33,141
We are back on "battlebots:
Fight night" and kenny florian,

1487
01:08:33,143 --> 01:08:35,543
it is time right now
for our main event

1488
01:08:35,545 --> 01:08:37,946
and oh, it is so tasty.

1489
01:08:37,948 --> 01:08:42,150
Let's start with last year's
runner up witch doctor

1490
01:08:42,152 --> 01:08:43,251
andrea and mike gellatly.

1491
01:08:43,253 --> 01:08:45,086
Lately they are back
and they said,

1492
01:08:45,088 --> 01:08:47,088
"listen, we're not going
to make the same mistake

1493
01:08:47,090 --> 01:08:51,159
that other past runners up like
bombshell and minotaur did.

1494
01:08:51,161 --> 01:08:53,862
We're not going to totally
change our weapons

1495
01:08:53,864 --> 01:08:55,730
and our configuration
and everything else

1496
01:08:55,732 --> 01:08:57,332
just to make
that next leap."

1497
01:08:57,334 --> 01:09:00,535
they're like, "we've got a great
bot. We should be okay."

1498
01:09:00,537 --> 01:09:03,805
florian:
Witch doctor, it was pretty
unstoppable last season.

1499
01:09:03,807 --> 01:09:06,241
They just fell short
in that final.

1500
01:09:06,243 --> 01:09:09,244
But they have made just
a few tweaks to witch doctor.

1501
01:09:09,246 --> 01:09:10,712
I mean, it's even
better this season.

1502
01:09:10,714 --> 01:09:12,647
Nice draw
right out of the gate.

1503
01:09:12,649 --> 01:09:15,617
You get hydra, which was
so impressive a year ago,

1504
01:09:15,619 --> 01:09:18,286
making its "battlebots"
debut.

1505
01:09:18,288 --> 01:09:21,789
Jake ewert told us, listen,
the loss last year

1506
01:09:21,791 --> 01:09:25,627
in the round of 16 to minotaur
is still with him to this point.

1507
01:09:25,629 --> 01:09:27,295
It is going to drive him

1508
01:09:27,297 --> 01:09:28,963
hopefully all the way
to the giant nut.

1509
01:09:28,965 --> 01:09:31,266
Yeah, he has redesigned
the whole front end

1510
01:09:31,268 --> 01:09:34,469
he has many more configurations
as far as armor goes.

1511
01:09:34,471 --> 01:09:36,604
And it's even more powerful
as a flipper

1512
01:09:36,606 --> 01:09:38,773
than it was last season,
which is hard to imagine.

1513
01:09:38,775 --> 01:09:41,176
You ready to check this fight
out it's gonna be a good one.

1514
01:09:41,178 --> 01:09:43,011
One faruq, take it away.

1515
01:10:05,669 --> 01:10:09,837
In the blue square,
he's launched bots all over

1516
01:10:09,839 --> 01:10:12,874
from london to boston,
get too close

1517
01:10:12,876 --> 01:10:16,444
and he'll stun you
like stone cold steve austin

1518
01:10:16,446 --> 01:10:20,815
and that's the bottom line
because hydra said so.

1519
01:10:20,817 --> 01:10:23,551
It's hydra!

1520
01:10:23,553 --> 01:10:29,057
[ cheers and applause ]

1521
01:10:29,059 --> 01:10:33,795
hydra 4-0 a year ago, before
being k.O.D by minotaur,

1522
01:10:33,797 --> 01:10:37,832
just 42 seconds
in the round of 16.

1523
01:10:39,903 --> 01:10:43,104
And kenny, he's got now
five different configurations

1524
01:10:43,106 --> 01:10:44,839
for his weapon
based on his opponent.

1525
01:10:44,841 --> 01:10:47,875
I mean, look at that thing.
That thing is very intimidating.

1526
01:10:47,877 --> 01:10:49,210
And it's not just
all looks.

1527
01:10:49,212 --> 01:10:52,280
That thing is devastating
as well.

1528
01:10:52,282 --> 01:10:57,752
♪♪

1529
01:10:57,754 --> 01:11:03,625
in the red square,
fire burn and cauldron bubble

1530
01:11:03,627 --> 01:11:07,295
witch doctor's here,
and you're in trouble

1531
01:11:07,297 --> 01:11:10,632
'cause when you meet
this doctor eye to eye

1532
01:11:10,634 --> 01:11:15,670
life's a witch
and then you die.

1533
01:11:15,672 --> 01:11:18,006
It's witch doctor!

1534
01:11:18,975 --> 01:11:23,244
[ cheers and applause ]

1535
01:11:23,246 --> 01:11:27,715
what a great 2019
for this crew, 7-1 overall.

1536
01:11:27,717 --> 01:11:31,853
That lone loss in the final
against bite force,

1537
01:11:31,855 --> 01:11:35,156
they still got
that voodoo working.

1538
01:11:35,158 --> 01:11:38,192
We'll see if they've got
the good mojo as well.

1539
01:11:38,194 --> 01:11:42,230
Absolutely. They say they have a
better self-righting mechanism

1540
01:11:42,232 --> 01:11:44,899
this season.
They are ready to go.

1541
01:11:44,901 --> 01:11:50,872
♪♪

1542
01:11:50,874 --> 01:11:56,844
♪♪

1543
01:11:56,846 --> 01:12:00,415
two great drivers
to aggressive teams,

1544
01:12:00,417 --> 01:12:04,485
it should be an amazing
main event, pete.

1545
01:12:04,487 --> 01:12:07,922
All four of hydra's victories
came via the knockout.

1546
01:12:07,924 --> 01:12:11,726
So would it be safe to say that
witch doctor wants a longer,

1547
01:12:11,728 --> 01:12:13,428
more drawn out fight?

1548
01:12:13,430 --> 01:12:16,631
Yes, but it's going to be
tough for hydra

1549
01:12:16,633 --> 01:12:19,901
because witch doctor
is a very stout bot.

1550
01:12:19,903 --> 01:12:21,703
They've really got the ability
to sort of

1551
01:12:21,705 --> 01:12:24,972
probably survive
some of these flying in the air,

1552
01:12:24,974 --> 01:12:28,443
landing hard on corners
so they might outlast hydra

1553
01:12:28,445 --> 01:12:31,045
and then at least start
chewing on the top.

1554
01:12:31,047 --> 01:12:35,249
Well, it's time to find out
who's best in the early part

1555
01:12:35,251 --> 01:12:37,552
of the 2020 season.

1556
01:12:37,554 --> 01:12:39,687
Hello, there, mikey boy.
You ready for this?

1557
01:12:39,689 --> 01:12:41,356
-Yeah, are you?
-You better be.

1558
01:12:41,358 --> 01:12:43,624
Alright. Hope you brought
extra frames, bud.

1559
01:12:43,626 --> 01:12:45,493
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

1560
01:12:45,495 --> 01:12:49,397
[ cheers and applause ]

1561
01:12:49,399 --> 01:12:57,438
♪♪

1562
01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:00,408
<i> blue team, ready.</i>

1563
01:13:05,548 --> 01:13:09,016
<i> Red team, ready.</i>

1564
01:13:09,018 --> 01:13:12,653
[ cheers and applause ]

1565
01:13:12,655 --> 01:13:19,660
♪♪

1566
01:13:19,662 --> 01:13:26,601
♪♪

1567
01:13:26,603 --> 01:13:33,608
♪♪

1568
01:13:33,610 --> 01:13:36,744
rose: We are ready
for the main event.

1569
01:13:36,746 --> 01:13:39,547
I hope you are, too.

1570
01:13:39,549 --> 01:13:41,215
Hydra...

1571
01:13:41,217 --> 01:13:43,317
And witch doctor.

1572
01:13:43,319 --> 01:13:48,423
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

1573
01:13:48,425 --> 01:13:51,058
let the bot battle begin!

1574
01:13:51,060 --> 01:13:57,031
Whoa! Holy smokes, witch doctor
goes 15 feet in the air

1575
01:13:57,033 --> 01:13:58,499
courtesy of hydra.
Florian: Wow!

1576
01:13:58,501 --> 01:14:00,435
And again.

1577
01:14:00,437 --> 01:14:03,704
Mike gellatly, one of the best
drivers in "battlebots"

1578
01:14:03,706 --> 01:14:05,440
has got to get out of the corner

1579
01:14:05,442 --> 01:14:06,941
he's taking shots to the
pulverizer.

1580
01:14:06,943 --> 01:14:09,977
And he pops himself to get
himself free.

1581
01:14:09,979 --> 01:14:11,879
Way to go, way to go.
You got his arm.

1582
01:14:11,881 --> 01:14:13,748
Florian:
Witch doctor's going to have to
battle back here

1583
01:14:13,750 --> 01:14:16,117
hydra starting off
amazingly well.

1584
01:14:16,119 --> 01:14:19,687
And the key for witch doctor
getting free of hydra.

1585
01:14:19,689 --> 01:14:22,190
And you do some damage
just like that.

1586
01:14:22,192 --> 01:14:24,325
That was the shot witch doctor
wanted.

1587
01:14:24,327 --> 01:14:27,662
Uh-oh. Witch doctor's a bit
troubled though.

1588
01:14:27,664 --> 01:14:28,930
That's okay.
That's okay.

1589
01:14:28,932 --> 01:14:33,434
Oh, no, it's having problems
staying on track here.

1590
01:14:33,436 --> 01:14:35,036
-Oh.
-Whoa!

1591
01:14:35,038 --> 01:14:38,773
Another huge flip
and witch doctor lands on hydra.

1592
01:14:38,775 --> 01:14:43,945
And another. And another!

1593
01:14:43,947 --> 01:14:45,446
And another baby flip.

1594
01:14:45,448 --> 01:14:47,748
That self-righting mechanism
for witch doctor is working,

1595
01:14:47,750 --> 01:14:49,183
so that's a good sign.

1596
01:14:49,185 --> 01:14:52,920
Hydra, does it have
enough oomph in its lifter

1597
01:14:52,922 --> 01:14:55,990
and its flipper, to do more
damage to witch doctor?

1598
01:14:55,992 --> 01:14:59,660
Yes! This is not a good sign
because they're wobbling,

1599
01:14:59,662 --> 01:15:01,662
they cannot stay low
to the floor,

1600
01:15:01,664 --> 01:15:03,664
hydra is just dominating
right now.

1601
01:15:03,666 --> 01:15:05,933
And this is even worse
news for witch doctor.

1602
01:15:05,935 --> 01:15:07,368
It is smoking.

1603
01:15:07,370 --> 01:15:11,472
It is overheating 100
seconds into this fight.

1604
01:15:11,474 --> 01:15:13,040
Oh!

1605
01:15:13,042 --> 01:15:17,078
Witch doctor gets put on
its head ut still rights itself!

1606
01:15:17,080 --> 01:15:21,048
This has the makings
of an instant classic.

1607
01:15:21,050 --> 01:15:24,385
Man: Get in there!

1608
01:15:24,387 --> 01:15:28,456
Uh-oh, witch doctor already got
hit after hit from hydra,

1609
01:15:28,458 --> 01:15:30,525
but look at this.

1610
01:15:30,527 --> 01:15:33,227
Oh, my goodness.
Showing such heart!

1611
01:15:33,229 --> 01:15:35,696
Oh, no witch doctor's
up on the screws!

1612
01:15:35,698 --> 01:15:37,565
Can it free itself?

1613
01:15:37,567 --> 01:15:40,368
Hydra's coiled
and ready to strike.

1614
01:15:40,370 --> 01:15:43,471
And there we go, witch doctor's
spit out by the screws.

1615
01:15:43,473 --> 01:15:45,840
It's not over till it's over.
It's not over till it's over.

1616
01:15:45,842 --> 01:15:47,275
Unbelievable.

1617
01:15:47,277 --> 01:15:50,011
Florian: There's been a lot of
knock out shots here from hydra.

1618
01:15:50,013 --> 01:15:52,747
I mean, how about the chin
from witch doctor, huh?

1619
01:15:52,749 --> 01:15:55,116
But, kenny hydra now suddenly
seems to be

1620
01:15:55,118 --> 01:15:57,251
having trouble moving.
I mean, jake ewert's bot

1621
01:15:57,253 --> 01:15:59,720
is just crab walking in
the blue square there.

1622
01:15:59,722 --> 01:16:02,657
This would be a disaster
for team hydra.

1623
01:16:02,659 --> 01:16:05,492
Referee:
Hydra, I need to see some real
controlled movement here.

1624
01:16:05,494 --> 01:16:06,627
I'm gonna have to count you out.

1625
01:16:06,629 --> 01:16:08,462
I'm not sure if they're hung up
or they hurt.

1626
01:16:08,464 --> 01:16:10,064
We're getting out of there.

1627
01:16:10,066 --> 01:16:13,000
Witch doctor, still leaking
smoke from every crevice,

1628
01:16:13,002 --> 01:16:16,704
but very much mobile.
It's still alive.

1629
01:16:16,706 --> 01:16:18,472
Oh, my goodness,
this would be

1630
01:16:18,474 --> 01:16:21,342
absolutely heartbreaking
for hydra,

1631
01:16:21,344 --> 01:16:23,311
he's dead, he's dead.
Count him down!

1632
01:16:23,313 --> 01:16:27,415
Ten, nine, eight --
rose: Oh, no he's moving.

1633
01:16:27,417 --> 01:16:30,685
He just went forward. And the
countdown is now stopped.

1634
01:16:30,687 --> 01:16:35,623
Hydra with new life and
witch doctor back on the attack.

1635
01:16:35,625 --> 01:16:39,627
Is hydra going to make it
the distance he is indeed!

1636
01:16:39,629 --> 01:16:41,596
And when the smoke settles,

1637
01:16:41,598 --> 01:16:44,799
these two have gone
the distance.

1638
01:16:46,703 --> 01:16:51,205
An amazing fight between hydra
and witch doctor,

1639
01:16:51,207 --> 01:16:54,008
as this one goes to the judges.

1640
01:16:54,010 --> 01:16:55,843
Whew.

1641
01:16:55,845 --> 01:16:57,211
Holy crap.

1642
01:16:57,213 --> 01:17:01,816
Well, that went
about how I expected it.

1643
01:17:01,818 --> 01:17:07,455
Rose:
A tough call for derek young,
lisa winter, and jason bardis,

1644
01:17:07,457 --> 01:17:09,190
they will have
tremendous insight

1645
01:17:09,192 --> 01:17:12,927
because they are all former
battlebots participants.

1646
01:17:15,298 --> 01:17:18,265
I got to tell you, kenny,
from the get go,

1647
01:17:18,267 --> 01:17:20,868
hydra did exactly
what it wanted.

1648
01:17:20,870 --> 01:17:22,236
This is what happens
when you get

1649
01:17:22,238 --> 01:17:25,072
two legendary teams
involved.

1650
01:17:25,074 --> 01:17:28,542
It was hydra landing
what would have knocked out

1651
01:17:28,544 --> 01:17:30,911
many teams
out of the competition.

1652
01:17:30,913 --> 01:17:32,380
I mean, look at the flips

1653
01:17:32,382 --> 01:17:36,083
and how robust is witch doctor
to take all that damage?

1654
01:17:36,085 --> 01:17:37,485
Unreal.
And then witch doctor

1655
01:17:37,487 --> 01:17:39,854
delivered a major shot
of its own.

1656
01:17:39,856 --> 01:17:42,690
A major shot is right,
but it comes at a cost.

1657
01:17:42,692 --> 01:17:44,291
You could see that belt
break loose

1658
01:17:44,293 --> 01:17:46,327
from witch doctor's
primary weapon

1659
01:17:46,329 --> 01:17:48,729
and the bot just never looked
right after that,

1660
01:17:48,731 --> 01:17:52,900
witch doctor started wobbling
and smoking limping in the box.

1661
01:17:52,902 --> 01:17:55,703
The flips they just kept
on coming from hydra.

1662
01:17:55,705 --> 01:17:56,937
Witch doctor even got caught

1663
01:17:56,939 --> 01:18:00,174
momentarily in the screws,
as well.

1664
01:18:00,176 --> 01:18:02,510
And then this is
where things got interesting.

1665
01:18:02,512 --> 01:18:05,913
Hydra apparently got caught
on something in the blue square.

1666
01:18:05,915 --> 01:18:07,381
It had trouble moving.

1667
01:18:07,383 --> 01:18:11,452
There was actually a ten second
countdown that started happening

1668
01:18:11,454 --> 01:18:14,555
and then all of a sudden hydra
started moving yet again,

1669
01:18:14,557 --> 01:18:15,790
kenny.
Yeah, that's right.

1670
01:18:15,792 --> 01:18:18,159
I think I could tell
if it was a motor issue.

1671
01:18:18,161 --> 01:18:20,061
I mean, clearly there was
something going on

1672
01:18:20,063 --> 01:18:22,063
because it's so low
to the ground.

1673
01:18:22,065 --> 01:18:24,265
And that's kind of the nature
of what you want in a flipper.

1674
01:18:24,267 --> 01:18:26,901
It was also getting stuck
in the battle box as well.

1675
01:18:26,903 --> 01:18:30,905
What a tough,
tough call for the judges.

1676
01:18:30,907 --> 01:18:37,645
[ cheers and applause ]

1677
01:18:37,647 --> 01:18:40,614
the results
from the judges are in.

1678
01:18:40,616 --> 01:18:44,652
[ cheers and applause ]

1679
01:18:44,654 --> 01:18:47,755
we have a split decision.

1680
01:18:51,027 --> 01:18:55,529
Judge lisa scored
the battle for hydra.

1681
01:18:55,531 --> 01:18:59,500
[ cheers and applause ]

1682
01:19:01,170 --> 01:19:06,240
judge jason scored
the battle for witch doctor.

1683
01:19:06,242 --> 01:19:11,212
[ cheers and applause ]

1684
01:19:11,214 --> 01:19:16,183
judge derek scored
the battle for the winner.

1685
01:19:18,621 --> 01:19:21,388
Hydra!

1686
01:19:21,390 --> 01:19:25,526
Yes! Let's do this!
Yeah!

1687
01:19:25,528 --> 01:19:31,365
♪♪

1688
01:19:31,367 --> 01:19:37,238
♪♪

1689
01:19:37,240 --> 01:19:39,740
now, the camera's in my face --
look at these two guys.

1690
01:19:39,742 --> 01:19:43,043
These two guys.
Hi, jake ewert, congratulations.

1691
01:19:43,045 --> 01:19:45,546
What's up? You guys knew I'd be
back here, right?

1692
01:19:45,548 --> 01:19:47,314
We did.

1693
01:19:47,316 --> 01:19:51,418
Were you nervous when you
heard there is a split decision?

1694
01:19:51,420 --> 01:19:53,854
Of course. I mean, it was
battle. It was back and forth.

1695
01:19:53,856 --> 01:19:57,057
I mean, I got enough flips
in hopefully to have the battle.

1696
01:19:57,059 --> 01:19:58,492
But, I mean,
they were smoking.

1697
01:19:58,494 --> 01:20:01,395
So hopefully that was enough
to make the split decision.

1698
01:20:01,397 --> 01:20:03,430
Jake, there was a lot
that happened in that fight.

1699
01:20:03,432 --> 01:20:06,500
So please do your best at taking
taking us through this fight.

1700
01:20:06,502 --> 01:20:08,469
The worst part was I knew
they were going to be

1701
01:20:08,471 --> 01:20:11,238
dangerous upside down,
worse than when they were up

1702
01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,474
right side up, because when
they flip upside down,

1703
01:20:13,476 --> 01:20:14,475
they're going to hit me
on the top

1704
01:20:14,477 --> 01:20:16,076
and do more damage and whatnot.

1705
01:20:16,078 --> 01:20:18,579
But my front end worked
most of the time.

1706
01:20:18,581 --> 01:20:20,748
So, I mean,
I could get underneath.

1707
01:20:20,750 --> 01:20:22,883
I should have been a little
more trigger happy, I think.

1708
01:20:22,885 --> 01:20:24,251
And flip earlier that way,

1709
01:20:24,253 --> 01:20:26,020
the weapon didn't get
too close to me,

1710
01:20:26,022 --> 01:20:27,688
but they took some good chunks
out of me

1711
01:20:27,690 --> 01:20:30,257
and we were just going to have
to get it ready for next night.

1712
01:20:30,259 --> 01:20:33,727
So, jake, when you are "caught"
and you could not move

1713
01:20:33,729 --> 01:20:35,996
and the referee starts
to count you out

1714
01:20:35,998 --> 01:20:38,532
after you had been so dominant
throughout the fight,

1715
01:20:38,534 --> 01:20:40,734
what goes through your mind?
What goes through my mind?

1716
01:20:40,736 --> 01:20:42,336
I knew exactly
what was happening.

1717
01:20:42,338 --> 01:20:43,804
My speed controllers
were overheating.

1718
01:20:43,806 --> 01:20:45,940
All I had to do is wait,
let them cool down,

1719
01:20:45,942 --> 01:20:48,242
and then I could start
moving again at that second.

1720
01:20:48,244 --> 01:20:50,778
And just to show movement
is all you needed to do

1721
01:20:50,780 --> 01:20:52,680
to get that jump decision,
I would guess.

1722
01:20:52,682 --> 01:20:55,182
Alright. So finally,
what happens if you walk back

1723
01:20:55,184 --> 01:20:58,352
into that ewert household
in the great state of wisconsin

1724
01:20:58,354 --> 01:21:00,254
and you're not
holding the giant nut?

1725
01:21:00,256 --> 01:21:02,690
Yeah, if I don't win
that giant nut I'm going

1726
01:21:02,692 --> 01:21:05,159
to get slack for the next year
until we come back again.

1727
01:21:05,161 --> 01:21:07,061
So it better be not a bust.

1728
01:21:07,063 --> 01:21:09,530
Yeah, well, congratulations,
team hydra.

1729
01:21:09,532 --> 01:21:12,032
You are off to an amazing start,
a job well done

1730
01:21:12,034 --> 01:21:15,502
against a very worthy foe.
Thanks, guys.

1731
01:21:15,504 --> 01:21:16,570
[ cheers and applause ]

1732
01:21:16,572 --> 01:21:18,606
you always do good work,
too, I guess.

1733
01:21:18,608 --> 01:21:22,476
[ laughs ]

1734
01:21:22,478 --> 01:21:25,246
[ cheers and applause continue ]

1735
01:21:25,248 --> 01:21:27,248
andrea, you are
wearing that mask,

1736
01:21:27,250 --> 01:21:29,116
I can't tell
if you're smiling at all

1737
01:21:29,118 --> 01:21:31,385
because that fight
was unbelievable.

1738
01:21:31,387 --> 01:21:34,722
Is there any satisfaction,
even though there was a loss?

1739
01:21:34,724 --> 01:21:38,025
I mean, how can you not be
smiling after a match like that?

1740
01:21:38,027 --> 01:21:39,360
We had a great season
last year,

1741
01:21:39,362 --> 01:21:41,762
so they threw us
to the big dogs right away.

1742
01:21:41,764 --> 01:21:44,365
We knew what witch doctor
had to be 100%.

1743
01:21:44,367 --> 01:21:48,168
Obviously, hydra was 100%.
They drove an incredible fight.

1744
01:21:48,170 --> 01:21:50,571
And this stuff happens.
I think it was a 50/50.

1745
01:21:50,573 --> 01:21:52,740
Either way,
hopefully we get a rematch

1746
01:21:52,742 --> 01:21:54,575
once the robot is back
together.

1747
01:21:54,577 --> 01:21:56,777
For my money. That was one of
the best fights

1748
01:21:56,779 --> 01:21:58,145
in battlebots history.

1749
01:21:58,147 --> 01:22:01,115
Mike, your driving
was on full display there.

1750
01:22:01,117 --> 01:22:02,750
Were you nervous
when he got flipped up

1751
01:22:02,752 --> 01:22:04,718
in the air to start
that fight?

1752
01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:07,688
Yeah, of course. I mean,
thank you for the kind words,

1753
01:22:07,690 --> 01:22:09,023
but I think
I drove pretty poorly

1754
01:22:09,025 --> 01:22:11,091
and I think it showed there.

1755
01:22:11,093 --> 01:22:14,328
Jake took full advantage of,
you know, after that first flip,

1756
01:22:14,330 --> 01:22:15,863
jake was on us the whole time

1757
01:22:15,865 --> 01:22:18,299
and really didn't
let us recover.

1758
01:22:18,301 --> 01:22:21,769
I think one of the disc's broke
after the first or second flip.

1759
01:22:21,771 --> 01:22:24,071
And, you know, the weapon really
had to be 100 percent for us

1760
01:22:24,073 --> 01:22:25,873
to be able to take on hydra.

1761
01:22:25,875 --> 01:22:27,975
I don't know a whole lot
of drivers

1762
01:22:27,977 --> 01:22:29,743
that would have been able
to come back from that,

1763
01:22:29,745 --> 01:22:34,048
though, man, defensively you
showed some excellent driving.

1764
01:22:34,050 --> 01:22:35,582
What does this say
about your bot, though?

1765
01:22:35,584 --> 01:22:38,118
I mean,
it's tremendously durable.

1766
01:22:38,120 --> 01:22:39,987
Yeah, and, you know,
witch doctor's kind of known

1767
01:22:39,989 --> 01:22:41,555
for having a little bit
of a rough start.

1768
01:22:41,557 --> 01:22:44,491
We always pull it together this
season going to be no different.

1769
01:22:44,493 --> 01:22:46,226
So it's just because
we didn't win our first fight,

1770
01:22:46,228 --> 01:22:47,394
don't count us out yet.

1771
01:22:47,396 --> 01:22:49,663
Andrea and mike gellatly
and team witch doctor.

1772
01:22:49,665 --> 01:22:52,433
I know it didn't go the way that
you wanted, here on night one,

1773
01:22:52,435 --> 01:22:53,901
but it was awfully entertaining.

1774
01:22:53,903 --> 01:22:56,170
Thanks for the thrills.
Thank you.

1775
01:22:59,775 --> 01:23:02,576
Rose: Alright, kenny, after
watching that display of power,

1776
01:23:02,578 --> 01:23:05,312
is hydra the bot
to beat this season?

1777
01:23:05,314 --> 01:23:08,215
Man alison, based on what we saw
last season in hydra

1778
01:23:08,217 --> 01:23:09,950
and based on
what we saw tonight,

1779
01:23:09,952 --> 01:23:12,052
hydra has to be one of
the favorites right now.

1780
01:23:12,054 --> 01:23:13,320
No question.

1781
01:23:13,322 --> 01:23:14,955
Remember, they went
undefeated in the regular season

1782
01:23:14,957 --> 01:23:18,359
before bowing out
in the round of 16 a season ago.

1783
01:23:18,361 --> 01:23:20,928
That is a story to watch
throughout the night.

1784
01:23:20,930 --> 01:23:24,598
So that's going to do it for us,
for jenny taft and faruq

1785
01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:27,634
and our bot whisperer peter,
and my man, kenny florian,

1786
01:23:27,636 --> 01:23:28,769
I'm chris rose.

1787
01:23:28,771 --> 01:23:31,271
We'll see you next time
on "battlebots."

1788
01:23:31,273 --> 01:23:33,707
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1789
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