BattleBots season 9
BattleBots | |
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Season 9 | |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Release | |
Original network | Discovery Science |
Original release | June 7 September 27, 2019 | –
Season chronology | |
The ninth season of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Discovery on June 7, 2019. Encore episodes debuted on Science Channel on June 12, 2019.
MLB/NFL Sportscaster Chris Rose and former UFC fighter Kenny Florian returned from the last three seasons to host this ninth season (and 20th year) of the BattleBots competition on Discovery. Also, Faruq Tauheed, and his unique introductions, returned as the arena announcer. Taking over for Jessica Chobot as the behind the scenes and pit reporter was Jenny Taft.
Judges
This season the judges will score on a 7 point scale: 3 points for damage; 2 points for aggression; and also 2 points for control.
The current judges are former BattleBots contenders, Derek Young, Lisa Winter, and Jason Bardis.
Contestants
This season marked the 20th year of the BattleBots competition. The largest field in the history of the show will feature 68 of the best heavyweight robots (weighing a maximum of 250 pounds) to fight head-to-head in the Battle Arena. Their goal is to earn a top 16 ranking and qualify for the post-season where there will be knockout rounds until a winner-take-all fight to crown the 2019 BattleBots World Champion. (The robot, Electric Ray, entered the BattleBots competition but did not participate after it failed to pass safety tests.)
The contestants hailed from all over the world from nine countries including: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States.
Desperado Tournament
Like the previous season, this season also featured the mid-season "Desperado Tournament", where eight bots who started the regular competition with a poor record had the opportunity regain their winning ways and get a second chance to battle it out tournament style in the battle box. The bot that won three fights in a row earned an automatic spot into the Top 16 and was the first entrant into the 2019 BattleBots Championship, and they also won the Desperado Tournament giant bolt trophy. The losing bots went back into the regular rotation to finish out their season.
Desperado Tournament Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
#1 Minotaur | KO[x] | |||||||||
#8 Lucky | ||||||||||
#1 Minotaur | KO[x] | |||||||||
#4 End Game | ||||||||||
#4 End Game | KO[x] | |||||||||
#5 Gruff | ||||||||||
#1 Minotaur | ||||||||||
#3 Black Dragon | UD[y] | |||||||||
#3 Black Dragon | KO[x] | |||||||||
#6 Captain Shrederator | ||||||||||
#3 Black Dragon | KO[x] | |||||||||
#2 WAR Hawk | ||||||||||
#2 WAR Hawk | KO[x] | |||||||||
#7 Ragnarök | ||||||||||
x KO: Knockout
y UD: Unanimous Decision
Desperado Tournament Quarterfinals
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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8 (July 26, 2019) |
1 | Minotaur | Lucky | KO[x] | 1:59 |
2 | End Game | Gruff | KO[x] | 2:59 | |
3 | Black Dragon | Captain Shrederator | KO[x] | 1:18 | |
4 | WAR Hawk | Ragnarök | KO[x] | 2:45 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle and moved on to the Semifinals.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
x KO: Knockout
Desperado Tournament Semifinals
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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8 (July 26, 2019) |
1 | Minotaur | End Game | KO[x] | 2:36 |
2 | Black Dragon | WAR Hawk | KO[x] | 1:01 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle and moved on to the Final.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
x KO: Knockout
Desperado Tournament Final
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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8 (July 26, 2019) |
1 | Black Dragon | Minotaur | UD[y] | 3:00 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle and moved on to the Top 16 Tournament Bracket.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
y UD: Unanimous Decision
Top 16 Tournament
Seeding
- Bite Force
- Witch Doctor
- Hydra
- Tombstone
- Whiplash
- DeathRoll
- SawBlaze
- Black Dragon
- Lock-Jaw
- Son of Whyachi
- Yeti
- HUGE
- Quantum
- Minotaur
- Blacksmith
- Uppercut
Top 16 Tournament Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
#1 Bite Force | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#16 Uppercut | ||||||||||||||
#1 Bite Force | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#9 Lock-Jaw | ||||||||||||||
#8 Black Dragon | ||||||||||||||
#9 Lock-Jaw | SD [z] | |||||||||||||
#1 Bite Force | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#4 Tombstone | ||||||||||||||
#5 Whiplash | SD [z] | |||||||||||||
#12 HUGE | ||||||||||||||
#5 Whiplash | ||||||||||||||
#4 Tombstone | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#4 Tombstone | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#13 Quantum | ||||||||||||||
#1 Bite Force | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#2 Witch Doctor | ||||||||||||||
#2 Witch Doctor | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#15 Blacksmith | ||||||||||||||
#2 Witch Doctor | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#7 SawBlaze | ||||||||||||||
#7 SawBlaze | UD [y] | |||||||||||||
#10 Son of Whyachi | ||||||||||||||
#2 Witch Doctor | SD [z] | |||||||||||||
#6 DeathRoll | ||||||||||||||
#3 Hydra | ||||||||||||||
#14 Minotaur | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#14 Minotaur | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#6 DeathRoll | ||||||||||||||
#6 DeathRoll | KO [x] | |||||||||||||
#11 Yeti | ||||||||||||||
x KO: Knockout
y UD: Unanimous Decision
z SD: Split Decision
Round of 16
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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15 (September 20, 2019) |
1 | SawBlaze | Son of Whyachi | UD[y] | 3:00 |
2 | Bite Force | Uppercut | KO[x] | 0:57 | |
3 | DeathRoll | Yeti | KO[x] | 1:26 | |
4 | Tombstone | Quantum | KO[y] | 0:32 | |
5 | Whiplash | HUGE | SD[z] | 3:00 | |
6 | Witch Doctor | Blacksmith | KO[x] | 2:24 | |
7 | Lock-Jaw | Black Dragon | SD[z] | 3:00 | |
8 | Minotaur | Hydra | KO[x] | 0:42 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle and moved on to the Quarterfinals.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
x KO: Knockout
y UD: Unanimous Decision
z SD: Split Decision
Quarterfinals
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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16 (September 27, 2019) |
1 | DeathRoll | Minotaur | KO[x] | 2:04 |
2 | Tombstone | Whiplash | KO[x] | 1:40 | |
3 | Witch Doctor | SawBlaze | KO[x] | 1:20 | |
4 | Bite Force | Lock-Jaw | KO[x] | 2:56 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle and moved on to the Semifinals.
- The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
x KO: Knockout
Semi-finals
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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16 (September 27, 2019) |
1 | Witch Doctor | DeathRoll | SD[z] | 3:00 |
2 | Bite Force | Tombstone | KO[x] | 0:52 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle.
- The robot was the loser of the battle.
x KO: Knockout
z SD: Split Decision
2019 World Championship
Episode | Battle | Winner | Loser | Method | Time |
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16 (September 27, 2019) |
1 | Bite Force | Witch Doctor | KO[x] | 1:56 |
- The robot was the winner of the battle and became the champion of BattleBots 2019.
x KO: Knockout
Standings
As of Episode 13:
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Losses by knockout
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Axe Backwards (2019) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
BattleSaw (2019) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Bite Force (2019) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Black Dragon (2019) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Blacksmith (2019) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bloodsport (2019) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bombshell (2019) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Breaker Box (2019) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Bronco (2019) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Captain Shrederator (2019) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Chronos (2019) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cobalt (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Copperhead (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Daisy Cutter (2019) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
DeathRoll (2019) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Deep Six (2019) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Double Jeopardy (2019) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
DUCK! (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Electric Ray (2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
End Game (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Extinguisher (2019) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Falcon (2019) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
The Four Horsemen (2019) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Foxtrot (2019) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Free Shipping (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Gemini (2019) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Gigabyte (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Gruff (2019) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
HUGE (2019) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Hydra (2019) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
HyperShock (2019) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Jasper (2019) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Kingpin (2019) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Kraken (2019) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Lock Jaw (2019) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Lucky (2019) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
MadCatter (2019) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Mammoth (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Marvin (2019) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Minotaur (2019) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Monsoon (2019) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Nelly the Ellybot (2019) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Nightmare (2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
P1 (2019) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Petunia (2019) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Quantum (2019) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Ragnarök (2019) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
RailGun Max (2019) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Rainbow (2019) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Ribbot (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Rotator (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
SawBlaze (2019) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Sharkoprion (2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shatter! (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Shellshock (2019) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Sidewinder (2019) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Skorpios (2019) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Son of Whyachi (2019) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
SubZero (2019) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Tantrum (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Texas Twister (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Tombstone (2019) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Uppercut (2019) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Valkyrie (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
WanHoo (2019) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
WAR Hawk (2019) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Whiplash (2019) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Witch Doctor (2019) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Yeti (2019) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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129 | 1 | "That's What You Call a KO!" | May 31, 2019(online) June 7, 2019 (Discovery Channel) | 0.741[2] |
130 | 2 | "You Mess with the Bull, You Get the Drum" | June 14, 2019 | 0.849[3] |
131 | 3 | "Don't FLIP OUT!" | June 21, 2019 | 0.842[4] |
132 | 4 | "A Duck Only a Mother Could Love" | June 28, 2019 | 0.997[5] |
133 | 5 | "A Family Affair" | July 5, 2019 | 0.872[6] |
134 | 6 | "Buckers and Brawlers" | July 12, 2019 | 0.817[7] |
135 | 7 | "The Most Destructive Robot" | July 19, 2019 | 0.911[8] |
136 | 8 | "The Desperado Tournament II" | July 26, 2019 | 0.872[9] |
137 | 9 | "Eyes on the Prize" | August 9, 2019 | 0.897[10] |
138 | 10 | "Flips, Fires, and Flinches" | August 16, 2019 | 0.802[11] |
139 | 11 | "Like a Bot to a Flame" | August 23, 2019 | 0.881[12] |
140 | 12 | "This Is Gonna Be Huge" | August 30, 2019 | 0.796[13] |
141 | 13 | "One Flipper to Rule Them All" | September 6, 2019 | 0.846[14] |
142 | 14 | "Live to Die Another Day" | September 13, 2019 | 0.860[15] |
143 | 15 | "My Super Sweet 16" | September 20, 2019 | 0.806[16] |
144 | 16 | "2019 BattleBots World Championship" | September 27, 2019 | 0.914[17] |
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