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hi everybody and welcome to battle bots.

It's the show where men and women,

dedicate their lives to building epic fighting robots,

just so they could send them into battle to be ripped apart, bolt by bolt.

I'm chris rose.

And speaking of part man, part machine, I'm joined by the only guy

who's an expert analyst in both human, and a robot combat.

That's kenny florian.

Thanks, chris.

Tonight get ready to see the most intense robot combat of the season,

as some of the fields most notorious spots

prepare for their third and final chance.

Tim press the selection committee and do some damage inside the battle box.

We don't know exactly how the damage will be done tonight,

but we know that it definitely will get done.

Let's take a look at the bots, that are going to do it, on tonight's white car.

It's a battle of undefeated, as the legend donald hudson,

and lock-jaw face off against rookie breakout jackpot.

that's right, with both spots making a bid

for the world championship tournament,

a win here would all but guarantee that invaluable I see.

we've also got a master tactician in a pickle, making on a pickle.

As the winless rotator tries to avoid getting court, by big dill.

yeah, chris victor soto definitely has his back up against the wall,

as any hopes of making the top 32 rely on a victory here tonight.

Our main event will feature a pair one in one bots squaring off.

As tombstone goes up against skorpios, and kenny,

this one could have some major playoff implications.

absolutely, chris, a win or a loss here,

could be the difference between being a top ten seed

and finding yourself somewhere in the twenties, with a much tougher matchup.

and we open it up with some really monster madness,

as fan favorite, huge looks to avoid a winless season, standing in their way.

That devil from the deep, kraken.

That means faruq, it's your world.

ladies and gentlemen, it's robot fight in time.

In the blue square, in french, they call this bot in enorm.

In japanese, they call it, keodi and in greek, they call it steals.

No matter how you say it.

One thing is for sure, this bot is so big, it could go on a world tour.

Make some noise, huge!

after back to back seasons,

making the top 16, jonathan schultz,

and huge now desperately need to dig themselves,

out of a controversial owing to ditch, kenny.

yeah, and it's no lie when I say I've ' never seen jonathan,

this frustrated, huge fell to over two after

an incredibly disheartening loss to hydra.

And he could tell jonathan that needs a personal victory,

as much as his team needs a win, if they're going to have any hope

of making the round of 32.

in the red square.

Its jaws be smacking, wins.

It's stacking, your body is tracking, parts your lacking,

backs your packing, release the kraken.

matt spark and kraken in making in enigmatic entrances.

They get ready to make their bid for two and one.

What's with the cloak and dagger, kenny?

well, for the second fight in a row, huge is going to have to face,

a custom configuration with an opposing bot,

that has fashioned a hook onto the johnson kraken,

to hopefully jam up huge's wheels and an attempt to win with control game.

They're not a r robot, the guys easily,

so yeah, it's there, definite planets to outlast us.

We let them do that.

We're gonna lose the fight, the figure for spending the this three minutes.

We stayed out of the cruz and I'll point of hammers.

Probably win. We're going to kraken ten times

and hopefully one of those does something, and, on get something like that.

We're feeling really confident.

We've got a little couple gimmicks,

that they were going to spring a surprise on huge night.

We'll see if they work, but there's no other robot here,

that's like huge, huge hits it about two feet up,

which is very high in about two feet on kraken,

there's a belt where everything important this,

but we're looking forward to.

We're going to take it till, and hopefully we do well enough

that we can convince the selection committee.

We get into the final 32, and start the playoff run.

[announcement in robotic voice] robots activate.

the ships, the line on kraken,

harpoon configuration.

Let's go to former battle bots contestant,

and our resident bot whispers.

Pete abrahamson, pete, how that thing help kraken against huge?

I' am not sure, they're going to be able

to help themselves with, huge here.

I mean, huge has the double ended bar, that they're going to be spinning up with,

anything it's going to catch, is gonna slice big holes in,

having a little like harpoon hook, on the end of their nose.

I am not sure that was the best idea.

[announcement in robotic voice] blue team ready?

[announcement in robotic voice] red team ready?

You ready? - Ready.

Are you ready? - Ready.

Let's kill it, here we go.

let's go!

fight!

let the bot battle begin, kraken tracking, huge here.

Already goes right for the weapon, before it can spin up,

does it have a clean bite?

Yes.

Play, play, play.

A perfect start for cracking that now living on the flames here,

spinning its wheels but kraken in full control here, kenny.

this is exactly what kraken is designed to do it.

Kraken is blasted huge, right between the eyes.

With that flame thrower jonathan schultz

has to be concerned about that fire,

doing some real damage here.

remember, huge with a record of owing to this season,

and it's immediately behind the eight ball here against, kraken.

Then there is the release.

huge still working here.

But looking a little play broiled after that stretch.

huge still in cracking that plate is still active

and kraken do at its best to stop it as well.

looks like kraken is going to need some plastic surgery after this one.

Huge is getting up to full speed right now, chris.

wow!

- wow, full face lift. - oh my goodness.

if there was just a doctor through its southern california

that could perform that kind of surgery.

but, kraken unfaced still chasing huge with that harpoon.

another heal just.

Oh gosh!

those are some brutal hits.

This is huge, at his best right now.

He's got to create some space though.

- Just look that hook is working, chris rose. - it sure is.

He caught a huge tire on the side, but he just couldn't so anything.

Oh, gosh!

Kraken takes more damage to its grill.

how durable is kraken.

unreal.

Oh, put back on its hit,

but it flips over, and after a dominant start by,

kraken, huge continues to mount an attack.

another big hit,

closing in on one minutes left. Kraken on its head.

Huge, literally just spinning its wheels.

And this fight had a little bit of everything, back and forth

action here to start the night.

Now they free themselves.

kraken is one tough bot.

huge, looking to get some space, and attack, but kraken gets to the side.

Drives huge into the side of the box in that harpoon attachment.

A fantastic design adjustment for matts spurk.

but kraken has got to do shut with its defense,

its primary weapon, in the remaining 35 seconds.

krakenkon, doing a good job. A stand close to the wheels.

wow.

there's another piece, that went flying from kraken.

yep.

Well, the hook is doing its job.

But kraken has... oh!

was that the kill shot?

wow, let's see if huge backs up,

...Backs up. Maybe kraken won't move anymore.

Under ten to go.

one more hit. huge wants to give one more huge hit.

Will it deliver one?

Yes, it does, to the backside.

- - the shot at the end shows

that huge are back.

let's go!

the team looks awfully confident.

They have earned their first win of the season.

With the judges agree,

or will it be kraken finishing their season on top?

We'll find out when battlebots continues.

We are right back into the madness here on battlebots

as the judges deliberate

which one of huge or kraken will improve their chances

of making the 2020 tournament.

- you guys built a hell of a robot. - Hell of a fight.

that thing took a beating.

so, now this one goes to the judges,

who are scoring on an 11-point system.

Five points could be divvied up for damage,

three points for aggression and three for control.

The judges are all former battlebots participants.

Derek young, lisa winter and jason bardis.

Kenny, kraken got the early jump on huge,

sinking its teeth into the giant

and adding a little fire for good measure.

Unbelievable.

yeah, a perfect start for kraken.

But once huge got that big bar spinner cranked up,

they turned the tables and were able to land some monster shots

and inflict all types of damage of their own.

and let's give some credit to matt spurk here.

That harpoon proving to be surprisingly effective

in the control bot's eternal hunt for those valuable control points.

absolutely.

And while both bots maintain consistent aggression,

you can feel the desperation behind the glass from team huge.

They knew their entire season was riding on this fight,