Bite Force

Bite Force is a bot that competed in all 3 seasons of the battlebots reboot. In Season 1 it was a tracked robot with a white chassis and blue weapons. Bite Force's weapons were lifting arms and a top grabbing jaw as well as two smaller wedgelets as the team and Paul Ventimiglia (Bite Force's creator called them) as well as a back wedge that could be used to face spinners. If the team ran with the wedge however, they had to take off the wedgelets and top grabbing jaw to make weight. It faced a lot of adversity but wound up winning 5 fights and the championship. In Season 2 Bite Force got a total overhaul as it went from tracks to wheels and a grabbing/lifter to a vertical spinning bar along with a new chassis; this version of Bite Force was untested. In Season 3 Bite Force received few visible changes except for the color of the vertical spinner from blue to blue and silver, and a protective piece of metal on the spinner chain to keep it from breaking. Bite Force is one of the most successful robots in Battlebots.

## Season 1

Bite Force's first ever fight was against returning bot Warhead a veteran from the original battlebots. Since Warhead had a nasty spinner Bite Force went with its wedge configuration. The fight started and Bite Force had the edge pushing Warhead around in circles; Warhead couldn't do anything about it.

    Bite Force then proceeded to push Warhead onto the rails and then onto the screws. Bite Force pushed Warhead around some more and then the two bots separated. Warhead went straight at Bite Force's wedge popping itself into the air.

    Bite Force then rammed Warhead into the rails again. Bite Force kept pushing Warhead around and pushing Warhead under a pulverizer to let the hammer hit, then drove Warhead under the other pulverizer to let that one hit Warhead. At this point Bite Force had disabled Warhead's spinner. Bite Force then turned around and lifted Warhead up a little bit and set Warhead back down. After a little more Bite Force got under Warhead's chin and picked it up and suplexed it.

     Before the time ran out Bite Force tried to pick up Warhead again but couldn't. It went to a judges decision and Bite Force won 3-0 picking up its first ever win.

Bite Force got the 3 seed and then faced the 14 seed HyperShock in the Sweet 16. Bite Force again went with its wedge configuration against the drum spinner of HyperShock. The fight started with Bite Force trying to push HyperShock around to no avail.

     In the meantime, HyperShock was purposefully not spinning its drum spinner up to speed. Bite Force tried to push HyperShock around but HyperShock turned and pushed Bite Force under the pulverizer letting the hammer hit Bite Force.

     Bite Force tried to push HyperShock around and HyperShock let Bite Force push it around a little so it could get its drum spinner up to speed. HyperShock unleashed a devastating hit that flipped Bite Force over and left it struggling to self right without the top grabbing jaw. However, HyperShock's weapon stopped working after the huge hit. HyperShock then helped Bite Force to self right and HyperShock kept pushing Bite Force. Bite Force then proceeded to pick up HyperShock and used its clamps to hold on to HyperShock and proceeding to push it around until smoke started leaking from HyperShock.

     Bite Force kept pushing HyperShock around and into the screws. HyperShock at this point stopped working and Bite Force kept pushing HyperShock. Bite Force turned around and tried to pick HyperShock up and keep the count from happening on HyperShock. However HyperShock was counted out and Bite Force won by KO in 2:50.

Bite Force advanced to the quarterfinals where it fought the 11 seed Overhaul a bot with a lifter and grabber that was almost identical to Bite Force's main configuration. For this fight Bite Force used its main configuration with the wedgelets and top grabbing/crushing jaw; the team said they would be using more of their main configuration from this point on in the competition. The fight started with both bots charging out at each other and glancing off one another. Bite Force tried to flip Overhaul but failed. Bite Force then grabbed onto Overhaul and tried to flip it over but wound up flipping itself over instead. Bite Force self righted, let go of Overhaul, and both bots reset. Overhaul rammed Bite Force but wound up getting the push/shove into the rails by Bite Force. Bite Force then somehow got underneath Overhaul and almost flipped it on its back and shoved it into the rails.

     Bite Force kept pushing Overhaul; Overhaul freed itself and both bots reset. Bite Force tried to flip Overhaul

     and Overhaul tried to flip Bite Force but both failed. Overhaul got stuck under the floor flipper and Bite Force let it get out. Both bots kept trying to push each other. Overhaul then proceeded to pick up Bite Force

     and hold it off of the ground for a few seconds. Overhaul spun Bite Force around and rammed Bite Force twice into the rails. And Overhaul then tried to get Bite Force out of the arena but the time was up. Bite Force won on a close 3-0 judges decision.

Bite Force was a Semifinalist and wound up fighting Ghost Raptor the 10 seed instead of Icewave the 2 seed who destroyed bots left and right. Bite force again went with its main configuration since Ghost Raptor's blade was destroyed. Ghost Raptor added an attachment to its lifter to snap Bite Force's tracks.

     The fight started with Bite Force pushing Ghost Raptor into Ghost Raptor's pulverizer corner. Bite Force grabbed ahold of Ghost Raptor and suplexed it but Ghost Raptor got caught on Bite Force's lifting arms.

     Bite Force drove Ghost Raptor under the pulverizer and flipped it so the hammer would hit it more.

     Ghost Raptor self righted but Bite Force pushed it back under the pulverizer again. Ghost Raptor tried to grab Bite Force, but Bite Force got away. Bite Force pushed Ghost Raptor onto the arena spikes that come out of the floor and pierced a hole in Ghost Raptor's chassis. Bite Force then rolled Ghost Raptor on its head and pushed it onto the screws where it got stuck. Ghost Raptor had also lost a wheel at this point practically sealing a win for Bite Force. Ghost Raptor was counted out and Bite Force became a finalist and advanced to the finals. Bite Force won by a 1:45 KO.

Bite Force's opponent in the final was Tombstone the 1 seed and deadly horizontal spinner. Tombstone had defeated the 9 seed W. Doctor and the 4 seed Bronco. For this fight Bite Force went with its defensive steel wedge to defend against Tombstones attacks. The fight started with Bite Force box rushing Tombstone and using Tombstone's gyroscopic force against it.

     Tombstone's blade battered the floor as it flung itself across the battlebox. Bite Force pushed Tombstone around some more and pinning Tombstone letting Bite Force rack up some serious points. Bite Force released Tombstone after 10 seconds and Tombstone got its blade going and dished out some nasty hits that put gaps in Bite Force's wedge. Bite Force kept taking hits but pushed Tombstone around

     and burned out Tombstone's weapon motor.

     Bite Force kept the pushing game up racking up some serious judges points. Bite Force still continued to push Tombstone around glancing Tombstone off of the screws. Bite Force pushed and almost flipped Tombstone near the screws. However at this point one side of Bite Force's drive died on it with one minute remaining. Bite Force still managed to push Tombstone into the screws using its clamps to keep it up there.

     Both bots kept pushing each other but to no avail. Bite Force used its lifting arms to almost flip Tombstone over. Bite Force pushed Tombstone one more time before the buzzer. The judges favored Bite Force's control and weapon motor damage and gave Bite Force the 3-0 judges decision win. Bite Force had won 5 fights and the giant nut and the championship!

## Season 2

Bite Force's first fight in season 2 was against Mohawk, a crusher bot.

     Bite Force had added extra armor on the top of the robot and so had little weight for wedgelet armor and strength. The fight started and Bite Force went at the back of Mohawk trying to deal some damage.

     Bite Force lost its two wedgelets but it was then capable of grinding the spinning bar right into Mohawk. It grinded the spinner right into Mohawk dealing a fair amount of damage. Bite Force landed quite a few jabs ripping off an armor panel and grinding Mohawk (even though Mohawk's flamethrower was on) into a corner where it proceeded to grind away.

     Bite Force disabled Mohawk and proceeded to deal some nasty, hard and huge hits grinding away at Mohawk making sparks fly but got high centered and couldn't move.

     They moved the bots and proceeded with the match but Mohawk still wasn't moving. Bite Force kept its spinner off, pushed Mohawk under the pulverizer, and spun its weapon up to do a gyroscopic victory dance as it had won by KO in 1:30.

Bite Force got the 4 seed and advanced to the 32 bot bracket and faced the 29 seed and ring spinner of Ringmaster. Bite Force put on a huge, blue defensive plow to get under Ringmaster. The fight started with both bots spinning up their weapons and Bite Force advancing on Ringmaster and flipping Ringmaster over multiple times with a devastating spinner hit.

     Bite Force unleashed 4 more devastating spinner hits flipping Ringmaster over multiple times in the process. Bite Force's hits disabled Ringmaster's spinner as well as Bite Force's own spinner. The last 2 1/2 minutes of the match was a pushing match that Bite Force barely dominated.

     The match went to judges decision and Bite Force won 3-0 advancing to the sweet 16.

Bite Force's opponent was Chomp who had gone through a full overhaul from last season just like Bite Force. Chomp's new weapon was a pneumatic hammer that could pierce its opponents. The fight started with Bite Force charging out at Chomp but Chomp drew the hardest blow

     by quickly destroying Bite Force's spinner chain leaving Bite Force with no weapon five seconds into the match.

     Chomp swung, missed and Bite Force capitalized by pushing it around for the next 15 seconds: from the screws to the center of the arena. Chomp righted and landed yet another blow to the top of Bite Force. Bite Force knocked Chomp down again and bullied it around the box some more. Chomp again self righted and landed another blow but was knocked down again. Bite Force kept pushing Chomp around the battlebox but soon both bots were stuck. "Both bots suddenly stuck here!","Chomp's stuck on its head and Chris I think Bite Force ran over its own spinner chain and sucked it up into its treads!" said Chris Rose and Kenny Florian.
Chomp self righted and landed 2 hard shots to Bite Force and lit it temporarily on fire. Bite Force spit out the spinner chain and got back into the fight. Bite Force pushed Chomp around some more

     but took yet another nasty hit. Chomp dealt yet another hit and Bite Force rammed Chomp into the wall. Chomp misfired and Bite Force pushed it onto the screws but Chomp fell off of them. Bite Force pushed Chomp some more but Chomp landed yet another blow. Bite Force pushed Chomp onto the killsaws where Chomp stayed not moving. Chomp couldn't get counted out with 10 seconds left but it wouldn't look good to the judges. Chomp got up and it went to judges decision. Chomp won on a somewhat controversial 3-0 judges decision and The Champ picked up its first ever loss and was eliminated from the tournament.

Bite Force wasn't done yet as it participated in the royal rumble along with Witch Doctor and Wrecks; interestingly enough all 3 bots were vertical spinners at this point in the competition. Bite Force went with two large wedgelets for this fight. The fight started with Wrecks stumbling out blindly and Bite Force charging out at W.D. with Bite Force landing quite a few rough jabs and grinding W.D. Bite Force landed a nasty hit that flipped W.D. upside down and Wrecks landed a small jab as W.D. self righted. Bite Force and Wrecks ripped off some of W.D.'s armor withy the combined hit. W.D. and Bite Force got really close and took out W.D.'s minibot. Bite Force landed a shot that made Wrecks do a double backflip

     and then W.D. tossed Wrecks into the screws. However, W.D. was then knocked again by Bite Force. Wrecks then knocked off W.D.'s wheel,

     Bite Force flipped W.D., and Wrecks sent W.D. out of the arena.

     Wrecks then unleashed a hit that flipped Bite Force. Bite Force struggled to right itself using its weapon against the arena walls to knock it back on its wheels. It eventually self righted and proceeded to destroyed W.D.'s minibot and then unleashed a flurry of hits on Wrecks. Bite Force broke Wrecks' spinner chain and destroyed Wrecks' walking feet bar. Bite Force cleaned up the arena debris like a Zamboni, Chris Rose said. Bite Force knocked Wrecks almost out of the arena. Bite Force got the win by KO in 2:12.

## Season 3

Bite Force's first fight in Season 3 was against the flaming hammer bot of Blacksmith. Blacksmith had decided to go with its red forks instead of its wedge for this fight.

         The match started out with Blacksmith going after Bite Force and missing with its hammer letting Bite Force unleash a nasty side hit. Blacksmith tried to stay conservative and not have the hammer get hit by Bite Force's spinning bar. Blacksmith unleashed a hammer blow but Bite Force tore a small gap into the side of Blacksmith peeling the armor back like a banana.

     Blacksmith retaliated by hitting Bite Force 4 more times but soon after Bite Force launched Blacksmith in a backflip with another devastating spinner hit. When Blacksmith tried to hit Bite Force again Bite Force ripped the HDPE off of the hammer shaft. Many people as well as Chris Rose thought Bite Force and Blacksmith were joined at the head because Blacksmith's hammer went down in the weapon assembly of Bite Force and the tubes that bring the fuel from the bot up into the hammer head to shoot flames also was snapped by Bite Force.

     Blacksmith retracted the hammer and you could see both weapons were visibly damaged. The rest of the fight was a pushing match with both bots weapons down and there being 10 seconds left on the clock, Bite Force rammed Blacksmith up into the screws leaving a powerful last impression for the judges. Bite Force won by a 3-0 Judges decision.

Bite Force's next fight was in fight night #3's main event against HyperShock, a rematch with the bot that almost beat Bite Force in season 1. HyperShock has a nasty spinning drum, and Bite Force a vertical spinning bar. The fight started with both bots charging out of the gate at each other. They squared each other up and when they hit each other, Bite Force stayed firmly planted on the ground while Hyper Shock got flipped over.

     HyperShock couldn't self-right, but before they could do anything but get their drum spinner up to speed, Bite Force launched a game-ending hit that ripped the top armor panel off of HyperShock, as well as the battery boxes and guts.

     HyperShock was counted out, and Bite Force won by KO in 0:36 to go to 2-0.

Bite Force's next fight was in Fight Night #7 against End Game and its vertical spinner. The fight started with Bite Force landing a small shot to the front of End Game, followed by a huge shot that threw End Game on its head and into the screws. But after this shot Bite Force wasn't moving and End Game just drove around, not delivering the KO blow. After about 10 seconds, Bite Force all of a sudden started driving again and then both bots circled one another. After a lot more circling, Bite Force landed a small shot that bounced End Game back, and another shot that flipped End Game onto its head and left it unable to self-right. Bite Force won by KO in 1:02 and proved that it is still one of the big boys. Bite force went 3-0 and picked up its 10th career win.

## Wins/Losses

10-1

Wins: S1: Warhead, HyperShock, Overhaul, Ghost Raptor, Tombstone, S2: Mohawk, Ringmaster, S3: Blacksmith, HyperShock, End Game

Losses: S1: None, S2: Chomp, S3: None

## Notes

Bite Force is one of 3 robots in the reboot to completely change bot designs in between seasons.

Bite Force won the championship in its debut season.

Bite Force has the second best win record, 10-1, compared to Tombstones: 12-1.

Bite Force is the second bot to make it to double digit wins

* Bite Force and description
* Bite Force's wedge configuration
* Tombstone vs Bite Force
* Fight Night fight card #1
* Fight Night fight card #3
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