

The Bot Whisperer, and Faruq Tauheed in the BattleBox as Ring Announcer.Įxecutive Producer Chris Cowan said "The best team in combat sports are back doing their thing, and the competitive firepower brought to bear by our builders in this year's quest for the Giant Nut is simply unreal.

It's going to be our best ever season, and we can't wait for the start of January so we can share all the drama with our millions of fans."Īdding more excitement to the battles are returning sportscaster Chris Rose and former UFC fighter Kenny Florian to provide play-by-play commentary, along with expert contributions from Pete Abrahamson, a.k.a. There are shocks and upsets, and heartwarming triumphs over technical and personal challenges. The builders did an incredible job raising the bar to a completely new level of imagination, skill and, frankly, violence. "Thursday night robot fighting action's back and better than ever!"īattleBots founder and CEO Edward Roski (Trey) said, "This year's World Championship was the most exciting ever, and the battles are beyond amazing. "Delighted to kick off the new year and welcome viewers back into the BattleBox with 14 all-new episodes filled with some of the most intense bot battles we've ever seen," said Scott Lewers, EVP Multiplatform Programming Discovery Factual & Head of Content, Science. After missing the 2020 season, Blacksmith, Minotaur, DUCK! and Icewave make their triumphant returns to wage war against fan favorites Witch Doctor, SawBlaze, Hydra, Whiplash and Valkyrie, but only one will be crowned the top bot in the world. Former title holder Tombstone returns to the BattleBox. Rivals meet again, more determined than ever to be victorious. Will they succeed, or will the trophy find a new home in Europe, Asia or South America? New Zealand's End Game currently has the trophy, but teams from the USA are determined to bring it back to America. Each night a vicious lineup of bots battle for their lives in the iconic BattleBox but only the toughest will live to see the next round. More than 60 teams travel to Las Vegas for a chance to take home the greatest prize in the sport: The Giant Nut. This season, bots from around the globe descend upon Las Vegas for a battle to the death in the new season of BATTLEBOTS returning to Discovery on Thursday, January 6 at 8 PM ET/PT. This year's builders have put their robots to the ultimate test and will stop at nothing to take down the competition.Who's ready for a Sin City showdown? BATTLEBOTS, the world's premier robot fighting competition, is back and more ferocious than ever. Captain Shrederator, hoping to spin its way to a win against Lock-Jaw, and Bloodsport, who will be out for blood against Skorpios.

Other stars include Whiplash and SawBlaze, both with championship aspirations. "The action-packed metal madness kicks off with an epic main clash - former world champion Ray Billings with his lethal bot Tombstone faces Jack Barker's End Game from New Zealand. Unproven rookies, up-and-coming stars, and legends in the game will throw their fearsome fighting machines into the BattleBox for a chance to walk away with the preeminent prize in robotic sport: The Giant Nut." 60 teams from across the globe have converged for the hardest hitting, unremitting, steel-splitting tournament in combat robotics. Per press release, "After production was halted due to COVID-19 earlier this year, BattleBots is back for a brand-new season of epic robotic combat.
