- Source: BattleBots season 9
The ninth season of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Discovery on June 7, 2019. This is the second season of Battlebots to premiere on Discovery Channel and the fourth season since the show was rebooted in 2015. 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 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, the 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.
= Seeding
=Minotaur (0-2)
WAR Hawk (1-1)
Black Dragon (1-1)
End Game (0-2)
Gruff (1-1)
Captain Shrederator (0-2)
Ragnorök (0-2)
Lucky (1-1)
= Desperado Tournament Bracket
=x KO: Knockout
y UD: Unanimous Decision
Desperado Tournament Quarterfinals
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
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
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 (4-0)
Witch Doctor (4-0)
Hydra (4-0)
Tombstone (3-1)
Whiplash (3-1)
DeathRoll (4-0)
SawBlaze (3-1)
Black Dragon (4-1)
Lock-Jaw (4-1)
Son of Whyachi (4-1)
Yeti (4-1)
HUGE (4-1)
Quantum (3-2)
Minotaur (4-3)
Blacksmith (3-2)
Uppercut (4-1)
= Top 16 Tournament Bracket
=x KO: Knockout
y UD: Unanimous Decision
z SD: Split Decision
Round of 16
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
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
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
The robot was the winner of the battle and became the champion of BattleBots 2019.
x KO: Knockout
Standings
As of Episode 13:
Episodes
References
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- BattleBots season 9
- BattleBots
- BattleBots season 10
- BattleBots season 8
- BattleBots season 7
- BattleBots season 12
- BattleBots season 1
- BattleBots season 6
- BattleBots season 11
- List of BattleBots episodes
