Today, Discovery announced it has picked up an additional two seasons of BattleBots, totaling an unprecedented order of 80 hours of robot-crunching action. (LOS ANGELES) - BattleBots, the world's premier robot combat competition, is about to become even bigger than before. "BATTLEBOTS," THE WORLD'S PREMIER ROBOT COMBAT COMPETITION, GETS PICKED UP BY DISCOVERY FOR TWO SEASONS WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED 80 HOURS OF ROBOT-FIGHTING ACTIONĢ021 World Championships Set to take place This Month in The Fight Capital of The World, Las Vegas, With Tickets Available Now For Discovery Channel, Scott Lewers, Joseph Boyle, Caroline Perez and Wyatt Channell are executive producers, and Paola Espinosa is associate producer.
Executive producers are Chris Cowan, Edward (Trey) Roski, Greg Munson, Tom Gutteridge, Aaron Catling and Evan Gatica. It is produced by Whalerock Industries and BattleBots, Inc. Thursday nights are gonna be a blast, literally!"įollow the conversation on social media with #BattleBots, and follow Discovery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more updates.īattleBots remains the most popular robotic combat sport in the world, created by Ed Roski and Greg Munson and now seen in over 150 countries. A more stacked field of contenders has never been assembled. 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.
Who's ready for a Sin City showdown? BATTLEBOTS, the world's premier robot fighting competition, is back and more ferocious than ever.
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