ABC Season 1

Discovery Season 6 was the sixth season of BattleBots since its return to television in 2015, and the fourth season since the Discovery network picked the show up from ABC.
Like every other reboot era season, it exclusively featured heavyweight robots. The season was filmed at Caesars Entertainment Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada across a two-week period spanning late August to early September 2021. To commemorate the new location, KONAMI developed a unique slot machine featuring a handful of iconic BattleBots competitors in their 2021 guise.https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210901005239/en/World%E2%80%99s-First-BattleBots-Slot-Machine-Lands-in-Las-Vegas-for-the-2021-World-Championship This slot machine was present during filming for the return of a live audience, as they were absent during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discovery Season 6 of BattleBots had 60 competing robots in total. The roster included several established teams entering multiple robots, including but not limited to Seems Reasonable Robotics with Tantrum and Blip, and Team Fast Electric Robots with Whiplash and Defender.https://battlebots.com/2021-season-robots/ This season saw the return of former runners-up Team Riobotz and Minotaur, as well as fan favorites Icewave and Yeti returning to the main competition for the first time since Seasons 3 and 4 respectively.
The season was ultimately won by Tantrum after defeating Witch Doctor in the Championship decider, led by co-captains Alex Grant and Ginger Schmidt with Dillon Carey driving.
Champion	Runner-Up 	Semi-Finalists	Quarter-Finalists
Tantrum 	Witch Doctor	SawBlaze
Hydra	Minotaur
Riptide
Blip
Cobalt
==Changes to the BattleBox==
The biggest change to the BattleBox ahead of the season concerned a brand new hazard at the top of the arena - a 16' x 8' raised platform with flat sides and a pair of screws protruding from the front unofficially called The Shelf, but later dubbed the Upper Deck. It sat a total of six inches above the BattleBox floor, with slightly taller walls surrounding some of the edges to make it harder for bots to escape from. Once a bot drove or was moved onto the Upper Deck, red lights flashed behind the wall to signal a 20 second count. If a robot was sat upon the hazard for more than 20 seconds, irrespective of its mobility, it lost the fight.
The out of the arena zones near the doors where robots enter and exit the BattleBox were initially off-limits for use before filming, though Greg Munson stated this was purely in the interest of safety to prevent these doors from being blocked by defeated bots. Notable competitors to have lost to these OOTA zones in previous seasons include Bombshell in Discovery Season 3 courtesy of Bronco and Bloodsport's freak exit from Discovery Season 4 during their play-in rumble with Railgun MAX and Uppercut. However, the OOTA zones by the doors to enter and exit the BattleBox were later back in use after several builders voiced their opinions to BattleBots officials during the season's first builders' meeting that this change, along with the lack of OOTA zones due to modifications to the BattleBox, was unfair. According to several teams, teams were not notified of this change, along with the addition of the Upper Deck, until shortly before filming, with teams such as Malice opting out of a total redesign after learning of the latter.Public message from Bunny Sauriol in the Out of the Arena Discord server. Despite these changes, Hydra was able to throw Gruff out of the arena in Episode 5, and HyperShock did the same to Lock-Jaw in the following episode's Main Event. However, the HyperShock instance was filmed first, hence the surprised and worried looks on some of the team. No punishments were issued for these out of the arena attacks, and they were permitted later in the season. 
As well as this, the iconic BattleBox killsaws had their slots widened to be able to throw sparks at the beginning of each episode and before the Main Event. However, this proved to be detrimental to several robots during the season. Deep Six became immobile after jamming its front stabilizing leg into the slot in an unaired loss to SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Jamison Go's SawBlaze caught the casing for the hazard as it attempted to charge down End Game, jolting the whole robot sideways and making it vulnerable to an early attack from the defending champions. 
==Rule Changes==
Concerning the rulebook, the sole major change concerned corralling following a highly controversial encounter between Hydra and HUGE in the 2020 season. Hydra's "bike rack" attachment prevented HUGE's spinning bar from making contact with Jake Ewert's machine while simultaneously being able to keep HUGE in a corner for much of the fight. Though not previously forbidden, fans and builders alike voiced their opinions on the fight. If a bot now corralls its opponent, the referee will instruct the operator of the corraling bot to move to a specific area of the BattleBox to free the corralled opponent. If the corralling bot's operator refuses to comply, the referee will issue a warning. If the operator still refuses to comply, the Referee will begin a ten-second countdown on the corralling bot and it will be considered knocked out. The first instance of this ironically came in HUGE's first fight of the season, as newcomer Riptide was instructed to back away from Jonathan Schultz's bot during their fight in Episode 3.
The eleven-point judging system, which scored five points for damage and three points for both aggression and control, remained the same. The judges now uses a Matrix system to determine the winners of fights that go the whole three minutes in a more objective manner than before. Aggression and Control are now ranked "minimal", "moderate" or "significant" and in the case of Damage, "massive" is the uppermost category.https://www.facebook.com/battlebots/photos/a.10150179252701406/10158240389301406BattleBots Judging Guide for 2021
 	Damage 	Aggression	Control
Minimal 	"Doesn’t reduce the functionality or effectiveness of the Bot." 	"A Bot waits for its opponent to come to it, or else actively avoids contact with the
opponent (except when resetting or spinning up its active weapon)."	"Bot is rarely able (or unable) to initiate physical or weapon contact with, and also avoid
attacks from, its opponent. It also may inadvertently hit the guardrails or an Arena hazard."
Moderate 	"Reduces the effectiveness of the drive, defensibility, or weapon system of the Bot." 	"Bot occasionally demonstrates boldness and/or intent by utilizing its active weapon or
ramming to attack the opponent."	"Bot can occasionally use its weapon or armor to attack its opponent and sometimes
avoids opponent attacks. Generally avoids the Arena hazards."
Significant	"Eliminates the functionality of the drive, defensibility, or weapon system, or reduces the effectiveness of two or more systems of the Bot"	"Bot shows frequent demonstrations of boldness and/or intent by utilizing its active
weapon and/or ramming to attack its opponent."	"Bot moves decisively and effectively and is consistently able to attack its opponent and
avoid hits by the opponent’s weapon or armor."
Massive 	"Eliminates the functionality of at least two systems of the Bot." 	N/A 	N/A
 
As a result of the primary weapon usage controversy during the 2020 season, teams will now only get a maximum of two points in both the aggression and control categories if they don't use the bot's functional primary weapon and are just pushing their opponents around the BattleBox. Self-inflicted damage is now considered when the judges determine the winners. 
Chris Rose, Kenny Florian, Faruq Tauheed, Pete Abrahamson, judges Derek Young, Lisa Winter and Jason Bardis, as well as referees John Remar and David Sanfilippo all retained their respective roles from the previous season, though pit reporter Jenny Taft did not return due to conflicting sporting commitments.https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/oz90jl/jenny_taft_not_returning_for_the_2021_season/
The competition structure remained the same from last season, with each bot getting a maximum of three Fight Night matches to impress the selection committee, who eventually chose 32 bots for the single elimination Championship bracket. Each week, the Main Event and Fight Card were revealed to Facebook Supporters at 6am CT/PT and 2pm CT/PT on Mondays respectively. The Fight Card was then publicly revealed on Wednesday mornings via the podcast show Behind the Bots, with clothing released to commemorate Main Events throughout the 2021 season. The full Fight Card was officially revealed later on that same day.
==Broadcasts==
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The season trailer was publicly released on December 2, 2021, showcasing snippets from several fights across the competition. It largely focuses around Faruq Tauheed, while also teasing the Giant Nut and panned shots of several robots' weapons. The editing style, actions of Faruq and mood of the trailer pays homage to Styx and the music video for their lead single "Mr. Roboto", which plays throughout. However, the song was replaced by generic dubstep in early 2022 for unconfirmed reasons. 
In the week leading up to the season premiere, BattleBots announced via Facebook that Supporters would get a bonus battle each Thursday morning at 7am ET/PT, with the battle going public on YouTube each Sunday. The first of these saw home team JackPot fight the redesigned Deadlift in a rematch from the Tombstone Bounty Hunters bracket. Discovery Season 6 premiered on January 6, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT on the Discovery Channel, with episodes airing each subsequent Thursday at 8pm ET/PT, or available to stream from 3am ET/PT that morning on discovery+. Discovery Season 6 concluded on April 7, 2022, and the BattleTrot sculpture featuring parts of multiple competing robots was auctioned immediately after, with proceeds going to the Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation. The piece ultimately sold for $17,101 on April 17, 2022.https://www.ebay.com/itm/154937659673 
Although BattleBots: Bounty Hunters did not explicitly return under the same name for 2021, a new summer series named BattleBots: Champions followed the regular season. Three robots turned out to be competing exclusively in this tournament and the handful of exhibition matches for varying reasons, which turned out to be Perfect Phoenix, Big Dill and Double Jeopardy. It was confirmed that the Bounty Winners from the 2020 season would try to defend their titles for the 2021 season in brackets known as Sin City Slugfest. Later explanation confirmed that the teams who successfully defended their titles or overcame the holders would be joined by Giant Nut winners Tantrum, End Game and Tombstone in a special tournament of champions. This was held as the final episode of BattleBots: Champions and would crown the winner of the elusive Golden Bolt trophy. 
==2021 Season Competitors==
Competitor 	Hometown 	Builders/Team Captain 	Win-Loss Record
Big Dill 	Seattle, WA 	Emmanuel Carrillo 	•••
Black Dragon 	Itajuba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Gabriel Gomes 	3-2
Blacksmith 	Edison, NJ 	Al Kindle 	1-2
Blade 	Seoul, South Korea 	CheogGyu Hwang 	1-2 •
Blip 	Mountainview, CA 	Aren Hill 	5-1
Bloodsport 	Cambridge, MA 	Justin Marple 	2-2
Captain Shrederator	Ormond Beach, FL 	Brian Nave 	2-2 •
Claw Viper 	Seattle, WA 	Kevin Milczewski 	1-2 •
Cobalt 	Oceanside, CA 	Brent Rieker 	4-2
Copperhead 	Erie, CO 	Robert & Kimberly Cowan 	3-1 ••••
Deadlift 	Indianapolis, IN 	Ryan Shulski 	0-2 •/••
Deep Six 	Norfolk, VA 	Dustin Esswein 	1-2 •
Defender 	Thousand Oaks, CA 	Jason Vasquez 	2-2 •
Double Jeopardy 	Irvine, CA 	Evan & Bryce Woolley 	•••
Dragon Slayer 	Denton, TX 	Jordan Neal 	1-2 •
DUCK! 	Palo Alto, CA 	Hal Rucker 	0-3
End Game 	Auckland, New Zealand 	Nick Mabey 	4-1
Free Shipping 	San Leandro, CA 	Gary Gin 	0-3
Fusion 	Dorchester, WI 	Reese Ewert 	1-2
Ghost Raptor 	San Jose, CA 	Chuck Pitzer 	0-2 ••
Gigabyte 	Oceanside, CA 	John Mladenik 	2-2 •••••
Glitch 	Roseville, CA 	Kyle Miller 	3-0
Gruff 	Palm Harbor, FL 	Sam McAmis 	1-2
HiJinx 	Oakland, CA 	Jen Herchenroeder 	2-2
HUGE 	South Windsor, CT 	Jonathan Schultz 	2-2
Hydra 	Dorchester, WI 	Jake Ewert 	5-3
HyperShock 	Miami, FL 	Will Bales 	2-1 ••••
Icewave 	Burlingame, CA 	Marc DeVidts 	2-2
JackPot 	Las Vegas, NV 	Robert Stehn & Jeff Waters 	3-1 •/••••
Jäger 	Gemunden, Germany 	Ralf Schneider 	0-2 •/••
Kraken 	Titusville, FL 	Matt Spurk 	0-3 •••••
Lock-Jaw 	San Diego, CA 	Donald Hutson 	0-3 •••••
Lucky 	Ottawa, Canada 	Mark Demers 	2-2
MadCatter 	Pomona, CA 	Martin Mason 	2-2
Malice 	San Jose, CA 	Adrian "Bunny" Sauriol 	1-3
Mammoth 	Baltimore, MD 	Ricky Willems 	1-3
Minotaur 	Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 	Marco Antonio Meggiolaro 	4-2
Overhaul 	Atlanta, GA 	Charles Guan 	0-2 ••
P1 	Hudson, NH 	Brandon Zalinsky 	3-2
Pain Train 	Staten Island, NY 	Evan Arias 	0-2 ••
Pardon My French 	Riviere-du-Loup, Canada 	Philippe Voyer 	0-2 •/••
Perfect Phoenix 	Herndon, VA 	Tyler Nguyen 	•••
Rampage 	Port St Joe, FL 	Melaina & Daniel Knox 	0-2 •/••
Retrograde 	Venice, CA 	Aaron Lucas 	1-2 •
Ribbot 	Worcester, MA 	David Jin 	3-1
Riptide 	Tarzana, CA 	Ethan Kurtz 	4-2
ROTATOR 	Miami, FL 	Victor Soto 	3-1 ••••/•••••
Rusty 	Antioch, IL 	Dave Eaton 	0-2 ••
SawBlaze 	Cambridge, MA 	Jamison Go 	5-2
Shatter! 	Brooklyn, NY 	Adam Wrigley 	2-1 •/••••/•••••
Skorpios 	Moraga, CA 	Zach Lytle 	2-3 •••••
Slammo! 	Raleigh, NC 	Craig Danby 	0-2 •/••
SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE 	New York City, NY 	Joe Fabiani 	1-1 •/••
SubZero 	Dallas, TX 	Logan Davis 	0-3 •
Switchback 	Dallas, TX 	Greg Needel 	1-2 •
Tantrum 	San Diego, CA & Cambridge, MA	Alex Grant & Ginger Schmidt 	7-0 ••••
Tombstone 	Placerville, CA 	Ray Billings 	2-2 •••••
Triple Crown 	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 	Todd Mendenhall 	0-1 •/••
Uppercut 	Cambridge, MA 	Alex Hattori 	3-1 ••••
Valkyrie 	Somerville, MA 	Leanne Cushing 	2-2 •
Whiplash 	Thousand Oaks, CA 	Matthew Vasquez 	3-1 ••••
Witch Doctor 	Miami, FL 	Mike & Andrea Gellatly 	6-2 •••••
Yeti 	San Luis Obispo, CA 	Greg Gibson & Christian Carlberg	2-2
• = This robot fought in at least one untelevised undercard fight.
•• = This robot is confirmed to have not received any more undercard fights. 
••• = This robot is confirmed to be exclusively competing in BattleBots: Champions and/or Exhibition matches.
•••• = This robot made it into the Round of 32 despite not being given a third undercard fight.
••••• = This robot is confirmed to be competing in Battlebots: Champions and/or Exhibition matches.
==Controversy==
=== Fight Night ===
Eighty pre-tournament battles were filmed in total, exactly enough for eight fights per episode for ten Fight Night episodes. However, with the announcement of Episode 10's fight card, it became apparent that a handful of teams currently sitting at 2-0 would not get a third Fight Night match. The only instance of a robot who had won a fight up to now who was not given a third battle was SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE, who had to withdraw from fighting MadCatter after damage sustained by Gigabyte in their second battle. SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE was replaced by Rampage, thus finishing 1-1.
Although the decision was made to act as a "bye" for teams already in good stead to seed highly in the Top 32 and make production more efficient within the filming schedule, several teams took to social media to voice their frustration at not being offered a third Fight Night battle. Outside of the fun aspect of getting an additional fight, teams cited sponsor exposure and the opportunity to properly test their robots as the main drawbacks to this decision.
===OOTA Inconsistencies===
The aforementioned lack of consistency within enforcing the "out of the arena" rule by the BattleBox entrance for safety reasons also sparked controversy. Although Hydra's out of the arena flip on Gruff aired first, it was not the first filmed instance of an OOTA during the 2021 season.
At the time, there was no certainty over what sanctions may have been enforced if there was an out of the arena near the entry. This led to Team HyperShock and OYES Robotics following their OOTA of SawBlaze, to face potential punishments. As it happened, neither HyperShock, End Game nor Hydra were punished, and OOTAs were permitted from that point in the filming schedule onwards, becoming the cause of two of Tantrum's wins en route to the Giant Nut. However, this led to teams and fans alike airing their frustration at the mid-season change in stance on this rule.
===Unstick and Crab-Walking Inconsistencies===
Likewise, there were a number of instances throughout the season where rules concerning what qualified as translational movement were not consistent. This most notably came to a head during Minotaur's quarter-final clash against Witch Doctor, where after the fight was paused to unstick the latter after it became stuck on the Upper Deck, tension arose as Mike Gellatly of Witch Doctor refused to engage with Minotaur. Under the impression that the referees would count it out, a lack of communication resulted in Witch Doctor evading a limping Minotaur for roughly half of the fight. Minotaur was only able to crab-walk on one wheel and used the gyroscopic forces of its own primary weapon to arc around the arena. This was deemed barely sufficient despite warning concerning counting Minotaur out throughout the battle, which were not well received by the team.
However, in an earlier Round of 32 clash between Hydra and Ribbot, David Jin's bot was similarly arcing around the BattleBox but was counted out at the time, much to the frustration of the Ribbot team.
Similarly, whereas Witch Doctor was freed by BattleBots crew in a safe manner and the fight was allowed to resume, 2020 season runner-up Whiplash did not receive the same treatment as it lodged its forks into the Upper Deck in its Round of 16 loss to Cobalt. Trey Roski determined that the fight could not be safely restarted, and a simultaneous knockout was declared. Cobalt got the judges' approval and advanced to the Top 8, meaning Whiplash was eliminated from the tournament in controversial circumstances.
Following the final episode of the season, BattleBots responded to criticism of the implementation of these rules by stating they would reassess both topics ahead of future seasons.https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/1512234962228899840?t=et6lTnWmDSX4V5uzhaZmQA&s=19
===Static Electricity Issues===
During the season, a handful of teams present were badly affected by static electricity in the new Las Vegas filming location. Notably, a weapon controller in SawBlaze died while the bot was sat inside the battery charging tents, and the team had just an hour to replace it and reassemble SawBlaze ahead of their Main Event fight against defending champions End Game. Team HyperShock theorized that a USB port from the side of their tablet may have broken as a result of the issue, but suffered no damage to the robot itself.
OYES Robotics, Bloodsport and the HiJinx team also lost speed controllers during filming, and many other teams were affected in less serious ways, often struggling to handle metal parts or touch their allocated pit tables without receiving minor shocks.
==BattleBots: Fight Night ==
===Episode 1: Slash and Burn===
SawBlaze vs. Minotaur
Uppercut vs. Gigabyte
Switchback vs. Gruff
Captain Shrederator vs. Tombstone
Free Shipping vs. Blacksmith
Pain Train vs. Deep Six
Hydra vs. End Game
YouTube Bonus Battle
Deadlift vs. JackPot
===Episode 2: I Like Big Bots (That Will Not Die)===
Yeti vs. MadCatter
Defender vs. Ribbot
HiJinx vs. Mammoth
Kraken vs. ROTATOR
Rusty vs. Blip
Tantrum vs. Malice
Bloodsport vs. Whiplash
YouTube Bonus Battle
SubZero vs. Shatter!
===Episode 3: Ducks, Dragons, Killer Snakes - What a Zoo! ===
HyperShock vs. Slammo!
Valkyrie vs. P1
HUGE vs. Riptide
Cobalt vs. Fusion
Black Dragon vs. Icewave
Witch Doctor vs. DUCK!
Copperhead vs. Lock-Jaw
YouTube Bonus Battle
Claw Viper vs. Pardon My French
===Episode 4: Out With the Old===
Malice vs. JackPot
Ribbot vs. Overhaul
Blade vs. Skorpios
Tombstone vs. Mammoth
Lucky vs. Tantrum
Ghost Raptor vs. Glitch
SawBlaze vs. MadCatter
YouTube Bonus Battle
Retrograde vs. Rampage
===Episode 5: Let's Uppercut to the Chase!===
Free Shipping vs. Uppercut
Blacksmith vs. Shatter!
Jäger vs. P1
Hydra vs. Gruff
Gigabyte vs. Captain Shrederator
Dragon Slayer vs. DUCK!
End Game vs. Witch Doctor
YouTube Bonus Battle
Valkyrie vs. Triple Crown
===Episode 6: Bigger Than Bots===
ROTATOR vs. Black Dragon
Lucky vs. Blade
Minotaur vs. Dragon Slayer
Yeti vs. Pain Train
Kraken vs. HiJinx
Defender vs. Riptide
HyperShock vs. Lock-Jaw
YouTube Bonus Battle
SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE vs. Deep Six
=== Episode 7: Edges, Wedges and Wheels===
Bloodsport vs. SubZero
Ghost Raptor vs. Cobalt
Deadlift vs. Icewave
Blip vs. Overhaul
HUGE vs. Retrograde
Copperhead vs. Fusion
Whiplash vs. Skorpios
YouTube Bonus Battle
Switchback vs. Slammo!
===Episode 8: Flip the Script===
Blacksmith vs. Malice
Black Dragon vs. Claw Viper
SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE vs. Gigabyte
Hydra vs. Glitch
Free Shipping vs. Tombstone
Ribbot vs. P1
SawBlaze vs. End Game
YouTube Bonus Battle
Jäger vs. Captain Shrederator
===Episode 9: Put Up or Shut Up===
Gruff vs. Cobalt
DUCK! vs. Riptide
Valkyrie vs. Pardon My French
Lock-Jaw vs. Blip
Minotaur vs. Deep Six
SubZero vs. HiJinx
Skorpios vs. Yeti
YouTube Bonus Battle
Defender vs. Retrograde
===Episode 10: To The Victor, Go the Spoils===
Bloodsport vs. Claw Viper
MadCatter vs. Rampage
HUGE vs. Switchback
Kraken vs. Glitch
Mammoth vs. Lucky
Rusty vs. Witch Doctor
Fusion vs. Icewave
YouTube Bonus Battle
Dragon Slayer vs. Blade
==Top 32==
=== Episode 11: Let The Tournament Begin!===
Play-in Match
Malice vs. Skorpios
Round of 32
(1) End Game vs. Skorpios (32)
(16) Minotaur vs. Bloodsport (17)
(8) Copperhead vs. Lucky (25)**
(9) Mammoth* vs. Witch Doctor (24)
(4) SawBlaze vs. HiJinx (29)
(13) HyperShock vs. P1 (20)
(5) Uppercut vs. HUGE (28)**
(12) Shatter! vs. Riptide (21)
*Mammoth replaced Glitch as the No. 9 seed after Glitch was forced to withdraw from the Round of 32 due to major technical issues with its primary weapon. The team was unable to fix this in time for their fight with Witch Doctor.
 
**This fight was highlighted in the aired episode and revealed exclusively to Supporters on March 17, 2022. It was uploaded in full to YouTube on March 20, 2022.
===Episode 12: 8 Down, 8 to Go===
Play-in Match
Defender vs. Hydra
Round of 32
(2) Ribbot vs. Hydra (31)
(15) MadCatter vs. Black Dragon (18)
(7) Blip vs. Valkyrie (26)
(10) JackPot vs. Tombstone (23)
(3) Whiplash vs. Icewave (30)*
(14) Cobalt vs.Yeti (19)
(6) ROTATOR vs. Captain Shrederator (27)*
(11) Tantrum vs. Gigabyte (22)
*This fight was highlighted in the aired episode and revealed exclusively to Supporters on March 24, 2022. It was uploaded in full to YouTube on March 27, 2022.
== Top 16==
===Episode 13: Round of 16===
Round of 16
(5) Uppercut vs. Riptide (21)
(6) ROTATOR vs. Tantrum (11)
(7) Blip vs. JackPot (10)
(18) Black Dragon vs. Hydra (31)
(8) Copperhead vs. Witch Doctor (24)
(4) SawBlaze vs. P1 (20)
(3) Whiplash vs. Cobalt (14)*
(1) End Game vs. Minotaur (16)
*This fight was highlighted in the aired episode and revealed exclusively to Supporters on March 31, 2022. It was uploaded in full to YouTube on April 3, 2022.
==Top 8==
===Episode 14: BattleBots: The Finals===
Championship Quarter-Finals
(16) Minotaur vs. Witch Doctor (24)
(4) SawBlaze vs. Riptide (21)
(7) Blip vs. Hydra (31)
(11) Tantrum vs. Cobalt (14)
Championship Semi-Finals
(24) Witch Doctor vs. SawBlaze (4)
(31) Hydra vs. Tantrum (11)
Championship Final
(24) Witch Doctor vs. Tantrum (11)
==Smash & Grab Exhibition Fights==
Towards the end of the season, BattleBots confirmed a total of ten exhibition fights which would initially be shown to Facebook Supporters before being released publicly at a later date. On August 27, 2022, BattleBots confirmed a unique steel chair fight between Overhaul and Big Dill. A different fight was shown to Supporters, with the view to upload unseen exhibition fights every Monday, Wednesday and Friday under the name "Smash & Grab" to YouTube later in the year.
Much like Supporter exclusive videos in past seasons, these exhibition battles had no commentary from Chris Rose and Kenny Florian, and the first uploaded fight also had no introductions from The Heed.
Exhibition Matches
Overhaul vs. Big Dill
Captain Shrederator vs. SubZero
Tantrum vs. Lock-Jaw
Deep Six vs. Blip
Big Dill vs. Valkyrie
HyperShock vs. Cobalt
Mammoth vs. Rampage
Hydra vs. Kraken
Ghost Raptor vs. Riptide
==Critical Reception==
==Trivia==
*Discovery Season 6 marked the reboot era of BattleBots being officially longer than its classic era on Comedy Central.
**With a seventh reboot season already announced, Discovery is also set to match Comedy Central for the network with the longest run of consecutive seasons of BattleBots.
*The entire first episode's fight card was revealed to Supporters on Facebook in October 2021, a whole three months before the episode would air on Discovery.
*This season marked the first since the expiry of Robot Wars contracts for a handful of European teams, hence why robots such as Sabretooth were allowed to apply under the same name as their Robot Wars counterparts.
*Both Hydra and Blip achieved a total of 17 flips against Black Dragon and Valkyrie, respectively, before meeting one another in the Top 8.
*The 2021 season marked the first time BattleBots saw a female-led team win the Giant Nut in Tantrum's co-captain Ginger Schmidt.
==References==
Category:Competitions
Category:Reboot Era Competitions