BattleBots season 6

*BattleBots*
BattleBots
Season 6
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	June 21 –; July 26, 2015
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 5 Next →; Season 7
	List of episodes

The sixth season of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on ABC on June 21, 2015. Also called season 1 if you counting from the reboot.

In February 2015, ABC announced that it was reviving the series after a thirteen-year hiatus, which would feature a 16-team single-elimination tournament.^[1]

Former UFC fighter Kenny Florian and MLB/NFL Sportscaster Chris Rose hosted, Faruq Tauheed acted as the arena announcer, and Alison Haislip was the sideline and behind the scenes reporter. Molly McGrath was the presenter.

Robots in season 6 competed in one 250-pound weight class, as opposed to the multiple weight classes in seasons 1–5.

Contestants

This season sees teams from only two countries competing with their robots. Five from the United Kingdom and the rest from the United States. Competitors from the US hail from five different states, including fourteen from California.

Contestants

Robot	Weapon	Builder	Hometown	Elim. in
Bite Force	Lifter, Grabber	Paul Ventimiglia	Mountain View, CA	Won
Tombstone	Horizontal Bar Spinner	Ray Billings	Placerville, CA	Runner-up
Bronco	Launcher	Alexander Rose Reason Bradley	Sausalito, CA	SF
Ghost Raptor	Horizontal Bar Spinner, Lifter	Chuck Pitzer	Newark, CA	SF
Icewave	Overhead Bar Spinner	Marc DeVidts	Burlingame, CA	QF
Overhaul	Lifter, Grabber	Charles Guan	Cambridge, MA
Stinger	Lifter	Matt Maxham	Sacramento, CA
Witch Doctor	Vertical Disc Spinner	Andrea Suarez	Miami Springs, FL
Chomp	Grabber	Zoe Stephenson	Glendale, CA	Ro16
HyperShock	Vertical Double Disc Spinner	Will Bales	Miami, FL
Lock-Jaw	Grabber	Donald Hutson	San Diego, CA
OverDrive	Lifter	Christian Carlberg	San Luis Obispo, CA
Plan X	Vertical Bar Spinner	Lisa Winter Mike Winter	Berkeley, CA
Radioactive	Axe	Kane Aston	Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
Warhead	Horizontal Disc Spinner, Grabber, Flamethrower	Simon Scott Ian Lewis	Poole, United Kingdom
Warrior Clan	Launcher, Horizontal Ring Spinner	Clint Ewert	Abbotsford, WI

Robot	Weapon	Builder	Hometown	Elim. in

Captain Shrederator	Full Body Shell Spinner	Brian Nave	Ormond Beach, FL	Q
Complete Control	Lifter, Grabber, Flamethrower	Derek Young	San Francisco, CA
Counter Revolution	Vertical Disc Spinners	Curt Meyers	San Jose, CA
Mohawk	Grabber, Flamethrower	Tom Bales	Miami, FL
Nightmare	Vertical Disc Spinner	Jim Smentowski	Bradenton, FL
Razorback	Grabber, Lifter	Zack Bieber	Wellington, CO
Sweet Revenge	Horizontal Bar Spinner	Nola Garcia Billy Garcia	Coral Gables, FL
Wrecks	Vertical Disc Spinner	Dan Chatterton	Petaluma, CA
Bull Dog	Launcher	John Frizzle Ian Watts	Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom	DNC
Chronic	Launcher	Alan Young	Leicester, United Kingdom
Splatter	Vertical Disc Spinner, Lifter	Jeff Vasquez	Thousand Oaks, CA

SF – Semifinals
QF – Quarterfinals
Ro16 – Round of 16

Q – Qualifying
DNC – Did not compete

Qualifying

There were a total of 28 robots. Bull Dog, Chronic, Splatter, and Counter Revolution were entered as reserve bots; of these, only Counter Revolution was chosen to compete, after Beta had to forfeit due to technical problems, but Beta was able to return for the 2016 season.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
1 (June 21, 2015)	1	Icewave	Razorback	KO	1:30
	2	Plan X	Wrecks	Decision (Unanimous)	3:00
	3	Bite Force	Warhead	Decision (Unanimous)	3:00
	4	Warrior Clan	Nightmare	KO	1:52
2 (June 28, 2015)	1	Lock-Jaw	Overhaul	Decision (Split)	3:00
	2	Bronco	Witch Doctor	KO	0:50
	3	Tombstone	Counter Revolution	KO	0:37
	4^[a]	Stinger	Captain Shrederator	KO	1:52
	5^[a]	OverDrive	Chomp	KO	1:57
	6^[a]	Radioactive	Sweet Revenge	Decision (Unanimous)	3:00
	7^[a]	HyperShock	Mohawk	KO	0:35
	8	Ghost Raptor	Complete Control	Decision (Unanimous)	3:00

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Only highlights from these battles were shown

The robot was the winner of the battle and moved on to the Round of 16.

The robot was chosen as a "Wildcard" pick and moved on to the Round of 16.

The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Bracket Phase

Seedings

Tombstone
Icewave
Bite Force
Bronco
Stinger
Lock-Jaw
Warrior Clan
Overdrive
Witch Doctor*
Ghost Raptor
Overhaul*
Warhead*
Plan X
Hypershock
Chomp*
Radioactive

* = Robots that were awarded a Wildcard

Season 6 Tournament Bracket

#1 Tombstone

KO^[a]

#16 Radioactive

#1 Tombstone

KO^[a]

#9 Witch Doctor

#8 OverDrive

#9 Witch Doctor

KO^[a]

#1 Tombstone

KO^[a]

#4 Bronco

#5 Stinger

UD^[b]

#12 Warhead

#5 Stinger

#4 Bronco

KO^[a]

#4 Bronco

KO^[a]

#13 Plan X

#1 Tombstone

#3 Bite Force

SD^[c]

#2 Icewave

KO^[a]

#15 Chomp

#2 Icewave

#10 Ghost Raptor

KO^[a]

#7 Warrior Clan

#10 Ghost Raptor

KO^[a]

#10 Ghost Raptor

#3 Bite Force

KO^[a]

#6 Lock-Jaw

#11 Overhaul

KO^[a]

#11 Overhaul

#3 Bite Force

SD^[c]

#3 Bite Force

KO^[a]

#14 HyperShock

^a KO: Knockout
^b UD: Unanimous Decision
^c SD: Split Decision

Round of 16

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
3 (July 5, 2015)	1	Icewave	Chomp	KO	1:00
	2	Stinger	Warhead	Decision (Unanimous)	3:00
	3	Ghost Raptor	Warrior Clan	KO	2:57
	4	Bronco	Plan X	KO	0:40
4 (July 12, 2015)	1	Witch Doctor	OverDrive	KO	1:24
	2	Tombstone	Radioactive	KO	1:09
	3	Overhaul	Lock-Jaw	KO	2:01
	4	Bite Force	HyperShock	KO	2:41

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.

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals in this single-elimination tournament will see four robots move on to the semi-finals.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
5 (July 19, 2015)	1	Bronco	Stinger	KO	1:18
	2	Tombstone	Witch Doctor	KO	1:01
	3	Bite Force	Overhaul	Decision (Split)	3:00
	4	Ghost Raptor	Icewave	KO	0:46

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.

Semi-finals and Championship

The semi-finals and finals in this single-elimination tournament will see a champion bestowed with the BattleBots Giant Nut. A non-tournament rumble took place in episode 6 alongside the semi-finals and finals.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
6 (July 26, 2015)	1	Tombstone	Bronco	KO	2:09
	2	Bite Force	Ghost Raptor	KO	1:44
	Championship
	1	Bite Force	Tombstone	Decision (Split)	3:00

Non-Tournament Rumble

Episode	Rumble	Winner	Losers
6 (July 26, 2015)	1	Nightmare	Overhaul	Witch Doctor

The robot was the winner of the battle.

The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

The robot was the winner of the battle and became the champion of BattleBots 2015.

Episodes

The season ended averaging 4.59 million viewers.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
93	1	"The Battle Begins: Qualifiers, Part 1"	June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21)	5.44^[2]
The first eight of the 28 teams competed in a head to head matchup of the qualifying round. The winners were; Icewave (KO, 90 seconds), Plan X (UD), Bite Force (UD), and Warrior Clan (KO, 112 seconds).
94	2	"Crunch Time: Qualifiers, Part 2"	June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)	4.84^[3]
The last 16 of the 28 teams competed in a head to head matchup of the qualifying round. The winners were; Lock-Jaw (SD), Bronco (KO, 50 seconds), Tombstone (KO, 37 seconds), Stinger (KO, 112 seconds), OverDrive (KO, 117 seconds), Radioactive (UD), HyperShock (KO, 35 seconds), and Ghost Raptor (UD).
95	3	"Full Metal Bracket: Round of 16 Part 1"	July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)	4.15^[4]
The first eight of the 16 teams competed in a head to head matchup of the Round of 16. Warhead, Overhaul, Witch Doctor, and Chomp were selected as Wildcards from Qualifying. The winners were; Icewave (KO, 60 seconds), Stinger (UD), Ghost Raptor (KO, 177 seconds), and Bronco (KO, 40 seconds).
96	4	"Last Chance to Advance: Round of 16 Part 2"	July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	4.07^[5]
The last eight of the 16 teams competed in a head to head matchup of the Round of 16. The winners were; Witch Doctor (KO, 84 seconds), Tombstone (KO, 69 seconds), Overhaul (KO, 121 seconds), and Bite Force (KO, 161 seconds).
97	5	"The Great 8: Quarterfinals"	July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)	4.45^[6]
The final eight teams competed in a head to head matchup of the quarterfinals. The winners were; Bronco (KO, 78 seconds), Tombstone (KO, 61 seconds), Bite Force (SD), and Ghost Raptor (KO, 46 seconds).
98	6	"One Bot Rules Them All: Final 4/Finals"	July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)	4.62^[7]
The final four teams competed in a head to head matchup of the semi-finals and the Championship. The winners were; Tombstone (KO, 129 seconds) and Bite Force (KO, 104 seconds) with Bite Force (SD) winning the Championship.

References

^ "ABC Revives 'BattleBots' As Summer Reality Series". Deadline. February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
^ Bibel, Sara (June 22, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: U.S. Open Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Kondolojy, Amanda (June 30, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Celebrity Family Feud' & 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up; 'Golan the Insatiable' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Bibel, Sara (July 8, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' & 'Celebrity Family Feud' Adjusted Up & Final Women's World Cup Numbers". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
^ Bibel, Sara (July 14, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up, 'BattleBots' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
^ Bibel, Sara (July 21, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: No Adjustments to 'Celebrity Family Feud', 'Big Brother', 'BattleBots' or 'Welcome to Sweden'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 28, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up; No Adjustment for 'Celebrity Family Feud' or 'Welcome to Sweden'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

[Highlight-2] Only highlights from these battles were shown

[deadline-battlebots-1] "ABC Revives 'BattleBots' As Summer Reality Series". Deadline. February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.

[3] Bibel, Sara (June 22, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: U.S. Open Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[4] Kondolojy, Amanda (June 30, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Celebrity Family Feud' & 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up; 'Golan the Insatiable' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[5] Bibel, Sara (July 8, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' & 'Celebrity Family Feud' Adjusted Up & Final Women's World Cup Numbers". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.

[6] Bibel, Sara (July 14, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up, 'BattleBots' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

[7] Bibel, Sara (July 21, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: No Adjustments to 'Celebrity Family Feud', 'Big Brother', 'BattleBots' or 'Welcome to Sweden'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[8] Kondolojy, Amanda (July 28, 2015). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up; No Adjustment for 'Celebrity Family Feud' or 'Welcome to Sweden'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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