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Season of television series
Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury . Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer. Donna D'Errico , along with twins Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[ 1]
The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.
Classifications
Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:
Qualifying
Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Unaired
1
Afterthought
Black Widow
KO
N/A
2
The Missing Link
Chiabot
KO
2:20
3
Das Bot
Rott-Bott 2000
KO
1:02
4
Sallad
The Aggressive Polygon
Judges' Decision (9–0)
3:00
5
Alpha Raptor
Cereal Box Killer
KO
N/A
6
Pestilence
Thorn
KO
2:35
7
Shaft
Gremlin ll
KO
2:20
1
8
Backlash
Disposable Hero
KO
0:50
The robot was the winner of the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Round of 16 without battle
The Crusher, Endotherm, Ziggo, Shrike, Tentoumushi, Dr. Inferno Jr., No Tolerance ll, and Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Tournament
Lightweight Tournament Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Backlash
The Crusher
Backlash
Endotherm
Afterthought
Endotherm
Backlash
Das Bot
Ziggo
Missing Link
Ziggo
Das Bot
Das Bot
Shrike
Backlash
Alpha Raptor
Sallad
Tentoumushi
Tentoumushi
Alpha Raptor
Alpha Raptor
Dr. Inferno Jr.
Alpha Raptor
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Pestilence
No Tolerance II
No Tolerance II
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Shaft
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Round of 16
Unaired
1
Endotherm
Afterthought
Judges' Decision (8–1)
3:00
2
Das Bot
Shrike
Judges' Decision (9–0)
3:00
3
Alpha Raptor
Dr. Inferno Jr.
Judges' Decision (8–1)
3:00
4
No Tolerance II
Pestilence
KO
2:40
1
5
Tentoumushi
Sallad
Judges' Decision (7–2)
3:00
2
6
Ziggo
The Missing Link
KO
1:18
4
7
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Shaft
Judges' Decision (6–3)
3:00
5
8
Backlash
The Crusher
KO
1:43
Quarterfinals
Unaired
1
Backlash
Endotherm
Judges' Decision (7–2)
3:00
2
Das Bot
Ziggo
KO
1:17
3
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
No Tolerance II
Judges' Decision (9–0)
3:00
7
4
Alpha Raptor
Tentoumushi
Judges' Decision (7–2)
3:00
Semifinals
9
1
Alpha Raptor
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Judges' Decision (8–1)
3:00
2
Backlash
Das Bot
KO
0:57
Finals
1
Backlash
Alpha Raptor
KO
1:24
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the lightweight classification.
Qualifying
Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Unaired
1
Hazard
Pegleg
KO
0:31
2
Alien Gladiator
The Emasculator
FF
—
4
3
Pressure Drop
Subject to Change Without Reason
KO
1:21
5
4
Blade Runner
Bad Attitude
KO
1:24
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle
Turtle Road Kill, Spin Orbiting Force, Deadblow, and Ankle Biter
Tournament
Middleweight Tournament Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Hazard
Turtle Road Kill
Hazard
Super Orbiting Force
Blade Runner
Super Orbiting Force
Hazard
Deadblow
Alien Gladiator
Deadblow
Deadblow
Pressure Drop
Pressure Drop
Ankle Biter
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Quarterfinals
8
1
Deadblow
Alien Gladiator
KO
1:08
2
Pressure Drop
Ankle Biter
KO
2:20
10
3
Hazard
Turtle Road Kill
Judges' Decision (9–0)
3:00
4
Spin Orbiting Force
Blade Runner
Judges' Decision (5–4)
3:00
Semifinals
12
1
Deadblow
Pressure Drop
Judges' Decision (9–0)
3:00
13
2
Hazard
Spin Orbiting Force
Judges' Decision (7–2)
3:00
Finals
14
1
Hazard
Deadblow
KO
0:53
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification.
Qualifying
The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with twelve teams that were automatically qualified.
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Unaired
1
Vlad the Impaler
GoldDigger
FF
—
2
Punjar
Mr. Bonestripper
FF
—
3
4
KillerHurtz
Knome II
KO
1:03
6
3
BioHazard
Mjollnir
Judges' Decision (9-0)
3:00
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Round of 16 without battle
Tazbot, frenZy, OverKill, Kill-O-Amp, Suicidal Tendencies, Gammatron, Blendo, Voltarc, Bender, Monster, Nightmare, and Mauler
Tournament
Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Vlad the Impaler
Tazbot
Vlad the Impaler
OverKill
frenZy
OverKill
Vlad the Impaler
Punjar
Punjar
Kill-O-Amp
Punjar
Gammatron
Gammatron
Suicidal Tendencies
Vlad the Impaler
Voltarc
Blendo
BioHazard
BioHazard
Voltarc
Voltarc
Bender
Voltarc
KillerHurtz
Monster
KillerHurtz
KillerHurtz
Mauler
Mauler
Nightmare
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Round of 16
Unaired
1
Punjar
Kill-O-Amp
Judges' Decision (5-4)
3:00
2
Gammatron
Suicidal Tendencies
Judges' Decision (6-3)
3:00
3
BioHazard
Blendo
KO
—
4
KillerHurtz
Monster
KO
—
2
5
OverKill
frenZy
Judges' Decision (7-2)
3:00
6
Mauler
Nightmare
KO
0:40
3
7
Voltarc
Bender
Judges' Decision (9-0)
3:00
4
8
Vlad the Impaler
Tazbot
Judges' Decision (9-0)
3:00
Quarterfinals
7
1
Voltarc
BioHazard
Judges' Decision (9-0)
3:00
11
2
Vlad the Impaler
OverKill
Judges' Decision (8-1)
3:00
3
Punjar
Gammatron
Judges' Decision (7-2)
3:00
4
KillerHurtz
Mauler
KO
—
Semifinals
12
1
Vlad the Impaler
Punjar
Judges' Decision (8–1)
3:00
13
2
Voltarc
KillerHurtz
Judges' Decision (8–1)
3:00
Finals
14
1
Vlad the Impaler
Voltarc
KO
1:42
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the heavyweight classification.
Qualifying
Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Unaired
1
Mechadon
Prompt Critical
KO
1:55
2
Rammstein
Abbatoir
KO
—
3
Ginsu
World Peace
FF
—
4
Ronin
Odin
Judges' Decision (6-3)
3:00
3
5
Minion
Gray Matter
Judges' Decision (7-2)
3:00
5
6
Grendel
Diesector
KO
1:38
6
7
DooAll
S.L.A.M.
KO
2:51
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle
Super Rhino
Tournament
Super Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Minion
Grendel
Minion
Rammstein
Mechadon
Rammstein
Minion
DooAll
Ginsu
Ronin
Ronin
DooAll
DooAll
Super Rhino
Episode
Battle
Winner
Loser
Method
Time
Quarterfinals
Unaired
1
DooAll
Super Rhino
Judges' Decision (5-4)
3:00
7
2
Rammstein
Mechadon
Judges' Decision (8-1)
3:00
8
3
Minion
Grendel
Judges' Decision (7-2)
3:00
10
4
Ronin
Ginsu
Judges' Decision (7-2)
3:00
Semifinals
12
1
Minion
Rammstein
KO
1:29
13
2
DooAll
Ronin
KO
1:46
Finals
14
1
Minion
DooAll
Judges' Decision (9-0)
3:00
The robot was the winner the battle.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the Super heavyweight classification.
Episodes
References
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