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What the heck's going on with this place, Team Bronco?

It's a mess.

Guys, this is a safety hazard.

This is ridiculous.

You leave this?

Guys got to clean up this junk.

Right away. Let's go.

Take out the trash.

Thanks, guys.

Hey, everybody, and welcome to the

Battlebot Fight Night where Robots of all shapes and sizes try to reduce each other to scrap metal.

I'm Chris Rosen joining me as a man you definitely do not want to scrap with.

UFC legend, Kenny Florian.

Chris, I can barely contain Alex out of the Amphorx tonight's fight car.

We have a minefield of explosive robots on deck for you tonight starting with our main event.

It's Bronco vs. Soblase.

Both of these three no teams are virtual locks to make our postseason tournament and a win here would almost surely launch one of them towards a top five ranking.

It doesn't get much better than that.

This battle is a true clash of styles with Soblase's speed and control looking to be a compelling contrast to Bronco's brute strength and power.

It has the potential to be the season's best fight today.

And take a look at the rest of this monster fight car.

We have fan favorites from the UK.

Warhead facing off against Warrior Dragon.

After giving us two amazing spectacles with their fire breathing T-Rex,

word around the pits is they're bringing in their infamous spinning head for this one.

If so, look out.

We've also got two bots on the bubble.

Petunia and Yeti taking each other on in a fight to cement their place in the top 16.

At this point, they're both two and one neither wants to make the long track home empty handed.

But let's kick things off with our first fight and what a way to start.

Great Billings and the undefeated tombstone takes on Hal Rucker and Duck.

And Kenny, this one has a main event atmosphere to it.

The reigning champ needs no introduction. Tombstone has done nothing but lay waste to every opponent he's come across this year.

But with such a talented field, Ray has stiff competition for the number one ranking.

He needs a win here to stay ahead of the pack.

But standing in the way of the most destructive team in history is one of the most durable bots we've ever seen.

Duck has been seemingly impervious to damage this year and its designer Hal Rucker tells us he built Duck specifically to break

Tombstone's weapon and dethrone the champ.

Can Duck deliver or is Hal Rucker just a quack?

Broke, get on in here my man, the world is yours.

Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?

It's Robot Fight Time!

And the red swear, V5-4-4.

Face this spot and you'll be done.

Bringing the pain, it's the giant of the game.

You know his name. It's Tombstone!

Tombstone has five different blades Kenny, which one is Ray going with tonight.

He's using his shortest and most reliable blade here.

Ray knows Duck is going to put a ton of stress on his machine and this selection should allow for more control during big exchange.

And the blue swear, it'll leave you crying foul and stick you with the bill.

Release the quack and it's Duck!

Hal Rucker, the engineer for Duck, fancies himself the Tombstone killer.

Duck will be inviting direct contact on his AR-400 steel wedge in the hopes that he can do what almost no one has done before and break that devastating spinner of Tombstone.

We're actually more concerned about our wheels. If he touches our wheels they explode, they're gone.

We'll try and keep our plow facing him and that's how we'll protect our wheels.

The sides of that plow are designed to deflect me up, which I don't want.

I'm expecting it to go three minutes. We're ready to go. I hope to knock him out. I'm always ready to knock everybody out.

Kenny, dating back to 2016, we've seen Tombstone fight nine times. He's one eight by knockout.

Yeah, but don't count out Duck here tonight. It took Bronco launching him out of the arena to stop this bot.

As long as Duck is mobile, he has a chance in victory.

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Oh, that weapon at Tombstone fired up.

Oh!

Tombstone risked a piece of duck off. It's Duck's right into the screws.

Yeah, he's trying to get Tombstone to destroy itself.

Oh! I've been kind of like that.

This is what Duck was designed to do.

Woo!

Oh!

Duck trying to prevent that spinner from reaching full speed, but that could be a suicide mission against Tombstone.

Oh!

Now, Rucker determined to break Tombstone play.

He is willing and able to do that.

But now Duck shows Tombstone his wheels.

Squares back up.

Look at that, though.

We got mid-sick pieces wide all over.

It looks like that blade is a little cock-eyed on Tombstone right now.

And Duck looking a little out of control.

Oh!

Oh!

Wow, there goes a wheel.

Truck's stunned by that shot.

He's a sitting duck right now. He's not really moving.

Uh-oh.

I'm the hair, Kenny. Hold me.

Ray trying to jump up those tires.

He's going for another one.

This is a nasty fight.

Oh, yeah.

Duck is just kind of wobbling along, and it's not because it's got whipped tires.

Yeah, Tombstone's staying aggressive, but it looks far from 100% right now, Chris.

Not after this many shots.

Tombstone looks like a knockout butcher that's been forced deep into a fight.

Ray's blade is bent, so he can't quite get the hit that he wants.

Duck still kind of moving and shaking a little bit.

Oh!

Duck throws himself in a Tombstone and loses another tire.

And Chris Tombstone is not moving.

He looks stuck and could be in trouble here.

Duck is going in circles.

Wow, but it's still moving.

Oh, no.

Is the rating champ going to take his first walk to the stage?

Any move?

You got it?

You got to show me some kind of movement, Ray.

Tombstone still frozen.

Duck's circling.

Will the big duck be counted out?

Oh, look at this.

Tombstone's back. Ray will expect to defend the champ of voice and count down how Rucker can't believe it.

Do not ever count this man out, Chris.

Tombstone will find a way.

Duck just took a shot from the kill saw.

He throws a snap.

Well, Duck doesn't have any tires on that left side.

It's down to just one of four tires.

Can it make it another 40 seconds?

Duck had this match, Wad Chris.

How quickly things could change.

And he's going to get counted out here.

Here goes the cap down on Duck.

Hey.

Seven.

Duck barely breathing.

Get anything help that little sucker.

One, that's a knockout.

Jumped up another KO for the K.

Tombstone remains unbeaten.

Kenny, the champ barely escaped this one with a win.

Duck came also close to doing what no other body's been able to do.

Yeah, other teams take note.

Duck went straight up Tombstone and tried to break its spinner

and almost earned the upset.

After a series of violent collisions, Tombstone looked to be dead in the water.

But moments before a countdown could begin, Tombstone strung back to life.

Duck was already on its last legs and the baddest bot in the world gets its fourth win

and remains undefeated.

So you think that Tombstone has a pretty firm grip on that number one ranking.

And if you're how rucker and duck, your plea to the selection committee is,

okay, we're 500, we're two and two.

Our two losses are against what might be the top two seeds, Tombstone and Bronco.

All right, coming up after the break.

Petunia and Yeti faced off in a showdown with tournament implications

and strapped yourself in for our main event.

We've got a saw.

We've got sparks.

We've got a flipper that tosses 250 pound robots around like ragdolls.

It's saw blades.

It's Bronco.

It's Battlebox.

Welcome back to Battlebox, Petunia and Yeti.

Our mere moments away from fighting, these teams are sitting right on the cut line of making the 2018 World Championship tournament.

With matching two and one records, this is a must win for both.

A lot on the line tonight.

Let's take you inside the box.

And the red square.

This bot is crazy as an AZ.

But definitely not lazy.

It's faster than most.

It will turn you into compost.

Get ready to get greenhouse gas by Petunia.

Make sure to drop is have an impressive run with that crusher.

But their last fight against Montsoon left them up in smoke.

He's coming off a big rebuild.

That was a brutal fight and he's facing another monster weapon on Yeti.

Petunia's wedge is armored, but he needs to stay squared up to avoid major damage.

And the blue square.

This Alaskan bot has some polar flare with a drum that will send you flying through the air.

Do you know this is going to be good?

Y'all ain't ready. It's Yeti!

Kenny the Alaskan assassin, Greg Gibson, ditched the front wedge and is going back to his all offense configuration.

That's right, he has his heaviest drum spinner on weighing in at 51 pounds.

I like that move.

If he's going down, he's going down Yeti style, no holding back.

To trade off with Yeti, right, is it's all offense and no defense.

They get one bite on me almost anywhere and I'm probably done.

So my defense is my offense.

I have to keep my front end towards them and never let them get to the side to the rear.

I think if I lose this, that's probably the end of this tournament for me.

So I need to win and show well.

We put some extra teeth on our west on the bottom.

So because they have a very high crown clearance,

so we have an easier grip on them.

And if you don't penetrate the top plate, you probably penetrate the bottom plate.

Yeti is one of the favorites, so this is really serious mess.