1 00:00:03,037 --> 00:00:04,570 [robotic voice] robots activate. 2 00:00:04,572 --> 00:00:07,706 [music playing] 3 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:15,447 [audience cheering] 4 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:23,255 welcome to battlebots, a sports so intense, 5 00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:24,923 gary busey once referred to it 6 00:00:24,925 --> 00:00:27,960 as "a little too much for my taste". 7 00:00:27,962 --> 00:00:30,529 I'm chris rose and this isn't the human olympics. 8 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:32,264 This is the robot games. 9 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:34,033 And I'm here with ufc legend 10 00:00:34,035 --> 00:00:36,402 and olympic level robot combat analyst, 11 00:00:36,404 --> 00:00:38,937 say hello once again to kenny florian. 12 00:00:38,939 --> 00:00:41,040 [audience cheering] 13 00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:42,241 [kenny] thanks, chris. 14 00:00:42,243 --> 00:00:44,943 We may not have any gold medals to hand out, 15 00:00:44,945 --> 00:00:47,379 but we do have the greatest trophy 16 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:50,682 in all of sports waiting for this year's champion, 17 00:00:50,684 --> 00:00:51,817 the giant nut. 18 00:00:51,819 --> 00:00:54,420 [audience cheering] 19 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:57,189 [chris] let's take a look at tonight's fight card, 20 00:00:57,191 --> 00:00:59,558 where a handful of teams are already facing 21 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,395 the daunting prospect of a dreaded 0-2 start 22 00:01:03,397 --> 00:01:05,064 to their season, 23 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:07,433 hydra captain, jake ewert finds himself 24 00:01:07,435 --> 00:01:09,501 in unfamiliar territory 25 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:12,071 after a loss in his opening fight. 26 00:01:12,073 --> 00:01:14,506 Can last year's number one tournament seed 27 00:01:14,508 --> 00:01:16,442 flip back into the win column 28 00:01:16,444 --> 00:01:19,244 or will the ferocious flame of gruff 29 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,914 torch his chances of making another run 30 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:23,182 at the giant nut? 31 00:01:25,553 --> 00:01:29,154 [kenny] we'll also see a battle of the full body spinners 32 00:01:29,156 --> 00:01:31,457 gigabyte and captain john mladenik 33 00:01:31,459 --> 00:01:32,991 are in the danger zone 34 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:36,995 as they face the iconic captain shrederator fresh off 35 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:39,531 of its gigantic upset win over tombstone. 36 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:41,333 Sparks will fly in that one. 37 00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:44,169 [chris] and in our main event, 38 00:01:44,171 --> 00:01:46,472 two of the sport's most violent weapons 39 00:01:46,474 --> 00:01:48,307 prepare to do battle. 40 00:01:48,309 --> 00:01:51,176 It's end game versus witch doctor. 41 00:01:52,113 --> 00:01:54,046 These two teams are in the business 42 00:01:54,048 --> 00:01:55,414 of knocking robots out 43 00:01:55,416 --> 00:01:58,984 and business is booming so much 44 00:01:58,986 --> 00:02:02,254 so we may actually send the judge's home a bit early. 45 00:02:03,324 --> 00:02:04,389 But right now, 46 00:02:04,391 --> 00:02:07,192 we kick things off in a blaze of glory 47 00:02:07,194 --> 00:02:10,929 with the flame throwing free shipping 48 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:12,831 backed into a corner after a loss 49 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:13,966 in its opening match, 50 00:02:13,968 --> 00:02:16,201 the madman gary gin. 51 00:02:16,203 --> 00:02:19,104 He's going to need to put his legendary driving skills 52 00:02:19,106 --> 00:02:20,739 to the test to save his season. 53 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:22,174 [kenny] standing in his way 54 00:02:22,176 --> 00:02:24,476 one of the most devastating vertical spinners 55 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,912 in the world uppercut 56 00:02:26,914 --> 00:02:28,080 after starting the year 57 00:02:28,082 --> 00:02:30,149 with a dominant win over gigabyte, 58 00:02:30,151 --> 00:02:31,884 captain alex hattori 59 00:02:31,886 --> 00:02:34,786 looks to add yet another impressive knockout 60 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:37,322 to his already stunning highlight reel. 61 00:02:37,324 --> 00:02:40,626 [chris] oh, my goodness! My gosh! 62 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:44,096 Are you guys ready? 63 00:02:44,098 --> 00:02:47,332 [audience cheering and applauding] 64 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:54,006 I love hearing that sound. Faruq, it's your world. 65 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:55,474 [audience cheering and applauding] 66 00:02:55,476 --> 00:02:59,611 ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? 67 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:03,682 It is robot fighting time. 68 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:06,685 [music playing] 69 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:12,424 [audience cheering and applauding] 70 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:16,762 in the red square, 71 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:19,331 moving to hassle that's never the best, 72 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:22,868 but give this bot a wrestle and he'll do the rest. 73 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:26,205 He'll lift you and drop you until your bots brittle. 74 00:03:26,207 --> 00:03:27,406 Then he'll wrap you up 75 00:03:27,408 --> 00:03:29,942 and send you straight to the hospital. 76 00:03:29,944 --> 00:03:33,078 It's free shipping. 77 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,148 [audience cheering] 78 00:03:36,150 --> 00:03:37,816 [music playing] 79 00:03:37,818 --> 00:03:40,185 [chris] gary gin and free shipping 80 00:03:40,187 --> 00:03:42,454 looking to break even on the season here tonight. 81 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:43,622 So how do they deal 82 00:03:43,958 --> 00:03:46,191 with one of the most violent weapons in the sport, 83 00:03:46,193 --> 00:03:47,492 kenny florian? 84 00:03:47,494 --> 00:03:49,361 [kenny] as a control driver going up 85 00:03:49,363 --> 00:03:51,063 against a knockout artist, 86 00:03:51,065 --> 00:03:53,465 free shipping needs to use its front wedges 87 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:55,167 to get underneath uppercut 88 00:03:55,169 --> 00:03:58,303 and try to break that spear as quickly as possible. 89 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:00,839 So I put all my chips on a box rush 90 00:04:00,841 --> 00:04:03,141 from gary gin right out of the gate here. 91 00:04:04,311 --> 00:04:06,378 [faruq] and the blue square, 92 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:08,714 ding, ding rang the bell. 93 00:04:08,716 --> 00:04:10,515 There's going to be a rumble tonight. 94 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:12,884 This guy is like conor mcgregor, 95 00:04:12,886 --> 00:04:16,021 if he actually won his last fight. 96 00:04:16,023 --> 00:04:18,890 He's putting up his dukes and like muhammad ali, 97 00:04:18,892 --> 00:04:20,759 he's going to float like a butterfly 98 00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:22,527 and sting like 99 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:25,397 getting punched in the face by 250 pound robot. 100 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:28,867 They're not all going to run. 101 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:30,502 It's uppercut! 102 00:04:30,504 --> 00:04:32,738 [music playing] 103 00:04:33,907 --> 00:04:36,074 [audience cheering] 104 00:04:36,076 --> 00:04:37,109 [chris] oh, yes. 105 00:04:37,111 --> 00:04:39,278 Faruq bringing the heat, as always, 106 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:43,048 as we welcome uppercut and captain alex hattori, 107 00:04:43,917 --> 00:04:46,718 a seven time national yo-yo champion 108 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,787 showing off his skills there as well. 109 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:51,323 The man looks ultra confident coming into this one. 110 00:04:51,325 --> 00:04:53,125 [kenny] well, he's definitely confident, 111 00:04:53,127 --> 00:04:54,893 but alex admitted that uppercut 112 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:57,763 took a lot of internal damage in its win over gigabyte. 113 00:04:57,765 --> 00:04:59,531 He and his team have made a real push 114 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:01,700 to get the bot back into fighting shape, 115 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:03,969 but won't feel a 100% confident 116 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:07,606 until they see uppercut dish out that first powerful punch. 117 00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:10,509 [audience applauding] 118 00:05:12,913 --> 00:05:16,048 uppercut is a pretty powerful vertical spinner, 119 00:05:16,050 --> 00:05:19,318 if he gets a good hit on us, he can do quite a bit of damage. 120 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,286 The key to our success against uppercut 121 00:05:21,288 --> 00:05:24,890 is just going out at him fast, going at him hard, 122 00:05:24,892 --> 00:05:26,158 hopefully get under him 123 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,860 and maybe take some control over him. 124 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:30,395 Who knows what's going to happen. 125 00:05:30,397 --> 00:05:34,933 Since our record is now zero wins and one loss, 126 00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:37,969 it's even more important that we get a win 127 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:39,071 in this next fight. 128 00:05:39,073 --> 00:05:40,572 Yeah, so with free shipping, 129 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:43,208 we're mostly worried about him getting underneath us 130 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:44,343 and pushing us around. 131 00:05:44,345 --> 00:05:46,278 So we're hoping to use our attachments 132 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:48,246 to get under him early on in the match 133 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,415 and then be able to throw him around as possible. 134 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:52,384 Last year, one of our biggest moments 135 00:05:52,386 --> 00:05:55,020 was when we fought sawblaze, he also had a flamethrower 136 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:56,888 and I believe free shipping's flamethrower 137 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:57,956 is even bigger, 138 00:05:57,958 --> 00:05:59,891 so we'll see if we can get a good hit 139 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:01,960 and a good exposure out of their flame thrower. 140 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:03,462 Uppercut is incredibly destructive 141 00:06:03,464 --> 00:06:04,563 in a large volume, 142 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,365 so we're hoping that at some point 143 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:09,368 throughout the three minutes we'll be able to land at least one good hit on them. 144 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,973 [robotic voice] robots activate. 145 00:06:14,975 --> 00:06:18,276 [music playing] 146 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:21,413 [audience cheering and applauding] 147 00:06:26,487 --> 00:06:28,153 [robotic voice] red team ready. 148 00:06:28,155 --> 00:06:29,721 Ready. 149 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:33,525 [audience cheering and applauding] 150 00:06:33,527 --> 00:06:35,527 [robotic voice] blue team ready. 151 00:06:37,364 --> 00:06:40,465 [audience cheering] 152 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,047 [chris] free shipping, 153 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:58,517 looking to avoid an 0-2. 154 00:06:58,519 --> 00:07:01,987 Uppercut, looking to put a hole in free shipping 155 00:07:01,989 --> 00:07:04,022 and climb to 2-0. 156 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:05,957 Buckle up. 157 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:08,226 [audience cheering] 158 00:07:08,228 --> 00:07:10,095 let the bot battle begin... 159 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:13,899 Wow, uppercut kind of whiffed on that one. 160 00:07:13,901 --> 00:07:16,501 Here comes free shipping getting underneath uppercut 161 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:19,070 and now lets him off the hook. 162 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:20,205 [kenny] that's... 163 00:07:20,207 --> 00:07:22,407 Trying to do, what a shot by uppercut. 164 00:07:22,409 --> 00:07:25,844 [chris] oh! Incredible power. 165 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:28,246 I think it's got the heat off of this one. 166 00:07:28,248 --> 00:07:30,115 [kenny] unbelievable. 167 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:31,149 [chris] look at the wedges. 168 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:33,452 Look at the wedges of free shipping. 169 00:07:33,454 --> 00:07:35,454 [chris] did you say about the front wedges. 170 00:07:35,456 --> 00:07:36,922 [kenny] oh, my goodness. 171 00:07:36,924 --> 00:07:39,591 [chris] it is skidding back and sideward. 172 00:07:39,593 --> 00:07:41,927 Gary, you're on the wrong side of road. 173 00:07:41,929 --> 00:07:44,129 Oh, my gosh. 174 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:46,731 Did he get back over, he's lost the tire, 175 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:49,468 he's trying to get back onto the playing surface. 176 00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:51,436 Oh my goodness. 177 00:07:51,438 --> 00:07:54,506 [referee] ten, nine, eight, seven, six... 178 00:07:54,508 --> 00:07:56,174 [chris] the countdown is going on. 179 00:07:56,176 --> 00:07:58,343 Gary gin can't get off the rail. 180 00:07:58,345 --> 00:08:02,714 [referee] three, two, one. That's a knockout! 181 00:08:02,716 --> 00:08:05,183 [kenny] what a devastating moment. 182 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:08,053 [chris] that is a knockout by uppercut. 183 00:08:09,356 --> 00:08:11,656 [audience cheering] 184 00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:14,893 [chris] kenny, free shipping did a nice job 185 00:08:14,895 --> 00:08:18,230 - getting under uppercut at the onset but after that, -[kenny] oh! 186 00:08:18,232 --> 00:08:19,431 [chris] man, oh man, 187 00:08:19,633 --> 00:08:21,800 hopefully you're wearing your sunglasses to this event. 188 00:08:21,802 --> 00:08:23,301 [kenny] yeah, that was just ridiculous. 189 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:25,337 I think I felt the heat off of that one. 190 00:08:25,339 --> 00:08:29,040 Just a ridiculous shot there by uppercut. 191 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:30,942 [chris] forget about feeling the heat. 192 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:33,345 Kenny, I think he got a tan during that match. 193 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:36,081 [kenny] we may need to alert the fire department 194 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:38,383 the next time uppercut steps into the box. 195 00:08:38,385 --> 00:08:41,453 That was the biggest explosion I have ever seen here 196 00:08:41,455 --> 00:08:43,188 at battlebots. 197 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:46,024 [chris] uppercut just dismantling free shipping 198 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:47,425 from that point on. 199 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:50,896 Absolute mayhem here to start the night. 200 00:08:50,898 --> 00:08:52,030 Wow. 201 00:08:54,167 --> 00:08:56,568 [chris] alex hattori, 202 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:59,137 great balls of fire. 203 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:01,373 Was that as much fun as it looked like? 204 00:09:01,375 --> 00:09:03,441 It was quite scary again, 205 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:06,244 kind of brought us flashbacks to the sawblaze fight. 206 00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:08,847 Alex, you told us at the beginning of the season 207 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:10,849 that you wanted to be more entertaining 208 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:12,417 than championship caliber. 209 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:14,185 Don't you think you're on your way 210 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:15,186 to being both? 211 00:09:15,188 --> 00:09:17,088 Oh, we certainly hope so. 212 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:20,258 [audience cheering and applauding] 213 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:23,528 by the way, if you're scared watching 214 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:25,897 what's happening, what do you think is going 215 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,265 through your opponent's mind? 216 00:09:27,267 --> 00:09:29,167 Well, they actually got under us, 217 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:31,369 so I feel like they might have felt pretty good 218 00:09:31,371 --> 00:09:32,470 in the beginning. 219 00:09:32,472 --> 00:09:34,573 In the beginning and then what? 220 00:09:34,575 --> 00:09:35,907 Then stuff happened. 221 00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:38,009 [laughter] 222 00:09:38,011 --> 00:09:39,945 alex hattori, congratulations 223 00:09:39,947 --> 00:09:41,913 on your amazing 2-0, start. 224 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:43,148 Thank you. 225 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:45,617 [music playing] 226 00:09:45,619 --> 00:09:47,519 [audience cheering] 227 00:09:51,491 --> 00:09:53,959 alex hattori doesn't like to say much. 228 00:09:53,961 --> 00:09:56,328 His bot definitely does the talking. 229 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:59,464 Coming up, it's always a good time 230 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:01,466 to get hammered in vegas, 231 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:03,201 blacksmith and shatter!, 232 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:06,204 they duke it out for hammer supremacy. 233 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:08,974 That's next on battlebots. 234 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:16,247 [music playing] 235 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:18,049 [chris] welcome back to battlebots 236 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,986 and up next, yeah, it's hammer time 237 00:10:20,988 --> 00:10:23,555 as blacksmith throws down with shatter! 238 00:10:24,825 --> 00:10:27,092 Let's start with the metallic mafia 239 00:10:27,094 --> 00:10:29,494 from new jersey, blacksmith. 240 00:10:29,496 --> 00:10:32,397 After taking a year off from combat robotics, 241 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:34,933 al kindle and team blacksmith 242 00:10:34,935 --> 00:10:37,869 came surging back onto the scene this season. 243 00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:38,870 So the big question 244 00:10:38,872 --> 00:10:41,606 of what is blacksmith sealing this year? 245 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:44,709 [kenny] well, it's tough to say with such a small sample size, 246 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:47,312 but that power hammer upgrade al gave to his weapon 247 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:49,981 seems to be making a big difference. 248 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:52,417 In a very close fight against free shipping, 249 00:10:52,419 --> 00:10:55,920 blacksmith managed to deal out just enough damage 250 00:10:55,922 --> 00:10:58,189 in the eyes of the judges to take the w. 251 00:10:58,191 --> 00:10:59,924 [faruq] blacksmith. 252 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:02,293 [kenny] interested to see what kind of statement 253 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:04,863 he makes here in its second fight. 254 00:11:04,865 --> 00:11:06,498 [chris] and from across the hudson, 255 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:10,368 we have brooklyn's adam wrigley and shatter! 256 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:12,337 Coming in with a record of 1-0 257 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,305 after winning a judge's decision 258 00:11:14,307 --> 00:11:17,108 against subzero in an unaired fight, 259 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:21,146 another w here could send them into the round of 32 260 00:11:21,148 --> 00:11:23,515 for the second consecutive season. 261 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:25,717 [kenny] yeah, even though shatter! Made it 262 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:27,419 all the way to the quarter finals, 263 00:11:27,421 --> 00:11:31,089 only to lose to eventual champs end game last year, 264 00:11:31,091 --> 00:11:33,958 adam actually told us he was disappointed 265 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,327 in what he called an early exit 266 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:39,197 and is hell bent on making a serious run 267 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:41,132 at the giant nut in 2021. 268 00:11:41,134 --> 00:11:43,201 Let's check it out. Faruq? 269 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:46,337 [audience cheering and applauding] 270 00:11:47,374 --> 00:11:51,409 in the red square from edison, new jersey, 271 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:53,078 home of menlo park, 272 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,348 this box force to be stronger than the armor of tony stark. 273 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:59,517 You'll be dust when his hammer is fired 274 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:02,721 and slams at the box are like tin foil 275 00:12:02,723 --> 00:12:05,557 but he's the iron man. 276 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:08,426 It's blacksmith. 277 00:12:08,428 --> 00:12:12,163 [music playing] 278 00:12:12,165 --> 00:12:13,665 [chris] here comes blacksmith 279 00:12:13,667 --> 00:12:16,534 sporting that new and improved weapon. 280 00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:19,704 How does al kindle come out on top in the battle of hammers, 281 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:21,272 kenny? 282 00:12:21,274 --> 00:12:23,308 [kenny] well, shatter! Is going to have to reach advantage 283 00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:25,677 in this fight, so al will need to find a way 284 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,279 to get around to the size of shatter! Here. 285 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:29,280 If he could do that, 286 00:12:29,282 --> 00:12:31,049 blacksmith has the power 287 00:12:31,051 --> 00:12:34,219 to disable their weapon and move to 2-0. 288 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:39,324 In the blue square, 289 00:12:39,326 --> 00:12:42,727 this disco ball bar looks like it listens to abba, 290 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:45,897 but with its powerful acts, it's more of a stabber. 291 00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:49,067 The box is his dance floor and he's ready to drive 292 00:12:49,069 --> 00:12:53,371 and when he comes for you, you won't be staying alive, 293 00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:56,941 giving other bots a case of the heebie-jeebies, 294 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:59,244 it's shatter! 295 00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:02,547 [audience cheering and applauding] 296 00:13:03,884 --> 00:13:07,519 [chris] shatter! Sporting and medieval looking at hammer arm, 297 00:13:07,521 --> 00:13:09,687 they call the mary special. 298 00:13:12,192 --> 00:13:14,926 Oh, mary, mary, that thing's sharp. 299 00:13:14,928 --> 00:13:17,629 Stay away from that. Mary, be careful! 300 00:13:17,631 --> 00:13:20,231 [kenny] I definitely wouldn't want to hug that thing, 301 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:24,169 but yes, what better opportunity to debut a brand new hammer 302 00:13:24,171 --> 00:13:26,104 than in the battle of the hammers? 303 00:13:26,106 --> 00:13:28,907 Adam wrigley always such a show. 304 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:32,110 [audience cheering and applauding] 305 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:37,682 shatter is possibly the best hammer out there. 306 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:39,284 Hits very hard. 307 00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:42,153 The most dangerous part of shatter! 308 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:43,121 Is actually the reach. 309 00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:44,556 For us to win this fight, 310 00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:47,692 we're going to have to avoid the front of his robot somehow. 311 00:13:47,694 --> 00:13:49,561 We need to try to get around to a side 312 00:13:49,563 --> 00:13:52,363 and if we can do that, we could really do some damage. 313 00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:54,833 It's important for us to do well and get a win, 314 00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:55,934 we can go up 2 and 0. 315 00:13:55,936 --> 00:13:57,836 You know, we're almost guaranteed 316 00:13:57,838 --> 00:14:01,072 to get into the round of 32, so it's critical to get a good start. 317 00:14:01,074 --> 00:14:03,007 So we looked at blacksmith's last fight 318 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:04,709 and the hammer saw is working well. 319 00:14:04,711 --> 00:14:06,144 It's a scary weapon, 320 00:14:06,146 --> 00:14:09,180 so we're taking out a whole new configuration 321 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:10,515 we haven't used before. 322 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,250 We have stronger top panels, 323 00:14:12,252 --> 00:14:14,586 we have a different front configuration 324 00:14:14,588 --> 00:14:18,323 and an all new hammer arm that we call the mary special. 325 00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:20,892 We're very excited to take them on. 326 00:14:20,894 --> 00:14:23,228 I think the fans have wanted to see blacksmith shatter! 327 00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:24,295 For a while now. 328 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:26,231 You know, we had some banter online, 329 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:28,366 so we've been looking forward to this one. 330 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:29,934 It'll be a lot of fun. 331 00:14:29,936 --> 00:14:32,103 [audience applauding] 332 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:33,638 [robotic voice] robots activate. 333 00:14:35,242 --> 00:14:37,175 [chris] for more on shatter's strategy 334 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:40,378 in this fight, let's toss it out over to our bot whisperer, 335 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,579 pete abrahamson. 336 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:44,482 A couple of things on top of shatter! 337 00:14:44,484 --> 00:14:48,453 Is some impact absorbing armor that they've built onto it, 338 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:50,255 of course, with the mary special. 339 00:14:50,257 --> 00:14:52,991 You'll notice all the wonderful points there. 340 00:14:52,993 --> 00:14:55,093 Those are meant to be able to come down 341 00:14:55,095 --> 00:14:57,896 and go into the chains on blacksmith 342 00:14:57,898 --> 00:14:59,397 and take out this chain. 343 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,699 But really, the key to this strategy 344 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:04,502 is their longest social distancing forks. 345 00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:07,005 They hope to hold a blacksmith back 346 00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:08,473 while their longer hammer 347 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:11,609 will reach out and get blacksmith. 348 00:15:11,611 --> 00:15:14,946 [audience cheering and applauding] 349 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:18,049 [music playing] 350 00:15:22,889 --> 00:15:26,024 [audience cheering] 351 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:39,037 [chris] let the bot battle begin. 352 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:41,873 Big swing there by shatter!. 353 00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:44,242 Gosh, look at the reach on that weapon kenny. 354 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:46,244 [kenny] yeah, that is very impressive. 355 00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:50,214 [chris] oh! That's terrific. Huge shot to shatter! 356 00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:51,349 [kenny] what a shot. 357 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:54,285 That was a direct hit to shatter's weapon chris. 358 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:55,420 Oh. 359 00:15:55,422 --> 00:15:57,889 [chris] here is shatter! With a big power shot 360 00:15:57,891 --> 00:16:00,491 laying into blacksmith's weapon now. 361 00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:02,593 - Wow! -[inaudible] go on. 362 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:05,730 [kenny] shatter! May have gotten the blacksmith's weapon belts 363 00:16:05,732 --> 00:16:06,798 in that exchange. 364 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,467 You could see one flapping around now. 365 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:11,769 [chris] blacksmith still swing it away. 366 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,171 Oh, what a shot. 367 00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:15,106 Good shot right there by shatter! 368 00:16:15,108 --> 00:16:18,009 With the mary special and you called it kenny, 369 00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:20,311 the disc on the end of blacksmith's hammer 370 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:22,313 no longer appears to be functional, 371 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:26,017 a heck of a shot by adam wrigley and shatter! Wow. 372 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:30,288 [kenny] the speed of that hammer is impressive to watch one, chris. 373 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:32,023 [chris] and those long spiked saws 374 00:16:32,025 --> 00:16:33,391 on the front of shatter! 375 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:36,127 Has worked to perfection hooking blacksmith here. 376 00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:38,963 [kenny] oh. 377 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:42,233 [chris] shatter! Continues its onslaught with the mary special 378 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:43,968 playing into the top of blacksmith's 379 00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:46,004 with that long scaffold weapon. 380 00:16:48,008 --> 00:16:50,074 Here comes blacksmith pushing shatter! 381 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:51,142 Into the screws. 382 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,412 [kenny] without the ability to do damage 383 00:16:54,414 --> 00:16:55,580 with his weapon, al, 384 00:16:55,582 --> 00:16:57,448 is going to have to drive his way back 385 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,317 into this fight, chris. 386 00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:01,285 [chris] you can see blacksmith trying 387 00:17:01,287 --> 00:17:03,154 to get around to the sides of shatter! 388 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:04,756 And avoid that weapon 389 00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:07,692 about 90 seconds remaining here. 390 00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:10,528 [kenny] oh, and here shatter! Caught in a kilt zone. 391 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:11,929 Black reverse tail. 392 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:15,099 And shatter! Is going every shot, it reverse now. 393 00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:18,903 [chris] unbelievable, no matter what blacksmith does, 394 00:17:18,905 --> 00:17:21,172 it can't seem to avoid that giant weapon, 395 00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:24,275 just too much reach from that bot brooklyn 396 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:28,279 and blacksmith seems unable to fire its hammer arm at all. 397 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:32,383 [kenny] oh, that was a beautiful hit 398 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:33,651 and another. 399 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:36,454 [chris] shatter! Pushing blacksmith to the [inaudible]. 400 00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:38,523 Has shot, holy smokes. 401 00:17:39,893 --> 00:17:43,194 Again, it's combination shots as well as not just one. 402 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:45,930 [kenny] oh, look how precise that is. 403 00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:50,034 [chris] but under a minute to go those kill saw. 404 00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:51,903 [kenny] nice job there from blacksmith 405 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,337 by attacking with planks. 406 00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:55,306 Something that's been hard to do here 407 00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:57,975 against a bot as athletic as shatter! 408 00:17:57,977 --> 00:17:59,710 With its omni-directional wheels. 409 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:03,147 [chris] oh, nice job by blacksmith 410 00:18:03,149 --> 00:18:05,016 because you enter into the rails. 411 00:18:05,018 --> 00:18:07,952 [kenny] blacksmith making a push in the control category 412 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,854 down the stretch here, but shatter! 413 00:18:09,856 --> 00:18:11,689 Not letting up for a second. 414 00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:17,095 [chris] adam wrigley continues to throw that mary special. 415 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:19,030 But now here's blacksmith suddenly finding 416 00:18:19,032 --> 00:18:20,932 on the right angle 417 00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:24,735 showing off that real [inaudible] right in shutting shatter! 418 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:26,437 All around the battlebots. 419 00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:29,507 [kenny] great effort by al kindle to end this battle. 420 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:34,145 [chris] oh, [inaudible] arms of mary special, 421 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:37,548 shatter! Swinging away as time expires. 422 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:40,651 And this is one is going to go into the judges. 423 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:44,388 They are derek young. 424 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:49,494 Jason bardis and lisa winter scoring on an 11 point system, 425 00:18:49,496 --> 00:18:51,996 five points can be awarded for damage, 426 00:18:51,998 --> 00:18:55,600 three a piece for aggression and control. 427 00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:00,204 Kenny, I have two words for you, 428 00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:02,373 mary special. 429 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:04,342 [kenny] oh, man, you got to love it 430 00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:06,110 when a plan comes together. 431 00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:08,312 Adam wrigley designed this weapon 432 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,715 for maximum reach and precision. 433 00:19:10,717 --> 00:19:13,985 And boy, did it perform perfectly 434 00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:16,220 taking out blacksmith's weapon belts, 435 00:19:16,222 --> 00:19:18,856 disabling the hammer and, in my opinion, 436 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,625 delivering shatter! The victory. 437 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:25,163 [chris] blacksmith was able to land a shot 438 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:28,065 to the mary special very early in this fight, 439 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:31,002 it almost changed the course of the entire match, 440 00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:32,236 but shatter! Survived, 441 00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:35,173 it simply went on to dominate as well. 442 00:19:35,175 --> 00:19:38,342 Let's see how the judges broke this one down. 443 00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:41,078 Here is faruq with the decision. 444 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,414 The results from the judges are in. 445 00:19:43,416 --> 00:19:45,583 [audience cheering] 446 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:52,490 the winner by unanimous decision is... 447 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,928 Shatter! 448 00:19:56,930 --> 00:19:59,030 [audience cheering and applauding] 449 00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:01,032 [music playing] 450 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:03,167 [applauding] 451 00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:09,540 [chris] adam wrigley. 452 00:20:11,044 --> 00:20:12,243 I'm guessing that's the way 453 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:14,245 the mary special is supposed to work? 454 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:17,048 The mary special did its job. [laughs] 455 00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:19,450 mary, what's it like 456 00:20:19,452 --> 00:20:23,588 having a destructive killer weapon named after you? 457 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:24,722 [chuckles] 458 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:25,823 it feels right. 459 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:28,125 [laughing] 460 00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:31,329 adam, is this the start you envisioned 461 00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:33,898 when you joined us here for the 2021 season? 462 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:37,068 I try not to envision anything, so I don't jinx it, 463 00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:39,203 but this is great. [chuckles] 464 00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:41,472 and very quickly, what do you think of 2 and 0, 465 00:20:41,474 --> 00:20:43,874 impressive start like this says to the selection committee? 466 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:44,909 Undefeated, I mean, 467 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:47,011 that makes us the number one seed right now, right. 468 00:20:47,013 --> 00:20:49,680 -I think we're pretty excited. -[audience cheering and applauding] 469 00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:52,250 that says it all. Congratulations to team shatter! 470 00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:54,252 [audience cheering] 471 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:56,487 [applauding] 472 00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:00,925 [chris] adam wrigley all smiles 473 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:03,194 as his weapon works to perfection, 474 00:21:03,196 --> 00:21:05,396 shatter! Off to a very impressive 475 00:21:05,398 --> 00:21:06,931 2 and 0 start, 476 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:10,401 and is looking like a shoo-in for the tournament. 477 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:14,238 Up next, p1 upset valkyrie 478 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,274 in its first match of the season, 479 00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:20,778 but can he survive a tag team beat down for rookie jager? 480 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:21,946 And stay tuned 481 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,881 for the main event of the evening 482 00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:26,417 where defending champion, end game, 483 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:28,386 will look to get underneath the skin 484 00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,721 of the wily witch doctor. 485 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:34,592 That's later tonight on battlebots. 486 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:43,401 [applause] 487 00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:46,003 we continue on here on battlebots 488 00:21:46,005 --> 00:21:50,274 and p1 steps inside the box for the second time this season, 489 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:52,376 and they will be taking on jager, 490 00:21:52,378 --> 00:21:54,812 a rookie bot out of germany. 491 00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:57,281 As for p1 captain brandon zalinsky, 492 00:21:57,283 --> 00:21:59,350 this is a crossroads moment. 493 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,019 After an upset victory 494 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:05,222 over last season's most destructive bot, valkyrie, 495 00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:09,026 brandon's coming off arguably the biggest win of his career. 496 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:12,263 So, the question can he make it a trend and go 2 an 0, kenny? 497 00:22:12,265 --> 00:22:14,332 [kenny] well, we know brandon came into this season 498 00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:19,236 with a huge chip on his shoulder after not making the round of 32 499 00:22:19,238 --> 00:22:22,206 due to a week strict of schedule but with the win here 500 00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:24,308 to match his impressive debut, 501 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:26,310 he would put himself in a great position 502 00:22:26,312 --> 00:22:28,112 to make this year's tournament 503 00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:31,749 and prove p1 is a team to be reckoned with. 504 00:22:31,751 --> 00:22:35,119 Taking on a rookie bot named jager, it's very interesting. 505 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:38,222 It's a multi-bot, meaning it's 2 separate robots 506 00:22:38,224 --> 00:22:42,126 in this case, both weighing in around 125 pounds. 507 00:22:42,128 --> 00:22:44,762 The idea here is that fighting 2 bots 508 00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:46,530 and a variety of weapons 509 00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:49,700 is more difficult than dealing with just one. 510 00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:50,935 But the truth is, 511 00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:53,170 multi bots haven't enjoyed much success here 512 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,172 at battlebots, kenny. 513 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:57,908 [kenny] yeah, it's a really cool idea in theory. 514 00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,144 We've seen similar teams like gemini 515 00:23:00,146 --> 00:23:01,879 and the four horsemen in years past, 516 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:04,648 but ultimately a 150 pound robot 517 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:07,885 getting hit by a 250 pound robot, 518 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:11,122 you don't need to be an engineer to guess how that usually ends. 519 00:23:11,124 --> 00:23:13,691 Let's see if rookie captain, ralf schneider, 520 00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:15,960 can crack the code with jager. 521 00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:18,028 [audience cheering and applauding] 522 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:19,764 [chris] both teams are all wrapped up 523 00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:22,099 and ready to go on the driver's deck. 524 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,602 Let's get you straight into the action. 525 00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:28,572 [robot] red team, ready. 526 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:32,977 [chris] and there is jager captain ralf schneider 527 00:23:32,979 --> 00:23:34,078 and kenny. 528 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:37,181 He actually has three robots in the mix tonight. 529 00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:38,249 [kenny] that's right, 530 00:23:38,317 --> 00:23:40,384 he brought an under cutter named toe kicker, 531 00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:42,787 a hammer saw called arm muscle, 532 00:23:42,789 --> 00:23:43,954 and a wedge mini bot 533 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:46,290 that apparently didn't deserve a cool name. 534 00:23:46,292 --> 00:23:49,460 If battlebots is a game of rock, paper, scissors, 535 00:23:49,462 --> 00:23:51,729 jager is trying to be all three. 536 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:55,666 [robot] blue team, ready. 537 00:23:57,370 --> 00:23:59,737 [chris] kenny, brandon zalinsky built p1 538 00:23:59,739 --> 00:24:01,405 to look kind of like a race car 539 00:24:01,407 --> 00:24:05,609 and it looked as the fastest one in that win over valkyrie. 540 00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:08,245 [kenny] no doubt the one two punch of p1's speed 541 00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:10,881 and low profile allowed it to dominate 542 00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:12,416 the ground game in that match. 543 00:24:12,418 --> 00:24:15,085 Brandon plan to take the same approach here. 544 00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:16,921 Let's see how he handles the chaos 545 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:18,589 of fighting a multi-bot. 546 00:24:18,591 --> 00:24:21,025 [audience cheering and applauding] 547 00:24:34,106 --> 00:24:37,141 [audience chanting] 548 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:46,183 [buzzer] 549 00:24:46,185 --> 00:24:48,953 [chris] let the bot battles begin. Oh! 550 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:51,255 P1 takes out the mini bot, 551 00:24:51,257 --> 00:24:52,990 but the little guy comes bouncing back 552 00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:54,925 and gets underneath p1. 553 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:57,962 [kenny] uh-oh. That mini-bot has high center p1. 554 00:24:57,964 --> 00:24:59,230 [chris] oh, uh-oh! 555 00:24:59,232 --> 00:25:01,432 [kenny] and that hammer saw has made him fire! 556 00:25:01,434 --> 00:25:02,967 [chris] how about jager 557 00:25:02,969 --> 00:25:05,669 using the mini-bot to perfection there. 558 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:07,204 [thud] 559 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:10,708 -[kenny] oh! Ho-ho. -[chris] the undercutter getting in on the action 560 00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:12,776 but here is p1 battling back, 561 00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:15,479 always a challenge to decide which robot to attack 562 00:25:15,481 --> 00:25:18,415 when facing a multi-bot, tough decision. 563 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:21,018 [kenny] p1 able to get under jager's hammer saw 564 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,286 with ease there. 565 00:25:23,556 --> 00:25:27,191 [chris] oh! P1 rocks the advance by the undercutter, 566 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,560 it kind of put it in the friend zone. 567 00:25:30,796 --> 00:25:32,396 [kenny] looks like jager's hammer saw 568 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:34,231 is having trouble riding itself 569 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:36,734 as p1 drives the undercutter toe kicker 570 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:38,135 into the screws, chris. 571 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:39,370 [audience cheering] 572 00:25:39,372 --> 00:25:42,106 [chris] let's remember, p1 has got to dismantle 573 00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:47,278 both of the 125 pound bots in order to register a knockout. 574 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,313 [kenny] yeah, let's see if toe kicker can try 575 00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:51,682 to bring his other buddy here back to life. 576 00:25:51,684 --> 00:25:53,317 Oh, get him up on the upper deck. 577 00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:54,852 -Oh, let's go! -Tow them out. 578 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:57,288 -[chris] that is impressive. -[kenny] brilliant! 579 00:25:57,290 --> 00:26:00,424 [chris] and I am not too sure if that robot can work its way 580 00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:01,892 off of the upper deck. 581 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:05,429 [kenny] brandon zalinsky is driving on fire tonight. 582 00:26:05,431 --> 00:26:08,098 [chris] as he talks jager's mini-bot there 583 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,367 and now drives it into the screws. 584 00:26:10,369 --> 00:26:11,402 Five, four... 585 00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:13,437 The ref is counting out the team from germany. 586 00:26:13,439 --> 00:26:15,906 -[referee] two... -[kenny] oh, he's back... He's back. 587 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:18,142 [chris] oh, jager, slips off the upper deck. 588 00:26:18,144 --> 00:26:21,946 And stops the countdown just in time. That was amazing. 589 00:26:21,948 --> 00:26:26,050 [kenny] check out the mini-bot stuck to the front of p1. 590 00:26:26,052 --> 00:26:28,319 [chris] but not anymore as toe kicker 591 00:26:28,321 --> 00:26:30,387 goes from reeling into both bots, 592 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:32,990 p1 right back on top of it. 593 00:26:32,992 --> 00:26:34,291 [kenny] wow. 594 00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:37,127 [chris] so only one of the two big bots has been dismantled. 595 00:26:37,129 --> 00:26:41,031 So now it's about half the size of p1 596 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:42,399 - that is going to try and... -[kenny] oh. 597 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:45,336 [chris] ...Stick around for another minute. 598 00:26:45,338 --> 00:26:47,104 [kenny] now this is a problem, you know, 599 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,106 when you're having mass versus mass, 600 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:53,377 you have 125 pound robot going to get a 250 pounds robot, 601 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:55,079 it's kind of like manny pacquiao 602 00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:57,047 trying to contend with mike tyson. 603 00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:58,082 Good luck. 604 00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:02,152 [chris] and look at p1 doing yeoman's work, 605 00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:05,689 trying to get that bot back up on the upper deck. 606 00:27:05,691 --> 00:27:06,890 [kenny] all over him. 607 00:27:06,892 --> 00:27:10,861 [chris] can he do it? Oh, uh-oh. 608 00:27:10,863 --> 00:27:13,731 Little smoke, good use of the flipper. 609 00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,866 [kenny] look at that placement there, chris. 610 00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:17,368 [chris] so impressive. 611 00:27:17,370 --> 00:27:20,237 Toe kicker, though, is back down on the floor 612 00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:21,905 trying to do whatever it can 613 00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:23,707 to get its wheels back on the ground, 614 00:27:23,709 --> 00:27:25,075 even utilizing its own weapon. 615 00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:26,443 Ten, nine, eight, seven... 616 00:27:26,445 --> 00:27:28,812 [chris] now the countdown has started again. 617 00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:30,547 -Six, five, four, three, -[chris] and this time. 618 00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:33,517 -Two, one. -That's a knockout! [kenny] wow. 619 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:34,685 [audience cheering] 620 00:27:34,687 --> 00:27:36,420 [chris] p1 has done it. 621 00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:40,758 Nice job by brandon zalinsky 622 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,427 who improves to 2-0 on this season. 623 00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:47,464 I got to give p1 some serious credit, 624 00:27:47,466 --> 00:27:49,767 if that was me in the center of that box, 625 00:27:49,769 --> 00:27:51,168 my head would be spinning. 626 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,970 I wouldn't know which one to go after. 627 00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:54,238 [kenny] no doubt about it. 628 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,940 And jager got off to a great start in this fight 629 00:27:56,942 --> 00:27:59,376 high centering p1 with its mini-bot 630 00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:01,812 and then landing a shot with arm muscle, 631 00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:03,714 its hammer saw. 632 00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:06,717 [chris] but from that point on, it was all p1 633 00:28:06,719 --> 00:28:08,385 utilizing its signature speed 634 00:28:08,387 --> 00:28:12,089 and ground scraping wedge to get underneath arm muscle 635 00:28:12,091 --> 00:28:16,126 and even its lifter to punch jager's undercut toe kicker 636 00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:17,961 onto the upper deck. 637 00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:20,064 [kenny] a great display of control 638 00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:21,999 by brandon zalinsky in this fight. 639 00:28:22,001 --> 00:28:23,333 Jager hung in there 640 00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:25,936 and almost made it to the full three minutes, 641 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,905 but in the end, you saw the danger 642 00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:30,374 of bringing a multi-bot to the party, chris. 643 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:32,276 [chris] yeah, once you lose that first bot, 644 00:28:32,278 --> 00:28:33,977 it's only a matter of time. 645 00:28:33,979 --> 00:28:36,980 You know, jager means hunter in german, kenny, 646 00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:39,616 but it was p1's prey in this one. 647 00:28:42,154 --> 00:28:43,587 [audience cheering] 648 00:28:43,589 --> 00:28:44,955 [chris] brandon zelinsky. 649 00:28:44,957 --> 00:28:46,390 [laughs] 650 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:48,358 brandon zelinsky, you're all smiles. 651 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,228 Is that the best driving you've ever done? 652 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:53,163 Um, I want the best... 653 00:28:53,165 --> 00:28:54,965 I want the best driving I've ever done 654 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:56,166 to be in my next fight. 655 00:28:56,168 --> 00:28:58,135 Just get better every single fight. 656 00:28:58,137 --> 00:29:02,339 So what was it like facing multiple bots at the same time? 657 00:29:02,341 --> 00:29:03,407 Was it a little confusing? 658 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:05,042 Uh. It was hard. 659 00:29:05,044 --> 00:29:07,177 I was trying to focus on the horizontal initially, 660 00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:09,346 but you have a plan and then you start fighting 661 00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:11,048 and then it's like, oh, the robot is over here, 662 00:29:11,050 --> 00:29:12,316 so I'm going to start hitting him. 663 00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:15,152 The lift by his mini-bot I did not see coming. 664 00:29:15,154 --> 00:29:17,321 It's an incredibly powerful little robot. 665 00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:19,423 I was scared for quite a bit there 666 00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:21,458 that they would be able to take a wheel off 667 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:22,793 or something like that. 668 00:29:22,795 --> 00:29:23,827 But once we got off, 669 00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:26,063 we were able to kind of control the fight. 670 00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:28,866 We were able to get the... The top attack knocked over 671 00:29:28,868 --> 00:29:30,234 and we... We were able 672 00:29:30,236 --> 00:29:32,503 to kind of just maybe get the horizontal 673 00:29:32,505 --> 00:29:34,538 onto the shelf and not quite. 674 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:37,040 You guys keep getting better. Congratulations. 675 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:38,175 Thank you so much. 676 00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:40,144 [audience cheering] 677 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:46,250 [chris] okay, so p1 notches win number two 678 00:29:46,252 --> 00:29:49,353 in what's quickly becoming a breakout season. 679 00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:51,989 Keep an eye out for whether the committee rewards them 680 00:29:51,991 --> 00:29:55,959 with a marquee match up in their third and final fight. 681 00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,062 Coming up, 682 00:29:59,064 --> 00:30:01,198 the most feared flipper in the galaxy. 683 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,736 Hydra is backed into a corner and desperate for a victory. 684 00:30:05,738 --> 00:30:09,106 Standing in its way about the hard to kill 685 00:30:09,108 --> 00:30:12,176 and will melt your grill, that's gruff. 686 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:15,345 And that's next on battlebots. 687 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:20,584 [audience cheering] 688 00:30:21,554 --> 00:30:23,487 [chris] welcome back to battlebots. 689 00:30:23,489 --> 00:30:25,956 We've got three matches in the books here 690 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:27,691 on tonight's fight card. 691 00:30:27,693 --> 00:30:30,828 And up next it is hydra versus gruff. 692 00:30:30,830 --> 00:30:31,962 [audience cheering] 693 00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:34,264 last year's number one seed, hydra 694 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:36,934 and captain jake ewert make their money 695 00:30:36,936 --> 00:30:39,336 dominating what builders like to refer to 696 00:30:39,338 --> 00:30:41,705 as the ground game, kenny. 697 00:30:41,707 --> 00:30:43,707 [kenny] it's crucial for their success, 698 00:30:43,709 --> 00:30:44,908 but not just for them. 699 00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:46,944 So many bots in the field depend 700 00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:48,846 on getting under their opponents. 701 00:30:48,848 --> 00:30:50,514 It's an engineering challenge 702 00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:54,017 that comes down to not inches, but millimeters. 703 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:59,857 For 50% of the bots, the game is played 704 00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:02,526 on the front edge of your weapon. 705 00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:04,962 Forks, wedge, there's a lot of advantages 706 00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:07,431 to being able to get underneath another robot. 707 00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:10,367 [jack] if you can get under the opponent, 708 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,069 you can control them. 709 00:31:12,071 --> 00:31:13,904 [chris] oh! 710 00:31:13,906 --> 00:31:16,139 [kenny] hydra is just so low to the ground chris, 711 00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:18,242 they're dominating this fight right now. 712 00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:20,110 You can lift them off the ground, 713 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:22,279 drive them around, take them wherever you want. 714 00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:23,680 If you're a vertical spinner, 715 00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:25,315 then you're placing them right at the sweet spot. 716 00:31:25,317 --> 00:31:30,120 -[chris] my gosh! -[kenny] end game showing the low-end wins. 717 00:31:30,122 --> 00:31:32,689 Whoever is the lowest, whoever makes that first contact 718 00:31:32,691 --> 00:31:34,424 is going to win the rest of the match. 719 00:31:34,426 --> 00:31:36,994 It could be easily decide in 10 seconds. 720 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:38,462 [kenny] jamison go told us 721 00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:40,464 this will be a battle for low ground, it is. 722 00:31:40,466 --> 00:31:42,099 What do you got chris? 723 00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:44,134 [jack] if you don't have a ground game, 724 00:31:44,136 --> 00:31:46,370 you're going to be in a world of hurt usually. 725 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:54,011 This wedge we grind this flat angle 726 00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:56,046 across the front of it. 727 00:31:56,048 --> 00:31:58,482 And hopefully anything that comes in at it 728 00:31:58,484 --> 00:31:59,917 will just be lifted up. 729 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:01,385 [chris] jack barker on the attack, 730 00:32:01,387 --> 00:32:03,120 a nice shot on rotator. 731 00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:05,122 [victor] rotator was not really designed to like 732 00:32:05,124 --> 00:32:08,191 use forks or be able to push other robots around. 733 00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:09,693 It was just to meant to do damage. 734 00:32:09,695 --> 00:32:12,496 [chris] rotator retreat and that blade still spinning 735 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:14,598 and now going for a ride. 736 00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:17,334 [victor] last year, we had beta 737 00:32:17,336 --> 00:32:19,336 just giving us a ride around the arena. 738 00:32:19,338 --> 00:32:21,271 Now how do we fix that? 739 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,106 If you prevent the robot from getting underneath you, 740 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:24,374 they can't control you. 741 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:26,376 So now there's this kind of escalation 742 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:29,546 of ground scraping claws and forks. 743 00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:32,049 Fork extremity is getting longer and longer 744 00:32:32,051 --> 00:32:33,317 and sharper and sharper. 745 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:36,887 Every match we have curls of the arena floor 746 00:32:36,889 --> 00:32:39,990 that we have to actually peel off the ends of our forks 747 00:32:39,992 --> 00:32:42,759 just because we plain that thing so smooth. 748 00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:44,161 [angle grinding] 749 00:32:44,163 --> 00:32:46,897 there are definitely some risks in trying to play the low game. 750 00:32:46,899 --> 00:32:48,999 [kenny] end game hung up on something chris. 751 00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:51,268 [chris] no, it is a sitting duck at this point. 752 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:53,370 [jack] the kill saws, the hell raises, 753 00:32:53,372 --> 00:32:54,805 even the floor seems 754 00:32:54,807 --> 00:32:56,907 you can get stuck in them if you're not careful. 755 00:32:56,909 --> 00:32:58,942 We've really tried to resist the ground game 756 00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:00,844 with witch doctor as long as we can. 757 00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:02,379 Some of our best characteristics 758 00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:04,381 are that we're super maneuverable and super aggressive, 759 00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:06,383 and we don't want to lose that with the forks. 760 00:33:06,385 --> 00:33:08,852 This is battlebots, we want to fight with weapons. 761 00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:11,288 [chris] sawblaze winning the low ground battle. 762 00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:15,225 Witch doctor doesn't care. They've just going on attack. 763 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:16,326 [andrea] but at the same time, 764 00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:17,961 we can be eliminated from the tournament 765 00:33:17,963 --> 00:33:19,096 because we don't have forks, 766 00:33:19,098 --> 00:33:20,364 so we're not watching what's happening, 767 00:33:20,366 --> 00:33:21,898 so we have to react to that. 768 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,500 It's a delicate balance you've got to ride. 769 00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:25,869 Too much if you go too far, 770 00:33:25,871 --> 00:33:28,071 it's going to be really difficult for you. 771 00:33:28,073 --> 00:33:30,540 [chris] hydra getting stuck on the floor a bit, 772 00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:34,244 now looking to engage, gets underneath end game. 773 00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:36,113 Oh, look at that! 774 00:33:36,115 --> 00:33:37,381 [jake] I don't care if I can't make it 775 00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:39,149 off the four by four square. 776 00:33:39,151 --> 00:33:40,317 I don't want to lose that war. 777 00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:42,252 I'm going to have to keep on sharper and sharper 778 00:33:42,254 --> 00:33:45,956 and then eventually I won't be able to get out of my starting blocks, 779 00:33:45,958 --> 00:33:48,291 but he is still got to try to beat me there. 780 00:33:50,295 --> 00:33:51,828 [audience cheering] 781 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:53,397 [chris] over the last few seasons 782 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:57,134 hydra laid claim to being the lowest bot in the field, 783 00:33:57,136 --> 00:33:58,835 but last year it was end game 784 00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:00,270 who used their ground game 785 00:34:00,272 --> 00:34:03,273 to March all the way to the giant nut. 786 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:07,077 And after the defending champ put hydra in an 0-1 hole 787 00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:08,345 to start the season, 788 00:34:08,347 --> 00:34:10,914 captain jake ewert now turns his attention 789 00:34:10,916 --> 00:34:13,250 to tonight's opponent, gruff. 790 00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:15,352 [kenny] yeah, jake is definitely not impressed 791 00:34:15,354 --> 00:34:17,754 with how hydra performed in that first fight, 792 00:34:17,756 --> 00:34:20,190 and he's certainly not okay with going 0-2. 793 00:34:20,192 --> 00:34:22,993 He wants to use hydra's advantage in the ground game 794 00:34:22,995 --> 00:34:24,094 to get under gruff 795 00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:27,164 and flip his way to a victory in this matchup. 796 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:29,366 [chris] gruff, of course, the lifter bot 797 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,201 built kind of like a bomb shelter 798 00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:32,836 off to a 1-0 start 799 00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:35,505 with a win over rookie switchback. 800 00:34:35,507 --> 00:34:38,341 Captain sam mcamis, he's got to know that a win 801 00:34:38,343 --> 00:34:41,011 against last year's number one tournament seed 802 00:34:41,013 --> 00:34:42,846 would put him in the fast lane 803 00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:45,315 toward a spot in the round of 32. 804 00:34:45,317 --> 00:34:46,316 [kenny] oh for sure. 805 00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:49,052 After a debut win over a rookie team, 806 00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:52,189 gruff is now facing the cream of the crop in hydra, 807 00:34:52,191 --> 00:34:56,093 but it is an opportunity here to put hydra to the test 808 00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:58,261 after the flipper faced mechanical issues 809 00:34:58,263 --> 00:34:59,429 in that first fight. 810 00:34:59,531 --> 00:35:02,199 We know gruff is built to go the full three minutes. 811 00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:05,869 Can it outlast hydra here? Should be a good one. 812 00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:08,038 Let's get to it. Faruq. 813 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,107 [audience cheering and applauding] 814 00:35:12,377 --> 00:35:15,278 in the red square. Hey, everyone. 815 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:16,880 It's your captain faruq here. 816 00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:19,349 Wanted to thank you guys for flying hydra airlines. 817 00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:21,118 We're going to be getting loves here in a second 818 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,753 and then we'll be cruising at about 35,000 feet. 819 00:35:23,755 --> 00:35:25,956 It's going to be a bumpy ride, so buckle up. 820 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:28,158 Flight attendants will be around to take your orders 821 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,326 for your last meal 822 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:31,161 and in the very likely event of a crash landing, 823 00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:33,430 sit back, relax and enjoy your demise. 824 00:35:33,432 --> 00:35:35,432 You're now free to move about your coffin. 825 00:35:35,434 --> 00:35:39,903 Thanks again for flying the deadly skies with hydra! 826 00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:42,072 [audience cheering] 827 00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:46,176 [chris] we're gonna crush it, faruq. 828 00:35:46,178 --> 00:35:47,777 Plenty of bots out there have 829 00:35:47,779 --> 00:35:49,779 frequent flier miles on this airline. 830 00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:53,216 Jake ewert all smiles despite the losing start 831 00:35:53,218 --> 00:35:57,087 and says his flipper's looking better than last year. 832 00:35:57,089 --> 00:35:59,990 [kenny] yeah, jake said his pup burned out in that last fight 833 00:35:59,992 --> 00:36:02,058 and took the electronics out with it. 834 00:36:02,060 --> 00:36:04,794 But he's basically rebuilt the weapons system 835 00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:07,797 and says not only is he going to be able to flip, 836 00:36:07,799 --> 00:36:11,034 he might even set a new battlebots record for flips. 837 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:13,570 [chris] they better breakout that abacus for this one. 838 00:36:13,572 --> 00:36:15,539 [audience cheering and applauding] 839 00:36:15,541 --> 00:36:17,574 [faruq] in the blue square, 840 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:19,442 this bot is named after a kid's book 841 00:36:19,444 --> 00:36:21,278 that's pretty legendary. 842 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:25,282 Oh, the places you'll go like inside the cemetery. 843 00:36:25,284 --> 00:36:28,185 Going against him, you're definitely going to perish, 844 00:36:28,187 --> 00:36:32,556 you must have one fish, two fish, bluefish, death wish. 845 00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:35,926 Give it up for gruff! 846 00:36:35,928 --> 00:36:38,094 [audience cheering] 847 00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:42,132 [chris] here is sam mcamis and team. 848 00:36:42,134 --> 00:36:45,802 Gruff, a pair of oven mitts covering the robot there, 849 00:36:45,804 --> 00:36:49,172 because that's just how powerful its flamethrower is. 850 00:36:49,174 --> 00:36:52,709 How's it going to handle being airborne, though, kenny? 851 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:54,711 [kenny] well, we've said it over and over 852 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,413 that gruff is built like a tank, 853 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:58,882 but this should be a very different test 854 00:36:58,884 --> 00:37:00,350 of the bot's durability. 855 00:37:00,352 --> 00:37:02,485 We know it can survive massive collisions, 856 00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:03,720 but that only matters 857 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:05,689 if they're not flipped onto their head. 858 00:37:05,691 --> 00:37:07,257 Sam will have to make sure 859 00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:11,094 those forks are equally as useful as a self-righter, 860 00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:13,163 as they are as a primary weapon. 861 00:37:13,165 --> 00:37:16,366 [audience cheering] 862 00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:20,136 we're going against gruff today, 863 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,038 and although he's not a big spinner, 864 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,207 which I'm usually going to have to go against, 865 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:25,442 it could be a driving battle today. 866 00:37:25,444 --> 00:37:27,244 So it's going to be a little bit of a fun one. 867 00:37:27,246 --> 00:37:29,846 Last fight against end game was bad. 868 00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:33,116 Our pump went out right away, so I gave him a freebie 869 00:37:33,118 --> 00:37:35,885 but hopefully this time our pump works the whole time 870 00:37:35,887 --> 00:37:36,953 and we can just, you know, 871 00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:38,822 go for the record number of flips. 872 00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:40,690 We're going to go for 30 this match. 873 00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:43,526 We're one and 0 right now. Basically, if we win, we're in. 874 00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:46,463 Our plan is to try to position ourselves between hydra 875 00:37:46,465 --> 00:37:49,733 and the upper deck so that if he does flip us, 876 00:37:49,735 --> 00:37:51,368 we go on that and we have a chance 877 00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:53,169 to kind of recover and reposition. 878 00:37:53,171 --> 00:37:54,771 Whereas if he not launches us 879 00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,439 against like one of the regular walls of the arena, 880 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:59,175 those new guards are going to basically just knock us down 881 00:37:59,177 --> 00:38:00,710 and let him flip, keep flipping us. 882 00:38:00,712 --> 00:38:01,978 If he gets us on the upper deck, 883 00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:03,446 it give us a chance to kind of regroup 884 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:05,649 and go for another attack. 885 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:09,286 [audience cheering] 886 00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:13,890 [robotic voice] robots, activate. 887 00:38:13,892 --> 00:38:17,093 [audience cheering] 888 00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:21,665 [chris] last year's number one tournament seed 889 00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:24,868 has its back against the wall, folks. 890 00:38:24,870 --> 00:38:29,139 Can hydra avoid the dreaded 0-2 start to a season 891 00:38:29,141 --> 00:38:35,178 or will gruff send its dreams of a giant nut up in flames. 892 00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:39,983 Find out next when battlebots continues. 893 00:38:43,689 --> 00:38:45,689 [music playing] 894 00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:48,191 [audience cheering] 895 00:38:48,193 --> 00:38:49,959 [chris] welcome back to battlebots. 896 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:51,795 The carnage continues 897 00:38:51,797 --> 00:38:54,497 as last year's number one seed, hydra, 898 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,700 looks to avoid an 0-2 to start 899 00:38:56,702 --> 00:39:00,303 against the flaming forks of gruff. 900 00:39:07,579 --> 00:39:10,680 [audience cheering] 901 00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:19,255 [audience chanting] 902 00:39:29,735 --> 00:39:32,569 [chris] let the bot battle begin. 903 00:39:32,571 --> 00:39:35,338 The bots meet in the center of the dance floor 904 00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:37,741 and gruff already looking to turn the temperature up 905 00:39:37,743 --> 00:39:39,309 inside the box. 906 00:39:39,311 --> 00:39:41,277 [kenny] hydra just missed an opportunity 907 00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:43,680 to get underneath gruff there. 908 00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:46,549 [chris] the battle for low ground on display right there. 909 00:39:47,953 --> 00:39:50,553 Oh, there's a mini... Mini flip. 910 00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:55,024 Oh, gruff on its head now. 911 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,727 And he stop right under this, not so fast my friend. 912 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:01,898 Here is another. 913 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:05,368 [chris] hydra putting the pressure on gruff right now. 914 00:40:05,370 --> 00:40:07,070 [kenny] he is finding his grove now. 915 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:09,839 There's another good opportunity to get him on the upper deck 916 00:40:09,841 --> 00:40:12,308 [chris] oh and gruff grinding nuggets. 917 00:40:12,310 --> 00:40:14,043 His crew is trying to avoid 918 00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:15,845 getting caught on the upper deck. 919 00:40:15,847 --> 00:40:17,547 [kenny] fire leaking from more than 920 00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:19,983 just gruff's flame thrower now chris 921 00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:22,519 [chris] hydra trying to take gruff, 922 00:40:22,521 --> 00:40:24,087 like it didn't quite work. 923 00:40:25,223 --> 00:40:26,289 Oh, yeah, 924 00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:27,357 nice shot there. 925 00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:29,359 [kenny] oh, he tumbles towards the screws. 926 00:40:29,361 --> 00:40:31,828 [chris] oh, yeah, he has got right on the screws. 927 00:40:31,830 --> 00:40:33,029 That'll drag him up 928 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:34,731 and then eventually spit him out. 929 00:40:34,733 --> 00:40:36,399 Hydra is trying to get under it. 930 00:40:36,401 --> 00:40:38,268 [kenny] he is chewed and screwed right now 931 00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:39,536 in the battlebots. 932 00:40:39,538 --> 00:40:43,006 [chris] that sounds nasty kenny, keep that to yourself. 933 00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:45,308 [chris] oh, that's a big one. 934 00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:47,143 Went right off the glass. 935 00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:50,747 Kenny, hydra is racking up the flips, 936 00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,715 but it's going to take more than this to knockout gruff. 937 00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:57,320 [kenny] chris, hydra flipper doesn't have anywhere near 938 00:40:57,322 --> 00:40:58,922 its max power right now. 939 00:40:58,924 --> 00:41:01,891 And the longer jake ewert, let's gruff hang around, 940 00:41:01,893 --> 00:41:04,627 the more likely hydra is to get in trouble here. 941 00:41:06,932 --> 00:41:08,364 [chris] gruff super durable. 942 00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:10,433 - Even with fire, hydra tried out, -[kenny] oh! 943 00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:12,402 Run it out of the side line. 944 00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:13,503 [chris] he did it. 945 00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:14,471 Yeah. 946 00:41:14,473 --> 00:41:16,039 He did it. 947 00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:17,474 [kenny] are you kidding me. 948 00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:20,243 [chris] the countdown has started. 949 00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:22,979 -[referee] eight, seven, six, five... -[chris] my goodness. 950 00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:25,248 -[chris] and sam, the game has got only one, -four, three, 951 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:27,417 -two, one. - His dreams got dumped in flames. 952 00:41:27,419 --> 00:41:28,685 [referee] knockout. 953 00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:32,889 [chris] hydra evens in season record 954 00:41:32,891 --> 00:41:34,858 at one and one. 955 00:41:34,860 --> 00:41:36,426 [kenny laughs] 956 00:41:38,196 --> 00:41:39,596 [chris] so, kenny, no doubt 957 00:41:39,598 --> 00:41:42,765 hydra was all over gruff in this one, 958 00:41:42,767 --> 00:41:44,067 but I have the feeling 959 00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:46,302 jake ewert isn't going to be satisfied 960 00:41:46,304 --> 00:41:47,337 with his performance. 961 00:41:47,339 --> 00:41:48,304 Will he? 962 00:41:48,306 --> 00:41:50,073 [kenny] I'm not so sure chris. 963 00:41:50,075 --> 00:41:52,709 Hydra connected on a ton of flips in this match, 964 00:41:52,711 --> 00:41:54,777 16 to be exact. 965 00:41:54,779 --> 00:41:56,012 But to your point, 966 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:57,881 that weapon is still lacking the pop 967 00:41:57,883 --> 00:42:01,317 that made it such a force to be reckoned with last season. 968 00:42:02,821 --> 00:42:05,955 [chris] either way, jake ewert did an excellent job of using 969 00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:10,960 the box hazards to his advantage and drove one heck of a fight. 970 00:42:10,962 --> 00:42:13,796 [kenny] tossed gruff around the box into the screws 971 00:42:13,798 --> 00:42:15,198 and just when it looked like 972 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,100 this one was going to go the distance 973 00:42:17,102 --> 00:42:19,869 hydra ended it in dramatic fashion. 974 00:42:19,871 --> 00:42:22,972 [chris] flipping gruff right out of the arena. 975 00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:25,575 Now that's how you make a statement. 976 00:42:25,577 --> 00:42:27,977 [music playing] 977 00:42:27,979 --> 00:42:29,712 [audience cheering] 978 00:42:29,714 --> 00:42:31,447 [chris] all right, jake, congratulations 979 00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:33,216 on win number one of the season. 980 00:42:33,218 --> 00:42:34,951 Kenny and I have a little bet. 981 00:42:36,221 --> 00:42:38,721 Kenny thinks you're thrilled. 982 00:42:38,723 --> 00:42:39,923 I think you're not, 983 00:42:39,925 --> 00:42:43,226 because that's... Explain to me why I won. 984 00:42:43,228 --> 00:42:45,495 It needs to be way up here. Yeah. 985 00:42:45,497 --> 00:42:47,363 We don't know why it wasn't flipping. 986 00:42:47,365 --> 00:42:49,332 It flipped before on the test box, 987 00:42:49,334 --> 00:42:51,467 so, I mean, it's glad I could control him enough 988 00:42:51,469 --> 00:42:53,236 during the match, 989 00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:56,072 but I really wanted to get him at least up on the shelf 990 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:57,507 or at least, you know, 991 00:42:57,509 --> 00:43:00,376 eight foot high, it would have been nicer, but 992 00:43:00,378 --> 00:43:02,845 I'm glad I made you guys wait, wait. 993 00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:04,314 I'm going to be that guy. Oh, yeah, I'm not. 994 00:43:04,316 --> 00:43:06,282 Does this... Does this concern you a little bit? 995 00:43:06,284 --> 00:43:08,184 Well, hopefully we can figure it out, right? 996 00:43:08,186 --> 00:43:09,986 I mean, it still works 997 00:43:09,988 --> 00:43:12,822 the way it is but I'd like to be able to damage people when they come down. 998 00:43:12,824 --> 00:43:14,857 I use gravity to beat them, so. 999 00:43:14,859 --> 00:43:18,995 And based on the performance. How would you grade your robot? 1000 00:43:18,997 --> 00:43:20,229 It's like an f right now. 1001 00:43:20,231 --> 00:43:21,397 -Really? -Oh. 1002 00:43:21,399 --> 00:43:23,166 Yeah, it's pretty low. It's really is. 1003 00:43:23,168 --> 00:43:25,201 Wow. Okay. Very unhappy. 1004 00:43:25,203 --> 00:43:27,136 You know you won, right? 1005 00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:29,439 Doesn't matter, you got to be the best, right? 1006 00:43:29,441 --> 00:43:31,708 Okay. All right, jake. Get back in the workshop. 1007 00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:34,677 -We'll see you down the line. -Okay, thank you, guys. See you. 1008 00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:37,447 [music playing] 1009 00:43:37,449 --> 00:43:40,416 [audience cheering and applauding] 1010 00:43:42,053 --> 00:43:45,521 [chris] jake ewert said he'd give himself an f. 1011 00:43:45,523 --> 00:43:48,391 I think that was a little harsh. Well, I mean, he won. 1012 00:43:48,393 --> 00:43:50,460 He got a bunch of flips off 1013 00:43:50,462 --> 00:43:53,363 and he just used to these flawless performances 1014 00:43:53,365 --> 00:43:56,232 where he's launching robots like 20 feet up in the air. 1015 00:43:56,234 --> 00:43:58,067 So, he's a little harder himself. 1016 00:43:58,069 --> 00:44:00,703 But this is why he's one of the best robots in the world as well. 1017 00:44:00,705 --> 00:44:02,705 But what did he tell us at the beginning of the season? 1018 00:44:02,707 --> 00:44:04,974 He said this bot is even better than the one 1019 00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:07,810 that went unbeaten in the regular season a year ago. 1020 00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:09,145 [kenny] he's having issues, 1021 00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:11,280 and I think that's why he's so frustrated. 1022 00:44:11,282 --> 00:44:12,782 He put a lot of work into this robot 1023 00:44:12,784 --> 00:44:14,017 thinking he was making it better, 1024 00:44:14,019 --> 00:44:17,086 but he hasn't quite seen it fulfill its potential. 1025 00:44:17,088 --> 00:44:20,189 Both robots, hydra and gruff are now 1-1. 1026 00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:24,694 Coming up both teams will choose to spin. 1027 00:44:24,696 --> 00:44:27,296 It's the wheel of misfortune as gigabyte 1028 00:44:27,298 --> 00:44:29,832 takes on captain shrederator. 1029 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:32,135 That's next here on battlebots. 1030 00:44:32,137 --> 00:44:35,204 [music playing] [audience cheering] 1031 00:44:36,107 --> 00:44:38,341 [music playing] [audience cheering] 1032 00:44:39,911 --> 00:44:41,244 [chris] welcome back to battlebots 1033 00:44:41,246 --> 00:44:42,412 coming to you 1034 00:44:42,447 --> 00:44:45,415 from the second most dangerous place in las vegas. 1035 00:44:45,417 --> 00:44:47,483 The first being between kenny florian 1036 00:44:47,485 --> 00:44:49,752 and the all-you-can-eat buffet. 1037 00:44:49,754 --> 00:44:51,120 [kenny laughs] 1038 00:44:52,223 --> 00:44:54,390 [chris] and there you see, jake ewert headed back 1039 00:44:54,392 --> 00:44:58,861 to his pit area fresh off that critical win over gruff. 1040 00:44:58,863 --> 00:45:02,031 No doubt he will have hydra flipping sky high 1041 00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:03,299 in no time. 1042 00:45:04,969 --> 00:45:06,169 Kenny, you ever feel like 1043 00:45:06,171 --> 00:45:08,604 your life is just running around in circles? 1044 00:45:08,606 --> 00:45:11,007 Well, you have arrived safely at the right place 1045 00:45:11,009 --> 00:45:14,811 because we have the rare spinner on spinner fight for you. 1046 00:45:14,813 --> 00:45:16,913 And let's start with captain shrederator, 1047 00:45:16,915 --> 00:45:19,782 which christened the 2021 season 1048 00:45:19,784 --> 00:45:22,418 with a knockout of the legendary tombstone. 1049 00:45:22,420 --> 00:45:26,189 Dare I say that brian nave has his swag back. 1050 00:45:26,191 --> 00:45:29,192 [kenny] swag all day for brian nave and for a bot 1051 00:45:29,194 --> 00:45:31,728 that's often struggled with reliability, 1052 00:45:31,730 --> 00:45:34,030 captain shrederator looked very durable 1053 00:45:34,032 --> 00:45:35,098 in that first match 1054 00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:37,400 and is riding high after knocking out 1055 00:45:37,402 --> 00:45:40,870 one of the most dangerous bots in the entire field. 1056 00:45:40,872 --> 00:45:42,405 Now brian is on cloud nine, 1057 00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,107 but he's got another tough matchup here 1058 00:45:44,109 --> 00:45:45,241 against gigabyte. 1059 00:45:45,410 --> 00:45:47,877 [chris] yeah, the other side of the swag spectrum 1060 00:45:47,879 --> 00:45:49,946 sits gigabyte and john mladenik, 1061 00:45:49,948 --> 00:45:51,314 and I think they're still stunned 1062 00:45:51,316 --> 00:45:52,882 based on what happened to them 1063 00:45:52,884 --> 00:45:54,684 in their first fight against uppercut. 1064 00:45:54,686 --> 00:45:56,319 There's no shame in losing that fight, 1065 00:45:56,321 --> 00:45:59,155 but let's not forget that gigabyte no stranger 1066 00:45:59,157 --> 00:46:01,991 to taking on full body spinners, kenny. 1067 00:46:01,993 --> 00:46:03,025 [kenny] dead on chris. 1068 00:46:03,027 --> 00:46:04,460 Last year, gigabyte tore 1069 00:46:04,462 --> 00:46:06,929 through the son of whyachi bounty tournament 1070 00:46:06,931 --> 00:46:09,232 and dethroned the legendary spinner. 1071 00:46:10,735 --> 00:46:12,101 [chris] oh, my goodness. 1072 00:46:12,103 --> 00:46:13,536 John mladenik spun, 1073 00:46:13,538 --> 00:46:16,139 it's going to take down a legend. 1074 00:46:16,141 --> 00:46:19,742 [kenny] this bot made a huge jump in durability last season. 1075 00:46:19,744 --> 00:46:21,944 Regardless of that loss to uppercut, 1076 00:46:21,946 --> 00:46:24,847 john has a lot of faith in gigabyte's ability 1077 00:46:24,849 --> 00:46:27,283 to trade shots and keep on spinning. 1078 00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:29,185 We'll see if he stays aggressive here 1079 00:46:29,187 --> 00:46:30,353 against shrederator. 1080 00:46:31,489 --> 00:46:33,389 Let's find out. Faruq? 1081 00:46:33,391 --> 00:46:35,825 [audience cheering] 1082 00:46:35,827 --> 00:46:37,994 in the red square, 1083 00:46:37,996 --> 00:46:40,363 this fighter has got fight like the great white 1084 00:46:40,365 --> 00:46:42,932 from jaws when there's blood in the water, 1085 00:46:42,934 --> 00:46:45,101 he's the most likely cause. 1086 00:46:45,103 --> 00:46:47,470 Other teams hit him with all that they've got, 1087 00:46:47,472 --> 00:46:49,005 but it's never enough, 1088 00:46:49,007 --> 00:46:51,507 you're going to need a bigger bot, 1089 00:46:51,509 --> 00:46:53,709 it's gigabyte. 1090 00:46:53,711 --> 00:46:55,211 [music playing] 1091 00:46:55,213 --> 00:46:57,313 [audience cheering and applauding] 1092 00:46:57,315 --> 00:47:00,082 [chris] john mladenik, team gigabyte, 1093 00:47:00,084 --> 00:47:02,919 hoping to shake off that brutal knockout loss 1094 00:47:02,921 --> 00:47:04,220 to uppercut, 1095 00:47:04,222 --> 00:47:07,156 but it is worth remembering they kicked off last season 1096 00:47:07,158 --> 00:47:09,859 with a tough loss as well, kenny. 1097 00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:10,993 [kenny] they did. 1098 00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:12,862 Gigabyte got destroyed by copperhead 1099 00:47:12,864 --> 00:47:14,831 in their first fight last year 1100 00:47:14,833 --> 00:47:18,067 and then went on a knockout spree that didn't end 1101 00:47:18,069 --> 00:47:21,204 until they met hydra in the round of 16. 1102 00:47:21,206 --> 00:47:22,371 This is arguably 1103 00:47:22,373 --> 00:47:25,074 the best full body spinner in the world. 1104 00:47:25,076 --> 00:47:27,043 Let's see if it can ride the ship here 1105 00:47:27,045 --> 00:47:28,211 against shrederator. 1106 00:47:28,213 --> 00:47:29,846 [music playing] 1107 00:47:29,848 --> 00:47:31,280 [audience cheering and applauding] 1108 00:47:31,282 --> 00:47:33,816 [faruq] in the blue square, 1109 00:47:33,818 --> 00:47:37,320 this next bot spins at 2,200 rpms. 1110 00:47:37,322 --> 00:47:39,055 You will die on his shield. 1111 00:47:39,057 --> 00:47:41,824 You're not avengers. You're not even friends. 1112 00:47:41,826 --> 00:47:44,694 It doesn't matter your rank for the money you spent. 1113 00:47:44,696 --> 00:47:46,896 You're getting discharged from the box, 1114 00:47:46,898 --> 00:47:49,232 call it corporal punishment. 1115 00:47:49,234 --> 00:47:53,102 It's captain shrederator. 1116 00:47:53,104 --> 00:47:55,872 [music playing] 1117 00:47:55,874 --> 00:47:59,108 [audience cheering and applauding] 1118 00:47:59,110 --> 00:48:02,378 [chris] the patriotic crew of captain shrederator 1119 00:48:02,380 --> 00:48:04,680 led by brian nave 1120 00:48:04,682 --> 00:48:06,282 saluting his fans 1121 00:48:06,284 --> 00:48:09,585 and there is the famed full body spinner, 1122 00:48:09,587 --> 00:48:11,921 which has a unique advantage in this one. 1123 00:48:11,923 --> 00:48:13,289 [kenny] it does. 1124 00:48:13,324 --> 00:48:15,925 Brian has the ability to decide which direction he wants 1125 00:48:15,927 --> 00:48:18,194 captain shrederator to spin in this fight, 1126 00:48:18,196 --> 00:48:20,429 and he's gone with the sloped shell 1127 00:48:20,431 --> 00:48:23,799 in order to act as a 360 degree wedge 1128 00:48:23,801 --> 00:48:25,935 to try and get underneath gigabyte. 1129 00:48:34,078 --> 00:48:36,345 It's been a long time since we had a season 1130 00:48:36,347 --> 00:48:38,414 where we're going forward with a winning record, 1131 00:48:38,416 --> 00:48:39,982 so we're 1-0 right now. 1132 00:48:39,984 --> 00:48:42,451 We're going against gigabyte. They are 0-1. 1133 00:48:42,453 --> 00:48:44,120 We're looking to make it 2-0 1134 00:48:44,122 --> 00:48:45,454 and 0-2 for them. 1135 00:48:45,456 --> 00:48:47,957 To get ready for gigabyte what we've been doing 1136 00:48:47,959 --> 00:48:51,560 is going out a lot at night gambling, drinking, partying. 1137 00:48:53,564 --> 00:48:55,131 No, we've been working on the robot 1138 00:48:55,133 --> 00:48:56,299 the whole time getting ready. 1139 00:48:56,334 --> 00:48:58,234 We've got a couple of things we want to play with. 1140 00:48:58,236 --> 00:49:01,504 We've got a few surprises in store and, you know, 1141 00:49:01,506 --> 00:49:03,172 hopefully it turns out, all right. 1142 00:49:03,174 --> 00:49:05,441 Going into our match with captain shrederator, 1143 00:49:05,443 --> 00:49:07,243 our strategy is just outlast him. 1144 00:49:07,245 --> 00:49:09,178 It is just keep hitting him and hitting him 1145 00:49:09,180 --> 00:49:10,513 and hitting him until he dies 1146 00:49:10,515 --> 00:49:12,181 and that's typically how he loses. 1147 00:49:12,183 --> 00:49:14,817 I like brian, he has a great design 1148 00:49:14,819 --> 00:49:18,354 and I like to get to show people that we are more reliable. 1149 00:49:18,356 --> 00:49:21,424 His design, if you look at it, technically might look better, 1150 00:49:21,426 --> 00:49:23,693 but it doesn't do better and this will show that. 1151 00:49:23,695 --> 00:49:24,961 We're 0-1. 1152 00:49:24,963 --> 00:49:27,163 This is really an important fight, 1153 00:49:27,165 --> 00:49:28,531 we can't go 0-2. 1154 00:49:30,101 --> 00:49:31,734 [audience cheering and applauding] 1155 00:49:31,736 --> 00:49:33,502 [robotic voice] robots activate. 1156 00:49:33,504 --> 00:49:35,004 [music playing] 1157 00:49:35,006 --> 00:49:36,238 [audience cheering and applauding] 1158 00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:39,175 [chris] and for more on shrederator spin strategy, 1159 00:49:39,177 --> 00:49:41,210 let's go to the bot whisperer. 1160 00:49:41,212 --> 00:49:43,579 Which way is shred going to spin here, pete? 1161 00:49:44,515 --> 00:49:46,682 [pete] well, spinning in the same direction 1162 00:49:46,684 --> 00:49:47,917 as gigabyte 1163 00:49:47,919 --> 00:49:50,219 will result in more violent collisions, 1164 00:49:50,221 --> 00:49:52,421 but spinning in the opposite direction 1165 00:49:52,423 --> 00:49:55,424 means the two shells will mesh together like gears, 1166 00:49:55,426 --> 00:49:59,128 leading to more stable impacts and giving brian more control. 1167 00:50:00,331 --> 00:50:02,898 [chris] fascinating stuff there, pete. Thank you. 1168 00:50:02,900 --> 00:50:04,633 Let's see what the captain goes with. 1169 00:50:09,107 --> 00:50:11,440 [music playing] 1170 00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:20,816 [audience cheering and applauding] 1171 00:50:20,818 --> 00:50:22,451 [chris] shrederator, 1172 00:50:22,453 --> 00:50:27,223 gigabyte, only one can claim the crown of king spinner. 1173 00:50:27,225 --> 00:50:28,524 Who's it going to be? 1174 00:50:28,526 --> 00:50:30,526 [audience cheering and applauding] 1175 00:50:33,531 --> 00:50:36,899 [chris] let the bot battle begin. 1176 00:50:36,901 --> 00:50:38,300 Shrederator choosing to spin 1177 00:50:38,302 --> 00:50:40,803 in the opposite direction of gigabytes 1178 00:50:40,805 --> 00:50:43,539 going with the conservative play here off the top. 1179 00:50:44,909 --> 00:50:48,210 Oh, it will pop in the air, captain shrederator. 1180 00:50:48,212 --> 00:50:50,179 -[kenny] oh. -[chris] that make one, two. 1181 00:50:50,181 --> 00:50:51,847 [kenny] nice controlled shot there 1182 00:50:51,849 --> 00:50:53,382 by shrederator. 1183 00:50:53,384 --> 00:50:55,885 [chris] here is gigabyte wanting to reengage. 1184 00:50:55,887 --> 00:50:57,887 Oh, big collision 1185 00:50:57,889 --> 00:50:59,822 that sends shrederator flying backwards 1186 00:50:59,824 --> 00:51:01,991 and into the side of the box. 1187 00:51:01,993 --> 00:51:04,160 [kenny] but look at this, captain shrederator 1188 00:51:04,162 --> 00:51:06,462 looks like a sitting duck here. 1189 00:51:06,464 --> 00:51:10,433 [chris] oh, my goodness, shrederator no longer spinning. 1190 00:51:10,435 --> 00:51:12,334 Gigabyte now backing off. 1191 00:51:12,336 --> 00:51:13,436 Thank you very much. 1192 00:51:13,438 --> 00:51:15,571 [referee] you don't have to count you out. 1193 00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:19,075 [chris] oh, no. Oh yes, the countdown has started. 1194 00:51:19,077 --> 00:51:20,976 [referee] ...Seven, six, 1195 00:51:20,978 --> 00:51:22,511 [chris] you can see the frustration 1196 00:51:22,513 --> 00:51:24,480 - on brian nave's face. -...Four, three, 1197 00:51:24,482 --> 00:51:26,882 - two hits and he's done. - Two, one 1198 00:51:26,884 --> 00:51:28,250 [referee] it is a knockout. 1199 00:51:29,554 --> 00:51:32,455 [music playing] 1200 00:51:32,457 --> 00:51:35,825 [audience cheering and applauding] 1201 00:51:35,827 --> 00:51:37,560 another unbelievable. 1202 00:51:38,863 --> 00:51:40,896 -Great job. -Thanks, dave. 1203 00:51:40,898 --> 00:51:42,398 That's the worst thing that can happen. 1204 00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:45,968 Just unexplainable to death. Just like everybody expects. 1205 00:51:47,438 --> 00:51:48,471 [chris] well, kenny, 1206 00:51:48,706 --> 00:51:51,774 as the wise philosopher brian nave once said 1207 00:51:51,776 --> 00:51:53,943 "you've got to spin to win". 1208 00:51:53,945 --> 00:51:56,312 And at the end of this match, captain shrederator 1209 00:51:56,314 --> 00:51:57,980 neither spun 1210 00:51:57,982 --> 00:52:00,316 nor won. 1211 00:52:00,318 --> 00:52:02,451 [kenny] no, listen, the captain was in control 1212 00:52:02,453 --> 00:52:03,953 to start this fight. 1213 00:52:03,955 --> 00:52:07,289 Brian landed a couple of quality shots on gigabyte, 1214 00:52:07,291 --> 00:52:10,426 but then the ghost of shrederator's past 1215 00:52:10,428 --> 00:52:12,828 came back to haunt it. 1216 00:52:12,830 --> 00:52:15,231 [chris] kind of hard to tell exactly what happened, 1217 00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:16,999 but after a shot from gigabyte 1218 00:52:17,001 --> 00:52:18,934 captain shrederator simply froze up 1219 00:52:18,936 --> 00:52:21,170 and then got counted out. 1220 00:52:21,172 --> 00:52:24,874 Brian nave, he goes from beating tombstone 1221 00:52:24,876 --> 00:52:27,276 to beating himself inside the battlebots. 1222 00:52:29,380 --> 00:52:31,680 Gigabyte moves to 1-1. 1223 00:52:31,682 --> 00:52:34,416 [audience cheering and applauding] 1224 00:52:37,221 --> 00:52:39,522 well, john, that felt a little bit better 1225 00:52:39,524 --> 00:52:41,190 the second time around, didn't it? 1226 00:52:41,192 --> 00:52:42,258 It did. 1227 00:52:42,260 --> 00:52:45,094 [audience cheering and applauding] 1228 00:52:45,096 --> 00:52:47,329 [chris] so what went right this time? 1229 00:52:47,331 --> 00:52:49,698 Well, I knew this would be a fight of attrition 1230 00:52:49,700 --> 00:52:52,535 who-who...Who breaks first and I think historically 1231 00:52:52,537 --> 00:52:54,837 we are more reliable and that's pretty much 1232 00:52:54,839 --> 00:52:56,972 how I expected it to go. 1233 00:52:56,974 --> 00:52:59,875 You're usually so cheery, you're usually so smiley. 1234 00:52:59,877 --> 00:53:01,210 What's going on here? 1235 00:53:01,212 --> 00:53:03,712 You just won a match in battlebots. Come on! 1236 00:53:03,714 --> 00:53:06,415 [laughs] 1237 00:53:06,417 --> 00:53:08,350 okay, I'll take it as something different. 1238 00:53:08,352 --> 00:53:10,419 [laughs] 1239 00:53:11,589 --> 00:53:14,356 still thinking about that loss? That's perfectly fine. 1240 00:53:14,358 --> 00:53:16,959 We wish you the best of luck in your next match, 1241 00:53:16,961 --> 00:53:17,893 john, thank you. 1242 00:53:17,895 --> 00:53:18,961 Thank you. 1243 00:53:18,963 --> 00:53:22,031 [audience cheering and applauding] 1244 00:53:25,937 --> 00:53:27,937 brian, we thought we had gotten rid of 1245 00:53:27,939 --> 00:53:29,471 -the reliability bugaboo. -Yeah. 1246 00:53:29,473 --> 00:53:30,706 What do you think happened here? 1247 00:53:30,708 --> 00:53:31,941 Yeah, well, I know what happened. 1248 00:53:31,943 --> 00:53:33,275 I mean, it happens to us a lot. 1249 00:53:33,277 --> 00:53:35,244 The radio died on us again. I have no idea. 1250 00:53:35,246 --> 00:53:37,713 Once we lose the telemetry we know the radio is at, 1251 00:53:37,715 --> 00:53:39,848 but you know, our plan was working perfectly. 1252 00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:41,850 We were slam...We were getting ready to hit him in the wall. 1253 00:53:41,852 --> 00:53:43,953 As soon as we got the control and got him up, 1254 00:53:43,955 --> 00:53:46,422 we were going in ham underneath and, you know, 1255 00:53:46,424 --> 00:53:47,890 just didn't get a chance to execute 1256 00:53:47,892 --> 00:53:49,792 because of electronics again. 1257 00:53:49,794 --> 00:53:51,393 At battlebots, you can experience 1258 00:53:51,395 --> 00:53:53,729 the highest highs and the lowest lows here. 1259 00:53:53,731 --> 00:53:56,098 Coming off maybe one of the biggest wins 1260 00:53:56,100 --> 00:53:57,833 you guys have had against tombstone, 1261 00:53:57,835 --> 00:53:59,335 how are you feeling right now? 1262 00:53:59,337 --> 00:54:01,870 Yeah, lowest lows is probably a good way to explain it. 1263 00:54:01,872 --> 00:54:04,006 Yeah. We really expected to win this one. 1264 00:54:04,008 --> 00:54:05,374 I think we had the right strategy, 1265 00:54:05,376 --> 00:54:07,409 but once again, our equipment lets us down. 1266 00:54:07,411 --> 00:54:10,946 So what are you going to do? Come back and win again right? 1267 00:54:10,948 --> 00:54:12,715 Well, you are 1-1. 1268 00:54:12,717 --> 00:54:14,250 1-1, could be worse. 1269 00:54:14,252 --> 00:54:17,987 Another victory might catapult you into the round of 32. 1270 00:54:17,989 --> 00:54:19,054 How much pressure 1271 00:54:19,056 --> 00:54:21,790 is there on captain shrederator moving forward? 1272 00:54:21,792 --> 00:54:23,892 Yeah, well, there would be a lot less pressure if we'd have won, 1273 00:54:23,894 --> 00:54:26,095 but now we're under the gun again and we got to 1274 00:54:26,097 --> 00:54:29,265 just get out there and work hard and get another win under our belt. 1275 00:54:29,267 --> 00:54:30,332 No question you can handle it. 1276 00:54:30,334 --> 00:54:31,867 Brian nave, thank you very much. 1277 00:54:31,869 --> 00:54:35,271 -Thank you, guys. -[audience cheering and applauding] 1278 00:54:35,273 --> 00:54:37,439 [instrumental music playing] 1279 00:54:37,441 --> 00:54:40,175 [audience cheering and applauding] 1280 00:54:40,177 --> 00:54:43,178 [chris] so gigabyte gets a much needed w, 1281 00:54:43,180 --> 00:54:44,947 but clearly john mladenik 1282 00:54:44,949 --> 00:54:48,284 not satisfied with that performance at all, kenny. 1283 00:54:48,286 --> 00:54:49,985 [kenny] listen in this sport, 1284 00:54:49,987 --> 00:54:52,021 these teams get such precious little time 1285 00:54:52,023 --> 00:54:53,355 to impress the committee 1286 00:54:53,357 --> 00:54:55,724 and make their case for the top 32. 1287 00:54:55,726 --> 00:54:59,695 And it almost felt like gigabyte won that fight by default. 1288 00:54:59,697 --> 00:55:02,131 John wanted to put on a show here tonight, 1289 00:55:02,133 --> 00:55:04,166 and he didn't have the chance to do that, 1290 00:55:04,168 --> 00:55:07,069 regardless, gigabyte is 1-1. 1291 00:55:08,973 --> 00:55:11,206 [chris] coming up. Sure, you could slay dragons, 1292 00:55:11,208 --> 00:55:13,075 but what about ducks!? 1293 00:55:13,077 --> 00:55:17,313 It's dragon slayer versus duck! And that's next on battlebots. 1294 00:55:17,315 --> 00:55:20,015 [music playing] 1295 00:55:20,017 --> 00:55:21,517 [audience cheering] 1296 00:55:26,691 --> 00:55:28,390 [music playing] 1297 00:55:28,392 --> 00:55:29,925 [audience cheering and applauding] 1298 00:55:29,927 --> 00:55:31,493 [chris] welcome back to battlebots, 1299 00:55:31,495 --> 00:55:35,331 where the cavalcade of robot carnage continues. 1300 00:55:35,333 --> 00:55:37,733 Up next, duck! Prepares to show 1301 00:55:37,735 --> 00:55:41,403 battlebots rookie dragon slayer the ropes. 1302 00:55:41,405 --> 00:55:42,771 And later tonight, 1303 00:55:42,773 --> 00:55:44,073 it's a showdown 1304 00:55:44,075 --> 00:55:46,842 of two of the heaviest hitters in the sport 1305 00:55:46,844 --> 00:55:49,411 as defending champion end game 1306 00:55:49,413 --> 00:55:53,082 goes weapon-to-weapon with fan favorite, witch doctor. 1307 00:55:54,151 --> 00:55:57,553 Let's take a closer look at tonight's main event. 1308 00:55:58,856 --> 00:56:01,190 Oh, huge hit by witch doctor. 1309 00:56:01,192 --> 00:56:04,226 We knew against duck! That it was going to be three minutes, 1310 00:56:04,228 --> 00:56:05,861 [chris] oh, nice shot. 1311 00:56:05,863 --> 00:56:07,029 Cause duck! Doesn't die. 1312 00:56:07,031 --> 00:56:09,365 Unfortunately, we found out after that 1313 00:56:09,367 --> 00:56:12,368 we actually read that entire match was just one weapon motor. 1314 00:56:12,370 --> 00:56:14,203 [chris] with that spinner slow 1315 00:56:14,205 --> 00:56:17,306 and this one's going to have to go to judges. 1316 00:56:17,308 --> 00:56:19,908 Witch doctor! 1317 00:56:19,910 --> 00:56:21,377 Going into our end game match, 1318 00:56:21,379 --> 00:56:24,246 this is the first time, we're going to be a full power. 1319 00:56:24,248 --> 00:56:27,049 So you're going to see twice the level power from us 1320 00:56:27,051 --> 00:56:29,084 and all that reliability will be back. 1321 00:56:29,086 --> 00:56:33,288 [chris] are you kidding me! What a shot by witch doctor. 1322 00:56:33,290 --> 00:56:34,523 [electric music playing] 1323 00:56:35,559 --> 00:56:38,894 [faruq] end game 1324 00:56:38,896 --> 00:56:40,963 [chris] world champion. 1325 00:56:45,669 --> 00:56:48,103 After taking out the number one seed from last year, 1326 00:56:48,105 --> 00:56:51,039 [kenny] oh, that might have been a knockout blow, chris. 1327 00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:53,342 We're fairly certain that we're going to make the tournament already. 1328 00:56:53,344 --> 00:56:56,211 [chris] they got that world championship swagger. 1329 00:56:56,213 --> 00:56:58,347 We have a few things up our sleeve. 1330 00:56:58,349 --> 00:57:01,417 We think it's going to be enough to take down witch doctor. 1331 00:57:02,753 --> 00:57:04,286 [music playing] 1332 00:57:04,288 --> 00:57:07,689 our plan is always to just stick pointing at our opponent. 1333 00:57:07,691 --> 00:57:10,192 [chris] end game stalking its prey. 1334 00:57:10,194 --> 00:57:12,961 [jack] yeah, try feed the weapon into them. 1335 00:57:12,963 --> 00:57:15,063 There's nowhere for them to run. 1336 00:57:15,065 --> 00:57:17,065 [kenny] it is a knockout. 1337 00:57:18,269 --> 00:57:21,170 I think end game sits in the middle of the arena really well 1338 00:57:21,172 --> 00:57:22,971 and points his weapon at you. 1339 00:57:24,942 --> 00:57:28,310 So I'm going to try to outdrive him, make him make a mistake. 1340 00:57:28,312 --> 00:57:30,412 I try to capitalize on those mistakes. 1341 00:57:30,414 --> 00:57:34,016 [chris] oh, another smashing shot by witch doctor. 1342 00:57:34,018 --> 00:57:36,919 Getting the previous champion for our second fight card 1343 00:57:36,921 --> 00:57:39,188 is a tough draw, but if we win this match, 1344 00:57:39,190 --> 00:57:41,290 I think we're a shoo-in for the tournament. 1345 00:57:41,292 --> 00:57:45,961 [chris] oh-ho, I'm feeling that voodoo magic. 1346 00:57:45,963 --> 00:57:49,131 [nick] you've got witch doctor, finalists from the 2019 season. 1347 00:57:49,133 --> 00:57:50,933 [faruq] witch doctor! 1348 00:57:50,935 --> 00:57:52,434 [nick] end game, the 2020 champion. 1349 00:57:52,436 --> 00:57:54,736 [faruq] end game! 1350 00:57:54,738 --> 00:57:56,939 This is going to be an explosive match. 1351 00:57:56,941 --> 00:57:59,208 [commentator] oh, what a shot by end game. 1352 00:57:59,210 --> 00:58:02,010 This fight is going to be two of the biggest hitters. 1353 00:58:02,012 --> 00:58:04,413 [commentator] oh, another big hit by witch doctor. 1354 00:58:04,415 --> 00:58:06,949 Someone's going to be going into the air a lot. 1355 00:58:06,951 --> 00:58:09,918 [commentator] oh, my god, it got thrown out of the arena. 1356 00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:13,322 One of the two robots is going to go home in a pile of parts. 1357 00:58:13,324 --> 00:58:15,190 Hopefully, it's witch doctor. 1358 00:58:15,192 --> 00:58:17,893 -Hopefully it is not us. -Hopefully it is not us. 1359 00:58:17,895 --> 00:58:20,095 [music playing] 1360 00:58:20,097 --> 00:58:21,997 there's just no way to avoid that. 1361 00:58:21,999 --> 00:58:23,365 There's gonna be carnage. 1362 00:58:24,301 --> 00:58:27,436 [chris] are you kidding me? 1363 00:58:27,438 --> 00:58:29,438 [audience cheering and applauding] 1364 00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:31,206 [chris] two of the best robots 1365 00:58:31,208 --> 00:58:34,076 in the solar system in tonight's main event. 1366 00:58:34,078 --> 00:58:36,411 Do not miss that fight. 1367 00:58:37,515 --> 00:58:38,580 But right now, 1368 00:58:38,582 --> 00:58:40,215 it's the veteran duck! 1369 00:58:40,217 --> 00:58:43,318 Versus a newcomer to battlebots, dragon slayer. 1370 00:58:44,488 --> 00:58:46,288 And if you take a look at duck!, 1371 00:58:46,290 --> 00:58:48,790 which doesn't have a traditional weapon, 1372 00:58:48,792 --> 00:58:51,426 hal rucker's approach is always pretty simple. 1373 00:58:51,428 --> 00:58:54,963 He wants to break his opponent's fist with his face. 1374 00:58:54,965 --> 00:58:57,933 It's a strategy that almost worked against witch doctor 1375 00:58:57,935 --> 00:59:00,903 when duck! Took out their weapon in its first fight, 1376 00:59:00,905 --> 00:59:03,071 but ended up losing a decision after 1377 00:59:03,073 --> 00:59:06,074 what became a lame duck! Pushing match. 1378 00:59:06,076 --> 00:59:08,076 [faruq] witch doctor. 1379 00:59:08,078 --> 00:59:10,145 [chris] so how does it rebound tonight? 1380 00:59:10,147 --> 00:59:13,048 It's probably one of the most defensively sound robots 1381 00:59:13,050 --> 00:59:14,683 we have here at battlebots. 1382 00:59:14,685 --> 00:59:16,018 It's one of those bots 1383 00:59:16,020 --> 00:59:18,887 that you're probably going to have to go to decision with. 1384 00:59:18,889 --> 00:59:20,722 Look for duck! To use its durability, 1385 00:59:20,724 --> 00:59:23,559 to do what it always does, and that's absorb shots, 1386 00:59:23,561 --> 00:59:25,460 try and jam up its opponent's weapon 1387 00:59:25,462 --> 00:59:27,829 and ideally be the last bot standing. 1388 00:59:27,831 --> 00:59:29,698 Curious to see if they can do better. 1389 00:59:29,700 --> 00:59:31,266 All right. So duck! Is squaring 1390 00:59:31,268 --> 00:59:33,368 off against a rookie bot named dragon slayer 1391 00:59:33,370 --> 00:59:36,171 engineered by jordan neal, who got into battlebots 1392 00:59:36,173 --> 00:59:39,541 by watching old vhs tapes at his grandparents' house. 1393 00:59:39,543 --> 00:59:42,177 He built his first robot while working at a walmart 1394 00:59:42,179 --> 00:59:44,479 in 2018, he actually used that as a resume 1395 00:59:44,481 --> 00:59:46,181 to eventually become a machinist. 1396 00:59:46,183 --> 00:59:48,216 He is super excited to be here. 1397 00:59:48,218 --> 00:59:50,719 [kenny] he is and he said this bot is like three years 1398 00:59:50,721 --> 00:59:52,955 in the making, he's been, being mentored 1399 00:59:52,957 --> 00:59:54,923 by jonathan schultz of team huge 1400 00:59:54,925 --> 00:59:57,693 and also will bales of team hypershock 1401 00:59:57,695 --> 00:59:59,928 and he is so excited to be here. 1402 00:59:59,930 --> 01:00:04,199 Let's see what dragon slayers got against duck! Faruq? 1403 01:00:04,201 --> 01:00:06,401 [audience cheering and applauding] 1404 01:00:06,403 --> 01:00:09,972 in the red square, from dayton, texas, 1405 01:00:09,974 --> 01:00:11,506 he came to slay. 1406 01:00:11,508 --> 01:00:14,509 So get on your knees and pray. 1407 01:00:14,511 --> 01:00:17,145 It's dragon slayer. 1408 01:00:17,147 --> 01:00:18,380 [music playing] 1409 01:00:18,382 --> 01:00:20,582 [audience cheering and applauding] 1410 01:00:20,584 --> 01:00:22,017 [chris] kenny, we talked about 1411 01:00:22,019 --> 01:00:24,252 the advantages of the ground game earlier, 1412 01:00:24,254 --> 01:00:27,456 and it looks like jordan neal was certainly taking notes. 1413 01:00:28,292 --> 01:00:29,725 [kenny] well, sometimes 1414 01:00:29,727 --> 01:00:31,860 we know what we're talking about, chris, 1415 01:00:31,862 --> 01:00:33,962 but yeah, dragon slayer is another addition 1416 01:00:33,964 --> 01:00:36,732 to the popular vertical spinner family, 1417 01:00:36,734 --> 01:00:39,201 and their goal is to get underneath their opponent 1418 01:00:39,203 --> 01:00:41,637 and feed them right into that spinner. 1419 01:00:41,639 --> 01:00:44,940 They've also engineered the bot to be on the wider side 1420 01:00:44,942 --> 01:00:48,210 to prevent their opponents from sneaking around behind them. 1421 01:00:48,212 --> 01:00:51,880 In the blue square from atherton, california, 1422 01:00:51,882 --> 01:00:54,216 while his friends fly south for the winter, 1423 01:00:54,218 --> 01:00:57,853 he flies straight for your jugular, it's duck!. 1424 01:00:57,855 --> 01:00:59,021 [music playing] 1425 01:00:59,023 --> 01:01:00,322 [audience cheering and applauding] 1426 01:01:00,324 --> 01:01:03,358 [chris] here is team duck! Hal rucker, the captain, 1427 01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:06,795 his daughter, hannah rucker, the weapon operator. 1428 01:01:06,797 --> 01:01:10,132 So how do they avoid the dreaded 0-2 start? 1429 01:01:10,134 --> 01:01:12,834 [kenny] well, listen, they have experience on their side 1430 01:01:12,836 --> 01:01:15,337 and hal is very comfortable on the sticks. 1431 01:01:15,339 --> 01:01:16,938 He was piloting duck! 1432 01:01:16,940 --> 01:01:20,375 Way before jordan neal got bit by the bot bug, 1433 01:01:20,377 --> 01:01:22,711 so you have to think he has the edge here, 1434 01:01:22,713 --> 01:01:25,147 and get this, hal tells us that duck! 1435 01:01:25,149 --> 01:01:29,317 Is actually set up to quack out loud tonight. 1436 01:01:29,319 --> 01:01:33,288 [chris] kenny, can it also say, must win fight? 1437 01:01:33,290 --> 01:01:36,024 [kenny laughing] 1438 01:01:36,026 --> 01:01:40,395 whenever we go against a robot that has a big kinetic weapon, 1439 01:01:40,397 --> 01:01:43,699 our goal is to use their energy against them, 1440 01:01:43,701 --> 01:01:46,601 so we'll use our duck! Beak to try and get underneath them 1441 01:01:46,603 --> 01:01:50,138 and lift them enough so that they start gyro scoping 1442 01:01:50,140 --> 01:01:52,708 or we can get them off their wheels a bit 1443 01:01:52,710 --> 01:01:55,210 so we can shove them into one of the arena hazards. 1444 01:01:55,212 --> 01:01:57,312 If we lose this one, we're 0-2. 1445 01:01:57,314 --> 01:01:59,781 So this match is critical. We have to win it. 1446 01:01:59,783 --> 01:02:02,050 I'm pretty nervous. This is my first fight ever. 1447 01:02:02,052 --> 01:02:04,953 First time at battlebots. First time at combat robotics. 1448 01:02:04,955 --> 01:02:07,456 Never done it before in my life. But I'm here to show 1449 01:02:07,458 --> 01:02:09,157 that I am the man and I can run with them. 1450 01:02:09,159 --> 01:02:10,325 Today for our fight against duck! 1451 01:02:10,327 --> 01:02:12,394 We're going to be running our wedges that scoop in, 1452 01:02:12,396 --> 01:02:15,297 that are nice and shallow on the bottom, got a nice, smooth angle 1453 01:02:15,299 --> 01:02:17,265 to get under their beak, and the wedgelets. 1454 01:02:17,267 --> 01:02:18,800 Dragon slayer is going to kick butt, 1455 01:02:18,802 --> 01:02:20,936 and it's gonna send that duck! Flying south for the winter. 1456 01:02:24,975 --> 01:02:28,043 [audience applauding and cheering] 1457 01:02:28,045 --> 01:02:29,978 [robotic voice] robots, activate! 1458 01:02:29,980 --> 01:02:32,080 [music playing] 1459 01:02:32,082 --> 01:02:34,649 [audience cheering and applauding] 1460 01:02:36,153 --> 01:02:38,487 [robots charging] 1461 01:02:38,489 --> 01:02:41,490 [chris] okay. Rookie versus veteran, 1462 01:02:41,492 --> 01:02:44,259 spinner versus beak, 1463 01:02:44,261 --> 01:02:47,095 only one can be victorious. 1464 01:02:47,097 --> 01:02:50,499 The fight when battlebots continues. 1465 01:02:54,838 --> 01:02:56,004 [music playing] 1466 01:02:56,006 --> 01:02:58,240 [audience cheering and applauding] 1467 01:02:58,242 --> 01:02:59,908 [chris] welcome back to battlebots, 1468 01:02:59,910 --> 01:03:02,310 where the rookie dragon slayer 1469 01:03:02,312 --> 01:03:05,046 is facing off against a desperate duck! 1470 01:03:05,048 --> 01:03:08,049 Looking to avoid an 0 and 2 start. 1471 01:03:08,051 --> 01:03:10,152 Yippee ki yay, hal rucker. 1472 01:03:11,421 --> 01:03:14,489 [music playing] 1473 01:03:16,927 --> 01:03:18,994 [music playing] 1474 01:03:25,035 --> 01:03:27,269 [audience cheering] 1475 01:03:36,380 --> 01:03:38,280 [chris] let the bot battle begin. 1476 01:03:40,050 --> 01:03:41,149 [chris laughing] 1477 01:03:41,185 --> 01:03:44,386 oh, dragon slayer lands its shot out of the gate, 1478 01:03:44,388 --> 01:03:47,155 the rookie just cut duck's! Beak in half. 1479 01:03:49,359 --> 01:03:51,393 [kenny] what? 1480 01:03:51,395 --> 01:03:56,031 [chris] oh, dragon slayer has another chock of the duck! 1481 01:03:56,033 --> 01:03:58,233 [audience cheering] 1482 01:03:58,235 --> 01:04:01,303 [kenny] I think his quacks may be a cry for help, chris. 1483 01:04:01,305 --> 01:04:03,205 [laughing] 1484 01:04:04,241 --> 01:04:06,208 [chris] duck! Leaning on the rookie now. 1485 01:04:06,210 --> 01:04:08,043 [kenny] oh. 1486 01:04:08,045 --> 01:04:10,045 [chris] but dragon slayer not backing down, 1487 01:04:10,047 --> 01:04:12,047 nice little pop there, kenny. 1488 01:04:14,017 --> 01:04:15,951 [kenny] credit to team dragon slayer 1489 01:04:15,953 --> 01:04:18,420 showing no fear in their battlebots debut. 1490 01:04:20,924 --> 01:04:22,157 [chris] oh! 1491 01:04:22,159 --> 01:04:23,692 Nice pulverizer shot 1492 01:04:23,694 --> 01:04:26,127 used by duck! On top of dragon slayer. 1493 01:04:26,129 --> 01:04:28,964 The two bots continue to ram horns here. 1494 01:04:28,966 --> 01:04:31,967 Duck! Always looking to throw itself into its opponent 1495 01:04:31,969 --> 01:04:34,069 and try and break their weapon. 1496 01:04:34,071 --> 01:04:36,972 Can it even things up here just by doing that, 1497 01:04:36,974 --> 01:04:38,240 that's the big question. 1498 01:04:39,977 --> 01:04:41,142 [kenny laughing] 1499 01:04:42,379 --> 01:04:44,913 [chris] more than a minute in. 1500 01:04:44,915 --> 01:04:46,481 - Whoa. -[kenny] oh! 1501 01:04:46,483 --> 01:04:50,118 [chris] so far, dragon slayer making a meal out of duck! 1502 01:04:51,288 --> 01:04:54,723 [kenny] barbecued duck! Broiled, duck! 1503 01:04:54,725 --> 01:04:57,893 Duck! Fat fries, peking duck!. 1504 01:04:57,895 --> 01:04:59,961 [chris laughing] 1505 01:04:59,963 --> 01:05:03,064 [kenny] there's just so many ways to cook it, chris. 1506 01:05:03,066 --> 01:05:04,933 So delicious. 1507 01:05:04,935 --> 01:05:07,869 An underrated member of the poultry family, really. 1508 01:05:07,871 --> 01:05:09,204 [chris laughing] 1509 01:05:09,206 --> 01:05:10,805 [chris] not a fan at all. 1510 01:05:10,807 --> 01:05:13,241 So as you can see, we now have what it looks like 1511 01:05:13,243 --> 01:05:15,410 a pushing match on our hands. 1512 01:05:15,412 --> 01:05:17,879 Dragon slayer scoring big time, 1513 01:05:17,881 --> 01:05:19,447 damage points out of the gate 1514 01:05:19,449 --> 01:05:22,050 and manhandling the veteran hal rucker 1515 01:05:22,052 --> 01:05:24,986 in the opening stretch, but pretty much since then, 1516 01:05:24,988 --> 01:05:28,056 both bots look at it like they need a corner man here. 1517 01:05:28,058 --> 01:05:30,091 They're just... I don't know, 1518 01:05:30,093 --> 01:05:32,794 they're pretty much leaning on each other right now. 1519 01:05:32,796 --> 01:05:35,096 [kenny] yeah, clearly, duck! Is having trouble 1520 01:05:35,098 --> 01:05:38,166 with its drive train after those early exchanges 1521 01:05:38,168 --> 01:05:39,935 and dragon slayers weapon motor 1522 01:05:39,937 --> 01:05:42,470 feels like it's dying a slow death, chris. 1523 01:05:44,374 --> 01:05:48,209 [chris] but how about the rookie controlling the control bot, 1524 01:05:48,211 --> 01:05:51,413 pushing duck! Into the kills saws. Wow. 1525 01:05:51,415 --> 01:05:53,415 [audience cheering] 1526 01:05:53,417 --> 01:05:56,851 [kenny] prepare the duck! Chris, medium rare. 1527 01:05:56,853 --> 01:05:58,687 I will be in the dining room. 1528 01:06:00,123 --> 01:06:03,058 [chris] just about 30 seconds left to go. 1529 01:06:03,060 --> 01:06:05,927 Dragon slayer trying to secure a victory 1530 01:06:05,929 --> 01:06:08,930 in its first ever big league match. 1531 01:06:08,932 --> 01:06:11,967 Duck! Just quacking for its life 1532 01:06:11,969 --> 01:06:13,702 and kenny florian checking to see 1533 01:06:13,704 --> 01:06:16,304 when the caesar's buffet closes. 1534 01:06:16,306 --> 01:06:17,772 [kenny laughing] 1535 01:06:17,774 --> 01:06:21,009 [chris] welcome to battlebots, boys and girls. 1536 01:06:21,011 --> 01:06:23,211 [kenny] this has been the longest three minutes 1537 01:06:23,213 --> 01:06:25,280 of my stomach's life. 1538 01:06:25,282 --> 01:06:27,182 [chris] hey, when you're a robot, 1539 01:06:27,184 --> 01:06:29,317 you don't think three minutes is all that long 1540 01:06:29,319 --> 01:06:31,353 till you get inside this box. 1541 01:06:31,355 --> 01:06:33,421 And dragon slayer in its first time out, 1542 01:06:33,423 --> 01:06:34,589 rather impressive, 1543 01:06:34,591 --> 01:06:37,258 going the distance against the veteran. 1544 01:06:39,029 --> 01:06:41,129 [music playing] 1545 01:06:44,935 --> 01:06:47,435 [chris] kenny, duck! Came out quacking, 1546 01:06:47,437 --> 01:06:51,539 but dragon slayer came out attacking to start this one. 1547 01:06:51,541 --> 01:06:53,875 [kenny] yeah, how about the rookie carving up 1548 01:06:53,877 --> 01:06:56,711 duck!'s beak in the first 10 seconds? 1549 01:06:56,713 --> 01:06:58,913 Nice shot there by jordan neal. 1550 01:06:58,915 --> 01:07:01,082 [chris] dragon slayer had its way with duck! 1551 01:07:01,084 --> 01:07:04,919 For the first minute or so, chipping away at the veteran 1552 01:07:04,921 --> 01:07:07,989 but then both bots just kind of hit a wall. 1553 01:07:07,991 --> 01:07:09,257 [kenny] that's right. 1554 01:07:09,292 --> 01:07:12,160 We didn't see the same speedy, powerful duck! We're used to. 1555 01:07:12,162 --> 01:07:13,428 And for dragon slayer, 1556 01:07:13,430 --> 01:07:16,464 its weapon definitely lost some juice down the stretch, 1557 01:07:16,466 --> 01:07:19,567 but unfortunately for duck!, the damage had been done. 1558 01:07:21,071 --> 01:07:22,837 [chris] duck! Kept on quacking, 1559 01:07:22,839 --> 01:07:24,706 but hal rucker wasn't able to find 1560 01:07:24,708 --> 01:07:26,975 any momentum here against the rookie. 1561 01:07:26,977 --> 01:07:29,411 Let's see how the judges broke it down. 1562 01:07:29,413 --> 01:07:32,313 Here is faruq with the decision. 1563 01:07:35,018 --> 01:07:38,219 The results from the judges are in. 1564 01:07:38,221 --> 01:07:40,722 [audience cheering and applauding] 1565 01:07:40,724 --> 01:07:44,392 the winner by unanimous decision is 1566 01:07:47,564 --> 01:07:50,165 dragon slayer! 1567 01:07:50,167 --> 01:07:52,133 [triumphant music playing] 1568 01:07:52,135 --> 01:07:53,635 [audience cheering and applauding] 1569 01:07:55,272 --> 01:07:58,006 [triumphant music playing] 1570 01:08:03,146 --> 01:08:05,246 jordan neal, did you ever think 1571 01:08:05,248 --> 01:08:08,416 that you would get one of those medallions here at battlebots? 1572 01:08:08,418 --> 01:08:09,717 Absolutely not. 1573 01:08:09,719 --> 01:08:11,519 [kenny laughing] 1574 01:08:11,521 --> 01:08:12,720 oh. 1575 01:08:12,722 --> 01:08:14,155 How happy are you right now? 1576 01:08:14,157 --> 01:08:16,057 Oh, I've been nervous all day, 1577 01:08:16,059 --> 01:08:18,359 haven't been feeling right past eight hours, 1578 01:08:18,361 --> 01:08:20,695 just butterflies on top of butterflies, man. 1579 01:08:20,697 --> 01:08:22,197 I had no idea what to expect. 1580 01:08:22,199 --> 01:08:24,165 They told me it was like riding a bike, 1581 01:08:24,167 --> 01:08:25,733 that was the best bike ride of my life. 1582 01:08:25,735 --> 01:08:27,235 [audience cheering and applauding] 1583 01:08:27,237 --> 01:08:30,105 you said your main goal was to have fun out there. 1584 01:08:30,107 --> 01:08:32,507 Now you're at 1-0 here at battlebots, 1585 01:08:32,509 --> 01:08:33,975 how does that feel? 1586 01:08:33,977 --> 01:08:35,944 -That's one way to have fun. -Amazing. 1587 01:08:37,180 --> 01:08:38,413 Thataway. 1588 01:08:38,548 --> 01:08:41,916 Hey, congratulations on your first ever battlebot victory. 1589 01:08:41,918 --> 01:08:42,917 Thank you. 1590 01:08:42,919 --> 01:08:44,452 [music playing] 1591 01:08:44,454 --> 01:08:46,354 [audience cheering and applauding] 1592 01:08:49,426 --> 01:08:51,259 [chris] how great is that to see? 1593 01:08:51,261 --> 01:08:53,194 Jordan neal, for years in the making, 1594 01:08:53,196 --> 01:08:54,329 he told us, 1595 01:08:54,331 --> 01:08:55,830 and now he has realized his dream? 1596 01:08:55,832 --> 01:08:56,998 Yeah, absolutely. 1597 01:08:57,033 --> 01:08:59,434 Getting a win like that, about as good as it gets. 1598 01:08:59,436 --> 01:09:01,536 [chris] and for hal rucker and duck!, 1599 01:09:01,538 --> 01:09:03,404 they sink to 0-2 1600 01:09:03,406 --> 01:09:04,873 but with a loss 1601 01:09:04,875 --> 01:09:07,442 to the formidable witch doctor on their resume, 1602 01:09:07,444 --> 01:09:10,044 the book isn't closed just yet. 1603 01:09:10,046 --> 01:09:11,880 But a chance to salvage their season 1604 01:09:11,882 --> 01:09:13,915 in the third and final fight, 1605 01:09:13,917 --> 01:09:15,717 a lot of pressure going into that one. 1606 01:09:15,719 --> 01:09:17,152 [music playing] 1607 01:09:17,154 --> 01:09:20,021 [chris] all right, folks, the time has finally arrived 1608 01:09:20,023 --> 01:09:23,424 for the main event of the evening, 1609 01:09:23,426 --> 01:09:25,493 a showdown between two of the deadliest 1610 01:09:25,495 --> 01:09:28,029 vertical spinners in the sport, 1611 01:09:28,031 --> 01:09:29,998 the defending champion, end game 1612 01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:33,368 versus 2019 runner up, witch doctor. 1613 01:09:33,370 --> 01:09:36,471 Only one will walk away undefeated. 1614 01:09:36,473 --> 01:09:40,875 That is next as battlebots continues. 1615 01:09:40,877 --> 01:09:42,443 [music playing] 1616 01:09:48,685 --> 01:09:51,319 adam, one of a piece that makes shatter! 1617 01:09:51,321 --> 01:09:54,689 Very different than all the rest of these bots is omni-wheels, 1618 01:09:54,691 --> 01:09:56,457 all directional wheels. 1619 01:09:56,459 --> 01:09:59,561 Sideways, as well as forward and back and turning. 1620 01:09:59,563 --> 01:10:01,863 Why did you choose such a complex item? 1621 01:10:01,865 --> 01:10:04,899 So that extra maneuverability for us is key. 1622 01:10:04,901 --> 01:10:07,302 Hammer robots have one square inch 1623 01:10:07,304 --> 01:10:08,403 where they can hit, 1624 01:10:08,405 --> 01:10:10,772 and we need to put that square inch exactly 1625 01:10:10,774 --> 01:10:13,274 where the opponent's fragile components are. 1626 01:10:14,177 --> 01:10:16,211 [chris] oh! Look that hammer! Uh-oh! 1627 01:10:16,213 --> 01:10:18,279 Oh, what a shock. 1628 01:10:18,281 --> 01:10:21,749 And the sideways ability of the omni-directional drive 1629 01:10:21,751 --> 01:10:24,352 is what allows us to achieve our pinpoint precision 1630 01:10:24,354 --> 01:10:27,422 [kenny] shatter! Is just so precise with that hammer, chris. 1631 01:10:27,424 --> 01:10:29,390 [adam] and it's been working great for us. 1632 01:10:29,392 --> 01:10:31,259 That ability to pinpoint our shots 1633 01:10:31,261 --> 01:10:34,329 without relying on tank drive has been a huge advantage. 1634 01:10:34,331 --> 01:10:36,364 I can't go back to driving the old way. 1635 01:10:36,366 --> 01:10:37,932 [laughs] 1636 01:10:37,934 --> 01:10:41,002 did you change your car's wheels out to be on omni-wheels, too? 1637 01:10:41,004 --> 01:10:42,537 Every time I'm on the highway, 1638 01:10:42,539 --> 01:10:44,539 I'm a little bit annoyed, I can't just go sideways. 1639 01:10:48,211 --> 01:10:50,011 [music playing] 1640 01:10:50,013 --> 01:10:52,413 [audience cheering and applauding] 1641 01:10:52,415 --> 01:10:55,683 [chris] we are back on battlebots for our grand finale 1642 01:10:55,685 --> 01:10:59,487 and shout out to the schedule makers for giving us this gem. 1643 01:10:59,489 --> 01:11:02,523 [chris] let's hear it for defending champion, 1644 01:11:02,525 --> 01:11:05,360 end game taking on witch doctor. 1645 01:11:05,362 --> 01:11:07,695 [cheering and applauding] 1646 01:11:07,697 --> 01:11:09,831 [chris] yeah, fans, soak it all in. 1647 01:11:09,833 --> 01:11:13,334 Let's start with the champ, jack barker and nick mabey. 1648 01:11:13,336 --> 01:11:16,337 They came out of the shoot in style in 2021 1649 01:11:16,339 --> 01:11:19,040 taking it to hydra first time out. 1650 01:11:19,042 --> 01:11:22,176 Is that weapon even more devastating than a season ago? 1651 01:11:22,178 --> 01:11:26,481 [kenny] I think so again, these guys are on fire so far. 1652 01:11:26,483 --> 01:11:29,083 They're taking on another very difficult opponent 1653 01:11:29,085 --> 01:11:30,752 in witch doctor, but, you know, 1654 01:11:30,754 --> 01:11:33,288 beating hydra like they did, very impressive. 1655 01:11:33,290 --> 01:11:36,424 You know, witch doctor at the beginning of the season said, 1656 01:11:36,426 --> 01:11:39,961 listen, the expectations were so high for us in 2020 1657 01:11:39,963 --> 01:11:42,330 because we made it all the way to the championship 1658 01:11:42,332 --> 01:11:43,698 a season ago. 1659 01:11:43,700 --> 01:11:45,166 Last year, we kind of stumbled, 1660 01:11:45,168 --> 01:11:47,402 even though he made it to the round of 16. 1661 01:11:47,404 --> 01:11:49,604 Now people are going to kind of forget about us. 1662 01:11:49,606 --> 01:11:50,772 That's not true. 1663 01:11:50,774 --> 01:11:51,806 You're 1-0. 1664 01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:54,008 You have a chance to improve to 2-0 1665 01:11:54,010 --> 01:11:56,878 with a notch on your belt of taking down the champ. 1666 01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:58,313 This is a big matchup for them. 1667 01:11:58,315 --> 01:12:01,382 [kenny] nice try guys trying to slip in there as underdogs. 1668 01:12:01,384 --> 01:12:03,117 You are not underdogs. 1669 01:12:03,119 --> 01:12:05,920 You're still very dangerous and this is an insane fight. 1670 01:12:05,922 --> 01:12:06,954 Let's get to it. 1671 01:12:06,956 --> 01:12:09,657 All right, faruq, take it away. 1672 01:12:14,297 --> 01:12:18,533 [faruq] ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? 1673 01:12:19,869 --> 01:12:21,235 [audience cheering and applauding] 1674 01:12:24,874 --> 01:12:29,310 it is time for the the main event. 1675 01:12:29,312 --> 01:12:30,478 [music playing] 1676 01:12:32,716 --> 01:12:34,082 [audience cheering and applauding] 1677 01:12:42,158 --> 01:12:43,791 in the red square, 1678 01:12:43,793 --> 01:12:46,961 he comes from the land where the zelin is new. 1679 01:12:46,963 --> 01:12:50,865 He's traveled across ocean and he's coming for you. 1680 01:12:50,867 --> 01:12:53,067 It's not the maid or colonel mustard. 1681 01:12:53,069 --> 01:12:54,869 It doesn't matter what room. 1682 01:12:54,871 --> 01:12:56,971 The only clue that you need 1683 01:12:56,973 --> 01:12:59,874 is that his name spells your doom. 1684 01:12:59,876 --> 01:13:02,443 It's end game! 1685 01:13:02,445 --> 01:13:04,078 [audience cheering and applauding] 1686 01:13:05,415 --> 01:13:07,815 [chris] defending champions, end game looking 1687 01:13:07,817 --> 01:13:11,119 sharp enough to attend a tugs wedding, 1688 01:13:11,121 --> 01:13:12,754 and it looks like those forks 1689 01:13:12,756 --> 01:13:15,256 have been dialed back a little bit, kenny florian. 1690 01:13:15,258 --> 01:13:17,825 [kenny] they went with their longest forks ever 1691 01:13:17,827 --> 01:13:20,995 to try and get underneath hydra in their first fight, 1692 01:13:20,997 --> 01:13:23,331 but they kept getting caught on the box floor. 1693 01:13:23,333 --> 01:13:25,933 These new shorter forks should be able 1694 01:13:25,935 --> 01:13:27,769 to get underneath witch doctor 1695 01:13:27,771 --> 01:13:31,205 while still giving jack the mobility to try and manage 1696 01:13:31,207 --> 01:13:33,441 the exceptional driving of michael gellatly. 1697 01:13:33,443 --> 01:13:35,243 [audience cheering and applauding] 1698 01:13:36,946 --> 01:13:38,846 in the blue square, 1699 01:13:38,848 --> 01:13:41,983 here comes the dark wizard who can't be ignored, 1700 01:13:41,985 --> 01:13:44,185 she'll slither into the battle box 1701 01:13:44,187 --> 01:13:47,021 and leave the other bots griffinsore. 1702 01:13:47,023 --> 01:13:48,523 She's stronger than strong. 1703 01:13:48,525 --> 01:13:50,425 She's tougher than tufflepuff. 1704 01:13:50,427 --> 01:13:52,727 She'll put you in your gravenclaw. 1705 01:13:52,729 --> 01:13:54,695 Okay, okay, no more puns. 1706 01:13:54,697 --> 01:13:56,297 That's enough! 1707 01:13:56,299 --> 01:13:58,499 It's the harry potter of slaughter, 1708 01:13:58,501 --> 01:14:00,902 witch doctor! 1709 01:14:00,904 --> 01:14:02,203 [audience cheering and applauding] 1710 01:14:05,642 --> 01:14:08,943 [chris] andrea and mike gellatly and team witch doctor, 1711 01:14:08,945 --> 01:14:14,048 not participating in the ground game escalation here, kenny. 1712 01:14:14,050 --> 01:14:15,383 [kenny] they sure aren't. 1713 01:14:15,385 --> 01:14:19,487 Andre said this is battlebots, we want to fight with weapons 1714 01:14:19,489 --> 01:14:21,722 and they are holding true to their word. 1715 01:14:21,724 --> 01:14:24,091 They're going with their trident true wedge 1716 01:14:24,093 --> 01:14:27,795 in hopes of deflecting end game's in for the spinner. 1717 01:14:27,797 --> 01:14:28,963 [audience cheering and applauding] 1718 01:14:39,142 --> 01:14:41,976 [chris] now, you may notice the frame on witch doctor 1719 01:14:41,978 --> 01:14:44,212 is longer than in season's past. 1720 01:14:44,214 --> 01:14:46,814 The bot whisper has some info for us. 1721 01:14:46,816 --> 01:14:49,817 Pete, why the long bot? 1722 01:14:49,819 --> 01:14:51,686 Well, mainly that was to accommodate 1723 01:14:51,688 --> 01:14:56,958 a special dual motor system that is redundant to allow 1724 01:14:56,960 --> 01:14:59,694 two belts on either side of the disc as opposed 1725 01:14:59,696 --> 01:15:01,963 to what they used to have, which was belts in the middle. 1726 01:15:01,965 --> 01:15:04,165 This should give them a lot more reliability 1727 01:15:04,167 --> 01:15:06,267 to be able to continue to fight 1728 01:15:06,269 --> 01:15:09,437 even if they lose one motor or one belt, 1729 01:15:09,439 --> 01:15:11,873 the whole system should still stay running. 1730 01:15:11,875 --> 01:15:14,408 [chris] thank you, pete. When you're facing a dangerous weapon like 1731 01:15:14,410 --> 01:15:18,513 end game has, reliability, it's got to be the key. 1732 01:15:18,515 --> 01:15:20,281 [audience cheering and applauding] 1733 01:15:23,453 --> 01:15:25,286 [robotic voice] robots activate. 1734 01:15:28,958 --> 01:15:32,894 [chris] this is a possible final's preview. 1735 01:15:32,896 --> 01:15:35,263 These bots are that good. 1736 01:15:35,265 --> 01:15:38,199 End game, the defending champ. 1737 01:15:38,201 --> 01:15:42,003 Witch doctor made the title game two seasons ago. 1738 01:15:43,473 --> 01:15:45,406 [robotic voice] red team ready. 1739 01:15:47,810 --> 01:15:49,277 [audience cheering and applauding] 1740 01:15:51,381 --> 01:15:53,514 [robotic voice] blue team ready. 1741 01:15:55,285 --> 01:15:57,552 [audience cheering] 1742 01:16:26,950 --> 01:16:29,317 [chris] let the bots battle begin. 1743 01:16:29,319 --> 01:16:33,020 End game throwing that big weapon at witch doctor. 1744 01:16:33,022 --> 01:16:36,023 Witch doctor trying to get away from end game 1745 01:16:36,025 --> 01:16:38,225 playing the angle game. 1746 01:16:40,029 --> 01:16:41,429 Trying the weapons. 1747 01:16:41,431 --> 01:16:42,763 [kenny] oh. 1748 01:16:42,765 --> 01:16:45,466 [chris] witch doctor not scared to go head to head. 1749 01:16:45,468 --> 01:16:48,836 [kenny] witch doctor trying to attack, it looks like the corner 1750 01:16:48,838 --> 01:16:51,038 oh, that's a nice hit there by end game. 1751 01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:52,707 [chris] looks like those forks are 1752 01:16:52,709 --> 01:16:55,443 in the up position on end game right now. 1753 01:16:55,445 --> 01:16:58,045 [kenny] yeah, end game still playing the aggressor 1754 01:16:58,047 --> 01:17:00,081 though here, chris. 1755 01:17:00,083 --> 01:17:01,449 [chris] oh! 1756 01:17:01,451 --> 01:17:02,550 Big shot. 1757 01:17:03,853 --> 01:17:05,119 [bots crashing] 1758 01:17:05,121 --> 01:17:07,688 [chris] oh, witch doctor pops end game in the air. 1759 01:17:07,690 --> 01:17:10,157 Michael gellatly had an opportunity there. 1760 01:17:10,159 --> 01:17:13,461 [kenny] had end game teed up but couldn't capitalize. 1761 01:17:13,463 --> 01:17:16,998 [chris] end game trying to chew on the rib cage of witch doctor. 1762 01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:19,233 [kenny] this may come down to which bot can land 1763 01:17:19,235 --> 01:17:21,135 that first big shot, chris. 1764 01:17:21,137 --> 01:17:23,504 You see both teams being very intentional 1765 01:17:23,506 --> 01:17:24,972 about their movement. 1766 01:17:26,209 --> 01:17:27,408 [bots crashing] 1767 01:17:27,410 --> 01:17:29,076 [chris] oh, wow! 1768 01:17:29,078 --> 01:17:30,244 You got him. 1769 01:17:30,246 --> 01:17:32,113 [chris] let's see if witch doctor can... 1770 01:17:32,115 --> 01:17:34,749 [kenny] oh, wow! 1771 01:17:34,751 --> 01:17:38,052 [chris] witch doctor getting taken for a ride by end game. 1772 01:17:38,054 --> 01:17:41,288 [kenny] now, patience paid off for end game right now, chris. 1773 01:17:41,290 --> 01:17:42,923 [chris] and it's gliding so much... 1774 01:17:42,925 --> 01:17:43,991 Look at end game, 1775 01:17:43,993 --> 01:17:45,860 just getting right at witch doctor, 1776 01:17:45,862 --> 01:17:47,962 really chewing it that rib cage seeing 1777 01:17:47,964 --> 01:17:49,930 if there's any meat left on that bot. 1778 01:17:49,932 --> 01:17:51,065 [kenny] oh. 1779 01:17:51,067 --> 01:17:52,133 [chris] [inaudible] 1780 01:17:52,135 --> 01:17:53,267 [kenny] wow. 1781 01:17:53,269 --> 01:17:55,102 [chris] a brutal attack by end game. 1782 01:17:55,104 --> 01:17:58,739 Witch doctors on its head, can it self-right? 1783 01:17:58,741 --> 01:18:00,474 You have to watch it out. 1784 01:18:00,476 --> 01:18:02,977 [chris] michael gellatly mashing his controller, 1785 01:18:02,979 --> 01:18:05,312 but no life from witch doctor. 1786 01:18:05,314 --> 01:18:07,214 [kenny] typically, those ribs on the back 1787 01:18:07,216 --> 01:18:09,250 of witch doctor able to self-right. 1788 01:18:09,252 --> 01:18:11,952 I'm not sure they're going to be able to pull it off. 1789 01:18:11,954 --> 01:18:14,422 [chris] end game standing over its prey, saying, 1790 01:18:14,424 --> 01:18:17,291 - don't you dare get up. -Four, three, two, one, 1791 01:18:17,293 --> 01:18:18,659 that's is a knockout. 1792 01:18:18,661 --> 01:18:20,094 [audience cheering and applauding] 1793 01:18:33,009 --> 01:18:35,476 [chris] a ton of action in this one tonight, kenny. 1794 01:18:35,478 --> 01:18:37,311 [kenny] yeah, no doubt about it. 1795 01:18:37,313 --> 01:18:39,213 These guys went right at each other, 1796 01:18:39,215 --> 01:18:41,115 two of the best drivers in the game, 1797 01:18:41,117 --> 01:18:42,917 two of the best bots in the game. 1798 01:18:42,919 --> 01:18:44,952 They have competed at the highest levels 1799 01:18:44,954 --> 01:18:48,022 and this was technical and it was brutal as well. 1800 01:18:48,024 --> 01:18:50,991 [chris] you know, michael gellatly had a couple of windows 1801 01:18:50,993 --> 01:18:52,460 to land a kill shot on end game, 1802 01:18:52,462 --> 01:18:55,096 but could not seal the deal. 1803 01:18:55,098 --> 01:18:57,832 [kenny] yeah, echoes of that championship loss against 1804 01:18:57,834 --> 01:18:59,500 bite force in 2019. 1805 01:18:59,502 --> 01:19:01,669 Mike's going to be replaying this one 1806 01:19:01,671 --> 01:19:04,705 in his sleep tonight, I guarantee it. 1807 01:19:04,707 --> 01:19:07,942 [chris] endgame is now tallied knockouts against hydra 1808 01:19:07,944 --> 01:19:10,177 and witch doctor to start its season. 1809 01:19:10,179 --> 01:19:12,313 And unless thanos is next, 1810 01:19:12,315 --> 01:19:14,982 the defending champ is looking like the favorite 1811 01:19:14,984 --> 01:19:17,785 to secure the number one overall seed 1812 01:19:17,787 --> 01:19:19,587 in this year's tournament. 1813 01:19:19,589 --> 01:19:21,088 [audience cheering and applauding] 1814 01:19:22,558 --> 01:19:23,691 [chris] nick and jack, 1815 01:19:23,693 --> 01:19:24,759 oh. 1816 01:19:24,761 --> 01:19:26,293 [chris] here's a scary thought. 1817 01:19:26,295 --> 01:19:29,463 Are you guys better than last season, nick? 1818 01:19:29,465 --> 01:19:31,565 We might be a little bit, yeah. 1819 01:19:31,567 --> 01:19:34,435 We plan to be, but we're yet to see 1820 01:19:34,437 --> 01:19:36,904 if it's actually worked out, so yeah. 1821 01:19:36,906 --> 01:19:41,842 Hey, like we've never gone like a proper smash fest before. 1822 01:19:41,844 --> 01:19:44,245 Honestly, like, most of our fights have ended 1823 01:19:44,247 --> 01:19:48,115 pretty quickly and that was like at each other constantly. 1824 01:19:48,117 --> 01:19:49,049 That was excellent. 1825 01:19:49,051 --> 01:19:50,785 Jack, how much fun is it 1826 01:19:50,787 --> 01:19:53,454 when you're attacking a team like witch doctor, 1827 01:19:53,456 --> 01:19:55,322 that, you know, is that legendary, 1828 01:19:55,324 --> 01:19:56,524 that decorated 1829 01:19:56,526 --> 01:19:58,793 and you're taking them all through the box? 1830 01:19:58,795 --> 01:20:00,161 It's... It's too stressful 1831 01:20:00,163 --> 01:20:01,996 to think about the fun, but like when you see 1832 01:20:01,998 --> 01:20:03,030 them flying across the arena, 1833 01:20:03,032 --> 01:20:04,365 you just got to keep chasing them. 1834 01:20:04,367 --> 01:20:05,833 And that's... That's probably the best part. 1835 01:20:05,835 --> 01:20:08,002 Trying to line up the second shots, yeah. 1836 01:20:08,004 --> 01:20:11,238 Finally, jack, what does it say about end game 1837 01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,974 that in your first two matches you took down hydra, 1838 01:20:13,976 --> 01:20:15,843 which was the number one seed heading 1839 01:20:15,878 --> 01:20:17,812 into the round of 32 a season ago 1840 01:20:17,814 --> 01:20:21,148 and then the 2019 runner up in witch doctor? 1841 01:20:21,150 --> 01:20:22,349 Yeah, I think it says good things. 1842 01:20:22,351 --> 01:20:24,285 We're back and you know, 1843 01:20:24,287 --> 01:20:26,086 we got the nut last year and that felt pretty good, 1844 01:20:26,088 --> 01:20:27,955 so we're going to try to get a second one this year. 1845 01:20:27,957 --> 01:20:29,423 Yeah, you think it says good things about you? 1846 01:20:29,425 --> 01:20:31,892 -Yeah, I, I do agree. -I think so, yeah. 1847 01:20:31,894 --> 01:20:33,327 Yeah. All right, guys. Go party on. 1848 01:20:33,329 --> 01:20:35,496 Congratulations with your 2-0 start. 1849 01:20:36,933 --> 01:20:37,932 Yes. 1850 01:20:37,934 --> 01:20:39,366 [audience cheering and applauding] 1851 01:20:43,406 --> 01:20:45,973 andrea and mike, you guys have been around 1852 01:20:45,975 --> 01:20:48,843 this game an awfully long time. 1853 01:20:48,845 --> 01:20:51,979 What are your impressions of end game so far? 1854 01:20:51,981 --> 01:20:53,948 I mean, end game is a robot that went 1855 01:20:53,950 --> 01:20:55,883 from never making it to the tournament 1856 01:20:55,885 --> 01:20:57,484 to going all the way last year. 1857 01:20:57,486 --> 01:20:59,887 So we were taking them very, very seriously. 1858 01:20:59,889 --> 01:21:01,989 We know they made a lot of improvements. 1859 01:21:01,991 --> 01:21:03,390 We really wanted to win this match 1860 01:21:03,392 --> 01:21:05,492 proving that we didn't need forks to win 1861 01:21:05,494 --> 01:21:07,461 because forks have gotten really popular in the sport. 1862 01:21:07,463 --> 01:21:09,196 We did make forks, so maybe it's time 1863 01:21:09,198 --> 01:21:11,298 to reevaluate that decision. 1864 01:21:11,300 --> 01:21:14,702 [kenny] early on, it seemed like it was a really close fight. 1865 01:21:14,704 --> 01:21:16,437 Can you take us through that fight and tell us 1866 01:21:16,439 --> 01:21:18,439 kind of what happened at the end there? 1867 01:21:18,441 --> 01:21:21,075 Yeah, of course. I mean, when we fought bite force in 2019, 1868 01:21:21,077 --> 01:21:23,944 obviously he has hinged forks in the front, 1869 01:21:23,946 --> 01:21:26,714 so that was our primary focus to stay off of those 1870 01:21:26,716 --> 01:21:29,183 or to damage them to the point where they couldn't get under us anymore. 1871 01:21:29,185 --> 01:21:30,885 And we were doing pretty good at the beginning, 1872 01:21:30,887 --> 01:21:33,854 but obviously end game has got a pretty terrifying weapon. 1873 01:21:33,856 --> 01:21:37,491 So they were able to get a few hits on us and flip us, 1874 01:21:37,493 --> 01:21:39,960 obviously changing the kind of the dynamic 1875 01:21:39,962 --> 01:21:41,028 of the match at that point. 1876 01:21:41,030 --> 01:21:44,265 I did lose drive about halfway through on one side, 1877 01:21:44,267 --> 01:21:47,134 so that made maneuvering pretty difficult after that 1878 01:21:47,136 --> 01:21:49,236 and they pretty much had their way with us, I think at that point. 1879 01:21:49,238 --> 01:21:52,373 There is no shame in losing to the champ at all, 1880 01:21:52,375 --> 01:21:55,342 but andrea explain to the people at home. 1881 01:21:55,344 --> 01:21:57,011 Is it a helpless feeling 1882 01:21:57,013 --> 01:21:59,413 when you're going against a bot like end game 1883 01:21:59,415 --> 01:22:01,048 and they're kind of having their way with you 1884 01:22:01,050 --> 01:22:03,117 for a few seconds there? 1885 01:22:03,119 --> 01:22:04,351 I mean, we're here to put on a show. 1886 01:22:04,353 --> 01:22:05,920 What we don't want is for our robot 1887 01:22:05,922 --> 01:22:07,321 to get in there and not work. 1888 01:22:07,323 --> 01:22:09,890 That was spectacular. I think it was edge of their seat. 1889 01:22:09,892 --> 01:22:12,526 I mean, it was for me. I'm sure it was for everybody else. 1890 01:22:13,362 --> 01:22:16,130 So I'm happy with that fight. 1891 01:22:16,132 --> 01:22:19,900 You still feel good about where you are in 2021. 1892 01:22:19,902 --> 01:22:22,036 I mean, we're... We're 1-1 now. 1893 01:22:22,038 --> 01:22:23,971 So it all comes down to the third fight, card fight. 1894 01:22:23,973 --> 01:22:25,205 That's a lot of pressure. 1895 01:22:25,207 --> 01:22:27,207 I was hoping that it would turn out a little differently, 1896 01:22:27,209 --> 01:22:29,243 but we'll have the robot ready to go. 1897 01:22:29,245 --> 01:22:30,844 You're always a ton of fun to watch. 1898 01:22:30,846 --> 01:22:32,379 Thanks, andrea and michael gellatly 1899 01:22:32,381 --> 01:22:33,914 -and team witch doctor. -Thank you. 1900 01:22:33,916 --> 01:22:35,149 Thanks guys. 1901 01:22:36,986 --> 01:22:38,419 [audience cheering and applauding] 1902 01:22:41,257 --> 01:22:43,190 you know, kenny, when they give you one of these 1903 01:22:43,192 --> 01:22:44,925 like end game earned a season ago, 1904 01:22:44,927 --> 01:22:46,260 everybody is coming after you 1905 01:22:46,262 --> 01:22:49,129 and you know, what's happened so far, took care of hydra 1906 01:22:49,131 --> 01:22:50,731 and now has taken care of witch doctor. 1907 01:22:50,733 --> 01:22:52,132 That's pretty impressive. 1908 01:22:52,134 --> 01:22:54,802 Absolutely, considering the level of those opponents too, 1909 01:22:54,804 --> 01:22:56,036 very impressive. 1910 01:22:56,038 --> 01:22:58,372 But a couple other bots have made some noise tonight. 1911 01:22:58,374 --> 01:23:00,841 [chris] we saw shatter! Improve to 2-0, with a win 1912 01:23:00,843 --> 01:23:03,110 over blacksmith on a hammer on hammer crime. 1913 01:23:03,112 --> 01:23:05,546 Uppercut continued an explosive trend 1914 01:23:05,548 --> 01:23:08,482 of taking its anger out on fuel tanks, 1915 01:23:08,484 --> 01:23:10,985 and hydra got off the schneid 1916 01:23:10,987 --> 01:23:14,555 and knocked one into that all important win column. 1917 01:23:16,058 --> 01:23:18,225 So for faruq, the bot whisperer, pete, 1918 01:23:18,227 --> 01:23:20,394 my man, kenny florian, I'm chris rose, 1919 01:23:20,396 --> 01:23:23,931 we'll see you next time on battlebots. 1920 01:23:23,933 --> 01:23:25,432 [audience cheering and applauding] 1921 01:23:25,434 --> 01:23:27,067 [music playing]