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-[robotic voice]
robots activate.
-[audience cheering]
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[cheering]
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welcome to battlebots,
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where the world's
most ruthless,
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relentless
and murderous robots
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collide in the one place
where violence
is always the answer.
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I'm chris rose and joining me,
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a man who's committed
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more than a few acts
of assault,
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although no battery.
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Ufc icon, analyst,
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and the strong,
not-so-silent type,
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that'd be kenny florian.
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Chris, what can I say?
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Guilty as charged.
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Well, you're an absolute saint
compared to the monsters
around here.
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While we've seen
our usual amount of
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massive flames
and flying bot shrapnel,
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it does feel
like change is in the air.
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Some of the fight game's
biggest names
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had their worlds
and their robots
turned upside down
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by the young guns.
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The legendary
tombstone dethroned
by end game.
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Last year's runner up,
witch doctor,
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suffered from
some air sickness,
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courtesy of
second year bot, hydra.
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And infamous spinner,
gigabyte,
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literally having his head
chopped off
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by a sophomore bot
in copperhead.
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I keep asking kenny,
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"is it a fluke
or is this the future?"
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I'm starting to look over
my shoulder wondering,
uh, if I'm next.
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Well, tonight will tell.
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Just look at the diabolical
fight card
we got locked and loaded.
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Place your bets.
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We'll see newcomer jackpot
off to 1-0 start.
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Sin city's terrifying
diamond-shaped
vertical spinner
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has the rest of the field
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wishing this bot
had never left las vegas.
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They're up against
colossal fossil, ghost raptor.
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[audience cheering]
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[kenny] ghost raptor captain,
chuck pitzer,
will be seeking vengeance
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after a catastrophic loss
in his first match.
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[chris] the ballistic missile
launcher, hydra,
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with an incredible win
in its first bout,
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takes on the
steely-eyed spinner, huge.
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They're hoping
to roll off with a win
after an 0-1 start.
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A win would be huge
if they want to keep
their title dreams alive.
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[chris] and in our main event,
the legendary witch doctor
looks to bounce back
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after dropping its
opening fight of the season.
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But they'll have to go
through the devil
from the deep to do it.
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As they step into the box
with kraken.
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[kenny] with only three
regular season fights
this year,
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desperation will be
in the air for this one.
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Team kraken is also looking
to avoid going 0-2
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after suffering defeat
in a controversial decision
in their first match.
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The feisty floridian,
matt spurk,
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tells us that kraken will be
ready to shock the world
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in their very
first main event.
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[chris] but kicking off
the night,
a battle of the beasts,
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claw viper and black dragon
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both 1-0 looking to keep
a perfect record.
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[kenny] what a perfect way
to kick the night off.
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This one's gonna get nasty.
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All right, kenny, enough talk.
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Faruq,
let's light this candle.
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[audience cheering]
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[faruq] ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?
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It's robot fighting time.
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[all cheering]
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in the blue square...
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The only thing I hate worse
than denim on denim
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is a snake full of fangs
and poisonous venom.
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Little known fact:
I'm afraid of snakes.
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They make me quiver
and give me the shakes,
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so do me a favor
and stay the hell over there,
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or else faruq is gonna need
a change of underwear.
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It's claw viper.
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[audience cheering]
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[chris] kevin milczewski,
he is a software engineer
from seattle,
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a ko of hijinx
in his battlebots debut.
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He loves his robot, kenny.
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[kenny] claw viper can reach
a speed of 20 miles an hour
in around half a second.
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Making it one of the quickest
bots we've ever seen.
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With that kind of
striking speed,
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it all falls on kevin's
driving ability to outmaneuver
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the wily black dragon.
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[faruq] in the red square,
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it's the brazilian brawler
whose last name's not gracie.
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Here to choke bots out
till their vision gets hazy,
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they're back this season to
deliver more fiery knockouts
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and make their competition
wish they had arms
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so they can tap out.
The south american assassin,
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black dragon!
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[audience cheering]
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[chris] this bot won
a controversial
split decision
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over kraken in its first
matchup this season.
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They bring a ton of energy
as a team and with this robot.
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[kenny] but they didn't get
to show it off much
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spending most of their last
match in the jaws of kraken.
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That left a bad taste
in their mouth.
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So they're looking for
a convincing knockout to prove
they are a real 2-0 team.
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[cheering]
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our strategy is to be
the more mobile robot.
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Uh, like I said,
we're not gonna be able to
outlast their weapon.
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Their weapon's
not gonna stop.
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I'm gonna have to get on him,
stay on him.
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You know, get around the side,
pick him up.
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Once I got him, they're mine.
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I gotta grab him one time.
Throw him out of the arena.
So that's my plan.
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2-0 will be awesome
because... Clears the way
for the top 32.
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We want to show
the selection committee
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that black dragon is capable
of giving great knockouts,
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great firepower,
and weapon capability.
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We are confident
going in this match.
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So, vai brasil!
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And we'll see in the arena.
We'll see in the battlebots.
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[robotic voice]
robots activate.
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-[cheering]
-[dramatic music playing]
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[chris] claw viper
showing off
its lightning speed
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and after seeing the hits,
it withstood against hijinx,
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black dragon better be wearing
its lucky underwear.
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[chris laughing]
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[robotic voice]
blue team, ready?
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[all cheering]
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-[robotic voice]
red team, ready?
-Let's go.
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[man] you can do it!
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[audience chanting]
fight! Fight!
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Fight! Fight!
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Fight! Fight! Fight!
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-[siren blaring]
-[audience chanting]
fight! Fight!
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[chris] let the
bot battle begin!
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Major box rush right there
by claw viper, but it whiffed.
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[all] oh!
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Black dragon with a big pop
to start the match.
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Oh.
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[kenny] got underneath
claw viper, not a good sign.
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[chris] claw viper trying
to grapple and push.
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And here's black dragon
trying to get that
flame thrower in the mix.
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[kenny] gabriel teles
all over claw viper.
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[chris] oh, not that
double vertical spinner.
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Ah, taking some nice little
chomps out of claw viper.
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[metal screeching]
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[kenny] some tremendous
driving here
from the brazilians.
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It's eating up
that flank there, chris.
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-[all groan]
-now you've arrived
in the battlebox.
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[chris] oh, yeah. Fire! Fire!
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I don't think that fire is
supposed to be there, is it?
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[kenny] I think they may
have taken some damage
to that flame thrower, chris.
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But that smoke isn't supposed
to be there in claw viper.
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[chris] now, claw viper's
got some serious problems.
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Uh-oh.
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Flame thrower or not,
black dragon's
in the driver's seat
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-as claw viper's being
counted out now.
- [hammer thudding]
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-five, four, three...
-[kenny] cooked snake, anyone?
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[chris] oh, but claw viper
at the last second
finds new life
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-but here comes...Whoa!
- [all gasping]
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black dragon says,
"not so fast,
you slithering snake." wow!
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[kenny] I'm not really into
snake meat, are you, chris?
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[chris] not at all.
I'll pass on that delicacy.
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-This time I don't think...
-Eight, seven, six...
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...They're going to be able to
recover from this countdown.
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-...Five, four, three, two...
-Black dragon with a knockout.
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-One!
- [chris] wow.
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[all cheering]
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[chris] kenny, the first
five seconds of this fight
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may have determined
the outcome for claw viper.
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[kenny] that's right.
Claw viper tried
to use its speed
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to box rush, black dragon,
but it whiffed.
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That gave black dragon
the time it needed to spin up
and deliver this monster shot.
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[chris] claw viper never
quite looked right after that.
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And the brazilians capitalized
by bullying it around
the battlebox.
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[kenny] yeah, give
black dragon some credit.
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They knew how important
this win was.
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It sends them to 2-0 and
puts them in great position
to make the tournament.
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[chris] and perhaps sending
a little statement to the
selection committee
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there in the final seconds
as well.
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Claw viper
showing signs of life.
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And instead of hanging back,
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black dragon says, "uh-uh,
you stay in your room."
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[all cheering]
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[man] go, black dragon!
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[chris] gabriel, over here.
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Yeah. Turn around. Yeah.
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Hi, chris. Hi, kenny.
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-Yeah, you got
a nice big smile on your face.
-Yeah.
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Last time you had to
sweat it out with
a judges' decision.
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A split decision.
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How does a knockout feel?
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Uh, I think that knockout
is the only way
to guarantee our win.
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So it came
to this fight to prove
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that we have ability
to knock out any opponent.
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-And, we did.
-[cheering]
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gabriel, you know, you only
have so many matches
in order to impress
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the selection committee
and make it to the top 32.
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Do you think now that
you're 2-0 including
this impressive victory
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that you solidified your spot
in front of
the selection committee?
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I think that
the selection committee
would have a great bot
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in the top 32
because this team
is working so hard.
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Whole day, we're,
like sweating a lot
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to get this bot
really done here in the arena.
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Gabriel teles,
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congratulations to you
and team black dragon
as you improve to 2-0.
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-Yeah!
-They are the guys.
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Vai brasil!
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[chris] so, black dragon
set out to make a statement,
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and I think
they did just that.
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All right, coming up,
veteran chuck pitzer looks
to recapture former glory
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in his return to
the battlebox.
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But a crew of young guns
from las vegas
has other ideas.
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It's ghost raptor
versus jackpot
when we return.
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All right, we are back
on battlebots.
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And up next, we've got
a rookie eyeing a 2-0 start
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versus a grizzled vet
wondering if he should have
stayed retired.
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It is jackpot
versus ghost raptor.
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And let's start with jackpot.
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Captained by jeff waters,
and he is a bot builder
on a budget.
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He threw this thing together
in a month for $4,000
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and in its first fight
against subzero,
it came up money.
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[kenny] it won.
Not the flashiest of wins,
but a win nevertheless.
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And even though
we didn't get to see much
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from their primary weapon
in that first fight,
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we keep hearing from the pits
that jackpot is a
seriously heavy hitter,
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off to an impressive
1-0 start.
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The bot on a budget plan
is working pretty well.
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Taking on
chuck pitzer and ghost raptor,
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which is looking
for that first w of the year.
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Ghost raptor
got hammered in
a ko loss to shatter!
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In chuck's return to action
after a four year hiatus.
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I don't know. Does he seem
a little shaken to you
right now or no?
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I think so.
You know, he was talking about
the anxiety that he felt,
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you know,
competing in battlebots again.
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He has a lot
of robot-building experience,
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but being out of the game for
a long time can set you back.
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I mean, a lot of these
bot builders are
advancing all the time
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and learning so much.
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So I think he's got
a tough fight ahead of him.
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Let's see
how it plays out.
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Faruq, tell them the deal.
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[all cheering]
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in the blue square
from las vegas, nevada,
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you're headed for heartbreak,
you can't deal with jackpot.
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[chris] jackpot
led by jeff waters,
a 26-year-old plumber
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hoping to spread the gospel
of robot fighting
to las vegas.
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And you can see that bot,
heavily vegas themed.
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Its main weapon:
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You've got those
diamond-shaped discs
in the middle.
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[kenny] and jeff says
his motivation this season
is to prove to the world
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that you don't need to spend
tens of thousands of dollars
to build a winning robot.
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[cheering]
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in the red square
from san jose, california,
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the scare-dactyl,
it's ghost raptor!
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[audience cheering]
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[chris] there's ghost raptor,
captained by battlebots'
veteran chuck pitzer,
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who is bringing up the rear.
256
00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:38,116
Chuck's an engineer by trade.
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He got into robotics
in college with his brother
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who also competed during
the early days of battlebots.
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[kenny] yeah, chuck's got
a ton of pride.
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He really needs this win
tonight to keep
his tournament hopes alive.
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[all cheering]
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strategy going to this is
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we're gonna change up
everything we did
against subzero.
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We're gonna end up
raising the ride height
with larger wheels.
265
00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:05,376
So we don't scrape
the floor like before.
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We got rid of our forks.
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We don't want them
to have anything to catch.
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00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:12,984
We are adding a bunch
of uhnw top armor
for ghost raptor.
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He does have
that articulated spinner.
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We're worried that it
might get into our top armor.
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We're just gonna go
weapon to weapon with them
right off the get-go.
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A specific strategy
that you would use
when you get a new robot
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is to try to test its limits.
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Basically, a lot of times
what happens is
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they maybe haven't had
enough time to test.
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Some things in there
that maybe can't take
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the kind of shocks
that they see in the arena.
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Um, and that's one thing
we can take advantage of.
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[crowd cheering]
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[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
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[chris] and we turn
our attention to jackpot,
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let's bring in
our bot whisperer, pete.
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00:14:49,823 --> 00:14:52,390
So $4,000 on this bot.
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00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:55,894
-What does that really
buy you when you're shopping?
- [pete] barely anything.
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I mean, many of these teams
are spending that
in batteries alone.
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No speed controller,
no motors.
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00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:03,268
Just batteries
can cost you four grand.
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It's amazing they were able
to get a robot that works
this well under this budget.
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[all chanting] fight! Fight!
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[siren blaring]
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[chanting] fight! Fight!
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[chris] let
the bot battle begin!
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Ghost raptor's trying
to get up to speed,
but takes a shot.
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-[crashes]
-[all] oh!
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Oh! There goes
the primary weapon
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of ghost raptor,
that's not good.
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00:15:41,041 --> 00:15:43,708
Ten seconds into this fight,
and guess what?
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Ghost raptor
has lost its head.
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00:15:46,212 --> 00:15:49,480
It might be time to put
the kids to bed early.
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00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:52,617
Uh-oh, so now what
does chuck pitzer do?
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-[kenny] oh, man. Well...
- [chris] it's been split, too.
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[kenny] yeah,
he's almost cut in half--
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-[all gasping]
-[chris] what a shot
by jackpot. Oh!
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00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,961
That didn't go how I planned.
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00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:08,967
[chris] oh, somehow
ghost raptor is still moving,
but just barely.
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00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:11,736
[kenny] oh, man,
that thing looks
like the terminator dying.
307
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:14,772
And jackpot might go in
for the final blow. Will he?
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00:16:14,808 --> 00:16:18,109
-[chris] is it lining up?
-Oh, gosh. No, no, no.
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[referee] ten, nine,
eight, seven, six, five...
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[chris] ghost raptor's
being counted out.
No need to do any more damage.
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-...Four, three two, one...
- [chris] wow,
this one is over.
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Ghost raptor is knocked out.
Winner is jackpot.
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Whoa! Yeah!
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[all cheering]
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00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:39,897
wow.
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00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:43,201
[all laughing]
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00:16:45,939 --> 00:16:47,538
top 32, here we go.
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00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:52,910
[chris] kenny,
thanks to jackpot,
those slots were paying out.
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00:16:52,946 --> 00:16:56,481
[kenny] ghost raptor made
a critical error
at the start of this fight.
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Turning its back side
to the rookie.
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00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:01,719
I mean, right there,
that weapon-to-weapon hit.
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00:17:01,755 --> 00:17:03,855
That was the end
for ghost raptor.
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00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:07,325
Just so much energy
in that weapon to jackpot.
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00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,795
Here's the blow
that splits ghost raptor.
Look at that.
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00:17:10,830 --> 00:17:12,463
[chris]
pete, are you surprised
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00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:15,166
by the amount of energy
dished out by jackpot?
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00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:18,236
[pete] totally.
I was not expecting
this much damage.
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00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:20,705
I mean, I was thinking that
chuck may lose
the weapon again,
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00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:24,409
but I was not ready
for the splayed robot in half.
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00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:27,545
[chris chuckles] spins
a little bit faster than
a roulette table, huh, pete?
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00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:32,350
[pete] it's amazing when you
bet four grand versus 40 grand
and look what happens.
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00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:38,056
Jeff waters, over here, man,
I don't want to break up
the team hug or anything,
333
00:17:38,091 --> 00:17:42,060
but you guys have a second
victory to celebrate,
and this one,
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00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:44,762
you took total
control of, right?
335
00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:46,431
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Yeah.
336
00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:50,201
We-- after that subzero fight,
we tore it all the way down.
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00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:52,904
We had so many gremlins,
we were scraping the floor.
338
00:17:52,939 --> 00:17:54,739
We learned
so much in that fight.
339
00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:56,641
We took that
and applied it in here.
340
00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:58,976
And we rolled the dice
and we got a win.
341
00:17:59,012 --> 00:18:01,913
Jeff, did you expect your bot
to do that much damage?
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00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:04,715
I was really hoping it was
going to do that damage.
343
00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:07,752
We have such a high
kinetic energy level
in that robot.
344
00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:10,521
It's definitely going to be
one of the biggest hitters
of the event.
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00:18:10,557 --> 00:18:11,889
It was very impressive, man.
346
00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:14,292
You are now 2-0 here
at battlebots.
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00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:15,660
Did you expect that?
348
00:18:16,362 --> 00:18:17,562
Uh, not at all.
349
00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:19,530
Especially after
that last fight went.
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00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:23,568
We were... We were
so worried about how
the bot was gonna do.
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00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:26,170
We basically tore down
the whole robot,
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00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:28,005
built a whole
new robot overnight
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00:18:28,041 --> 00:18:30,708
on the same timeline
we built that originally,
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00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:32,410
and it worked out for us.
355
00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:36,581
You might have a second job
as a financial consultant
for the rest of the teams now.
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00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:37,949
[all laughing]
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00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:40,485
because you're picking
the right parts
for the right price, man.
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00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:44,922
Yeah, we're definitely
probably one of the
cheapest robots in the field,
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00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:47,225
and it's crazy that
we're still able to do that
360
00:18:47,260 --> 00:18:48,960
especially to a legend
like ghost raptor.
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00:18:48,995 --> 00:18:50,528
He's been doing
this for so long.
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00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:52,263
To get a win
like this is crazy.
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00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:55,066
Finally, you're 2-0.
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00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:58,769
Uh, what do you think
you have said and shown
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00:18:58,805 --> 00:19:03,207
to the selection committee
in terms of making it
to the top 32?
366
00:19:03,243 --> 00:19:05,476
I think if we keep
improving like this,
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00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:07,378
compared to how
we did last fight, this fight,
368
00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:09,714
they should watch out
for our third fight.
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00:19:09,749 --> 00:19:11,749
Attaway.
I like a little trash talk.
370
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,551
Go celebrate
with the rest of the team.
371
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:15,753
Jeff waters jr.,
congratulations.
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00:19:15,788 --> 00:19:17,188
Thank you.
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00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:19,624
-[speaking indistinctly]
-[laughter]
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00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:24,729
[chris] so,
jackpot is officially 2-0.
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00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:30,034
We witnessed another case
of the young guns
taking out the old guard.
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00:19:30,069 --> 00:19:33,371
Coming up next,
grabot makes
its battlebots debut
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00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:37,308
as it faces
veteran flipper subzero.
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00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:41,746
Speaking of flippers,
arguably the most dangerous
flipper in the game,
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00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:46,184
hydra is set to face
huge later tonight.
380
00:19:46,219 --> 00:19:51,255
And leave it to
hydra captain jake ewert to
stir up a little controversy.
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00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:54,759
He's looking
to stay undefeated by
any means necessary.
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00:19:54,794 --> 00:19:55,793
Take a look.
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00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:57,428
[engine revving]
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00:19:59,933 --> 00:20:01,265
-[crashing]
-[chris] whoa!
385
00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:04,702
[chris] whoa! Holy smokes!
386
00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:08,406
We told everybody coming
in to see that you better
drop test your bot at 16 ft.
387
00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:10,107
Otherwise you're not
gonna be ready for us.
388
00:20:10,143 --> 00:20:12,577
-[man] hydra!
-[audience cheering]
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00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:13,678
yes!
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00:20:15,415 --> 00:20:17,548
[chris]
huge cannot free itself.
391
00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:19,917
First fight of the season
didn't go according to plan.
392
00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:22,286
...Two, one!
That's a knockout!
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00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:25,556
It's put us on our back foot
and now we have to
respond to that.
394
00:20:28,661 --> 00:20:30,361
[jake] huge is
a super tough opponent.
395
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:33,064
As a flipper bot,
as high as huge is,
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00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,866
it's gonna be
really tough for a flipper
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00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,902
to get underneath him
and do any flipping, really.
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00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:41,138
So we have to come up with
a different game plan
this time.
399
00:20:41,174 --> 00:20:43,474
[jonathan] last year
with bronco,
we really learned how to
400
00:20:43,509 --> 00:20:46,477
get flipped and come back
and still win a fight.
401
00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:47,912
[commentator] huge
lands an uppercut
402
00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:49,847
to the side of bronco.
403
00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:52,316
We've never had to deal with
a flipper like that before.
404
00:20:52,352 --> 00:20:54,852
We never had to deal
with getting flipped before.
405
00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:56,220
[commentators] oh!
406
00:20:57,790 --> 00:20:59,957
I think for whyachi,
407
00:20:59,993 --> 00:21:03,127
the bronco fight was a reason
to be concerned about huge.
408
00:21:03,162 --> 00:21:05,930
-Yeah!
-Yeah!
409
00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:08,566
[jake] going up against
a bot like huge,
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00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:10,968
you have to do something
specifically for him.
411
00:21:11,004 --> 00:21:13,804
So you have to make something
just special just for him.
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00:21:13,873 --> 00:21:15,072
Hopefully, this is checkmate.
413
00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:19,243
We have a big bar to go across
414
00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:20,711
and we're gonna
act like a wall...
415
00:21:20,747 --> 00:21:22,313
If I just corral his wheels,
416
00:21:22,348 --> 00:21:25,116
his blade can never touch me
with a flat bar across it.
417
00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:28,953
...And we're just gonna
push him in to the corner and
hold him for three minutes.
418
00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:31,522
I've heard rumors from people
down their end of the pit.
419
00:21:31,557 --> 00:21:33,257
They've got
a big attachment for us.
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00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,593
Up to date,
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00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:38,362
never has an attachment
worked to beat huge.
422
00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:39,630
[engine whirring]
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00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:41,432
but there's a first time
for everything,
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00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:44,502
so we have to treat it
like it's a fatal threat,
'cause it is.
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00:21:45,772 --> 00:21:47,938
[jake] I mean if this works,
426
00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:50,141
it's going to be checkmate
for huge and he'll be done.
427
00:21:51,577 --> 00:21:54,278
[laughs] I'm the builder, man.
I told you.
428
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:55,880
[commentator] it's huge!
429
00:21:55,915 --> 00:21:58,149
[jonathan] after losing
to mammoth in our first fight,
430
00:21:58,184 --> 00:21:59,750
our backs
are against the wall.
431
00:21:59,786 --> 00:22:02,486
Pressure's on,
and we need to deliver.
432
00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:15,866
[chris] welcome back
to battlebots.
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00:22:15,902 --> 00:22:19,003
Up next, first year captain,
logan davis,
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00:22:19,038 --> 00:22:22,473
will try and flip the script
on subzero's season
435
00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:25,343
as he takes on
the rookie's grabot.
436
00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:27,144
Let's get
right into the action.
437
00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:30,781
Faruq, sing your song.
438
00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:32,817
In the blue square,
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00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:36,921
from irving, texas,
the fridge of sacrilege,
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00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:39,490
subzero!
441
00:22:39,525 --> 00:22:42,093
[audience cheering]
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00:22:42,128 --> 00:22:45,696
[chris] there he is!
Logan davis ready to deliver,
443
00:22:45,732 --> 00:22:49,533
although he didn't
exactly deliver
in his first fight, kenny.
444
00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:50,735
[kenny] he did not.
445
00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:53,371
After dominating most of
their match against jackpot,
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00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:59,043
subzero had a paralyzing
malfunction that cost him a w.
447
00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:01,412
[chris] one of the cool things
about this team,
448
00:23:01,447 --> 00:23:05,916
logan's dad, brady, is the one
that will pilot spitfire...
449
00:23:05,952 --> 00:23:06,851
Yeah!
450
00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:08,219
...That's the
flame-throwing drone.
451
00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:11,155
His dad was, of course,
the one that got him
into the sport
452
00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:13,324
when logan was just 13.
453
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,761
Great to have them here
together 20 years later.
454
00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,731
In the red square,
455
00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:24,568
from plymouth, wisconsin,
someone's about to get got
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00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,904
by grabot!
457
00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:28,439
[audience cheering]
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00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:29,774
[chris] and here he is!
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00:23:29,809 --> 00:23:32,977
Ben davidson
making his battlebots debut,
460
00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:36,247
and there's nothing
quite like your first fight,
is there, kenny?
461
00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:39,350
[kenny] truly a milestone
in any sport, chris.
462
00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:42,653
It's always so much fun
meeting battlebots' newcomers
463
00:23:42,688 --> 00:23:45,956
and ben is coming
with something we've
never seen before.
464
00:23:45,992 --> 00:23:47,825
A unique kind of grappler
465
00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:51,162
that's going to use
those hands and try
and win the control game.
466
00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:52,730
Maybe lift some robots?
467
00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:54,398
Should be
interesting to watch.
468
00:23:59,872 --> 00:24:01,605
[chris] pete,
you heard kenny tell us
469
00:24:01,641 --> 00:24:03,674
those hands
on the back of ben's bot
470
00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:06,911
are actually meant
to literally grab onto
another bot,
471
00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:08,879
so what's the scoop here?
472
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:11,615
[pete] well, guys, he was
telling me that those arms
473
00:24:11,651 --> 00:24:13,451
and the way that
that system works,
474
00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:15,786
it's a single mechanism
that lifts the arms,
475
00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:19,123
rotates the arms
and also closes those clamps.
476
00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:22,193
That's gonna be interesting
to see how it works
if it can get it to go,
477
00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:26,363
'cause complexity like that
can be really difficult
in the battlebox.
478
00:24:28,367 --> 00:24:29,867
[brian] all right,
do we have hammers?
479
00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:31,469
Yes, we've got hammers.
480
00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:32,603
Did you check 'em? Okay.
481
00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,539
[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
482
00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:37,608
[audience cheering]
483
00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:40,177
[brian] I'm this side
in the far corner.
484
00:24:40,213 --> 00:24:42,346
-This side, far corner.
-Yeah.
485
00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:48,853
[dramatic music plays]
486
00:24:55,495 --> 00:25:00,231
[audience chanting]
fight, fight, fight, fight!
487
00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:09,740
[chris] let the
bot battle begin!
488
00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:14,245
Grabot trying to
get straight... Oh, no!
489
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,547
[kenny] well the flipper's
working, chris, right now.
490
00:25:16,582 --> 00:25:17,748
[chris] yes, it is.
491
00:25:17,783 --> 00:25:20,484
Oh, it's going
after grabot in a hurry.
492
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,887
Yeah, easy there!
493
00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:25,356
[kenny] subzero doing
a little breakdancing.
494
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:26,790
[chris] uh-oh!
495
00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:30,060
Oh, trying to get the big bot
out of the arena!
496
00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:32,363
Grabot has gotta get going.
497
00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:34,365
Can it drive inverted at all?
498
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,333
[kenny] grabot
doesn't have a self-rider,
499
00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:38,602
but it can
drive inverted, yes!
500
00:25:39,605 --> 00:25:40,971
[chris] lining up.
501
00:25:41,007 --> 00:25:42,139
[kenny] oh!
502
00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:44,942
[chris] s ubzero using the
rookie as a punching bag.
503
00:25:44,977 --> 00:25:46,577
[brian] yeah!
Hit 'em, hit 'em!
504
00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:49,580
[kenny] logan davis, looking
to make a statement here.
505
00:25:49,615 --> 00:25:52,583
[chris] oh! Grabot collecting
frequent flyer miles.
506
00:25:52,618 --> 00:25:54,285
Brian, come on!
507
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,521
[chris] he's gonna be
a platinum member
before this one's done.
508
00:25:57,557 --> 00:25:58,956
[kenny chuckles]
509
00:25:58,991 --> 00:26:00,591
[chris] yeah, now it's
taking some shots
510
00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:02,660
from the pulverizer
on top of it.
511
00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:04,328
Unbelievable!
512
00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:05,963
Oh!
513
00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:07,431
[kenny] looks like subzero's
514
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:09,600
taking out
all its frustration on grabot.
515
00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:11,035
[chris] oh!
516
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,671
Put an end to this madness!
517
00:26:13,706 --> 00:26:17,241
[kenny] subzero's now
just wanting to show off.
518
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:19,610
[high-pitched voice]
stop, stop!
519
00:26:20,346 --> 00:26:22,112
[referee] ten, nine...
520
00:26:22,148 --> 00:26:23,647
[chris] and the ref
has seen enough!
521
00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:26,517
After technical issues
in its first fight,
522
00:26:26,552 --> 00:26:30,888
subzero answers
the bell tonight
with a dominant performance.
523
00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:34,325
-[referee] ...Two, one!
That's a knockout!
-[bell buzzes]
524
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,294
-yeah! Yeah!
-Whoo!
525
00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,564
Whoo! Good show!
526
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,200
-I thought you guys
had problems! [laughs]
-[chris] wow!
527
00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:47,171
Yeah! All right!
528
00:26:47,206 --> 00:26:49,139
-All right, man! Yeah!
-That's something!
529
00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,075
Whoo!
530
00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:56,080
[chris] kenny, it looks
like subzero's starting
to find its stride
531
00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:58,716
getting under grabot
right off the bat.
532
00:26:58,751 --> 00:27:01,852
[kenny] absolutely.
Subzero went cobra kai
533
00:27:01,887 --> 00:27:04,188
and took no mercy
on the newbie,
534
00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:06,857
able to get
underneath grabot repeatedly,
535
00:27:06,892 --> 00:27:10,694
logan was finally able to
show off his infamous flipper
536
00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:13,964
and that flip right there
is what really did grabot in.
537
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,468
The impact of all 250 pounds
of bot smashing
538
00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:20,504
into the box floor,
clearly taking its toll.
539
00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:22,439
[chris] a nd let that be
a lesson learned.
540
00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:25,576
It's much more difficult for
your bot to grab anything
541
00:27:25,611 --> 00:27:29,413
while it's spending
the whole match in flight.
542
00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:30,981
[audience cheering]
543
00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:34,418
[chris] logan davis.
544
00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:39,023
Logan davis,
I assume that's the way
545
00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:40,557
subzero is supposed to work.
546
00:27:40,593 --> 00:27:42,059
Yes, yes.
547
00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,627
After years...
548
00:27:43,663 --> 00:27:46,630
After years,
we needed one of those.
549
00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:47,998
Oh, my god.
550
00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:50,968
How does that feel? I mean,
what a performance, man.
551
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:54,571
Grabot, they are a brand new
team, a brand new robot.
552
00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:56,073
I've been there.
553
00:27:56,108 --> 00:28:00,477
Fourteen years ago,
son of whyachi
bashed our batteries in,
554
00:28:00,513 --> 00:28:02,479
I was 14 years old
555
00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:06,417
and, uh, you know,
it was a tough time for me
556
00:28:06,452 --> 00:28:09,019
but, you know, grabot,
they're pitted next to us,
557
00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:11,088
we're gonna help them
get it back together
558
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:12,823
and get ready
for their next fight.
559
00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:15,059
Um, and, you know,
I'm just...
560
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:17,561
I'm just so thankful
that I have such
a wonderful community,
561
00:28:17,596 --> 00:28:20,064
and, uh, and great team,
562
00:28:20,099 --> 00:28:23,600
and, uh, a win! A win!
563
00:28:23,636 --> 00:28:25,069
[chris] hey, in 20 seconds,
564
00:28:25,104 --> 00:28:28,105
what does this mean
to do this with your dad?
565
00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,507
It means everything
to do this with my dad.
566
00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:33,811
Like I said, we've been
doing this so long, 20 years,
567
00:28:33,846 --> 00:28:35,412
and, uh,
568
00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:37,915
you know, to still be
doing this that long,
569
00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:40,317
uh, you know, I think
it's a very special thing
570
00:28:40,352 --> 00:28:42,086
between a father and a son.
571
00:28:42,121 --> 00:28:43,721
-I love you.
-I love you, too.
572
00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:46,590
-[kenny] aw.
-Logan, congratulations.
Go enjoy the victory.
573
00:28:46,625 --> 00:28:48,492
You guys are now 1-1
on the season.
574
00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:49,827
All right, thank you.
575
00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:51,795
Whoo!
576
00:28:52,998 --> 00:28:54,932
[chris] so big congrats
to logan davis
577
00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:56,633
on his first win
as team captain.
578
00:28:56,669 --> 00:29:00,137
Subzero moves to 1-1.
579
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,041
Up next, get ready
for hydra-gate.
580
00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:05,843
In a matchup for the ages,
581
00:29:05,878 --> 00:29:08,378
jake ewert looks
to challenge the rule books
582
00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:10,514
to score
a victory against huge.
583
00:29:10,549 --> 00:29:13,550
Can the midwestern madman
tame the beast,
584
00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:16,286
or will it prove
to be a huge mistake?
585
00:29:16,322 --> 00:29:21,024
Find out when battlebots
fight night continues.
586
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,600
All right,
we are back on battlebots
587
00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:33,604
three up
and three down on tonight's
explosive fight card.
588
00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,774
And, boy, do we have
something exciting here
in the fourth spot
589
00:29:36,809 --> 00:29:39,543
as hydra takes on huge.
590
00:29:39,578 --> 00:29:41,645
Let's see what
all the fuss is about
591
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,781
we take a look at hydra.
592
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,151
The last time we saw hydra,
593
00:29:47,186 --> 00:29:50,320
it was throwing witch doctor,
like, 20 feet in the air.
594
00:29:50,356 --> 00:29:51,989
But that's in
the rear view mirror
595
00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:55,292
as they look up at a very
different opponent in huge.
596
00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:57,761
We know jake's got
something up his sleeve.
597
00:29:57,797 --> 00:30:00,597
Kenny florian,
tell us what time it is.
598
00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:02,499
[kenny] well,
it's time to get a ruler
599
00:30:02,535 --> 00:30:06,436
because this thing is,
and pun intended, chris, huge.
600
00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,438
It's an attachment
meant to corral the giant
601
00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:11,742
and prevent it from
doing any damage to hydra.
602
00:30:11,777 --> 00:30:14,111
My understanding
is that jake has described it
603
00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:17,981
-as a cow-catcher
style front for huge...
-So like this?
604
00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:20,484
...Which is probably
like that if that could
use your arms.
605
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:21,385
-Yeah.
-Exactly.
606
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:23,287
[chris] so speaking of huge,
607
00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:26,456
0-1 on the wrong end
of a knockout against mammoth.
608
00:30:26,492 --> 00:30:27,925
It got thrown out of the ring.
609
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,228
Now he's going up against
a very different opponent
in hydra,
610
00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:34,932
and kenny, last season,
bronco tried to outsmart huge
611
00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:36,733
with an attachment
of their own,
612
00:30:36,769 --> 00:30:39,069
which didn't end well
for that flipper.
613
00:30:39,104 --> 00:30:42,139
So jonathan has
got to feel confident here.
614
00:30:42,174 --> 00:30:44,508
[kenny] chris,
he's absolutely confident.
615
00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:46,176
Everyone thinks
they have a game plan
616
00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:47,978
when they draw huge
as an opponent.
617
00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:51,515
So jonathan is no stranger
to outlandish schemes
618
00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:52,816
to solve his bot,
619
00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:55,219
and in fight that
could see him drop to 0-2,
620
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:58,488
look out because
jonathan schultz
knows how to adapt.
621
00:30:58,524 --> 00:30:59,990
Always. All right,
well, let's see
622
00:31:00,025 --> 00:31:02,726
if he can handle
the pressure against hydra.
623
00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:04,561
Faruq, take it away.
624
00:31:04,597 --> 00:31:05,729
[audience cheering]
625
00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:10,934
ladies and gentlemen,
are you ready?
626
00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:14,905
Yeah!
627
00:31:14,940 --> 00:31:18,942
It's robot fighting time!
628
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:29,887
In the blue square, this bot
comes from wisconsin,
629
00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:31,822
the land of cheese and dairy.
630
00:31:31,857 --> 00:31:35,659
If you're lactose intolerant,
this might be kind of scary.
631
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:39,363
It'll turn you into swiss
'cause its flipper
doesn't miss.
632
00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,398
Make you crumble like ricotta,
633
00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:43,901
it's one big botta.
634
00:31:43,936 --> 00:31:46,003
It's hydra!
635
00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:46,770
[audience cheering]
636
00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:51,475
[chris] all right,
let's see... Oh, gosh!
637
00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:53,210
That's a cowcatcher, kenny,
638
00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:55,512
[kenny chuckles] oh, my!
The thing is massive.
639
00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:59,016
[chris] jake ewert knows
he's going, let's say,
640
00:31:59,051 --> 00:32:01,618
the unconventional route
here against huge.
641
00:32:01,654 --> 00:32:04,021
Will he even
be able to flip with that,
642
00:32:04,056 --> 00:32:05,856
what do we call it,
a doohickey?
643
00:32:05,891 --> 00:32:07,291
[kenny] you know,
I'm not even sure
644
00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,559
he's even planning
to use the flipper.
645
00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:11,228
And jake knows
his strategy here
646
00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:15,065
may actually cost him the win
if he can't dish out
any damage.
647
00:32:15,134 --> 00:32:18,035
But when you combine "cunning"
with the last name "ewert,"
648
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:19,803
you know you're in
for a spectacle.
649
00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:29,947
And the red square from
south windsor, connecticut,
650
00:32:29,982 --> 00:32:31,748
it has angry eyes
651
00:32:31,784 --> 00:32:34,785
for the same reason
that big bar flies.
652
00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:37,020
It helps with division.
653
00:32:37,056 --> 00:32:40,190
Here to put you in the icu,
654
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:42,893
it's huge!
655
00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:44,828
[audience cheering]
656
00:32:49,101 --> 00:32:50,500
[kenny] we'll see
what it does.
657
00:32:50,536 --> 00:32:54,805
[chris] jonathan schultz
says, "we want to
'embrace the chaos."
658
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,107
-[kenny chuckles]
- [chris] you think
they're ready, kenny?
659
00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:58,909
[kenny] well,
we've gotten used to it,
660
00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:02,479
but we have to remember
that huge is a unique bot.
661
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:03,914
It's been breaking opponents
662
00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:06,483
since it broke
the mold in 2018.
663
00:33:06,518 --> 00:33:08,051
So if anyone
is up to the challenge,
664
00:33:08,087 --> 00:33:10,420
it's jonathan schultz.
665
00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:12,990
[booing]
666
00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:20,697
[chris] there's a good look
at the new configuration
of hydra,
667
00:33:20,733 --> 00:33:23,266
which, of course,
is legal, given the whole bot
668
00:33:23,302 --> 00:33:25,802
still weighs
under 250 pounds.
669
00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:28,572
Now let's get
the bot whisperer's take.
670
00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:31,575
Pete, is this the right call
by jake ewert?
671
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:34,044
I am having
reservations that it is.
672
00:33:34,079 --> 00:33:35,245
Uh, to me,
673
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,214
I have a feeling
this is going to end up
674
00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:41,218
much more looking like
chomp's arms did
back when they fought huge,
675
00:33:41,253 --> 00:33:42,853
which is gonna be
a giant pretzel.
676
00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:44,054
[chris] yeah, absolutely.
677
00:33:44,089 --> 00:33:46,923
And with that cowcatcher
or whatever he's calling it,
678
00:33:46,959 --> 00:33:48,925
I think it also
allows for huge
679
00:33:48,961 --> 00:33:52,329
because he's gonna be
spinning his weapon
in an upwards fashion,
680
00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:54,498
could actually flip hydra.
681
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:55,565
[pete] totally.
682
00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:58,001
I mean, he may even be able
to get a wheel contact
683
00:33:58,003 --> 00:33:59,036
on any one of those edges,
684
00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:02,739
which will just lift hydra
right into the weapon.
685
00:34:04,143 --> 00:34:06,309
[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
686
00:34:07,346 --> 00:34:10,080
[chris] battlebots
is a game of adjustments.
687
00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:13,216
Has hydra
made the right chess move?
688
00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:15,585
We'll find out next.
689
00:34:15,621 --> 00:34:17,854
Might be three minutes
of chaos, jonathan.
690
00:34:17,890 --> 00:34:19,322
You ready for this?
691
00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:21,358
[jonathan]
ready as I'll ever be.
692
00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:33,036
[chris] welcome back
to battlebots.
693
00:34:33,072 --> 00:34:36,006
It is time to
unleash the madness.
694
00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:38,942
Hydra, huge,
695
00:34:38,977 --> 00:34:40,243
ready for battle.
696
00:34:42,881 --> 00:34:44,848
[robotic voice]
blue team, ready?
697
00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:46,516
I'm ready.
698
00:34:46,552 --> 00:34:48,051
[audience cheering]
699
00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,823
[robotic voice]
red team, ready?
700
00:34:54,827 --> 00:34:57,594
[audience cheering]
701
00:35:08,841 --> 00:35:11,174
[audience chanting]
fight, fight, fight, fight!
702
00:35:20,252 --> 00:35:21,952
[chris] let the
bot battle begin!
703
00:35:21,987 --> 00:35:24,387
And here comes
that cowcatcher,
704
00:35:24,423 --> 00:35:26,189
and it's caught huge.
705
00:35:26,225 --> 00:35:28,191
What does it do from there?
706
00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:29,593
[kenny] that's
the big question.
707
00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:32,095
I mean, it can isolate huge,
708
00:35:32,131 --> 00:35:34,264
it can kind of
box him in a little bit,
709
00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,333
but what kind of damage
can it do to huge?
710
00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:38,201
I'm not sure
it's gonna do anything.
711
00:35:38,237 --> 00:35:40,270
[chris] pete, when the judges
are looking at this,
712
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:43,106
what is considered the primary
weapon on hydra tonight?
713
00:35:43,142 --> 00:35:44,608
[pete] I mean,
hydra's flippers
714
00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:46,276
are supposed to be
the primary weapon,
715
00:35:46,311 --> 00:35:47,944
but this looks like
it's gonna
716
00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:50,180
be just a pushing
wedge match for them,
717
00:35:50,215 --> 00:35:52,048
and I don't think
that's gonna score well.
718
00:35:52,084 --> 00:35:54,618
[chris] and pushing is what
hydra's doing so far.
719
00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:57,154
Huge doing what it can
to try and attack.
720
00:35:57,189 --> 00:35:59,789
But jake ewert
using that giant attachment
721
00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:01,725
exactly as
he told us he would.
722
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,827
Just kind of playing
"keep away" right now.
723
00:36:06,899 --> 00:36:10,267
There you see huge backing up,
trying to make a run at hydra.
724
00:36:10,302 --> 00:36:12,602
Jake ewert receives him
at the perfect angle
725
00:36:12,638 --> 00:36:14,604
and shuts huge down.
726
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,673
[kenny] yeah, when you
see it in action, chris,
727
00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:19,809
jake is doing
a really nice job driving.
728
00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:22,078
He's kind of flipping
them over a little bit
729
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,980
with that cowcatcher.
730
00:36:24,016 --> 00:36:26,716
If he doesn't keep hydra
at exactly the right angle,
731
00:36:26,752 --> 00:36:29,319
huge could catch one
of those arms and rip it off.
732
00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:32,522
Hydra's agility, jake's
driving paying off right now.
733
00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:34,457
[chris] yeah, I mean,
really, that's the key.
734
00:36:34,493 --> 00:36:35,759
See, that bar, at some point,
735
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:37,460
has gotta whack away
one of those arms
736
00:36:37,496 --> 00:36:39,629
so he can cut the distance.
737
00:36:39,665 --> 00:36:43,300
All right, there you go.
There's the first sparks.
738
00:36:43,335 --> 00:36:45,769
[kenny] and if you're
scoring at home,
that shot from huge
739
00:36:45,804 --> 00:36:48,238
is probably
a love tap in another fight.
740
00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:49,372
But in a match like this,
741
00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:51,208
that could prove
significant, chris.
742
00:36:52,945 --> 00:36:54,010
[chris] whoa!
743
00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:56,813
But now, hydra pushes huge
into the pulverizer
744
00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:59,449
that scores a shot
with that 100-pound hammer.
745
00:36:59,484 --> 00:37:00,650
[kenny] wow!
746
00:37:00,686 --> 00:37:03,320
[jake] there it is. There's
endgame right there, buddy.
747
00:37:03,355 --> 00:37:04,521
[chris] and with that shot,
748
00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,823
hydra may have
scored a few points.
749
00:37:06,858 --> 00:37:08,458
It's got huge pinned now.
750
00:37:10,362 --> 00:37:12,162
You need to release.
Back up.
751
00:37:12,197 --> 00:37:13,430
I'm not touching him.
752
00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:15,632
-He can back up back up.
If he wants.
-[jonathan] I'd back up.
753
00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,200
-Back up!
-[don] back up!
754
00:37:17,236 --> 00:37:18,835
I don't need to move anymore.
755
00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:21,671
[chris] well, you hear
jake ewert saying, "I'm not
actually touching him."
756
00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:23,139
he can move if he wants.
757
00:37:23,175 --> 00:37:25,508
- [referee] back up.
- [jake] I'm not holding him.
758
00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:28,211
Jake, back up.
I'm telling you to back up.
That's a warning.
759
00:37:28,247 --> 00:37:30,046
Back up.
760
00:37:30,082 --> 00:37:31,915
All right, I backed up.
There you go.
761
00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:37,687
[chris] wow, okay, jake,
you're talking trash
to the referee
762
00:37:37,723 --> 00:37:39,756
saying, "hey, listen,
I'm backing up.
763
00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,725
I'm giving him
some space to move.
764
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,860
I don't have fully
let him out of the corner."
765
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:46,563
[kenny] it's like
a big brother with this finger
in your face going,
766
00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,632
"I'm not touching him.
I'm not touching him."
767
00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:51,334
[chris] so hydra has received
the referee's warning,
768
00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:55,438
but here he is corralling huge
in the corner once again.
769
00:37:55,474 --> 00:37:57,741
That's a ten-second
allowable pin
770
00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:02,412
before jake ewert and hydra
have to release huge
out into the wild.
771
00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:04,981
[kenny] I think jake ewert
is doing the math and saying,
772
00:38:05,017 --> 00:38:07,584
"I landed that shot
with the pulverizer.
773
00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:09,252
Now I'm just gonna
run out the clock
774
00:38:09,288 --> 00:38:11,921
and I don't care
what you think about it."
775
00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:15,392
[chris] and jonathan schultz,
you can see the frustration
in his eyes.
776
00:38:15,427 --> 00:38:19,095
And I'm not talking
about the ones on the bot.
777
00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:23,333
Oh! And another shot
to the top of huge
from the pulverizer.
778
00:38:23,368 --> 00:38:26,036
[kenny] this strategy
has really paid off for hydra,
779
00:38:26,071 --> 00:38:28,371
and he's doing a great job
of really isolating huge
780
00:38:28,407 --> 00:38:30,273
and identifying
a big weakness.
781
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:31,741
[chris] final few seconds.
782
00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:35,445
-This one's gonna go
to the judges' scorecard.
- [bell buzzes]
783
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,914
hey, jonathan, I think it
worked perfectly, huh, buddy?
784
00:38:39,318 --> 00:38:41,785
[chris] all right.
The match will be scored
785
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:45,989
using an 11-point system
broken up into
three categories.
786
00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:47,557
Five points for damage,
787
00:38:47,592 --> 00:38:50,694
and three apiece
for aggression and control.
788
00:38:50,729 --> 00:38:55,565
Jason bardis, lisa winter
and derek young
are your judges.
789
00:38:55,634 --> 00:38:57,100
And before we go any further,
790
00:38:57,135 --> 00:38:59,302
let's bring in
our bot whisperer.
791
00:38:59,338 --> 00:39:02,739
All right, pete, what did you
think of the strategy overall?
792
00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:04,140
I mean, wow.
793
00:39:04,176 --> 00:39:06,376
I mean,
it totally worked, obviously.
794
00:39:06,411 --> 00:39:09,346
But is that the math
you want to show
to the judges?
795
00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:11,047
Like, this is all you have,
796
00:39:11,083 --> 00:39:14,417
was you added sort of a cage
to hold your opponent in?
797
00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:17,954
That showed no weapon,
so was it aggressive enough?
798
00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:20,490
I don't know. I mean,
yes, he totally got control.
799
00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:23,593
But, you know,
was there any damage?
800
00:39:23,628 --> 00:39:26,663
They did get one hammer hit
on the back of huge.
801
00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:30,300
But I'm thinking that maybe
huge's one little hit
with those sparks
802
00:39:30,335 --> 00:39:33,403
might be enough to call it.
803
00:39:33,438 --> 00:39:37,440
[chris] uh, kenny,
the strategy by hydra worked,
I suppose.
804
00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:39,542
[kenny] yeah, he was kind of
like a border collie,
805
00:39:39,578 --> 00:39:41,678
just kind of
herding sheep over here.
806
00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:43,580
Dude's trying to get him
over there in the box.
807
00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:45,949
Get over here. Come on.
Come over here.
It's time to go home.
808
00:39:45,984 --> 00:39:47,684
Let's go.
You've had enough, huge.
809
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,254
[chris] and how frustrating
must it have been for
jonathan schultz and huge,
810
00:39:51,289 --> 00:39:52,922
because there
wasn't anything he could do.
811
00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:55,258
He tried to cut the distance
throughout the entire match.
812
00:39:55,293 --> 00:39:57,460
[kenny] well,
I'll tell you what,
jake ewert and hydra,
813
00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:59,129
uh, it wasn't exciting,
814
00:39:59,164 --> 00:40:01,431
um, but they
did their homework.
815
00:40:01,466 --> 00:40:02,799
They really did.
816
00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:05,635
Uh, you know,
they got the right range
on that cowcatcher,
817
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:07,937
they kept huge on the outside,
818
00:40:07,973 --> 00:40:10,874
they really didn't
take any damage at all,
819
00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:12,575
but how the judges
are gonna see this
820
00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:14,210
and how they're
gonna judge this one?
821
00:40:14,246 --> 00:40:16,112
I have no idea.
822
00:40:16,148 --> 00:40:19,482
[chris] well, let's throw it
to faruq who has
the official decision.
823
00:40:20,685 --> 00:40:22,385
[audience cheering]
824
00:40:26,558 --> 00:40:29,125
the results
from the judges are in.
825
00:40:33,432 --> 00:40:36,933
The winner
by unanimous decision is...
826
00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:44,741
Hydra!
827
00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:45,742
[audience cheering]
828
00:40:50,549 --> 00:40:51,948
[jonathan speaking]
829
00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,218
[imperceptible]
830
00:40:57,456 --> 00:40:59,556
[audience booing]
831
00:40:59,591 --> 00:41:04,027
jake ewert,
we were questioning
the strategy going in.
832
00:41:04,062 --> 00:41:06,329
Are you satisfied
with the way it ended?
833
00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:08,865
Yeah, we're just
getting the win. We don't
wanna take damage.
834
00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:11,367
I mean, battlebots
is all about strategy.
835
00:41:11,403 --> 00:41:13,937
And if I don't use my flipper
and that's how I win,
836
00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:16,005
I mean, that's what
we're gonna have to do.
837
00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:17,674
So what do you say
to the people at home
838
00:41:17,709 --> 00:41:18,875
who are super excited
839
00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:21,945
that you have become
the premier flipper bot
840
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,413
here at battlebots
841
00:41:23,448 --> 00:41:25,849
and say, "hey, we want to see
if you could launch huge
842
00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:27,383
"up into the ceiling."
843
00:41:27,419 --> 00:41:31,087
yeah, I mean, we've seen
bronco last season do that,
try to do that.
844
00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:33,923
I mean, he's so gangly
and he's such a unique design
845
00:41:33,959 --> 00:41:37,260
that it's tough to ever get
a flip on him, even if my
flipper did go high enough.
846
00:41:37,295 --> 00:41:40,530
So I mean, we just played
the control game,
we kind of worked it,
847
00:41:40,565 --> 00:41:43,800
and I mean, at least
I didn't give him an edge
that he could hit me.
848
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,101
Were you
a little concerned
849
00:41:45,136 --> 00:41:47,437
with how the judges were
going to call this one?
850
00:41:47,472 --> 00:41:49,939
Um, I mean,
they didn't do any damage,
851
00:41:49,975 --> 00:41:52,342
and I had the hammer hits
and I had all the control,
852
00:41:52,377 --> 00:41:54,577
so I figured
it was gonna be
pretty easy one way.
853
00:41:54,613 --> 00:42:00,383
All right, team hydra,
an unorthodox win,
to say the least, but a win.
854
00:42:00,418 --> 00:42:02,352
You guys are 2-0.
Job well done.
855
00:42:02,387 --> 00:42:03,152
Thanks guys.
856
00:42:03,188 --> 00:42:05,154
[crowd cheering]
857
00:42:08,827 --> 00:42:11,594
[chris] jonathan schultz,
I could see it
in your eyes.
858
00:42:11,630 --> 00:42:13,897
This must have been
the most frustrating match
859
00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:15,665
you have ever experienced.
860
00:42:15,734 --> 00:42:19,068
[jonathan] I'm here
to fight robots,
not bike racks.
861
00:42:19,104 --> 00:42:22,906
And whenever he's ready
to have a real fight
with his actual robot,
862
00:42:22,941 --> 00:42:26,442
we'll be here,
batteries charged,
ready for it.
863
00:42:26,478 --> 00:42:28,278
We'll win it
like we're supposed to.
864
00:42:28,313 --> 00:42:31,281
Are you upset
with jake ewert
and his design?
865
00:42:31,316 --> 00:42:33,149
I don't judge him
in the least.
866
00:42:33,184 --> 00:42:36,386
He's got a robot
that can't deal
with huge normally.
867
00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:37,787
He wanted to keep
his robot safe,
868
00:42:37,822 --> 00:42:39,556
and that's what
he had to do to do it.
869
00:42:39,591 --> 00:42:43,760
I 120% disagreed
with the judges' decision.
870
00:42:43,795 --> 00:42:45,628
He never fired
his weapon once.
871
00:42:45,664 --> 00:42:48,665
He did no damage to us.
All he did was sit there.
872
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:51,968
So again, happy to have
a rematch anytime.
873
00:42:52,003 --> 00:42:53,336
So, jonathan, are you upset
874
00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:56,205
because that's not really
the spirit of battlebots
in your mind?
875
00:42:56,241 --> 00:42:57,240
That's correct.
876
00:42:57,275 --> 00:43:00,109
They were supposed to fight,
they didn't fight.
877
00:43:00,145 --> 00:43:02,378
Okay, so if I'm playing
devil's advocate,
878
00:43:02,414 --> 00:43:05,448
do you think he identified
a vulnerability in huge
in any way?
879
00:43:05,483 --> 00:43:08,952
Absolutely. No.
Again, all credit,
it worked perfectly,
880
00:43:08,987 --> 00:43:10,920
but he didn't do
anything with it.
881
00:43:10,956 --> 00:43:12,922
-Right.
-And that's what
I have a problem with.
882
00:43:12,958 --> 00:43:15,625
Well, so now big picture here.
883
00:43:15,660 --> 00:43:17,527
How do you
rally your troops?
884
00:43:17,562 --> 00:43:20,396
Such big time aspirations
at the beginning
of this season,
885
00:43:20,432 --> 00:43:23,433
yet you sit at 0-2.
Where do you
go from here?
886
00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:27,203
We go win our next fight,
whatever it is,
we just need to win it.
887
00:43:27,238 --> 00:43:28,771
Okay, jonathan schultz
and huge.
888
00:43:28,807 --> 00:43:30,907
We appreciate the time.
Go rally.
889
00:43:30,942 --> 00:43:32,442
Thank you. Will do.
890
00:43:32,477 --> 00:43:34,744
[crowd cheering]
891
00:43:37,182 --> 00:43:40,316
[chris] kenny, in a sport
where adaptation is the name
of the game,
892
00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:43,186
huge now has
some serious work to do.
893
00:43:43,221 --> 00:43:45,421
[kenny] that's right.
You know, huge has been
the bot
894
00:43:45,457 --> 00:43:48,758
other builders have been
forced to adapt to
the last few seasons,
895
00:43:48,793 --> 00:43:51,661
and no matter what you think
of jake ewert's strategy here,
896
00:43:51,696 --> 00:43:54,597
he just exposed
a weakness in huge
897
00:43:54,633 --> 00:43:57,266
and now it's
jonathan schultz's turn
to adapt.
898
00:43:58,236 --> 00:44:00,303
So hydra
at this point 2-0.
899
00:44:00,338 --> 00:44:03,640
We will see them certainly
in the round of 32.
900
00:44:03,675 --> 00:44:07,977
Huge winless, who knows.
901
00:44:08,013 --> 00:44:12,148
[chris] all right, up next
it's one for the ages.
902
00:44:12,183 --> 00:44:16,419
I'm sorry. I meant aegis,
one for the aegis.
903
00:44:16,454 --> 00:44:20,923
Yeah, the newcomer
takes the fight
to fusion, next.
904
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:30,667
Welcome back to battlebots.
905
00:44:30,702 --> 00:44:34,537
We are at the midpoint
of another action packed
fight card.
906
00:44:34,572 --> 00:44:37,006
We just saw jake ewert
take down huge
907
00:44:37,042 --> 00:44:41,144
in the decision
that the fans will be debating
for quite some time.
908
00:44:41,179 --> 00:44:43,880
Next up,
it's aegis versus fusion,
909
00:44:43,915 --> 00:44:46,649
whose captain is,
believe it or not,
910
00:44:46,685 --> 00:44:49,485
another member
of the ewert family.
911
00:44:50,321 --> 00:44:51,754
This time it's reese ewert.
912
00:44:51,790 --> 00:44:53,723
He's the youngest
of those guys.
913
00:44:53,758 --> 00:44:56,259
He's still looking
for win number one
with his bot fusion.
914
00:44:56,294 --> 00:45:01,831
He admitted," I'm feeling
pressure from my family.
I need to get this done."
915
00:45:01,866 --> 00:45:04,701
he got knocked out
by madcatter
first time around.
916
00:45:04,736 --> 00:45:06,769
He's got to start
picking up the pieces tonight.
917
00:45:06,805 --> 00:45:08,905
[kenny] yeah, you know,
you can argue one way
918
00:45:08,940 --> 00:45:10,473
to kind of not feel
any pressure
919
00:45:10,508 --> 00:45:13,209
and just getting that loss
over and done with.
920
00:45:13,244 --> 00:45:16,612
And that way, he could just
kind of focus on just
driving the bot.
921
00:45:16,648 --> 00:45:19,382
You could definitely sense
there was a lot
on his shoulders.
922
00:45:19,417 --> 00:45:21,117
But now that
he's experienced that,
923
00:45:21,152 --> 00:45:22,485
hopefully, he's calmed down.
924
00:45:22,554 --> 00:45:25,888
In the meantime,
it's a brand new
experience for team aegis.
925
00:45:25,924 --> 00:45:29,225
They are captained
by chris sparzo
from salt lake city.
926
00:45:29,260 --> 00:45:30,960
He's got a little bit
of a lifter there.
927
00:45:30,995 --> 00:45:32,829
It's a cool looking bot.
928
00:45:32,864 --> 00:45:34,931
We really just don't know
what to expect.
929
00:45:34,966 --> 00:45:36,699
And sometimes
that's fun for us.
930
00:45:36,735 --> 00:45:39,268
[kenny] definitely.
But not so fun
for the bot builders,
931
00:45:39,304 --> 00:45:42,171
because at the end of the day,
you don't know
what your bot's gonna do
932
00:45:42,207 --> 00:45:44,006
until you go out there
and fight.
933
00:45:44,042 --> 00:45:45,641
Okay, let's see
what happens.
934
00:45:45,677 --> 00:45:47,710
He wanted to take
on a bot like hydra.
935
00:45:47,746 --> 00:45:51,147
Instead, he's gonna get
jake ewert's brother, reese.
936
00:45:51,182 --> 00:45:53,349
Faruq, my man,
take it away.
937
00:45:54,252 --> 00:45:55,685
[crowd cheering]
938
00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:59,355
in the blue square
from dorchester, wisconsin,
939
00:45:59,424 --> 00:46:01,758
it's the green bay smacker.
940
00:46:01,793 --> 00:46:05,495
It's fusion!
941
00:46:05,530 --> 00:46:07,463
[audience cheering]
942
00:46:11,136 --> 00:46:14,604
[chris] all right, well,
it'll be interesting to see
how this bot rebounds.
943
00:46:14,639 --> 00:46:17,874
Remember,
it's the first of its kind
in battlebots history,
944
00:46:17,909 --> 00:46:23,045
utilizing both a horizontal
and vertical spinner
at the same time.
945
00:46:23,081 --> 00:46:26,716
What do you want to see
out of this team in their
second fight in the season?
946
00:46:26,751 --> 00:46:28,785
[kenny] it seems like
they had some drive issues,
947
00:46:28,820 --> 00:46:30,386
so they've got
to really rectify that.
948
00:46:30,421 --> 00:46:32,989
Both weapons
were working, though,
so that was a good sign.
949
00:46:36,928 --> 00:46:40,963
In the red square,
from salt lake city, utah,
950
00:46:40,999 --> 00:46:45,568
the ute of ill repute,
aegis.
951
00:46:49,407 --> 00:46:54,477
[chris] first heavy weight
tournament in combat robotics
for this bot
952
00:46:54,512 --> 00:46:55,778
and look at this thing.
953
00:46:55,814 --> 00:46:58,648
Okay, it's...It's bigger
than I was anticipating.
954
00:46:58,683 --> 00:47:02,485
[kenny] it's interesting that
the other bot from the ewert
clan is a flipper,
955
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,787
so they might have
some experience
956
00:47:04,823 --> 00:47:07,156
in dealing
with bots like this.
957
00:47:07,192 --> 00:47:09,759
[chris] it'll be interesting,
you know, for a lot
of rookies,
958
00:47:09,794 --> 00:47:11,360
they try to get
mentally prepared
959
00:47:11,396 --> 00:47:14,263
for getting inside
the battlebox, and then
they stand next to it.
960
00:47:14,299 --> 00:47:16,799
All of a sudden,
the nerves start
kicking in, kenny.
961
00:47:16,835 --> 00:47:18,267
[kenny] well, that's for sure,
962
00:47:18,303 --> 00:47:21,671
I mean, driving is gonna be
very important here
against fusion.
963
00:47:21,706 --> 00:47:22,872
We'll see what they got.
964
00:47:26,144 --> 00:47:30,012
Strategy is just to be
more aggressive
than the last fight.
965
00:47:30,048 --> 00:47:35,117
Some of the mistakes I made
in the last fight were
chasing him into the wall,
966
00:47:35,153 --> 00:47:38,621
and just with my weapons,
that's not a very good idea.
967
00:47:38,656 --> 00:47:41,023
Uh, we replaced
all the speed controllers,
968
00:47:41,059 --> 00:47:43,926
all four of them
that run the weapons
in the bot.
969
00:47:43,962 --> 00:47:47,096
We're hoping
that they're not gonna
burn out this time.
970
00:47:47,131 --> 00:47:49,899
We put all of our heaviest
armor on since they're
a spinner.
971
00:47:49,934 --> 00:47:52,235
So we're gonna put
a lot of it on there,
972
00:47:52,270 --> 00:47:55,304
more than we probably need,
since it's our first match,
973
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:57,907
and it's against
a really good team,
and a really fast spinner,
974
00:47:57,942 --> 00:47:59,342
that's just what we'll do.
975
00:47:59,377 --> 00:48:02,778
We'll just try
to slow it down
and then flip 'em.
976
00:48:02,814 --> 00:48:03,980
Hopefully, they break again.
977
00:48:10,121 --> 00:48:11,587
[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
978
00:48:13,725 --> 00:48:16,592
[chris] and as we get
our first good look at aegis,
979
00:48:16,628 --> 00:48:18,995
let's bring in our
bot whisperer, peter.
980
00:48:19,030 --> 00:48:21,197
So, pete, what are we
looking at here?
981
00:48:21,232 --> 00:48:23,199
Well, I mean,
the amazing thing is
they've got
982
00:48:23,234 --> 00:48:26,435
this full kevlar armor
that they put around
this lifter.
983
00:48:26,471 --> 00:48:27,637
And I know
they've been having
984
00:48:27,672 --> 00:48:29,572
some serious problems
in the pits,
985
00:48:29,607 --> 00:48:31,908
so hopefully they can get
all that dialed in
986
00:48:31,943 --> 00:48:34,577
and get a couple of damn good
flips out on fusion.
987
00:48:34,612 --> 00:48:37,880
Fusion also had
a lot of damage
from that fire to clean up.
988
00:48:37,916 --> 00:48:39,615
They worked their butts off
in the back,
989
00:48:39,651 --> 00:48:41,918
and it's looking like
it's gonna be ready
for a spin.
990
00:48:42,654 --> 00:48:44,954
[crowd cheering]
991
00:48:47,292 --> 00:48:49,892
[techno music playing]
992
00:48:53,231 --> 00:48:55,631
[crowd chanting]
fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
993
00:48:55,667 --> 00:48:59,535
[chris] two robots looking
to get their first
battlebots victory.
994
00:48:59,570 --> 00:49:03,572
[audience]
fight! Fight! Fight!
995
00:49:07,045 --> 00:49:09,111
[chris] let the bot
battle begin!
996
00:49:10,648 --> 00:49:12,048
[kenny] uh-oh.
[chris] oh, boy.
997
00:49:12,083 --> 00:49:14,917
Fusion having some trouble
just firing up at all.
998
00:49:14,953 --> 00:49:17,520
I'm getting stuck
on everything here.
999
00:49:17,555 --> 00:49:18,921
[chris]
not sure what's going on.
1000
00:49:18,957 --> 00:49:22,325
Oh, he's having problem.
Let him come to you.
1001
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,794
[chris] and now,
fusion's trying
to fire up.
1002
00:49:24,829 --> 00:49:27,196
Okay, now fusion is working.
1003
00:49:27,231 --> 00:49:28,664
You can hear it humming.
1004
00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:34,403
Oh! It's undercutting aegis
and taking a big chunk
out of it, too.
1005
00:49:34,439 --> 00:49:38,474
[kenny] tell you what, chris.
That kevlar is
very expensive stuff,
1006
00:49:38,509 --> 00:49:40,710
and that's all over
the battlebox right now.
1007
00:49:41,446 --> 00:49:42,745
[crowd gasping]
1008
00:49:42,780 --> 00:49:44,647
aegis is not moving!
1009
00:49:44,716 --> 00:49:47,383
[chris] now there's
a ton of it
all over the battlebox.
1010
00:49:47,418 --> 00:49:48,617
Anyone have a vacuum?
1011
00:49:48,653 --> 00:49:52,722
[referee] ten, nine, eight,
seven, six...
1012
00:49:52,757 --> 00:49:54,523
[chris] the countdown
has started.
1013
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:55,524
[kenny] oh, man.
1014
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:59,528
[referee] five, four,
three, two, one.
1015
00:49:59,564 --> 00:50:02,431
Aegis is knocked out.
Winner, fusion.
1016
00:50:02,467 --> 00:50:03,699
[audience cheering]
1017
00:50:04,469 --> 00:50:05,968
yeah!
1018
00:50:07,438 --> 00:50:10,740
[chris] remind me not to buy
anything kevlar
in the near future.
1019
00:50:10,775 --> 00:50:14,343
A first victory in the air
for fusion.
1020
00:50:17,348 --> 00:50:19,048
Cheer up.
Don't make me kiss you.
1021
00:50:20,785 --> 00:50:24,687
[chris] the minute we heard
the hum of the fusion weapons
going...
1022
00:50:24,722 --> 00:50:27,289
-[kenny] we knew it was over.
-[chris] yeah, once it got
to speed,
1023
00:50:27,325 --> 00:50:30,326
it was absolutely devastating.
There's a piece.
1024
00:50:30,361 --> 00:50:33,396
It's like the cheese
on the cutting board.
Would you like a slice?
1025
00:50:33,431 --> 00:50:36,732
[kenny] oh, man! You know,
aegis made a critical error
1026
00:50:36,768 --> 00:50:38,801
firing that flipper too early.
1027
00:50:38,836 --> 00:50:42,304
Once fusion got
underneath them,
it was lights out.
1028
00:50:43,508 --> 00:50:45,241
[crowd cheering]
1029
00:50:47,412 --> 00:50:49,512
[chris] reese ewert,
congratulations.
1030
00:50:49,547 --> 00:50:54,450
Are you more excited
or relieved to get that
first "w" with this bot?
1031
00:50:54,485 --> 00:50:57,586
Relieved. I'm glad
I didn't start on fire.
1032
00:50:57,622 --> 00:51:00,623
[laughs]
what was your strategy
for this fight, man?
1033
00:51:00,658 --> 00:51:04,693
Actually, we came out
and we were gonna
push bottom.
1034
00:51:04,729 --> 00:51:06,829
Just try and run
their drive out.
1035
00:51:06,864 --> 00:51:08,798
We were getting stuck
on the floor,
1036
00:51:08,833 --> 00:51:11,434
so we just spun up
the weapons
and went after 'em.
1037
00:51:11,469 --> 00:51:14,537
Okay, well, you told us
before the season started
1038
00:51:14,572 --> 00:51:16,906
that as long as
you don't screw this thing up,
1039
00:51:16,941 --> 00:51:19,508
this is a robot
that can win the whole thing.
1040
00:51:19,544 --> 00:51:21,644
After two fights, do you still
feel that way?
1041
00:51:21,679 --> 00:51:22,845
I think so. Yeah.
1042
00:51:24,048 --> 00:51:26,682
Okay. Reese, go enjoy.
1043
00:51:26,717 --> 00:51:28,217
-Thank you.
-Go celebrate.
1044
00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:31,087
-You got your first win, man.
-Yeah, beers tonight.
1045
00:51:31,122 --> 00:51:33,355
[chris] okay. Party on.
1046
00:51:33,891 --> 00:51:36,792
Yes! Whoo!
1047
00:51:40,598 --> 00:51:44,133
So reese ewert and fusion
improved to 1-1.
1048
00:51:44,168 --> 00:51:47,002
Uh, he's on pace
with another good showing
1049
00:51:47,038 --> 00:51:49,738
to at least try to impress
the selection committee.
1050
00:51:49,774 --> 00:51:51,841
Where does this
bot stand in your eyes?
1051
00:51:51,876 --> 00:51:54,810
It's like fighting.
You can have all
the power in the world,
1052
00:51:54,846 --> 00:51:56,946
but if your feet aren't
in the right position,
1053
00:51:56,981 --> 00:51:58,914
you can't hit the target.
1054
00:51:58,950 --> 00:52:01,584
So I think for fusion,
they have to figure out
their drive issues.
1055
00:52:01,619 --> 00:52:04,019
They have to be better.
They have to be faster.
1056
00:52:04,021 --> 00:52:05,488
It starts, though,
with getting a win,
1057
00:52:05,523 --> 00:52:07,957
and that's what happened
tonight inside the box.
1058
00:52:09,127 --> 00:52:10,259
All right, folks,
1059
00:52:10,294 --> 00:52:13,596
we are just one fight away
from the main event.
1060
00:52:13,631 --> 00:52:16,999
Featuring two teams
that are friendly
outside of the box
1061
00:52:17,034 --> 00:52:21,470
but will find themselves
in uncomfortable territory
inside it tonight.
1062
00:52:22,907 --> 00:52:26,442
2019 runner up witch doctor
is looking to avenge
1063
00:52:26,477 --> 00:52:28,944
a brutal loss
in its opening fight
1064
00:52:28,980 --> 00:52:32,548
as they take on the devil
from the deep, kraken,
1065
00:52:32,583 --> 00:52:36,485
who will be looking to make
a statement in their
very first main event.
1066
00:52:36,521 --> 00:52:38,721
Both teams
desperately need a win
1067
00:52:38,756 --> 00:52:41,157
in order to keep
their tournament hopes alive.
1068
00:52:41,692 --> 00:52:43,092
Take a look.
1069
00:52:45,997 --> 00:52:49,331
- [chris] whoa!
- [kenny] hydra is just
dominating right now.
1070
00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:53,469
[chris] witch doctor,
it is smoking.
It is overheating.
1071
00:52:53,504 --> 00:52:56,238
[kenny] that was one of
the best fights
in battlebots history.
1072
00:52:56,274 --> 00:52:57,873
This sucks.
That was terrible.
1073
00:52:57,909 --> 00:53:00,910
No. What could you do
with the weapon broken?
It broke right away.
1074
00:53:00,945 --> 00:53:05,414
[chris] oh,
and we've got flames
inside the battlebox.
1075
00:53:05,449 --> 00:53:09,318
Oh, something definitely
happened to kraken's teeth.
1076
00:53:09,353 --> 00:53:12,655
[faruq] for the winner,
black dragon!
1077
00:53:12,690 --> 00:53:16,125
[chris] if you're kraken,
you have to wonder
what more you could do.
1078
00:53:17,595 --> 00:53:19,361
[matthew] we just came off,
like, very close,
1079
00:53:19,397 --> 00:53:22,131
controversial decision
with black dragon.
1080
00:53:22,166 --> 00:53:23,332
[chris and kenny] oh!
1081
00:53:23,367 --> 00:53:25,167
He took one tooth off.
1082
00:53:25,203 --> 00:53:27,002
[matthew] we are sitting
at 0-1.
1083
00:53:27,038 --> 00:53:29,605
We're gonna be fighting
witch doctor today.
1084
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,373
We've gotta win
this next match.
1085
00:53:31,409 --> 00:53:34,510
The pressure is so high
on both of us to do well.
1086
00:53:34,545 --> 00:53:36,579
And we're not gonna
let this one go to the judges.
1087
00:53:36,614 --> 00:53:39,715
[faruq] it's witch doctor!
1088
00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:41,984
This year, we have
a giant target on our back.
1089
00:53:42,019 --> 00:53:44,286
[matthew] you ready for this?
You better be.
1090
00:53:44,322 --> 00:53:47,957
[andrea] there's nobody
that's gonna take us lightly.
Everybody's preparing for us.
1091
00:53:47,992 --> 00:53:50,392
[faruq] it's kraken!
1092
00:53:50,995 --> 00:53:52,127
Whoo!
1093
00:53:52,163 --> 00:53:54,263
If we lose this match,
anything can happen.
1094
00:53:54,298 --> 00:53:56,098
So there's a lot riding
on this matchup.
1095
00:53:56,133 --> 00:53:57,333
When you're fighting
a friend...
1096
00:53:57,368 --> 00:53:58,934
Let's do this!
1097
00:53:58,970 --> 00:54:02,171
Once the match starts,
once the green light goes.
1098
00:54:02,206 --> 00:54:03,973
[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
1099
00:54:04,008 --> 00:54:05,174
Here we go.
1100
00:54:05,209 --> 00:54:07,243
They're not a friend anymore.
They're the competitor.
1101
00:54:07,278 --> 00:54:10,846
And it's my job to kill them
and it's their job to kill me.
1102
00:54:10,881 --> 00:54:15,150
[chris] whoa! Kraken just went
all the way
through the primary weapon.
1103
00:54:15,186 --> 00:54:17,152
With witch doctor, we hit big.
1104
00:54:17,188 --> 00:54:18,887
[andrea] three, two, one.
1105
00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:23,392
We're gonna try to go
for that one-hit ko.
1106
00:54:23,861 --> 00:54:25,761
-Oh!
-Oh.
1107
00:54:25,796 --> 00:54:27,229
It's gonna be a tough match.
1108
00:54:27,265 --> 00:54:29,732
Yeah! That's what
I'm talking about.
1109
00:54:29,767 --> 00:54:32,268
It's gonna be
an all-out-drag-out
brawl for sure.
1110
00:54:32,303 --> 00:54:34,837
[chris] are you ready
for the main event?
1111
00:54:34,872 --> 00:54:36,872
[crowd cheering]
1112
00:54:45,983 --> 00:54:47,916
we are back
on battlebots fight night.
1113
00:54:47,952 --> 00:54:49,685
Five fights in the books,
1114
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:50,719
four knockouts
1115
00:54:50,755 --> 00:54:52,221
and one judges' decision
1116
00:54:52,256 --> 00:54:54,323
that has the pits buzzing.
1117
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:58,060
Hydra, what the hell.
1118
00:54:58,095 --> 00:54:59,395
You can't play defensive
and win.
1119
00:54:59,430 --> 00:55:01,397
He can't play offensive
with a low wedge.
1120
00:55:01,432 --> 00:55:03,666
-Just keep away.
-Do something.
1121
00:55:03,701 --> 00:55:04,933
He's just sitting there.
1122
00:55:04,969 --> 00:55:06,869
[kyle] all right, all in favor
of huge.
1123
00:55:06,904 --> 00:55:08,437
-Huge.
-[derek] without a doubt.
1124
00:55:08,472 --> 00:55:10,306
[kyle] all right, all right.
They're here.
1125
00:55:10,341 --> 00:55:11,774
[will] it's huge!
1126
00:55:11,809 --> 00:55:14,777
-[tyler] huge!
-[derek] it's so huge.
1127
00:55:14,812 --> 00:55:17,813
[chris] teams watching
the hydra vs. Huge fight live
1128
00:55:17,848 --> 00:55:22,384
had plenty to say
about captain jake ewert's
controversial strategy.
1129
00:55:22,420 --> 00:55:24,053
Not that he really cares.
1130
00:55:24,088 --> 00:55:27,222
Jenny taft went straight
into the eye of the storm,
1131
00:55:27,258 --> 00:55:29,458
to talk to the man
with the plan.
1132
00:55:30,227 --> 00:55:31,727
Jake, here's the situation.
1133
00:55:31,762 --> 00:55:35,464
I saw you preparing
for the fight against huge.
1134
00:55:35,499 --> 00:55:37,866
And there are a lot
of angry people in the pits
1135
00:55:37,902 --> 00:55:40,402
about what you did
and how you handled it.
1136
00:55:40,438 --> 00:55:43,005
[chris] hydra's flipper
is supposed to be
the primary weapon,
1137
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:46,608
but this looks like
it's gonna turn it into
just a pushing wedge match.
1138
00:55:46,644 --> 00:55:48,410
-[jake] yeah.
-You had a plan.
1139
00:55:48,446 --> 00:55:49,745
Take me through
why you did this.
1140
00:55:49,780 --> 00:55:51,547
I mean, there's a lot
of haters out there.
1141
00:55:51,582 --> 00:55:53,849
I mean, they'd say
that it wrecked
the spirit of the sport
1142
00:55:53,884 --> 00:55:58,087
but the way we look at it is,
"I'm not gonna go out there
just to take damage."
1143
00:55:58,122 --> 00:56:00,556
I hear you.
I mean, people were annoyed,
1144
00:56:00,591 --> 00:56:01,557
but you had a plan.
1145
00:56:01,592 --> 00:56:03,792
You said after you saw
what huge did to bronco,
1146
00:56:03,828 --> 00:56:05,160
you started the plan.
1147
00:56:05,196 --> 00:56:07,896
So just take me
through the design
and why you did it this way.
1148
00:56:07,932 --> 00:56:10,866
I mean, huge's wheels.
He can't have a blade
bigger than his wheels.
1149
00:56:10,901 --> 00:56:13,902
So we just need
to touch his wheels
and his blade can't hit us.
1150
00:56:13,938 --> 00:56:15,871
So that's why
it's just flat
across the face.
1151
00:56:15,906 --> 00:56:17,639
It's at the center of his bot.
1152
00:56:17,675 --> 00:56:19,808
That way, he couldn't have
climbed over top.
1153
00:56:19,844 --> 00:56:22,010
It worked perfectly.
We completely controlled him.
1154
00:56:22,046 --> 00:56:25,614
Had I have messed up driving,
that's what they should
talk about.
1155
00:56:25,649 --> 00:56:29,518
It's the 100% accurate driving
that didn't allow him
to get around the corner.
1156
00:56:29,553 --> 00:56:30,786
I'll give you that.
1157
00:56:30,821 --> 00:56:33,722
Uh, do you like being
the villain of battlebots?
1158
00:56:33,758 --> 00:56:35,224
I mean, at this point,
I know I am.
1159
00:56:35,259 --> 00:56:36,892
So I might as well
keep playing it, right?
1160
00:56:36,927 --> 00:56:38,894
You know it?
Are you pissed this season?
1161
00:56:38,929 --> 00:56:42,364
I...I'm coming for that nut.
I mean, I'm not going
to mess around anymore.
1162
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,333
And I'm gonna do
what I have to do to win.
1163
00:56:44,368 --> 00:56:46,268
Uh, what is this sign?
1164
00:56:46,303 --> 00:56:47,703
[jake] this is
for anybody else
1165
00:56:47,738 --> 00:56:48,637
who wants to use it.
1166
00:56:48,672 --> 00:56:49,838
We're gonna rent it out,
1167
00:56:49,874 --> 00:56:51,573
I mean, they know it works.
1168
00:56:51,609 --> 00:56:53,041
They might as well
use it, right?
1169
00:56:53,077 --> 00:56:55,010
-Okay, we'll see you soon.
-Oh, thanks.
1170
00:56:59,683 --> 00:57:03,185
[chris] well, I doubt
the officials will let jake
rent that bad boy out
1171
00:57:03,220 --> 00:57:04,153
but I think
1172
00:57:04,188 --> 00:57:05,521
we get the point.
1173
00:57:05,556 --> 00:57:07,022
Okay, let's turn our sights
1174
00:57:07,057 --> 00:57:08,056
over to the newcomer,
1175
00:57:08,092 --> 00:57:09,158
big dill
1176
00:57:09,193 --> 00:57:12,528
and the legendary lock-jaw.
1177
00:57:12,563 --> 00:57:15,330
We saw donald hutson
in his first fight.
1178
00:57:15,366 --> 00:57:19,468
And I've never seen a guy
so upset after winning
via knockout,
1179
00:57:19,503 --> 00:57:23,405
and I guess that's because
donald is such
a perfectionist, right?
1180
00:57:23,441 --> 00:57:25,007
Yeah, absolutely.
He's a perfectionist
1181
00:57:25,042 --> 00:57:28,577
and he wants to win,
but he wants to win
in the right way.
1182
00:57:28,612 --> 00:57:30,479
He lost a belt
in that first fight,
1183
00:57:30,514 --> 00:57:33,515
and his weapon didn't perform
like he wanted it to,
1184
00:57:33,551 --> 00:57:35,217
said he's better prepared
for this one.
1185
00:57:35,252 --> 00:57:37,052
So if you're big dill,
watch out.
1186
00:57:37,087 --> 00:57:40,122
You mentioned the big dill.
They're captained
by emmanuel carrillo.
1187
00:57:40,157 --> 00:57:43,959
They are 1-0
after beating atom#94,
yet another rookie bot,
1188
00:57:43,994 --> 00:57:45,661
by a judges' decision.
1189
00:57:45,696 --> 00:57:48,263
However, this is a huge
step up for him,
1190
00:57:48,299 --> 00:57:50,466
and this is part
of the process of learning.
1191
00:57:50,534 --> 00:57:51,633
Yeah, no doubt about it.
1192
00:57:51,669 --> 00:57:53,836
And they did show
that their bot can work.
1193
00:57:53,871 --> 00:57:57,206
They believe they have
the most powerful lifter
in the competition.
1194
00:57:57,241 --> 00:57:59,074
I'm not sure
it's the most powerful,
1195
00:57:59,109 --> 00:58:01,910
but we did see
a lot of positive signs
in that last fight.
1196
00:58:01,946 --> 00:58:06,114
So, it's the first time
captain against a guy
who has seen and done it all.
1197
00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:08,083
Let's take it
inside the battlebox.
1198
00:58:08,118 --> 00:58:09,818
But first, here's faruq.
1199
00:58:10,488 --> 00:58:12,488
[crowd cheering]
1200
00:58:14,758 --> 00:58:18,193
in the blue square,
from san diego,
1201
00:58:18,229 --> 00:58:22,064
the brawler by the beach,
lock-jaw!
1202
00:58:24,702 --> 00:58:27,769
[chris] kenny, you know,
team lock-jaw, they always
look the same to me
1203
00:58:27,805 --> 00:58:30,939
but they're always working
on their bot, aren't they?
1204
00:58:30,975 --> 00:58:33,041
[kenny] there's a lot
of different configurations
1205
00:58:33,077 --> 00:58:35,377
that they can set up
lock-jaw with.
1206
00:58:35,412 --> 00:58:40,916
Longer fork, shorter forks,
dual vertical disc,
single vertical disc,
1207
00:58:40,951 --> 00:58:43,118
and you see
that 50 pound disc?
1208
00:58:43,153 --> 00:58:45,153
That is a change up
from the last fight.
1209
00:58:48,058 --> 00:58:49,925
[faruq] in the red square,
1210
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:54,663
from seattle,
the washington warrior,
big dill.
1211
00:58:55,165 --> 00:58:57,232
[crowd cheering]
1212
00:58:57,268 --> 00:58:58,634
[chris] emmanuel carrillo.
1213
00:58:58,669 --> 00:59:02,738
He used to be a team member
for madcatter and war hawk.
1214
00:59:02,773 --> 00:59:05,173
Now he is captaining the ship
for the first time.
1215
00:59:05,209 --> 00:59:10,312
And if you missed his first
fight, yes, he was born
without a right hand.
1216
00:59:10,347 --> 00:59:15,984
But he loves being
a role model for younger kids
with physical disabilities.
1217
00:59:16,020 --> 00:59:19,521
So what is the big deal
with big dill tonight, kenny?
1218
00:59:19,557 --> 00:59:23,725
[kenny] I'll tell you what,
he told us he would love
to upset some big teams,
1219
00:59:23,761 --> 00:59:25,193
lock-jaw is a pretty
big team, chris.
1220
00:59:25,229 --> 00:59:26,495
So here's his opportunity.
1221
00:59:32,069 --> 00:59:36,505
I'm very concerned.
I watched him pick up
a 250 pound robot
1222
00:59:36,540 --> 00:59:38,507
and carry it around like
it was...
1223
00:59:38,542 --> 00:59:41,476
You know, a grocery bag,
right. I mean...
1224
00:59:41,512 --> 00:59:43,912
We'll be running
with our bigger weapon.
1225
00:59:43,948 --> 00:59:47,549
Uh, we'll be testing that out
for the first time in combat.
1226
00:59:47,585 --> 00:59:50,519
It's, uh, it's an extra
13 pounds.
1227
00:59:50,554 --> 00:59:51,820
We want to know
how it works.
1228
00:59:51,855 --> 00:59:54,256
It seems like
a good match to try it.
1229
00:59:54,291 --> 00:59:57,993
I think the main goal
is gonna be just use
the long forks on outreach.
1230
00:59:58,028 --> 01:00:01,496
He's got forks, too,
so it might be a little bit
of interesting battle there
1231
01:00:01,532 --> 01:00:03,999
to see who's...Who can use
them more effectively.
1232
01:00:04,034 --> 01:00:05,734
Lock-jaw has just
a really great driver.
1233
01:00:05,736 --> 01:00:08,136
That's the biggest threat
in the boxes, you know.
1234
01:00:08,172 --> 01:00:11,406
He's out in the middle
of the open and doesn't
have to worry about anything.
1235
01:00:11,442 --> 01:00:14,643
He's deadly, so probably
trying to keep him
around the arena hazards,
1236
01:00:14,678 --> 01:00:16,745
and make him
little bit more...
1237
01:00:16,780 --> 01:00:18,947
Make him think
a little bit more
about what he's doing.
1238
01:00:19,850 --> 01:00:22,584
[crowd cheering]
1239
01:00:24,054 --> 01:00:25,687
[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
1240
01:00:28,692 --> 01:00:32,327
[chris] will big dill finally
get his big upset?
1241
01:00:32,363 --> 01:00:37,232
Or will lock-jaw move to 2-0
on its way
to the 2020 tournament?
1242
01:00:37,868 --> 01:00:39,801
We'll find out next.
1243
01:00:48,812 --> 01:00:50,712
[chris] welcome back
to battlebots.
1244
01:00:50,748 --> 01:00:54,416
We've got two undefeated teams
locked inside the battlebox.
1245
01:00:54,451 --> 01:00:58,086
Only one can keep
their perfect record alive.
1246
01:01:12,469 --> 01:01:16,104
[men chanting] fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
1247
01:01:16,940 --> 01:01:19,041
Fight! Fight! Fight!
1248
01:01:20,844 --> 01:01:24,513
[chris]
let the bot battle begin.
1249
01:01:24,548 --> 01:01:26,848
Big dill backing up
against the rail,
1250
01:01:26,884 --> 01:01:29,317
making donald come to them.
1251
01:01:29,353 --> 01:01:31,420
Oh, there's a nice little
head on head hit.
1252
01:01:31,455 --> 01:01:34,990
Uh-oh, lock-jaw's got
a little smoke
coming out of its head.
1253
01:01:35,025 --> 01:01:38,226
[kenny] this is a classic
rock-paper-scissors match up.
1254
01:01:38,262 --> 01:01:40,962
You've got a puncher
in lock-jaw against big dill
1255
01:01:40,998 --> 01:01:43,432
who's got a long reach.
1256
01:01:43,467 --> 01:01:46,668
[chris] donald doing
the right thing here,
attacking the flanks.
1257
01:01:46,704 --> 01:01:48,770
Big dill trying to stay
squared up.
1258
01:01:49,907 --> 01:01:52,374
Oh! Big dill got
a tasty shot!
1259
01:01:52,409 --> 01:01:55,911
Pops lock-jaw into the air
and lock-jaw is now inverted.
1260
01:01:55,946 --> 01:01:57,379
You got it.
1261
01:01:57,414 --> 01:01:59,648
[kenny] it's a bit
of a chess match
up until this point, chris.
1262
01:01:59,683 --> 01:02:01,349
[chris] the big dill...
1263
01:02:01,385 --> 01:02:04,953
Trying to line up.
Use its weapons properly.
1264
01:02:04,988 --> 01:02:06,588
[kenny]
those big forks on big dill
1265
01:02:06,623 --> 01:02:08,824
trying to keep
lock-jaw at bay.
1266
01:02:08,859 --> 01:02:11,793
Donald doing his best to try
and find an angle of attack
1267
01:02:11,829 --> 01:02:12,894
that can work for him here.
1268
01:02:14,698 --> 01:02:17,399
[chris] well, if anyone can,
donald hutson can.
1269
01:02:17,434 --> 01:02:18,700
He's one of the best drivers
1270
01:02:18,736 --> 01:02:20,202
in the history
of the battlebots
1271
01:02:20,237 --> 01:02:21,269
-[crashing]
-[kenny] oh!
1272
01:02:21,305 --> 01:02:24,272
[chris]
landing some big blows there.
1273
01:02:24,308 --> 01:02:26,141
[kenny] oh, those were
some devastating shots
1274
01:02:26,176 --> 01:02:27,642
to the underbelly
of big dill.
1275
01:02:27,678 --> 01:02:29,344
[kenny] there's another. Oh!
1276
01:02:29,379 --> 01:02:30,178
Goodbye, fork.
1277
01:02:31,315 --> 01:02:33,915
[chris] unbelievable shot
by donald hutson.
1278
01:02:34,718 --> 01:02:36,551
He's just like a surgeon.
1279
01:02:36,587 --> 01:02:40,155
[kenny] lock-jaw trying to
dill-ete that fork.
1280
01:02:40,958 --> 01:02:42,624
[chris] cliche jar!
1281
01:02:42,659 --> 01:02:44,192
[kenny]
you gotta pay for that one.
1282
01:02:44,228 --> 01:02:46,495
[chris] we might be
joking about it, kenny,
1283
01:02:46,530 --> 01:02:49,131
but that is major moment
in this fight.
1284
01:02:49,166 --> 01:02:51,233
That fork looks
dislocated now.
1285
01:02:51,268 --> 01:02:52,300
That's gonna shut down
1286
01:02:52,336 --> 01:02:54,903
a lot of what big dill
is trying to do.
1287
01:02:54,938 --> 01:02:56,071
[man] oh!
1288
01:02:56,106 --> 01:02:58,140
[kenny] yeah, big dill trying
to play the reach game
1289
01:02:58,175 --> 01:02:59,441
here against lock-jaw,
1290
01:02:59,476 --> 01:03:01,977
and now that reach
has been neutralized.
1291
01:03:02,846 --> 01:03:04,212
[chris] and don't look now,
1292
01:03:04,248 --> 01:03:07,149
lock-jaw's weapon
no longer seems to be working.
1293
01:03:07,184 --> 01:03:09,251
Not sure if
he's turned it off to save it,
1294
01:03:09,286 --> 01:03:11,419
of if it's
actually been disabled.
1295
01:03:11,455 --> 01:03:14,222
[kenny] but donald hutson
still driving inverted.
1296
01:03:14,258 --> 01:03:16,992
Amazing.
He can do it so effectively.
1297
01:03:17,027 --> 01:03:18,927
Using those forks
to his advantage.
1298
01:03:18,962 --> 01:03:22,130
In what has become
a pushing match, chris.
1299
01:03:22,166 --> 01:03:24,266
[chris]
not sure what big dill can do.
1300
01:03:24,301 --> 01:03:26,101
Maybe push donald
into his corner
1301
01:03:26,136 --> 01:03:27,769
and try and use the hazards?
1302
01:03:27,805 --> 01:03:29,437
That's his.
Get away from his hammer.
1303
01:03:31,041 --> 01:03:33,408
Almost.
Get him right over here.
1304
01:03:33,443 --> 01:03:35,143
[kenny] right now
big dill looks stuck.
1305
01:03:35,179 --> 01:03:36,878
I can't tell if
he's stuck into the box
1306
01:03:36,914 --> 01:03:38,246
or he just can't move.
1307
01:03:39,883 --> 01:03:42,017
[chris] yeah, he's trying to
get out of there.
1308
01:03:43,253 --> 01:03:45,453
The ref has to
at least be considering
1309
01:03:45,489 --> 01:03:47,622
counting big dill out
at this point.
1310
01:03:48,826 --> 01:03:51,459
-[referee] ten. Nine...
-[chris] there it is.
1311
01:03:51,495 --> 01:03:53,862
Eight. Seven.
1312
01:03:53,897 --> 01:03:56,698
-Six. Five. Four.
-[chris] and the big dill is
seconds away
1313
01:03:56,733 --> 01:03:58,633
-from being counted out.
- [referee] three.
1314
01:03:58,669 --> 01:03:59,935
Two.
1315
01:03:59,970 --> 01:04:02,971
[chris] and they have stopped
the countdown momentarily,
1316
01:04:03,006 --> 01:04:05,240
because the big dill
was able to move.
1317
01:04:05,275 --> 01:04:06,875
And it looks like
he's gonna make it,
1318
01:04:06,910 --> 01:04:09,311
because we're under
ten seconds to go.
1319
01:04:09,346 --> 01:04:10,779
[woman] whoo!
1320
01:04:10,814 --> 01:04:12,180
Radio down.
1321
01:04:12,216 --> 01:04:14,583
[chris] now donald's team
looks like it's
already celebrated.
1322
01:04:14,618 --> 01:04:18,153
Even though the knockout
did not officially happen.
1323
01:04:18,188 --> 01:04:19,554
[crowd cheering]
1324
01:04:19,590 --> 01:04:22,390
[chris] so this one ends up
going to the judges.
1325
01:04:24,661 --> 01:04:27,229
Kenny, they say,
"styles make fights."
1326
01:04:27,264 --> 01:04:28,930
break this one down for us.
1327
01:04:28,966 --> 01:04:31,066
[kenny] yeah, this was
an interesting matchup.
1328
01:04:31,101 --> 01:04:34,335
Big dill is more of a tactical
body grappler,
1329
01:04:34,338 --> 01:04:37,906
while lock-jaw is
more of a puncher
and likes to mix it up.
1330
01:04:37,941 --> 01:04:40,475
Emmanuel carrillo retreated to
the side of the box
1331
01:04:40,510 --> 01:04:41,676
to start the fight,
1332
01:04:41,712 --> 01:04:43,278
but donald was patient.
1333
01:04:43,313 --> 01:04:45,747
Picked his spots and attacked
from the sides
1334
01:04:45,782 --> 01:04:48,149
to try and take big dill's
forks out of play.
1335
01:04:48,185 --> 01:04:51,086
[chris] big dill managed to
get underneath lock-jaw,
1336
01:04:51,121 --> 01:04:55,190
and invert it,
but as we've seen
so many times over the years,
1337
01:04:55,225 --> 01:04:58,994
donald hutson's driving
was stellar regardless.
1338
01:04:59,029 --> 01:05:00,161
[kenny] look, he's a master.
1339
01:05:00,197 --> 01:05:02,264
Even though
lock-jaw was inverted,
1340
01:05:02,299 --> 01:05:03,632
donald kept the pressure on
1341
01:05:03,667 --> 01:05:06,534
and eventually landed a shot
that bent big dill's fork
1342
01:05:06,570 --> 01:05:09,704
basically taking
its grappling strategy
out of play.
1343
01:05:09,740 --> 01:05:13,675
[chris] the judges should take
that damage on big dill
into consideration.
1344
01:05:13,710 --> 01:05:17,646
But lock-jaw's weapon
also went down
towards the end of this fight.
1345
01:05:17,681 --> 01:05:20,949
You just never know
how these decisions
are gonna shake out.
1346
01:05:20,984 --> 01:05:25,587
So, let's see if
the near count out
comes into play as well.
1347
01:05:25,622 --> 01:05:28,757
Faruq, take it away
with the decision.
1348
01:05:29,493 --> 01:05:30,959
[audience cheering]
1349
01:05:30,994 --> 01:05:33,962
the results from
the judges are in.
1350
01:05:38,201 --> 01:05:41,202
We have a unanimous decision.
1351
01:05:42,072 --> 01:05:45,106
And the winner is...
1352
01:05:46,310 --> 01:05:47,709
Lock-jaw!
1353
01:05:47,744 --> 01:05:49,744
[all cheering]
1354
01:06:00,023 --> 01:06:01,756
[chris]
all right, donald hutson,
1355
01:06:01,792 --> 01:06:04,025
you improved a 2-0
on the season.
1356
01:06:04,061 --> 01:06:05,927
Donald, you never panic.
1357
01:06:05,963 --> 01:06:08,830
It doesn't matter whether
you have a weapon,
you don't have a weapon.
1358
01:06:08,865 --> 01:06:11,900
Is that just your philosophy
throughout battlebots?
1359
01:06:11,935 --> 01:06:14,803
You know, it's kind of funny.
I... I think you just have to
1360
01:06:14,838 --> 01:06:15,904
keep trying, right?
1361
01:06:15,939 --> 01:06:18,039
I mean, I think the robot
performed very well
1362
01:06:18,075 --> 01:06:20,442
and I think my attitude
is to just keep going.
1363
01:06:20,477 --> 01:06:21,509
Best I can.
1364
01:06:21,545 --> 01:06:23,078
You know, donald,
you're 2-0,
1365
01:06:23,113 --> 01:06:24,112
you won your last fight.
1366
01:06:24,147 --> 01:06:26,214
But you seemed
a little bit disappointed.
1367
01:06:26,249 --> 01:06:28,717
Are you a little happier
with this performance tonight?
1368
01:06:28,752 --> 01:06:30,452
Yeah. No, no.
Actually, I was happy
1369
01:06:30,487 --> 01:06:31,686
with the last one.
I just...
1370
01:06:31,722 --> 01:06:32,887
You always--
that first one--
1371
01:06:32,923 --> 01:06:35,623
you're kind of expecting it
to perform a little better.
1372
01:06:35,659 --> 01:06:37,359
Ironically, I kind of had
the same thing--
1373
01:06:37,394 --> 01:06:40,328
a little belt come off,
and it's silly.
1374
01:06:40,364 --> 01:06:41,396
But when it happens,
1375
01:06:41,431 --> 01:06:43,264
it hits you
'cause you never want to lose
1376
01:06:43,300 --> 01:06:45,900
because of something
simple mechanical.
1377
01:06:45,936 --> 01:06:48,870
You want it to be
destructive and entertaining.
1378
01:06:48,905 --> 01:06:49,738
So that's where
1379
01:06:49,773 --> 01:06:51,272
I get most of
my disappointment.
1380
01:06:51,308 --> 01:06:53,341
Do you have the moxie
to win a giant nut?
1381
01:06:53,377 --> 01:06:54,809
I'm coming, baby.
1382
01:06:54,845 --> 01:06:56,044
I'm coming. Just warming up.
1383
01:06:56,079 --> 01:06:58,546
Attaway, donald.
Go celebrate with your team.
1384
01:06:58,582 --> 01:06:59,781
As you improve to 2-0.
1385
01:06:59,816 --> 01:07:00,615
[cheering]
1386
01:07:06,857 --> 01:07:07,989
kenny, I think the best word
1387
01:07:08,025 --> 01:07:10,759
to describe donald hutson
is unflappable.
1388
01:07:10,794 --> 01:07:12,360
For me, it's warrior spirit.
1389
01:07:12,396 --> 01:07:13,962
I mean, everything
he talked about
1390
01:07:13,997 --> 01:07:15,764
is what a warrior
is all about,
1391
01:07:15,799 --> 01:07:18,400
and, uh, maybe I could get him
into the martial arts too.
1392
01:07:18,435 --> 01:07:20,301
-Hey, I like your word better.
-[chuckles]
1393
01:07:20,337 --> 01:07:21,936
I think that was-- that was--
1394
01:07:21,972 --> 01:07:23,972
-that's why
you're the analyst.
-[chuckles]
1395
01:07:24,007 --> 01:07:24,973
[chris] coming up.
1396
01:07:25,008 --> 01:07:26,574
It's the main event.
1397
01:07:26,610 --> 01:07:28,977
With only three fights
in this regular season,
1398
01:07:29,012 --> 01:07:30,645
it gets late early,
1399
01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:32,414
so desperation time
has arrived
1400
01:07:32,449 --> 01:07:35,283
for witch doctor
and kraken.
1401
01:07:35,318 --> 01:07:37,519
A loss tonight
could turn their dreams
1402
01:07:37,554 --> 01:07:41,356
of making the tournament
into a complete nightmare.
1403
01:07:41,391 --> 01:07:44,659
That's coming up
on battlebots fight night.
1404
01:07:50,934 --> 01:07:52,567
[chris] under 30 seconds to go
1405
01:07:52,602 --> 01:07:54,402
and kraken cannot bite down.
1406
01:07:54,438 --> 01:07:57,138
He cannot clamp down
all the way on black dragon.
1407
01:07:58,608 --> 01:08:01,142
This little piece of hose...
1408
01:08:01,178 --> 01:08:03,578
Maybe three cents
worth of hose,
1409
01:08:03,613 --> 01:08:06,548
was what cost us the match
against black dragon.
1410
01:08:06,583 --> 01:08:08,450
[chris] there's the flame,
there's the flame.
1411
01:08:08,485 --> 01:08:10,885
Let's see what sort of
effect that has.
1412
01:08:10,921 --> 01:08:12,020
This air line here would
1413
01:08:12,055 --> 01:08:14,989
normally sit right down here
and run up to this valve.
1414
01:08:15,025 --> 01:08:15,924
And the flame was
1415
01:08:15,959 --> 01:08:18,026
blowing up through
the side of the robot,
1416
01:08:18,061 --> 01:08:20,328
and it caught that edge
of that tube on fire.
1417
01:08:20,363 --> 01:08:21,930
And without that air
in the tanks,
1418
01:08:21,965 --> 01:08:23,398
we couldn't fight anymore.
1419
01:08:23,433 --> 01:08:24,766
So we were fully functional,
1420
01:08:24,801 --> 01:08:26,668
we just had no air
in the tanks.
1421
01:08:26,703 --> 01:08:28,136
We stripped her
down to the frame
1422
01:08:28,171 --> 01:08:30,505
so we could repair everything.
Inspect everything.
1423
01:08:30,540 --> 01:08:33,374
We want to go into this match
with witch doctor at 100%
1424
01:08:33,410 --> 01:08:34,809
and leave no room for error.
1425
01:08:41,651 --> 01:08:42,650
[cheering]
1426
01:08:44,554 --> 01:08:46,221
welcome back to battlebots.
1427
01:08:46,256 --> 01:08:48,123
That's kenny florian,
I am chris rose,
1428
01:08:48,158 --> 01:08:51,392
and up next, hang on to your
shaman and pirate hats,
1429
01:08:51,428 --> 01:08:53,795
we have arrived
at the main event.
1430
01:08:53,830 --> 01:08:56,397
It's witch doctor
taking on kraken.
1431
01:08:56,433 --> 01:09:00,969
And let's start with the 2019
runner up, witch doctor.
1432
01:09:02,639 --> 01:09:07,175
Andrea and mike gellatly
had an incredible first match
against hydra.
1433
01:09:07,210 --> 01:09:08,877
Did they win?
1434
01:09:08,912 --> 01:09:11,412
Well, no.
They're sitting at 0-1.
1435
01:09:11,448 --> 01:09:13,581
But to say they survived
three whole minutes
1436
01:09:13,617 --> 01:09:15,783
while taking the beating
that they did,
1437
01:09:15,819 --> 01:09:19,053
proves this is
one well-built bot.
1438
01:09:19,089 --> 01:09:21,089
[kenny] it's an incredibly
durable bot.
1439
01:09:21,124 --> 01:09:24,759
And given their almost
undefeated 2019 season,
1440
01:09:24,794 --> 01:09:26,995
not a team you want to face
after a loss.
1441
01:09:27,030 --> 01:09:29,631
Witch doctor is still
one of the favorites
of the tournament.
1442
01:09:29,666 --> 01:09:32,634
For any bot to be able to
knock out witch doctor
1443
01:09:32,669 --> 01:09:34,869
you're gonna have to be
out of this world.
1444
01:09:34,905 --> 01:09:36,804
I mean, witch doctor is
as good as it gets.
1445
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:38,072
It proved it last season.
1446
01:09:38,108 --> 01:09:40,475
I think they're
out for revenge
here against kraken.
1447
01:09:40,510 --> 01:09:42,577
[chris] yeah,
so they're taking on
matt spurk's team
1448
01:09:42,612 --> 01:09:46,047
and kraken,
fresh off that controversial
judges' decision
1449
01:09:46,082 --> 01:09:47,815
loss to black dragon.
1450
01:09:47,851 --> 01:09:50,385
Yet to see this as a nod from
the selection committee,
1451
01:09:50,420 --> 01:09:53,154
saying, "oh, okay,
you've got our attention."
1452
01:09:53,190 --> 01:09:56,491
and here they are in their
first ever main events.
1453
01:09:56,526 --> 01:09:59,327
[kenny] absolutely.
Considering they started
battlebots
1454
01:09:59,362 --> 01:10:01,462
three seasons ago as
something of a gimmick,
1455
01:10:01,498 --> 01:10:03,865
this is a huge opportunity
for kraken.
1456
01:10:03,934 --> 01:10:05,900
It's of course,
a steep mountain to climb
1457
01:10:05,936 --> 01:10:07,135
against witch doctor.
1458
01:10:07,170 --> 01:10:09,437
But matt needs to
stick to his game plan.
1459
01:10:09,472 --> 01:10:11,239
[chris] he's gonna
have to be on point
1460
01:10:11,274 --> 01:10:13,208
if he's gonna
face mike gellatly.
1461
01:10:13,243 --> 01:10:14,676
And he's got to expect,
1462
01:10:14,711 --> 01:10:17,412
if he wants to win this fight,
to go the full
three minutes yet again.
1463
01:10:17,447 --> 01:10:20,515
Should be a whole lot of fun.
Faruq, it's all you.
1464
01:10:20,550 --> 01:10:21,916
[crowd cheering]
1465
01:10:24,221 --> 01:10:27,021
ladies and gentlemen.
1466
01:10:27,057 --> 01:10:28,223
Are you ready?
1467
01:10:32,229 --> 01:10:36,164
It's robot fighting time.
1468
01:10:36,199 --> 01:10:38,766
-[all cheering]
-[dramatic music playing]
1469
01:10:43,039 --> 01:10:45,173
in the blue square...
1470
01:10:45,208 --> 01:10:46,874
Sim sala bim.
1471
01:10:46,910 --> 01:10:49,010
It's
the high priestess of sin.
1472
01:10:49,045 --> 01:10:50,845
She was in the last finals.
1473
01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:52,880
Now she's a must win.
1474
01:10:52,916 --> 01:10:55,750
What spell will
the voodoo child cast
1475
01:10:55,785 --> 01:10:57,986
to stay alive in round five?
1476
01:10:58,021 --> 01:10:59,487
I'll never tell,
1477
01:10:59,522 --> 01:11:03,391
but you can bet your soul
it's gonna be hell.
1478
01:11:03,426 --> 01:11:04,859
You'll rue the day
1479
01:11:04,894 --> 01:11:06,561
you ever knocked her.
1480
01:11:06,596 --> 01:11:11,499
Here to sacrifice you...
It's witch doctor.
1481
01:11:11,534 --> 01:11:14,769
-[crowd cheering]
-[dramatic music playing]
1482
01:11:14,804 --> 01:11:16,137
[chris] and there they are,
1483
01:11:16,172 --> 01:11:18,539
the gellatlys
and team witch doctor.
1484
01:11:18,575 --> 01:11:21,876
Back in one piece after
their run-in with hydra.
1485
01:11:21,911 --> 01:11:24,279
Kenny, what do they have to do
to get back
1486
01:11:24,314 --> 01:11:25,713
in the win column here?
1487
01:11:25,749 --> 01:11:27,615
[kenny] well, chris,
it's easier said than done,
1488
01:11:27,651 --> 01:11:29,017
but they really just have to
1489
01:11:29,052 --> 01:11:30,218
play their game.
1490
01:11:30,253 --> 01:11:31,753
Mike gellatly is easily
1491
01:11:31,788 --> 01:11:32,787
one of the best drivers
1492
01:11:32,822 --> 01:11:33,921
in the tournament,
1493
01:11:33,957 --> 01:11:36,724
so it's on him to avoid
the killer jaws of kraken,
1494
01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:38,092
while getting in as many
1495
01:11:38,128 --> 01:11:39,761
heavy hits as they can land
1496
01:11:39,796 --> 01:11:41,062
with that vertical spinner.
1497
01:11:43,166 --> 01:11:44,866
[faruq] in the red square.
1498
01:11:44,901 --> 01:11:47,302
It's topsy, it's turvy.
1499
01:11:47,337 --> 01:11:50,505
It's gonna do you like
a bad case of scurvy.
1500
01:11:50,540 --> 01:11:53,541
Your teeth will end up all
busted and blackened.
1501
01:11:53,576 --> 01:11:56,177
It's the end
of the lime for you.
1502
01:11:56,212 --> 01:11:58,379
Here's kraken.
1503
01:11:58,415 --> 01:12:00,481
-[all cheering]
-[dramatic music playing]
1504
01:12:02,852 --> 01:12:05,053
[chris] matt spurk
and team kraken there,
1505
01:12:05,088 --> 01:12:07,588
along with
their mini bot narwhal.
1506
01:12:07,624 --> 01:12:09,490
You have to think
they're looking to make
1507
01:12:09,526 --> 01:12:11,359
a serious statement
here tonight, kenny.
1508
01:12:11,394 --> 01:12:12,860
[kenny] absolutely.
1509
01:12:12,896 --> 01:12:16,364
Matt executed
his game plan to perfection
against black dragon,
1510
01:12:16,399 --> 01:12:18,900
and regardless of losing
that split decision,
1511
01:12:18,935 --> 01:12:22,804
he told us he won't be
changing up his strategy
for witch doctor.
1512
01:12:22,839 --> 01:12:26,074
Kraken is a grappler,
and that's how
it plans to win here
1513
01:12:26,109 --> 01:12:28,843
in its first ever main event,
by controlling the fight.
1514
01:12:34,417 --> 01:12:35,750
[chris] all right, peter.
1515
01:12:35,785 --> 01:12:38,086
What're you keeping
your eye on in this one?
1516
01:12:38,121 --> 01:12:40,955
Well, matt's going with
the thinner jaws again.
1517
01:12:40,990 --> 01:12:43,958
He wants to sort of be able to
slide in, in-between wheels
1518
01:12:43,993 --> 01:12:46,728
and grab ahold
of witch doctor.
1519
01:12:46,763 --> 01:12:48,396
And witch doctor,
they're gonna come out
1520
01:12:48,431 --> 01:12:49,997
pretty damn strong,
pretty fast.
1521
01:12:50,033 --> 01:12:52,967
They want a decisive win
almost immediately.
1522
01:12:53,002 --> 01:12:55,470
If they can get a knockout
within the first 30 seconds
1523
01:12:55,505 --> 01:12:57,338
that's what
they're looking for.
1524
01:13:04,981 --> 01:13:07,248
-[robotic voice]
robots, activate.
- [cheering]
1525
01:13:16,559 --> 01:13:17,558
they're firing.
1526
01:13:19,896 --> 01:13:21,929
[robotic voice]
blue team, ready?
1527
01:13:24,067 --> 01:13:25,066
[audience cheering]
1528
01:13:28,805 --> 01:13:30,071
[robotic voice]
red team, ready?
1529
01:13:30,106 --> 01:13:31,339
That's all right,
it's all right.
1530
01:13:36,045 --> 01:13:37,478
-Here we go!
-[mike] let's go.
1531
01:13:38,081 --> 01:13:39,380
Let's go.
1532
01:13:49,225 --> 01:13:50,691
[bell rings]
1533
01:13:50,727 --> 01:13:52,527
[chris] both teams
at 0-1.
1534
01:13:52,562 --> 01:13:56,197
Another loss here
will push one of their seasons
to the brink.
1535
01:13:57,934 --> 01:13:59,500
[alarm buzzing]
1536
01:14:01,104 --> 01:14:03,671
[chris] let the bot battle...
Begin.
1537
01:14:03,706 --> 01:14:04,972
[both] oh!
1538
01:14:05,008 --> 01:14:06,808
[kenny] big hit
by witch doctor.
1539
01:14:06,843 --> 01:14:08,376
And already--
1540
01:14:08,411 --> 01:14:11,479
witch doctor a little
off center and now caught
in kraken's claws.
1541
01:14:11,514 --> 01:14:14,315
Bite, bite, bite.
Down, down, go, go, go.
1542
01:14:14,350 --> 01:14:16,851
[kenny] you saw that wobble
there from witch doctor.
1543
01:14:16,886 --> 01:14:19,587
That may have split their disc
on that impact, chris.
1544
01:14:19,622 --> 01:14:21,956
That is exactly what
happened in their last fight.
1545
01:14:21,991 --> 01:14:25,827
[chris] and kraken in control
early as they clamp down
on witch doctor
1546
01:14:25,862 --> 01:14:28,763
with that 60,000 pounds
of pressure.
1547
01:14:28,832 --> 01:14:30,531
What an amazing start.
1548
01:14:30,567 --> 01:14:33,835
[kenny] look, I can't imagine
a batter start
for kraken right now
1549
01:14:33,870 --> 01:14:38,105
as it uses those screws to do
some damage to the back
of witch doctor.
1550
01:14:38,141 --> 01:14:39,774
[chris] there's the catch
and release.
1551
01:14:39,809 --> 01:14:42,710
So, mike gellatly the driver
of team witch doctor's gotta
1552
01:14:42,745 --> 01:14:44,979
get away from kraken, recover,
1553
01:14:45,014 --> 01:14:48,282
and then start
doing some damage
with its primary weapon.
1554
01:14:48,318 --> 01:14:49,984
[kenny]
yeah, you can see that wobble.
1555
01:14:50,019 --> 01:14:51,586
Witch doctor broke a disc,
1556
01:14:51,621 --> 01:14:53,721
and is imbalanced now, chris.
1557
01:14:53,756 --> 01:14:55,957
[chris] doing what he can
to maybe knock away
those teeth
1558
01:14:55,992 --> 01:14:58,493
-instead he gets
caught in 'em again.
-[kenny] wow.
1559
01:14:58,528 --> 01:15:00,061
Oh, come on.
1560
01:15:00,096 --> 01:15:03,164
[chris] this is going totally
the wrong direction
for witch doctor.
1561
01:15:03,199 --> 01:15:04,699
[kenny] no doubt about it.
1562
01:15:04,734 --> 01:15:08,102
Team witch doctor has to be
extremely nervous right now.
1563
01:15:08,137 --> 01:15:09,570
There you go.
Bite, bite, bite.
1564
01:15:09,606 --> 01:15:11,105
[chris]
kraken once again can hang
1565
01:15:11,140 --> 01:15:14,342
and drive its opponent around
for 30 seconds
1566
01:15:14,377 --> 01:15:16,043
before it has to release.
1567
01:15:16,079 --> 01:15:17,879
And it does so.
1568
01:15:17,914 --> 01:15:20,181
Witch doctor, looking to
get some space.
1569
01:15:20,216 --> 01:15:22,083
That weapon is still spinning.
1570
01:15:22,118 --> 01:15:23,651
[banging]
1571
01:15:23,686 --> 01:15:26,521
-[chris] did those teeth
get knocked loose?
-[kenny] they're still there.
1572
01:15:26,556 --> 01:15:29,023
[chris] unbelievable strength
on those chompers.
1573
01:15:30,627 --> 01:15:33,728
[kenny] yeah.
Witch doctor is wobbling
all over the battlebox.
1574
01:15:33,763 --> 01:15:35,229
This is not
a good sign, chris.
1575
01:15:35,265 --> 01:15:37,098
Could witch doctor,
one of the favorites
1576
01:15:37,133 --> 01:15:39,433
-go 0-2?
- [matt] bite, bite, bite.
1577
01:15:40,169 --> 01:15:42,003
Get ready on that hammer.
1578
01:15:42,038 --> 01:15:45,439
[chris] the game plan has been
executed to perfection so far.
1579
01:15:45,475 --> 01:15:48,276
Now it's trying to grab a bite
of the ribs on the side.
1580
01:15:48,311 --> 01:15:50,044
Yummy!
1581
01:15:50,079 --> 01:15:52,013
[kenny] there's a nice shot
from witch doctor
1582
01:15:52,048 --> 01:15:54,282
stripping off a piece
of kraken's armor.
1583
01:15:54,317 --> 01:15:58,185
This is a veteran team
that can score points
in a hurry.
1584
01:15:58,221 --> 01:15:59,353
[chris] oh!
1585
01:15:59,389 --> 01:16:01,989
Witch doctor starting to chip
away at kraken now.
1586
01:16:02,025 --> 01:16:03,324
Looking to turn the tables
1587
01:16:03,359 --> 01:16:04,525
in what has turned out to be
1588
01:16:04,561 --> 01:16:06,627
an action packed main event.
1589
01:16:07,797 --> 01:16:10,164
Kraken once again
grabs witch doctor.
1590
01:16:10,199 --> 01:16:12,033
Forty-five seconds to go.
1591
01:16:13,369 --> 01:16:17,238
The 2019 runner up
is in serious trouble.
1592
01:16:17,273 --> 01:16:20,675
[kenny] yeah,
it sure is. Kraken just
crushing witch doctor
1593
01:16:20,710 --> 01:16:23,077
with every chance it gets,
attacking from the back,
1594
01:16:23,112 --> 01:16:24,745
attacking from the sides
1595
01:16:24,781 --> 01:16:26,480
and even going
weapon to weapon,
1596
01:16:26,516 --> 01:16:28,516
and still being effective.
1597
01:16:28,551 --> 01:16:31,485
[chris] can witch doctor
muster up the energy
1598
01:16:31,521 --> 01:16:34,889
and deliver some sort of shot
to impress the judges?
1599
01:16:34,924 --> 01:16:37,058
Under 30 to go.
1600
01:16:37,093 --> 01:16:40,795
[kenny] that front wedge
of kraken is working
perfectly right now.
1601
01:16:40,830 --> 01:16:42,730
[chris] there's a shot
from witch doctor,
1602
01:16:42,765 --> 01:16:44,565
and now punts the mini bot.
1603
01:16:44,634 --> 01:16:46,334
Crush, crush.
1604
01:16:46,369 --> 01:16:49,437
Both teams looking to leave
that final impression.
1605
01:16:49,472 --> 01:16:51,806
-[man] hammer, hammer, hammer.
-[matt] hammer.
1606
01:16:51,841 --> 01:16:53,407
[audience member] oh, yeah!
1607
01:16:53,443 --> 01:16:55,443
-Yeah!
-Yeah.
1608
01:16:55,478 --> 01:16:56,644
Killed his weapon.
1609
01:16:56,679 --> 01:16:59,714
-So this one is going
to the judges.
-[alarm blares]
1610
01:16:59,749 --> 01:17:02,083
-yeah! Yeah!
-Whoo!
1611
01:17:02,118 --> 01:17:05,052
Yeah! Yeah!
1612
01:17:07,890 --> 01:17:08,889
[all cheering]
1613
01:17:10,660 --> 01:17:11,325
good job.
1614
01:17:12,795 --> 01:17:13,995
Whoo!
1615
01:17:20,203 --> 01:17:23,771
[chris] kenny,
how about team kraken?
1616
01:17:23,806 --> 01:17:27,675
[kenny] amazing. They used
their powerful clamper to
control the pace.
1617
01:17:27,710 --> 01:17:30,978
And even went weapon to weapon
with witch doctor.
1618
01:17:31,014 --> 01:17:33,514
You can't say enough
about their performance
in this fight.
1619
01:17:33,549 --> 01:17:37,251
[chris] witch doctor took
damage to their disc
in that first exchange.
1620
01:17:37,286 --> 01:17:39,954
It put driver mike gellatly
on his heels.
1621
01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:42,490
But they hung in there,
stayed aggressive.
1622
01:17:42,525 --> 01:17:44,592
They scored some
serious damage points
1623
01:17:44,627 --> 01:17:47,228
by ripping sheets of armor
off of kraken.
1624
01:17:47,263 --> 01:17:49,930
[kenny] yeah, I think
the control points
have to go to kraken.
1625
01:17:49,966 --> 01:17:52,033
Aggression is
probably a split,
1626
01:17:52,068 --> 01:17:55,202
and you never know how
the judges are
gonna interpret damage.
1627
01:17:55,238 --> 01:17:58,105
Listen, kraken lost
a split decision
to black dragon
1628
01:17:58,141 --> 01:18:01,142
in a very similar fashion
in their first fight.
1629
01:18:01,177 --> 01:18:03,210
Witch doctor is
a high profile team.
1630
01:18:03,246 --> 01:18:05,680
You just never know when it
goes to the judges.
1631
01:18:05,715 --> 01:18:08,416
[chris] with both of
these teams sitting at 0-1,
1632
01:18:08,451 --> 01:18:10,751
stakes are sky high here.
1633
01:18:10,787 --> 01:18:14,155
Let's send it over to faruq
with the results.
1634
01:18:18,661 --> 01:18:21,862
The results from
the judges are in.
1635
01:18:26,135 --> 01:18:30,171
We have a unanimous decision,
1636
01:18:30,206 --> 01:18:32,940
in favor of your winner...
1637
01:18:37,847 --> 01:18:39,613
Kraken!
1638
01:18:39,649 --> 01:18:41,649
[all cheering]
1639
01:18:50,693 --> 01:18:52,326
yes! Yes!
1640
01:18:52,361 --> 01:18:54,128
Go get 'em, kraken!
1641
01:18:55,031 --> 01:18:55,730
[whistling]
1642
01:19:01,504 --> 01:19:05,339
[chris] matt spurk,
what is going through
your mind right now?
1643
01:19:05,374 --> 01:19:09,510
Uh, this is the most relaxed
I've ever been going into,
uh, a match.
1644
01:19:09,545 --> 01:19:12,313
And I knew the result
of the match was
gonna be fantastic.
1645
01:19:12,348 --> 01:19:14,582
We're gonna mix it up,
we're gonna throw big sparks.
1646
01:19:14,617 --> 01:19:17,785
We're gonna hit some flames,
we're gonna get
some crushes in,
1647
01:19:17,820 --> 01:19:19,120
and we're just gonna
go after it.
1648
01:19:19,155 --> 01:19:20,521
And it was another
great match.
1649
01:19:20,556 --> 01:19:23,390
I'm really proud of how we did
and proud of that fight.
1650
01:19:23,426 --> 01:19:26,093
Based on what both...
Both teams have done.
1651
01:19:26,129 --> 01:19:28,863
This has to be
one of the biggest
upsets in battlebots history.
1652
01:19:28,898 --> 01:19:30,264
Do you see it that way?
1653
01:19:30,299 --> 01:19:32,266
Absolutely. Absolutely.
We were underdogs,
1654
01:19:32,301 --> 01:19:34,301
going into
the black dragon match.
1655
01:19:34,337 --> 01:19:36,704
We were massive underdogs
in this match.
1656
01:19:36,739 --> 01:19:40,541
Um, witch doctor's
just been so successful
for so many years.
1657
01:19:40,576 --> 01:19:43,043
And for us to come in here
and really just give it to 'em
1658
01:19:43,079 --> 01:19:45,012
in this match
and really fight hard,
1659
01:19:45,047 --> 01:19:47,648
it felt-- it feels great.
It really does.
1660
01:19:47,683 --> 01:19:49,183
Biggest win of your career?
1661
01:19:49,218 --> 01:19:51,352
Yeah, well, I only have,
like, three or four.
1662
01:19:51,387 --> 01:19:53,888
-I think I have four now.
-[laughing]
1663
01:19:55,258 --> 01:19:58,159
so what does this mean
for you, going forward
1664
01:19:58,194 --> 01:20:01,395
in the eyes of
the selection committee,
in your opinion.
1665
01:20:01,430 --> 01:20:03,297
So I think this is
a great match for us,
1666
01:20:03,332 --> 01:20:06,467
in the selection committee.
Uh, we're one and one now.
1667
01:20:06,502 --> 01:20:08,936
We've had
two fantastic matches.
1668
01:20:08,971 --> 01:20:11,071
Really violent.
A lot of destruction.
1669
01:20:11,107 --> 01:20:13,274
Um, so I think
we're in a good spot.
1670
01:20:13,309 --> 01:20:15,009
We need to get that last win.
1671
01:20:15,044 --> 01:20:17,244
All the pressure is on us
to try and get one more,
1672
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:19,313
and, uh, I think we're in.
1673
01:20:19,348 --> 01:20:22,983
Matt, congratulations.
Go party it up with your
father and your father-in-law.
1674
01:20:23,019 --> 01:20:24,752
Thank you so much.
Appreciate it, guys.
1675
01:20:24,787 --> 01:20:25,886
Thanks.
1676
01:20:30,259 --> 01:20:32,693
Andrea gellatly,
mike gellatly,
1677
01:20:32,728 --> 01:20:36,096
I know you told us
before the fight
1678
01:20:36,132 --> 01:20:37,832
that you had to be impressive,
1679
01:20:37,867 --> 01:20:39,300
that it wasn't good enough
to win
1680
01:20:39,335 --> 01:20:42,002
you had to impress
the selection committee.
1681
01:20:42,038 --> 01:20:44,138
Where's your head at
right now?
1682
01:20:44,173 --> 01:20:46,974
Well, obviously you saw
the same issue
in the first match.
1683
01:20:47,009 --> 01:20:49,109
We're having a recurring
problem with our weapon disc.
1684
01:20:49,145 --> 01:20:51,612
It appears that
they're too hard
and they just keep breaking.
1685
01:20:51,647 --> 01:20:53,480
They broke
on like the first hit.
1686
01:20:53,516 --> 01:20:55,249
Which wasn't even
that big of a hit.
1687
01:20:55,284 --> 01:20:58,118
So, the robot otherwise
is in tip top shape,
1688
01:20:58,154 --> 01:21:00,120
it's taken all the beating
that we give it,
1689
01:21:00,156 --> 01:21:03,157
but if our weapon discs
aren't there, there's nothing
we can do about it.
1690
01:21:03,192 --> 01:21:05,559
We've got to get that problem
fixed and turned around
1691
01:21:05,595 --> 01:21:08,062
and, hopefully, big upset
for the third match.
1692
01:21:08,097 --> 01:21:10,431
You guys seem like
you're pretty shocked.
1693
01:21:10,466 --> 01:21:13,834
-How do you turn things around
from here?
-[mike] um...
1694
01:21:13,870 --> 01:21:16,837
Once your weapon breaks,
it's hard to drive the robot.
1695
01:21:16,873 --> 01:21:19,006
So obviously I think that
we got to get...
1696
01:21:19,041 --> 01:21:20,140
Gotta get that fixed.
1697
01:21:20,176 --> 01:21:23,043
And if that means
making new weapon assemblies,
1698
01:21:23,079 --> 01:21:27,081
we gotta find somebody locally
or who could turn it
around pretty quick, but,
1699
01:21:27,116 --> 01:21:29,416
you know, hopefully we can
make it into the tournament.
1700
01:21:29,452 --> 01:21:32,987
Yeah, I'm remembering
minotaur's season
last, uh, last year.
1701
01:21:33,022 --> 01:21:36,423
They had problems with
the weapon over and over,
and they recovered,
1702
01:21:36,459 --> 01:21:38,392
so hopefully we can do
the same thing here.
1703
01:21:38,427 --> 01:21:40,694
We'll see what sort of story
you end up writing,
1704
01:21:40,730 --> 01:21:42,596
andrea and mike,
thanks for the time.
1705
01:21:42,632 --> 01:21:43,731
Thank you.
1706
01:21:43,766 --> 01:21:45,599
[cheering]
1707
01:21:47,069 --> 01:21:51,238
[chris] and just like that,
a preseason favorite
in witch doctor
1708
01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:53,941
falls into
an even deeper hole.
1709
01:21:55,111 --> 01:21:57,478
The fact that they are
0-2 right now
1710
01:21:57,513 --> 01:21:59,446
and the fact that they
might not even make
1711
01:21:59,482 --> 01:22:02,049
the post-season tournament,
it's insane.
1712
01:22:02,084 --> 01:22:05,252
[chris] of course we also saw
another top tier team.
1713
01:22:05,288 --> 01:22:07,821
Huge, fall to 0-2 tonight.
1714
01:22:07,857 --> 01:22:12,693
In a season with only
three fights the stakes
have never been higher.
1715
01:22:12,728 --> 01:22:15,596
With the absence this year
of three time champion,
1716
01:22:15,631 --> 01:22:17,731
paul ventimiglia
and bite force
1717
01:22:17,767 --> 01:22:20,501
the only person
in the competition to hold
1718
01:22:20,536 --> 01:22:24,104
the giant nut
in the heavy weight
class is ray billings.
1719
01:22:24,140 --> 01:22:28,142
But even tombstone
is off to a surprising
1-1 start.
1720
01:22:28,177 --> 01:22:31,545
Let's take a look at some
other notables in the field.
1721
01:22:31,580 --> 01:22:34,348
Like tombstone, teams such as,
1722
01:22:34,383 --> 01:22:37,151
kraken, skorpios,
1723
01:22:37,186 --> 01:22:39,253
and end game also find
1724
01:22:39,288 --> 01:22:40,888
themselves at 1-1.
1725
01:22:40,923 --> 01:22:42,122
Then there are teams sitting
1726
01:22:42,158 --> 01:22:43,123
at 0-1,
1727
01:22:43,159 --> 01:22:45,125
like hypershock,
1728
01:22:45,161 --> 01:22:47,361
rotator and whiplash,
1729
01:22:47,396 --> 01:22:49,430
who still control
their own destiny
1730
01:22:49,465 --> 01:22:50,497
with two fights left
1731
01:22:50,533 --> 01:22:52,032
on their schedules.
1732
01:22:52,068 --> 01:22:53,467
And in contrast,
1733
01:22:53,502 --> 01:22:55,903
up and comers, bloodsport,
1734
01:22:55,938 --> 01:22:58,072
madcatter, and malice
1735
01:22:58,107 --> 01:23:01,375
are making it look easy
at 2-0.
1736
01:23:01,410 --> 01:23:04,511
One stand out team who has
a giant nut in their sights
1737
01:23:04,547 --> 01:23:08,649
is hydra. Undefeated
last regular season,
1738
01:23:08,684 --> 01:23:10,684
2-0 so far this season,
1739
01:23:10,720 --> 01:23:13,687
they look like they might be
the team to beat.
1740
01:23:13,723 --> 01:23:18,425
So many question,
so many twists and turns
to come.
1741
01:23:18,461 --> 01:23:19,693
You know the best part?
1742
01:23:19,729 --> 01:23:22,896
You'll get to watch it all
unfold right here.
1743
01:23:22,932 --> 01:23:24,732
So that's gonna do it for us.
1744
01:23:24,767 --> 01:23:26,533
For jenny taft and faruq
1745
01:23:26,569 --> 01:23:28,302
and our bot whisperer peter
1746
01:23:28,337 --> 01:23:29,703
and my man kenny florian,
1747
01:23:29,739 --> 01:23:30,671
I'm chris rose,
1748
01:23:30,706 --> 01:23:31,939
we'll see you next time
1749
01:23:31,974 --> 01:23:32,973
on battlebots.