1 00:00:08,379 --> 00:00:11,482 [narrator] From around the world, they heed the call. 2 00:00:13,724 --> 00:00:19,482 Humankind's most ingenious minds, 3 00:00:19,517 --> 00:00:23,206 the fearless fringe of robotic design. 4 00:00:25,413 --> 00:00:31,310 Settle in for the ride and adjust your screens 5 00:00:31,344 --> 00:00:37,275 for the mind-bending blending of man and machine. 6 00:00:42,551 --> 00:00:47,137 [man] Let the bot battle begin. 7 00:00:50,896 --> 00:00:54,344 [narrator] Welcome to World Championship VII. 8 00:00:54,379 --> 00:00:56,068 Let's go! 9 00:00:57,482 --> 00:01:01,620 [narrator] This is BattleBots. 10 00:01:01,655 --> 00:01:03,482 Watch where you're going. 11 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,310 [automated voice] Robots, activate. 12 00:01:14,862 --> 00:01:16,862 [crowd cheering and applauding] 13 00:01:20,689 --> 00:01:22,241 Welcome. 14 00:01:22,275 --> 00:01:23,413 We are back. 15 00:01:28,310 --> 00:01:29,620 [man] What do you got? 16 00:01:34,655 --> 00:01:37,206 Hey, everybody, and welcome to BattleBots. 17 00:01:37,241 --> 00:01:39,344 Tonight, the chaos and the carnage begin 18 00:01:39,379 --> 00:01:43,103 as we kick off World Championship VII. 19 00:01:46,379 --> 00:01:49,379 I am Chris Rose, joined as always by the main man, 20 00:01:49,413 --> 00:01:53,068 the UFC legend, the greatest robot combat analyst on the planet Earth. 21 00:01:53,103 --> 00:01:55,413 Say hello to the one and only Kenny Florian. 22 00:01:59,551 --> 00:02:01,655 Thanks, Chris. It's great to be here. 23 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:03,275 How do we feel, Vegas? 24 00:02:03,310 --> 00:02:05,655 [crowd cheering] 25 00:02:05,689 --> 00:02:07,103 [Chris] I'd say pretty good. 26 00:02:07,137 --> 00:02:10,275 Ah, Kenny, BattleBots is a global phenomenon that just keeps 27 00:02:10,310 --> 00:02:13,241 getting bigger and better, and this year is no exception. 28 00:02:13,275 --> 00:02:14,551 Absolutely. 29 00:02:14,586 --> 00:02:17,310 And we've got exciting new changes this year to ensure that 30 00:02:17,344 --> 00:02:20,482 this world championship season will be the best yet. 31 00:02:20,517 --> 00:02:21,586 [Chris] That's right. 32 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:23,689 The field is leaner and meaner than ever, 33 00:02:23,724 --> 00:02:27,379 with only the 50 baddest bots on earth allowed entry. 34 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:28,689 Top to bottom. 35 00:02:28,724 --> 00:02:31,206 This roster features cutting edge designs, 36 00:02:31,241 --> 00:02:35,724 revolutionary engineers and an unrivaled appetite for destruction. 37 00:02:35,758 --> 00:02:38,586 There ain't no cupcakes this time around. 38 00:02:38,620 --> 00:02:42,586 [Kenny] And we have two more game changing announcements this season. 39 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:45,413 Every team will have four guaranteed fights 40 00:02:45,448 --> 00:02:49,034 in the qualifiers leading up to the World Championship Tournament. 41 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:52,793 And for the first time ever, you, the fans can go 42 00:02:52,827 --> 00:02:57,862 to battlebots.com right now to see every robot's complete schedule. 43 00:02:57,896 --> 00:03:01,448 No more making everybody wait to find out who is fighting and when. 44 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:03,896 Every team back in the pits knows the roadmap 45 00:03:03,931 --> 00:03:05,965 to the promised land and the opponents 46 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,827 they'll have to destroy along the way. 47 00:03:07,862 --> 00:03:10,655 At the end of the season, one team will tear 48 00:03:10,689 --> 00:03:13,379 through their foes and hoist the Giant Nut. 49 00:03:16,310 --> 00:03:19,517 It's the ultimate prize for this world class field 50 00:03:19,551 --> 00:03:24,103 of 50, including the competitors on tonight's fight card. 51 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:26,103 Tell them what they've got, Kenny. 52 00:03:26,137 --> 00:03:28,517 [Kenny] Well, Chris, they say sharing is caring, 53 00:03:28,551 --> 00:03:30,931 but these two don't believe that for a second. 54 00:03:30,965 --> 00:03:36,068 2022 Rookie of the Year, Glitch, will take on 2022 co-rookie of the Year, 55 00:03:36,103 --> 00:03:38,896 Riptide, to prove which sophomore bot 56 00:03:38,931 --> 00:03:41,482 is ready for the ascent to greatness. 57 00:03:41,517 --> 00:03:47,137 And we'll see the maestro of monstrosities HUGE take on Adam Wrigley 58 00:03:47,172 --> 00:03:51,448 and Shatter who are looking to chop it down to size. 59 00:03:51,482 --> 00:03:54,241 [Chris] And get ready because in our main event, 60 00:03:54,275 --> 00:03:57,896 reigning world champion Tantrum is in the house. 61 00:03:59,931 --> 00:04:03,241 It begins its title defense against none other 62 00:04:03,275 --> 00:04:06,137 than the raging bull Minotaur. 63 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000 But we'll start things off with two of the heaviest hitters 64 00:04:11,034 --> 00:04:14,379 in the game coming off their second runner up finish 65 00:04:14,413 --> 00:04:17,689 for the Giant Nut last season, the legendary team 66 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:21,586 Witch Doctor will be out for blood as they take on 67 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:24,862 the amphibious assassin Ribbot. 68 00:04:26,896 --> 00:04:28,448 I don't know about you, Kenny. 69 00:04:28,482 --> 00:04:30,413 -I'm ready to go. -Me, too. 70 00:04:30,448 --> 00:04:31,965 You guys ready to go? 71 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 [crowd cheering and applauding] 72 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,655 Faruq, kick off this season in style. 73 00:04:38,689 --> 00:04:39,965 Let's go. 74 00:04:42,551 --> 00:04:46,034 [Faruq] Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? 75 00:04:47,275 --> 00:04:51,241 It's robot fighting time. 76 00:05:02,448 --> 00:05:05,965 In the red square, this team lives out in Worcester, 77 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,379 where the R is silent. 78 00:05:07,413 --> 00:05:10,448 And they don't say much either, but their aura is violent. 79 00:05:10,482 --> 00:05:12,689 So, beware the quiet night at the pond 80 00:05:12,724 --> 00:05:15,310 when the only noise is crickets because your life 81 00:05:15,344 --> 00:05:19,620 is about to end after you hear the Ribbot. 82 00:05:19,655 --> 00:05:22,896 Give it up for Ribbot. 83 00:05:22,931 --> 00:05:25,931 [crowd cheering and applauding] 84 00:05:29,103 --> 00:05:31,931 [Chris] Definitely David Jin there on the right. 85 00:05:31,965 --> 00:05:36,275 He leads a team of students and alumni from WPI up in Boston. 86 00:05:36,310 --> 00:05:39,931 And Kenny, this frog doesn't pull its punches. 87 00:05:39,965 --> 00:05:41,896 [Kenny] Ribbot's a vicious striker. 88 00:05:41,931 --> 00:05:44,896 And in the off season, the team completely reworked 89 00:05:44,931 --> 00:05:47,620 their weapon motor to hit even harder. 90 00:05:47,655 --> 00:05:51,758 They're pumping 33 horsepower into that deadly vertical spinner. 91 00:05:51,793 --> 00:05:54,137 Most bots here barely touch 20. 92 00:05:54,172 --> 00:05:56,689 [Chris] Hey, that's a lot of horses for a frog. 93 00:06:01,724 --> 00:06:05,758 In the blue square, this doctor is strange. 94 00:06:05,793 --> 00:06:08,344 Her spells will put you in a sling, man. 95 00:06:08,379 --> 00:06:12,344 Marvel at her madness when she slaps you with her ring hand. 96 00:06:12,379 --> 00:06:15,620 She didn't come to bargain, she came to do some burying. 97 00:06:15,655 --> 00:06:17,724 She'll open a portal to the multiverse 98 00:06:17,758 --> 00:06:20,068 and slaughter all your variants. 99 00:06:20,103 --> 00:06:22,827 It's Witch Doctor. 100 00:06:22,862 --> 00:06:24,862 [crowd cheering and applauding] 101 00:06:29,172 --> 00:06:31,448 [Chris] Team Witch Doctor out of the tunnel 102 00:06:31,482 --> 00:06:34,551 for the first of their four fights in the qualifiers, 103 00:06:34,586 --> 00:06:36,655 led of course by the husband and wife 104 00:06:36,689 --> 00:06:39,206 tandem of Mike and Andrea Gellantly. 105 00:06:39,241 --> 00:06:43,172 Getting this squad all in on their new weapons system. 106 00:06:43,206 --> 00:06:44,965 [Kenny] Yeah, for the first time they're running 107 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 their spinner at the literal maximum speed 108 00:06:48,034 --> 00:06:51,965 here at BattleBots of 250 miles an hour. 109 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 And look at that, not a single fork on the robot. 110 00:06:55,034 --> 00:06:56,689 They want to showcase that power 111 00:06:56,724 --> 00:06:58,655 and take the fight to Ribbot. 112 00:07:01,758 --> 00:07:03,724 [crowd cheering and applauding] 113 00:07:06,482 --> 00:07:08,413 Ribbot is a very terrifying robot, 114 00:07:08,448 --> 00:07:10,586 and because they have multiple configurations, 115 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:12,068 we could definitely be at a disadvantage 116 00:07:12,103 --> 00:07:14,172 if we don't pick the right one and they drive 117 00:07:14,206 --> 00:07:16,413 aggressively all of the time. 118 00:07:16,448 --> 00:07:17,793 So, it's definitely gonna... 119 00:07:17,827 --> 00:07:19,482 I'm gonna have my hands full with this fight. 120 00:07:19,517 --> 00:07:21,206 We have a long path to the... 121 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:24,482 to the tournament, to the Giant Nut, and we have to survive 122 00:07:24,517 --> 00:07:26,206 the game of attrition as well. 123 00:07:26,241 --> 00:07:27,724 But if we don't win this fight, 124 00:07:27,758 --> 00:07:29,000 then there might be no tournaments. 125 00:07:29,034 --> 00:07:31,275 So, it's... it's a balance to leave it all out there. 126 00:07:31,310 --> 00:07:34,137 Our strategy against Witch Doctor will be to either survive 127 00:07:34,172 --> 00:07:35,827 the hits but also dish out the hits. 128 00:07:35,862 --> 00:07:37,862 We know that Witch Doctor hits really hard and we know 129 00:07:37,896 --> 00:07:40,655 that at some point during the match it's gonna take a really bad hit. 130 00:07:40,689 --> 00:07:42,551 Um, however, at the same time, we're hoping before that 131 00:07:42,586 --> 00:07:44,758 happens, we're actually able to damage them ourselves. 132 00:07:44,793 --> 00:07:47,206 After not going very far in the main tournament last year, 133 00:07:47,241 --> 00:07:49,103 I think we all have a little chip on our shoulder. 134 00:07:49,137 --> 00:07:51,068 I think we all want to show that our top eight run 135 00:07:51,103 --> 00:07:52,827 a few seasons ago wasn't a fluke and that 136 00:07:52,862 --> 00:07:54,344 we actually deserve to get there. 137 00:07:54,379 --> 00:07:56,241 We brought the best robot we've ever had this year, 138 00:07:56,275 --> 00:07:58,896 so hopefully we set ourselves up for success. 139 00:08:01,413 --> 00:08:03,137 [automated voice] Robots, activate. 140 00:08:06,137 --> 00:08:09,068 [Chris] All right. Let's break down the rules of the game. 141 00:08:09,103 --> 00:08:11,689 Each fight is a single three minute battle. 142 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:15,172 The goal, destroy or disable your opponent. 143 00:08:15,206 --> 00:08:18,896 If you can't do that, our panel of judges will declare a victor. 144 00:08:18,931 --> 00:08:22,034 And remember, the BattleBox is alive and ready 145 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:24,137 to inflict its own pain. 146 00:08:24,172 --> 00:08:25,931 The upper deck is back. 147 00:08:25,965 --> 00:08:29,655 We've got Scrooge pulverizers controlled by the teams 148 00:08:29,689 --> 00:08:31,655 and kill saws that become active 149 00:08:31,689 --> 00:08:33,482 in the final minute of the fight. 150 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,482 [automated voice] Red team, ready? 151 00:08:40,517 --> 00:08:42,103 -[cheering] -Good. 152 00:08:45,896 --> 00:08:48,103 [automated voice] Blue team, ready? 153 00:08:48,137 --> 00:08:50,551 We are. 154 00:08:50,586 --> 00:08:53,379 [crowd cheering and applauding] 155 00:09:03,172 --> 00:09:06,137 [crowd chanting] 156 00:09:08,310 --> 00:09:09,758 [Chris] We are ready. 157 00:09:09,793 --> 00:09:14,793 The chase for a championship begins now. 158 00:09:18,172 --> 00:09:21,344 Let the bot battle begin. 159 00:09:21,379 --> 00:09:22,448 [Kenny] Oh. 160 00:09:22,482 --> 00:09:23,896 [Chris] Face to face. 161 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:26,551 [Kenny] That's two aggressive drivers with world class 162 00:09:26,586 --> 00:09:27,862 vertical weapons. 163 00:09:27,896 --> 00:09:30,344 Who draws first blood? Oh. 164 00:09:30,379 --> 00:09:31,586 [Chris] Oh. 165 00:09:31,620 --> 00:09:33,689 Witch Doctor rips the left front tire off the Ribbot. 166 00:09:33,724 --> 00:09:34,862 [Kenny] Ooh. 167 00:09:34,896 --> 00:09:37,965 The driving error there by David Jin. 168 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,482 [Chris] Oh, Michael Gellatly just surgical. 169 00:09:40,517 --> 00:09:42,689 [Kenny] Witch Doctor grinding down the frog. 170 00:09:42,724 --> 00:09:46,620 Ribbot's trying to stay squared up on three wheels. 171 00:09:46,655 --> 00:09:49,379 [Chris] And that is really gonna limit the driving on Ribbot. 172 00:09:49,413 --> 00:09:51,000 Now, Witch Doctor can kind of pick... 173 00:09:51,034 --> 00:09:53,586 Oh, what a hit. 174 00:09:53,620 --> 00:09:54,793 Oh. 175 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:57,862 [Kenny] And there comes the face of the frog. 176 00:09:57,896 --> 00:10:00,172 And another huge hit on Ribbot. 177 00:10:00,206 --> 00:10:01,379 So, I missed that. 178 00:10:01,413 --> 00:10:03,172 [Chris] Ribbot in big trouble right now. 179 00:10:03,206 --> 00:10:05,413 [Kenny] Dan gets stuck to finish the job. 180 00:10:05,448 --> 00:10:07,310 There goes another tire. 181 00:10:07,344 --> 00:10:08,689 [Chris] Wow. 182 00:10:08,724 --> 00:10:10,827 [Kenny] Michael Gellatly backing away. 183 00:10:12,103 --> 00:10:14,103 No movement out of Ribbot, Chris. 184 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:17,448 That is the Witch Doctor these fans know and love. 185 00:10:17,482 --> 00:10:19,034 Both are scary. 186 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:22,103 [man] Ten, nine... 187 00:10:22,137 --> 00:10:23,896 [Chris] The countdown has started. 188 00:10:23,931 --> 00:10:25,517 [man] Seven, six... 189 00:10:25,551 --> 00:10:29,310 [Chris] Ribbot is done as Witch Doctor does the deed. 190 00:10:29,344 --> 00:10:31,862 [man] Two, one. That's a knockout. 191 00:10:31,896 --> 00:10:34,896 [crowd cheering and applauding] 192 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:38,344 [cheering] 193 00:10:48,275 --> 00:10:51,206 [Chris] Kenny, we were all curious to see what Witch Doctor 194 00:10:51,241 --> 00:10:54,000 would do with a 250-mile-an-hour weapon. 195 00:10:54,034 --> 00:10:55,379 I think we got our answer. 196 00:10:55,413 --> 00:10:58,000 [Kenny] Yeah, this was the showcase of raw power. 197 00:10:58,034 --> 00:11:00,620 And listen, it takes a lot of confidence to go weapon 198 00:11:00,655 --> 00:11:03,931 to a weapon with a robot as destructive as Ribbot. 199 00:11:03,965 --> 00:11:05,689 But look at these shots. 200 00:11:06,758 --> 00:11:08,620 Mike won every duel here. 201 00:11:08,655 --> 00:11:11,206 He didn't give Ribbot any room to work. 202 00:11:11,241 --> 00:11:15,172 No voodoo necessary. This was domination. 203 00:11:15,206 --> 00:11:18,068 [Chris] And Witch Doctor again putting the finishing touches 204 00:11:18,103 --> 00:11:20,206 on Ribbot there in the corner. 205 00:11:20,241 --> 00:11:23,896 And eventually lulling the frog to sleep. 206 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:31,620 Andrea and Mike Gellatly, team Witch Doctor, congratulations. 207 00:11:31,655 --> 00:11:32,793 Thank you. 208 00:11:32,827 --> 00:11:36,310 Andrea, you guys said you didn't know what to expect 209 00:11:36,344 --> 00:11:39,241 out of a high-powered weapon like that. 210 00:11:39,275 --> 00:11:40,551 What did you see? 211 00:11:40,586 --> 00:11:42,448 I am so happy it worked. 212 00:11:42,482 --> 00:11:44,241 [laughing] 213 00:11:44,275 --> 00:11:46,034 When you change so many things in the robot 214 00:11:46,068 --> 00:11:48,000 and you can't battle test it anywhere safely, 215 00:11:48,034 --> 00:11:50,413 it's impossible to know how it's gonna work. 216 00:11:50,448 --> 00:11:52,413 And our first match against a robot like Ribbot, 217 00:11:52,448 --> 00:11:54,586 there is no room for error. 218 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:56,793 We decided not to run our forks. We have forks. 219 00:11:56,827 --> 00:11:59,137 That's been the theme of the last couple of seasons. 220 00:11:59,172 --> 00:12:00,896 We took a risk not running them. 221 00:12:00,931 --> 00:12:03,931 Put all the pressure on Mike to drive and he delivered. 222 00:12:03,965 --> 00:12:06,862 [crowd cheering and applauding] 223 00:12:06,896 --> 00:12:09,241 [Kenny] You guys were hitting extremely hard last season. 224 00:12:09,275 --> 00:12:11,379 This season might be hitting even harder. 225 00:12:11,413 --> 00:12:13,896 Is this the hardest hitting Witch Doctor that we've seen? 226 00:12:13,931 --> 00:12:16,172 Oh yeah, for sure, for sure. 227 00:12:16,206 --> 00:12:19,206 Normally, we're at 200 miles an hour at tip speed just 228 00:12:19,241 --> 00:12:21,517 'cause we wanted to make sure that we had reliability. 229 00:12:21,551 --> 00:12:24,000 Um, and we threw caution to the wind, threw 230 00:12:24,034 --> 00:12:26,965 reliability right out the window and bumped it up to 250. 231 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,655 Um, so... 232 00:12:29,689 --> 00:12:31,413 -It worked. -And it worked. 233 00:12:31,448 --> 00:12:33,344 For the entirety of the match, at least, I don't know. 234 00:12:33,379 --> 00:12:35,275 We'll have to see when we take the robot apart. 235 00:12:35,310 --> 00:12:36,793 All right, guys, congratulations. 236 00:12:36,827 --> 00:12:37,896 [Andrea] Thank you. 237 00:12:47,310 --> 00:12:48,551 [Chris] All right, Kenny. 238 00:12:48,586 --> 00:12:51,310 Witch Doctor, they're just trying to take that final step. 239 00:12:51,344 --> 00:12:53,689 So, they reconfigured their weapon. 240 00:12:53,724 --> 00:12:55,655 Now they got some serious pop. 241 00:12:55,689 --> 00:12:57,517 I'm not betting against that group. 242 00:12:57,551 --> 00:12:59,862 [Kenny] Listen, they're always gonna be a favorite. 243 00:12:59,896 --> 00:13:02,241 This was a big W on their schedule. 244 00:13:02,275 --> 00:13:06,103 And check out that fourth qualifying fight against Minotaur. 245 00:13:06,137 --> 00:13:09,517 [Chris] Mark that one down on your calendar, folks. 246 00:13:09,551 --> 00:13:12,137 As for Team Ribbot, they have dug themselves 247 00:13:12,172 --> 00:13:14,827 a bit of a hole here at O and 1. 248 00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:17,241 [Kenny] Yeah, but this was always going to be their toughest matchup. 249 00:13:17,275 --> 00:13:19,586 Ribbot's got a good shot to right the ship 250 00:13:19,620 --> 00:13:22,586 in their next fight against Claw Viper. 251 00:13:22,620 --> 00:13:25,758 [Chris] All right. When we come back, it's international warfare. 252 00:13:25,793 --> 00:13:27,724 We know Brian Nave won't be civil, 253 00:13:27,758 --> 00:13:31,344 but can the British bot have a revolutionary start to its season? 254 00:13:31,379 --> 00:13:33,793 It's Captain Shrederator versus Quantum. 255 00:13:33,827 --> 00:13:35,896 And it's up next on BattleBots. 256 00:13:43,965 --> 00:13:45,620 Welcome back to BattleBots. 257 00:13:45,655 --> 00:13:48,517 So, we kickoff the World Championship VII. 258 00:13:48,551 --> 00:13:51,793 We've got six more monster matchups for you tonight. 259 00:13:51,827 --> 00:13:54,827 Let's dive right back into the action. 260 00:13:54,862 --> 00:13:56,620 Kenny, the great thing about this season, 261 00:13:56,655 --> 00:13:59,586 we see some old friends like Quantum. 262 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:02,448 We last saw this crusher bot from the United Kingdom 263 00:14:02,482 --> 00:14:06,620 engineered by James and Grant Cooper in World Championship IV. 264 00:14:06,655 --> 00:14:08,241 What do we need to know? 265 00:14:08,275 --> 00:14:10,931 [Kenny] Well, it won the award for best design that season, 266 00:14:10,965 --> 00:14:13,000 and it may very well win it again. 267 00:14:13,034 --> 00:14:15,724 No armor we know of can withstand the crushing 268 00:14:15,758 --> 00:14:18,310 power of its jaws. 269 00:14:18,344 --> 00:14:21,482 They're taking on an old head around here, 270 00:14:21,517 --> 00:14:24,551 Captain Shrederator, led by Brian Nave. 271 00:14:24,586 --> 00:14:26,689 And while it's been a struggle for the captain 272 00:14:26,724 --> 00:14:30,310 in recent years, no one can forget its opening night knockout 273 00:14:30,344 --> 00:14:32,551 at Tombstone just last season. 274 00:14:32,586 --> 00:14:35,517 [Kenny] Yeah. Could we see match one magic again? 275 00:14:35,551 --> 00:14:38,034 Listen, we'll see how Captain Shrederator holds up 276 00:14:38,068 --> 00:14:41,137 to the attrition of this four-fight schedule. 277 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:43,034 But it's in mint condition right now. 278 00:14:43,068 --> 00:14:44,724 And that's bad news for Quantum. 279 00:14:45,896 --> 00:14:47,586 [crowd cheering and applauding] 280 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:50,448 [Chris] All right. The bots are locked and loaded inside the Box. 281 00:14:50,482 --> 00:14:52,413 Let's get ready for this fight. 282 00:14:56,172 --> 00:14:58,103 [automated voice] Red team, ready? 283 00:14:59,241 --> 00:15:00,586 Ready. 284 00:15:02,931 --> 00:15:07,586 [Chris] Kenny, do not stick your hand inside the teeth of that Quantum. 285 00:15:07,620 --> 00:15:08,931 Please, okay. 286 00:15:08,965 --> 00:15:11,482 [Kenny] Yeah. I know. I will definitely not be doing that. 287 00:15:11,517 --> 00:15:14,241 They have those hydraulic crushing jaws, 288 00:15:14,275 --> 00:15:19,137 and they are capable of putting out 35,000 pounds of force. 289 00:15:19,172 --> 00:15:21,827 That's more than any known animal in history. 290 00:15:21,862 --> 00:15:24,241 But in order for them to work, they're gonna have to get in close. 291 00:15:27,517 --> 00:15:30,000 [automated voice] Blue team, ready? 292 00:15:30,034 --> 00:15:31,137 Get it away. 293 00:15:31,172 --> 00:15:32,620 Let's go! 294 00:15:33,896 --> 00:15:36,482 [Chris] And it's pretty simple for Captain Shrederator. 295 00:15:36,517 --> 00:15:38,620 Just keep spinning and hit. 296 00:15:38,655 --> 00:15:42,241 [Kenny] Yeah. Brian Nave wants to control the center of the BattleBox. 297 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:46,413 New look for Captain Shrederator as well with that wedge attachment 298 00:15:46,448 --> 00:15:48,896 under the front side, hoping to dominate 299 00:15:48,931 --> 00:15:50,689 the ground game in this one. 300 00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:04,724 [Chris] The British bot, Quantum, returns for the first time 301 00:16:04,758 --> 00:16:07,275 in three years with a star spangled 302 00:16:07,310 --> 00:16:10,103 Shrederator have it waving the white flag. 303 00:16:14,827 --> 00:16:16,896 Let the bot battle begin. 304 00:16:16,931 --> 00:16:18,172 And here comes Quantum on the Box, 305 00:16:18,206 --> 00:16:21,275 trying to get Shrederator before it can spin up. 306 00:16:21,310 --> 00:16:24,620 [Kenny] Quantum forcing Shrederator to give up the center of the Box. 307 00:16:24,655 --> 00:16:25,793 Oh. 308 00:16:25,827 --> 00:16:27,275 [Chris] Oh, here comes that crusher ability. 309 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:28,965 [Kenny] Oh. 310 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,689 [Chris] And shredded its jaws, but couldn't lower the teeth and grab a bite. 311 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,862 [Kenny] He's gonna try to crush down, see if he can destroy 312 00:16:33,896 --> 00:16:36,068 some of the internals on Captain Shrederator. 313 00:16:36,103 --> 00:16:38,965 [Chris] Quantum, look at the feet, spread to the pulverizer. 314 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,413 Mission accomplished. 315 00:16:40,448 --> 00:16:43,068 That is a 100-pound hammer doing some damage. 316 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:44,965 And there's the release. 317 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,655 [Kenny] Quantum dominating the ground game so far. 318 00:16:47,689 --> 00:16:52,241 All over Shrederator looking for an opportunity to sink those teeth in. 319 00:16:52,275 --> 00:16:54,206 [Chris] But Shrederator's got to do whatever it can 320 00:16:54,241 --> 00:16:56,793 to get some separation, spin up to full speed, 321 00:16:56,827 --> 00:16:58,137 which takes a couple of seconds. 322 00:16:58,172 --> 00:17:00,448 [Kenny] Oh, like a hot knife through butter. 323 00:17:00,482 --> 00:17:02,275 [Chris] Oh-oh. Come on. 324 00:17:02,310 --> 00:17:04,517 Wow. That is just nasty. 325 00:17:04,551 --> 00:17:08,379 [Kenny] That is exactly what Quantum is designed to do, Chris. 326 00:17:08,413 --> 00:17:10,586 [Chris] Just doing whatever it wants to at Shrederator. 327 00:17:10,620 --> 00:17:11,793 [Kenny] Oh. 328 00:17:11,827 --> 00:17:13,137 [Chris] From end to end. 329 00:17:13,172 --> 00:17:14,206 [Kenny] Uh-oh. 330 00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:15,448 [Chris] Oh, oh, oh. 331 00:17:15,482 --> 00:17:16,620 Geez. 332 00:17:16,655 --> 00:17:18,344 [Kenny] This is a control planning. 333 00:17:18,379 --> 00:17:21,068 And I think Shrederator may have lost the ability to spin up. 334 00:17:22,413 --> 00:17:24,000 [Chris] And who knows what Quantum 335 00:17:24,034 --> 00:17:26,103 with those teeth is doing to the internals. 336 00:17:26,137 --> 00:17:29,034 [Kenny] And no telling what Quantum may find under that shelf 337 00:17:29,068 --> 00:17:30,896 it could be a trip to the Bahamas, 338 00:17:30,931 --> 00:17:32,827 could be Shrederator's battling. 339 00:17:32,862 --> 00:17:33,896 [Chris] Oh. 340 00:17:33,931 --> 00:17:35,000 [Kenny] Again into the rail. 341 00:17:35,034 --> 00:17:36,068 [Chris] Oh, more hits. 342 00:17:36,103 --> 00:17:38,862 [Kenny] And here comes the pulverizer. 343 00:17:38,896 --> 00:17:41,206 [Chris] Ah, it's like a pit bull with a Frisbee, Kenny. 344 00:17:43,413 --> 00:17:45,827 [Kenny] Yeah, Quantum doing a great job of introducing 345 00:17:45,862 --> 00:17:47,655 the BattleBox to Captain Shrederator. 346 00:17:47,689 --> 00:17:49,448 [Chris] I mean, we're more than halfway through. 347 00:17:49,482 --> 00:17:50,551 Oh. 348 00:17:50,586 --> 00:17:52,275 [Kenny] Oh. 349 00:17:52,310 --> 00:17:55,655 Shrederator has seen every part of his bots. 350 00:17:55,689 --> 00:17:57,965 [Chris] And literally it's getting screwed now. 351 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,413 [Kenny] Oh. Oh. 352 00:17:59,448 --> 00:18:00,896 [Chris] Let's see. 353 00:18:00,931 --> 00:18:02,793 Quantum gives it a little distance. 354 00:18:02,827 --> 00:18:04,034 Does he want to try and pop it over? 355 00:18:04,068 --> 00:18:05,137 [Kenny] Oh. 356 00:18:05,172 --> 00:18:07,379 [Chris] Oh, yeah. And let's see. 357 00:18:07,413 --> 00:18:09,034 One, two, three. 358 00:18:09,068 --> 00:18:10,724 Is there a sink job in there? 359 00:18:10,758 --> 00:18:12,241 Oh, again. 360 00:18:14,413 --> 00:18:16,310 Oh, man. 361 00:18:16,344 --> 00:18:19,068 [Kenny] How much more does Shrederator take? 362 00:18:19,103 --> 00:18:20,586 [Chris] He's gonna need some... 363 00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:21,655 Oh, wow. 364 00:18:21,689 --> 00:18:23,758 That's got wider a little bit. 365 00:18:23,793 --> 00:18:25,103 [Kenny] Yes, it is. 366 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,758 The Cooper brothers may have struck paydirt in that fight. 367 00:18:27,793 --> 00:18:30,103 [Chris] Forty-five seconds to go. 368 00:18:30,137 --> 00:18:31,379 Oh, ow, ow, ow. 369 00:18:31,413 --> 00:18:33,137 Oh, look at that... Look at that cut through. 370 00:18:33,172 --> 00:18:34,310 [Kenny] Oh, my goodness. 371 00:18:34,344 --> 00:18:36,344 [Chris] Man, oh, man. 372 00:18:36,379 --> 00:18:38,896 Quantum backs away from its kill. 373 00:18:38,931 --> 00:18:40,793 Captain Shrederator is smoking. 374 00:18:40,827 --> 00:18:44,034 And here comes the countdown. 375 00:18:44,068 --> 00:18:45,689 And look at the Cooper brothers. 376 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:47,172 They are so excited. 377 00:18:47,206 --> 00:18:51,827 After a three-year hiatus, what a return to the BattleBox. 378 00:18:51,862 --> 00:18:53,034 Knockout. 379 00:18:53,068 --> 00:18:54,310 [indistinct chatter] 380 00:18:54,344 --> 00:18:56,068 [crowd cheering and applauding] 381 00:19:03,931 --> 00:19:05,620 [Chris] Hey, Kenny, if you want to know 382 00:19:05,655 --> 00:19:08,551 how effective control bots can be in this sport, 383 00:19:08,586 --> 00:19:11,103 Quantum just taught a master class. 384 00:19:11,137 --> 00:19:15,310 [Kenny] No doubt, this bot rush at the start set the tone for the fight. 385 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:18,827 Captain Shrederator had no space to spin up to full speed. 386 00:19:18,862 --> 00:19:21,241 And once Quantum clamped down with those jaws, 387 00:19:21,275 --> 00:19:23,586 it was the beginning of the end. 388 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:25,862 [Chris] You could see those teeth piercing through 389 00:19:25,896 --> 00:19:30,275 Captain Shrederator's shell, oh, gosh, just nasty. 390 00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:32,379 [Kenny] Unless you have some adamantium handy, 391 00:19:32,413 --> 00:19:34,379 nothing's gonna stop those jaws. 392 00:19:34,413 --> 00:19:37,448 But Quantum also moving very fast out there 393 00:19:37,482 --> 00:19:39,517 showed some great durability. 394 00:19:39,551 --> 00:19:42,103 This robot is gonna be trouble for the field. 395 00:19:44,758 --> 00:19:46,275 [Chris] Grant and James. 396 00:19:47,448 --> 00:19:49,137 Congratulations, guys. 397 00:19:49,172 --> 00:19:51,206 This was three years in the making. 398 00:19:51,241 --> 00:19:54,103 How does a W stateside taste? 399 00:19:54,137 --> 00:19:55,206 Oh, it's a really... 400 00:19:55,241 --> 00:19:56,793 I have to say, it's... 401 00:19:56,827 --> 00:19:57,931 Yeah, we've been... 402 00:19:57,965 --> 00:19:59,586 we've been all around the world with Brian, 403 00:19:59,620 --> 00:20:01,551 and we've got this close to fighting him so many 404 00:20:01,586 --> 00:20:02,793 times and it's never happened. 405 00:20:02,827 --> 00:20:05,137 And yeah, it's just amazing to get in there in the arena, 406 00:20:05,172 --> 00:20:07,275 be back for the first time here in three years 407 00:20:07,310 --> 00:20:08,896 and yeah, everything just went well. 408 00:20:08,931 --> 00:20:10,482 So, it's such a relief. 409 00:20:10,517 --> 00:20:12,517 And the... Yeah, amazing. 410 00:20:12,551 --> 00:20:13,862 [Kenny] It was a beautiful fight, guys. 411 00:20:13,896 --> 00:20:15,379 Can you break it down for us? 412 00:20:15,413 --> 00:20:18,137 I think when you look at a machine like Shrederator, 413 00:20:18,172 --> 00:20:19,965 it's got so much energy and it's... 414 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,965 our machine is so vulnerable to... 415 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,103 that you have to be like a dog with a bone. 416 00:20:24,137 --> 00:20:25,965 You cannot let that thing get up to speed. 417 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,206 Otherwise, it's toast. 418 00:20:27,241 --> 00:20:29,206 And yeah, Grant drove brilliantly. 419 00:20:29,241 --> 00:20:32,413 We were really, really good on the accuracy, 420 00:20:32,448 --> 00:20:34,172 really pleased with it. 421 00:20:34,206 --> 00:20:36,206 If we have to go home now, then that's... that's... 422 00:20:36,241 --> 00:20:37,448 -[Chris] No, no, no. -That's great. 423 00:20:37,482 --> 00:20:38,862 -No, no, no. -You have to stick around. 424 00:20:38,896 --> 00:20:40,413 Yeah. You're not going to... Hey, grant, 425 00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:41,586 I'm curious. 426 00:20:41,620 --> 00:20:44,000 Do you guys carry with you extra large dental floss 427 00:20:44,034 --> 00:20:46,275 after a fight like this to work on those teeth? 428 00:20:46,310 --> 00:20:47,413 All right. 429 00:20:47,448 --> 00:20:49,379 He's gonna need to clean after that smoke. So, yeah, 430 00:20:49,413 --> 00:20:51,862 it's a full stripped down for us, I think now. 431 00:20:51,896 --> 00:20:53,206 Hey, congratulations, guys. 432 00:20:53,241 --> 00:20:54,344 We'll see you in your next fight. 433 00:20:54,379 --> 00:20:55,482 -Thank you. -Thank you. 434 00:21:03,793 --> 00:21:06,000 Kenny, it's that bot? 435 00:21:06,034 --> 00:21:07,793 Oh, man. I mean, unbelievable. 436 00:21:07,827 --> 00:21:09,689 That's about as perfect as it gets. 437 00:21:09,724 --> 00:21:11,517 Yeah. I mean, there's no question, I... 438 00:21:11,551 --> 00:21:14,310 I forgot how lethal those teeth can be, 439 00:21:14,344 --> 00:21:16,965 because I've never seen anything with crushing ability like that. 440 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,620 Of course, I didn't have a pet T-Rex back in the day either. 441 00:21:19,655 --> 00:21:22,413 I think that thing's more powerful than a T-Rex, by the way. 442 00:21:23,551 --> 00:21:25,655 [Chris] Coming up next, a rookie debut 443 00:21:25,689 --> 00:21:30,310 that has the pit buzzing, a 250-pound killer pizza. 444 00:21:30,344 --> 00:21:32,586 You got to see it to believe it. 445 00:21:32,620 --> 00:21:34,827 That's next on BattleBots. 446 00:21:44,482 --> 00:21:46,827 [crowd cheering and applauding] 447 00:21:46,862 --> 00:21:48,655 All right. We are back on BattleBots. 448 00:21:48,689 --> 00:21:50,827 And up next, it is the return of Gruff, 449 00:21:50,862 --> 00:21:53,344 the A-Team captained by Sam McAmis. 450 00:21:54,793 --> 00:21:56,862 With a career record of six and ten 451 00:21:56,896 --> 00:21:59,758 the Gruff hasn't exactly lit the world on fire. 452 00:21:59,793 --> 00:22:03,275 Despite those heavy duty flamethrowers, Kenny. 453 00:22:03,310 --> 00:22:04,517 Yeah, no question about it. 454 00:22:04,551 --> 00:22:06,965 This is a team that is really known for their durability. 455 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,965 And I got to tell you, Chris, they're gonna need that 456 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,068 durability in this upcoming matchup 457 00:22:11,103 --> 00:22:13,724 because we might witness something cataclysmic. 458 00:22:14,965 --> 00:22:16,034 [Chris] That's right. 459 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,344 They have a dinner date with an incredibly 460 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:22,827 volatile rookie robot captained by a former member of Team Uppercut. 461 00:22:22,862 --> 00:22:26,689 And there's just one item on the menu, pizza. 462 00:22:26,724 --> 00:22:28,758 Let's beat team RIPperoni. 463 00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:32,241 [Anna] My name is Anna Zoinikov, 464 00:22:32,275 --> 00:22:34,310 and I'm the captain of RIPperoni. 465 00:22:34,344 --> 00:22:37,000 BattleBots is how I got into engineering. 466 00:22:37,034 --> 00:22:41,068 I actually really love competition engineering, prototyping, 467 00:22:41,103 --> 00:22:43,620 building systems that have never been built before. 468 00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:46,965 I just love watching something go from a design on paper 469 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,551 to something that you can watch in real life. 470 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,068 I loved working on Uppercut. 471 00:22:56,896 --> 00:22:59,310 Oh. 472 00:22:59,344 --> 00:23:01,620 [Anna] Uppercut, Deep Six and Nightmare, 473 00:23:01,655 --> 00:23:04,310 those robots are just so fantastic to watch. 474 00:23:04,344 --> 00:23:06,448 Those are definitely the robots that I'm using 475 00:23:06,482 --> 00:23:08,827 as inspiration for RIPperoni. 476 00:23:08,862 --> 00:23:11,931 RIPperoni is a very big vertical spinner. 477 00:23:11,965 --> 00:23:14,551 The weapon is a 70-pound disc. 478 00:23:14,586 --> 00:23:16,310 It's got a three-inch tooth. 479 00:23:16,344 --> 00:23:19,965 And we use it not only to hit, but also to flip ourselves over. 480 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,896 It's our self-writing mechanism. 481 00:23:21,931 --> 00:23:24,241 In robots like Uppercut, Deep Six, 482 00:23:24,275 --> 00:23:28,482 the gyroscopic procession makes it lift one wheel as they're turning. 483 00:23:28,517 --> 00:23:31,103 So, you'll see that RIPperoni has a big weapon in the front, 484 00:23:31,137 --> 00:23:33,896 but then another bulge out the back. 485 00:23:33,931 --> 00:23:36,724 Our big goal here is to prove that our flywheel 486 00:23:36,758 --> 00:23:39,241 can cancel that gyroscopic precession out, 487 00:23:39,275 --> 00:23:42,068 and it will drive like a robot with a much smaller weapon. 488 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:47,310 I want to bring a really fun vibe to BattleBots. 489 00:23:47,344 --> 00:23:50,241 We want to show that you don't have to be tough 490 00:23:50,275 --> 00:23:52,482 and serious to be a serious contender. 491 00:23:53,655 --> 00:23:56,068 We want to spin up the weapon to full speed. 492 00:23:56,103 --> 00:23:59,586 We want to drive maneuverable and we want to absolutely 493 00:23:59,620 --> 00:24:01,241 send a robot to the moon. 494 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:05,034 The pizza is not here to play. 495 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,758 [crowd cheering and applauding] 496 00:24:09,793 --> 00:24:11,586 Are you still waiting for that pie to be delivered? 497 00:24:11,620 --> 00:24:14,034 We're hungry over here. Come on, Anna. 498 00:24:14,068 --> 00:24:15,758 Let's see what you and your team deliver. 499 00:24:15,793 --> 00:24:17,517 Faruq. 500 00:24:19,482 --> 00:24:23,517 In the red square from Cambridge, Massachusetts. 501 00:24:23,551 --> 00:24:25,655 Like a pizza party at the office. 502 00:24:25,689 --> 00:24:30,000 Everyone can get a slice, from RIPperoni. 503 00:24:32,758 --> 00:24:35,172 [Chris] Oh, yes. 504 00:24:35,206 --> 00:24:39,172 They are delivering the RIPperoni. 505 00:24:39,206 --> 00:24:43,275 Okay, if you put that pizza anywhere near your mouth, 506 00:24:43,310 --> 00:24:46,275 I don't want to be anywhere close to you. 507 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:48,310 [Kenny] Yeah, listen, no one has mastered a weapon 508 00:24:48,344 --> 00:24:52,482 this wild, but team RIPperoni thinks they're a lion tamer. 509 00:24:52,517 --> 00:24:56,275 And with that flywheel attachment countering the energy of the disc, 510 00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:59,206 we could be looking at a stroke of genius here. 511 00:24:59,241 --> 00:25:01,310 It could also be a total disaster. 512 00:25:07,137 --> 00:25:10,586 In the blue square, from Pond Harbor, Florida, 513 00:25:10,620 --> 00:25:14,931 might as well call him Dylan because he spits hot fire. 514 00:25:14,965 --> 00:25:17,034 You're getting too close to him. 515 00:25:17,068 --> 00:25:19,275 To Gruff. 516 00:25:23,482 --> 00:25:26,344 [Chris] Oh, I love this look from Gruff. 517 00:25:26,379 --> 00:25:28,379 The extra crispy. 518 00:25:28,413 --> 00:25:30,862 Oh, we have two trash talking teams. 519 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:32,275 -[Kenny] It's kind of cute. -I love it. 520 00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:35,241 Well, they do have the nastiest flame in the business. 521 00:25:35,275 --> 00:25:38,413 Those twin burners reach 3000 degrees 522 00:25:38,448 --> 00:25:41,482 and do serious damage to a robot's internals. 523 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:43,275 [Chris] And team Gruff runs deep. 524 00:25:43,310 --> 00:25:44,965 They got a total of one, two, three... 525 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,344 fourteen people on their pit crew. 526 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:50,241 We'll see if Sam's got them and Gruff dialed in. 527 00:25:56,034 --> 00:25:58,620 The fire is really intense with Gruff. 528 00:25:58,655 --> 00:26:01,206 They're a great lifter. They're maneuverable. 529 00:26:01,241 --> 00:26:03,827 We're gonna try to hit him with our really big weapon 530 00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:06,827 and try to send them flying, get them over, 531 00:26:06,862 --> 00:26:08,655 like tipped over on their back, 532 00:26:08,689 --> 00:26:11,482 and then hopefully we can just keep hitting them from there. 533 00:26:11,517 --> 00:26:13,000 We've done a lot of testing. 534 00:26:13,034 --> 00:26:14,827 We've knocked stuff around in parking lots, 535 00:26:14,862 --> 00:26:18,482 but we've never done everything at full power, full speed. 536 00:26:18,517 --> 00:26:21,517 We're really excited to see what the weapon can do. 537 00:26:21,551 --> 00:26:23,586 My strategy is pretty much the same as it is every fight. 538 00:26:23,620 --> 00:26:26,206 It's to go in there and try to make them 539 00:26:26,241 --> 00:26:28,103 break themselves against our bot. 540 00:26:28,137 --> 00:26:31,172 Going up against RIPperoni, we feel like there's a lot 541 00:26:31,206 --> 00:26:33,206 of spots where we can get our forks underneath them and... 542 00:26:33,241 --> 00:26:34,310 and lift them up. 543 00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:35,965 And I was scoping out their chassis 544 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,241 and some parts of it are made out of plastic 545 00:26:38,275 --> 00:26:40,896 and we'll see if we can melt it like mozzarella. 546 00:26:48,448 --> 00:26:50,448 [crowd chanting] 547 00:26:54,724 --> 00:26:59,000 [Chris] That giant pizza disk on RIPperoni is primed for delivery. 548 00:26:59,034 --> 00:27:01,379 Is Gruff gonna toss it back in the oven 549 00:27:01,413 --> 00:27:03,000 or is he gonna get served? 550 00:27:07,103 --> 00:27:08,758 Let the bot battle begin. 551 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:09,862 And uh-oh. 552 00:27:09,896 --> 00:27:12,172 Oh, it's sitting duck early on. 553 00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:14,103 And you got Gruff on the attack. 554 00:27:14,137 --> 00:27:16,482 [Kenny] Great Box brushed by Gruff there. 555 00:27:16,517 --> 00:27:19,172 Got right under RIPperoni and upended it. 556 00:27:19,206 --> 00:27:21,379 [Chris] We know Gruff is tough as nails. 557 00:27:21,413 --> 00:27:23,517 Sam McAmis is happy to drive straight 558 00:27:23,551 --> 00:27:25,517 into that big vertical disc. 559 00:27:25,551 --> 00:27:27,310 [Kenny] Oh, great shot there. 560 00:27:27,344 --> 00:27:28,655 [Chris] That's nice. 561 00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:30,931 RIPperoni and that 70-pound weapon. 562 00:27:30,965 --> 00:27:33,586 This has the makings of a serious brawl. 563 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:36,344 Oh, big shot there by RIPperoni. 564 00:27:36,379 --> 00:27:38,068 [Kenny] That's one spicy pizza. 565 00:27:38,103 --> 00:27:39,517 [Chris] Gets caught in the kill sauce. 566 00:27:39,551 --> 00:27:40,793 [Kenny] Oh-oh. 567 00:27:40,827 --> 00:27:43,517 [Chris] Oh-oh. Look out now. It's taking itself for a ride. 568 00:27:43,551 --> 00:27:45,206 Oh. 569 00:27:45,241 --> 00:27:46,862 There now. 570 00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:49,758 [Kenny] You see that force generated by that massive weapon, Chris. 571 00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:51,896 When a bomb like this loses control, 572 00:27:51,931 --> 00:27:53,586 it really loses control. 573 00:27:54,793 --> 00:27:56,551 [Chris] Shades of Uppercut here. 574 00:27:56,586 --> 00:27:58,931 Let's see if they can settle things down. 575 00:27:58,965 --> 00:28:01,551 Gruff already smells blood in the water. 576 00:28:01,586 --> 00:28:02,758 [Kenny] Uh-oh. 577 00:28:02,793 --> 00:28:04,551 [Chris] Gruff trying to stay away from the weapon. 578 00:28:04,586 --> 00:28:05,793 Takes them into the rails. 579 00:28:05,827 --> 00:28:06,931 [Kenny] Oh, big hit. 580 00:28:06,965 --> 00:28:09,620 [Chris] Oh, my God. Wow. 581 00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:13,517 RIPperoni trying to get out of that corner and then trying 582 00:28:13,551 --> 00:28:16,000 to dodge the 100-pound hammer that would really 583 00:28:16,034 --> 00:28:17,758 make your pizza thin. 584 00:28:17,793 --> 00:28:20,275 [Kenny] Chris, it looks to me like RIPperoni bent one 585 00:28:20,310 --> 00:28:22,034 of their front wedges at some point, 586 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:24,344 and that's what's throwing their balance off. 587 00:28:24,379 --> 00:28:28,068 Two-wheel bots like this have to have that third point 588 00:28:28,103 --> 00:28:30,586 of contact to maintain stability. 589 00:28:31,586 --> 00:28:33,448 [Chris] Oh. 590 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:34,931 Oh, man. 591 00:28:34,965 --> 00:28:37,724 That pizza's getting a little crispier now. 592 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:41,862 Can he... incredible that RIPperoni's weapon is still spinning. 593 00:28:41,896 --> 00:28:43,793 [Kenny] Yeah. This is one durable robot. 594 00:28:43,827 --> 00:28:45,551 As long as you have an active weapon 595 00:28:45,586 --> 00:28:47,793 in this sport, you are never out of a fight. 596 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:49,965 [Chris] Oh, look at this. 597 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,517 Oh, God. Easy there. 598 00:28:52,551 --> 00:28:55,931 Gruff doing an excellent job of navigating this chaos. 599 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,172 Now, Gruff, call him Suplex samba tamba. 600 00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:02,413 That was... 601 00:29:02,448 --> 00:29:03,758 [Kenny] Whoa. 602 00:29:03,793 --> 00:29:06,793 This is why your pizza never gets to your house on time. 603 00:29:06,827 --> 00:29:08,862 Because this is the way they drive. 604 00:29:08,896 --> 00:29:10,586 [Chris] I'll tell you what, your eye 605 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:12,965 obviously follows RIPperoni in a fight like this, 606 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,448 but Gruff has been on point under control 607 00:29:16,482 --> 00:29:18,000 and just corralling the action. 608 00:29:19,586 --> 00:29:21,241 [Kenny] And check out Fred Moore, 609 00:29:21,275 --> 00:29:24,620 the driver of RIPperoni is all over the Black Dragon's bite. 610 00:29:24,655 --> 00:29:27,137 [Chris] Can they make it to the closing bell? 611 00:29:27,172 --> 00:29:30,689 Gruff, cutting up the ring much like a boxer out there. 612 00:29:30,724 --> 00:29:32,551 [Kenny] Yes, Sam McAmis doesn't want to make 613 00:29:32,586 --> 00:29:34,827 a mistake here in the late stages of this fight. 614 00:29:36,206 --> 00:29:39,931 Great job by Gruff, shoving RIPperoni into the pulverizer. 615 00:29:39,965 --> 00:29:42,344 [Chris] Major driving issues for this rookie. 616 00:29:42,379 --> 00:29:43,586 Whoa, whoa. 617 00:29:47,206 --> 00:29:48,862 That's... breakdance moves. 618 00:29:50,482 --> 00:29:51,931 [Kenny] RIPperoni doing a number on the... 619 00:29:51,965 --> 00:29:53,724 on the floor there. 620 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:55,034 Some issues over there. 621 00:29:55,068 --> 00:29:56,241 [Chris] And now it's starting to smoke. 622 00:29:56,275 --> 00:29:57,896 -[Kenny] Gets in by itself. -[Chris] Yeah. 623 00:29:57,931 --> 00:30:00,344 Well, let's give the rookie back credit. 624 00:30:00,379 --> 00:30:02,793 It's gonna make it the full 3 minutes. 625 00:30:02,827 --> 00:30:05,517 Even though it's got a ton of issues. 626 00:30:05,551 --> 00:30:09,793 All right. It advances. RIPperoni, lead. 627 00:30:11,482 --> 00:30:14,310 We will be going to the score cards. 628 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:20,000 Our three judges are all former BattleBots participants. 629 00:30:20,034 --> 00:30:22,793 We welcome back Fon Davis there on the right, 630 00:30:22,827 --> 00:30:24,862 making his return to the panel. 631 00:30:24,896 --> 00:30:27,758 And there, of course, is Lisa Winter and Derek Young. 632 00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:30,379 They'll be scoring on an 11-point system. 633 00:30:30,413 --> 00:30:32,379 Five points can be awarded for damage, 634 00:30:32,413 --> 00:30:35,275 three for aggression and three for control. 635 00:30:37,517 --> 00:30:40,379 Kenny, that is the kind of toughness we expected 636 00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:41,793 to see from Gruff. 637 00:30:41,827 --> 00:30:44,448 But what the heck was going on with RIPperoni? 638 00:30:44,482 --> 00:30:46,689 [Kenny] Yeah, it was just complete chaos in there. 639 00:30:46,724 --> 00:30:49,068 Early in the fight, their wedge got clipped. 640 00:30:49,103 --> 00:30:52,172 Just couldn't control the robot after that. 641 00:30:52,206 --> 00:30:54,206 [Chris] I mean, you have to respect the durability 642 00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:55,517 on the pizza bot. 643 00:30:55,551 --> 00:30:58,758 That spinner was at full speed from the start to finish. 644 00:30:58,793 --> 00:31:00,931 Oh-wee! 645 00:31:00,965 --> 00:31:02,965 [Kenny] Listen, they could have powered down the weapon, 646 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,620 but team RIPperoni wants data on their robot. 647 00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:07,551 Hitting your own face a few dozen times 648 00:31:07,586 --> 00:31:09,482 is one way to go about it. 649 00:31:09,517 --> 00:31:11,241 [Chris] And then how about this? 650 00:31:11,275 --> 00:31:14,758 A one, a two, a three. 651 00:31:14,793 --> 00:31:18,034 Let's go for a little ride. 652 00:31:18,068 --> 00:31:19,896 Whee. 653 00:31:24,344 --> 00:31:26,758 The results from the judges are in. 654 00:31:30,517 --> 00:31:33,551 The winner by unanimous decision is... 655 00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:40,724 Gruff. 656 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:51,931 [laughing] 657 00:31:51,965 --> 00:31:53,965 [indistinct chatter] 658 00:31:55,931 --> 00:31:59,413 [Chris] Well, Sam McAmis will be happy with this start to his season. 659 00:31:59,448 --> 00:32:01,103 Gruff is 1-0, Kenny. 660 00:32:01,137 --> 00:32:02,241 [Kenny] Yeah. 661 00:32:02,275 --> 00:32:04,517 Went into this unpredictable fight with a game plan 662 00:32:04,551 --> 00:32:07,000 and executed it to perfection. 663 00:32:07,034 --> 00:32:09,482 But when you're a rookie bot like RIPperoni 664 00:32:09,517 --> 00:32:11,379 and you're trying new technology. 665 00:32:11,413 --> 00:32:13,620 I don't know, how would you feel after that first fight? 666 00:32:13,655 --> 00:32:14,758 [Kenny] I don't know. 667 00:32:14,793 --> 00:32:17,241 Maybe rename the bot like Sliperoni, Triperoni. 668 00:32:17,275 --> 00:32:20,034 It was all over the place. 669 00:32:20,068 --> 00:32:22,103 [Chris] Well, they'll have three fights remaining 670 00:32:22,137 --> 00:32:25,758 on their schedule with some bot called Endgame up next. 671 00:32:25,793 --> 00:32:29,103 Hey, no time but the present to dial in that robot, Anna. 672 00:32:31,758 --> 00:32:34,827 And there's a look at one half of our upcoming fight. 673 00:32:34,862 --> 00:32:35,965 It shattered. 674 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,103 [Kenny] Oh. 675 00:32:37,137 --> 00:32:39,827 [Chris] Is it lumberjack or kung-fu master? 676 00:32:39,862 --> 00:32:41,965 We're about to find out. 677 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,586 It's Shatter! versus HUGE. 678 00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:46,758 That's coming up next on BattleBots. 679 00:33:01,448 --> 00:33:03,034 We are back on BattleBots. 680 00:33:03,068 --> 00:33:05,275 Kenny Florian and Chris Rose along the way. 681 00:33:05,310 --> 00:33:07,931 And up next, Shatter! taking on HUGE. 682 00:33:07,965 --> 00:33:10,931 And HUGE when we met it five seasons ago, 683 00:33:10,965 --> 00:33:14,068 immediately became one of the most popular bots out there. 684 00:33:14,103 --> 00:33:16,379 But they haven't been able to climb that mountain. 685 00:33:16,413 --> 00:33:17,482 [Kenny] Yeah, absolutely. 686 00:33:17,517 --> 00:33:19,034 You know, in fighting there's a saying, either 687 00:33:19,068 --> 00:33:21,586 you win or you learn, right? 688 00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:23,482 And losing isn't a terrible thing. 689 00:33:23,517 --> 00:33:26,724 It's just showing you what you need to prove on, durability, 690 00:33:26,758 --> 00:33:30,517 reliability and the impact of its weapon have been problems for HUGE. 691 00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:33,517 But this team hasn't lost a single pit crew member 692 00:33:33,551 --> 00:33:35,448 since HUGE's debut. 693 00:33:35,482 --> 00:33:38,551 They are all in on improving this crazy design. 694 00:33:38,586 --> 00:33:41,620 For his part, Jonathan's been obsessive about improving 695 00:33:41,655 --> 00:33:42,862 his driving skills. 696 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:44,931 He's probably put in more off-season work 697 00:33:44,965 --> 00:33:47,689 at local competitions than anyone here. 698 00:33:47,724 --> 00:33:51,068 He truly believes HUGE can smash the BattleBots myth. 699 00:33:52,931 --> 00:33:54,655 And he'll try it against Shatter! 700 00:33:54,689 --> 00:33:57,172 tonight, in a team that is captained by Adam Wrigley, 701 00:33:57,206 --> 00:34:00,344 one of our favorites from up there in Brooklyn, New York. 702 00:34:00,379 --> 00:34:02,965 Shatter! cruised through the qualifiers last season, 703 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,482 but kind of got lost at sea after a run in with Riptide 704 00:34:06,517 --> 00:34:08,275 in the round of 32. 705 00:34:08,310 --> 00:34:12,172 So, could Adam Wrigley make a deeper run this year, Kenny? 706 00:34:12,206 --> 00:34:13,965 [Kenny] Well, I think when he came into the game, 707 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,068 he kind of changed the Hammer bot game a little bit. 708 00:34:16,103 --> 00:34:18,827 He uses it more as like a precision tool. 709 00:34:18,862 --> 00:34:21,172 But this is the nuclear era of weaponry. 710 00:34:21,206 --> 00:34:24,241 And when HUGE is on its game, it is an atom bomb. 711 00:34:24,275 --> 00:34:25,827 So those strikes from Shatter! 712 00:34:25,862 --> 00:34:29,896 will need to be more accurate than ever if he wants to disable HUGE. 713 00:34:29,931 --> 00:34:33,275 But Adam Wrigley is always hunting for the perfect shot. 714 00:34:33,310 --> 00:34:35,517 And he is never shy on the trigger. 715 00:34:37,103 --> 00:34:39,482 [Chris] Kenny, we're always discussing the BattleBots 716 00:34:39,517 --> 00:34:44,172 better with so many Compact, violent spinners in this field of 50. 717 00:34:44,206 --> 00:34:47,379 These two robots are as outside the Box as they come, 718 00:34:47,413 --> 00:34:49,827 and both designs have the potential to shift 719 00:34:49,862 --> 00:34:52,689 the balance of power in this sport. 720 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:54,413 This could be an interesting fight. 721 00:34:54,448 --> 00:34:55,724 Faruq. 722 00:34:55,758 --> 00:34:58,103 [crowd cheering and applauding] 723 00:34:58,137 --> 00:35:01,034 In the red square, from South Windsor, 724 00:35:01,068 --> 00:35:05,068 Connecticut, spanning nearly 70% of its home state 725 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,586 and a little bit of Rhode Island. 726 00:35:06,620 --> 00:35:09,034 It's HUGE. 727 00:35:14,379 --> 00:35:16,724 [Chris] There he is, Jonathan Schultz, 728 00:35:16,758 --> 00:35:19,965 captain of one of the most popular robots around. 729 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,241 He's a sensor engineer out of South Windsor, Connecticut. 730 00:35:23,275 --> 00:35:26,758 Eleven career wins with HUGE never advance past 731 00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:28,586 the first round of the world championships. 732 00:35:28,620 --> 00:35:30,482 But, Kenny, I love this robot. 733 00:35:31,724 --> 00:35:33,068 [Kenny] It's an awesome looking robot. 734 00:35:33,103 --> 00:35:34,241 Very creative. 735 00:35:34,275 --> 00:35:36,827 Really changed the game when it came in to BattleBots. 736 00:35:36,862 --> 00:35:38,482 You know, they're going with their S-blade, 737 00:35:38,517 --> 00:35:40,482 which is a cutting style of late, 738 00:35:40,517 --> 00:35:42,689 and they also added some extra armor to HUGE 739 00:35:42,724 --> 00:35:45,137 to expect that attack from above fromShatter! 740 00:35:49,344 --> 00:35:52,620 [Faruq] In the blue square from Brooklyn, New York, 741 00:35:52,655 --> 00:35:56,172 destroying every reasonably priced apartment in Williamsburg. 742 00:35:56,206 --> 00:35:58,620 It's Shatter! 743 00:36:00,379 --> 00:36:01,689 [Chris] All right. 744 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:04,827 [cheering] 745 00:36:04,862 --> 00:36:06,896 [Chris] Adam Wrigley, all the way on the left. 746 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:11,103 James, the engineer of Team Shatter! 747 00:36:11,137 --> 00:36:12,206 Oh. 748 00:36:12,241 --> 00:36:14,620 Oh, it's mocking huge with these eyes. 749 00:36:14,655 --> 00:36:16,965 Come on, Wrigley. 750 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,482 [Kenny] Well, those eyes are mounted 751 00:36:18,517 --> 00:36:22,206 on a very durable plastic, and they'll protect the hammer system. 752 00:36:22,241 --> 00:36:25,241 They're also using two layers of top armor. 753 00:36:25,275 --> 00:36:28,379 Shatter! needs to close the gap to land solid strikes. 754 00:36:28,413 --> 00:36:31,379 But getting too close will mean absorbing some 755 00:36:31,413 --> 00:36:35,517 heavy shots from HUGE. Distance control is everything in this fight. 756 00:36:41,620 --> 00:36:43,137 Shatter! is a hammer-type robot. 757 00:36:43,172 --> 00:36:45,862 So, it comes with the problem such as they can hit us 758 00:36:45,896 --> 00:36:47,620 right in the body, which is, you know, 759 00:36:47,655 --> 00:36:49,413 something we've prepared for at this point. 760 00:36:49,448 --> 00:36:51,413 We're used to finding people right up on top of us. 761 00:36:51,448 --> 00:36:53,034 They're gonna be backed off a little bit. 762 00:36:53,068 --> 00:36:54,758 If their hammer's a little bit weaker. 763 00:36:54,793 --> 00:36:55,896 We need to hit it more. 764 00:36:55,931 --> 00:36:58,758 We're not fighting something that we know is gonna 765 00:36:58,793 --> 00:37:01,896 annihilate us, but we're not fighting anything we know we can annihilate. 766 00:37:01,931 --> 00:37:03,965 It's hard to get a lot of power into swings 767 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,241 when we're hitting such a tall robot. 768 00:37:06,275 --> 00:37:08,965 When we can't rely on power and piercing ability, 769 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,931 we're gonna try and rely more on slicing, cutting, hitting weak points. 770 00:37:12,965 --> 00:37:16,241 When we're hitting so high, we have maybe about 50% power. 771 00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:17,758 So, we have to rely on something else. 772 00:37:17,793 --> 00:37:20,068 And the Mary special is designed to cut belts 773 00:37:20,103 --> 00:37:21,448 and kind of tangle into things. 774 00:37:21,482 --> 00:37:23,241 They've got all these holes in their wheels. 775 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:24,379 We can jam that up. 776 00:37:24,413 --> 00:37:25,896 I don't think it's gonna end in a knockout. 777 00:37:25,931 --> 00:37:27,551 I think it's gonna go to the judges. 778 00:37:27,586 --> 00:37:30,551 [crowd cheering and applauding] 779 00:37:32,344 --> 00:37:34,137 [automated voice] Robots, activate. 780 00:37:44,344 --> 00:37:47,310 [Chris] This rocking Vegas crowd seems to have crowned 781 00:37:47,344 --> 00:37:48,793 its champion in HUGE. 782 00:37:48,827 --> 00:37:51,551 But hey, if Adam's brother, Eric Wrigley's face 783 00:37:51,586 --> 00:37:53,241 is any indication, Team Shatter! 784 00:37:53,275 --> 00:37:54,344 isn't backing down. 785 00:37:54,379 --> 00:37:56,275 Relax, dude. I get it, though. 786 00:37:56,310 --> 00:37:57,586 It's opening night. 787 00:37:57,620 --> 00:38:01,965 We'll have the fight when we return here on BattleBots. 788 00:38:13,344 --> 00:38:15,896 Welcome back to BattleBots, where Shatter! 789 00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:18,448 and HUGE are locked inside the Box, 790 00:38:18,482 --> 00:38:21,931 ready to begin their quest for the Giant Nut. 791 00:38:42,482 --> 00:38:44,482 [crowd chanting] 792 00:38:46,655 --> 00:38:48,862 [Chris] Let the bot battle begin. 793 00:38:48,896 --> 00:38:52,068 Shatter! slides across the Box on those omni wheels, 794 00:38:52,103 --> 00:38:54,862 but it's HUGE that lands the first shot. 795 00:38:54,896 --> 00:38:58,000 That is a blade of armor you saw fly off Shatter! there. 796 00:38:58,034 --> 00:39:00,551 It is designed to actually come off. 797 00:39:00,586 --> 00:39:01,758 [Kenny] HUGE trying to... 798 00:39:01,793 --> 00:39:04,000 [Chris] Oh, great shot there by Jonathan Schultz. 799 00:39:04,034 --> 00:39:06,344 Yeah, he told us they were gonna be more offensive. 800 00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:07,862 He wasn't... 801 00:39:07,896 --> 00:39:11,000 [Kenny] Oh, nice counter shot by Shatter! 802 00:39:11,034 --> 00:39:15,482 [Chris] But HUGE returns the favor, back and forth action here. 803 00:39:15,517 --> 00:39:16,758 Whoa. 804 00:39:16,793 --> 00:39:19,137 [Kenny] Shatter! is going right at that weapon of HUGE, 805 00:39:19,172 --> 00:39:20,793 maybe trying to break it. 806 00:39:20,827 --> 00:39:23,206 [Chris] Adam Wrigley flies in with the Mary special, 807 00:39:23,241 --> 00:39:25,827 but HUGE deflects the shot. 808 00:39:25,862 --> 00:39:29,482 Shatter! with those omni wheels trying to get the right angle. 809 00:39:29,517 --> 00:39:31,655 But it's been on the wrong side of it so far. 810 00:39:31,689 --> 00:39:35,034 [Kenny] Oh, Jonathan Schultz is on point tonight here against Shatter! 811 00:39:35,068 --> 00:39:36,862 [Chris] Oh, nice jab by Shatter! 812 00:39:36,896 --> 00:39:38,965 Put the... HUGE's balance bars. 813 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,931 [Kenny] Oh, huge shot. 814 00:39:41,965 --> 00:39:45,862 [Chris] Great shot as he lifted Shatter! into the air. 815 00:39:45,896 --> 00:39:48,241 HUGE racking up the points now. 816 00:39:48,275 --> 00:39:50,206 [Kenny] I like how he's using those Tetris wheels 817 00:39:50,241 --> 00:39:53,034 as shields as well for the side. 818 00:39:53,068 --> 00:39:54,931 [Chris] Shatter! getting desperate now 819 00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:58,206 but one well-placed shot could still turn this fight. 820 00:39:58,241 --> 00:40:00,241 Oh. 821 00:40:00,275 --> 00:40:01,344 [Kenny] Here's a big hit. 822 00:40:01,379 --> 00:40:02,448 That just... 823 00:40:02,482 --> 00:40:05,586 [Chris] Oh, another HUGE shot. 824 00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:07,689 [Kenny] Adam doesn't have great options here, Chris. 825 00:40:07,724 --> 00:40:09,862 He has to get close to deliver the weapon, 826 00:40:09,896 --> 00:40:11,620 but when he does, Shatter! 827 00:40:11,655 --> 00:40:12,896 is getting cracked. 828 00:40:12,931 --> 00:40:15,344 There goes that top armor off of Shatter! 829 00:40:15,379 --> 00:40:18,103 [Chris] Oh, you can see the insides of Shatter! 830 00:40:18,137 --> 00:40:19,862 [Kenny] That is not a blade of armor. 831 00:40:19,896 --> 00:40:21,758 [Chris] That is not at all. 832 00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:24,172 Look at... he's on the attack. 833 00:40:24,206 --> 00:40:26,000 [Kenny] Oh, HUGE pulling Shatter! 834 00:40:26,034 --> 00:40:27,172 up onto the rail. 835 00:40:27,206 --> 00:40:29,448 This could be trouble, Chris. 836 00:40:29,482 --> 00:40:32,344 [Chris] Let's see if Shatter! can work itself free. 837 00:40:32,379 --> 00:40:34,793 If it can't, the countdown could be coming. 838 00:40:34,827 --> 00:40:38,862 There's no movement at all from that hammer. 839 00:40:38,896 --> 00:40:40,275 And there it is. 840 00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:42,689 Shatter! is being counted out. 841 00:40:42,724 --> 00:40:45,724 Jonathan Schultz is gonna be very pleased with this performance. 842 00:40:47,275 --> 00:40:50,137 That will do it. 843 00:40:50,172 --> 00:40:55,000 And Houston, a very impressive debut. 844 00:40:58,103 --> 00:40:59,689 Yes! 845 00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:02,517 [Chris] This team put in a ton of work in the offseason 846 00:41:02,551 --> 00:41:05,172 and it showed there in fight number one. 847 00:41:07,413 --> 00:41:10,448 Kenny, a lot of folks argue whether defense or offense 848 00:41:10,482 --> 00:41:11,827 is more important. 849 00:41:11,862 --> 00:41:14,689 How about when they're both working to perfection? 850 00:41:14,724 --> 00:41:17,034 [Kenny] Yeah, this was a masterful fight from HUGE. 851 00:41:17,068 --> 00:41:19,551 The weapon was hitting with so much force. 852 00:41:19,586 --> 00:41:22,172 It pummeled a very good opponent in Shatter! 853 00:41:22,206 --> 00:41:24,172 from start to finish. 854 00:41:24,206 --> 00:41:26,931 [Chris] Yeah, Shatter! tried to take the fight to HUGE. 855 00:41:26,965 --> 00:41:28,482 Got in a few hits. 856 00:41:28,517 --> 00:41:31,862 But even though Adam Wrigley's hammer was working at full capacity, 857 00:41:31,896 --> 00:41:34,103 it never got that one critical shot 858 00:41:34,137 --> 00:41:35,482 to get it back in this match. 859 00:41:35,517 --> 00:41:37,758 [Kenny] And that's a credit to HUGE's defensive play. 860 00:41:37,793 --> 00:41:41,793 Jonathan used the wheels as a shield, a brilliant move, 861 00:41:41,827 --> 00:41:44,482 and he followed it up with some devastating strikes. 862 00:41:45,827 --> 00:41:47,896 [Chris] Yeah, I mean, we just haven't seen the sort of 863 00:41:47,931 --> 00:41:51,034 weapon on HUGE, pull off this sort of offensive attack, 864 00:41:51,068 --> 00:41:53,965 -maybe ever. -[Kenny] HUGE was dominant there. 865 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,034 Teams are gonna have to respect HUGE this season, 866 00:41:56,068 --> 00:41:57,310 no doubt about it. 867 00:41:59,379 --> 00:42:01,241 Jonathan Schultz. 868 00:42:01,275 --> 00:42:03,827 I could see the smiles from here. 869 00:42:03,862 --> 00:42:06,724 I'm guessing that's exactly what you dreamt about 870 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:08,034 in the off-season, right? 871 00:42:08,068 --> 00:42:10,379 That's everything it's always supposed to have been doing. 872 00:42:10,413 --> 00:42:12,413 That's everything we've been designing it to be doing, 873 00:42:12,448 --> 00:42:14,862 everything we were waiting for it to doing for years 874 00:42:14,896 --> 00:42:17,034 to an incredible robot and an incredible team. 875 00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:18,931 So that's how we know it's quality. 876 00:42:19,931 --> 00:42:22,172 [Chris] You know, you guys have done so much 877 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:24,862 and accomplished so much here in five seasons at BattleBots. 878 00:42:24,896 --> 00:42:27,344 But is that the best we've ever seen HUGE? 879 00:42:27,379 --> 00:42:29,896 All right. If it's not, then the best is coming. 880 00:42:29,931 --> 00:42:32,310 'Cause that sure looked as good as it's ever been. 881 00:42:34,206 --> 00:42:37,068 [Kenny] And Jonathan, you're driving really was on point. 882 00:42:37,103 --> 00:42:39,275 I know you've been working on that in the off season, man. 883 00:42:39,310 --> 00:42:40,620 Just tremendous stuff. 884 00:42:40,655 --> 00:42:43,172 You said you wanted to be more offensive this season. 885 00:42:43,206 --> 00:42:44,517 That's exactly what you did. 886 00:42:44,551 --> 00:42:46,448 That's absolutely. It's all out. 887 00:42:46,482 --> 00:42:49,655 You know, since COVID, we hadn't been to a lot of local events, 888 00:42:49,689 --> 00:42:52,551 but we started going back this year and we've all had a lot of success. 889 00:42:52,586 --> 00:42:55,241 We have a lot of robots, and we're always practicing 890 00:42:55,275 --> 00:42:57,413 with different versions of HUGE, trying to learn things. 891 00:42:57,448 --> 00:43:00,206 And it's all going right into this, so it's paying off. 892 00:43:00,241 --> 00:43:04,482 Jonathan, does a win like this allow you to dream big again? 893 00:43:04,517 --> 00:43:06,379 It does, but I don't want to get too ahead of myself. 894 00:43:06,413 --> 00:43:09,482 You know, we've been high, high and we've had a couple 895 00:43:09,517 --> 00:43:11,689 of years of pretty low, and I think we're a little bit 896 00:43:11,724 --> 00:43:12,965 more humble because of it. 897 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,275 We don't want to promise the world, but, you know, 898 00:43:15,310 --> 00:43:16,758 I'd like to see that fight Endgame. 899 00:43:16,793 --> 00:43:18,000 I want to see what it would do. 900 00:43:18,034 --> 00:43:20,103 Oh. 901 00:43:20,137 --> 00:43:21,620 Is that a special request? 902 00:43:21,655 --> 00:43:23,517 Oh, I'd take it if they gave it to me. 903 00:43:23,551 --> 00:43:26,379 Okay. Well, maybe we'll see that in the postseason. 904 00:43:26,413 --> 00:43:28,068 But still, three more regular season fights. 905 00:43:28,103 --> 00:43:29,793 We've had a long ways to go to get there, 906 00:43:29,827 --> 00:43:31,103 and we're very prepared for it. 907 00:43:31,137 --> 00:43:33,379 Nice. Jonathan, it's good to see you smiling again. 908 00:43:33,413 --> 00:43:34,724 Thank you very much. 909 00:43:34,758 --> 00:43:37,724 [crowd cheering and applauding] 910 00:43:43,586 --> 00:43:45,000 [Chris] Kenny, it's so interesting. 911 00:43:45,034 --> 00:43:47,896 For four seasons, we've been used to seeing HUGE work one way. 912 00:43:47,931 --> 00:43:49,000 Right. 913 00:43:49,034 --> 00:43:51,310 And now everybody back in the pits is going, 914 00:43:51,344 --> 00:43:53,724 "Oh, that's what we have to game plan for now." 915 00:43:53,758 --> 00:43:57,172 Yeah, I mean, they are a big time problem, no question about it. 916 00:43:57,206 --> 00:44:00,689 Jonathan's off season driving work paid off big in this fight. 917 00:44:00,724 --> 00:44:03,586 His level of control was elite tonight. 918 00:44:03,620 --> 00:44:06,620 Great start to the season for Team HUGE. 919 00:44:06,655 --> 00:44:09,413 [Chris] Well coming up next, we have got the reigning 920 00:44:09,448 --> 00:44:13,241 co-rookies of the year, Riptide and Glitch, squaring off. 921 00:44:13,275 --> 00:44:16,620 Despite its success, Glitch was absolutely riddled 922 00:44:16,655 --> 00:44:18,517 with technical issues last year, 923 00:44:18,551 --> 00:44:20,862 even having to withdraw from the tournament. 924 00:44:20,896 --> 00:44:23,344 And we're hearing back there in the pits, 925 00:44:23,379 --> 00:44:27,482 the team from Berkeley is experiencing some deja vu. 926 00:44:27,517 --> 00:44:30,413 As a team, we're trying to just get ready to... to pass safety. 927 00:44:30,448 --> 00:44:32,724 If we don't, we're disqualified from the whole competition. 928 00:44:32,758 --> 00:44:34,517 So, all hands on deck. 929 00:44:46,206 --> 00:44:47,551 [Chris] Welcome back to BattleBots. 930 00:44:47,586 --> 00:44:48,896 It is opening night. 931 00:44:48,931 --> 00:44:52,275 You can definitely feel the excitement in here. 932 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:56,034 Up next, it's a pair of teams that actually shared Rookie 933 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:57,482 of the year honors a season ago. 934 00:44:57,517 --> 00:44:59,103 Riptide and Glitch. 935 00:44:59,137 --> 00:45:03,000 And Kenny, I think I can hear Ethan Kurtz yelling from here. 936 00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:04,620 -Let's go! -Let's go. 937 00:45:06,275 --> 00:45:07,448 But he's yelling... 938 00:45:07,482 --> 00:45:08,896 he's not yelling because he's angry. 939 00:45:08,931 --> 00:45:10,448 He's yelling 'cause he's happy. 940 00:45:10,482 --> 00:45:12,517 And he had an amazing run a season to go all the way 941 00:45:12,551 --> 00:45:13,655 to the top eight. 942 00:45:13,689 --> 00:45:15,034 [Kenny] Yeah. 943 00:45:15,068 --> 00:45:17,310 Five of their six wins last season were by way of knockout. 944 00:45:17,344 --> 00:45:20,655 And Ethan Kurtz has this sport on red alert. 945 00:45:20,689 --> 00:45:23,655 He's taking the semester off from UC Riverside 946 00:45:23,689 --> 00:45:28,689 to fully focus on BattleBots and making a run at the Giant Nut. 947 00:45:28,724 --> 00:45:32,206 First step, facing Glitch led by Kyle Miller, 948 00:45:32,241 --> 00:45:35,551 he's a student up at Berkeley in California. 949 00:45:35,586 --> 00:45:38,137 Last season, they won their first seven fights 950 00:45:38,172 --> 00:45:40,206 and went unbeaten in the qualifiers. 951 00:45:40,241 --> 00:45:42,655 But come tournament time, they couldn't make it 952 00:45:42,689 --> 00:45:44,931 to the Box for their round of 32 match up 953 00:45:44,965 --> 00:45:47,344 with Witch Doctor and had to withdraw. 954 00:45:47,379 --> 00:45:50,517 Now this team battled issues with the bot all season long, 955 00:45:50,551 --> 00:45:55,000 but time and again Glitch showed off their otherworldly power. 956 00:45:55,034 --> 00:45:57,689 I mean, who could forget their jaw dropping knockout 957 00:45:57,724 --> 00:46:00,758 of rotator and their golden volt qualifying match? 958 00:46:02,517 --> 00:46:05,275 Now, Kenny, we saw team Glitch struggling 959 00:46:05,310 --> 00:46:08,103 once again tonight, earlier in the pits. 960 00:46:08,137 --> 00:46:09,965 So as of right now, what's their status? 961 00:46:12,413 --> 00:46:13,586 [Kenny] All right. Take a look. 962 00:46:13,620 --> 00:46:15,482 This went down just moments ago. 963 00:46:15,517 --> 00:46:19,241 Every robot needs to pass a safety test before entering 964 00:46:19,275 --> 00:46:20,482 the BattleBox. 965 00:46:20,517 --> 00:46:24,137 With the volatility of these machines, the teams, the crew, 966 00:46:24,172 --> 00:46:26,413 even the crowd need some assurances. 967 00:46:26,448 --> 00:46:28,758 So, you now, so you have control again. 968 00:46:28,793 --> 00:46:33,241 [Kenny] The safety crew asks each team to fail safe their weapon. 969 00:46:33,275 --> 00:46:34,931 Well, nicely. Was it within the time limit? 970 00:46:34,965 --> 00:46:36,413 Okay. Go ahead and power back on. 971 00:46:36,448 --> 00:46:38,034 [Kenny] Show the robot has power. 972 00:46:38,068 --> 00:46:39,241 [man] Excellent. 973 00:46:39,275 --> 00:46:41,965 [Kenny] And most importantly, show it can power down. 974 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,482 An out of control robot is a safety nightmare. 975 00:46:45,517 --> 00:46:47,034 Did it pass? 976 00:46:47,068 --> 00:46:48,275 Now, we'll see it. 977 00:46:48,310 --> 00:46:50,103 They have to turn this off. 978 00:46:52,206 --> 00:46:53,965 [man 1] Is that it? 979 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:55,206 That it? 980 00:46:55,241 --> 00:46:56,586 [cheering] 981 00:46:58,034 --> 00:46:59,655 [indistinct chatter] 982 00:47:02,724 --> 00:47:03,827 [Chris] Hey, there you go. 983 00:47:03,862 --> 00:47:05,379 Glitch received the green light, 984 00:47:05,413 --> 00:47:07,620 and they have been cleared to fight. 985 00:47:07,655 --> 00:47:09,310 [Kenny] Well, you just know Ethan Kurtz 986 00:47:09,344 --> 00:47:11,344 was salivating watching that. 987 00:47:11,379 --> 00:47:14,896 Glitch got a lot of attention for its 7 and 0 start last season. 988 00:47:14,931 --> 00:47:18,551 But remember, it was Riptide that made it all the way to the top eight. 989 00:47:18,586 --> 00:47:21,896 A phenomenal run for a newcomer in this sport. 990 00:47:21,931 --> 00:47:24,241 [Chris] Kenny, are these two Rookies of the Year heading 991 00:47:24,275 --> 00:47:26,758 in completely opposite directions? 992 00:47:26,793 --> 00:47:29,482 [Kenny] Riptide has been firing on all cylinders 993 00:47:29,517 --> 00:47:32,448 for sure, and there's a reason Ethan was standing there 994 00:47:32,482 --> 00:47:34,586 watching Glitch in the test box. 995 00:47:34,620 --> 00:47:36,965 He sees a wounded animal. 996 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,206 But listen, when you have one-punch knockout power 997 00:47:39,241 --> 00:47:41,517 like Glitch, you're always a threat. 998 00:47:41,551 --> 00:47:42,655 [Chris] All right, Kenny. 999 00:47:42,689 --> 00:47:45,103 And for the first time ever, we're pulling the pits 1000 00:47:45,137 --> 00:47:46,793 before all of these match ups. 1001 00:47:46,827 --> 00:47:50,551 How does our field of 50 see this battle going down? 1002 00:47:50,586 --> 00:47:51,931 [Kenny] Check this out. It's close. 1003 00:47:51,965 --> 00:47:54,206 But despite all those technical issues, 1004 00:47:54,241 --> 00:47:56,758 the pit still think this is Glitch's fight 1005 00:47:56,793 --> 00:48:00,517 to lose a lot of respect for this sophomore bot. 1006 00:48:00,551 --> 00:48:02,482 How did you do as a sophomore? 1007 00:48:02,517 --> 00:48:03,586 Ah, I did okay. Not too bad. 1008 00:48:03,620 --> 00:48:04,758 -Yeah. -Yeah. 1009 00:48:04,793 --> 00:48:07,068 The third time I was a sophomore, I did great. 1010 00:48:07,103 --> 00:48:08,896 Nailed it. Faruq. 1011 00:48:11,586 --> 00:48:14,862 In the red square, there's plenty of reasons 1012 00:48:14,896 --> 00:48:17,655 to stay away from the ocean, if we're keeping it real. 1013 00:48:17,689 --> 00:48:19,379 Like a jellyfish, for instance. 1014 00:48:19,413 --> 00:48:21,689 I mean, what the hell is that thing's deal? 1015 00:48:21,724 --> 00:48:23,275 But deep in the sea, the water's had 1016 00:48:23,310 --> 00:48:26,931 the most violent of notions to grab you and pull you down 1017 00:48:26,965 --> 00:48:28,586 to the depths of the ocean. 1018 00:48:28,620 --> 00:48:32,344 Give it up for Riptide. 1019 00:48:32,379 --> 00:48:35,344 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1020 00:48:38,310 --> 00:48:40,103 [Chris] Few people had more fun 1021 00:48:40,137 --> 00:48:41,655 than this team last season. 1022 00:48:41,689 --> 00:48:43,275 Riptide, you can see it. 1023 00:48:43,310 --> 00:48:45,448 We can't even keep up with them. 1024 00:48:45,482 --> 00:48:48,827 Kenny, tell us about this beast of a bot. 1025 00:48:48,862 --> 00:48:51,896 [Kenny] Riptide's egg beater drop is 6 pounds heavier 1026 00:48:51,931 --> 00:48:54,689 this season, weighing in at 56 pounds. 1027 00:48:54,724 --> 00:48:58,103 They've ramped up in spin time by about 40%. 1028 00:48:58,137 --> 00:49:01,034 And Ethan is quickly gaining a reputation as one 1029 00:49:01,068 --> 00:49:03,310 of the most aggressive drivers in the field. 1030 00:49:08,413 --> 00:49:11,068 In the blue square... 1031 00:49:11,103 --> 00:49:14,655 in the blue square... in the blue square... 1032 00:49:17,379 --> 00:49:18,758 Sorry, y'all. 1033 00:49:18,793 --> 00:49:21,344 That must have been a Glitch. 1034 00:49:21,379 --> 00:49:24,344 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1035 00:49:26,931 --> 00:49:28,793 [Chris] Well, that's funny because we stumble 1036 00:49:28,827 --> 00:49:30,172 all the time on this show. 1037 00:49:30,206 --> 00:49:32,379 It's not part of our script. 1038 00:49:32,413 --> 00:49:35,000 Here you go, Glitch, a bunch of college kids, 1039 00:49:35,034 --> 00:49:36,275 mostly from Berkeley. 1040 00:49:36,310 --> 00:49:37,379 Oh. Oh, no. 1041 00:49:37,413 --> 00:49:38,862 They're mocking Riptide. 1042 00:49:38,896 --> 00:49:40,206 Is that what they're doing? 1043 00:49:41,413 --> 00:49:42,965 Yeah. Get after it. 1044 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,827 Get after it. 1045 00:49:44,862 --> 00:49:47,793 [Kenny] Listen, I gave a lot of love to Riptide's whipping, 1046 00:49:47,827 --> 00:49:50,517 but no one should sleep on Glitch's drum. 1047 00:49:50,551 --> 00:49:54,206 It's the first thing Kyle Miller designed for this robot. 1048 00:49:54,241 --> 00:49:57,862 It has so much bite, so much energy transfer. 1049 00:49:57,896 --> 00:50:00,965 We saw it spinning up earlier in the test box. 1050 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,758 Looked to be in good shape. 1051 00:50:02,793 --> 00:50:05,379 We'll see if they've got those troubles figured out. 1052 00:50:06,758 --> 00:50:09,275 [crowd chanting] 1053 00:50:09,310 --> 00:50:12,793 Riptide is an extremely fast robot. 1054 00:50:12,827 --> 00:50:15,965 Because of our armor system, we don't have the traction that they have. 1055 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,724 And so, they can definitely out-maneuver us 1056 00:50:18,758 --> 00:50:20,793 with acceleration and speed. 1057 00:50:20,827 --> 00:50:22,275 Our winning fight against Riptide, 1058 00:50:22,310 --> 00:50:24,448 I think for us it's just weapon on weapon. 1059 00:50:24,482 --> 00:50:26,206 That's... that's what we want to do. 1060 00:50:26,241 --> 00:50:27,793 There's... there's a lot of risk in there. 1061 00:50:27,827 --> 00:50:29,137 They have a hugely powerful weapon. 1062 00:50:29,172 --> 00:50:31,068 But we think with our faster weapon, 1063 00:50:31,103 --> 00:50:33,103 we can be the one to edge it out. 1064 00:50:33,137 --> 00:50:35,620 I think there will be a lot of jockeying for position 1065 00:50:35,655 --> 00:50:38,413 and both robots trying to get a good angle on the other 1066 00:50:38,448 --> 00:50:41,413 'cause I don't think Glitch is gonna want to go face to face with us. 1067 00:50:41,448 --> 00:50:43,517 I don't think we're gonna want to go face to face with Glitch. 1068 00:50:43,551 --> 00:50:46,413 As soon as we start landing hits on our opponent. 1069 00:50:46,448 --> 00:50:48,586 They're usually incapacitated after that. 1070 00:50:48,620 --> 00:50:49,896 This fight will have a knockout. 1071 00:50:49,931 --> 00:50:53,172 Whoever lands that first like meaty hit, it's over. 1072 00:50:56,758 --> 00:50:58,551 [automated voice] Robots, activate. 1073 00:50:58,586 --> 00:51:00,586 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1074 00:51:02,551 --> 00:51:04,896 [Chris] All right, Kenny, how did these two teams handle 1075 00:51:04,931 --> 00:51:07,448 sharing that Rookie of the Year title? 1076 00:51:07,482 --> 00:51:08,931 [Kenny] Well, I'll tell you this. 1077 00:51:08,965 --> 00:51:10,724 Ethan wasn't a fan. 1078 00:51:10,758 --> 00:51:13,413 He doesn't think trophies are meant to be shared. 1079 00:51:13,448 --> 00:51:15,068 That's not a chip on his shoulder. 1080 00:51:15,103 --> 00:51:16,379 It's the whole potato. 1081 00:51:20,862 --> 00:51:23,620 [automated voice] Red team, ready? 1082 00:51:23,655 --> 00:51:25,586 [indistinct chatter] 1083 00:51:28,103 --> 00:51:30,068 [automated voice] Blue team, ready? 1084 00:51:30,103 --> 00:51:31,724 Weapon on weapon. 1085 00:51:31,758 --> 00:51:33,103 [Kenny] Oh. 1086 00:51:33,137 --> 00:51:36,310 [Chris] Kyle Miller inviting Ethan to go head-on there. 1087 00:51:36,344 --> 00:51:38,310 All right, Let's see what we get. 1088 00:51:40,068 --> 00:51:43,034 [crowd chanting] 1089 00:51:51,551 --> 00:51:54,206 [Chris] Riptide, Glitch. 1090 00:51:54,241 --> 00:51:57,137 Which team can avoid the dreaded sophomore slump 1091 00:51:57,172 --> 00:51:58,793 with an opening night win? 1092 00:52:02,448 --> 00:52:05,103 Let the bot battle begin. 1093 00:52:05,137 --> 00:52:07,793 [Kenny] Look out. Both weapons firing up. 1094 00:52:07,827 --> 00:52:11,517 [indistinct chatter] 1095 00:52:11,551 --> 00:52:13,241 [Chris] Lands on its head. 1096 00:52:13,275 --> 00:52:14,827 Is this a one and done? 1097 00:52:14,862 --> 00:52:16,551 [Kenny] Oh, my goodness. 1098 00:52:16,586 --> 00:52:18,379 [Chris] Let's just sit there. 1099 00:52:18,413 --> 00:52:19,965 [Kenny] Are you kidding me? 1100 00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,241 Oh. 1101 00:52:21,275 --> 00:52:23,655 [Chris] Wow. Going for another shot. 1102 00:52:23,689 --> 00:52:25,482 Try to set it on the upper deck 1103 00:52:25,517 --> 00:52:29,655 and now it'll go nighty night in the upper bunk. 1104 00:52:29,689 --> 00:52:31,827 [Kenny] That thing hit so hard. 1105 00:52:31,862 --> 00:52:33,793 [Chris] Wow. 1106 00:52:33,827 --> 00:52:35,000 Wow. 1107 00:52:35,034 --> 00:52:36,137 Listen to that. 1108 00:52:36,172 --> 00:52:38,482 Count coming from Riptide. 1109 00:52:38,517 --> 00:52:39,931 Wow. 1110 00:52:39,965 --> 00:52:42,068 That was ridiculous. 1111 00:52:42,103 --> 00:52:45,793 Glitch is stunned, as is this crowd. 1112 00:52:46,896 --> 00:52:50,344 A one-shot wonder from Riptide. 1113 00:52:50,379 --> 00:52:53,379 [cheering] 1114 00:53:00,896 --> 00:53:03,482 [Chris] Kenny, I think Riptide found the solution 1115 00:53:03,517 --> 00:53:05,034 for Glitch's weapon. 1116 00:53:05,068 --> 00:53:06,551 Don't let him use it. 1117 00:53:06,586 --> 00:53:10,689 [Kenny] Well, when you have other worldly power like this. 1118 00:53:10,724 --> 00:53:12,034 Wow. 1119 00:53:12,068 --> 00:53:13,827 The game plan becomes pretty simple. 1120 00:53:13,862 --> 00:53:16,586 [Chris] Yeah, one punch, lights out. 1121 00:53:16,620 --> 00:53:20,551 But Riptide more than happy to go in for that extra shot. 1122 00:53:20,586 --> 00:53:22,172 [Kenny] Yeah, we talked about it earlier. 1123 00:53:22,206 --> 00:53:25,413 This squad didn't like sharing the Rookie of the Year trophy. 1124 00:53:25,448 --> 00:53:27,551 This was a statement victory. 1125 00:53:27,586 --> 00:53:29,137 They're not here to make friends. 1126 00:53:29,172 --> 00:53:31,172 Team Riptide's here to knock you out. 1127 00:53:33,379 --> 00:53:36,586 [Chris] Ethan Kurtz, congratulations. 1128 00:53:36,620 --> 00:53:39,551 [screaming] 1129 00:53:39,586 --> 00:53:41,068 [bleep] did it. 1130 00:53:43,931 --> 00:53:45,586 Ethan, were you shocked? 1131 00:53:45,620 --> 00:53:47,758 It was just one shot and done. 1132 00:53:47,793 --> 00:53:50,482 Um, so, Glitch is a very powerful weapon. 1133 00:53:50,517 --> 00:53:51,758 Riptide is a very powerful weapon. 1134 00:53:51,793 --> 00:53:54,275 It was really just a game of who wins that first shot. 1135 00:53:54,310 --> 00:53:56,379 Um, they have knockout capacity. 1136 00:53:56,413 --> 00:53:58,310 They could have taken us out one hit and we knew 1137 00:53:58,344 --> 00:53:59,827 we could have taken them out in one hit. 1138 00:53:59,862 --> 00:54:01,655 So, we were really just jogging for that position, 1139 00:54:01,689 --> 00:54:03,068 trying to get to their sides. 1140 00:54:03,103 --> 00:54:05,241 And we did exactly what we needed to do to win. 1141 00:54:05,275 --> 00:54:07,068 And that's what we do. 1142 00:54:07,103 --> 00:54:08,482 Give us your next one. 1143 00:54:08,517 --> 00:54:09,931 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1144 00:54:09,965 --> 00:54:13,034 [Chris] Hey, Ethan, I got to admit, 1145 00:54:13,068 --> 00:54:17,689 I like yelling and screaming, Ethan, much more than subdued Ethan. 1146 00:54:17,724 --> 00:54:20,724 So, can you finish me up with a yell and a scream? 1147 00:54:20,758 --> 00:54:22,344 Let's go! 1148 00:54:22,379 --> 00:54:24,413 [cheering] 1149 00:54:35,758 --> 00:54:39,034 This is why you always make it to a fight on time. 1150 00:54:39,068 --> 00:54:41,241 Because if you sit down 30 seconds late, 1151 00:54:41,275 --> 00:54:43,034 you might miss the entire fight. 1152 00:54:43,068 --> 00:54:45,275 Yeah, absolutely. Glitch actually missed the entire fight. 1153 00:54:45,310 --> 00:54:46,413 I know. 1154 00:54:46,448 --> 00:54:48,068 What did you think, though of Riptide? 1155 00:54:48,103 --> 00:54:50,620 Unbelievable. They are definitely one of the teams to watch. 1156 00:54:50,655 --> 00:54:52,758 Again, just got off to a great start 1157 00:54:52,793 --> 00:54:55,068 and did exactly what they did last season. 1158 00:54:55,103 --> 00:54:58,103 [Chris] Well, as we all like to say in the world of Ethan. 1159 00:54:58,137 --> 00:55:00,655 Let's go! 1160 00:55:02,103 --> 00:55:04,793 Well, coming up later tonight, we've got an insane 1161 00:55:04,827 --> 00:55:08,068 main event as Tantrum squares off with Minotaur. 1162 00:55:08,103 --> 00:55:10,827 But first, will Gigabyte find the storage space 1163 00:55:10,862 --> 00:55:12,793 for Gary Gin's dead robot? 1164 00:55:12,827 --> 00:55:16,103 Or will Free Shipping deliver a knockout in 3 to 5 business days? 1165 00:55:16,137 --> 00:55:18,310 Find out next on BattleBots. 1166 00:55:30,310 --> 00:55:33,068 Welcome back to opening night here on BattleBots. 1167 00:55:33,103 --> 00:55:35,896 We have been treated to an incredible variety 1168 00:55:35,931 --> 00:55:39,310 of robot combat so far, and we are now just one fight 1169 00:55:39,344 --> 00:55:42,103 away from our marquee matchup featuring two 1170 00:55:42,137 --> 00:55:45,310 of the biggest names in the entire sport. 1171 00:55:45,344 --> 00:55:48,068 Let's take a closer look at tonight's main event. 1172 00:55:55,103 --> 00:55:56,896 [roaring] 1173 00:55:56,931 --> 00:56:01,655 [Faruq] It's Minotaur. 1174 00:56:01,689 --> 00:56:04,551 [Chris] Oh, what a shot by Minotaur. 1175 00:56:04,586 --> 00:56:06,827 In the last season, beating Endgame 1176 00:56:06,862 --> 00:56:08,620 looked like a championship final. 1177 00:56:08,655 --> 00:56:10,172 [indistinct screaming] 1178 00:56:10,206 --> 00:56:12,793 [Chris] Freitas talking trash to the champs. 1179 00:56:12,827 --> 00:56:15,000 That's when I saw that we really had 1180 00:56:15,034 --> 00:56:17,724 a real good shot at the Giant Nut. 1181 00:56:17,758 --> 00:56:19,827 Unfortunately, it didn't happen last year. 1182 00:56:19,862 --> 00:56:21,206 [Chris] Oh. 1183 00:56:21,241 --> 00:56:23,172 [Kenny] Now Minotaur's missing a tire. 1184 00:56:23,206 --> 00:56:24,551 This could cost them. 1185 00:56:24,586 --> 00:56:27,310 Witch Doctor was waiting for us to get counted out. 1186 00:56:27,344 --> 00:56:30,482 [Chris] Minotaur having serious mobility issues. 1187 00:56:30,517 --> 00:56:32,655 And we were waiting for Witch Doctor to attack. 1188 00:56:32,689 --> 00:56:35,379 Witch Doctor. 1189 00:56:35,413 --> 00:56:38,103 [Marco] Of course, I'm sad about the decision. 1190 00:56:38,137 --> 00:56:40,172 Maybe if we had a chance to keep fighting, 1191 00:56:40,206 --> 00:56:41,862 maybe we could cripple them. 1192 00:56:41,896 --> 00:56:44,000 But, you know, you can't change the past. 1193 00:56:44,034 --> 00:56:45,689 So, let's look into the future. 1194 00:56:47,482 --> 00:56:49,793 [Chris] We are gonna have a new champion. 1195 00:56:49,827 --> 00:56:53,448 And its name is Tantrum. 1196 00:56:53,482 --> 00:56:55,482 [cheering] 1197 00:56:57,034 --> 00:57:00,034 Our championship run was unexpected. 1198 00:57:00,068 --> 00:57:02,482 [Chris] Oh. Gosh. 1199 00:57:02,517 --> 00:57:04,241 [Alex] We went into last season legitimately 1200 00:57:04,275 --> 00:57:06,482 just wanting to get one win. 1201 00:57:06,517 --> 00:57:09,620 And to be able to go undefeated through the entire thing. 1202 00:57:09,655 --> 00:57:13,310 [Chris] Tantrum gets the K.O. 1203 00:57:13,344 --> 00:57:14,517 [Alex] It's literally impossible 1204 00:57:14,551 --> 00:57:16,379 to do better than that. 1205 00:57:16,413 --> 00:57:18,068 [Ginger] Tantrum always has a chance. 1206 00:57:18,103 --> 00:57:21,517 He chugs along, he drives fast, 1207 00:57:21,551 --> 00:57:23,379 and he's not afraid to get hit. 1208 00:57:23,413 --> 00:57:25,931 [Chris] Oh. 1209 00:57:25,965 --> 00:57:29,275 When you have such strengths, you always have a chance. 1210 00:57:33,965 --> 00:57:36,689 [Marco] Tantrum was the champion not... 1211 00:57:36,724 --> 00:57:38,034 not by chance. 1212 00:57:39,482 --> 00:57:43,000 It's a very fast robot, it's very compact, very resilient. 1213 00:57:44,448 --> 00:57:46,586 You want to be aggressive. 1214 00:57:46,620 --> 00:57:50,827 And to be aggressive, you have to be able to win face to face. 1215 00:57:50,862 --> 00:57:54,827 [Chris] And Minotaur said, "I'm coming to say hello." 1216 00:57:54,862 --> 00:57:57,241 Minotaur is the scariest robot in this building. 1217 00:57:58,551 --> 00:58:00,620 [Ginger] Their weapon is really terrifying. 1218 00:58:00,655 --> 00:58:02,793 And one hit, it could all go wrong. 1219 00:58:02,827 --> 00:58:06,344 [Chris] Oh, look at that huge hit. 1220 00:58:06,379 --> 00:58:10,310 We're gonna try to engage them slowly and get under the drum. 1221 00:58:10,344 --> 00:58:13,413 Most people don't control a drum bot. 1222 00:58:13,448 --> 00:58:16,000 And so, we're really hoping to control the pace of the match. 1223 00:58:16,034 --> 00:58:19,310 [Chris] What a remarkable shot by Tantrum. 1224 00:58:19,344 --> 00:58:21,724 We're gonna fight until the end, no matter what. 1225 00:58:21,758 --> 00:58:24,448 We're not gonna be afraid. We're gonna be aggressive. 1226 00:58:24,482 --> 00:58:28,379 If we win, it'll send a clear message that Tantrum 1227 00:58:28,413 --> 00:58:31,068 is gonna take it all the way to the end again. 1228 00:58:31,103 --> 00:58:32,517 [Chris] Champion. 1229 00:58:32,551 --> 00:58:33,896 Wow. 1230 00:58:33,931 --> 00:58:36,034 That was ridiculous. 1231 00:58:38,896 --> 00:58:40,931 And that's coming your way later tonight. 1232 00:58:40,965 --> 00:58:44,344 But up next, it's the return of one of our favorites, 1233 00:58:44,379 --> 00:58:46,793 Gary Gin and Free Shipping. 1234 00:58:48,137 --> 00:58:53,000 Now, Gary is the OG of the old school here at BattleBots. 1235 00:58:53,034 --> 00:58:56,724 One of the most experienced drivers and captains in the sport. 1236 00:58:56,758 --> 00:58:58,758 And his bot Free Shipping is definitely 1237 00:58:58,793 --> 00:59:00,068 a throwback design. 1238 00:59:00,103 --> 00:59:03,206 But Kenny, with the so called meta of BattleBots 1239 00:59:03,241 --> 00:59:05,379 favoring kinetic spinning weapons, 1240 00:59:05,413 --> 00:59:09,379 Gary Gin has finally said, "I'm in." 1241 00:59:09,413 --> 00:59:12,172 [Kenny] Yeah, Free Shipping has that wide base kind of 1242 00:59:12,206 --> 00:59:14,931 a SUV in an era of sports cars, 1243 00:59:14,965 --> 00:59:17,413 but it's now packing some firepower 1244 00:59:17,448 --> 00:59:20,275 with the addition of a new vertical spinner. 1245 00:59:20,310 --> 00:59:22,827 Gary knows he has to start scoring damage points 1246 00:59:22,862 --> 00:59:25,896 if he wants to keep up with this field of killers. 1247 00:59:25,931 --> 00:59:29,206 If he can, the promised land awaits. 1248 00:59:29,241 --> 00:59:31,965 [Chris] He's going to be facing a new look Gigabyte, 1249 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,206 not the bot, but the man at the controls. 1250 00:59:35,241 --> 00:59:39,827 Former captain, John Mladenik has ceded the sticks to his top lieutenants, 1251 00:59:39,862 --> 00:59:42,551 Camden Wallraff and Derek Tran. 1252 00:59:42,586 --> 00:59:45,206 Kenny, what are these youngsters in for? 1253 00:59:45,241 --> 00:59:47,448 [Kenny] Well, Gigabyte is a full body spinner 1254 00:59:47,482 --> 00:59:51,034 capable of inflicting maximum destruction. 1255 00:59:51,068 --> 00:59:53,793 It's such a difficult design to tame, though. 1256 00:59:53,827 --> 00:59:57,103 This is like handing a bazooka to a couple of pre-schoolers. 1257 00:59:57,137 --> 00:59:59,448 I have no idea how they'll handle it. 1258 00:59:59,482 --> 01:00:02,724 And you better believe, Gary Gin will be full steam ahead. 1259 01:00:02,758 --> 01:00:04,137 This will be exciting. 1260 01:00:05,862 --> 01:00:07,103 Are we going to see fire? 1261 01:00:07,137 --> 01:00:09,689 I hope so. We're gonna see fire. 1262 01:00:09,724 --> 01:00:11,206 Now it's time to see Faruq. 1263 01:00:14,551 --> 01:00:18,689 And the red square, from San Leandro, California. 1264 01:00:18,724 --> 01:00:21,000 The only bot that puts a tracking number 1265 01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:25,172 on your death certificate, it's Free Shipping. 1266 01:00:25,206 --> 01:00:27,275 [audience cheering and applauding] 1267 01:00:29,344 --> 01:00:32,379 [Chris] Our first look at the new and improved, 1268 01:00:32,413 --> 01:00:33,827 question mark, Free Shipping. 1269 01:00:33,862 --> 01:00:35,551 Oh, I love all the boxes. 1270 01:00:35,586 --> 01:00:37,482 Of course, they're going to overcharge for those as well. 1271 01:00:37,517 --> 01:00:40,275 But that's Gary Gin there at the controls. 1272 01:00:40,310 --> 01:00:42,413 Kenny, that spinner doesn't look very big. 1273 01:00:42,448 --> 01:00:44,689 Is it going to be able to reach its opponents? 1274 01:00:44,724 --> 01:00:47,206 [Kenny] Well, those huge wedges up front are designed 1275 01:00:47,241 --> 01:00:49,896 to help Free Shipping win the ground game. 1276 01:00:49,931 --> 01:00:53,310 The question is, can he get underneath Gigabyte enough 1277 01:00:53,344 --> 01:00:55,034 to give that new weapon a chance? 1278 01:00:57,862 --> 01:01:01,758 In the blue square, from Oceanside, California, 1279 01:01:01,793 --> 01:01:06,896 it's shaped like a hockey puck and about to get a five minute major for murder. 1280 01:01:06,931 --> 01:01:08,896 It's Gigabyte! 1281 01:01:08,931 --> 01:01:10,517 [audience cheering and applauding] 1282 01:01:12,724 --> 01:01:15,034 [Chris] Derek Tran from UC Santa Cruz. 1283 01:01:15,068 --> 01:01:17,275 Now with the controls of Gigabyte. 1284 01:01:17,310 --> 01:01:22,068 His co-captain Camden Wallraff pushing out the bot there 1285 01:01:22,103 --> 01:01:26,448 and, Kenny, Gigabyte with a little extra padding on its shell these days. 1286 01:01:26,482 --> 01:01:29,827 Of course, it's got that self-righter and self-indicator on top 1287 01:01:29,862 --> 01:01:32,000 so it knows which way it's spinning. 1288 01:01:32,034 --> 01:01:33,172 What else? 1289 01:01:33,206 --> 01:01:35,241 [Kenny] Well, it's got a brand-new drive system 1290 01:01:35,275 --> 01:01:37,896 topping out at 18 miles an hour. 1291 01:01:37,931 --> 01:01:39,931 That speed can lead to huge shots 1292 01:01:39,965 --> 01:01:43,620 if Derek can rein in the wild ride that is Gigabyte. 1293 01:01:43,655 --> 01:01:45,344 [audience cheering and applauding] 1294 01:01:48,689 --> 01:01:52,344 With Gigabyte, we have to worry about them taking chunks out of us. 1295 01:01:52,379 --> 01:01:56,034 We can hopefully keep Gigabyte from ripping us apart 1296 01:01:56,068 --> 01:02:01,551 by just hitting them as soon as we can, as fast as we can, 1297 01:02:01,586 --> 01:02:03,758 and hopefully pop them up into the air, 1298 01:02:03,793 --> 01:02:05,551 get them bouncing around the arena 1299 01:02:05,586 --> 01:02:08,620 and hopefully break something inside of him. 1300 01:02:08,655 --> 01:02:10,586 We're going to try our new teeth 1301 01:02:10,620 --> 01:02:11,965 and we're going to try our... 1302 01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,827 our refined special mechanism to get under Free Shipping. 1303 01:02:15,862 --> 01:02:17,689 I believe we have a good bot. 1304 01:02:17,724 --> 01:02:19,379 I believe we have a winning strategy 1305 01:02:19,413 --> 01:02:21,758 and I believe everyone should watch out for us. 1306 01:02:25,689 --> 01:02:27,310 [robotic voice] Robots activate. 1307 01:02:27,344 --> 01:02:28,862 [audience cheering and applauding] 1308 01:02:31,517 --> 01:02:33,137 -[Kenny] Hey. -[Chris] All right. 1309 01:02:33,172 --> 01:02:34,344 The flame's back. 1310 01:02:34,379 --> 01:02:36,034 [Kenny] Yeah. 1311 01:02:36,068 --> 01:02:40,344 Hard to imagine that flame can penetrate Gigabyte's shell but who cares, right? 1312 01:02:40,379 --> 01:02:41,827 You can't have Free Shipping fight 1313 01:02:41,862 --> 01:02:44,551 without the potential for some third degree burns. 1314 01:02:56,448 --> 01:02:58,793 [Chris] The new look Free Shipping, 1315 01:02:58,827 --> 01:03:00,620 the new captains of Gigabyte. 1316 01:03:01,793 --> 01:03:02,862 All right, fellas. 1317 01:03:02,896 --> 01:03:04,793 Green light means go. 1318 01:03:08,551 --> 01:03:10,965 Let the bot rattle begin. 1319 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:13,620 [Kenny] Oh, hesitation by Gigabyte. 1320 01:03:13,655 --> 01:03:15,482 [Chris] Gigabyte couldn't get out of its own way 1321 01:03:15,517 --> 01:03:16,551 and it's going in reverse. 1322 01:03:16,586 --> 01:03:18,068 [Kenny] Oh, boy. 1323 01:03:18,103 --> 01:03:21,310 [Chris] Oh, and Free Shipping got under him not once, but twice. 1324 01:03:21,344 --> 01:03:24,586 So far, that new weapon on Free Shipping is looking good. 1325 01:03:24,620 --> 01:03:26,310 [Kenny] There's a big hit. 1326 01:03:26,344 --> 01:03:28,965 Gary Gin all over Gigabyte right now. 1327 01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:30,689 [Chris] Gigabyte dodges that one, 1328 01:03:30,724 --> 01:03:33,655 but runs itself face first into the corner 1329 01:03:33,689 --> 01:03:35,862 then manages to escape. 1330 01:03:35,896 --> 01:03:38,655 Gigabyte trying to get itself to the center of the Box. 1331 01:03:40,241 --> 01:03:42,448 Oh, big ricochet! 1332 01:03:42,482 --> 01:03:44,931 [Kenny] That's the classic Gigabyte collision. 1333 01:03:44,965 --> 01:03:46,310 Can the kids recover? 1334 01:03:46,344 --> 01:03:47,758 [audience exclaiming] 1335 01:03:47,793 --> 01:03:49,172 [indistinct commentary] 1336 01:03:49,206 --> 01:03:52,206 [Chris] What a huge... Oh! 1337 01:03:52,241 --> 01:03:54,137 Take the number one and it got flipped over. 1338 01:03:54,172 --> 01:03:55,482 [Kenny] Oh, man. Uh-oh. 1339 01:03:55,517 --> 01:03:57,068 Chris, Chris, just be ready to duck. 1340 01:03:57,103 --> 01:03:59,103 I think-- Hands up. Hands up at all times. 1341 01:03:59,137 --> 01:04:02,068 [Chris] Yeah. This is the largest top I've ever seen. 1342 01:04:02,103 --> 01:04:04,586 That self-righter has broken off. 1343 01:04:04,620 --> 01:04:05,931 [Kenny] I think it's wild. 1344 01:04:05,965 --> 01:04:07,241 It's about to go flying, I think. 1345 01:04:07,275 --> 01:04:08,689 [Chris] Oh, my God! 1346 01:04:08,724 --> 01:04:10,724 Kenny, just stop it with the top of your finger, that's all. 1347 01:04:10,758 --> 01:04:12,103 [Kenny] I'm not going in there. 1348 01:04:12,137 --> 01:04:13,482 [Chris] Gigabyte redefining 1349 01:04:13,517 --> 01:04:16,758 what it means to be a full body spinner there. 1350 01:04:16,793 --> 01:04:18,034 [Kenny] Oh, look at that. 1351 01:04:18,068 --> 01:04:19,689 [Chris] Oh, my gosh. 1352 01:04:19,724 --> 01:04:21,275 -That is... -[Kenny] Little breakdancing. 1353 01:04:21,310 --> 01:04:22,551 Not bad. 1354 01:04:22,586 --> 01:04:26,137 [Chris] That is some Olympic gymnastics type stuff. 1355 01:04:26,172 --> 01:04:28,206 [Kenny] Free Shipping not impressed. 1356 01:04:28,241 --> 01:04:30,275 Gary Gin continues to engage. 1357 01:04:30,310 --> 01:04:32,724 He wants to end this fight. 1358 01:04:32,758 --> 01:04:35,172 [Chris] The question is, can it work its way back out over. 1359 01:04:35,206 --> 01:04:38,310 Maybe Gary Gin's trying to lend a helping hand. 1360 01:04:38,344 --> 01:04:41,344 [Kenny] Gary's a lovely guy, but he's looking for a win here. 1361 01:04:41,379 --> 01:04:43,724 Gigabyte slowing down. 1362 01:04:43,758 --> 01:04:45,551 [Chris] Under 90 to go. 1363 01:04:45,586 --> 01:04:47,068 We said it before this fight. 1364 01:04:47,103 --> 01:04:49,586 It was going to be a battle between a super veteran 1365 01:04:49,620 --> 01:04:52,068 in Gary Gin and a pair of youngsters, 1366 01:04:52,103 --> 01:04:54,482 Camden and Derek of team Gigabyte 1367 01:04:54,517 --> 01:04:57,068 that had some big time bot shoes to fill, 1368 01:04:57,103 --> 01:04:59,413 and it has played out pretty much like we expected. 1369 01:04:59,448 --> 01:05:01,103 Ten, nine, eight... 1370 01:05:01,137 --> 01:05:02,586 -[Kenny] Look at that. -[Chris] It's over. 1371 01:05:02,620 --> 01:05:04,448 The countdown has started. 1372 01:05:04,482 --> 01:05:07,241 And there's a little celebratory flaming 1373 01:05:07,275 --> 01:05:10,172 -from the legend. -...two, one! 1374 01:05:10,206 --> 01:05:11,275 Knock out! 1375 01:05:11,310 --> 01:05:12,793 [audience cheering and applauding] 1376 01:05:21,310 --> 01:05:24,310 [Chris] Kenny, some painful driving issues for team Gigabyte 1377 01:05:24,344 --> 01:05:27,206 and Free Shipping definitely took advantage. 1378 01:05:27,241 --> 01:05:31,586 [Kenny] Well, Gigabyte is one of the hardest robots in the world to control. 1379 01:05:31,620 --> 01:05:34,482 We knew there would be a learning curve for these young captains. 1380 01:05:34,517 --> 01:05:36,965 [Chris] What do you think overall about Gary Gin's weapon? 1381 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:38,206 [Kenny] I think he did a great job, 1382 01:05:38,241 --> 01:05:40,379 first of all, of getting underneath Gigabyte. 1383 01:05:40,413 --> 01:05:43,000 And when he was hitting, he was hitting extremely hard, 1384 01:05:43,034 --> 01:05:45,034 both with the speed of his robot 1385 01:05:45,068 --> 01:05:47,344 and the speed of that active weapon. 1386 01:05:47,379 --> 01:05:49,931 [Chris] There's Gigabyte spinning like a top, right 1387 01:05:49,965 --> 01:05:55,034 into the loss column, and Gary Gin locking up his first win in these qualifiers 1388 01:05:55,068 --> 01:05:57,620 since World Championship IV. 1389 01:06:01,862 --> 01:06:04,517 [audience chanting] 1390 01:06:07,241 --> 01:06:08,275 [Chris] Hey, Gary. 1391 01:06:08,310 --> 01:06:11,172 We just saw you all bent over in disbelief. 1392 01:06:11,206 --> 01:06:12,655 Why? 1393 01:06:12,689 --> 01:06:15,482 I am so tired right now. 1394 01:06:17,724 --> 01:06:19,172 Why? 1395 01:06:19,206 --> 01:06:22,310 Because you've never had an active weapon like that before in Kickbot? 1396 01:06:22,344 --> 01:06:24,275 Yeah. You know, it actually worked. 1397 01:06:24,310 --> 01:06:25,965 Can you believe that? 1398 01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:27,241 [sighs] 1399 01:06:27,275 --> 01:06:31,310 Gary, you told us before the season started, 1400 01:06:31,344 --> 01:06:33,068 we asked you about your new weapon. 1401 01:06:33,103 --> 01:06:34,275 We said, "How is it?" 1402 01:06:34,310 --> 01:06:37,689 And you went, "Um, not very good." 1403 01:06:37,724 --> 01:06:39,827 Yeah, you know. 1404 01:06:39,862 --> 01:06:42,068 It's, you know, the first time I've had a heavyweight 1405 01:06:42,103 --> 01:06:43,413 with an active weapon, you know. 1406 01:06:43,448 --> 01:06:47,379 So in... in that department, I'm kind of a rookie. 1407 01:06:47,413 --> 01:06:49,827 It was classic Gary Gin driving, though. 1408 01:06:49,862 --> 01:06:52,137 You were aggressive right from the beginning. 1409 01:06:52,172 --> 01:06:53,275 Yeah. 1410 01:06:53,310 --> 01:06:54,724 I mean, that's what it takes, you know? 1411 01:06:54,758 --> 01:06:58,379 I got to use the entire robot as a weapon 1412 01:06:58,413 --> 01:07:00,068 and just get after him. 1413 01:07:00,103 --> 01:07:02,241 You know, with a robot like Gigabyte, 1414 01:07:02,275 --> 01:07:04,862 spins up so fast, hits so hard, 1415 01:07:04,896 --> 01:07:09,034 but it doesn't matter where you hit them, so you just got to hit them. 1416 01:07:09,068 --> 01:07:14,517 So, Gary, now, with your driving ability and a pretty badass weapon, 1417 01:07:14,551 --> 01:07:16,344 are you a robot to be reckoned with? 1418 01:07:17,379 --> 01:07:18,482 You know, sure. 1419 01:07:18,517 --> 01:07:20,206 -Yeah. The audience thinks so. -[audience cheering] 1420 01:07:20,241 --> 01:07:21,517 So, sure. Yeah. 1421 01:07:22,551 --> 01:07:23,551 Let's go with that one. 1422 01:07:23,586 --> 01:07:25,137 Gary Gin, congratulations. 1423 01:07:25,172 --> 01:07:26,275 Thanks. 1424 01:07:26,310 --> 01:07:28,275 [audience cheering and applauding] 1425 01:07:36,034 --> 01:07:37,793 I love talking to Gary Gin. 1426 01:07:37,827 --> 01:07:39,379 How's your weapon? 1427 01:07:39,413 --> 01:07:40,689 "Uh, not very good." 1428 01:07:40,724 --> 01:07:42,655 Are you a serious contender? 1429 01:07:42,689 --> 01:07:44,310 "The audience thinks so." 1430 01:07:44,344 --> 01:07:45,862 Keep doing your thing, Gary. 1431 01:07:45,896 --> 01:07:46,965 [Kenny] Ah, he's hilarious. 1432 01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:48,758 Listen, I think it's a little too early to tell 1433 01:07:48,793 --> 01:07:50,275 whether he's going to be a contender in this, 1434 01:07:50,310 --> 01:07:52,689 but that was a great result and a great fight. 1435 01:07:54,137 --> 01:07:56,724 [Chris] Coming up, two of the sport's biggest names 1436 01:07:56,758 --> 01:07:58,551 are going to clash. 1437 01:07:58,586 --> 01:08:03,827 Minotaur had the Giant Nut in their sights last season before it all fell apart. 1438 01:08:03,862 --> 01:08:07,517 Its revenge tour begins tonight against the reigning 1439 01:08:07,551 --> 01:08:10,793 defending Giant Nut winner Tantrum. 1440 01:08:12,103 --> 01:08:14,241 It's opening night's main event 1441 01:08:14,275 --> 01:08:17,758 and it is next here on BattleBots. 1442 01:08:28,068 --> 01:08:29,206 All right. 1443 01:08:29,241 --> 01:08:31,758 We are back on BattleBots and it is time right now 1444 01:08:31,793 --> 01:08:34,620 for our first main event of the season. 1445 01:08:34,655 --> 01:08:38,137 And let's welcome back the defending champion, 1446 01:08:38,172 --> 01:08:41,827 the holder of the Giant Nut, Tantrum is here. 1447 01:08:41,862 --> 01:08:43,551 [audience cheering and applauding] 1448 01:08:46,413 --> 01:08:47,724 They, of course, are captained 1449 01:08:47,758 --> 01:08:49,931 by Alex Grant and Ginger Schmidt 1450 01:08:49,965 --> 01:08:51,724 and we caught up with them back in the pits. 1451 01:08:51,758 --> 01:08:53,758 They said they had an amazing off-season 1452 01:08:53,793 --> 01:08:55,586 that was really culminated by them, 1453 01:08:55,620 --> 01:08:57,551 renting out an IMAX theater 1454 01:08:57,586 --> 01:09:00,551 and inviting almost 300 of their closest friends and family 1455 01:09:00,586 --> 01:09:03,586 to watch the final episode from a season ago. 1456 01:09:03,620 --> 01:09:06,172 They said it was flat out unbelievable. 1457 01:09:06,206 --> 01:09:09,172 [Kenny] They deserved every second of that celebration. 1458 01:09:09,206 --> 01:09:12,344 Tantrum isn't some one-note wonder, 1459 01:09:12,379 --> 01:09:15,103 this robot is a symphony of design. 1460 01:09:15,137 --> 01:09:18,586 The retractable weapon used to raise eyebrows, 1461 01:09:18,620 --> 01:09:20,206 now it cracks skulls. 1462 01:09:20,241 --> 01:09:22,448 [Chris] Oh, my gosh! 1463 01:09:22,482 --> 01:09:25,793 [Kenny] It beats up opponents with every part of its body. 1464 01:09:25,827 --> 01:09:28,586 It moves around the BattleBox like an F1 car. 1465 01:09:28,620 --> 01:09:32,310 And their driver, Dillon Carey, is a world beater. 1466 01:09:32,344 --> 01:09:34,931 [Chris] There really aren't any holes in Tantrum's game, 1467 01:09:34,965 --> 01:09:39,413 but Kenny, it's a whole new season, a whole new ball game. 1468 01:09:40,379 --> 01:09:42,379 And so now they are taking on Minotaur, 1469 01:09:42,413 --> 01:09:45,275 a team that I think is still hurting based on how they got 1470 01:09:45,310 --> 01:09:49,310 bounced out of the playoffs last season in that loss against Witch Doctor. 1471 01:09:49,344 --> 01:09:51,482 [Kenny] Yeah, you know, Minotaur had a ton of momentum 1472 01:09:51,517 --> 01:09:53,517 knocking off the defending champs, End Game, 1473 01:09:53,551 --> 01:09:55,241 in the round of 16 1474 01:09:55,275 --> 01:09:58,172 but it all came crashing down when the judges gave the nod 1475 01:09:58,206 --> 01:10:00,655 to Witch Doctor in the quarterfinals. 1476 01:10:00,689 --> 01:10:03,241 This squad felt they won that match. 1477 01:10:03,275 --> 01:10:05,172 Frankly, they didn't take it well. 1478 01:10:05,206 --> 01:10:06,931 Now they're out for revenge. 1479 01:10:06,965 --> 01:10:10,965 And that's where Marco Meggiolaro's return is so critical. 1480 01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:14,068 His experience, his ability to calm this team, 1481 01:10:14,103 --> 01:10:15,896 that's a huge boost for the Brazilians. 1482 01:10:17,896 --> 01:10:20,103 And taking a look at how these two stack up. 1483 01:10:20,137 --> 01:10:22,482 Tantrum with a big drivetrain advantage. 1484 01:10:22,517 --> 01:10:25,689 Minotaur does have the heavier weapon, but to me, 1485 01:10:25,724 --> 01:10:29,241 Tantrum's armor could be the difference maker in this one. 1486 01:10:29,275 --> 01:10:31,551 This is going to be a great main event, 1487 01:10:31,586 --> 01:10:34,413 plus something special for the champs. 1488 01:10:34,448 --> 01:10:35,965 Let's turn it on over to Faruq. 1489 01:10:37,413 --> 01:10:39,137 [audience cheering and applauding] 1490 01:10:41,379 --> 01:10:44,758 Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? 1491 01:10:44,793 --> 01:10:46,551 [audience cheering and applauding] 1492 01:10:51,551 --> 01:10:54,896 It's time for the main event. 1493 01:10:54,931 --> 01:10:56,482 [audience cheering and applauding] 1494 01:11:05,689 --> 01:11:07,482 In the red square, 1495 01:11:07,517 --> 01:11:10,965 this slap-happy bot got the smack that brings pain. 1496 01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:14,793 Don't call him G.I. Jane or he'll go G.T. insane. 1497 01:11:14,827 --> 01:11:17,000 You'll get Chris Rocked in the jaw, 1498 01:11:17,034 --> 01:11:19,482 your odds of winning or going south. 1499 01:11:19,517 --> 01:11:23,241 So keep this bot's name out your mouth. 1500 01:11:23,275 --> 01:11:25,827 It's Tantrum. 1501 01:11:30,310 --> 01:11:32,103 [Chris] For the first time ever they enter 1502 01:11:32,137 --> 01:11:35,413 the BattleBox as winners of the Giant Nut. 1503 01:11:35,448 --> 01:11:38,931 Ginger to the right, Alex to the left slapping five. 1504 01:11:38,965 --> 01:11:41,275 And Kenny, we got something real special planned 1505 01:11:41,310 --> 01:11:44,206 for team Tantrum right before this fight, but first, 1506 01:11:44,241 --> 01:11:46,793 how about that killer schedule? 1507 01:11:46,827 --> 01:11:48,068 [Kenny] Some of the biggest names 1508 01:11:48,103 --> 01:11:49,758 in the sport right there. 1509 01:11:49,793 --> 01:11:54,586 Hydra, Blip, Whiplash, all tournament favorites. 1510 01:11:54,620 --> 01:11:57,310 [Chris] A schedule befitting a champion. 1511 01:12:03,758 --> 01:12:05,586 [Faruq] In the blue square. 1512 01:12:05,620 --> 01:12:09,103 Saddle up, partner, this bull's bucking up a ruckus. 1513 01:12:09,137 --> 01:12:10,827 But you won't make it eight seconds 1514 01:12:10,862 --> 01:12:13,965 because he turns cowboys into suckers. 1515 01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:17,172 When the gate opens up, he charges lightning fast, 1516 01:12:17,206 --> 01:12:21,793 this isn't his first rodeo, but he'll make it your last. 1517 01:12:21,827 --> 01:12:24,758 It's Minotaur. 1518 01:12:30,068 --> 01:12:32,793 [Chris] Minotaur made it to the round of eight before bowing 1519 01:12:32,827 --> 01:12:36,241 out last season, and the man on the right who is clapping, 1520 01:12:36,275 --> 01:12:38,931 so happy to be back, Marco Meggiolaro, 1521 01:12:38,965 --> 01:12:41,482 one of the good dudes here at BattleBots. 1522 01:12:41,517 --> 01:12:45,758 And there is Daniel Freitas, the intense driver all the way to the left. 1523 01:12:45,793 --> 01:12:48,000 He's already got his game face on, Kenny. 1524 01:12:48,034 --> 01:12:51,379 [Kenny] He's always got his game face on, doesn't he? 1525 01:12:51,413 --> 01:12:53,827 So this will be the question for Minotaur all season, 1526 01:12:53,862 --> 01:12:55,758 'Can they stay composed? 1527 01:12:55,793 --> 01:12:57,620 Can they stay locked in?' 1528 01:12:57,655 --> 01:13:00,034 Marco will have his hands full, 1529 01:13:00,068 --> 01:13:02,275 but we know he's up to the challenge. 1530 01:13:07,241 --> 01:13:08,310 [Chris] All right. 1531 01:13:08,344 --> 01:13:10,275 You may have noticed some beautiful banners 1532 01:13:10,310 --> 01:13:12,103 hanging over the tunnel tonight. 1533 01:13:12,137 --> 01:13:15,482 Well, every great sport has its traditions, 1534 01:13:15,517 --> 01:13:18,517 and BattleBots is starting a new one. 1535 01:13:18,551 --> 01:13:20,310 Let's throw it back to Faruq. 1536 01:13:22,413 --> 01:13:26,482 [Faruq] Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? 1537 01:13:26,517 --> 01:13:29,482 Before we begin tonight's main event, 1538 01:13:29,517 --> 01:13:32,068 I'd like everyone to stay on your feet 1539 01:13:32,103 --> 01:13:34,344 and direct your attention to the banners 1540 01:13:34,379 --> 01:13:37,068 above the entrance way. 1541 01:13:37,103 --> 01:13:40,655 Now, these banners represent the legendary bots 1542 01:13:40,689 --> 01:13:43,827 who have reached the pinnacle of our great sport. 1543 01:13:43,862 --> 01:13:48,000 And now it's time to add one more to the list. 1544 01:13:48,034 --> 01:13:51,413 It's time to unveil the banner for the reigning 1545 01:13:51,448 --> 01:13:54,586 and defending world champion captained 1546 01:13:54,620 --> 01:13:56,620 by Alex Grant and Ginger Schmidt. 1547 01:13:56,655 --> 01:14:01,758 Make some noise for Tantrum! 1548 01:14:01,793 --> 01:14:04,793 [audience cheering and applauding] 1549 01:14:25,275 --> 01:14:28,000 The logo. The eyes look so good. 1550 01:14:28,034 --> 01:14:30,310 [audience cheering] 1551 01:14:34,137 --> 01:14:37,793 [Chris] What a moment for team Tantrum. 1552 01:14:37,827 --> 01:14:41,793 Well, wipe away those tears because there's a fight brewing. 1553 01:14:41,827 --> 01:14:44,931 I mean, congratulations, Tantrum, but an angry bull 1554 01:14:44,965 --> 01:14:46,586 is waiting for you at the after party, 1555 01:14:46,620 --> 01:14:48,655 if you know what I mean. 1556 01:14:48,689 --> 01:14:51,241 In fact, there's the champ, the number two ranked robot 1557 01:14:51,275 --> 01:14:53,275 in the world, ready to trade hands 1558 01:14:53,310 --> 01:14:55,517 with the number six ranked Minotaur. 1559 01:14:55,551 --> 01:14:57,448 So how do you see this one, Kenny? 1560 01:14:57,482 --> 01:15:00,655 [Kenny] Well, for Minotaur, it's all about that 55-pound drum. 1561 01:15:00,689 --> 01:15:03,896 And even though the bot looks out of control at times, 1562 01:15:03,931 --> 01:15:07,379 Daniel Freitas is a master of gyro driving. 1563 01:15:07,413 --> 01:15:09,103 He's in complete control. 1564 01:15:09,137 --> 01:15:11,724 On the other side, Tantrum has that new wedge 1565 01:15:11,758 --> 01:15:13,241 they call the swordfish. 1566 01:15:13,275 --> 01:15:15,758 They want to get underneath Minotaur as much 1567 01:15:15,793 --> 01:15:18,379 as possible to dictate the action. 1568 01:15:18,413 --> 01:15:20,379 [audience cheering and applauding] 1569 01:15:24,862 --> 01:15:26,551 [robotic voice] Robots activate! 1570 01:15:26,586 --> 01:15:28,551 [audience cheering and applauding] 1571 01:15:30,689 --> 01:15:33,931 [Chris] Okay. We are all systems go. 1572 01:15:33,965 --> 01:15:36,551 Can Tantrum follow up its banner reveal 1573 01:15:36,586 --> 01:15:40,000 with an opening night win or will Minotaur crash 1574 01:15:40,034 --> 01:15:43,137 the party like a bull in a China shop? 1575 01:15:43,172 --> 01:15:45,689 It's opening night's main event 1576 01:15:45,724 --> 01:15:48,827 when we return on BattleBots. 1577 01:15:48,862 --> 01:15:51,862 [audience cheering and applauding] 1578 01:15:58,068 --> 01:16:00,827 Holding the title of World Champion has been unreal. 1579 01:16:00,862 --> 01:16:03,896 It didn't sink in until Alex and I saw it on TV. 1580 01:16:03,931 --> 01:16:06,103 [Chris] We are going to have a new champion 1581 01:16:06,137 --> 01:16:10,172 and its name is Tantrum! 1582 01:16:10,206 --> 01:16:13,862 Tantrum went into every match fully functioning. 1583 01:16:13,896 --> 01:16:15,758 But to be honest, behind the scenes, 1584 01:16:15,793 --> 01:16:18,275 it was definitely the little robot that could. 1585 01:16:20,275 --> 01:16:22,379 [Ginger] You know, our organization with Tantrum 1586 01:16:22,413 --> 01:16:25,172 and Blip has such a breadth of knowledge and skills 1587 01:16:25,206 --> 01:16:27,896 that I wouldn't think any other team here 1588 01:16:27,931 --> 01:16:29,689 could pull off what we're able to do. 1589 01:16:29,724 --> 01:16:31,068 [Chris] Oh! 1590 01:16:31,103 --> 01:16:32,586 My goodness! 1591 01:16:32,620 --> 01:16:35,655 We feel a lot more confident this time 1592 01:16:35,689 --> 01:16:37,620 and we're really excited to go all the way. 1593 01:16:37,655 --> 01:16:41,931 And winning the championship, gets you a little bit of practice. 1594 01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,275 [Chris] Welcome back to BattleBots World Championship VII, 1595 01:16:58,310 --> 01:17:02,344 where it is opening night and this is the main event. 1596 01:17:02,379 --> 01:17:06,103 Tantrum beginning its quest to repeat as World Champions, 1597 01:17:06,137 --> 01:17:09,103 Minotaur ready to turn the orange robot red. 1598 01:17:10,310 --> 01:17:12,137 Sin City is on its feet. 1599 01:17:12,172 --> 01:17:14,103 Here we go. 1600 01:17:29,206 --> 01:17:32,241 The winners of the Giant Nut want a second trophy 1601 01:17:32,275 --> 01:17:34,000 for their collection. 1602 01:17:34,034 --> 01:17:37,517 Their title defense begins now. 1603 01:17:40,896 --> 01:17:42,379 Let the bot battle begin. 1604 01:17:42,413 --> 01:17:45,241 Here comes Tantrum fast out of the gate. 1605 01:17:45,275 --> 01:17:47,344 [Kenny] See the speed of Tantrum right away, Chris. 1606 01:17:47,379 --> 01:17:50,344 One of the fastest robots in the world. 1607 01:17:50,379 --> 01:17:53,172 [Chris] Tantrum on the attack playing the aggressor to start, 1608 01:17:53,206 --> 01:17:57,379 gets underneath Minotaur, but Daniel Freitas self-rights. 1609 01:17:57,413 --> 01:17:59,517 Tantrum keeping the pressure on. 1610 01:17:59,551 --> 01:18:01,620 [Kenny] Nice counter shot there by Minotaur. 1611 01:18:01,655 --> 01:18:04,068 Both bots still feeling each other out. 1612 01:18:04,103 --> 01:18:05,965 A lot of respect here. 1613 01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:07,482 [Chris] A lot of power, too. 1614 01:18:07,517 --> 01:18:09,827 Who's going to land that first big... Oh! 1615 01:18:09,862 --> 01:18:11,551 There's Daniel Freitas, and he got the... 1616 01:18:11,586 --> 01:18:13,448 And another huge shot. 1617 01:18:13,482 --> 01:18:15,793 The champ is now inverted. 1618 01:18:15,827 --> 01:18:17,275 Wow! 1619 01:18:17,310 --> 01:18:20,482 [Kenny] Tantrum's in trouble, lost the self-righting arm there. 1620 01:18:20,517 --> 01:18:22,068 [Chris] Oh, another! 1621 01:18:22,103 --> 01:18:24,482 Tantrum can't afford to be flipped back over. 1622 01:18:24,517 --> 01:18:26,137 But here it's again punching back. 1623 01:18:26,172 --> 01:18:27,896 There is no surrender. 1624 01:18:27,931 --> 01:18:29,344 -[Kenny] Oh! -[Chris] Big collision. 1625 01:18:29,379 --> 01:18:30,793 Both bots back on their heels. 1626 01:18:30,827 --> 01:18:32,931 Now Tantrum's on its head again. 1627 01:18:32,965 --> 01:18:34,379 Can it self-right? 1628 01:18:34,413 --> 01:18:36,344 [indistinct chatter] 1629 01:18:36,379 --> 01:18:37,931 [Chris] Minotaur's hovering. 1630 01:18:37,965 --> 01:18:39,103 Threatening. 1631 01:18:39,137 --> 01:18:41,827 Tantrum's searching for the power to right itself. 1632 01:18:41,862 --> 01:18:43,310 -Up right. Up, up. -Up right? 1633 01:18:43,344 --> 01:18:45,931 [Chris] Oh, they're trying to crawl on their weapon. 1634 01:18:45,965 --> 01:18:49,068 [Jenny] This would be huge momentum for team Minotaur. 1635 01:18:49,103 --> 01:18:50,275 What a win this would be. 1636 01:18:50,310 --> 01:18:51,379 Ten, nine... 1637 01:18:51,413 --> 01:18:52,724 [Chris] And the countdown has started. 1638 01:18:52,758 --> 01:18:53,931 [Kenny] Wow. 1639 01:18:53,965 --> 01:18:56,068 [Chris] The champs are down for the count. 1640 01:18:56,103 --> 01:18:59,137 Minotaur, for the first time in the last four seasons 1641 01:18:59,172 --> 01:19:01,310 will win its season opener. 1642 01:19:01,344 --> 01:19:03,551 [audience cheering] 1643 01:19:05,517 --> 01:19:07,034 [team cheering] 1644 01:19:08,413 --> 01:19:09,655 [Kenny] Wow! 1645 01:19:11,482 --> 01:19:13,000 [indistinct chatter] 1646 01:19:14,827 --> 01:19:17,000 [team cheering] 1647 01:19:20,413 --> 01:19:23,034 [Chris] Kenny, this was two of the best robots 1648 01:19:23,068 --> 01:19:25,724 in the world going shot for shot early on. 1649 01:19:25,758 --> 01:19:27,172 [Kenny] Yeah. 1650 01:19:27,206 --> 01:19:29,931 Tantrum got underneath Minotaur with that swordfish wedge, 1651 01:19:29,965 --> 01:19:34,344 but there's more proof that Daniel Freitas is a master of gyro driving. 1652 01:19:34,379 --> 01:19:36,310 What a save. 1653 01:19:36,344 --> 01:19:38,310 [Chris] Minotaur was just relentless 1654 01:19:38,344 --> 01:19:42,517 with its drum spinner, had Tantrum teetering on the edge down the stretch. 1655 01:19:42,551 --> 01:19:45,137 [Kenny] Yeah, and this is what that multitooth weapon 1656 01:19:45,172 --> 01:19:46,931 on Minotaur does best. 1657 01:19:46,965 --> 01:19:49,758 It tees you up for these massive power shots. 1658 01:19:51,103 --> 01:19:53,413 [Chris] Tantrum lost that self-righting arm, 1659 01:19:53,448 --> 01:19:55,034 didn't go down without a fight, 1660 01:19:55,068 --> 01:19:58,000 but the world champs start out their title defense 1661 01:19:58,034 --> 01:19:59,655 clearly on their backs. 1662 01:19:59,689 --> 01:20:01,862 [Kenny] And credit to Marco Meggiolaro, 1663 01:20:01,896 --> 01:20:04,275 an instant impact for team Minotaur. 1664 01:20:04,310 --> 01:20:06,275 [audience cheering and applauding] 1665 01:20:07,827 --> 01:20:12,379 Marco, this wasn't just another win, was it? 1666 01:20:12,413 --> 01:20:16,724 No, that was the big win, the big start for us. 1667 01:20:16,758 --> 01:20:20,000 For the last three seasons, we've lost our first fight 1668 01:20:20,034 --> 01:20:22,344 and right here going against the champions. 1669 01:20:22,379 --> 01:20:25,379 So, I was feeling that it's going to happen again. 1670 01:20:25,413 --> 01:20:28,310 So, thanks, thanks that it didn't happen. 1671 01:20:29,482 --> 01:20:33,172 Hey, Daniel, what is it like when you knock off 1672 01:20:33,206 --> 01:20:34,517 the world champions? 1673 01:20:35,586 --> 01:20:36,758 It's good. 1674 01:20:36,793 --> 01:20:38,344 [laughter] 1675 01:20:38,379 --> 01:20:40,586 I think Tantrum is a great robots 1676 01:20:40,620 --> 01:20:42,931 and have a great building. 1677 01:20:42,965 --> 01:20:45,413 We're really happy for this victory. 1678 01:20:46,724 --> 01:20:48,344 All right, Daniel, great job. 1679 01:20:48,379 --> 01:20:50,482 Congratulations to you and Marco 1680 01:20:50,517 --> 01:20:52,758 and team Minotaur passed out of the gate. 1681 01:20:56,103 --> 01:20:57,827 Thank you. 1682 01:20:57,862 --> 01:20:59,655 [audience cheering and applauding] 1683 01:20:59,689 --> 01:21:02,448 Hey, Alex and Ginger. 1684 01:21:02,482 --> 01:21:04,068 -Hey. -Hey. 1685 01:21:04,103 --> 01:21:08,241 I know... I... I don't think you tasted defeat last season. 1686 01:21:08,275 --> 01:21:10,620 This is a little strange, right, Alex? 1687 01:21:10,655 --> 01:21:14,241 It's a little strange, but, you know, we brought the robot, 1688 01:21:14,275 --> 01:21:15,862 we made a lot of changes this year, 1689 01:21:15,896 --> 01:21:17,931 and sometimes it doesn't work out in your favor. 1690 01:21:17,965 --> 01:21:19,689 I think there's something that broke inside, 1691 01:21:19,724 --> 01:21:21,413 and so we got to fix that here. 1692 01:21:21,448 --> 01:21:23,965 And going into the next fight, we should have it all worked out. 1693 01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:27,034 [Kenny] You guys brought in a brand new robot. 1694 01:21:27,068 --> 01:21:29,793 You guys were kind of expecting this at some point, right? 1695 01:21:29,827 --> 01:21:30,931 Yeah. 1696 01:21:30,965 --> 01:21:32,689 I think if we were going to lose our first match, 1697 01:21:32,724 --> 01:21:34,551 there's no one else we'd rather lose against. 1698 01:21:34,586 --> 01:21:37,931 We had a totally new weapon and a totally new Tantrum, 1699 01:21:37,965 --> 01:21:40,206 and the self-righter might have worked, not worked, 1700 01:21:40,241 --> 01:21:42,241 but the weapon delivered some pretty big hits. 1701 01:21:42,275 --> 01:21:45,034 So we're actually really happy about that and how it went 1702 01:21:45,068 --> 01:21:46,482 the first time in the Box. 1703 01:21:46,517 --> 01:21:48,620 Ginger, you guys are the first champion to have 1704 01:21:48,655 --> 01:21:52,724 a banner unveiled right before you ended up fighting. 1705 01:21:52,758 --> 01:21:54,758 What were those emotions like? 1706 01:21:56,931 --> 01:21:58,931 I mean, I can't even describe it to you. 1707 01:21:58,965 --> 01:22:00,724 Honestly, it's really cool. 1708 01:22:00,758 --> 01:22:02,931 We got to do it here with a live audience 1709 01:22:02,965 --> 01:22:04,689 and see Tantrum up in the rafters. 1710 01:22:04,724 --> 01:22:06,793 [Alex] Thank you. Thank you. 1711 01:22:06,827 --> 01:22:10,000 [Ginger] Next to a bunch of really incredible world class robots. 1712 01:22:10,034 --> 01:22:11,344 So it's sort of unreal. 1713 01:22:11,379 --> 01:22:12,931 We feel like we have to live up to that. 1714 01:22:12,965 --> 01:22:14,655 So we got a lot of work in the pits to do today. 1715 01:22:14,689 --> 01:22:17,413 Still have three more regular season fights left to go. 1716 01:22:17,448 --> 01:22:19,034 Ginger and Alex, thanks for the time. 1717 01:22:19,068 --> 01:22:20,448 -Thank you. -Thank you very much. 1718 01:22:20,482 --> 01:22:23,137 [audience cheering and applauding] 1719 01:22:27,034 --> 01:22:28,379 [Chris] Kenny, I don't know about you, 1720 01:22:28,413 --> 01:22:30,517 but I think Minotaur is on a mission this season. 1721 01:22:30,551 --> 01:22:31,896 They looked unbelievable. 1722 01:22:31,931 --> 01:22:34,413 I mean, again, Daniel Freitas is one of the best drivers 1723 01:22:34,448 --> 01:22:36,241 in the world, but more than anything else, 1724 01:22:36,275 --> 01:22:39,103 you know, their bot is dialed in and ready to rock. 1725 01:22:39,137 --> 01:22:41,689 [Chris] And since we now know the complete schedule, 1726 01:22:41,724 --> 01:22:44,862 let's take a look at who Minotaur is going to rock against. 1727 01:22:44,896 --> 01:22:47,758 Marco's squad has Free Shipping on deck, 1728 01:22:47,793 --> 01:22:50,275 coming off that big win earlier tonight. 1729 01:22:50,310 --> 01:22:53,000 Then it's the deadly spinner of Cobalt. 1730 01:22:53,034 --> 01:22:56,379 And finally, a rematch of last year's quarterfinal, 1731 01:22:56,413 --> 01:22:58,724 none other than Witch Doctor. 1732 01:22:58,758 --> 01:23:01,137 [Kenny] That's as tough a schedule as you'll see. 1733 01:23:01,172 --> 01:23:03,482 Just goes to show how important 1734 01:23:03,517 --> 01:23:06,689 this opening night win over Tantrum was for the Brazilians. 1735 01:23:06,724 --> 01:23:09,724 Big picture tonight, a lot of impressive fights. 1736 01:23:09,758 --> 01:23:12,931 Witch Doctor leapfrogged Ribbot early on. 1737 01:23:12,965 --> 01:23:15,206 Quantum, welcome back to BattleBots. 1738 01:23:15,241 --> 01:23:18,206 They were really impressive against Captain Shrederator. 1739 01:23:18,241 --> 01:23:20,827 How about Jonathan Schultz and huge opening up 1740 01:23:20,862 --> 01:23:23,310 a lot of eyes with a dominant win? 1741 01:23:23,344 --> 01:23:25,931 But what about Riptide right out of the gate? 1742 01:23:25,965 --> 01:23:28,655 [Kenny] Yeah. Riptide is picking up where they left off. 1743 01:23:28,689 --> 01:23:30,551 Off to another great start. 1744 01:23:30,586 --> 01:23:32,517 It is so good to be back. 1745 01:23:32,551 --> 01:23:34,379 -You had fun tonight? -Oh, I had a blast. 1746 01:23:34,413 --> 01:23:37,758 For Faruq, my man, Kenny Florian, I am Chris Rose. 1747 01:23:37,793 --> 01:23:40,413 We will see you next time here on BattleBots. 1748 01:23:40,448 --> 01:23:43,413 [audience cheering and applauding]