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[robots whirring]

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robot: Robots activate.

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[music playing]

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[cheering]

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welcome to
"battlebots," the show

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that equips powerful robots
with deadly weaponry.

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What could possibly go wrong?

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Unless you've seen any
sci-fi movie, like, ever.

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With me is a man who could
have his own action franchise,

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ufc legend and fight
analyst, kenny florian.

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Chris, thank you very much.

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They could call me
the beardinator.

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Uh, I was thinking
the mandi-florian?

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Ooh, I love that.

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I like it.
- All right.

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All of our builders,
they're going

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to need to use
the force tonight,

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as we close in on the end
of the qualifying rounds.

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After that, the
selection committee

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picks the 32 most-lethal
contenders for the "battlebots"

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world championship tournament.

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Kenny florian: Yeah, chris.

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And with so much
competition for those spots,

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a loss by any of tonight's
teams could be crippling

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to their tournament hopes.

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With only one or
two fights left,

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this is one of
their last chances

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to prove they belong
among the best.

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Chris rose: So in many
ways, these final qualifying

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matches are the most important.

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And they better impress.

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Or it's bye-bye bot.

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And I can't wait another minute.

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So let's take a look at
tonight's fight card.

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[beeps]

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we've got a bevy of bots eager
to leave a lasting impression.

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Including our friend john
reid, from jolly old England,

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and his not-so-friendly
hammer bot,

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beta ready to
unleash that weapon

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against perhaps the cutest
robot we've ever seen, rusty.

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Kenny florian:
Builder dave eaton

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charmed us all in
rusty's debut win

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over fellow rookie sporkinok.

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But this match-up is his
toughest challenge yet.

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A win over beta would
be a shocking upset

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for the junkyard underdog.

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Chris rose: Also
on tap, a big one.

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Literally, as mammoth
takes on hypershock.

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Kenny florian: Mammoth
is even bigger this year.

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Builder ricky willems
and his brother michael

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have added four inches
to the gigantic bot.

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And in its first
fight, even huge

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found itself outmatched against
mammoth's towering size.

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On the other side of the box
is will bales, and hypershock.

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Kenny florian: Yeah, will
bales is a veteran builder

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who always puts on a good show.

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But his bot got
absolutely torched

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by gruff the last time out.

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And will needs to bounce
back in a big way.

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Chris rose: Speaking of
gruff, it's our main event.

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Fresh off that impressive
knock out of hypershock,

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builder sam mcamis believes
that this year's gruff

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is ready to go the distance.

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Kenny florian: But first, it
has to get through whiplash.

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Captain matty vasquez
is feeling the heat

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after an opening-night
loss to sawblaze.

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The vasquez family
needs a victory

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here to keep their plans for a
deep tournament run on track.

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Chris rose: Lots
to look forward to.

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But we're going to kick things
off with two desperate bots,

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hungry to prove
that they deserve

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a spot in the round
of 32, axe backwards

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and captain shrederator.

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Time is running out.

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And tonight is their
best opportunity

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to turn their seasons around.

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[crowd cheering]

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all right.

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Well, let's get
this party started.

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Faruq, it's all you.

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Faruq tauheed:
Ladies and gentlemen,

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it's robot fighting time!

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[cheering]

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[music playing]

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in the blue square,
from palm city, florida,

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you're about to
get lumberjacked!

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It's axe backwards!

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[cheering]

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chris rose: All
right, kurt durjan.

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Under that mask he's
still got to be smiling.

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He loves getting out there
with this huge drum spinner.

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Kenny florian: It
looks like he has

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a new configuration tonight.

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Gone are those axes we
saw in the first fight.

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Instead, he's going with
that big metallic wedge,

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hoping he can drive that
thing under the shrederator

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and get them up in the air.

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Chris rose: After getting
knocked out once already,

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axe backwards can't
afford another loss here.

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[cheering]

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[music playing]

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faruq tauheed: In
the red square,

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from ormond beach, florida,
better shred than dead.

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It's captain shrederator!

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[cheering]

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[music playing]

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chris rose: Brian nave told
us that full-body spinner only

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takes two seconds to get to a
dangerous speed, five seconds

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to get to full speed.

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Will it finally do what
it's intended to do?

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Kenny florian: Yeah, it feels
like they're at a crossroads.

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We see shrederator every season.

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And we hear him talk about
what this bot might do.

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But in the last five years,
he has 2 wins and 10 losses.

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At some point, potential needs
to translate into performance.

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So this is put-up or
shut-up time for brian nave.

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Thanks, brother.

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[cheering]

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we built a wedge
tonight for shrederator.

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We're going to try and feed that
to him if we have to hit him.

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I'm actually hoping to like,
kite him into the wall.

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I want him to try to ram me.

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But I'm going to stay close
to the wall the whole time.

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Because I know he's his
own worst enemy if he

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hits the wall instead of me.

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I think it's going to be
a race to see who burns up

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and catches on fire first.

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One race I don't want to
win. (laughs) but you know,

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he's had a horrible
run of bad luck.

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I mean, I've had a
horrible run of bad luck.

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Let's-- you know, maybe it's
the curse of the florida man,

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I don't know.

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His is more flammable than mine.

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So I'm hoping for a
big fire over there.

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[cheering]

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oh yeah!

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Do it!

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Robot: Robots activate.

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[cheering]

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kenny florian: All right,
our bot whisperer, pete,

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what do you have on
brian nave's bot?

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Peter abrahamson: So I was back
in the pits with brian earlier.

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And they had stripped this
bot down to the bare frame.

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They were taking
apart gearboxes,

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motors, rebuilding brushes.

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But they've gotten deep into it.

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He's really hoping he's sussed
out some of the problems.

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He doesn't feel he'd be spinning
as fast as he wants to be.

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But he should be
spinning fast enough

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for those nice big exposed
wheels on axe backwards.

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Chris rose: All right,
pete, thank you.

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One of these veterans
will get win number 1.

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[cheering]

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robot: Blue team, ready.

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You ready?

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Are you ready?
Are you ready?

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[booms]

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[laughs]

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[cheering]

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robot: Red team, ready.

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Spin to win, baby.

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This time for real.

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[booms]

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[cheering]

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yeah, shrederator!

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[music playing]

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chris rose: Two
bots, three minutes.

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Destroy or be destroyed.

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[chanting "fight!"]

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let's do some work!

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You can do it, you say.

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You got it, girl.

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Chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin!

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Looks like both bots
are going to give

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each other time to spin up.

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Axe backwards, kind of
hugging the rails like kurt

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said they would.

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And here comes shrederator.

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[slams]

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now a couple of jabs to the
wheels of axe backwards.

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[booms]

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oh!

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And a huge collision that
sends both bots flying

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into the side of the box!

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Kenny florian: That's what
axe backwards wanted, chris.

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But shrederator
already recovered!

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Chris rose: And how about
axe backwards shaking it up?

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Back into the action
with that flaming wedge!

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[booms]

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both: Whoa!

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Chris rose: Shrederator
goes flying!

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Kenny florian: That was a
great job by axe backwards,

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getting underneath
captain shrederator.

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And he has him right
where he wanted him.

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But he missed that shot, chris.

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Chris rose: Yeah, if he gets
in anywhere near the screws,

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that is trouble for shrederator.

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And axe backwards, very much
on the offensive on this one.

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Captain shrederator, looking
for space to spin up!

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Kenny florian: Yeah, that wedge
is working very well for them

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here, allowing them to go
head to head, just like that,

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and survive these impacts.

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[slamming]

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chris rose: A glancing
blow from shrederator!

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And now on the attack, going
for those exposed wheels!

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Kenny florian: Oh!

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Chris rose: Axe backwards
is on the ropes!

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We got a wheel!

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Kenny florian: Uh-oh!

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[booms]

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whoa!

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Another huge shot!

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Axe backwards, dealing with
some damage to those wheels.

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But how about these
two bots going at it?

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They are not one-hitter
quitters tonight.

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Chris rose: Axe backwards,
doing a really good job

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of staying squared up to
captain shrederator, even

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with that lack of mobility.

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Uh-oh.

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Kenny florian: That
was a brilliant move

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right there by brian nave.

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He's driving extremely well.

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Chris rose: Axe backwards
takes him into the wall.

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But now it's-- oh!

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No!

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Kenny florian: And
the fight is over.

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Chris rose: That will do it!

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[laughs]

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yeah!

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Man, they broke that bolt off.

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Ref: 10!

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9!

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Chris rose: Well, the
fight is over when

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your bot stops moving!
Ref: 8!

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7!

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Chris rose: So I'm
guessing without a wheel,

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the deal is sealed!
Ref: 6!

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5!

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4!

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Chris rose: And for brian nave,
everyone stand and salute!

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Because the captain is back!

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Bro!
Captain shrederator 3!

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2!

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1!
Axe backwards is knocked out!

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[cheering]

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good job!

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I got a win!

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[cheering]

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wow.

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That was ok.

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That's ok.

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Yeah!

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We got it!

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Ah!

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It ran!

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Yeah!

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00:09:44,017 --> 00:09:45,850
[cheering]

258
00:09:45,953 --> 00:09:47,118
[music playing]

259
00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:49,321
chris rose: A lot of good
action in this one, kenny.

260
00:09:49,423 --> 00:09:50,255
Kenny florian: I thought so.

261
00:09:50,357 --> 00:09:51,656
Excellent fight.

262
00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:53,458
Both bots really
had their moments.

263
00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:55,260
And you know, even
though kurt durjan

264
00:09:55,362 --> 00:09:58,663
wasn't able to get the win,
he had some some great moments

265
00:09:58,765 --> 00:09:59,497
in this fight.

266
00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,199
Showed some good durability.

267
00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:02,567
Took some big hits.

268
00:10:02,669 --> 00:10:05,337
Was you know, still clicking
there almost to the very end.

269
00:10:05,439 --> 00:10:07,973
But again, once you
lose one of those tires,

270
00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:10,342
just the design of
the bot, is just a--

271
00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:11,610
it's just a big vulnerability.

272
00:10:11,712 --> 00:10:12,911
Chris rose: Two things
really impressed

273
00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:14,079
me about captain shrederator.

274
00:10:14,181 --> 00:10:15,080
First of all, the reliability.

275
00:10:15,182 --> 00:10:16,414
Kenny florian: Yep.

276
00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:17,916
Chris rose: Because sometimes
he'll dish out huge hits.

277
00:10:18,018 --> 00:10:21,519
But it recoils and takes
care of themselves as well.

278
00:10:21,622 --> 00:10:22,821
And then the driving ability.

279
00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:24,289
So precise.

280
00:10:24,391 --> 00:10:26,758
You know, when he went after the
tires, things of that nature.

281
00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,159
Kenny florian: And
that's the word, chris.

282
00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:28,994
What a shot right there.

283
00:10:29,096 --> 00:10:29,995
Chris rose: Wow.

284
00:10:30,097 --> 00:10:31,363
Kenny florian:
Beautiful camera angle

285
00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:34,032
of the removal of that tire.

286
00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:35,567
He was surgical
out there, chris.

287
00:10:35,669 --> 00:10:38,336
Chris rose: If he's
spinning, he's winning.

288
00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:39,604
[cheering]

289
00:10:39,706 --> 00:10:40,872
and check it out.

290
00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,875
There's a live look at
captain shrederator.

291
00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:46,911
Brian nave can't get that
thing to stop spinning.

292
00:10:47,014 --> 00:10:48,513
All right, brian nave!

293
00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:49,881
Hey!

294
00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:50,715
How's it going?

295
00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,784
Well, how's it going for you?

296
00:10:52,886 --> 00:10:54,786
Hey, I told you it wasn't
going to quit, right?

297
00:10:54,888 --> 00:10:55,987
[laughter]

298
00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:56,988
it's still not quitting.

299
00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:58,223
Chris rose: It is not.

300
00:10:58,325 --> 00:11:01,059
Kenny florian: Another
little wacky thing going on.

301
00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:02,661
What'd you think of the
performance of your bot

302
00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:04,062
tonight?

303
00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:05,697
You know, we've been fighting
all kinds of gremlins all week

304
00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:06,831
long.

305
00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:08,366
It's just been one thing
after another, one thing

306
00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:09,501
after another.

307
00:11:09,603 --> 00:11:11,136
I mean, we're so happy
we got to get to the end

308
00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:13,238
of a fight for a change, right?

309
00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:14,906
The captain put
out some big hits.

310
00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:15,807
It was driving good.

311
00:11:15,909 --> 00:11:17,308
The floor is slippery.

312
00:11:17,411 --> 00:11:19,978
You know, the full-body
spinners are absolutely

313
00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,246
the hardest robots to drive.

314
00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:23,415
Because they want to drive
themselves all the time.

315
00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:26,251
My partner jonathan, here, did
a great job running the spinner.

316
00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:29,054
You know brian's working his
ass over there in the pits.

317
00:11:29,156 --> 00:11:31,489
And you know, it's just
really a team effort.

318
00:11:31,591 --> 00:11:34,426
And it's a long time
coming, man, a long time.

319
00:11:34,528 --> 00:11:37,195
Brian, it hasn't
been just this season.

320
00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:38,763
It's been a frustrating
few seasons.

321
00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:39,197
Oh, man.

322
00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:40,432
Yeah.

323
00:11:40,534 --> 00:11:41,833
And you've been very
open and honest about that.

324
00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:43,234
How good does this feel?

325
00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:46,404
It's like a huge weight
off your shoulders.

326
00:11:46,506 --> 00:11:48,639
I mean, he's never
even seen a win.

327
00:11:48,709 --> 00:11:49,808
Yeah.
- First one.

328
00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:50,942
- First one.
- You know?

329
00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,043
First time we made it
to the end of a match.

330
00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:52,877
Never, ah.

331
00:11:52,979 --> 00:11:54,379
Our first win.

332
00:11:54,481 --> 00:11:55,547
Ah, it feels great.

333
00:11:55,649 --> 00:11:57,248
You know, we just
want to keep it going.

334
00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:59,250
Do you feel like you've
turned a corner with your bot

335
00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:00,118
at this point?

336
00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:01,319
Or you still got
some work to do?

337
00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:03,722
Well, every year I come
in here thinking it's

338
00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:04,522
going to do great.

339
00:12:04,624 --> 00:12:05,690
It's going to do great.

340
00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:07,959
And then some crazy,
stupid little dumb thing.

341
00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:09,461
Like what happened
in the first fight.

342
00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:10,795
You never see him coming.

343
00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,098
So like you know,
now it's stuck on.

344
00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,666
Is it going to ruin the motors?
Is it going to?

345
00:12:14,768 --> 00:12:15,633
What's it going to kill?

346
00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:17,301
Don't worry,
that thing should--

347
00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,904
it should what, die in
about one or two hours?

348
00:12:20,006 --> 00:12:21,873
I can look at the
voltage and tell you.

349
00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:23,341
But it's still got
a little bit left.

350
00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:24,209
Great.

351
00:12:24,311 --> 00:12:25,009
Thanks so much.

352
00:12:25,112 --> 00:12:25,877
Brian, congratulations.

353
00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:26,711
Hey, thanks.

354
00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:27,946
And turn that damn thing off!

355
00:12:28,048 --> 00:12:29,314
[laughter]

356
00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:30,715
spin to win, baby!

357
00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:31,516
Yeah!

358
00:12:31,618 --> 00:12:33,785
[cheering]

359
00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:35,487
chris rose: All
right, coming up.

360
00:12:35,589 --> 00:12:38,456
Speed racer versus
the bot eraser,

361
00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:43,728
as p1 takes on copperhead,
coming up next on "battlebots."

362
00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:47,532
if captain shrederator
ever stops spinning.

363
00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:48,333
Turn!

364
00:12:48,435 --> 00:12:49,134
It!

365
00:12:49,236 --> 00:12:50,235
Off!

366
00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:52,203
[laughter]

367
00:12:52,305 --> 00:12:54,172
[robot whirs]

368
00:12:57,511 --> 00:13:00,111
[robot whirs]

369
00:13:01,047 --> 00:13:02,680
we are back on "battlebots."

370
00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:03,815
he's kenny florian.

371
00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:05,683
I am chris rose.

372
00:13:05,786 --> 00:13:08,286
And we are just
scratching the surface

373
00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:10,989
of tonight's loaded fight card.

374
00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:15,326
Up next, a pair of robots coming
off a knockout in their first

375
00:13:15,428 --> 00:13:16,294
fights of the season.

376
00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:17,695
But let's start with copperhead.

377
00:13:17,798 --> 00:13:22,233
Because he knocked off the
head of his opponent, gigabyte.

378
00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:25,570
Impressive performance by
zach goff and his crew.

379
00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,505
He told us before
the season, I'm

380
00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:30,775
going to be disappointed if
we don't crack the top eight.

381
00:13:30,877 --> 00:13:31,976
Uh, looks like
they're on their way.

382
00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:33,211
Kenny florian: They
definitely are.

383
00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:35,313
And you know, he still
felt that there was some,

384
00:13:35,415 --> 00:13:37,916
you know, weaknesses in
their bot the first fight.

385
00:13:38,018 --> 00:13:39,818
And they still
looked very strong.

386
00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,452
That primary weapon is sick.

387
00:13:41,555 --> 00:13:42,520
Chris rose: Did you just say--

388
00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:43,321
both: --Sick.

389
00:13:43,423 --> 00:13:44,689
Ok.

390
00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:46,724
Taking on p1 and
brandon zalinsky.

391
00:13:46,827 --> 00:13:49,294
And these are a bunch
of kids from clemson.

392
00:13:49,396 --> 00:13:51,429
They went winless,
last year's rookies.

393
00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:55,200
But in an unaired fight earlier
this season, p1 actually

394
00:13:55,302 --> 00:13:57,202
picked up its
first-ever "battlebots"

395
00:13:57,304 --> 00:13:58,903
victory, knocking out chronos.

396
00:13:59,005 --> 00:13:59,771
[bangs]

397
00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:00,738
let's go!

398
00:14:00,841 --> 00:14:02,574
Let's go!

399
00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:05,343
Kenny florian: Yeah, p1 might
look like a formula one car.

400
00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:07,278
But it was that hinge
flipper on the front

401
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,314
there that made the
difference against chronos.

402
00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:11,216
Brandon was fired
up after that win.

403
00:14:11,318 --> 00:14:13,318
It was a long time
coming for these guys.

404
00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:14,485
They were really excited.

405
00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:15,854
They felt relieved.

406
00:14:15,956 --> 00:14:17,522
This fight though,
this is another level.

407
00:14:17,624 --> 00:14:19,290
It could be a
whole lot of fun.

408
00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:20,225
Let's check it out.

409
00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:22,193
Faruq, do what you do.

410
00:14:22,295 --> 00:14:23,695
[cheering]

411
00:14:23,797 --> 00:14:26,664
faruq tauheed: In the blue
square, from the loveland,

412
00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:30,101
colorado, one bite
and you're dead!

413
00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:31,736
It's copperhead!

414
00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:35,273
[cheering]

415
00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,474
[music playing]

416
00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:39,611
chris rose: Kenny, that
drum spinner on copperhead

417
00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:40,612
is lethal.

418
00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:41,846
Kenny florian: Yeah, it sure is.

419
00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:45,750
And they've upped the power
by 50% since last year.

420
00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:48,019
3 and 1/2 seconds to spin-off.

421
00:14:48,121 --> 00:14:50,455
Chris rose: Copperhead
looked very impressive

422
00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:51,923
in knocking out gigabyte.

423
00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:54,759
Another win here would
put them in great position

424
00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:57,595
to claim a spot
in the tournament.

425
00:14:57,697 --> 00:15:00,832
[cheering]

426
00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:04,335
faruq tauheed: In the
red square, buckle up!

427
00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:05,670
It's p1!

428
00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:07,505
[cheering]

429
00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:08,940
[music playing]

430
00:15:09,042 --> 00:15:11,309
chris rose: There's
p1, looking like it

431
00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:14,946
could hop over to a racetrack
after this for a few laps.

432
00:15:15,048 --> 00:15:16,948
But brandon told
us that the driving

433
00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:20,285
was actually a bit of a
problem in his first fight.

434
00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:22,453
Kenny florian: Yeah, he
needs to be able to drive

435
00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:23,688
with precision tonight.

436
00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:26,057
Because he wants
to keep that ar500

437
00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,726
steel wedge pointed at
copperhead to avoid getting

438
00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:29,527
flipped.

439
00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:34,265
[cheering]

440
00:15:37,170 --> 00:15:40,872
so I think strategy for
p1, I'm going to try and take

441
00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:45,810
the middle arena and just
stay focused on their robot,

442
00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:47,545
not let them get
around to the side.

443
00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:50,715
Because as long as I've got
my forks in his direction,

444
00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:52,517
I'm going to be able
to get under him,

445
00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:54,419
bite into that wedge,
and toss him to the air.

446
00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:57,588
Copperhead is by
far the strongest

447
00:15:57,691 --> 00:15:59,791
robot this team has ever faced.

448
00:15:59,893 --> 00:16:02,827
We have these very long
forks that go into our wedge.

449
00:16:02,929 --> 00:16:05,830
And we're going to try to
get in and get under the drum

450
00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:07,865
and make him knock
himself up into the air.

451
00:16:07,968 --> 00:16:11,269
A win over them would be huge
in kind of moving up the ranks

452
00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:15,807
and essentially securing a
high seed in the round of 32.

453
00:16:15,909 --> 00:16:20,278
[music playing]

454
00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:22,280
[cheering]

455
00:16:22,382 --> 00:16:24,649
robot: Robots activate.

456
00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:27,085
[cheering]

457
00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:29,187
chris rose: Kenny, other
than that sleek paint

458
00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:30,521
job-- oh, whoa.

459
00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:32,557
Just lost a spoiler there.

460
00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:33,691
It's aesthetic.

461
00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:34,826
Leave it off.

462
00:16:34,928 --> 00:16:36,461
Chris rose: What kind
of weapon does p1 have?

463
00:16:36,563 --> 00:16:38,663
Kenny florian: There's a hinge
flipper built into that wedge.

464
00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:41,132
So if p1 gets under
you, it can use

465
00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:42,667
that thing to turn you over.

466
00:16:42,769 --> 00:16:45,370
Which is exactly what
it did to chronos.

467
00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:48,506
[cheering]

468
00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:51,275
chris rose: Copperhead
looks ready to strike,

469
00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:53,311
flanked by a couple
of slithering

470
00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,246
nuisance spots on either side.

471
00:16:56,783 --> 00:16:58,950
Robot: Blue team, ready.

472
00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:00,985
[booms]

473
00:17:01,087 --> 00:17:03,421
[cheering]

474
00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:06,224
robot: Red team, ready.

475
00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:08,226
[booms]

476
00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:09,160
[cheering]

477
00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:10,194
- you got this.
- Yep.

478
00:17:10,296 --> 00:17:11,195
- Stay calm.
- Mhm.

479
00:17:11,297 --> 00:17:11,996
Get him.

480
00:17:12,098 --> 00:17:14,665
[cheering]

481
00:17:14,768 --> 00:17:18,136
[music playing]

482
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:24,809
[crowd chanting "fight!

483
00:17:24,911 --> 00:17:25,610
Fight!

484
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,145
Fight!"]

485
00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:32,583
[buzzes]

486
00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:35,086
chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin!

487
00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:37,955
Oh, listen to that drum spin!

488
00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:38,756
Kenny florian: Uh-oh.

489
00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:40,158
Chris rose: Oh!

490
00:17:40,260 --> 00:17:43,461
Hope p1 brought some anti-venom!

491
00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:44,862
Are you serious?

492
00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:47,198
Kenny florian: No, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.

493
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:48,433
Chris rose: Oh, no!

494
00:17:48,535 --> 00:17:49,700
It's taken another shot.

495
00:17:49,803 --> 00:17:51,202
And that's a real problem.

496
00:17:51,304 --> 00:17:53,704
Kenny florian: Somebody
grab a tourniquet.

497
00:17:53,807 --> 00:17:55,640
Sometimes it
just be like that.

498
00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:57,208
Chris rose: P1!

499
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:58,843
Snake bitten.

500
00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:01,579
And zach goff, with another
impressive knockout!

501
00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:02,747
Ref: 10!
9!

502
00:18:02,849 --> 00:18:04,348
Chris rose: Zach, you the man!
Ref: 8!

503
00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:05,450
7!
Kenny florian: Wow.

504
00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:06,851
Just too much power
there from copperhead.

505
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:07,218
6!

506
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:07,585
5!

507
00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:08,619
4!

508
00:18:08,721 --> 00:18:09,654
Chris rose: Yeah,
the countdown is on.

509
00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:10,455
Ref: 3!

510
00:18:10,557 --> 00:18:11,489
2!

511
00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:12,356
1!

512
00:18:12,459 --> 00:18:13,491
That's a knockout, p1!
[buzzer]

513
00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,492
wow.

514
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:15,326
Chris rose: Copperhead!

515
00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:16,461
Hey, what's better than 1 and 0?

516
00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:17,428
Wow.

517
00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:18,896
Chris rose: 2 and 0!

518
00:18:18,998 --> 00:18:20,865
Zach?

519
00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:21,799
Good job.

520
00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:22,600
Good job.

521
00:18:22,702 --> 00:18:23,768
Thanks.

522
00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:26,871
[cheering]

523
00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:29,640
pretty sick.

524
00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:31,109
Yes!

525
00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:33,578
[music playing]

526
00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,680
chris rose: Pretty simple.

527
00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:38,316
Zach goff, copperhead, dominant.

528
00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:39,951
Kenny florian: Yeah,
just ridiculous.

529
00:18:40,053 --> 00:18:43,588
I mean, this is like watching
tyson in his prime in the '80s.

530
00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:45,656
And you're all excited
for this big fight.

531
00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:49,660
And then one or two shots
later, the fight is over.

532
00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:52,230
Chris rose: Zach said he thought
he could get underneath p1

533
00:18:52,332 --> 00:18:53,598
and flip him up in the air.

534
00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:55,800
Uh, mission accomplished.

535
00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:59,203
Kenny florian: That drum
spinner is ferocious.

536
00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:01,539
[cheering]

537
00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:06,310
chris rose: Zach goff,
have you surprised yourself

538
00:19:06,412 --> 00:19:07,879
through two fights so far?

539
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:08,980
Wow.

540
00:19:09,082 --> 00:19:13,184
Yeah, that was a lot
quicker than I expected.

541
00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:16,521
There's a pile of parts in
there, so it worked well.

542
00:19:16,623 --> 00:19:17,955
You're mean, bro.

543
00:19:18,057 --> 00:19:19,323
[laughs]

544
00:19:19,425 --> 00:19:22,760
I know, I was just such a--
such a-- yeah, terrible person.

545
00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:24,095
[laughter]

546
00:19:24,197 --> 00:19:27,165
are you-- are you excited
about what copperhead is doing

547
00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:28,766
in the battlebox so far though?
- Yeah.

548
00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:29,767
We're running great.

549
00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:32,203
Like, ah, the bot
just felt perfect.

550
00:19:32,305 --> 00:19:33,571
The drive was excellent.

551
00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:37,074
The drum just got up to
speed without any hitches.

552
00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:38,876
We're running 100% now.

553
00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:41,112
So we're just killing it.

554
00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:44,115
Is there another bot out
there that you'd like to face?

555
00:19:44,217 --> 00:19:45,449
You know what?

556
00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:48,753
I think we need to have an
old rivalry with black dragon.

557
00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:49,987
Ooh.

558
00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:54,959
We go way back to you know,
60-pounder small robots.

559
00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,594
I always beat the
heck out of them.

560
00:19:56,696 --> 00:19:59,730
And I'm sure they want a
chance to return the favor.

561
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,165
So you're calling them out.

562
00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:02,600
You would like the
schedule makers

563
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:03,968
to put that one on the docket?

564
00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,603
Yeah, let's let's
put black dragon in.

565
00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:06,904
I like it.

566
00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:09,440
Zach goff, congratulations,
as you improve to 2 and 0.

567
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:10,408
Woo!

568
00:20:10,510 --> 00:20:11,909
Thank you.

569
00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:15,379
[cheering]

570
00:20:15,481 --> 00:20:16,380
yeah!

571
00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:18,382
Woo!

572
00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:19,717
Chris rose: All
right, coming up,

573
00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:23,187
this might be the underdog
story of the season.

574
00:20:23,289 --> 00:20:25,723
Can rusty continue
its winning streak

575
00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:30,494
and pull off a w against
a veteran hammer bot beta?

576
00:20:30,597 --> 00:20:33,231
That's next, on "battlebots."

577
00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:35,166
[robot whirs]

578
00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:40,605
[robot whirs]

579
00:20:41,541 --> 00:20:43,541
we are back on "battlebots."

580
00:20:43,643 --> 00:20:45,977
and up next, it's
a new fan favorite

581
00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:50,081
against a legendary
favorite, rusty versus beta.

582
00:20:50,183 --> 00:20:51,315
Let's start with beta.

583
00:20:53,353 --> 00:20:57,154
Back from jolly old England,
captained by john reid,

584
00:20:57,257 --> 00:21:00,658
beta's started their season
off with a controversial win

585
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:01,459
over rotator.

586
00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:02,493
Kenny florian: Yeah.

587
00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,528
Impeccable driving
in that first fight.

588
00:21:04,631 --> 00:21:06,631
But they never used that hammer.

589
00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:09,600
And it actually got sawed
off by rotator's blades.

590
00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:12,536
So we've seen the speed
and agility out of beta.

591
00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:14,538
But we are still waiting
to see the power.

592
00:21:16,376 --> 00:21:20,011
And tonight, taking on rusty!

593
00:21:20,113 --> 00:21:21,779
Led by david eaton.

594
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:22,847
It's just david eaton.

595
00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,482
He's the only guy in the team.

596
00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:25,883
He lives on his parents' farm.

597
00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:27,652
And he said, this looks
good to build a robot.

598
00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:29,253
This looks good
to build a robot.

599
00:21:29,355 --> 00:21:31,756
He's just a dude that wanted
to fight on "battlebots."

600
00:21:31,858 --> 00:21:33,824
let that be a lesson
to all of you.

601
00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:35,092
And he's awesome.

602
00:21:35,194 --> 00:21:36,160
Kenny florian: Yeah, absolutely.

603
00:21:36,262 --> 00:21:37,528
He's another one
of these guys that

604
00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:40,765
are really trying to do, you
know, a battlebot on a budget.

605
00:21:40,867 --> 00:21:42,266
His bot has a lot
of personality.

606
00:21:42,368 --> 00:21:43,634
He's got a lot of personality.

607
00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:44,702
Love this guy.

608
00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:47,471
Let's see if rusty
can survive, or pull

609
00:21:47,573 --> 00:21:49,473
off the monumental upset.

610
00:21:49,575 --> 00:21:50,975
Faruq, it's all you.

611
00:21:51,077 --> 00:21:52,810
[cheering]

612
00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:57,148
in the blue square,
from antioch, illinois.

613
00:21:57,250 --> 00:22:00,351
It may look like a
toy, but it don't play.

614
00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:01,152
Rusty!

615
00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,722
[music playing]

616
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,091
[cheering]

617
00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:09,193
chris rose: Knocked
out sporkinok

618
00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:11,095
in its "battlebots" debut.

619
00:22:11,197 --> 00:22:14,765
And yeah, dave eaton is a
one-man band, kenny florian.

620
00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:15,999
Kenny florian: Yeah, he sure is.

621
00:22:16,069 --> 00:22:16,967
And he has--
- rusty!

622
00:22:17,070 --> 00:22:18,035
Rusty!

623
00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:18,736
Kenny florian: --A
chance tonight to really

624
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:19,837
make a name for himself.

625
00:22:19,939 --> 00:22:21,939
We saw him use that
drill with some success

626
00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:23,040
in his first fight.

627
00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:25,843
But beta is a major
step up in competition.

628
00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:27,478
We're going to find
out whether rusty

629
00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,980
can hang with the big boys.

630
00:22:30,083 --> 00:22:32,283
Chris rose: Hey, be
careful out there, rusty.

631
00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:36,654
Keep that popcorn-bowl head on
a swivel, you know what I mean?

632
00:22:36,756 --> 00:22:38,522
[cheering]

633
00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:39,724
man: Go rusty!
Woo!

634
00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:40,891
Woo!

635
00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:43,327
Faruq tauheed: In
the red square,

636
00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:47,865
from oxford, united kingdom,
this bot's sure to nail it!

637
00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,467
It's beta!

638
00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:52,536
[cheering]

639
00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:57,641
chris rose: Oh, john reid,
gabriel stroud, and beta.

640
00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:58,476
Beta!
Beta!

641
00:22:58,578 --> 00:22:59,777
Beta!

642
00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:01,112
Chris rose: They're gonna
"beata" the heck out of you

643
00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:03,013
with that hammer head.

644
00:23:03,116 --> 00:23:05,282
Kenny florian: Well, let's
hope they actually use

645
00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:06,817
that hammer this time, chris.

646
00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:10,287
John told us that they are
being very selective about when

647
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:11,756
they deploy that thing.

648
00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:14,225
But at some point, you just got
to give the people what they

649
00:23:14,327 --> 00:23:16,827
want, let that hammer drop.

650
00:23:16,929 --> 00:23:20,197
Chris rose: Beta, looking to
hammer a rusty nail tonight.

651
00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:23,067
Hopefully their tetanus
shots are up to date.

652
00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:25,469
[cheering]

653
00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:27,371
so my next fight is beta.

654
00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:28,639
It's a beautiful robot.

655
00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:31,742
It's kind of the polar opposite
of rusty, which is cool.

656
00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:33,043
I got a new little
bit that I'm going

657
00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:36,147
to run against beta, which
I think should do the trick.

658
00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:38,749
Because he's got a lot of
exposed top area on his bot.

659
00:23:38,851 --> 00:23:41,018
I'm going to have to stay
on my toes or my tracks.

660
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,820
And I'm going to
have to keep moving.

661
00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:44,555
I'm going to try to get
in there and keep at him,

662
00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:45,923
and get him to
fire up his weapon.

663
00:23:45,992 --> 00:23:47,792
And I'm going to try to stay
out of the way of this weapon,

664
00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:49,293
obviously.
Because it is quite powerful.

665
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,831
I think the strategy's going
to be get to the side of him.

666
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:57,568
We really, really want
to hammer his back.

667
00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:58,803
He's got a really soft back.

668
00:23:58,905 --> 00:24:00,971
I'm going to plunge
the hammer into it.

669
00:24:01,073 --> 00:24:02,673
It's all that
aluminum on the top.

670
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:04,241
So hit it really hard.

671
00:24:04,343 --> 00:24:05,509
That's where his gas bottle is.

672
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:08,879
So we take his gas bottle
out, that disables him.

673
00:24:08,981 --> 00:24:11,749
[cheering]

674
00:24:11,851 --> 00:24:12,550
crowd: Rusty!

675
00:24:12,652 --> 00:24:13,350
Rusty!

676
00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:14,185
Rusty!

677
00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:14,985
Woo!

678
00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:15,786
Woo!

679
00:24:15,888 --> 00:24:17,588
Robot: Robots activate.

680
00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:19,390
[cheering]

681
00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:22,560
chris rose: All right, over
to our bot whisperer, pete.

682
00:24:22,662 --> 00:24:24,195
What are you keeping
your eye on here?

683
00:24:24,297 --> 00:24:26,397
Well, I'm really feeling
for dave, with rusty.

684
00:24:26,499 --> 00:24:29,800
Because I mean, beta is one
of the original hammer bots.

685
00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:32,036
It is super powerful.

686
00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:35,539
And it's going to hit really
hard on that salad bowl.

687
00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:38,542
I'm not sure if that pneumatic
drill on the end of the arm

688
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,978
is going to be able to punch
through the inside of beta

689
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:41,779
at all.

690
00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:45,883
Robot: Blue team, ready.

691
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,253
[booms]

692
00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:52,156
[cheering]

693
00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:54,091
robot: Red team, ready.

694
00:24:55,428 --> 00:24:57,294
[booms]

695
00:24:57,396 --> 00:25:00,831
[cheering]

696
00:25:04,337 --> 00:25:07,705
[music playing]

697
00:25:12,245 --> 00:25:13,310
[crowd chanting "fight!

698
00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:14,111
Fight!

699
00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:15,579
Fight!"]

700
00:25:17,149 --> 00:25:20,017
[chanting "fight!"]

701
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,486
[buzzes]

702
00:25:22,588 --> 00:25:25,356
chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin!

703
00:25:25,458 --> 00:25:26,790
And here comes beta.

704
00:25:26,893 --> 00:25:29,560
Already on top of rusty,
scooping him up, and oh!

705
00:25:29,662 --> 00:25:31,762
Delivering him right
into the rails!

706
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:35,032
Kenny florian: Rusty's going to
be at a big speed disadvantage

707
00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:36,100
in this fight, chris.

708
00:25:36,202 --> 00:25:38,269
Beta is lightning fast.

709
00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:40,170
Chris rose: Beta has
yet to fire that hammer

710
00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:41,572
kenny florian: Uh-oh.

711
00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:45,276
Chris rose: Rusty, trying to get
that spike to dig in to beta.

712
00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:48,012
And here's rusty, with
some evasive maneuvers.

713
00:25:48,114 --> 00:25:49,613
Catch me if you can.

714
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,215
And beta, on the attack.

715
00:25:51,317 --> 00:25:52,883
Kenny florian: Rusty,
trying to get out of there.

716
00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:53,851
Oh!

717
00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:55,052
Rusty almost landed
a shot there.

718
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:56,320
Uh-oh.

719
00:25:56,422 --> 00:25:57,621
Chris rose: But now, exposing
his backside to beta.

720
00:25:57,723 --> 00:25:58,856
Oh!
Uh-oh!

721
00:25:58,958 --> 00:25:59,757
Kenny florian: He's behind you!
Chris rose: Uh-oh!

722
00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,292
Both: Oh!
Chris rose: Oh gosh!

723
00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:02,159
Kenny florian: Oh.
Chris rose: Oh, he just--

724
00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:03,561
kenny florian: Yeah.
- Lovely!

725
00:26:03,663 --> 00:26:05,663
Chris rose: We're going to need
a proctologist after that one.

726
00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:07,031
Kenny florian: Oh.
Yeah, that's not good.

727
00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:08,432
Chris rose: There's
a major problem

728
00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:09,600
on the back side of rusty.

729
00:26:09,702 --> 00:26:10,968
Kenny florian: Well,
I'd moving a lot

730
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:12,436
slower if I got hit there too.

731
00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:13,737
Chris rose: And
he's back for more.

732
00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:14,538
Both: Oh!

733
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,940
Kenny florian: Jeez!

734
00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:18,375
Chris rose: The brit's slammed
two crushing blows with beta!

735
00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:21,645
And the top side of rusty,
looking like a busted soda

736
00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:23,414
can, as a result.

737
00:26:23,516 --> 00:26:24,615
Kenny florian: Oh, man.

738
00:26:24,717 --> 00:26:25,883
Chris rose: Although
it is shaking.

739
00:26:25,985 --> 00:26:27,718
Which is kind of what
I-- there it goes.

740
00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:28,519
There it goes.

741
00:26:28,621 --> 00:26:30,621
It's trying to move forward.

742
00:26:30,723 --> 00:26:33,190
Going to have to do better
than that to avoid a countdown.

743
00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:34,024
Oh!

744
00:26:36,796 --> 00:26:39,363
Beta, just lining it up!

745
00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:40,230
Saying here I come!

746
00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:41,332
Kenny florian: Oh!

747
00:26:41,434 --> 00:26:42,433
Chris rose: Rusty's
still fighting though!

748
00:26:42,535 --> 00:26:44,535
His primary weapon's
still working.

749
00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,470
But not showing much
movement, kenny.

750
00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:47,471
Well, come on!

751
00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:48,939
Here comes beta!

752
00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:50,440
Both: Whoa!

753
00:26:50,509 --> 00:26:51,875
[slams]

754
00:26:51,978 --> 00:26:53,110
ref: 10!
9!

755
00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:54,011
8!
Chris rose: That's it.

756
00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,613
Stop drilling our floor, rusty.

757
00:26:55,715 --> 00:26:56,680
Kenny florian: Yeah.
Chris rose: Please.

758
00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:57,881
Ref: 7!
6!

759
00:26:57,984 --> 00:26:58,782
Chris rose: We just
swapped it out this season.

760
00:26:58,884 --> 00:26:59,984
Ref: 5!
4!

761
00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:01,285
Chris rose: It's not in
the budget to do it again.

762
00:27:01,387 --> 00:27:02,286
Thank you.
Ref: 3!

763
00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:02,786
2!

764
00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:03,754
1!

765
00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:04,955
Kenny florian: I agree, yeah.
- 1!

766
00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:05,656
Kenny florian: There's no
screws over there, man.

767
00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:06,323
It's just, it's fine.

768
00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:06,890
Knockout of rusty!

769
00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:07,558
Winner, beta!

770
00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:08,659
Kenny florian: Wow.

771
00:27:08,761 --> 00:27:10,027
Chris rose: You the
man. You tried, rusty.

772
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:10,961
Kenny florian: You did.
You did.

773
00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:12,229
Chris rose: You
really worked it.

774
00:27:12,331 --> 00:27:13,464
Kenny florian: It's a good job.
Chris rose: Good try.

775
00:27:13,566 --> 00:27:14,131
Kenny florian: His helmet's
still on, by the way.

776
00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:14,832
Chris rose: It's ok.

777
00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:15,866
Listen, you're a newbie.

778
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,534
You just faced one
of the bad boys.

779
00:27:17,637 --> 00:27:18,569
Kenny florian: He'll be back.

780
00:27:18,671 --> 00:27:19,370
He'll be back.

781
00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:20,204
Chris rose: You're good.

782
00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:21,772
This is like a therapy session.

783
00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,474
[music playing]

784
00:27:23,576 --> 00:27:26,744
kenny, in the early going,
rusty was fairly nimble.

785
00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:28,746
Kenny florian: Yeah,
actually, it was definitely

786
00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:30,347
faster from its last flight.

787
00:27:30,449 --> 00:27:34,385
But it wasn't able to get
away from beta right there.

788
00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:37,054
Beta, doing a great job of
really attacking the flanks,

789
00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:38,689
attacking from the backside.

790
00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:41,492
And speaking of attacking
from the back side,

791
00:27:41,594 --> 00:27:44,895
that's what happens when you
get hit by beta's hammer.

792
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,664
They didn't use
that hammer a lot.

793
00:27:46,766 --> 00:27:49,800
But they executed
perfectly on their strategy

794
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:53,137
to hit rusty's rear end,
where he's most vulnerable.

795
00:27:53,239 --> 00:27:56,540
Chris rose: That spanking
lifts beta to 2 and 0.

796
00:27:56,642 --> 00:27:59,843
Looking good now for a
spot in the tournament.

797
00:27:59,945 --> 00:28:02,012
[cheering]

798
00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:03,781
john reid, turn around.

799
00:28:04,617 --> 00:28:05,983
[laughs]
there you are!

800
00:28:06,085 --> 00:28:06,750
Over here.

801
00:28:08,387 --> 00:28:12,990
All right, what was it like
tearing through a junkyard bot?

802
00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:14,525
Wow.

803
00:28:14,627 --> 00:28:16,160
That was so good.

804
00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:18,362
It's taken us 9
months to get here.

805
00:28:18,464 --> 00:28:20,230
All sorts of troubles.

806
00:28:20,332 --> 00:28:23,500
But we got here, and
it worked perfectly.

807
00:28:23,602 --> 00:28:24,702
So good.

808
00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:27,271
You know, you didn't use
that hammer very often.

809
00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:29,573
But when you did, you really
caused a lot of damage.

810
00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:31,942
It's a brand new,
complex machine.

811
00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:35,512
We're being really careful
until we get the feel of it.

812
00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:38,749
But yeah, we just
saved it up and hit

813
00:28:38,851 --> 00:28:41,552
it when it went for a good hit.

814
00:28:41,654 --> 00:28:45,222
John reid, congratulations
to you and team beta.

815
00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:46,023
Job well done.

816
00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:47,057
Thank you.

817
00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:50,127
[cheering]

818
00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:52,863
woo!

819
00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:55,065
David eaton: You got to
get fabulous, all right?

820
00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:58,902
All right, guys.

821
00:28:59,004 --> 00:29:00,671
Chris rose: All right, dave.

822
00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:03,407
We spoke with you under
better circumstances

823
00:29:03,509 --> 00:29:04,708
in your previous fight.

824
00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:07,411
What's it like to taste
an l in "battlebots?"

825
00:29:07,513 --> 00:29:09,113
(laughs) yeah, right?

826
00:29:09,215 --> 00:29:12,015
It was-- it was sour,
but it was good.

827
00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:12,816
It was good.

828
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,084
I tell you what.

829
00:29:14,186 --> 00:29:16,353
When he fired off that hammer,
when the match started,

830
00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:18,222
I was like, whoa, that sucker.

831
00:29:18,324 --> 00:29:19,957
The floor was like, "choo."

832
00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:21,625
and I was like, rusty, you
better be ready for it,

833
00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:22,426
because it's coming.

834
00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:23,227
[laughter]

835
00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:24,762
is rusty ok?

836
00:29:24,864 --> 00:29:25,796
Is he going to be ok?

837
00:29:25,898 --> 00:29:26,864
Yeah, I think so.

838
00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:29,399
You know, he-- he
rammed into me early on.

839
00:29:29,502 --> 00:29:31,535
And when he did, he bent
those forks on the front.

840
00:29:31,637 --> 00:29:32,870
And I saw that and
was like, uh-oh.

841
00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:35,239
Because it lifted the
belly of the bot up.

842
00:29:35,341 --> 00:29:36,473
And I wasn't getting traction.

843
00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:37,741
And then I was like, oh man.

844
00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:39,443
And then he really started
ramming me into the walls.

845
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,645
And then he got me all
positioned for that money shot

846
00:29:41,747 --> 00:29:43,213
and just, "choo."

847
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:46,683
but luckily, it did do some
damage to some of the panels

848
00:29:46,786 --> 00:29:47,918
and stuff on the back.

849
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,154
Obviously the nice aluminum
cover now is destroyed.

850
00:29:50,256 --> 00:29:51,889
But he's rebuildable.

851
00:29:51,991 --> 00:29:53,390
His main body and
everything is intact.

852
00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:55,259
Rusty had a little
pep in his step.

853
00:29:55,361 --> 00:29:57,094
He seemed faster this
time out, at least.

854
00:29:57,196 --> 00:29:58,295
He does.

855
00:29:58,397 --> 00:29:59,463
I, you know, I don't know
if that's just 'cause

856
00:29:59,565 --> 00:30:00,430
he's in a good mood or what.

857
00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:01,265
But he was.

858
00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:02,666
He was cooking faster this time.

859
00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:04,234
I put some new belts in him.

860
00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,436
I was trying to get some
tuning work done on the eses

861
00:30:06,539 --> 00:30:07,971
and wasn't able to
get that squared up.

862
00:30:08,073 --> 00:30:09,439
And I did get an
eyeball put back in him.

863
00:30:09,542 --> 00:30:10,374
There you go.

864
00:30:10,476 --> 00:30:11,441
I was working
on the other one.

865
00:30:11,544 --> 00:30:13,644
But I ran a little short.

866
00:30:13,746 --> 00:30:16,513
Dave, you told us that
you stole some parts

867
00:30:16,615 --> 00:30:19,149
from your parents' farm,
that they might not even know

868
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:20,450
are missing.

869
00:30:20,553 --> 00:30:22,820
If one of them is
returned with a hole in it

870
00:30:22,922 --> 00:30:23,821
I--

871
00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:24,855
--what's going to
be their reaction?

872
00:30:24,957 --> 00:30:26,557
I mean, if they try to use--

873
00:30:26,659 --> 00:30:28,125
luckily the helmet,
which is important

874
00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:30,694
because that's the popcorn
bowl, is still intact.

875
00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:32,362
That's still intact, right?

876
00:30:32,464 --> 00:30:34,965
So they can still use
that when it gets back.

877
00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:36,233
I might have to,
when I get home,

878
00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:37,367
I'm going to
probably have to shop

879
00:30:37,469 --> 00:30:38,735
around for some more parts.

880
00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:42,005
Dave, you're awesome
to work with we.

881
00:30:42,107 --> 00:30:43,407
We love having you
here at "battlebots."

882
00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:44,541
yep.
Thank you.

883
00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:45,542
Chris rose: We'll talk
to you down the road.

884
00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:46,643
Thank you, gentlemen.
Appreciate it.

885
00:30:46,745 --> 00:30:47,344
Chris rose: You got it.
Kenny florian: Yep.

886
00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:50,180
[cheering]

887
00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:51,148
yeah!

888
00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:51,949
Woo!

889
00:30:52,051 --> 00:30:54,451
[cheering]

890
00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:57,421
chris rose: So much fun to
watch beta when that hammer's

891
00:30:57,523 --> 00:30:58,689
working like that, huh?

892
00:30:58,791 --> 00:31:00,991
Oh man, that thing
is absolutely deadly.

893
00:31:01,093 --> 00:31:04,294
But not so much fun for
rusty, who suffers his

894
00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:06,063
first-ever "battlebots" loss.

895
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:08,932
But showed some signs
of life, I suppose.

896
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:09,900
Kenny florian: It was faster.

897
00:31:10,002 --> 00:31:11,935
It was moving really well.

898
00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:13,136
He even got a hit in on beta.

899
00:31:13,239 --> 00:31:14,204
That was cool.
Yeah.

900
00:31:14,306 --> 00:31:15,606
- Very good stuff.
- Yeah.

901
00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:16,707
Chris rose: All
right, coming up.

902
00:31:16,809 --> 00:31:19,443
Did somebody order
an extra large?

903
00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:22,579
We got the supersized
mammoth facing

904
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:25,682
off against hypershock,
when "battlebots

905
00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:28,051
fight night" continues!

906
00:31:28,153 --> 00:31:30,454
[cheering]

907
00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:32,422
[robot whirs]

908
00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:37,928
[robot whirs]

909
00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:38,996
[cheering]

910
00:31:39,098 --> 00:31:40,664
chris rose: We are
back on "battlebots."

911
00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:43,700
mammoth and hypershock
are flexing their gears

912
00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:45,135
ahead of their showdown.

913
00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:47,170
But before they
duke it out, let's

914
00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:50,841
check in on this season's
most lovable robot, who

915
00:31:50,976 --> 00:31:53,510
just got his teeth kicked in.

916
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:58,548
America, world, it was bound
to happen at some point.

917
00:31:58,651 --> 00:32:00,417
Rusty was going to lose.

918
00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:02,252
For more on that, let's
head back to the pits.

919
00:32:02,354 --> 00:32:04,721
Jenny taft, what was
the universal reaction

920
00:32:04,823 --> 00:32:06,723
once rusty took the l?

921
00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:09,726
Oh, rusty does have
a battle wound, guys.

922
00:32:09,828 --> 00:32:11,495
I'm looking at
the bot right now.

923
00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:12,562
And you know what?

924
00:32:12,665 --> 00:32:14,598
He took the l, but
he did it with pride.

925
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:17,234
And he might as well go down
against a bot like beta.

926
00:32:17,336 --> 00:32:20,237
So dave was actually
proud of that mark.

927
00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:21,638
He was taping it up.

928
00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:24,741
And just to remind you guys,
he was sleeping in his barn

929
00:32:24,843 --> 00:32:27,711
as he was trying to continue
to work on this robot.

930
00:32:27,846 --> 00:32:29,179
So happy to be here.

931
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,115
And just so you guys know,
yes, beta did kind of knock

932
00:32:32,217 --> 00:32:32,983
out rusty there.

933
00:32:33,085 --> 00:32:34,251
Gabriel came right over.

934
00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:35,552
He offered to help.

935
00:32:35,654 --> 00:32:37,955
He wanted to make sure rusty
could get back in the box.

936
00:32:38,057 --> 00:32:40,157
And that's what this
is really all about.

937
00:32:40,259 --> 00:32:41,191
Chris rose: All right, jenny.

938
00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,392
Thank you very much.

939
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:44,695
Hopefully dave eaton
can find a trashcan

940
00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:48,065
laying around somewhere to
give rusty a brand new body.

941
00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:49,333
[cheering]

942
00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:51,368
all right let's get
back to business,

943
00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:54,538
with two robots ready
to bring the pain.

944
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,041
We've got mammoth locking
horns with hypershock.

945
00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:00,677
Will bales and his team
really need a win, kenny.

946
00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,980
Kenny florian: Yeah,
hypershock got knocked out

947
00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:04,915
and flamed out in
their opening match.

948
00:33:05,017 --> 00:33:05,716
Chris rose: Oh!

949
00:33:05,818 --> 00:33:06,883
Wow!

950
00:33:06,986 --> 00:33:09,987
Gruff, he has put
hypershock up on the screws!

951
00:33:10,089 --> 00:33:12,222
Kenny florian: And for a team
that has never quite lived up

952
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:14,858
to expectations, you have
to think that will bales is

953
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,426
starting to feel the pressure.

954
00:33:16,528 --> 00:33:19,463
He thinks his bot is capable
of advancing to the top 16

955
00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:20,731
for the first time ever.

956
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:23,800
But winning tonight is
crucial to making that happen.

957
00:33:23,902 --> 00:33:27,037
Chris rose: Well, he has an
awfully tall task ahead of him.

958
00:33:27,139 --> 00:33:30,941
Because mammoth looked large
and in charge in its opening

959
00:33:31,043 --> 00:33:31,975
win over huge.

960
00:33:32,077 --> 00:33:33,110
Kenny florian: Whoa!

961
00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:35,512
Mammoth, cutting off the
battlebox like a boxer!

962
00:33:35,614 --> 00:33:36,546
It sure did.

963
00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,015
Mammoth is better
than ever this year.

964
00:33:38,117 --> 00:33:41,251
And I can't wait to see how
the big guy handles the smaller

965
00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:42,986
and shiftier hypershock.

966
00:33:43,088 --> 00:33:44,955
Should be fun.

967
00:33:45,057 --> 00:33:46,923
Faruq, it's all you.

968
00:33:50,396 --> 00:33:53,663
In the blue square,
from baltimore,

969
00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:58,668
maryland, the ice age
assassin, here's mammoth!

970
00:33:58,771 --> 00:34:01,571
[cheering]

971
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:03,440
[music playing]

972
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:06,643
kenny, ricky willems told us
after that knockout of huge--

973
00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:07,444
see?

974
00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:11,081
That launcher is
significantly improved.

975
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:13,150
Kenny florian: Oh well,
there's no doubt about that.

976
00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:16,153
He entertained to the very end.

977
00:34:16,255 --> 00:34:19,122
I mean, first of all, you look
at the size of that thing.

978
00:34:19,224 --> 00:34:20,524
And you're like, there's
no way that thing

979
00:34:20,626 --> 00:34:23,093
can be agile and flexible.

980
00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:24,895
It is all of those
things and more.

981
00:34:24,997 --> 00:34:26,196
It's also powerful.

982
00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:28,732
Chris rose: By the way,
welcome to the rose parade.

983
00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:30,434
Although that thing ain't
made out of flowers.

984
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:37,374
Faruq tauheed: In the red
square, from miami, florida,

985
00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:40,911
the pitbull of
"battlebots," hypershock!

986
00:34:41,013 --> 00:34:43,146
[music playing]

987
00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:44,981
[cheering]

988
00:34:45,084 --> 00:34:48,885
chris rose: Knocked out by
gruff in its first match.

989
00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:50,187
Will bales.

990
00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:52,055
Is his confidence shaken?

991
00:34:52,157 --> 00:34:54,157
Kenny florian:
Well, he's smiling.

992
00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:55,292
He's looking good.

993
00:34:55,394 --> 00:34:58,361
It always seems like he
has everything in order.

994
00:34:58,464 --> 00:35:00,063
Except for one thing.

995
00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:03,166
And sometimes that one
thing really matters.

996
00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:06,603
[music playing]

997
00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:10,540
[cheering]

998
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:12,776
against hypershock,
we've decided to go

999
00:35:12,878 --> 00:35:14,678
with our all-metal weapon.

1000
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:16,546
Our plastic weapon was defense.

1001
00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:18,515
This is all offense,
all the time.

1002
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:19,449
We're going to go in.

1003
00:35:19,551 --> 00:35:20,784
We're going to chuck them.

1004
00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:23,019
And we're going to try and
really launch them this time.

1005
00:35:23,122 --> 00:35:25,489
We're going to have a monster
going up against a toy

1006
00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:26,590
car in this fight.

1007
00:35:26,692 --> 00:35:28,258
They run around, they're fast.

1008
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,993
They're shiny,
they're dangerous.

1009
00:35:30,095 --> 00:35:32,062
But we are just going to be
able to completely envelop

1010
00:35:32,164 --> 00:35:33,897
them and overshadow them.

1011
00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:35,832
Mammoth is huger than huge.

1012
00:35:35,934 --> 00:35:39,369
So it's a bit of a-- it's
a weird thing to fight.

1013
00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:40,871
They're pretty well driven.

1014
00:35:40,973 --> 00:35:44,074
But they can be a little
clumsy, I would say.

1015
00:35:44,176 --> 00:35:47,777
So our goal, strategy, is
hit the wheels and kind

1016
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:51,014
of dictate the pace of the
match and get our shots

1017
00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:52,015
in before they get theirs in.

1018
00:35:52,117 --> 00:35:52,816
Then we should be ok.

1019
00:35:54,386 --> 00:35:55,752
Oh boy, it's really going to.

1020
00:36:00,359 --> 00:36:02,292
Robot: Robots, activate.

1021
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:05,495
[cheering]

1022
00:36:06,932 --> 00:36:09,266
chris rose: Let's check in
with our bot whisperer, pete.

1023
00:36:09,368 --> 00:36:10,934
Pete, what do you
have on hypershock?

1024
00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:13,203
Well, guys, as
you know, that will

1025
00:36:13,305 --> 00:36:15,238
has been spending
quite a lot of time

1026
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:17,240
making it a more
serviceable robot.

1027
00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:19,576
He has gotten the
bot itself to run.

1028
00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:21,578
He's gotten the weapon to run.

1029
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,347
But here he is, fighting
a flipping robot

1030
00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:26,283
with no self-riding mechanism.

1031
00:36:26,385 --> 00:36:29,452
Kenny florian: Hey, peter,
we've seen will bales utilize

1032
00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:31,855
that primary weapon, that
vertical disc spinner,

1033
00:36:31,957 --> 00:36:32,756
to self right.

1034
00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:34,157
Is that a possibility?

1035
00:36:34,259 --> 00:36:35,825
Peter abrahamson: That
always is, of course.

1036
00:36:35,928 --> 00:36:37,594
I mean, one of the great
things about hypershock

1037
00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:39,029
is it can drive upside down.

1038
00:36:39,131 --> 00:36:40,964
It's only driving on two wheels.

1039
00:36:41,066 --> 00:36:43,033
And it drives on those
little sort of antennae

1040
00:36:43,135 --> 00:36:44,301
that stick up the top.

1041
00:36:44,403 --> 00:36:46,403
And he can run into the
side of the battlebox

1042
00:36:46,505 --> 00:36:48,071
and pop himself back over.

1043
00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:49,973
But that, you know,
that requires time.

1044
00:36:50,075 --> 00:36:51,908
That requires precision.

1045
00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:53,944
Against a robot
as big as mammoth,

1046
00:36:54,012 --> 00:36:56,680
that takes up so much square
footage of the battlebox?

1047
00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:58,214
That could be difficult.

1048
00:36:58,283 --> 00:36:59,649
Chris rose: Thank you, pete.

1049
00:36:59,751 --> 00:37:03,720
Lots of strategy in the mix,
as we gear up for this one.

1050
00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:06,890
Hypershock collides
with mammoth!

1051
00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:10,060
When we return, on "battlebots!"

1052
00:37:10,162 --> 00:37:11,127
[crowd chanting "fight!

1053
00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:11,928
Fight!

1054
00:37:12,030 --> 00:37:13,396
Fight!"]

1055
00:37:13,498 --> 00:37:16,866
[music playing]

1056
00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:20,670
[robot whirs]

1057
00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:22,672
[music playing]

1058
00:37:22,774 --> 00:37:25,308
chris rose: Welcome back
to "battlebots," where

1059
00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:28,445
the prehistoric giant
mammoth is looking to stay

1060
00:37:28,547 --> 00:37:31,114
unbeaten against hypershock.

1061
00:37:31,216 --> 00:37:32,082
Woo!

1062
00:37:32,184 --> 00:37:33,016
Here we go, buddy.

1063
00:37:33,118 --> 00:37:33,984
Yep.

1064
00:37:34,086 --> 00:37:37,354
[cheering]

1065
00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:38,788
robot: Blue team, ready.

1066
00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:44,227
[booms]

1067
00:37:44,329 --> 00:37:47,631
[cheering]

1068
00:37:47,766 --> 00:37:48,665
[music playing]

1069
00:37:48,767 --> 00:37:50,600
robot: Red team, ready.

1070
00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:52,102
[booms]

1071
00:37:52,204 --> 00:37:55,572
[cheering]

1072
00:37:59,645 --> 00:38:03,046
[music playing]

1073
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:08,217
[crowd chanting "fight!

1074
00:38:08,287 --> 00:38:08,985
Fight!

1075
00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:10,487
Fight!"]

1076
00:38:10,589 --> 00:38:11,955
[chanting "fight!"]

1077
00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:14,457
oh, I'm gettng
the jitters again.

1078
00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:15,625
[crowd chanting "fight!

1079
00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:16,426
Fight!

1080
00:38:16,528 --> 00:38:17,227
Fight!"]

1081
00:38:17,329 --> 00:38:19,396
[buzzes]

1082
00:38:19,498 --> 00:38:22,632
chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin!

1083
00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:25,902
A classic match-up
of speed versus size.

1084
00:38:26,004 --> 00:38:28,538
Will bales, attacking
from the sides.

1085
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,407
Trying to get to
mammoth's flanks!

1086
00:38:30,509 --> 00:38:32,208
Kenny florian: Yeah,
hypershock, going

1087
00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:33,510
for those wheels of mammoth.

1088
00:38:33,612 --> 00:38:34,878
Which is a nice strategy.

1089
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:36,846
But mammoth, doing a
great job of driving!

1090
00:38:36,915 --> 00:38:37,714
Chris rose: Woo!

1091
00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:39,215
Nice job, by hypershock.
Oh!

1092
00:38:39,318 --> 00:38:40,050
Oh!

1093
00:38:40,152 --> 00:38:42,085
He's somewhat disabled mammoth!

1094
00:38:42,187 --> 00:38:43,420
It's a little off center!

1095
00:38:43,522 --> 00:38:46,556
Ok, will bales has gone into
what I call berserker mode.

1096
00:38:46,658 --> 00:38:47,991
This is when he's at his best.
Yes!

1097
00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:49,459
Creating chaos!
Kenny florian: Huge flip!

1098
00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:50,593
Chris rose: Hey!
Get away from me!

1099
00:38:50,696 --> 00:38:53,897
Mammoth, looking like
a mangled jungle gym!

1100
00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:56,733
Hypershock delivers the
beast down to the screws!

1101
00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:57,967
Oh, baby!
Kenny florian: Uh-oh!

1102
00:38:58,070 --> 00:38:58,935
Oh!

1103
00:38:59,037 --> 00:38:59,502
Kenny florian: There
goes the chain!

1104
00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:00,670
No-ho-ho-ho!

1105
00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:01,338
Kenny florian: This fight
is going to be over!

1106
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,707
No-ho-ho-ho-ho!

1107
00:39:03,809 --> 00:39:05,675
Holy crap!

1108
00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:06,976
Chris rose: Woo!

1109
00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:09,145
Not much mammoth can do now.

1110
00:39:09,247 --> 00:39:12,949
It is at the mercy of
hypershock and will bales!

1111
00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:15,485
Kenny florian: This
one is a wrap, chris.

1112
00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:18,054
You've got to think a
countdown's coming soon.

1113
00:39:18,156 --> 00:39:20,290
Come on, will,
flip me over, baby!

1114
00:39:20,392 --> 00:39:21,224
Come on!

1115
00:39:21,326 --> 00:39:22,559
Chris rose: And
you can hear ricky

1116
00:39:22,661 --> 00:39:25,061
willems, pleading with will
bales, please flip me over!

1117
00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:25,862
Ricky!

1118
00:39:25,931 --> 00:39:26,663
Hit it!

1119
00:39:26,765 --> 00:39:28,198
Knock the battery box.

1120
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:29,032
Anything else.

1121
00:39:29,134 --> 00:39:29,966
[booms]
chris rose: Yeah!

1122
00:39:30,102 --> 00:39:30,767
Kenny florian: Oh!

1123
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,102
Chris rose: He did!

1124
00:39:32,204 --> 00:39:32,969
Holy smokes!

1125
00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:34,337
And now mammoth is smoking!

1126
00:39:34,439 --> 00:39:36,840
Kenny florian: I don't think
that's what ricky had in mind.

1127
00:39:36,942 --> 00:39:38,508
Chris rose: Uh, be
careful what you ask for.

1128
00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:39,309
Ref: 10!
9!

1129
00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:40,143
8!

1130
00:39:40,245 --> 00:39:41,444
Chris rose: The countdown is on!

1131
00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:43,480
The one thing I asked him
not to do, but that's fine.

1132
00:39:43,582 --> 00:39:43,847
Ref: 6!

1133
00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:45,081
5!

1134
00:39:45,183 --> 00:39:45,849
Chris rose: Yes, the
celebratory spin by hypershock!

1135
00:39:45,951 --> 00:39:46,983
4!
3!

1136
00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:47,784
2!

1137
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,018
Chris rose: And will bales!

1138
00:39:49,121 --> 00:39:49,819
Ref: 1!

1139
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:50,954
Mammoth is knocked out!

1140
00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:51,955
Winner, hypershock!

1141
00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:53,890
[buzzer]

1142
00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:56,860
[cheering]

1143
00:39:56,962 --> 00:39:57,827
it's our first win!

1144
00:39:57,929 --> 00:39:59,796
Yeah!

1145
00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:03,199
[cheering]

1146
00:40:03,301 --> 00:40:05,168
[music playing]

1147
00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:07,137
[cheering]

1148
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:08,605
[music playing]

1149
00:40:08,707 --> 00:40:11,741
chris rose: Kenny, so frequently
we talk about the driving

1150
00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:12,942
skills of will bales.

1151
00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:14,010
They were on display.

1152
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:16,312
Kenny florian: A
chaotic hypershock,

1153
00:40:16,415 --> 00:40:20,216
a crazy will bales is a good
will bales, in my opinion.

1154
00:40:20,318 --> 00:40:21,284
They just went at 'em.

1155
00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:23,119
Just getting them
from all angles.

1156
00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:25,188
It almost felt like
there was like, three

1157
00:40:25,290 --> 00:40:26,890
hypershocks in there.

1158
00:40:26,992 --> 00:40:29,592
Mammoth's launcher was
incapable of getting

1159
00:40:29,694 --> 00:40:31,394
hypershock off the ground.

1160
00:40:31,463 --> 00:40:34,998
Meanwhile, hypershock's
spinner, look at that just

1161
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:37,901
cutting right through the
shaft of that primary weapon

1162
00:40:38,003 --> 00:40:39,102
on mammoth.

1163
00:40:39,204 --> 00:40:42,105
And once that chain flew
off, mammoth was extinct.

1164
00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:46,109
Chris rose: And then,
ricky willems said please,

1165
00:40:46,211 --> 00:40:48,711
please, help me get back over.

1166
00:40:48,814 --> 00:40:49,779
Well?

1167
00:40:49,881 --> 00:40:51,414
Kenny florian: Yeah,
but they didn't want

1168
00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:53,183
to get hit in the battery box.

1169
00:40:53,285 --> 00:40:56,553
They've got 15 pounds of
lithium batteries in there

1170
00:40:56,655 --> 00:40:58,521
with no replacements available.

1171
00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:01,157
And now, it's all up in smoke.

1172
00:41:01,259 --> 00:41:03,626
[cheering]

1173
00:41:03,728 --> 00:41:04,894
chris rose: Will bales?

1174
00:41:06,398 --> 00:41:07,864
Yes, over here.

1175
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:09,632
[laughs]

1176
00:41:09,734 --> 00:41:11,835
how does it feel to not suck?

1177
00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:15,038
Well, ah, ah,
ah, sucking less.

1178
00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:17,340
[laughter]

1179
00:41:17,442 --> 00:41:18,908
was that as--

1180
00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:21,344
was that as fun as
it seemed to be?

1181
00:41:21,446 --> 00:41:22,979
Yeah, yeah.

1182
00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:24,414
That was good.

1183
00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:26,049
Obviously, mammoth's
a really good sport.

1184
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,585
So at the end, they wanted
us to go in for another hit.

1185
00:41:28,687 --> 00:41:30,887
So whatever we broke, I'm sorry.

1186
00:41:33,058 --> 00:41:34,657
But it was-- it was
an awesome fight.

1187
00:41:34,759 --> 00:41:37,560
I'm-- I'm happy that
everything worked.

1188
00:41:37,662 --> 00:41:40,063
The back left wheel
is a little tweaked,

1189
00:41:40,165 --> 00:41:41,965
if you guys didn't notice.

1190
00:41:42,067 --> 00:41:44,067
So there's a little
bit of fixing to do.

1191
00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:45,502
Don't know what the
heck happened there.

1192
00:41:45,604 --> 00:41:47,437
But overall--

1193
00:41:47,539 --> 00:41:50,139
see, this is
like, vintage will

1194
00:41:50,242 --> 00:41:53,877
bales, a will bales performance,
man, vintage hypershock.

1195
00:41:53,979 --> 00:41:55,612
You went into berserker mode.

1196
00:41:55,714 --> 00:41:57,146
That's when I think
you're at your best, man.

1197
00:41:57,249 --> 00:42:00,049
Just creating chaos
in the battlebox.

1198
00:42:00,151 --> 00:42:01,684
That's all we're
good at, apparently.

1199
00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:04,754
Just you know, full
sail and full yolo.

1200
00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:05,855
Kenny florian:
Crazy, everywhere.

1201
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:06,823
I like it.

1202
00:42:06,925 --> 00:42:08,725
We're super
happy, thanks, guys.

1203
00:42:08,827 --> 00:42:12,228
Will, as you were
facing mammoth,

1204
00:42:12,330 --> 00:42:16,366
the scouting report was
you could not self right.

1205
00:42:16,468 --> 00:42:17,500
Was that accurate?

1206
00:42:17,602 --> 00:42:18,902
Oh, it totally could.

1207
00:42:19,004 --> 00:42:22,138
Just, you didn't see it
because we didn't need it.

1208
00:42:22,207 --> 00:42:23,206
(laughs) no, it didn't work.

1209
00:42:24,643 --> 00:42:25,975
Not at all.

1210
00:42:26,077 --> 00:42:27,844
Right at the last minute,
we plugged in a whole bunch

1211
00:42:27,946 --> 00:42:28,645
of new electronics.

1212
00:42:28,747 --> 00:42:30,647
Tried to rush and doa.

1213
00:42:30,749 --> 00:42:33,383
So but we don't
need it, apparently.

1214
00:42:33,485 --> 00:42:35,518
Hey, if bite force doesn't
need one, we don't need one.

1215
00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:38,688
So are you guys reborn
with this performance?

1216
00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:40,924
Is this the way you want
the bot to function?

1217
00:42:41,026 --> 00:42:43,359
There's still some
tweaks I want to make.

1218
00:42:43,461 --> 00:42:44,928
You probably noticed a
little bit of jerkiness

1219
00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:48,498
in the drivetrain, aside
from general tomfoolery.

1220
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,402
So there's some sensor
issues that we got to solve.

1221
00:42:52,504 --> 00:42:54,203
But we think we have
a solution for that.

1222
00:42:54,306 --> 00:42:56,940
So hopefully for next fight
we'll have all that dialed in.

1223
00:42:57,042 --> 00:42:58,708
Will, you're a giggly guy.

1224
00:42:58,810 --> 00:43:00,109
You like to have a ton of fun.

1225
00:43:00,211 --> 00:43:02,512
But you sit at 1 and 1.

1226
00:43:02,614 --> 00:43:05,815
I know you really, really
want to make that top 16.

1227
00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:07,951
How critical is your next fight?

1228
00:43:08,053 --> 00:43:10,420
Yeah, we have to win.

1229
00:43:10,522 --> 00:43:12,355
We'll see who they throw us.

1230
00:43:12,457 --> 00:43:14,390
I have a feeling it's
not going to be easy.

1231
00:43:14,492 --> 00:43:18,161
Will bales, congratulations
to you and team hypershock.

1232
00:43:18,263 --> 00:43:19,028
Go celebrate, man.

1233
00:43:19,130 --> 00:43:19,829
You got a w.

1234
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:20,930
Thanks, chris.

1235
00:43:21,032 --> 00:43:21,731
We did it!

1236
00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:22,732
Yay!

1237
00:43:24,002 --> 00:43:24,701
So good!

1238
00:43:26,771 --> 00:43:28,972
Chris rose: All right,
coming up later tonight.

1239
00:43:29,074 --> 00:43:32,775
If you can't stand the heat,
get out of the battlebox.

1240
00:43:32,877 --> 00:43:35,178
Gruff and that
fearsome flamethrower

1241
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,782
take out the smooth-driving
whiplash in our main event.

1242
00:43:39,884 --> 00:43:42,652
But up next, it's the
last-chance saloon,

1243
00:43:42,754 --> 00:43:45,488
for logan davis and subzero.

1244
00:43:45,590 --> 00:43:48,257
He's hoping to knock
out sporkinok, and make

1245
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,693
his case for a spot
in the tournament,

1246
00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:52,829
when we return on "battlebots!"

1247
00:43:52,931 --> 00:43:55,765
[music playing]

1248
00:43:55,867 --> 00:43:59,235
[cheering]

1249
00:44:00,205 --> 00:44:01,104
[robot whirs]

1250
00:44:01,206 --> 00:44:03,373
[cheering]

1251
00:44:03,475 --> 00:44:05,808
all right, we are
back on "battlebots."

1252
00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:08,878
and up next, there's a lot
riding on the line tonight

1253
00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:11,080
for subzero and logan davis.

1254
00:44:11,182 --> 00:44:13,583
A win means they
check in at 2 at 1.

1255
00:44:13,685 --> 00:44:16,252
And the selection
committee has to say, huh,

1256
00:44:16,354 --> 00:44:17,720
you are an interesting robot.

1257
00:44:17,822 --> 00:44:20,256
Do you deserve to
move on and advance?

1258
00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:22,125
Kenny florian: Well,
they were very aggressive

1259
00:44:22,227 --> 00:44:24,393
in their last fight,
knocking out grabot.

1260
00:44:24,462 --> 00:44:28,097
But they need to do the same
thing again tonight, exhibit

1261
00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:31,934
their durability and put another
dominating win on their resume.

1262
00:44:32,037 --> 00:44:34,070
Chris rose: Subzero
will look to capitalize

1263
00:44:34,172 --> 00:44:37,340
on a bit of good luck in
the scheduling department.

1264
00:44:37,442 --> 00:44:40,977
Tonight they are going
against a newbie, sporkinok,

1265
00:44:41,079 --> 00:44:42,979
driven by lilith specht.

1266
00:44:43,081 --> 00:44:46,015
She's been around this sport
for years, hosting events

1267
00:44:46,117 --> 00:44:47,850
and fighting smaller robots.

1268
00:44:47,952 --> 00:44:51,187
But she would love to prove
that she is capable of competing

1269
00:44:51,289 --> 00:44:52,388
at the highest level.

1270
00:44:52,490 --> 00:44:53,656
Kenny florian: That's right.

1271
00:44:53,758 --> 00:44:56,059
Any rookie bot will experience
some growing pains in

1272
00:44:56,161 --> 00:44:57,393
its first year at "battlebots."

1273
00:44:57,495 --> 00:45:00,963
but when you are a competitor,
you have a constant desire

1274
00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:02,365
to show that you belong.

1275
00:45:02,467 --> 00:45:05,234
And for lilith, this is her
big chance to do just that.

1276
00:45:07,005 --> 00:45:10,640
And how nice would it be for
her to knock somebody else out

1277
00:45:10,742 --> 00:45:11,941
of postseason contention?

1278
00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:13,643
Let's see if she
can get it done.

1279
00:45:13,745 --> 00:45:16,412
Faruq, show us how
you get it done.

1280
00:45:16,514 --> 00:45:18,147
[cheering]

1281
00:45:18,249 --> 00:45:22,618
in the blue square,
from irving, texas.

1282
00:45:22,721 --> 00:45:26,322
When the temperature is chilly,
he starts feeling killy.

1283
00:45:26,424 --> 00:45:27,356
It's subzero!

1284
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,960
[cheering]

1285
00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:32,328
[music playing]

1286
00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:35,631
chris rose: Lost in knockout to
jackpot, and then turned around

1287
00:45:35,734 --> 00:45:37,533
and ko'd grabot.

1288
00:45:37,635 --> 00:45:40,737
And in that fight, that
looked like the subzero

1289
00:45:40,839 --> 00:45:41,904
everybody was waiting for.

1290
00:45:42,006 --> 00:45:43,039
Kenny florian: Absolutely.

1291
00:45:43,141 --> 00:45:44,540
And what I liked
about that fight

1292
00:45:44,642 --> 00:45:47,043
was that logan wasn't
content to just win.

1293
00:45:47,145 --> 00:45:49,212
He wanted to score
some style points.

1294
00:45:49,314 --> 00:45:52,048
That's the kind of energy he
needs to bring again tonight,

1295
00:45:52,150 --> 00:45:54,617
with his tournament
fate on the line.

1296
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:59,589
Chris rose: Subzero
also runs the only drone

1297
00:45:59,691 --> 00:46:01,057
in the competition.

1298
00:46:01,159 --> 00:46:04,961
That is logan's dad, brady,
that is at the controls.

1299
00:46:05,063 --> 00:46:06,662
Cool little family story.

1300
00:46:06,765 --> 00:46:10,266
[cheering]

1301
00:46:10,368 --> 00:46:14,203
faruq tauheed: In the red
square, from orlando, florida.

1302
00:46:14,305 --> 00:46:17,406
It's not quite a fork,
not quite a spoon.

1303
00:46:17,509 --> 00:46:19,976
But it's ready to
lay down the boom.

1304
00:46:20,078 --> 00:46:21,210
It's sporkinok!

1305
00:46:21,312 --> 00:46:24,046
[cheering]

1306
00:46:24,149 --> 00:46:25,982
chris rose: Kenny, when
this bot is working

1307
00:46:26,084 --> 00:46:27,150
right, what's happening?

1308
00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:28,651
Kenny florian: Well,
it looks like they've

1309
00:46:28,753 --> 00:46:30,019
got a new configuration.

1310
00:46:30,121 --> 00:46:32,522
The lifter from the first
fight is still there.

1311
00:46:32,624 --> 00:46:35,491
But tonight they've added
that spork-shaped hammer,

1312
00:46:35,593 --> 00:46:37,927
hoping to inflict
some damage rather

1313
00:46:38,029 --> 00:46:40,363
than trying to lift subzero.

1314
00:46:40,465 --> 00:46:42,265
[music playing]

1315
00:46:42,367 --> 00:46:45,535
[cheering]

1316
00:46:47,972 --> 00:46:51,007
we know subzero can
launch pretty dang high.

1317
00:46:51,109 --> 00:46:53,309
And it seems like they've
gotten it tuned in.

1318
00:46:53,411 --> 00:46:55,611
So I'm ready to go to the moon.

1319
00:46:55,713 --> 00:46:57,914
Hopefully we can get
the hammer going,

1320
00:46:58,016 --> 00:46:59,415
hit him a lot on the top.

1321
00:46:59,517 --> 00:47:02,919
I don't think he has much
top armor, and left him up.

1322
00:47:03,021 --> 00:47:05,188
Subzero is not a slouch.

1323
00:47:05,290 --> 00:47:09,158
So getting a win on him would
show that we can do this.

1324
00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:13,663
Our primary weapon is a very
powerful pneumatic flipper.

1325
00:47:13,765 --> 00:47:15,965
We're confident that it's
going to go out there,

1326
00:47:16,067 --> 00:47:19,068
you know, put on a good
show and throw sporkinok,

1327
00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:21,003
you know, six, seven
feet in the air.

1328
00:47:21,105 --> 00:47:24,207
I feel like I have to do more
than just win this fight.

1329
00:47:24,309 --> 00:47:27,009
I really need to go
out there and continue

1330
00:47:27,111 --> 00:47:31,314
to prove what this robot
can do, just to solidify

1331
00:47:31,416 --> 00:47:33,382
my spot in the top 32.

1332
00:47:33,484 --> 00:47:35,718
[cheering]

1333
00:47:35,820 --> 00:47:37,119
man: Go subzero!

1334
00:47:38,623 --> 00:47:40,289
Robot: Robots activate!

1335
00:47:40,391 --> 00:47:42,391
[cheering]

1336
00:47:42,493 --> 00:47:45,494
chris rose: Kenny, what are you
looking for out of sporkinok?

1337
00:47:45,597 --> 00:47:47,496
Kenny florian: Well, I'm
interested to see how

1338
00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:49,432
that new primary weapon works.

1339
00:47:49,534 --> 00:47:52,101
The lifter wasn't very
effective the last time out.

1340
00:47:52,203 --> 00:47:55,137
So the hammer might be a
work in progress as well.

1341
00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:56,839
Chris rose: And
on the other side

1342
00:47:56,941 --> 00:48:00,376
subzero, has been fortunate to
face a couple of rookie bots.

1343
00:48:00,478 --> 00:48:02,678
Sporkinok's still
finding its footing.

1344
00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:05,448
So this is an opportunity
for logan to really flex

1345
00:48:05,583 --> 00:48:07,316
his muscles and put on a show.

1346
00:48:07,418 --> 00:48:09,252
Woo!

1347
00:48:09,354 --> 00:48:11,654
[cheering]

1348
00:48:11,756 --> 00:48:14,357
robot: Blue team, ready.

1349
00:48:14,459 --> 00:48:15,324
[booms]

1350
00:48:15,426 --> 00:48:16,292
let's do this.

1351
00:48:16,394 --> 00:48:17,293
Let's do this.

1352
00:48:19,364 --> 00:48:21,731
Robot: Red team, ready.

1353
00:48:21,833 --> 00:48:23,165
Get it, girl.

1354
00:48:23,268 --> 00:48:24,166
Get it, girl.

1355
00:48:24,269 --> 00:48:25,668
[booms]

1356
00:48:25,770 --> 00:48:28,638
[cheering]

1357
00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:32,108
[music playing]

1358
00:48:39,183 --> 00:48:41,083
let's go to the moon!

1359
00:48:41,185 --> 00:48:42,251
[crowd chanting "fight!

1360
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:43,052
Fight!

1361
00:48:43,154 --> 00:48:44,053
Fight!"]

1362
00:48:44,155 --> 00:48:47,523
[chanting "fight!"]

1363
00:48:54,098 --> 00:48:56,065
chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin!

1364
00:48:56,167 --> 00:48:57,266
Kenny florian: Oh!

1365
00:48:57,368 --> 00:48:58,668
Chris rose: Oh, there's a
nice little head-on-head

1366
00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:00,136
hit there between the bots.

1367
00:49:00,238 --> 00:49:01,103
And now, uh-oh!

1368
00:49:01,205 --> 00:49:02,405
Oh!

1369
00:49:02,507 --> 00:49:03,973
Sporkinok gets flipped over.

1370
00:49:04,075 --> 00:49:06,042
The question is, can
it self right now?

1371
00:49:06,144 --> 00:49:07,310
Both: Whoa!

1372
00:49:07,412 --> 00:49:10,846
Chris rose: Subzero says,
hey, I can help with that!

1373
00:49:10,949 --> 00:49:15,151
Subzero, very
aggressive but a little

1374
00:49:15,253 --> 00:49:18,154
this is right in front of us
I think that subzero and logan

1375
00:49:18,256 --> 00:49:19,555
may be trying to show off.

1376
00:49:19,657 --> 00:49:20,790
Hey, dude, we're not the judges.

1377
00:49:20,892 --> 00:49:23,125
We're just the boring
generic announcers.

1378
00:49:23,227 --> 00:49:25,127
Kenny florian: Sporkinok,
looking for some room

1379
00:49:25,229 --> 00:49:26,195
to breathe.

1380
00:49:26,297 --> 00:49:27,863
But subzero, following
her like a shadow.

1381
00:49:29,734 --> 00:49:31,200
A big whiff, and uh-oh.

1382
00:49:31,302 --> 00:49:34,370
Logan davis's bot,
subzero, up on the screws,

1383
00:49:34,472 --> 00:49:36,939
now has to right itself
by popping itself over.

1384
00:49:37,041 --> 00:49:38,808
Chris rose: That
was easy gymnastics.

1385
00:49:38,910 --> 00:49:40,643
Kenny florian: Logan's
still a little wild.

1386
00:49:40,745 --> 00:49:43,179
Sporkinok might have been
caught up against the battlebox.

1387
00:49:43,281 --> 00:49:45,014
And logan might
be stuck as well.

1388
00:49:45,116 --> 00:49:46,983
Chris rose: This could
be trouble for subzero.

1389
00:49:47,085 --> 00:49:48,384
We're having issues again.

1390
00:49:48,486 --> 00:49:50,119
Chris rose: Yeah, it
looks like maybe both are

1391
00:49:50,221 --> 00:49:51,253
caught under the rails here.

1392
00:49:51,356 --> 00:49:53,089
And logan's able to free itself.

1393
00:49:53,191 --> 00:49:55,958
Sporkinok is also free, but
not really driving much.

1394
00:49:56,060 --> 00:49:57,059
Man: Hit him again!
Get him!

1395
00:49:57,161 --> 00:49:58,227
Get him!
Get him!

1396
00:49:58,329 --> 00:49:59,895
Kenny florian: Logan
davis, with an opportunity

1397
00:49:59,998 --> 00:50:01,364
to put this fight away.

1398
00:50:01,466 --> 00:50:02,398
He needs to capitalize.

1399
00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:04,000
Chris rose: Uh-oh.

1400
00:50:04,102 --> 00:50:06,736
Sporkinok's a sitting duck here!

1401
00:50:06,838 --> 00:50:08,204
And let's see the flip!

1402
00:50:08,306 --> 00:50:09,271
Yeah!

1403
00:50:09,374 --> 00:50:11,707
There's a flip almost
out of the arena!

1404
00:50:11,809 --> 00:50:14,377
And lilith specht can
only watch as her bot gets

1405
00:50:14,479 --> 00:50:16,078
tossed around the battlebox!

1406
00:50:16,180 --> 00:50:17,113
Ref: 10!
9!

1407
00:50:17,215 --> 00:50:18,180
8!

1408
00:50:18,282 --> 00:50:20,216
Chris rose: And the
ref has seen enough!

1409
00:50:20,318 --> 00:50:22,084
The countdown
begins on sporkinok!

1410
00:50:22,186 --> 00:50:23,352
Ref: 7!
6!

1411
00:50:23,454 --> 00:50:24,487
5!

1412
00:50:24,589 --> 00:50:26,188
Chris rose: Subzero, in
a fight it had to win--

1413
00:50:26,290 --> 00:50:26,722
4!
3!

1414
00:50:26,824 --> 00:50:27,690
2!

1415
00:50:27,792 --> 00:50:28,891
Chris rose:
--Improves its resume

1416
00:50:28,993 --> 00:50:30,826
and delivers an entertaining
performance as well!

1417
00:50:30,928 --> 00:50:31,660
1!

1418
00:50:31,763 --> 00:50:33,129
That's a knockout for sporkinok!

1419
00:50:33,231 --> 00:50:35,131
Winner, subzero!

1420
00:50:35,233 --> 00:50:37,566
You're wrath's deseeded.

1421
00:50:37,668 --> 00:50:38,401
We got it!

1422
00:50:38,503 --> 00:50:39,568
We got it!

1423
00:50:39,670 --> 00:50:41,237
[cheering]

1424
00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:43,039
yeah!

1425
00:50:43,141 --> 00:50:44,040
Yeah!

1426
00:50:44,142 --> 00:50:45,541
Let's do it again!

1427
00:50:45,643 --> 00:50:48,010
[music playing]

1428
00:50:48,112 --> 00:50:49,011
all right!

1429
00:50:49,113 --> 00:50:50,012
We did it!

1430
00:50:52,083 --> 00:50:54,583
Chris rose: Kenny,
logan davis, subzero,

1431
00:50:54,685 --> 00:50:56,052
definitely put on a good show.

1432
00:50:56,154 --> 00:50:58,454
Kenny florian: Yeah, this
fight was all subzero.

1433
00:50:58,556 --> 00:51:00,156
They were the faster
robot and were

1434
00:51:00,258 --> 00:51:03,559
able to get underneath
sporkinok and dictate the pace.

1435
00:51:03,661 --> 00:51:05,428
Chris rose: Well, you
could feel the desperation

1436
00:51:05,530 --> 00:51:08,197
from logan davis in some
of those wild whiffs.

1437
00:51:08,299 --> 00:51:10,699
Maybe a little too
amped up for this fight.

1438
00:51:10,802 --> 00:51:14,403
But in the end, subzero gave
the people what they came for.

1439
00:51:14,505 --> 00:51:15,471
Some flippage.

1440
00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:16,605
Kenny florian: Yeah.

1441
00:51:16,707 --> 00:51:18,974
Sporkinok earned some
air miles in this one.

1442
00:51:19,077 --> 00:51:21,944
Lilith specht definitely has
some work to do on her bot

1443
00:51:22,046 --> 00:51:24,580
if she wants to be competitive
here at "battlebots."

1444
00:51:24,682 --> 00:51:27,216
but let's give logan
davis some credit.

1445
00:51:27,318 --> 00:51:30,686
This was a must win, and
he handled his business.

1446
00:51:30,788 --> 00:51:33,456
[cheering]

1447
00:51:33,558 --> 00:51:36,225
logan, you've got
the hands-on-hips

1448
00:51:36,327 --> 00:51:39,595
confidence of a man that has
just won his last two bouts.

1449
00:51:39,697 --> 00:51:40,629
Thank you, yeah.

1450
00:51:40,731 --> 00:51:41,897
Yeah, I do.

1451
00:51:41,999 --> 00:51:43,065
But was it enough?

1452
00:51:43,167 --> 00:51:45,267
Well, let me ask you that.

1453
00:51:45,369 --> 00:51:47,236
Do you think at 2 and
1, it's enough to get

1454
00:51:47,338 --> 00:51:48,571
you into the round of 32?

1455
00:51:48,673 --> 00:51:51,340
You know, there's a lot of
really good bots out there.

1456
00:51:51,442 --> 00:51:54,610
But you know, I really hope
to have a shot at the 32

1457
00:51:54,712 --> 00:51:56,612
and you know, continue
to prove myself.

1458
00:51:56,714 --> 00:51:58,681
You know, I think we found
some-- some flaws here.

1459
00:51:58,783 --> 00:52:01,750
But you know, we're going
to continue to improve.

1460
00:52:01,853 --> 00:52:04,653
And I think we can continue to
improve throughout the season.

1461
00:52:04,755 --> 00:52:08,390
How satisfied are you
with subzero, at this point?

1462
00:52:08,493 --> 00:52:10,192
You know, I'm
pretty satisfied.

1463
00:52:10,294 --> 00:52:12,962
I think there's-- like I said,
there's room for improvement.

1464
00:52:13,064 --> 00:52:15,231
And you know, we're going
to make some changes.

1465
00:52:15,333 --> 00:52:18,934
And I think we can have an even
better show and a better fight.

1466
00:52:19,036 --> 00:52:23,038
If you're fortunate enough
to get into the round of 32,

1467
00:52:23,141 --> 00:52:26,108
how scary an opponent are you?

1468
00:52:26,210 --> 00:52:27,409
Oh, man.

1469
00:52:27,512 --> 00:52:29,478
You want a-- you want a number?

1470
00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:30,813
Oh, I'm terrifying.

1471
00:52:30,915 --> 00:52:32,448
That's what the snowflake's for.

1472
00:52:32,550 --> 00:52:33,816
[laughter]

1473
00:52:33,918 --> 00:52:36,919
logan davis, thanks for
making us laugh and smile.

1474
00:52:37,021 --> 00:52:38,654
And thanks for
entertaining everybody

1475
00:52:38,756 --> 00:52:39,788
in the "battlebots" community.

1476
00:52:39,891 --> 00:52:41,390
Job well done.

1477
00:52:41,492 --> 00:52:44,827
[cheering]

1478
00:52:44,929 --> 00:52:46,295
yeah!

1479
00:52:46,397 --> 00:52:49,665
Chris rose: And with that,
like so many other bots

1480
00:52:49,767 --> 00:52:52,501
on the bubble, all
logan davis can do now

1481
00:52:52,603 --> 00:52:55,271
is wait and see if the
performance he turned

1482
00:52:55,373 --> 00:52:57,806
in over the course of his
three fights this season

1483
00:52:57,909 --> 00:53:00,943
was enough to earn him
a spot in the top 32.

1484
00:53:02,847 --> 00:53:06,148
All right, coming up, tracer
and that vertical spinner

1485
00:53:06,250 --> 00:53:10,486
are going down to the farm
to take on bale spear.

1486
00:53:10,588 --> 00:53:13,189
That's next, on "battlebots!"

1487
00:53:13,291 --> 00:53:15,157
[robot whirs]

1488
00:53:17,995 --> 00:53:19,261
[robot whirs]

1489
00:53:19,363 --> 00:53:21,230
[cheering]

1490
00:53:21,332 --> 00:53:24,133
chris rose: We are back on
"battlebots fight night."

1491
00:53:24,235 --> 00:53:26,569
it's been another
action-packed card.

1492
00:53:26,671 --> 00:53:30,039
And up next, we've got a
match-up featuring the prince

1493
00:53:30,141 --> 00:53:32,408
of puncture, bale spear.

1494
00:53:32,510 --> 00:53:34,777
And a bot that looks like
it's straight out of the movie

1495
00:53:34,879 --> 00:53:37,079
"tron," in tracer.

1496
00:53:37,181 --> 00:53:39,982
They're getting ready to make
their way into the arena,

1497
00:53:40,084 --> 00:53:43,219
in hopes of improving
their tournament chances.

1498
00:53:43,321 --> 00:53:47,256
And kenny, we've already seen
a few teams boost their resumes

1499
00:53:47,358 --> 00:53:49,024
with a win tonight.

1500
00:53:49,126 --> 00:53:51,327
Yeah, I think captain
shrederator looked

1501
00:53:51,429 --> 00:53:53,562
the best he has all season.

1502
00:53:53,664 --> 00:53:56,732
Subzero made a strong case
that they deserve a spot.

1503
00:53:56,834 --> 00:53:58,133
They're now 2 and 1.

1504
00:53:58,236 --> 00:54:01,370
And hypershock got off
the schneid by blasting

1505
00:54:01,472 --> 00:54:03,405
mammoth all over the battlebox.

1506
00:54:03,507 --> 00:54:05,574
Some very impressive
performances.

1507
00:54:05,676 --> 00:54:08,711
Chris rose: A lot of bots
sitting squarely on the bubble.

1508
00:54:08,813 --> 00:54:10,980
So let's take a look
at where teams stand

1509
00:54:11,082 --> 00:54:13,482
in the grand scheme of things.

1510
00:54:13,584 --> 00:54:16,385
Remember, each bot will
fight up to three times

1511
00:54:16,487 --> 00:54:17,953
in the qualifying rounds.

1512
00:54:18,055 --> 00:54:20,456
So as you look at
the big picture here,

1513
00:54:20,558 --> 00:54:23,359
you'll notice a lot of teams
in those middle sections that

1514
00:54:23,461 --> 00:54:25,828
could either work their
way up the ladder,

1515
00:54:25,930 --> 00:54:29,465
or see their tournament
hopes smashed to pieces.

1516
00:54:29,567 --> 00:54:31,867
We know one absolute
lock for the tournament

1517
00:54:31,969 --> 00:54:35,671
is mad catter, standing alone
as the only 3 and 0 team.

1518
00:54:35,773 --> 00:54:36,538
Yeah!

1519
00:54:36,641 --> 00:54:37,873
Oh yeah!

1520
00:54:37,975 --> 00:54:40,609
Chris rose: But the most
interesting collection of bots

1521
00:54:40,711 --> 00:54:43,412
is that 1 and 1 club,
with more than a third

1522
00:54:43,514 --> 00:54:45,814
of the entire field
in that category.

1523
00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:50,019
It shows how much still hangs in
the balance for some big guns.

1524
00:54:50,121 --> 00:54:55,124
Like end game, sawblaze,
gigabyte, and tombstone.

1525
00:54:55,226 --> 00:54:58,861
He is literally tearing apart
this bot piece by piece!

1526
00:54:58,963 --> 00:55:00,262
Kenny florian: With
their pedigree,

1527
00:55:00,364 --> 00:55:01,830
you would imagine
they still have

1528
00:55:01,932 --> 00:55:03,766
a chance at a decent
seed in the tournament

1529
00:55:03,868 --> 00:55:05,668
if they finish
with a quality win.

1530
00:55:05,770 --> 00:55:07,836
But if they lose,
it could be the end

1531
00:55:07,938 --> 00:55:09,505
of their 2020 title dream.

1532
00:55:09,607 --> 00:55:11,307
Chris rose: Elsewhere
in the standings,

1533
00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:13,075
those teams currently
sitting at 2 and 0

1534
00:55:13,177 --> 00:55:17,012
have to be feeling pretty good
about their tournament hopes.

1535
00:55:17,114 --> 00:55:19,515
I'm talking about
the likes of black

1536
00:55:19,617 --> 00:55:23,385
dragon, bloodsport,
beta, lock jaw,

1537
00:55:23,487 --> 00:55:26,255
uppercut, valkyrie, and hydra.

1538
00:55:26,357 --> 00:55:29,692
But it's important to note that
not all 2 and 0 are the same.

1539
00:55:29,794 --> 00:55:30,893
Right, kenny?

1540
00:55:30,995 --> 00:55:32,194
Kenny florian: Yeah, it's
not just did you win?

1541
00:55:32,296 --> 00:55:33,495
But how did you win?

1542
00:55:33,597 --> 00:55:35,731
Did you win a pushing
match with minimal damage?

1543
00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:39,101
Or did you go toe to toe,
back and forth in a slugfest,

1544
00:55:39,203 --> 00:55:40,369
against a perennial top bot?

1545
00:55:40,471 --> 00:55:41,737
Chris rose: Whoa!

1546
00:55:41,839 --> 00:55:44,606
Uppercut has just punted
sawblaze out of the arena!

1547
00:55:44,709 --> 00:55:46,442
Kenny florian: Oh my goodness!

1548
00:55:46,544 --> 00:55:47,309
Chris rose: My gosh!

1549
00:55:48,713 --> 00:55:51,747
And that means there's hope
for those 0 and 2 teams,

1550
00:55:51,849 --> 00:55:55,918
like rotator, huge,
and witch doctor.

1551
00:55:56,020 --> 00:55:58,187
Although they're winless,
they've lost some epic

1552
00:55:58,289 --> 00:55:59,521
fights against top competition.

1553
00:55:59,623 --> 00:56:00,556
Kenny florian: Oh!

1554
00:56:00,658 --> 00:56:02,891
That was the shot
witch doctor wanted!

1555
00:56:02,993 --> 00:56:04,727
Chris rose: You got to
think that if they win

1556
00:56:04,829 --> 00:56:08,564
their last fight, they'll sneak
into one of those 32 spots

1557
00:56:08,666 --> 00:56:11,066
in the case for the
"battlebots" championship.

1558
00:56:11,168 --> 00:56:13,268
Kenny florian: And imagine
one of those heavy hitters

1559
00:56:13,371 --> 00:56:14,470
with the low seed?

1560
00:56:14,572 --> 00:56:15,771
Whoa.

1561
00:56:15,873 --> 00:56:17,973
I would not want to see that
on my side of the bracket.

1562
00:56:18,075 --> 00:56:19,308
This is going to be fun.

1563
00:56:19,410 --> 00:56:21,810
Chris rose: Speaking of teams
with a great pedigree who

1564
00:56:21,912 --> 00:56:24,613
need a win, matt
vasquez and whiplash

1565
00:56:24,715 --> 00:56:28,684
are dying to get back in the
box for a chance at redemption.

1566
00:56:28,786 --> 00:56:31,754
Kenny florian: That opportunity
is right in front of them

1567
00:56:31,856 --> 00:56:33,389
in tonight's killer main event.

1568
00:56:33,491 --> 00:56:36,125
Two veteran bots are
ready to make a statement,

1569
00:56:36,227 --> 00:56:38,327
as whiplash and gruff go at it.

1570
00:56:40,531 --> 00:56:41,363
Chris rose: Uh-oh!

1571
00:56:41,465 --> 00:56:42,398
Oh!

1572
00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:44,299
Gruff put hypershock
up on the screws!

1573
00:56:44,402 --> 00:56:45,367
Knockout!

1574
00:56:45,469 --> 00:56:46,668
[cheering]

1575
00:56:46,771 --> 00:56:50,305
chris rose: Sam mcamis, of
team gruff, what's cooking?

1576
00:56:50,408 --> 00:56:51,473
Hypershock.

1577
00:56:51,575 --> 00:56:53,442
[laughter]

1578
00:56:53,544 --> 00:56:55,878
chris rose: Whiplash
could be in trouble here!

1579
00:56:55,980 --> 00:56:57,212
Both: Oh!

1580
00:56:57,314 --> 00:56:59,581
Chris rose: A huge shot
to the top of whiplash!

1581
00:57:01,685 --> 00:57:04,553
He may have sent whiplash
into the shadow realm!

1582
00:57:04,655 --> 00:57:07,556
Matt vasquez: Our fight
against sawblaze was brutal.

1583
00:57:07,658 --> 00:57:09,792
So at this point in the
season, we're 0 and 1.

1584
00:57:11,362 --> 00:57:13,629
Dropping 0 and 2
would be unacceptable.

1585
00:57:13,731 --> 00:57:15,564
So this is a must-win
fight for us.

1586
00:57:15,666 --> 00:57:17,466
There's no question about it.

1587
00:57:17,568 --> 00:57:19,435
Sam mcamis: I'm really happy
with how well the torch

1588
00:57:19,537 --> 00:57:21,203
has worked against hypershock.

1589
00:57:21,305 --> 00:57:24,440
A win here would put us at 2 and
0 against two top-tier teams.

1590
00:57:24,542 --> 00:57:26,475
It would basically guarantee
us a shot in the tournament.

1591
00:57:26,577 --> 00:57:28,310
Faruq tauheed: Whiplash!

1592
00:57:28,412 --> 00:57:31,380
Sam mcamis: I think whiplash is
a good bot for us to take on.

1593
00:57:31,515 --> 00:57:33,482
Their entire frame is aluminum.

1594
00:57:33,584 --> 00:57:36,652
Aluminum is very good
at conducting heat.

1595
00:57:36,754 --> 00:57:38,587
Which, when you're
facing gruff, is bad.

1596
00:57:38,689 --> 00:57:39,388
Ignition.

1597
00:57:40,758 --> 00:57:42,691
The most concerning
thing with gruff

1598
00:57:42,793 --> 00:57:44,493
is probably their flamethrower.

1599
00:57:44,595 --> 00:57:45,761
Sam mcamis: Oh!

1600
00:57:45,863 --> 00:57:46,829
Oh yeah!

1601
00:57:46,931 --> 00:57:48,530
So if they get us
pinned against the wall

1602
00:57:48,632 --> 00:57:52,234
and they just roast us for
you know, 10 or 15 seconds,

1603
00:57:52,336 --> 00:57:54,336
that could be a
big problem for us.

1604
00:57:54,438 --> 00:57:56,472
The hardest thing about
going up against whiplash

1605
00:57:56,574 --> 00:57:57,539
is just matt's driving.

1606
00:57:57,641 --> 00:57:58,807
Chris rose: Here comes whiplash!

1607
00:58:00,611 --> 00:58:01,777
Oh!

1608
00:58:01,879 --> 00:58:03,946
We're going to have to
drive a little conservatively.

1609
00:58:04,048 --> 00:58:05,681
Try to not let him
take advantage of us.

1610
00:58:05,783 --> 00:58:09,818
And if we get a hold of them,
dump heat into them, and for it

1611
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:12,087
to go into the
internal, to the robot.

1612
00:58:12,189 --> 00:58:14,990
Gruff is definitely less
offense and more defense.

1613
00:58:15,092 --> 00:58:16,158
Faruq tauheed: Gruff!

1614
00:58:16,260 --> 00:58:18,660
Chris rose: This is one
of the toughest bots.

1615
00:58:18,762 --> 00:58:20,095
Matt vasquez: Which is
really what whiplash

1616
00:58:20,197 --> 00:58:22,231
thrives on to win fights.

1617
00:58:22,333 --> 00:58:23,465
We're a control robot.

1618
00:58:23,567 --> 00:58:25,601
We're there to get under
you, flip you over.

1619
00:58:25,703 --> 00:58:27,870
So all the armor is not going
to help him against whiplash.

1620
00:58:27,972 --> 00:58:29,471
Robot: Robots, activate.

1621
00:58:29,573 --> 00:58:31,173
Sam mcamis: I'm really
excited for this fight.

1622
00:58:31,275 --> 00:58:35,143
Because both gruff and whiplash
are built to control the fight.

1623
00:58:35,246 --> 00:58:37,513
And I think it'll be
interesting to see who comes out

1624
00:58:37,615 --> 00:58:38,847
on top in the control battle.

1625
00:58:38,949 --> 00:58:41,650
We have very high expectations
for ourselves this season.

1626
00:58:41,752 --> 00:58:44,720
But losing to gruff would be
a huge blow to our chances

1627
00:58:44,822 --> 00:58:46,121
of making the tournament.

1628
00:58:46,223 --> 00:58:49,391
So winning this fight, I think,
is essential for any success.

1629
00:58:49,493 --> 00:58:52,761
[music playing]

1630
00:58:52,863 --> 00:58:54,730
[robot whirs]

1631
00:58:57,501 --> 00:58:58,967
[music playing]

1632
00:58:59,069 --> 00:59:00,903
[cheering]

1633
00:59:01,005 --> 00:59:03,805
chris rose: All right, we
are back on "battlebots."

1634
00:59:03,908 --> 00:59:07,209
and we are moving ever closer
to that high-powered clash

1635
00:59:07,311 --> 00:59:10,612
in the main event between
gruff and whiplash.

1636
00:59:10,714 --> 00:59:14,249
But first, we have a battle
between two desperate teams who

1637
00:59:14,351 --> 00:59:16,852
know at this point
it's make or break,

1638
00:59:16,954 --> 00:59:19,855
bale spear versus tracer.

1639
00:59:19,957 --> 00:59:23,759
Both of these teams had unaired
fights earlier this season.

1640
00:59:23,861 --> 00:59:26,828
Tracer got knocked out
by hijinx, dropping

1641
00:59:26,931 --> 00:59:29,131
to a disappointing 0 and 2.

1642
00:59:29,233 --> 00:59:32,034
Bale spear lost its
season debut to deadlift,

1643
00:59:32,136 --> 00:59:35,304
suffering a knockout to
begin the year at 0 and 1.

1644
00:59:35,406 --> 00:59:39,508
And let's start with bale
spear and earl pancoast iii,

1645
00:59:39,610 --> 00:59:41,376
the farmer from new jersey.

1646
00:59:41,478 --> 00:59:44,613
He came back after a year
off from "battlebots."

1647
00:59:44,715 --> 00:59:46,615
and what kind of bot
did he bring with him?

1648
00:59:46,717 --> 00:59:48,450
Kenny florian: Well,
it's a sturdy bot.

1649
00:59:48,552 --> 00:59:50,485
They have those
big tractor tires.

1650
00:59:50,588 --> 00:59:53,188
And right away you notice
that spear up front.

1651
00:59:53,290 --> 00:59:55,591
That can either jab you
or get underneath you

1652
00:59:55,693 --> 00:59:57,526
and flip you over.

1653
00:59:57,628 --> 00:59:59,828
So bale spear took a year off.

1654
00:59:59,930 --> 01:00:04,399
Tracer, led by jason woods, has
taken more than a decade off.

1655
01:00:04,501 --> 01:00:06,835
Kenny florian: Yeah, he
participated in the early days

1656
01:00:06,937 --> 01:00:07,970
of "battlebots."

1657
01:00:08,072 --> 01:00:10,172
so he is a builder with
a history in this sport.

1658
01:00:10,274 --> 01:00:12,674
But a heck of a lot
has changed since then.

1659
01:00:12,776 --> 01:00:15,243
So he doesn't have a lot
of recent experience.

1660
01:00:15,346 --> 01:00:18,347
And we've seen that play out
in those first two losses,

1661
01:00:18,449 --> 01:00:21,883
as he works to get his
new bot fully dialed in.

1662
01:00:21,986 --> 01:00:22,985
Somebody's getting a victory.

1663
01:00:23,087 --> 01:00:23,952
Yeah.

1664
01:00:24,054 --> 01:00:25,387
Faruq, let's
find out which one.

1665
01:00:27,658 --> 01:00:31,560
In the blue square,
from salem, new jersey,

1666
01:00:31,662 --> 01:00:35,464
it's earl the impaler,
with bale spear!

1667
01:00:35,566 --> 01:00:37,299
[music playing]

1668
01:00:37,401 --> 01:00:39,701
[cheering]

1669
01:00:39,803 --> 01:00:42,671
chris rose: Might be
0 and 1, but this bot

1670
01:00:42,773 --> 01:00:44,940
is running better than
it did a few years

1671
01:00:45,042 --> 01:00:46,074
ago when we last it, kenny.

1672
01:00:46,176 --> 01:00:47,476
Kenny florian: Yeah, it sure is.

1673
01:00:47,578 --> 01:00:49,277
And it's a huge bot as well.

1674
01:00:49,380 --> 01:00:51,947
That thing will drive
right over a lot of bots

1675
01:00:52,049 --> 01:00:53,148
in this competition.

1676
01:00:53,250 --> 01:00:57,719
Chris rose: So bale spear
and earl pancoast iii,

1677
01:00:57,821 --> 01:01:00,455
currently living
on a 24-acre farm.

1678
01:01:00,557 --> 01:01:02,691
And by the way, he wants
to give a little shout out

1679
01:01:02,793 --> 01:01:05,827
to earl pancoast iv, his
little four-year-old son,

1680
01:01:05,929 --> 01:01:06,628
that's watching.

1681
01:01:08,666 --> 01:01:11,900
Faruq tauheed: In the red
square, from gold river,

1682
01:01:12,002 --> 01:01:13,101
california!

1683
01:01:13,203 --> 01:01:17,105
Going for the gold
tonight, it's tracer!

1684
01:01:17,207 --> 01:01:19,107
[cheering]

1685
01:01:19,209 --> 01:01:20,609
[music playing]

1686
01:01:20,711 --> 01:01:23,679
chris rose: You can see that
big vertical spinner there

1687
01:01:23,781 --> 01:01:24,980
on tracer.

1688
01:01:25,082 --> 01:01:27,649
That's what jason woods
needs to unleash tonight.

1689
01:01:27,751 --> 01:01:28,884
Kenny florian:
Yeah, that spinner

1690
01:01:28,986 --> 01:01:33,455
weighs 50 pounds and rotates
at 85 miles per hour.

1691
01:01:33,557 --> 01:01:34,890
If he can get that
thing cooking,

1692
01:01:34,992 --> 01:01:37,025
it could deliver
a lot of damage.

1693
01:01:37,127 --> 01:01:39,327
And he desperately
needs a decisive win

1694
01:01:39,430 --> 01:01:43,432
on his resume to have a
shot at the round of 32.

1695
01:01:43,534 --> 01:01:46,234
[cheering]

1696
01:01:46,336 --> 01:01:47,369
a little bit nervous.

1697
01:01:47,471 --> 01:01:49,204
It's not exactly a
good match-up for us.

1698
01:01:49,306 --> 01:01:53,275
We've got a lot of exposed large
areas broadside for him to tear

1699
01:01:53,377 --> 01:01:55,143
into if he gets a hold of me.

1700
01:01:55,245 --> 01:01:56,344
We're going to try
to dance with him

1701
01:01:56,447 --> 01:01:58,113
and try to stay out
of his reach and try

1702
01:01:58,215 --> 01:01:59,347
to poke him with a stick.

1703
01:01:59,450 --> 01:02:01,016
I'm going to basically
run at him with a scalpel

1704
01:02:01,118 --> 01:02:02,184
as he shoots at
me with a shotgun.

1705
01:02:02,286 --> 01:02:03,385
We'll see what happens.

1706
01:02:03,487 --> 01:02:05,087
Hopefully he can't hit
the broad side of a barn.

1707
01:02:05,189 --> 01:02:08,523
We're getting set up to fight
bale spear right now, the--

1708
01:02:08,625 --> 01:02:10,692
the monster truck
of "battlebots."

1709
01:02:10,794 --> 01:02:12,294
that big spike
coming out the front?

1710
01:02:12,396 --> 01:02:14,529
I mean, I'm not worried
about it piercing my armor.

1711
01:02:14,631 --> 01:02:17,265
But it basically works
like a giant wedge.

1712
01:02:17,367 --> 01:02:20,368
So I mean, if I plow into that
thing and he gets under me

1713
01:02:20,471 --> 01:02:22,237
and flips me over, that's
all it's going to take.

1714
01:02:22,339 --> 01:02:23,605
This is do or die,
at this point.

1715
01:02:23,707 --> 01:02:25,273
If we don't make this
happen, it's pretty much

1716
01:02:25,375 --> 01:02:27,342
pack it up and go home.

1717
01:02:27,444 --> 01:02:31,313
[cheering]

1718
01:02:31,415 --> 01:02:33,648
robot: Robots, activate.

1719
01:02:33,751 --> 01:02:35,117
[cheering]

1720
01:02:35,219 --> 01:02:38,286
chris rose: Kenny, tell us
about tracer's mini bot.

1721
01:02:38,388 --> 01:02:41,256
Kenny florian: Yeah, needle is
what they call that little guy.

1722
01:02:41,358 --> 01:02:43,725
And it's basically
a tiny forklift

1723
01:02:43,827 --> 01:02:45,594
that can get the
opponent off the ground

1724
01:02:45,696 --> 01:02:47,329
and let tracer come
in for the kill.

1725
01:02:50,534 --> 01:02:52,667
Well, let's put her
out to pasture, boys.

1726
01:02:54,171 --> 01:02:58,206
Hopefully he don't put us down
like a broken-legged horse.

1727
01:02:58,308 --> 01:03:01,676
[music playing]

1728
01:03:01,779 --> 01:03:05,080
[cheering]

1729
01:03:06,150 --> 01:03:08,283
for three minutes.

1730
01:03:08,385 --> 01:03:09,451
[crowd chanting "fight!

1731
01:03:09,553 --> 01:03:10,252
Fight!

1732
01:03:10,354 --> 01:03:11,720
Fight!"]

1733
01:03:17,227 --> 01:03:20,061
[buzzes]

1734
01:03:20,164 --> 01:03:23,565
chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin!

1735
01:03:23,667 --> 01:03:25,133
Here comes bale spear!

1736
01:03:25,235 --> 01:03:25,934
Oh!

1737
01:03:26,036 --> 01:03:27,869
A big shot by tracer!

1738
01:03:27,971 --> 01:03:29,337
That's more than
we've seen out of that

1739
01:03:29,439 --> 01:03:31,139
weapon so far this season!

1740
01:03:31,241 --> 01:03:32,407
Impressive!

1741
01:03:32,509 --> 01:03:34,776
Kenny florian: Bale spear
lost one of its barn doors

1742
01:03:34,878 --> 01:03:37,579
there, chris, now chasing
after the mini bot.

1743
01:03:37,681 --> 01:03:39,614
Needle, trying to get
underneath bale spear there.

1744
01:03:39,716 --> 01:03:40,849
Got close.

1745
01:03:40,951 --> 01:03:43,752
Chris rose: Tracer's
weapons, still at full speed.

1746
01:03:43,887 --> 01:03:45,120
Bale spear faces him!

1747
01:03:45,222 --> 01:03:46,021
Kenny florian: Whoa!

1748
01:03:46,123 --> 01:03:47,055
Chris rose: Oh!

1749
01:03:47,157 --> 01:03:49,691
Nice shot there by
jason woods's bot.

1750
01:03:49,793 --> 01:03:51,459
Kenny florian: Yeah, this
is a different tracer

1751
01:03:51,562 --> 01:03:52,694
we're seeing tonight.

1752
01:03:52,796 --> 01:03:55,030
And it looks like needle
may have bale spear hung up.

1753
01:03:55,132 --> 01:03:56,231
I got to get him, get him.

1754
01:03:56,333 --> 01:03:57,599
Chris rose: Bale spear
cannot move at all.

1755
01:03:57,701 --> 01:03:58,767
Kenny florian: Oh, wow.

1756
01:03:58,869 --> 01:04:01,636
Chris rose: Now it's
moving, thanks to tracer.

1757
01:04:01,738 --> 01:04:03,672
And going for a ride, too.

1758
01:04:03,774 --> 01:04:06,775
And now, looking to deliver bale
spear into the screws, and he

1759
01:04:06,877 --> 01:04:08,510
does just that.

1760
01:04:08,612 --> 01:04:10,378
Not the biggest impact
you've ever seen.

1761
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:14,049
But bale spear looks lost,
kenny, I got to admit.

1762
01:04:14,151 --> 01:04:16,084
Kenny florian: Yeah, I think
this is going to do it.

1763
01:04:16,186 --> 01:04:17,652
Tracer thinks so too.

1764
01:04:17,754 --> 01:04:19,054
Just circling now.

1765
01:04:19,156 --> 01:04:22,224
And bale spear, dying
right in front of us.

1766
01:04:22,326 --> 01:04:24,993
Well, he took us out back
behind the shed on that one.

1767
01:04:25,095 --> 01:04:26,528
Chris rose: I feel
like I'm watching

1768
01:04:26,630 --> 01:04:28,196
the end of "braveheart" here.
Ref: 10!

1769
01:04:28,298 --> 01:04:28,563
9!

1770
01:04:28,665 --> 01:04:29,798
8!

1771
01:04:29,900 --> 01:04:31,166
Chris rose: And finally,
the referee gives his mercy!

1772
01:04:31,268 --> 01:04:31,900
Ref: 7!
6!

1773
01:04:32,002 --> 01:04:32,734
5!

1774
01:04:32,836 --> 01:04:33,869
4!

1775
01:04:33,971 --> 01:04:36,271
Chris rose: Team tracer
will get its first taste

1776
01:04:36,373 --> 01:04:37,839
of victory inside the
battlebox this season!

1777
01:04:37,941 --> 01:04:40,242
Ref: 3, 2, bale
spear is knocked out!

1778
01:04:40,344 --> 01:04:41,710
Winner, tracer!

1779
01:04:41,812 --> 01:04:42,711
[buzzer]

1780
01:04:42,813 --> 01:04:45,180
[cheering]

1781
01:04:45,249 --> 01:04:47,616
good job, guys.

1782
01:04:47,718 --> 01:04:50,785
[music playing]

1783
01:04:51,688 --> 01:04:53,054
good job, buddy.

1784
01:04:53,156 --> 01:04:55,223
Dude, that was perfect.

1785
01:04:55,325 --> 01:04:56,024
[cheering]

1786
01:04:56,126 --> 01:04:57,492
go!

1787
01:04:57,594 --> 01:04:58,493
Yeah!

1788
01:04:58,595 --> 01:05:00,462
[music playing]

1789
01:05:00,564 --> 01:05:02,998
chris rose: Job well
done by tracer, huh?

1790
01:05:03,100 --> 01:05:04,332
Kenny florian: Yeah, absolutely.

1791
01:05:04,434 --> 01:05:06,534
That spinner went
to work, immediately

1792
01:05:06,637 --> 01:05:08,169
blowing the barn door off.

1793
01:05:08,272 --> 01:05:11,072
And look, that needle there,
jamming up those tires

1794
01:05:11,174 --> 01:05:14,209
and holding bale spear in
place until his buddy tracer

1795
01:05:14,311 --> 01:05:16,645
could arrive to
deliver the body blow.

1796
01:05:16,747 --> 01:05:20,715
Great teamwork between the
main bot and the mini bot.

1797
01:05:20,817 --> 01:05:22,384
Chris rose: No
question about it.

1798
01:05:22,486 --> 01:05:23,952
This is far and
away the best we've

1799
01:05:24,054 --> 01:05:27,088
seen tracer look I mean, the
fact it was still working

1800
01:05:27,190 --> 01:05:29,324
after 30 seconds was a plus.

1801
01:05:29,426 --> 01:05:31,426
Had to be a good feeling for
jason woods and his team.

1802
01:05:31,528 --> 01:05:32,794
Kenny florian: Definitely.

1803
01:05:32,896 --> 01:05:35,730
And you wonder, if tracer was
working like this earlier on

1804
01:05:35,832 --> 01:05:38,366
in the season, they could
have gone much further

1805
01:05:38,468 --> 01:05:41,503
and could have had a much better
shot to make it to the top 32.

1806
01:05:41,605 --> 01:05:42,804
They still might.

1807
01:05:42,906 --> 01:05:46,174
But again, this is the way
tracer is supposed to work.

1808
01:05:46,276 --> 01:05:47,509
[music playing]

1809
01:05:47,611 --> 01:05:49,277
[cheering]

1810
01:05:49,379 --> 01:05:50,979
jason woods?

1811
01:05:51,081 --> 01:05:52,847
Woo!

1812
01:05:52,950 --> 01:05:53,748
Nice job!

1813
01:05:56,186 --> 01:05:58,353
That sounds like
a sense of relief.

1814
01:05:58,455 --> 01:06:00,488
Jason woods: Oh, man.

1815
01:06:00,590 --> 01:06:03,058
It's so amazing, after this
long and this much work,

1816
01:06:03,193 --> 01:06:05,327
to see it do what it
was supposed to do.

1817
01:06:05,429 --> 01:06:07,228
I've decided these are
my new lucky shorts.

1818
01:06:07,331 --> 01:06:08,296
I'm not wearing jeans anymore.

1819
01:06:08,398 --> 01:06:10,065
[laughter]

1820
01:06:10,167 --> 01:06:12,133
I think that might
have been the problem.

1821
01:06:12,235 --> 01:06:13,702
And we're going to
finish the self righter.

1822
01:06:13,804 --> 01:06:17,138
But man, that was--
that was amazing.

1823
01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:18,239
I'm really happy.

1824
01:06:18,342 --> 01:06:21,643
Jason, you stopped
competing after 2009.

1825
01:06:21,745 --> 01:06:23,378
Life gets in the
way occasionally.

1826
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:26,982
But you remained a big
fan of "battlebots."

1827
01:06:27,084 --> 01:06:30,585
after all that time, to
finally get a victory,

1828
01:06:30,687 --> 01:06:31,519
how does it feel?

1829
01:06:33,357 --> 01:06:35,623
You know, it's three
minutes in the box.

1830
01:06:35,726 --> 01:06:38,326
But it's, you know, decade
in the making kind of thing.

1831
01:06:38,428 --> 01:06:42,630
It's really hard to, in just
mere seconds, really comprehend

1832
01:06:42,733 --> 01:06:43,932
the scale of what happened.

1833
01:06:44,034 --> 01:06:45,633
But pretty overwhelmed.

1834
01:06:45,736 --> 01:06:47,035
Really, really proud.

1835
01:06:47,137 --> 01:06:49,170
Really thankful to our
sponsors, for making

1836
01:06:49,272 --> 01:06:50,305
this whole thing possible.

1837
01:06:50,407 --> 01:06:52,340
And my amazing team, for
putting in all the hours

1838
01:06:52,409 --> 01:06:54,376
to make this thing
come together, so.

1839
01:06:54,478 --> 01:06:56,411
You have three daughters
watching at home.

1840
01:06:56,513 --> 01:06:57,479
What do you want to say to them?

1841
01:06:58,815 --> 01:07:00,248
I love you little girls.

1842
01:07:00,350 --> 01:07:02,083
And I love you, honey.

1843
01:07:02,185 --> 01:07:05,720
Thank you for supporting
me and watching the kids

1844
01:07:05,822 --> 01:07:06,855
while I'm here doing this.

1845
01:07:06,957 --> 01:07:07,889
You're the best.

1846
01:07:07,991 --> 01:07:09,090
- 'atta way, buddy.
- Thank you, guys.

1847
01:07:09,192 --> 01:07:10,558
- That'll get you some points.
- Thank you guys.

1848
01:07:10,660 --> 01:07:11,359
Job well done.

1849
01:07:11,461 --> 01:07:13,028
Appreciate it.

1850
01:07:13,130 --> 01:07:14,596
[cheering]

1851
01:07:14,698 --> 01:07:15,730
[music playing]

1852
01:07:15,832 --> 01:07:17,732
chris rose: Well, we've
had a healthy serving

1853
01:07:17,834 --> 01:07:19,401
of robot-fighting appetizers.

1854
01:07:19,503 --> 01:07:20,435
But I'm still hungry.

1855
01:07:20,537 --> 01:07:21,236
How about you?

1856
01:07:21,338 --> 01:07:22,203
You're always hungry.

1857
01:07:22,305 --> 01:07:23,471
Good point.

1858
01:07:23,573 --> 01:07:25,607
And good thing, it's time
for tonight's main course.

1859
01:07:25,709 --> 01:07:27,275
These builders have
been working hard

1860
01:07:27,377 --> 01:07:29,177
in the kitchen to
cook up an epic

1861
01:07:29,279 --> 01:07:32,213
showdown for our enjoyment.

1862
01:07:32,315 --> 01:07:36,918
It's gruff, serving up a platter
of flame-broiled destruction,

1863
01:07:37,020 --> 01:07:39,921
taking on whiplash and their
not-so-secret recipe of

1864
01:07:40,023 --> 01:07:42,791
finely-chopped robot carnage.

1865
01:07:42,893 --> 01:07:46,027
Coming up next, on "battlebots!"

1866
01:07:46,129 --> 01:07:47,996
[robot whirs]

1867
01:07:51,435 --> 01:07:52,300
kenny florian: Uh-oh!

1868
01:07:52,402 --> 01:07:53,468
That goes the chain, chris!

1869
01:07:53,570 --> 01:07:55,170
There goes the chain!
- Oh, no-ho-ho-ho!

1870
01:07:55,272 --> 01:07:56,404
Kenny florian: This fight
is going to be over!

1871
01:07:57,974 --> 01:08:00,175
I wanted that
match to keep going.

1872
01:08:00,277 --> 01:08:01,609
Chris rose: Oh,
that's got to be it.

1873
01:08:01,711 --> 01:08:02,410
Kenny florian: Yeah.

1874
01:08:02,512 --> 01:08:03,545
Ricky, what do you want?

1875
01:08:03,647 --> 01:08:04,345
Ricky!

1876
01:08:04,448 --> 01:08:05,680
Come on, will!

1877
01:08:05,782 --> 01:08:06,848
Flip me over, baby!

1878
01:08:06,950 --> 01:08:08,149
Come on!

1879
01:08:08,251 --> 01:08:09,551
My wheels were still working.

1880
01:08:09,653 --> 01:08:11,886
If I were able to get
back onto my feet,

1881
01:08:11,988 --> 01:08:13,421
I could have still
been in that fight.

1882
01:08:13,523 --> 01:08:14,656
Please flip me over!

1883
01:08:14,758 --> 01:08:15,457
Ricky!

1884
01:08:15,525 --> 01:08:16,257
Hit it!

1885
01:08:16,359 --> 01:08:17,759
Not battery box!

1886
01:08:17,861 --> 01:08:18,693
Anything else!

1887
01:08:18,795 --> 01:08:20,028
You know, will's
a fast driver.

1888
01:08:20,130 --> 01:08:21,930
But I don't know if
he's precisioned.

1889
01:08:22,032 --> 01:08:23,364
Chris rose: Yeah!

1890
01:08:23,467 --> 01:08:25,033
Oh, he did!

1891
01:08:25,135 --> 01:08:25,834
Holy smokes!

1892
01:08:25,936 --> 01:08:27,235
And now mammoth is smoking!

1893
01:08:27,337 --> 01:08:29,737
Kenny florian: I don't think
that's what ricky had in mind.

1894
01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:32,073
Chris rose: Uh, be
careful what you ask for?

1895
01:08:32,175 --> 01:08:33,708
We all want a good show.

1896
01:08:33,810 --> 01:08:36,611
And I'm always happy to see
a robot smoking in the arena.

1897
01:08:36,713 --> 01:08:39,314
I just really wish
it hadn't been mine.

1898
01:08:39,416 --> 01:08:41,382
The one thing I asked him
not to do, but that's fine.

1899
01:08:41,485 --> 01:08:42,484
Well, ow!

1900
01:08:42,586 --> 01:08:43,818
I thought I was going to get it.
I thought--

1901
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:44,752
dude!

1902
01:08:44,855 --> 01:08:46,087
Did you get his plate number?

1903
01:08:47,924 --> 01:08:49,357
Dang!

1904
01:08:49,459 --> 01:08:50,258
Night, kurt!

1905
01:08:52,195 --> 01:08:53,695
[robot whirs]

1906
01:08:53,797 --> 01:08:55,597
[cheering]

1907
01:08:55,699 --> 01:08:57,799
all right, we are
back on "battlebots."

1908
01:08:57,901 --> 01:08:59,667
it is time now for
our main event.

1909
01:08:59,769 --> 01:09:01,703
It's gruff taking on whiplash.

1910
01:09:01,805 --> 01:09:04,706
And gruff, already 1 and
0, after knocking out

1911
01:09:04,808 --> 01:09:06,274
hypershock in its first fight.

1912
01:09:06,376 --> 01:09:07,075
Kenny florian: Uh-oh!

1913
01:09:07,177 --> 01:09:07,876
Oh!

1914
01:09:07,978 --> 01:09:08,843
Chris rose: Wow!

1915
01:09:08,945 --> 01:09:10,612
Look at the
flamethrowers on that!

1916
01:09:10,714 --> 01:09:13,114
What sort of damage could
that do to the interior

1917
01:09:13,216 --> 01:09:14,382
of the other bot?

1918
01:09:14,484 --> 01:09:15,183
Wow!

1919
01:09:16,419 --> 01:09:19,721
Sam mcamis, not a man
of many words out there.

1920
01:09:19,823 --> 01:09:21,022
He lets his bot do the talking.

1921
01:09:21,124 --> 01:09:22,157
Kenny florian:
Yeah, he sure does.

1922
01:09:22,259 --> 01:09:24,359
That that thing is insane.

1923
01:09:24,461 --> 01:09:25,827
It is built like a brick.

1924
01:09:25,929 --> 01:09:26,995
It is very durable.

1925
01:09:27,097 --> 01:09:29,397
That thing will never
stop moving, it seems.

1926
01:09:29,499 --> 01:09:32,167
And those flamethrowers are some
of the most effective weapons

1927
01:09:32,269 --> 01:09:33,301
in the whole competition.

1928
01:09:33,403 --> 01:09:36,604
Facing whiplash, one of
the best bots out here,

1929
01:09:36,706 --> 01:09:38,706
driven by the vasquez family.

1930
01:09:38,808 --> 01:09:42,143
In particular, the college
student, matty vasquez.

1931
01:09:42,245 --> 01:09:45,013
Yes, they lost,
knocked out by sawblaze

1932
01:09:45,115 --> 01:09:46,414
in their opening-round match.

1933
01:09:46,516 --> 01:09:47,649
Both: Oh!

1934
01:09:47,751 --> 01:09:48,483
Yeah!

1935
01:09:50,387 --> 01:09:53,721
Chris rose: He's cutting
his teeth on whiplash!

1936
01:09:53,823 --> 01:09:54,989
They told us, listen.

1937
01:09:55,091 --> 01:09:56,925
We've accomplished
almost everything we've

1938
01:09:57,027 --> 01:09:57,959
wanted the last few years.

1939
01:09:58,061 --> 01:09:59,260
We've been in the semifinals.

1940
01:09:59,362 --> 01:10:01,029
We've been in the quarterfinals.

1941
01:10:01,131 --> 01:10:02,964
There's just one more step.

1942
01:10:03,066 --> 01:10:04,866
Tonight they really got
to get a victory, I think.

1943
01:10:04,968 --> 01:10:06,100
Kenny florian: They do.

1944
01:10:06,203 --> 01:10:07,535
I don't think they're short
on confidence, though.

1945
01:10:07,637 --> 01:10:09,404
I still think they
believe in their bot.

1946
01:10:09,506 --> 01:10:12,473
Obviously, tremendous
drivers, the both of them.

1947
01:10:12,576 --> 01:10:13,741
I think they will be back.

1948
01:10:13,877 --> 01:10:16,311
But again, they
could go 0 and 2.

1949
01:10:16,413 --> 01:10:18,046
I mean, gruff is that good.

1950
01:10:18,148 --> 01:10:19,380
Which would be crazy.

1951
01:10:19,482 --> 01:10:21,649
That's how good the competitors
are here at "battlebots."

1952
01:10:21,751 --> 01:10:22,550
unbelievable.

1953
01:10:22,652 --> 01:10:24,552
Faruq, let's bring them out.

1954
01:10:24,654 --> 01:10:26,955
[cheering]

1955
01:10:27,057 --> 01:10:30,325
faruq tauheed:
Ladies and gentlemen!

1956
01:10:30,427 --> 01:10:31,826
Are you ready?

1957
01:10:31,928 --> 01:10:35,230
[cheering]

1958
01:10:35,332 --> 01:10:37,632
it's robot-fighting time!

1959
01:10:37,734 --> 01:10:41,002
[cheering]

1960
01:10:41,104 --> 01:10:44,405
[music playing]

1961
01:10:44,507 --> 01:10:45,373
wo!

1962
01:10:45,475 --> 01:10:48,109
Faruq tauheed: In
the blue square,

1963
01:10:48,211 --> 01:10:50,745
black and orange like Halloween!

1964
01:10:50,814 --> 01:10:52,180
Isn't that something?

1965
01:10:52,282 --> 01:10:56,284
You better not say jack, or
he'll carve you like a pumpkin.

1966
01:10:56,386 --> 01:11:00,021
His flamethrower has been
optimized to bring the heat!

1967
01:11:00,123 --> 01:11:05,059
When he takes the noise to your
front door like trick or treat.

1968
01:11:05,161 --> 01:11:07,295
It's gruff!

1969
01:11:07,397 --> 01:11:10,064
[cheering]

1970
01:11:10,166 --> 01:11:13,034
chris rose: He's a high
school teacher by day,

1971
01:11:13,136 --> 01:11:14,769
for engineering and robotics.

1972
01:11:14,871 --> 01:11:17,038
He's a bot crusher by night.

1973
01:11:17,140 --> 01:11:19,907
Sam mcamis, putting
his stamp on things.

1974
01:11:21,378 --> 01:11:23,578
Kenny gruff can take a hit.

1975
01:11:23,680 --> 01:11:25,580
It can deliver a few as well.

1976
01:11:25,682 --> 01:11:26,648
Kenny florian: Yeah, absolutely.

1977
01:11:26,750 --> 01:11:29,450
That flamethrower
is just ridiculous.

1978
01:11:29,552 --> 01:11:33,187
Sam cranked it up to generate
200 times the heat output

1979
01:11:33,290 --> 01:11:35,723
of a typical stove-top burner.

1980
01:11:35,825 --> 01:11:38,459
This thing could cook a robot
for lunch in about 5 seconds.

1981
01:11:41,531 --> 01:11:44,098
Faruq tauheed: In
the red square!

1982
01:11:44,167 --> 01:11:48,436
When it comes to drivers, they
say he's the best in the biz!

1983
01:11:48,538 --> 01:11:52,106
The 21-year-old student
is an absolute whiz!

1984
01:11:52,208 --> 01:11:55,843
He's driven opponents crazy,
making their head spin!

1985
01:11:55,945 --> 01:12:00,381
But now it's a giant nut the
vasquez family wants to win!

1986
01:12:00,450 --> 01:12:03,751
Once again, looking
to make a splash,

1987
01:12:03,853 --> 01:12:07,922
make some noise for
cali's own whiplash!

1988
01:12:08,024 --> 01:12:10,758
[cheering]

1989
01:12:10,860 --> 01:12:12,193
[music playing]

1990
01:12:12,295 --> 01:12:14,529
chris rose: How
good is this bot?

1991
01:12:14,631 --> 01:12:18,032
In the last three seasons,
it's only 4 losses

1992
01:12:18,134 --> 01:12:20,468
are to tombstone,
witch doctor, bite

1993
01:12:20,570 --> 01:12:22,503
force, and sawblaze, kenny.

1994
01:12:22,605 --> 01:12:24,172
Kenny florian: Yeah,
these guys really

1995
01:12:24,274 --> 01:12:26,774
have established themselves
as one of the elite

1996
01:12:26,876 --> 01:12:28,343
bots here at "battlebots."

1997
01:12:28,445 --> 01:12:31,179
chris rose: With whiplash,
something to keep an eye on,

1998
01:12:31,281 --> 01:12:35,116
matty vasquez was out
driven by jamison go,

1999
01:12:35,218 --> 01:12:37,151
in their first loss to sawblaze.

2000
01:12:37,253 --> 01:12:38,586
I don't know if he
has anything to prove.

2001
01:12:38,688 --> 01:12:39,620
But he wants to be better.

2002
01:12:39,723 --> 01:12:40,922
Kenny florian: Oh, absolutely.

2003
01:12:41,024 --> 01:12:42,056
I think he wants revenge.

2004
01:12:42,158 --> 01:12:43,524
He's going to try to
take it out on gruff.

2005
01:12:45,095 --> 01:12:48,429
[music playing]

2006
01:12:48,531 --> 01:12:49,397
[cheering]

2007
01:12:49,466 --> 01:12:52,300
man: You better be ready!

2008
01:12:52,402 --> 01:12:56,404
Chris rose: Pete, what are you
seeing going into this fight?

2009
01:12:56,506 --> 01:12:58,339
Peter abrahamson:
Oh, I think whiplash

2010
01:12:58,441 --> 01:13:00,475
is going to haul ass
across this field

2011
01:13:00,577 --> 01:13:02,810
and take it to a
slow-moving gruff.

2012
01:13:02,912 --> 01:13:06,647
Something I just noticed is
that gruff is missing one

2013
01:13:06,750 --> 01:13:08,649
of its weglets in
the very front,

2014
01:13:08,752 --> 01:13:10,385
which could possibly
be its downfall,

2015
01:13:10,487 --> 01:13:12,587
with a bot like whiplash.

2016
01:13:12,689 --> 01:13:16,924
Chris rose: Whiplash needs a
win to avoid falling to 0 and 2.

2017
01:13:17,026 --> 01:13:19,727
And gruff wants to lock up
a spot in the tournament

2018
01:13:19,829 --> 01:13:23,197
by adding another name to
its list of burn victims.

2019
01:13:23,299 --> 01:13:25,533
[cheering]

2020
01:13:25,635 --> 01:13:27,802
robot: Robots, activate.

2021
01:13:27,904 --> 01:13:31,239
[cheering]

2022
01:13:31,341 --> 01:13:34,675
[music playing]

2023
01:13:34,778 --> 01:13:38,112
[cheering]

2024
01:13:40,183 --> 01:13:41,549
robots: Blue team, ready.

2025
01:13:44,587 --> 01:13:45,987
[booms]

2026
01:13:46,089 --> 01:13:49,090
[cheering]

2027
01:13:49,993 --> 01:13:51,793
robot: Red team, ready.

2028
01:13:53,396 --> 01:13:54,328
[booms]

2029
01:13:54,431 --> 01:13:55,129
let's go.

2030
01:13:56,900 --> 01:14:00,301
[cheering]

2031
01:14:02,906 --> 01:14:06,307
[music playing]

2032
01:14:12,882 --> 01:14:13,981
[crowd chanting "fight!

2033
01:14:14,083 --> 01:14:14,782
Fight!

2034
01:14:14,884 --> 01:14:16,284
Fight!"]

2035
01:14:25,862 --> 01:14:29,197
chris rose: Let the
bot battle begin.

2036
01:14:29,299 --> 01:14:32,099
Whoa, there's that
fire-breathing monster,

2037
01:14:32,202 --> 01:14:34,769
known as gruff, right
in the face of whiplash!

2038
01:14:34,871 --> 01:14:36,571
Kenny florian: This is
where whiplash wants to be,

2039
01:14:36,673 --> 01:14:38,806
attacking the flanks
and the sides,

2040
01:14:38,908 --> 01:14:39,974
trying to get a flip here.

2041
01:14:40,109 --> 01:14:42,310
Chris rose: Gruff slips away.

2042
01:14:42,412 --> 01:14:44,312
Looking to stay
squared up to whiplash.

2043
01:14:44,414 --> 01:14:45,112
Here's the flame.

2044
01:14:45,215 --> 01:14:46,247
Uh-oh!

2045
01:14:46,349 --> 01:14:47,582
Kenny florian: Here's a
nice flip from whiplash,

2046
01:14:47,684 --> 01:14:48,950
trying to get underneath gruff!

2047
01:14:49,052 --> 01:14:49,750
Chris rose: Oh!

2048
01:14:49,853 --> 01:14:51,152
Nice move!

2049
01:14:51,254 --> 01:14:53,721
Kenny florian: Whiplash, able
to land a shot to the underbelly

2050
01:14:53,823 --> 01:14:55,122
of gruff right there.

2051
01:14:55,225 --> 01:14:56,991
[slamming]

2052
01:14:57,093 --> 01:14:59,794
all right, fire,
fire, go higher.

2053
01:14:59,896 --> 01:15:02,296
Kenny florian: With a big
explosion right there.

2054
01:15:02,398 --> 01:15:05,900
And you can see, that right
flamethrower may be down now.

2055
01:15:06,002 --> 01:15:07,168
But oh!

2056
01:15:07,270 --> 01:15:09,270
Whiplash, able to get
underneath gruff, once again!

2057
01:15:09,372 --> 01:15:10,771
Chris rose: Well, he's
got him in the corner,

2058
01:15:10,874 --> 01:15:12,206
trying to really lift him.

2059
01:15:12,308 --> 01:15:14,642
Kenny florian: We're seeing
matt vasquez at his best right

2060
01:15:14,744 --> 01:15:17,411
now, just destroying
gruff from the bottom.

2061
01:15:17,514 --> 01:15:18,546
Chris rose: Ooh!

2062
01:15:18,648 --> 01:15:20,915
A nice pulverizer hit
on whiplash, from team

2063
01:15:21,017 --> 01:15:23,150
gruff in tight quarters, kenny!

2064
01:15:23,253 --> 01:15:26,387
Kenny florian: And whiplash,
right back on top of him.

2065
01:15:26,489 --> 01:15:29,156
Pulling shots and pushing
him into the screws.

2066
01:15:29,259 --> 01:15:31,759
I'm not sure those flamethrowers
are working anymore, chris.

2067
01:15:31,861 --> 01:15:33,461
Chris rose: That's a
real problem for gruff.

2068
01:15:33,563 --> 01:15:36,731
And so too is the driving
skills of matt vasquez,

2069
01:15:36,833 --> 01:15:37,865
on full display.

2070
01:15:37,967 --> 01:15:39,166
Kenny florian: Wow!

2071
01:15:39,269 --> 01:15:40,768
Chris rose: Now,
right in front of us,

2072
01:15:40,870 --> 01:15:42,570
another big hit by whiplash!

2073
01:15:42,672 --> 01:15:44,405
Kenny florian: Whiplash,
just dominating

2074
01:15:44,507 --> 01:15:45,940
the battle for low ground.

2075
01:15:46,042 --> 01:15:49,143
And to gruff's credit, it
has refused to get flipped.

2076
01:15:49,245 --> 01:15:52,113
Countering whiplash there,
and a beautiful overhead

2077
01:15:52,215 --> 01:15:53,881
shot from whiplash.

2078
01:15:53,983 --> 01:15:55,983
Chris rose: Nice little
reversal by gruff.

2079
01:15:56,085 --> 01:15:58,319
And now he's got
whiplash in his sights.

2080
01:15:58,421 --> 01:15:59,654
[slamming]

2081
01:15:59,756 --> 01:16:00,521
oh!

2082
01:16:00,623 --> 01:16:01,322
90 seconds to go it!

2083
01:16:01,424 --> 01:16:02,423
Both: Uh-oh!

2084
01:16:02,525 --> 01:16:03,991
Chris rose: Whiplash
is starting to smoke!

2085
01:16:04,093 --> 01:16:07,128
Kenny florian: Oh no, gruff,
just starting to take over.

2086
01:16:07,230 --> 01:16:08,829
Utilizing its
grappling skill there.

2087
01:16:08,932 --> 01:16:10,965
He almost got a nice
lift in a suplex.

2088
01:16:11,067 --> 01:16:14,068
Chris rose: And all of a sudden,
whiplash's weapon no longer

2089
01:16:14,170 --> 01:16:15,369
looks to be active.

2090
01:16:15,471 --> 01:16:18,339
May have dominated the early
stretches of this fight.

2091
01:16:18,441 --> 01:16:21,309
But is the playing field
starting to even now, kenny?

2092
01:16:21,411 --> 01:16:22,577
That is the big question.

2093
01:16:22,679 --> 01:16:24,612
Kenny florian: Well, whiplash
can utilize that weapon

2094
01:16:24,714 --> 01:16:26,047
as a lifter, as can gruff.

2095
01:16:26,149 --> 01:16:28,783
So two very similar
bots right now, chris.

2096
01:16:28,885 --> 01:16:30,985
Chris rose: Whiplash
takes gruff for a ride

2097
01:16:31,087 --> 01:16:32,954
into the side of the box.

2098
01:16:33,056 --> 01:16:34,889
Has him pinned now.

2099
01:16:34,991 --> 01:16:37,058
Trying to use the
battlebox to his advantage.

2100
01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:38,693
And look what's
back and running.

2101
01:16:38,795 --> 01:16:41,562
At least a little while,
it was his main weapon.

2102
01:16:41,664 --> 01:16:44,231
Kenny florian: Smoke leaking
out of both bots now, chris.

2103
01:16:44,334 --> 01:16:46,934
Feels like we're in the eighth
round of a heavyweight fight

2104
01:16:47,036 --> 01:16:48,135
here.

2105
01:16:48,237 --> 01:16:51,305
Chris rose: Under
45 seconds to go.

2106
01:16:51,407 --> 01:16:54,609
Can these two warriors make
it the full three minutes?

2107
01:16:54,711 --> 01:16:58,980
Whiplash, continuing up at
gruff, and dictate the pace,

2108
01:16:59,082 --> 01:17:00,715
showing no fear.

2109
01:17:00,817 --> 01:17:04,518
Especially without those big
flamethrowers in the mix.

2110
01:17:04,621 --> 01:17:07,288
Kenny florian: Yeah, I think
whiplash got to their fuel tank

2111
01:17:07,390 --> 01:17:08,856
with one of those early shots.

2112
01:17:08,958 --> 01:17:10,591
And check out whiplash here.

2113
01:17:10,693 --> 01:17:12,193
Just bullying gruff.

2114
01:17:12,295 --> 01:17:13,728
This is one of
the most versatile

2115
01:17:13,830 --> 01:17:16,230
bots you will ever see.

2116
01:17:16,332 --> 01:17:20,067
It can attack you from below
or above, head on, rear facing.

2117
01:17:20,169 --> 01:17:21,135
Chris rose: Wow.

2118
01:17:21,237 --> 01:17:23,070
Kenny florian: The
total package, chris.

2119
01:17:23,172 --> 01:17:26,440
Chris rose: And it has all
been on display in this fight,

2120
01:17:26,542 --> 01:17:28,075
as the final seconds tick away.

2121
01:17:28,177 --> 01:17:28,909
[ticks]

2122
01:17:29,012 --> 01:17:29,944
this one is going the distance.

2123
01:17:30,046 --> 01:17:31,278
[buzzer]

2124
01:17:31,381 --> 01:17:32,980
[cheering]

2125
01:17:33,082 --> 01:17:35,383
not so bad, we did good.

2126
01:17:35,485 --> 01:17:36,317
Great job.

2127
01:17:36,419 --> 01:17:37,752
Good job, guys.

2128
01:17:37,854 --> 01:17:38,719
Good job, guys.

2129
01:17:38,821 --> 01:17:40,154
Got it down to the countdown.

2130
01:17:40,256 --> 01:17:41,489
[laughter]

2131
01:17:41,591 --> 01:17:43,724
chris rose: So now this one
goes to the judges, scoring

2132
01:17:43,826 --> 01:17:45,893
out of the 11-point system.

2133
01:17:45,995 --> 01:17:48,562
Your judges are all former
"battlebots" participants,

2134
01:17:48,665 --> 01:17:51,666
derek young, lisa
winter, and jason bardis.

2135
01:17:51,768 --> 01:17:53,901
[music playing]

2136
01:17:54,003 --> 01:17:57,271
kenny, you want to talk about
major league robot combat?

2137
01:17:57,373 --> 01:17:59,273
Check out this sequence.

2138
01:17:59,375 --> 01:18:03,077
Whiplash, getting underneath
a fire-breathing gruff,

2139
01:18:03,179 --> 01:18:04,645
almost flips him.

2140
01:18:04,747 --> 01:18:07,248
But gruff uses its
forks to counter

2141
01:18:07,350 --> 01:18:09,850
and kick back up,
only to catch it

2142
01:18:09,952 --> 01:18:12,186
uppercut from whiplash's disc.

2143
01:18:12,288 --> 01:18:13,554
That was unreal.

2144
01:18:13,656 --> 01:18:15,756
Kenny florian: Yeah, this was
an amazing technical fight.

2145
01:18:15,858 --> 01:18:18,426
Whiplash dominated the
battle for low ground.

2146
01:18:18,528 --> 01:18:21,429
But gruff responded with
some beautiful counters.

2147
01:18:21,531 --> 01:18:24,365
Seems like gruff may have
blown a fuel tank early on

2148
01:18:24,467 --> 01:18:26,200
and lost those flame throwers.

2149
01:18:26,302 --> 01:18:29,236
And of course, matt
vasquez capitalized.

2150
01:18:29,338 --> 01:18:31,772
Chris rose: The
21-year-old's driving skills

2151
01:18:31,874 --> 01:18:34,442
were on full
display, as he said,

2152
01:18:34,544 --> 01:18:38,479
attacking from below and then
from above with those overhead

2153
01:18:38,581 --> 01:18:39,714
shots.

2154
01:18:39,816 --> 01:18:42,650
A virtuoso performance from
the versatile whiplash.

2155
01:18:42,752 --> 01:18:45,152
Kenny florian: Yeah, gruff
even the scorecard a bit

2156
01:18:45,254 --> 01:18:46,687
towards the back
end of the fight

2157
01:18:46,789 --> 01:18:48,723
by showing off its
grappling skills

2158
01:18:48,825 --> 01:18:50,925
and controlling
whiplash for a stretch.

2159
01:18:51,027 --> 01:18:52,727
But I think the judges
are going to be hard

2160
01:18:52,829 --> 01:18:55,796
pressed to not deliver
a unanimous decision

2161
01:18:55,898 --> 01:18:57,164
for the vasquez family.

2162
01:18:57,266 --> 01:18:59,200
Whiplash, just too much.

2163
01:18:59,302 --> 01:19:01,202
[cheering]

2164
01:19:01,304 --> 01:19:04,605
the results from
the judges are in!

2165
01:19:04,707 --> 01:19:06,507
[cheering]

2166
01:19:06,609 --> 01:19:08,409
[music playing]

2167
01:19:08,511 --> 01:19:11,712
and the winner, by
unanimous decision, is--

2168
01:19:11,814 --> 01:19:13,347
[music playing]

2169
01:19:15,885 --> 01:19:16,584
whiplash!

2170
01:19:18,187 --> 01:19:21,489
[cheering]

2171
01:19:21,591 --> 01:19:24,125
[music playing]

2172
01:19:24,227 --> 01:19:24,925
good job, you guys.

2173
01:19:26,496 --> 01:19:29,830
[cheering]

2174
01:19:33,836 --> 01:19:38,172
matt vasquez, congratulations
on win number 1.

2175
01:19:38,274 --> 01:19:41,041
Were you driving like your
season depended on it?

2176
01:19:41,144 --> 01:19:41,876
Yeah.

2177
01:19:41,978 --> 01:19:43,244
That's exactly what I was doing.

2178
01:19:43,346 --> 01:19:44,845
Our season did depend on it.

2179
01:19:44,947 --> 01:19:46,747
We were, you know, 0 and 1.

2180
01:19:46,849 --> 01:19:48,182
So we had a loss, no wins.

2181
01:19:48,284 --> 01:19:49,717
We have to win this
to get a chance

2182
01:19:49,819 --> 01:19:51,118
to make it into the tournament.

2183
01:19:51,220 --> 01:19:53,988
But hopefully if we could
win at least one more fight,

2184
01:19:54,090 --> 01:19:55,723
I think we have a good
chance of getting in there.

2185
01:19:55,825 --> 01:19:57,992
But yeah, this is-- we are
very happy about this win.

2186
01:19:58,094 --> 01:19:59,593
It's a great thing for us.

2187
01:19:59,695 --> 01:20:01,796
Matt, take us
through this fight.

2188
01:20:01,898 --> 01:20:03,998
So going into this fight?

2189
01:20:04,100 --> 01:20:06,066
Honestly, the robot did a lot
of the work in this fight.

2190
01:20:06,169 --> 01:20:08,235
It was just, our fronts were
a lot lower than theirs.

2191
01:20:08,337 --> 01:20:10,070
So I didn't really have
to get to the sides.

2192
01:20:10,173 --> 01:20:13,407
I just had to get the weapons
spun up and just run into him.

2193
01:20:13,509 --> 01:20:15,042
And that was all it really took.

2194
01:20:15,144 --> 01:20:18,145
But it seemed like every
time you went head on.

2195
01:20:18,247 --> 01:20:21,582
Those flamethrowers were
getting spewed right at you.

2196
01:20:21,684 --> 01:20:22,850
Was that a concern?

2197
01:20:22,952 --> 01:20:24,752
It was a concern
before the fight.

2198
01:20:24,854 --> 01:20:26,420
But to be honest,
while I was fighting I

2199
01:20:26,522 --> 01:20:27,888
just kind of forgot
about it and ignored it.

2200
01:20:27,990 --> 01:20:29,523
Which probably wasn't good.

2201
01:20:29,625 --> 01:20:31,425
But I mean, that happens
when you're fighting.

2202
01:20:31,527 --> 01:20:32,860
It's-- you get tunnel vision.

2203
01:20:32,962 --> 01:20:33,928
[laughs]

2204
01:20:34,030 --> 01:20:36,297
matt, look at the
laundry list of teams

2205
01:20:36,399 --> 01:20:37,865
that you have faced
over the last few years.

2206
01:20:37,967 --> 01:20:39,033
Yeah.

2207
01:20:39,135 --> 01:20:41,001
Your only four losses
in the last three seasons

2208
01:20:41,103 --> 01:20:43,838
were to teams like bite
force and tombstone,

2209
01:20:43,940 --> 01:20:45,506
and witch doctor and sawblaze.

2210
01:20:45,608 --> 01:20:47,474
And here you have a
tough one with gruff.

2211
01:20:47,577 --> 01:20:49,910
Do you love facing this
sort of competition?

2212
01:20:50,012 --> 01:20:52,446
Oh, I absolutely love facing
this sort of competition.

2213
01:20:52,548 --> 01:20:53,447
That's why we come here.

2214
01:20:53,549 --> 01:20:54,815
It's, we want to
fight the best people.

2215
01:20:54,917 --> 01:20:57,351
Like, gruff is one of the
toughest robots in the world,

2216
01:20:57,453 --> 01:20:58,686
probably.

2217
01:20:58,788 --> 01:21:00,821
So just the fact we were able
to do some damage to them,

2218
01:21:00,923 --> 01:21:02,556
it's-- we're very
happy about that.

2219
01:21:02,658 --> 01:21:05,459
And when you fight
a bot like gruff,

2220
01:21:05,561 --> 01:21:07,228
do you basically have to
work under the assumption

2221
01:21:07,330 --> 01:21:08,963
that you're going to go
the full three minutes?

2222
01:21:09,065 --> 01:21:10,030
Oh, 100%.

2223
01:21:10,132 --> 01:21:11,532
No-- no one knocks out gruff.

2224
01:21:11,634 --> 01:21:13,200
I mean, he's one
of those robots.

2225
01:21:13,336 --> 01:21:15,703
And plus, we're not like,
one of the huge spinners.

2226
01:21:15,805 --> 01:21:17,805
So we don't have that
much knockout potential

2227
01:21:17,907 --> 01:21:19,006
with a robot like them.

2228
01:21:19,108 --> 01:21:21,141
So it was really just all
about using the lifter

2229
01:21:21,244 --> 01:21:22,476
and just keeping control.

2230
01:21:22,578 --> 01:21:24,778
Well, matt, congratulations.

2231
01:21:24,881 --> 01:21:27,047
Can you breathe
a sigh of relief?

2232
01:21:27,149 --> 01:21:29,717
Or because the job
is not yet finished,

2233
01:21:29,785 --> 01:21:31,518
are you still laser focused?

2234
01:21:31,621 --> 01:21:33,454
It's a little sigh of relief.

2235
01:21:33,556 --> 01:21:35,422
But we're just going to
have to carry this momentum

2236
01:21:35,524 --> 01:21:37,358
and just get the robot fixed.

2237
01:21:37,460 --> 01:21:38,459
There was some smoke coming out.

2238
01:21:38,561 --> 01:21:40,494
We hope it's belts
and it wasn't motors.

2239
01:21:40,596 --> 01:21:41,528
But we'll see.

2240
01:21:41,631 --> 01:21:42,830
We'll take it apart
and check it out.

2241
01:21:42,932 --> 01:21:45,232
Congratulations to you and
your brother, and your mom

2242
01:21:45,301 --> 01:21:46,000
and pops.

2243
01:21:46,102 --> 01:21:46,800
Go celebrate.

2244
01:21:46,903 --> 01:21:47,668
Thank you.

2245
01:21:47,770 --> 01:21:48,469
Woo.

2246
01:21:48,571 --> 01:21:51,572
[cheering]

2247
01:21:55,077 --> 01:21:57,411
chris rose: All
right, sam, how did

2248
01:21:57,513 --> 01:22:00,247
you see that fight unfolding?

2249
01:22:00,349 --> 01:22:02,316
I mean, we just
got out-driven.

2250
01:22:02,418 --> 01:22:04,585
I mean, that's all
there is to it.

2251
01:22:04,687 --> 01:22:06,453
So are you saying
that you shoulder

2252
01:22:06,589 --> 01:22:07,655
the blame for this loss?

2253
01:22:09,025 --> 01:22:11,091
I think that's fair to say.

2254
01:22:11,193 --> 01:22:12,593
Why do you feel that way?

2255
01:22:14,163 --> 01:22:15,629
I just feel like we--

2256
01:22:17,099 --> 01:22:18,265
he hit us in our weak spots.

2257
01:22:18,367 --> 01:22:22,102
And I wasn't able to make
sure that we, you know,

2258
01:22:22,204 --> 01:22:23,103
got under him.

2259
01:22:23,205 --> 01:22:25,406
Sam, you know,
you are a teacher.

2260
01:22:25,508 --> 01:22:28,142
And so every fight that you
have here at "battlebots"

2261
01:22:28,244 --> 01:22:30,110
can be used as a
learning experience.

2262
01:22:30,212 --> 01:22:32,046
What did you learn tonight?

2263
01:22:32,148 --> 01:22:35,449
I think I learned
we got to get lower.

2264
01:22:35,551 --> 01:22:38,953
We-- every time we went
head to head, like--

2265
01:22:39,055 --> 01:22:40,354
or not every time.

2266
01:22:40,456 --> 01:22:42,289
But a lot of the times, like,
we should have been able to get

2267
01:22:42,391 --> 01:22:43,557
underneath him and we couldn't.

2268
01:22:43,659 --> 01:22:46,593
We got to figure out how
he was able to do that.

2269
01:22:46,696 --> 01:22:47,795
All right.

2270
01:22:47,897 --> 01:22:49,396
Well, we'll give you a
chance to go fix your bot.

2271
01:22:49,498 --> 01:22:51,932
Still a great show out
there, as you fall to 1 and 1

2272
01:22:52,034 --> 01:22:53,100
on the season.
Thanks for the time.

2273
01:22:53,202 --> 01:22:53,901
Yeah.

2274
01:22:54,003 --> 01:22:54,768
Thank you.

2275
01:22:54,870 --> 01:22:56,603
[music playing]

2276
01:22:56,706 --> 01:22:58,005
[cheering]

2277
01:22:58,107 --> 01:23:01,408
chris rose: Kenny, we talked
a lot about the importance

2278
01:23:01,510 --> 01:23:03,210
of this fight for whiplash.

2279
01:23:03,312 --> 01:23:05,612
Does this big-time
win re-establish them

2280
01:23:05,715 --> 01:23:07,781
as one of the top
contenders this season?

2281
01:23:07,883 --> 01:23:08,682
Kenny florian: Absolutely.

2282
01:23:08,784 --> 01:23:11,151
This was whiplash at its finest.

2283
01:23:11,253 --> 01:23:13,854
The driving, the
control, the power.

2284
01:23:13,956 --> 01:23:16,924
This bot could go wheel
to wheel against anybody.

2285
01:23:17,026 --> 01:23:18,592
Did you have
fund tonight again?

2286
01:23:18,694 --> 01:23:20,527
I had an awesome time.

2287
01:23:20,629 --> 01:23:21,996
We always do around here.

2288
01:23:22,098 --> 01:23:24,865
So for jenny taft
and faruq, and our bot

2289
01:23:24,967 --> 01:23:28,068
whisperer, pete, and my man
kenny florian, I'm chris rose.

2290
01:23:28,170 --> 01:23:30,437
We'll see you next
time, on "battlebots."

2291
01:23:30,539 --> 01:23:31,638
[cheering]

2292
01:23:31,741 --> 01:23:34,975
[music playing]