This was a great back and forth match with a Giant Nut on the line. This was the second meeting between the two, who were arguably the best two bots in the top division. While The Big B took some serious damage from Ziggo, he was relentless in his attack and just kept pursuing. The only bot in Season 4 he did not KO was The Big B in the title bout, which went back and forth. Ziggo spent most of his time doing things like this and just totally wrecking other bots. Mechavore was a rookie in Season 3 with a spinning blade that absolutely tore his opponents apart. Vlad was one of the most dominant bots on the heavyweight circuit. The great thing about fighting robots is the utter carnage, and this match was full of it. Hazard was seeking his third Giant Nut and just ripped the Canadian bot to shreds. Unlike some of the ones higher on the list, this wasn’t a “close” match by any means. Their Season 5 rematch was a back-and-forth affair that ended with one bot on fire.

Both bots featured a similar design with pneumatic hammers that delivered a powerful blow to the top of their opponent. The Judge bested No Apologies in Season 3 before the revenge match in Season 5. This was one of the more under-rated rivalries in the Battlebots circuit. Season 5 had already seen perennial Lightweight Champion Ziggo go down when his wheels got shredded, and the undefeated Hazard was the next to fall. This wasn’t so much a “great” match as it was “historic.” Hazard was undefeated and the winner of 3 Giant Nuts in the middleweight division, recording 12 KO’s along the way. In preparation for the new season, here’s a look back at 10 of the best fights from the Comedy Central era of the show.

We will have full coverage of the new season, which begins on FRIDAY, MAY 11 at 8pm. Now it has been picked up by the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel for a 2018 run. In 2015, it was resurrected by ABC and ran for two seasons. This will be the third season of the revamped Battlebots show. The original show was a staple of late night Comedy Central programming in the early 2000s but was cancelled because of legal disagreements over licensing after 5 seasons. One of the new additions to Steel City Blitz this season will be coverage of the new season of Battlebots. The fight card is slightly different this season, instead of the robots getting seeded by how well they did the previous season, they fight in 7 matches each and get seeded by how many wins they have.Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there isn’t much in terms of exciting football news that will happen until teams hit training camp in mid-July.

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