[crowd cheering]
[narrator] in the 25 year history of the sport,
Excellence at battlebots has been measured in hardwar
The pride of the giant bolts
[announcer] what a destructive robot!
[narrator] the glory of the desperado and bounty hunter
[announcer] they have run the gauntlet.
[narrator] and the ultimate prize,
For those seeking battlebots immortality.
The giant nut.
[announcer] world champion!
[narrator] now, a new quest for greatness begins.
This is battlebots champi
The race for the golden bolt
[electronic voice] robots, activate.
[crowd cheering]
[cheering continues]
Hey, everybody, and welcome to battlebots,
The only sport currently under investigation
In the deaths of wall-e, c-3po
And that robot that plays chess against the russians.
I'm chris rose and I'm joined, as always, by ufc legend,
The best darn robot-fighting analyst of his generation,
Say hello to kenny florian.
[crowd cheering]
[kenny] thanks, chris, it's great to be here.
How we feeling, vegas?
[cheering continues]
[chris] tonight, we continu on with battlebots champio
An explosive new event,
Featuring five qualifying tournaments
And a boss bot around every corner.
Waiting for the winner at the top of the mountain,
A brand-new battlebots tro
The golden bolt!
[crowd cheering]
Now, if you wanna get your hands
On that beautiful new piece of hardware,
You must first gain entry
Into the exclusive golden bolt tournament, kenn
[kenny] that's right, chris already set to answer the be
Are giant nut winners, tombstone,
End game,
2021 champion, tantrum,
And the two teams that made
Out of our first couple of qualifiers alive,
Ribbot and hypershock.
Now, only three precious spo in the field remain.
[chris] tonight, eight new combatants
Have thrown their processin chips onto the table
To try to run the gauntlet
In hopes of claiming one of them.
And standing in their way, at the end of the night,
A battle-tested gatekeeper
Looking to claim the glory for itself,
Rotator.
[crowd cheering]
[kenny] the mad scientist, victor soto, is known
As one of the most gifted tacticians in the sport,
And he's made quite a name for himself in the five year
Since he stormed onto the scene with rotator
[together] oh!
This is battlebots!
-Whoo! -[kenny] 2018's
Most destructive award winne
Added another notch to its belt
When it demolished four bots in one night
To claim a bounty hunter cro
In another gruesome standalone event.
This perennial contender has no qualms
Undercutting any bot that gets in its way.
[chris] will victor soto's rotator
Be a big bad gatekeeper
And clinch a spot in a field of champions?
Or will the glory go to one of our fearless contenders?
[crowd cheering]
Let's check out the tourney bracket.
Looking to gas up their chances
Of bringing the big chill, are icewave.
As they take on the team who delivers pain
To your front door, free shipping.
[kenny] fiery rough stuff of gruff takes on a bot
That wants to have an error-free fight in glitc
[chris] the mercury will be rising as retrograd
Takes on the maryland monster, mammoth.
[kenny] but to kick things off,
It's a showdown of medieval proportions,
As jordan neal's dragon slay
Looks to grab the attention of the battlebots univer
By making some noise in tonight's bracket.
Standing in its way, quite possibly
The most terrifying weapon in the entire field,
It's alex hattori's haymaking uppercut.
I'm ready. You ready?
I'm very ready.
You guys ready?
[crowd cheering]
Faruq, take it away.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Are you ready?
It's robot fighting time!
[crowd cheering]
[cheering continues]
[faruq] in the red square,
From denton, texas, what happens in vegas,
Slays in vegas.
It's dragon slayer!
[crowd cheering]
Come on, people!
[chris] captain jordan neal pumping up the crowd
As team dragon slayer makes its way out to the bo
For our first bout of the night.
Still a lot to prove for this young team, kenny.
What do they bring into the fight here?
[kenny] well, they learnt a lot
From their rookie campaign
And they're excited to put in on display here.
Jordan has opted for a scaled down
31-pound weapon bar tonight
In order to put less stress dragon slayers weapon motors
A system that failed several times last season.
So keep an eye on that vertical spinner,
In this opening fight.
[faruq] in the blue square,
From cambridge, massachusetts,
Everyone has a plan
Till they get punched in the mouth
By uppercut!
[crowd cheering]
[chris] team uppercut
Bringing their devastating bot into the arena.
Hey, is that a new weapon on uppercut, kenny?
[kenny] it is. Alex has been careful
About letting people see his bot all day
And now we know why.
The team calls that wheel-shaped weapon "the hoo
Which is 30 pounds heavier than their other two bars.
Alex told us, one of his main goals in this tournamen
Is to get some additional r& with uppercut.
Excited to see how it pays off.
[chris] you know, I never trusted that kid.
Anybody that nice who isn't canadian,
Has to be hiding something.
[kenny laughs]
Oh, look at that, extra mean bot,
It's got a great big spinner on it,
That's real freaking scary.
I think we're gonna get in there
And use their bad gyro effect to our advantage.
Hopefully get at those tires, get around the back.
We want anything but to go at that, uh,
Yeah, go weapon to weapon.
Uh, haven't really gotten a good chance
To take a look at their bot,
They've been keeping secrets from me all day.
They got a tarp over it even while they're working on it.
Uppercut, there ain't no keeping secrets from us.
You're next.
No, we don't have any sec-- any major secrets,
We're just running a new weapon
That nobody's seen before so
We're just sort of playing around with that.
So the new weapon should be more powerful,
Uh, it depends on how much contact
It can make with an opponent
And how hard the other surface is
But, we'll have to see.
Anything can happen in the battlebox so.
[electronic voice] robots, activate.
[crowd cheering]
[chris] alright, for more o uppercut's new weapon,
Let's throw it on over to ou
Bot whisperer, pete abrahamson.
Pete, what do you got on this one?
[pete] well, they've been wanting
Tor try out this weapon since their rookie year.
They believe it hits a lot harder
But they've avoided it because the extra 30 pounds
Vastly increases the gyro effect.
This makes it very difficul to stay balanced.
Guys, we'll see if the extra power
Is worth the trade off and control.
[chris] thanks, pete.
Anything for a little extra pop.
Here we go, folks.
One team left to win three consecutive fights
To earn a date with tonight's gatekeeper, rotato
Where a berth in the golden bolt tournamen
Will be on the line.
-[buzzer dings] -[crowd] fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] let the bot battle begin!
-[kenny] oh! -[chris] nice scissor shot.
Mitigated. Another one by uppercut.
I like that new weapon, kenn
[kenny] yeah, nice start, but check out dragon slayer
Ripped off one of those ballast bars on uppercut.
It's alex hattori.
Dragon slayer driving inverted.
[kenny] oh, geez.
[chris] you don't suggest that against uppercut.
[kenny] no, but you see that gyro effect
Alex was fearful of.
Uppercut a little out of control.
[chris] and dragon slayer willing to go
Weapon to weapon.
What do you think of that strategy?
[kenny] man, let's only hope oh, big shock from uppercut
You see, uppercut's still dealing
With that gyroscopic effect
[chris] well, the jury's sti out on that new weapon
Uppercut is debuting.
Uh-oh, dragon slayer not moving, kenny.
[kenny] it's been eating a ton of shocks out there.
[referee] if I don't see any movement,
I'm gonna have to count you out.
[chris] well, you can see jordan neal shaking his hea
In disgust getting a warnin
-From the referee. -[referee] ten.
-Nine. -[kenny] yeah.
-[chris] the countdown has started -[referee] eight. Seven.
-[chris] dragon slayer's been stopped... -[referee] six. Five. Four.
[chris] ...In its tracks
-By the veteran... -[referee] three.
-[chris] ...Uppercut! -[referee] two.
One. That's a knockout!
[buzzer dings]
[kenny] far from a perfect fight from team uppercut
But they will take the w.
[chris] well, kenny, that new weapon
Might not have had the explosiveness of weapons pas
But it definitely did the jo
[kenny] yeah, got the win, but I doubt
Alex is going to be happy
With the way uppercut performed here.
Landed some big shots but I just wasn't moving very well
Not sure that new weapon is powerful enough
To sacrifice that level of control.
Gonna be very interesting
To see which configuration he goes with
In fight number two.
[chris] hey, credit to dragon slayer
For hanging in and finding a way
To do some damage to the veteran.
But it's uppercut that survives and advances.
[chris] alright, we are off and running here
In qualifier number three.
Alex hattori's squad moves one step closer
To taking on rotator at the end of the night.
But first, they will have to face the winner
Of icewave versus free shipping.
That match will be coming up next.
It's a veteran showdown as marc devidts
Takes on gary gin.
Gas engine versus open flame
The battlebots champion
Single elimination action continues...
After this.
[chris] welcome back to battlebots champions
Where tonight's hopeful contenders
And a battlebots icon are fighting for a spot
In the exclusive golden bolt tournament.
There you see that world-cla golden bolt field
Starting to take shape.
Which one of tonight's team is gonna grab
One of the three remaining spots?
Will it be one of these two veteran bot builders,
Marc devidts of icewave, gary gin of free shipping.
Let's start with icewave.
We haven't seen a real impressive showing
From icewave since it famously split huge in ha
In the 2018 season.
-[laughs] -[kenny] it's cut in two!
[chris] and last we saw captain marc devidts,
He seemed to know his bot was showing its age.
The field has clearly caugh up to the horizontal spinner
So you have to think marc is wondering to himself,
"can my robot get it done inside the box or not?"
Yeah listen, the technology has changed so much out there,
Icewave made some noise early in its career for,
Quite literally, making a lo of noise in the battlebox,
As one of the only bots that's powered
By a gasoline combustion engine.
These days, most of the bots in the fiel
Have icewave's number,
And are fast and durable enough
To jam it up quickly.
It's still a devastating weapon
But, if you can take that away from him,
He's extremely vulnerable.
In the meantime, we say hello once again,
To the one and only, gary gi
And where gary goes,
Sweet lady chaos is sure to follow.
Gary and the pyromaniac, free shipping,
Are known for bringing
A dramatic flair to their fights.
And I don't imagine tonight will be any different, kenny
[kenny] definitely not. After a winless outing
In last years world championships,
Free shipping is severely overdue for a w.
And even though he's a certified cult hero
In the battlebots unive
You better believe gary wants to fight his way
To the golden bolt and remind people
That he is as dangerous as he is entertaining,
It starts with icewave.
Can't wait to see what happens, faruq.
[crowd cheering]
In the red square, from burlingame, california,
This gas guzzler will take 60 on pump eight,
And put this blade straight through your face.
It's icewave!
[crowd cheering]
[chris] enter the iconic icewave.
Marc devidts here to prove his legendary bot
Isn't ready to be put out to pasture just yet
[kenny] that's right, this could very well be
Icewave's swan song
If it can't find a way to be competitive tonight.
It still has knockout power
But has been plagued by reliability issues.
If all goes according to plan in this match,
Watch for marc to use those wedgelets
On the front of icewave,
To feed free shipping into its blade.
[faruq] in the blue square,
From san leandro, california,
This bots name is only valid
In the continental united states,
And is void of orders under 25 bucks.
It's free shipping!
[crowd cheering]
[chris] there's the man himself, mr. Gary gin.
The cheers from his adoring fans
Raining upon him like ambrosia from the heavens.
What's the wily veteran gotta do
To keep his golden bolt hopes alive, kenny?
[kenny] well, I've got two words for you, chris.
Box and rush.
We know gary is one of the best drivers out ther
So I absolutely expect to see him
Flying across the box, right out of the gate,
To try and jam icewave's weapon
And stop it from ever spinning up.
It's really hard to beat free shipping
Because you have to remove all four wheels
To actually win.
Gary gin, of course, is one of the best drivers in the sport.
He'll drive with one wheel on the edge,
Just pushing people around and still showing movement.
But hopefully we can keep up and
At least stay away from him until we get up to speed.
Um, we've never--
Free shipping has never fought icewave before,
But I'm pretty confident we know how to take him out.
Um, we're just gonna go and try to slam 'em,
As hard as we can, as soon as we can
And as often as we can.
And keep that blade from spinning up.
You know, just doing the normal,
Hard-hitting stuff.
[crowd chants] fight! Fight! Fight!
[buzzer dings]
[chris] let the bot battle begin.
Box rush by free shipping,
A nice little love tap in icewave's direction.
And that one, a little stronger.
[kenny] yeah, gary gin executing his game plan
To perfection out of the gat
Staying on top of icewave,
Trying to keep that powerfu blade from reaching top spee
Free shipping still hoverin
And it actually looks like marc devidts
May have throttled down the weapon here.
[chris] well, now he's tryin to get it going a little bit
Trying to create some space which he has to do
To have that primary weapon do any sort of damage
On free shipping before it takes
Another wet shot right to the grill.
[kenny] yeah, couple of nic shots there by icewave,
That's what it has to do.
Stick and move, create spac
And find some openings to attack.
But this right here, is what gary gin wants to do
Dirty up the fight with that big plow.
[chris] well, free shipping leaning on to icewave
He can do that for ten seconds,
That is the old catch and release program.
Devidts doing some creative driving to escape
But not showing a lot of offensive points
And there's the major first flame for free shippin
[kenny] that's what the fan came to see,
That flamethrower is so epic
Hard shot by free shipping.
Icewave has to find a way
To get around to the side of free shipping, chris.
Marc can't just be content to get him with that wedge.
[chris] gary gin continues t be the aggressor here tonigh
More flame. I love fire.
I want more, more,
More as he pins him against the rail.
[kenny] ah, this is gary gi at this best,
Just smothering icewave.
But a nice counter from marc devidts.
[chris] feels like icewave has everybody cranking now.
We've seen this robot strugg with weapon reliability issu
In the past few seasons,
But it looks rock solid here in this slugfest.
You can hear the crowd chanting, "one more hit."
And that's free shipping
Going major barbecue on icewave.
[kenny] nice display of control for the judges ther
By free shipping.
[chris] and now trying to get icewave
Onto the upper deck and he does!
[kenny] ah, that's some phenomenal driving
There by gary gin.
[chris] how do you like the view
From the penthouse up here, brother?
And now devidts has gotta fight.
Do I go left? Do I go right do I go ce--
Which? Ah, he decides to go that way.
Which is either your left or your right,
Depending on where you're sitting.
[kenny] ah, free shipping heads 'em off,
Cuts off the battlebox beautifully.
And, chris, something to thi about here down the stretch
Gary gin has chosen to keep that lifter
In the upright position
For most of this match.
That may not play well with the judges
In the aggression and control category.
[chris] either way, mark devidts
Trying to make a push here in the waning seconds
But free shipping won't allow him
And he sends him into the pulverizer
With 15 to go.
[kenny] he's gonna take him over to the other one now,
Chris, look at this!
[chris] oh, gary gin going coast to coast runnin
A fast break like ja morant.
This one's gonna go the distance, which means
-We will be going... -[buzzer dings]
...To the scorecards!
And our panel of judges is gonna break this down,
On an 11-point system.
Five points can be awarded for damage,
Three apiece for aggression and control.
Gary gin and free shipping,
Aggressive from the onset.
[kenny] yeah, great executio with that big front plow
And really, that's when gary gin is at his best.
Acting like a battering ram out there,
Controlling the pace
And wowing the crowd with that flamethrower.
[chris] mark devidts did land some hard shots
A few of which spun free shipping
Out of control momentarily.
Will it be enough to swing the decision, kenny
[kenny] it seemed most of those were skimming shots,
Didn't do much damage.
Gary did choose to keep his lifter
Out of the mix for the entire match
Which won't do him any favors with the judges
But no doubt, free shipping was the one
Dictating the action in this fight.
[chris] here's faruq with the decision.
The results from the judges are in.
[crowd cheering]
We have a split decision.
Judge lisa scored the battle
For free shipping!
[cheering]
Judge jason scored the battle
For icewave!
[cheering]
Judge derek scored the battle
For the winner...
Free shipping!
[woman] whoo!
Gary, congratulations. You and free shipping
-Taking care of business against icewave. -Yeah, you know.
How's it feel, man?
It feels great. Feels great.
Finally. You know, it was a close one.
You know, with a fight like that,
With a robot like free shipping
-Against a robot like icewave... -Yeah.
...Uh, it's hard to win a judges' decision.
So, we pretty much gotta try to knock 'em out.
We weren't able to do that, but, uh,
Feels really good to get the win.
Free shipping is one of those robots
That's really hard to get a knockout against.
Do you like this format here and how are you feeling
With three more fights to go?
Uh, feeling pretty good about the format.
Uh, I think we're prepared, I think we have enough spare parts
To keep on going.
Um, and it's great.
We now know who our next opponent is
And we can get ready for 'em.
[chris] all right, gary, time to refuel that flamethrower.
-Congratulations. -All right. Thanks.
[chris] meantime, the struggles continue for icewave.
Could it be we've seen the last of the whirling wonder?
Only marc devidts knows for sure.
Perhaps, he'll surprise us with a new creation sometime soon.
But it is free shipping that's moving on to the next round,
Where it will face uppercut
A bot that's likely still giving gary gin nightmares,
Kenny florian.
[kenny] yeah, these two have met once before
And it was more explosive than the last half of "free bird".
It'll be interesting to see if the wily veteran can learn from past mistakes
[chris] after the break, it ain't nothing
But a g thing as gruff
And glitch go for the gold.
Do not go anywhere. We'll be right back
With more battlebots champions sin city slugfest.
[chris] welcome back to battlebots champions sin city slugfest.
Two bots have already staked their claim to the next round.
That would be uppercut and free shipping.
One team will need to win four consecutive fights tonight
To earn a berth in the golden bolt tournamen
Which mean quick repairs and rebuilds are at a premiu
And it'll be a chess match in the arena,
As well as a war back in the pits.
Up next, it's gruff taking on glitch.
The winner of that match will face either mammoth or retrograde,
A fight that took place earlier tonight.
Let's see who came out on to
Fresh off its first battlebots campaign,
The under cutter retrograde and captain aaron lucas
Faced off against ricky willems
And the towering lifter of mammoth.
Let the bot battle begin!
And right out of the gate, things went south for mammot
After a hard shot from retrograde damaged its spinner.
[kenny] oh, mammoth is hurt, chris.
I think that shot stabbed the weapon chain.
[chris] without a primary weapon, ricky willems was forced
To turn the fight into a pushing match.
[kenny] nice controlled driving here from ricky.
He's using mammoth's size to smother retrograde
And keep it away from his wheels.
[chris] and despite aaron lucas' best efforts,
Retrograde was unable to finish off the wounded giant.
And after a whole lot of pushing and shoving,
The match was decided by our judges.
The winner by unanimous decision is...
Retrograde!
Whoo!
[chris] so, the damage done by retrograde
Early in the fight, was enough to topple mammot
In the eyes of the judges.
And aaron lucas and his squa are already back in the pit
Getting ready to face the winner of our next match-up,
Which is brought to you by the letter g.
That's right. It's the mobil bomb shelter gruff
Versus the youngsters from glitch.
And you remember during the round of 32,
Boy, this team glitch had such a remarkable run to the playoffs.
It went three and 0 in the regular season.
They had a top ten seed, they were ready to go.
They were slated to fight witch doctor.
Had to withdraw from the tournament due to mechanical issues.
So, kyle miller and his tea have had some time to stew on it
And wonder what could've bee
What do you expect to see out of them tonight?
-Uh, I would add, they have a beautiful robot as well. -They do.
[kenny] there's no doubt that they were disappointed with what went down
And it certainly raises a lot of questions
In a tournament like this,
Where durability is so crucial.
Kyle and his team will have an even
Smaller window for repairs than last season.
So, hopefully, they've come correct.
Because they have to make I through a very tough custome
In gruff here first.
And for gruff and sam mcamis,
This is a perennial middle of the pack bot,
Looking to break on through to the other side.
Notched their lone win against a rookie last season
It did almost take down tombstone
In last year's bounty tournament.
But almost is definitely the operative word with gruff here, kenny.
[kenny] it for sure is. We've said time and time aga
That gruff is tough,
But if they wanna be a real contender here,
They need to rely on more than just their defense.
They've got that lifter and the most powerful
Flame thrower we've ever see
It's time they fired them both up
To score some damage points
If they want a shot at fighting for the golden bolt.
Let's see what happens. Faruq!
In the red square, from palm harbor, florida,
The bot who breathes fire and will make you retire,
It's gruff!
[chris] sam mcamis and team gruff
Looking to bring the heat with that insane flame thrower.
And they got some serious plow action going, kenny.
[kenny] they sure do. It's no secret
That when glitch connects, it connects hard.
So the tough gruff has really battened down the hatches.
They plan to use those fork on the front of gruff
To help feed the very low-profile glitch
On to the lifter.
Looks like a lot of smart moves from a bot
That needs to make a statement here.
In the blue square, form berkeley, california
Repping the fraternity of "alpha kappa die",
Give it up for glitch!
[chris] team glitch on the first leg of its redemption tour.
So sleek and so powerful and so low to the ground, kenny.
[kenny] that's right and that low profile
Is going to be a huge factor here for glitc
Their omni-directional drive system
Should make them one of the most maneuverable bots
In the field.
But we've seen them struggl with getting stuck on the box floor.
It'll be interesting to see if they've addressed that issue
And if they can get that haymaker drum spinner
Pointed at gruff.
[woman] yeah!
Tonight we're fighting glitch.
Uh, they got that big beater on the front.
And basically, our plan's gonna be,
Uh, to try to get around to the sides of them.
I know that they're kind of new and still learning to drive
And so, our plan is to kind of try to
Get around to the sides and kind of get a lift in
On one of their side wings.
Glitch has a lot of things packed into a small package
And, uh, we think we've got a good chance
Of, like, grabbing 'em and burnin' up some stuff.
We're a little bit nervous, but also fairly confident.
We haven't hit a whole ton of things with our weapon
And they have a huge flame thrower,
So really test out our electronics.
So, we're kind of used to scrambling
Uh, for our fights,
But this time it's gonna be different.
We're gonna be all ready to go.
[electronic voice] robots activate.
[chris] it's all on the lin for team glitch
After last season's shocking disqualification
In the world championship tournament.
Can the youngsters redeem themselves tonight?
Or will the veteran gruff dash their dreams?
The fight
When battlebots champion continues.
[chris] welcome back to battlebots champions
Sin city slugfest,
Where we've got the youngsters glitch,
Ready to face off against the tough as nails veteran gruff.
The bots are locked, loaded and ready for launch.
[crowd] fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] two bots vying for the last spot
In tonight's second round,
It's flame versus flair.
-Let's do this! -[crowd] fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] let the bot battle begin!
Glitch, they've gone by.
[kenny] yeah, they kind of slipped there, weren't able to make contact with gruff.
Not moving so fast out there, chris.
[chris] kenny, it looks lik both bots might be having
Trouble with the battlebox floor.
[kenny] yeah, we saw the same thing in glitch's first round figh
It is so low to the ground, not really very mobile,
-But gruff having issues as well. -[man] all right!
[chris] remember, glitch the rookie bot
Has those omni wheels, allows them to drive every direction,
But right now, just kind of avoiding contac
With gruff, which isn't a bad idea.
[kenny] it's like a middle school dance here, chris.
Both bots waiting for the other to make the first move.
[chris] uh, do you wanna tell 'em to start scoring some points
In the damage category, 'cause that does count on the judges' scorecard.
[kenny] yeah, absolutely, and this is where glitch nee to get something going
And he did!
Able to damage those front forks on gruff.
Excellent job.
[chris] all right, a big bur of flame out of gruff,
As he breathes some heavy fire.
Sam mcamis getting a good look at his bot,
But not much action here in the first minute.
[kenny] yeah, I think he just went into full-out flames.
He was not having success driving around the battlebox there.
Both bots trying to get their primary weapons going
[chris] remember, for gruff it is that lifter in front
That is his primary weapon.
The egg-beater drum for the rookie.
And there's a big shot and our first flip of the match and gruff rights himself.
[kenny] and that's where glitch is able to shine,
Able to get underneath their opponents to get a nice hit
To the underbelly of gruff.
[chris] so far, a lot of flame, but not a lot of fury
Out of gruff.
[kenny] yeah, this is probab the most tame we've seen gruff out there,
At the very least, they're able to smash right into their opponents.
But right now, having serious mobility issues.
[chris] and glitch trying to get to the side of gruff
And perhaps do some damage with that egg-beater drum.
He does get gruff into the screws
On the upper deck, but he breaks free.
[kenny] and gruff, which is known as a very good controlling b
And an aggressive bot,
We're just not seeing that at all.
The only thing they really have going for them
Is their flame, whereas glitch
Is the one really causing all the damage
With that primary weapon.
But again, not hitting often
-[man] let's get some momentum. -[speaking indistinctly]
[chris] anthony moody, the driver of glitch
Trying to get it in prime scoring point territory.
Oh! [laughs] oh!
[chris] big shot by team glitch.
With less than ten seconds to go
This one's gonna go the distance.
Could it leave one more mark for the judges
Whoa! A huge shot just hit it into the wall.
Wow!
What a shock.
Gruff on its back, seems to be out cold
With the judges looking on.
So, kenny, it took a while for the action to get going
But finally, glitch started to do its thing.
[kenny] yeah, glitch's weapo is just an absolute beast.
They were able to get underneath gruff
And do some meaningful damage to those front forks
And now they're battling mobility issues for sure.
But that weapon is something else.
[chris] and here's that massive egg-beater dru
Landing a shot that upended gruff.
Sam mcamis able to right his bot,
But couldn't get anything going after that.
[kenny] as far as control, this was one of the worst
Performances we've seen from gruff.
And I realize it was technically after the bell,
But how about this finishing shot from glitch?
Looked like gruff was out cold.
What an impression to leave with the judges.
The results from the judges are in.
The winner by unanimous decision is...
[crowd] glitch! Glitch! Glitch! Glitch! Glitch!
Glitch!
[chris] kyle miller.
Kyle, you just got a huge win against the veteran team like gruff.
How does it feel?
Uh...
That one was kind of rough. Not gonna lie.
[kenny] it seems like it's been a little bit of a struggle for you guys.
You've been experiencing a lot of technical difficulties.
Um, how has that been stress wise for you guys?
Uh...
I really need an unbranded
-Energy drink right now. -[kenny laughing]
Well, you got yourself a great win, man.
You earned yourself one of those. Go get it.
-Thank you. -Congrats.
[chris] so, team glitch gets the monkey off its bac
And will advance to phase retrograde.
And with that, the first round action is complete.
And only four challengers remain
In tonight's slugfest.
Who's gonna take the whole tournament
And get a shot at rotator? That is still to come
On battlebots champions sin city slugfest.
[chris] the chaos rages on here
At battlebots champions sin city slugfest.
Only four bots remain in tonight's bracket.
Their goal? Win three more fights
And qualify for the exclusiv golden bolt tournament.
Only one team can join this panel of pedigree.
Look at that field.
Will it be one of our contenders
Or will it be tonight's gatekeeper rotator?
We kick off our second round action
With the return of the cranium-cracking uppercut.
So, everybody hide under your desk at home
Because alex hattori and that entire group, they're back.
Saw them make quick work of dragon slayer earlier tonight.
Now taking on free shipping
And who could forget the last time these two teams met.
I wouldn't be surprised if gary gin's eyebrows are still singed.
That weapon is so menacing, kenny.
[kenny] it really is. It hits so hard.
And remember, we saw uppercu try out a new weapon
Against dragon slayer earlie
But it just didn't pack the punch we're used to seeing.
For this one, alex told us
He's going back to his devastating
Bar spinner we all know and fear.
And their strategy is simple every single time.
Point the weapon, hit, repeat.
I don't think gary gin's strategy is ever, um,
Wavered either with free shipping.
[chris] can he handle the punch that he's about to take?
[kenny] I mean, it's a very small and very burnt sample size,
But gary's been at this gam a long time
And if you give a veteran like him a loss to learn from,
It's a pretty safe bet he'll be ready for round two
We saw him execute the control game perfectly
In that win earlier tonight
So, look for the wily vetera to be out for revenge.
Yeah, free shipping just won a split decision
In round one. Now it's trying to avoid being
Split down the middle.
Faruq!
In the red square, from san leandro, california,
Look out, he's about to go postal,
It's free shipping!
[chris] free shipping didn't take a ton of damage
Against icewave earlier tonight.
But it looks like gary is going a different directi
-With that front armor this time. -All right.
[kenny] he has. The plow we saw against icewave
Was specifically to defend against horizontal spinners
But it had way too many edges on it
That uppercut can get a good bite on.
This smoother, slanted edge could allow free shipping
To deflect shots while gary gets in close
To try and win the control game.
In the blue square, from cambridge, massachusetts,
He's the ultimate "rock you, sock you" robot,
It's uppercut!
[chris] team uppercut lookin for win number two on the night.
For the battle-tested weapo back in the mix,
You know they're gonna dish out some more power, kenny.
And, hey, alex hattori's lik "yeah, I think we're more powerful."
-[chris chuckles] -[kenny] and with that powe comes responsibility, chris
Because they can also be a danger to themself.
They hit so hard. If they bounce off a wall
Or if they fly up in the ai and hit the floor,
Uh, they can knock themselves out,
So they gotta be careful.
So our next fight is uppercut.
We've fought them before and they did quite a bit of damage
To our frame.
So, gotta try to make sure that doesn't happen again.
Yeah, so, if we win this bracket of eight,
We have a chance to take on rotator.
We take out rotator,
That gets us into that golden bolt tournament.
There's gonna be a lot of legends,
A lot of heavy hitters, a lot of tough robots in that.
And, you know, there's gonna be that golden bolt to win.
We know gary's a very good driver
And that the robot's very durable.
Uh, but our strategy hasn't really changed.
We're still gonna try and spin up,
And just keep pointing at them to try and get under them.
The last time we fought, we managed to get under them
And hit them into the air and also, we think we hit their flame thrower.
So, we'll see if we can get a repeat of that.
We're excited to be one step closer to be fighting rotator,
But we still have to just take these matches one match at a time
'cause anything can happen.
So, we're focused on free shipping right now
And we're hoping to do our best.
-You good? -All good.
[crowd] fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] let the bot battle begin!
Uppercut. Uh-oh. Having some mobility issues
[kenny] whoa!
-Oh! -Oh, my god!
Oh, my gosh!
[chris laughing]
[kenny] explosion in the battlebox.
-[chris] wow! -And free shipping isn't moving.
[chris] deja vu.
[kenny] chris, look at the g on that front wedge of free shipping as well. Wo
[chris] oh, my gosh.
[crowd cheering]
[kenny] wow.
-[chris] there goes the countdown... -Seven, six, five, four...
-It is over! -...Three, two, one.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[indistinct conversation]
[chris] kenny, why do I fee like I've seen this movie before?
[kenny] yeah, this was deja all over again for free shipping.
Huge gash and then explosion right after.
-[kenny] wow. -[chris laughing] oh, my gos
[kenny] look at that gash o the wedge. You see the fuel just spew out of there.
And then, uppercut finishes the job. Bang.
Look at that butane ignite into a fireball there.
-Whoo. -[crowd cheering]
-[chris] alex. -Hi.
-You little pyromaniac, you... -[laughing]
Well, uh, how fun was that?
It took a lot longer to get the robot to be prepared for this fight,
Than it took for the fight to go down.
[laughing] how amazed were you that you were able to...
Make gary gin's bot burst into flames?
Uh, [laughs] it happens, seems to happen with uppercut.
[laughing] all right. Well, listen, alex, congratulations.
-You are onto the next round. -Thank you.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
Kenny, it's that one shot from uppercut.
You never know when it's gonna happen, but it's gonna happen.
[kenny] oh, my goodness. Aga that's why they have so muc confidence in their weapon.
Two shots, and it was over.
[chris] and, with that we sa "goodnight, sweet prince," to gary gin and free shippin
The fans will be hoping for his return in next season's world championships,
And we will, too.
The big question about that fight is,
-You didn't singe kenny's beard, did you? -[laughing] I hope not.
-This thing, is a national treasure. -[laughs]
[chris] so, uppercut heads back to the pits after moving on in a blaze of glor
They're gonna face the winner of the glitch versus retrograde match-up
Which is coming up next.
And remember, guarding the gate, tonight, you know the name...
It's the golden boy, the unflappable undercutter the punishing palindrome,
Rotator!
Battlebots champions sin city slugfest, continues after this.
[crowd cheering]
[chris] it is time for more these sin city slugfest here on battlebots.
And there is a live look at the crew from uppercut,
Getting their bot ready to rumble in round three, kenny.
[kenny] yeah, in a one nigh format like this, fights ar won and lost back in the pit
And it's so impressive, what these builders are abl to accomplish so quickly,
In under so much pressure, all to blow it all up, and do it all over again.
Just awesome.
[chris] hey, you know what else is awesom
Two young teams, fresh off their rookie seasons making some noise here, tonight.
That's right. It is retrograde and glitch
And one of them is about to move a step closer to facing tonight's gatekeeper
Rotator.
[chris] we didn't get a chance
To properly introduce you to aaron lucas and team retrograde, earlier
A tepid one and two after their first kick at the worl championship can last season
Safe to say this is a crossroads moment for their squad, kenny.
[kenny] it is for sure, but don't forget that aaron has been around the sport
For a minute, after spending the last two years
As bloodsport's driver.
We know the guy has some real skill,
And it showed in his win over mammoth, earlier tonigh
Another one here against the streaking glitch
Could really help his team star rise.
[chris] and then, there's glitch and kyle miller. Glitch is a fascinating robo
Has not lost in its battlebots career, and you're like,
Wait a second. Wait, what?
It's a pretty impressive headline
Of course we know they got dqed in the round of 32, last season.
Sure, they may move around the box like a baby deer wit a bazooka strapped to its ba
But it's sure getting the job done.
So far, they are one for one, right now in the sin city slugfest.
Yeah, that's right.
You know, they've been having some issues outside the battlebox.
It's a bit of a black mark on glitch's resume,
So this fight is actually going to be a good indicator
Of whether or not they've solved those issues back in the pits.
-Let's see what happens here. -Let's find out, faruq.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
In the red square, from venice, california.
The team from muscle beach that's a flex on their competition.
Give it up for retrograde.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] aaron lucas, the ma with two first names has a b with two primary weapons.
What is retrograde's game here?
[kenny] though it has both the lifter and an undercutte
Which makes it very dangerou for multiple attack factors
The lifter is meant to get underneath glitch and control it into submission.
But that undercutter,
It's actually used very similarly to tonight's gatekeeper, rotator.
Bake with one hand, spin and destroy with the booty blade.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
And in the blue square, from berkeley, california.
The bot that'll have your doctor saying,
"four on four error, pulse not found." it's glitch.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] team glitch took out gruff in the first round,
Got back to the pits, and looks like it's all systems go.
Man, this is one sleek looking bo kenny.
[laughs]
[kenny] yeah, looks like a f-117 stealth fighter, really cool looking bot,
And that weapon has been devastating.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
Our strategy against glitch is definitely to use the lifter.
They have armor on really every side of their robot.
So, it's gonna be really difficult to get around to the back with the undercutter,
But we think we can out fork them,
Get underneath them, and flip them over using the lifter.
The idea fighting rotator is really exciting.
Rotator's one of our biggest inspirations,
And I think it'll be a really fun undercutter battle.
So, we're running our forks, and hopefully, if we go up against their lifter,
We'll get jammed in there rather of being lifted up.
So to stop that,
They'll have to get us with their horizontal spinner on the front,
And we're hoping to take some big shots then.
This is the most prepared we've ever been for a fight.
If we win this fight, we'll even be ready for the next.
[crowd cheering]
[chris] kyle and team glitc feeling confident
They've exercised their demons back in the pit
Let's see if they could put their money where their primary weapon is.
[electronic voice] robots activate.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] and for more on this round two match-up,
Let's bring in our bot whisperer, pete, what you got?
Well, retrograde made some massive changes in the pits.
One of the biggest that you'll probably see is strength of the lifter.
They actually went from a two to one gear ratio now to a five to one,
Giving them a higher torque, that they'll be able to lift a bot more,
Which is what they're really looking to do here,
Since the omni wheels doesn't give glitch
Much ability to catch a corner with the tire
As you would, if you had a nice four wheel vehicle.
[kenny] very good, pete.
The winner of this match-up will square off against uppercut in the finals.
The winner of that,
Will square off against rotator in the golden bolt qualifier
[crowd cheering]
[electronic voice] red team ready?
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[electronic voice] blue team ready?
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[crowd chanting] fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] let the bot battle begin.
The teams kinda saunter out
Glitch lining up its weapon
Retrograde leading with the lifter, trying to get I into the front side of glitc
[kenny] I think they did some damag to that fork, you see them.
Not straight anymore, chris
[chris] now retrograde's bea is definitely busted at this point and seriously ben
[kenny] glitch hits so hard and retrograde has
To be careful with those wheels on the sid of their robot as well.
[chris] oh! Retrograde leading with the undercutter now,
Looking for the right angle to attack glitch.
[kenny] yeah, they have to be careful of those weapon to weapon hits too.
[chris] yeah, they sure do.
But glitch, not exactly looking nimble out there so far.
And, you know, we've seen this from them before,
The lack of mobility with th threat of that nuclear
Vertical spinner always looming.
[kenny] yeah, they look to be stuck on the battlebox four.
[chris] I mean they are movi but very slowly, kenny.
[kenny] this is the opportunity that retrograde wanted.
[chris] and we got a weapon on weapon shot there that
Popped retrograde in the air a bit.
[kenny] and this is a good sign. Retrograde's weapon's still spinning strong.
[chris] glitch trying to stay squared up to retrograde.
Here's aaron looking to get around at the backside of glitch.
Lands a couple of jabs and then retreats. Glitch seems to be okay.
[man] come on glitch!
[kenny] glitch is so low to the ground,
And the way they're set up,
They're so good at deflectin energy against vertical and horizontal weapons.
[chris] and couple of glitch forks now bent sideways her in the halfway point.
-[clanging] -[kenny] oh!
That was a great shot right there, chris, took off some the armor on glitch.
[chris] this has been a close fight so far, here in round two.
[indistinct shouting]
[chris] glitch trying to mov a little bit better, get mor fluidity in their step.
And now retrograde taking glitch into the rail!
[kenny] excellent driving he from aaron lucas and team retrograde.
[man] don't seem to be able to move out of there.
[kenny] uh-oh, glitch's not showing any movement,
And retrograde getting its weapon up to speed, continuing to stay aggressiv
[chris] nice shot by retrograde.
Going in the backside of glitch.
Under a minute to go so the kill saws are now active
Oh, the tire has come off. The right front tire on retrograde is a goner.
Oh, the kill saws get to the underbelly of glitch.
[kenny] oh, there goes the other one!
[chris] wow! But look at thi retrograde's still moving, kenny.
[kenny] and the bot does have a sandwich swaddl of wheels in the rear
So it's not done yet.
[chris] glitch continuing t go to work on retrograde.
[kenny] they may be out of control
But it doesn't take much than to damage their opponents.
[chris] under 30 to go. Both weapons still grinding away.
Regrtograde's stay in impressive despite those two missing wheels.
I'm gonna go for a rapid shot on it yet.
[chris] aaron lucas resets glitch trying to stay squared up.
Another weapon on weapon shot as the clock ticks towards the end.
Final seconds and this one will go the distance.
Who's gonna get one last sho to impress the judges?
Nice job by retrograde working the front of glitch
[buzzer sounds]
And this one goes for the whole three minutes
Nice work by these two rookie bots.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] kenny, it took some feeling out for both of these bots,
But eventually, we saw back and forth action
And what was a very close fight.
[kenny] yeah, both teams looking to find their bearings,
Retrograde hunting for the right angle to attack.
Glitch struggling to move effectively, retrograde was able to take advantage.
[chris] after his lifter got banged up to start,
Aaron lucas did a sensationa job at getting around to the backside of glitch,
Chip it away with the undercutter.
But the question, "will that be enough to get him the w?"
[kenny] well, glitch is gonn struggle to score some point in the control
And aggression categories, because of those mobility issues.
But we've seen time and time again,
How big a role damage plays in these decisions.
Glitch able to take out bot of retrograde's front tires and damage the lifter.
[chris] which one of these young builders will be moving on? Here's faruq.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
The results from the judges are in.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
We have a split decision.
Judge lisa scored the battle for glitch.
[all applauding]
Judge derek scored the battle for retrograde.
[all applauding]
Judge jason scored the battle for the winner.
-Glitch! -[all cheering and applauding]
[crowd cheering and applauding continues]
[chris] kyle, congratulations.
How nerve wracking is it when you hear we have a split decision?
I think you saw all of our faces right there.
[sighs] yeah, it's rough.
[kenny] kyle, you guys have had some issues,
But you're still undefeated at the end of the day, man. Are you surprised?
-Uh, very, yeah. -[laughs]
Uh, we've like...
Barely got in through, each time, and... [chuckles]
Yeah, but we're ready to keep on going,
And we have another bot already completely done, so we'll be
Ready to strike back out.
Well, kyle, do you know who you face next?
-Uh, uppercut. -Yeah, how does that sound?
Uh... It'll be another... [laughs] it'll be another rough one.
-[laughs] -hey, man, you'll take it.
You still win. Congratulations.
-[crowd cheering and applauding] -thank you.
[crowd cheering and applauding continues]
[chris] kenny, that was the proverbial coinflip.
-I mean really, that was a tough, tough one to judge. -Yeah.
I thought so, you know, both teams here, their first year,
I thought both had their issues, but,
That was probably the best we've seen,
Both of their bots for the most part.
For a bot like retrograde,
That's important when they're trying to show what they're capable of.
With a win over mammoth and a close loss to glitch,
They've certainly upped their stock, ahead of the 2022 world championships
[chris] so, glitch's undefeated run continues as they rush back to the pit
And prepare for the terrifying uppercut
The winner of that match will face rotator at the en of the night.
The eighth berth in the exclusive golden bolt tournament
Will be up for grabs.
It's glitch versus uppercut a cacophony of chaos is headed your way,
Next on battlebots champi
[man] whoo.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] welcome back to battlebots champions, sin city slugfest.
We have arrived safely,
Well, kind of safely, at the final of the rotator bracket, I say, kinda, safely,
Because uppercut's here.
I don't like saying his name too loud 'cause I don't want him to be mad at me.
[chris] those fists are set to fly against glitch next.
But first, let's take a mome to remind everyone of the reward for a win here
That would be a ticket to tango with the mad scientist himself,
Victor soto and rotator.
[faruq] it's time for rotato
[victor] we've had plenty of years of experience now.
Every year I think we've gotten better and better.
We have a robust design now that can take the hits,
And dish it out as well.
[chris] rotator turning this place into a junkyard, kenny.
[victor] with rotator, it wasn't really designed to be a control bot,
It's an undercutting horizontal spinner.
We are trying to win by knockouts.
[chris] incredible game win by rotator. Victor soto doin everything right tonight.
[victor] I think with all the improvements that we've made,
Everything we've learnt from last year, not just from the fights,
But the pits, I think we're as ready as we can ever be.
-[chris] huge hit by rotator he's going for the jugular. -[victor] oh, yeah!
[victor] the bar is always high, every year it gets even higher,
So you can never really get comfortable,
You always have to keep pushing the limits,
See how much better you can get.
[chris] rotator pouring it on now.
The goal for rotator is to really show everyone that we're a top tier robot.
[chris] rotator, getting it done.
[chris] so, the former most destructive bot winner rotator, lays in wait.
Will victor soto be punchin his ticket to the golden bol tournament tonight?
Or will it be one of the bot in our next match-up?
We've got two absolute canno in uppercut and glitch.
Let's fire it up with uppercut.
Alex hattori's crew, they are packing a mighty punch.
And I'm not sure how good your memory is,
But they just blew up free shipping like the hindenbur for a second time.
This bot is a menace to society.
Yeah, there's nothing safe about that weapon.
That weapon hits so hard, and they don't even have to hit you in a vulnerable spot,
Whatever they hit, they destroy.
Uh, will that be the same for tonight's opponent, glitch?
[chris] the improbable run continue for kyle miller and his squa
And if we're being honest, this bot hasn't exactly looked nimble out there,
And has spent a ton of time stuck on the box floor.
But somehow this team has found a way to keep winning, kenny.
[kenny] yeah, it's almost inconceivable wh they've been able to do here
And it's been fun to watch.
We've seen how hard that weapon hits,
When it does manage to square up, though.
Let's see if they can keep the magic going here against uppercut.
Winner takes on rotator later tonight. Let's check it out. Faruq!
[crowd cheering and applauding]
In the red square, like spilling soda on a nintendo,
He'll make your system overload.
Crushes other bots so easily, you'd swear he had a cheatcode.
He'll beat you up, up, down, down, left, right, b, a.
You don't get any extra lives when this killer comes to play.
Press start, it's glitch!
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] for the third time tonight, it is glitch.
This thing is a lowrider, kenny.
[kenny] yeah, you need a spatula to get under that thing.
And we saw that low profile almost cost them that match against retrograde
When they kept getting caugh on the battlebox floor,
Something kyle and his team hopefully address during the quick rebuild back in the pi
[crowd cheering and applauding]
In the blue square, this bot comes from mit,
And it graduated at the top of its class.
It majored in destruction and minored in kicking your ass.
Its graduation day and his celebration will be unmatched,
When his giant punch launches your cap in the air with your head still attached.
Give it up for uppercut!
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[chris] here comes uppercut
They are going with their asymmetrical bar for the match.
So, if you're scoring at hom three different weapons in three fights.
[kenny] yeah, that's right, that's the thinnest of their arsenal
By half an inch which also means, it's the sharpest.
Alex said this weapon is the most effective when the want every hit to really hur
No time better than now to deploy it.
I really think driving will be the defining factor with uppercut.
Uh, we both hit super hard.
So it's, whoever gets that first hit, I think, will take it.
If we can go up against rotator, it'll mean a lot.
Uh, they're an tough and extremely legendary robot.
We're excited for it.
So we're gonna try not to get hit by that weapon.
We know that they have a kind of unconventional drivetrain.
So we never really competed against a robot like that.
So, we'll see if we can hit them from the side or from the back, if possible.
Uh, and if not, though I think we can take it, we hope.
We're still taking this one match at a time 'cause
We have to get through this match. But, if we win,
We'll be taking on rotator next.
[electronic voice] robots activate.
[chris] team glitch choosin to go forkless for the first time tonight.
Talk to us, kenny.
[kenny] yeah, this is about mobility.
We know glitch has been struggling moving effectivel tonight.
So they're hoping removing those low scraping forks will prevent them
From getting caught on the box floor in this pivotal match.
[chris] we are down to the final two challengers in tonight's slugfest.
Glitch, 5-0 lifetime in this young battlebot's career.
Uppercut, a nuclear weapon on wheels.
The winner gets to tango with rotator.
The fight
Coming your way,
Next.
[chris] we're in the eye of the hurricane here on
Battlebots champions, sin city slugfest.
Glitch and uppercut are abou to throw down.
[crowd] fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] winner moves on to face rotator
For the right to advance to the golden bolt tournamen
Let the bot battle begin.
Uh-oh, glitch sticking to the floor. That is terrible
Oh, no! Uppercut got it's forks stuck at the kill saw alley.
Whoa! Nice shot there.
Uppercut out of control.
Glitch with a hard shock to follow it up.
[kenny] uppercut finding itself off balance here against glitch.
Now looking for the right angle to strike back.
They have to go weapon to weapon.
[chris] uppercut not moving well after those big collisions.
Can it reset?
Ohhh! Ho, ho, ho!
Huge hit and the pulverizer drops down on the backside of uppercut.
[kenny] uppercut having a really tough time getting underneath.
Both of these bots gotta be careful of that corner though, chris.
[chris] every time uppercut attacks, glitch finds a way to whip
That drum spinner around an dish out some serious pain.
[referee] you guys good?
[chris] and now uppercut looks hurt, kenny.
[kenny] I think they took damage off of that shot whe they fell on their weapon
On the battlebox floor. They're totally off balance here.
[chris] yeah, well, definitely
One of those ears got cut of on that initial shock by--
Ohhh!
[kenny] armor just flying across the battlebox!
[chris] that came from uppercut but both of these bots
Look like they maybe on their last legs.
Can you engage at all?
[kenny] yeah. Both teams struggling to move.
[chris] now the question is how long will the referees give them?
Glitch frozen to the floor, uppercut unable to move with any sort of control.
[kenny] neither bot can engage, chris!
Let's see you charge right towards them.
[chris] is this gonna be a simultaneous knockout?
The referees are looking at one another.
[referee] we got a simultaneous knockout in...
Ten. Nine.
[chris] it is!
[referee] eight. Seven. Six.
[chris] the ten-count has started on each robot.
[referee] five. Four.
[chris] so that means this will go to the judges.
[referee] three. Two. One.
Simultaneous knockout.
[buzzer sounds]
[chris] unbelievable.
A tremendous amount of frustration in both pits you can see it.
Both captains wondering exactly what happened.
I'll tell you what happened it's now going to the judges' scorecard.
Kenny, a ton of big hits early,
How are the judges gonna break down this abbreviated fight?
[kenny] well, they'll score just like any other match.
Obviously, both bots came out aggressive but it was glitch that struck early an
Often, ripping that right ballast bar off of uppercut and damaging it's drive.
[chris] uppercut did its bes to counter, but
So tough to get a clean bit on that low-slung glitch.
[kenny] yeah. Despite it's control issues which popped up yet again here,
Glitch's design makes it so difficult to attack,
It forces you to go weapon-to-weapon.
[chris] both bots were feeli the effects of those big hit here at the finish.
The refs deciding to call a double ko.
But not before glitch took one more souvenir for it's collection.
Was it enough to send kyle miller's team into the golden bolt qualifier?
The results from the judges are in.
We have a split decision.
Judge jason scored the battle for uppercut.
Judge derek scored the battle for glitch.
Judge lisa scored the battle
For the winner...
Glitch!
Kyle, I'm gonna ask you again, are you shocked?
Yeah. It's very rough going to the judges three times in a row.
Uh...
Dude, you just beat uppercut. You can celebrate a little bit, man.
Yeah!
Ah!
How did you do it against that weapon?
Uh, I think,
The slopes on our armor really helped,
Uh, counteract it. It was like the perfect angle for them to glance off rather than
Getting some good purchase.
I think, if they got under us, we definitely would have been hosed,
Uh, since they have a massive weapon.
Uh, but the shapes of our bot just played out in our favor.
You ready for rotator?
We'll see.
Go fix your bot. We'll see you n a few minutes. Congratulations!
Thank you.
[chris] so glitch does it yet again,
Sending uppercut back to the practice ring.
A frustrating end but suffice to say, we'll be dodging plenty of uppercuts
When the world championship rolls back around.
Can you believe glitch
3-0 during the regular season run.
And now 3-0 here tonight!
Absolutely. And it's been close, I mean, these fights have been really close.
If I'm a member of that team, I'm going to the blackjack tables, I'm playing poker,
The lottery, whatever it takes.
But it's not like they're exactly oozing confidence
After they won their second round match. We're like, "you get uppercut."
They are like, "oh, gosh!"
And now they're like, rotator, "we'll see."
-They're interesting. -I get they've been having issues with their bot
But they're finding a way to win, it's amazing.
[chris] the unbeatable glitc advances to take on tonight' gatekeeper, rotator.
Winner will earn a berth in the golden bolt tournamen
And a chance to hoist a brand new shiny trophy.
It's our main event of the evening
When we return.
[kenny] in a single-day tournament like the sin cit slugfest,
It's no secret that every fight is won or lost in the pits.
[chris] look at the carnage
[kenny] and each team's rewa for winning their fight
Is a frantic rebuild prepari for their next bout.
And for a young team like glitch, that's had issues in the past,
Today's war of attrition has been particularly arduou
In the sin city slugfest, it's really hard.
Uh, you have, we have three fights in one day
Which is almost unheard of.
Uh, you have to spend a lot of time and a lot of effort
Uh, quickly working on the robot.
[kenny] with everything on the line and not a ton of time,
Builders like glitch's kyle miller will use the impressive resources
Provided by autodesk fusion 360
And haas in our hospital to give them the best chanc for success.
We really want the redemption ark from not being able to get to that,
Uh, qualifying match.
And glitch will be ready.
We are back on battlebots champions, sin city slugfest.
It is the golden bolt qualifier and the legend
That's standing on top of the mountain with both arms folded
Is victor soto and rotator although he probably looks nothing like this.
Because victor sometimes, even though he has the flashy gear and the cool shoes
And everything, is somewhat understated, and in my opinion, underappreciated.
I think he is as well.
And maybe what's holding hi back from being one of the big names
Is that he's never made a deep run in the world championship tournamen
Sure, victor and rotator won the bronco bounty
But they've never managed to break out of the quarter finals.
But he is the gatekeeper for a reason here.
Victor is an elite driver and tactician.
His bot is always durable and hits incredibly hard.
So adding a golden bolt to his resume
Would certainly do wonders for victor's panache, he's going to bring in here
And how about the team that's burst onto the scene, glitch?
You know the story by now.
Their disqualification in last year's round of 32 aside,
This crew now sits at 6-0 lifetime here at battlebot. They've never lost.
Kyle miller's bot is hitting hard.
And clearly, this team has had no problem getting it done in the pits
They get a second chance at life and here they have a chance to win something big.
These guys are an amazing team.
And I can't emphasize enoug how impressive what they've been able to accomplish is.
After the way last season ended,
It would have been easy for critics to say, "glitch' undefeated run was a fluke.
But now that they've notched another three wins,
It's pretty clear that this is a bot everyone should be very afraid of.
But, of course, they're abou to face one of their toughest tests yet,
Against victor soto and rotator.
Lot on the line tonight.
Somebody will win and advance to the tournament of champions
For a chance to play for the golden bolt.
Let's find out who it'll be, faruq.
[faruq] ladies and gentlemen,
Are you ready?
Its time
For the main event!
In the red square,
This team's full of college students not old enough to drink.
Sure, I believe you.
Wink, wink.
Be careful in the box, because if you happen to steer wrong,
This vertical spinner will leave you totally smashed,
Like a good game of beer pong.
Give it up
For glitch!
[chris] already, tonight he has done yeoman's work,
Knocking off gruff, and retrograde, and
Uppercut.
In its win against uppercut, we did see glitch have some problems
Working its way over the floor. They better not have that tonight against rotator
[kenny] yeah. Well, it's strength is that it's very low to the ground.
It's weakness is that it's very low to the ground.
It gets stuck into the, uh, battlebox floor, at times.
But, it does help deflect away the energy
From a lot of these horizontal-spinning weapons
Let's see if it can do the same here against rotator.
In the blue square,
This south beach slammer will do anything to you.
His spinners cut both ways and there's nada you can do.
His rhythm's gonna get you killed.
And everyone can tell, he's the miami power machine
And he'll make you conga through the gates of hell.
Get on your feet
For rotator!
[chris] and there's the big bad boss blocking the bridge
It is rotator led by victor soto.
You know, he's got that look
The bot has that deadly undercutting bar.
What's the team strategy her kenny?
[kenny] well, you better believe they have a strategy
Victor is known as one of the best tacticians in the sport.
He knows glitch has had trouble moving on the box floor.
So watch for him to get in close with rotator's forks
Before whirling around
And dealing some serious damage to glitch with that undercutter.
The road to get here was completely unexpected.
I don't-- well, kinda lost for words.
Winning the golden bolt would mean so much to us.
Not being able to make it into the round of 32,
Uh, left us, kind of, a little broken. And then,
Getting to go up against victor soto and rotator,
Uh, to try to get in to that golden bolt tournament.
This is a chance at redemption.
For some reason, rotator's an-- I think it's a overlooked bot.
But they're legend for a reason and I'm not going to overlook them.
Yeah. So glitch is an interesting robot. Uh,
Very impressive. They've made it
Through a gauntlet of fights,
Made it past uppercut and now they're up to rotator.
Their drive, I believe, is their weakness right now.
It's a first year robot, looks like they're struggling a little bit
With certain parts of the arena.
I'm gonna have to put a little bit more emphasis on the driving this time. Instead of
Just trying to, like, take shot after shot.
Oh, the golden bolt would be fantastic.
Uh, I think it'll really do well with our theme.
And I think it'll look good with our "most destructive bolt" award
That we got in 2018.
And someday we'll just have a nut to, uh, go along with it.
[electronic voice] robots activate.
[crowd chanting] fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
[chris] here we go.
The silver sensation, glitch
Taking on the rough and tumble, rotator,
For a shot to compete for the golden bolt.
Let the bot battle begin!
Here, watch glitch's movemen
Whoa! Now they move, courtesy a shot at rotator.
[kenny] now we've got the first signs of life from glitch's drum spinner.
[chris] and listen to that weapon.
[kenny] oh!
Don't... Don't wanna go weapon to weapon with that thing.
[chris] yeah. Victor soto knows it.
Moving very cautiously.
Oh! It's tracking him.
Whoa!
Oh, my god.
Rotator's guts are all over the battlebox and there's smoke!
[bleep]
Are you kidding me?
I cannot believe a rookie bo just did that
To one of the legends of the sport.
[referee] five. Four. Three.
[chris] they remain undefeated!
[referee] two.
[chris] what!
[referee] one. Knockout.
That is unbelievable.
[kenny] wow!
[chris] there's rotator gut all over the place.
[chris chuckles]
[chris] kenny, glitch shock the world.
[kenny] unbelievable. Rotato actually struck first, you see that piece of armor
Fly off the back of glitch there.
Victor did his best to stee clear of the weapon but kyl
Just kept it pointed at rotator,
And boom!
Look at this shock!
In the air, the guts were coming out, I mean,
The amount of power to do that.
Rotator is known for being tough, they're known for being durable.
We have never seen this.
The kinda height, the kinda devastation--
[chris] this is a rookie rob doing this to a legend
In victor soto.
Un...
Be...
Lievable.
[chris] kyle miller.
-Chris. -Yeah.
Dude!
[kyle exclaims]
You just
Destroyed
A legend in rotator.
We have never seen somebody do that to victor soto's bot.
How did you do that?
[chuckles]
That weapon hits hard.
Uh, yeah. So,
We started of the match
Pretty scared.
Uh.
In the drive test, we weren't able to spin up our weapon, like,
Very consistently, because of the previous match.
Uh, so it took a while.
We only had one screw in that side-armor that they tore off.
So that's why it tore off.
And we were, kinda, scared that they would get into there and get our wheel.
Uh, but then that hit happened, and
Wow!
[chris chuckles]
[chris] yeah!
Kyle,
You guys went 3-0 in the regular season.
You won four fights tonight.
You're moving on to the tournament of champions where you're gonna face the likes of
Endgame,
Tombstone,
And other legendary bots.
Can you believe you're on this wild ride?
No way. Like, we did not have the bot working.
We thought that we'd only have one fight and it'd be mediocre.
But somehow we're here.
Actually, not somehow, it's because of all of them.
They've been working 16 hours a day.
That's how three, like, three fights.
You are gonna have a chance to hoist the golden bolt
If you knock off other legends. Are you ready for the challenge?
Yes.
We're ready.
Well, you have passed so far, with flying colors
In your first battlebots cls so far. Congratulations.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
You deserve this.
[chris] kenny, there's just much to say about glitch.
But what about the weapon on that thing?
You said, "listen, that thing can hit hard. You gotta stay away from it."
And before you can finish that sentence, soto's flying through the air with rotator.
I knew that thing hit hard.
I never would have imagined that it could do that to rotator.
[chris] what a moment!
All right. Taking a look at the golden bolt tournament field,
Glitch blasts it's way into contention with fellow qualifiers.
Ribbot and hypershock.
And they will, of course, be in the company of royalty
Alongside giant nut winners
Tombstone,
Endgame and tantrum.
Can that murderous row find a way to snap this
Unprecedented win-streak of glitch?
We shall see.
Join us next time when anoth band of marquee-bots
Will put it all on the line for their shot at glory.
Who'll be the first-ever tea to take home the golden bolt
Boy, it's gonna be a whole lotta fun to watch how it all shakes out.
So that'll do it for tonight. For faruq, our bot-whisperer, pete,
Meet my man, kenny florian, I am chris rose.
We will see you next time, on battlebots champions.