Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 was hosted by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury. Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer. Donna D'Errico, along with twins Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.

The pilot, known as "episode one", was originally aired as a pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.

Classifications

Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes: Lightweight – Contestants Middleweight – Contestants Heavyweight – Contestants Super Heavyweight – Contestants

Lightweight source

Qualifying Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Afterthought Black Widow KO N/A 2 The Missing Link Chiabot KO 2:20 3 Das Bot Rott-Bott 2000 KO 1:02 4 Sallad The Aggressive Polygon Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 5 Alpha Raptor Cereal Box Killer KO N/A 6 Pestilence Thorn KO 2:35 7 Shaft Gremlin ll KO 2:20 1 8 Backlash Disposable Hero KO 0:50 The robot was the winner of the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Round of 16 without battleThe Crusher, Endotherm, Ziggo, Shrike, Tentoumushi, Dr. Inferno Jr., No Tolerance ll, and Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Round of 16 Unaired 1 Endotherm Afterthought Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 2 Das Bot Shrike Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 3 Alpha Raptor Dr. Inferno Jr. Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 4 No Tolerance II Pestilence KO 2:40 1 5 Tentoumushi Sallad Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 2 6 Ziggo The Missing Link KO 1:18 4 7 MouserMecha-Catbot Shaft Judges' Decision (6–3) 3:00 5 8 Backlash The Crusher KO 1:43 Quarterfinals Unaired 1 Backlash Endotherm Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 2 Das Bot Ziggo KO 1:17 3 MouserMecha-Catbot No Tolerance II Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 7 4 Alpha Raptor Tentoumushi Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 Semifinals 9 1 Alpha Raptor MouserMecha-Catbot Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 2 Backlash Das Bot KO 0:57 Finals 1 Backlash Alpha Raptor KO 1:24 The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the lightweight classification.

Middleweight source Qualifying Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Hazard Pegleg KO 0:31 2 Alien Gladiator The Emasculator FF 4 3 Pressure Drop Subject to Change Without Reason KO 1:21 5 4 Blade Runner Bad Attitude KO 1:24

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

Advance to the Quarterfinals without battleTurtle Road Kill, Spin Orbiting Force, Deadblow, and Ankle Biter

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Quarterfinals 8 1 Deadblow Alien Gladiator KO 1:08 2 Pressure Drop Ankle Biter KO 2:20 10 3 Hazard Turtle Road Kill Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 4 Spin Orbiting Force Blade Runner Judges' Decision (5–4) 3:00 Semifinals 12 1 Deadblow Pressure Drop Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 13 2 Hazard Spin Orbiting Force Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 Finals 14 1 Hazard Deadblow KO 0:53 The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification.

Heavyweight source Qualifying The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with twelve teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Vlad the Impaler GoldDigger FF 2 Punjar Mr. Bonestripper FF 3 4 KillerHurtz Knome II KO 1:03 6 3 BioHazard Mjollnir Judges' Decision(9-0) 3:00 The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.

Advance to the Round of 16 without battleTazbot, frenZy, OverKill, Kill-O-Amp, Suicidal Tendencies, Gammatron, Blendo, Voltarc, Bender, Monster, Nightmare, and Mauler

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Round of 16 Unaired 1 Punjar Kill-O-Amp Judges' Decision (5-4) 3:00 2 Gammatron Suicidal Tendencies Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00 3 BioHazard Blendo KO 4 KillerHurtz Monster KO 2 5 OverKill frenZy Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 6 Mauler Nightmare KO 0:40 3 7 Voltarc Bender Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 4 8 Vlad the Impaler Tazbot Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 Quarterfinals 7 1 Voltarc BioHazard Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 11 2 Vlad the Impaler OverKill Judges' Decision (8-1) 3:00 3 Punjar Gammatron Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 4 KillerHurtz Mauler KO Semifinals 12 1 Vlad the Impaler Punjar Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 13 2 Voltarc KillerHurtz Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 Finals 14 1 Vlad the Impaler Voltarc KO 1:42 The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the heavyweight classification.

Superheavyweight source Qualifying Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Mechadon Prompt Critical KO 1:55 2 Rammstein Abbatoir KO 3 Ginsu World Peace FF 4 Ronin Odin Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00 3 5 Minion Gray Matter Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 5 6 Grendel Diesector KO 1:38 6 7 DooAll S.L.A.M. KO 2:51

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

Advance to the Quarterfinals without battleSuper Rhino

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Quarterfinals Unaired 1 DooAll Super Rhino Judges' Decision (5-4) 3:00 7 2 Rammstein Mechadon Judges' Decision (8-1) 3:00 8 3 Minion Grendel Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 10 4 Ronin Ginsu Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 Semifinals 12 1 Minion Rammstein KO 1:29 13 2 DooAll Ronin KO 1:46 Finals 14 1 Minion DooAll Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the Super heavyweight classification.

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