BattleBots S6E7 Recap with BattleBots Announcer Kenny Florian!

This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with BattleBots announcer Kenny Florian! Kenny is a mixed martial artist who fought in the UFC before switching careers and following his true passion: Watching very expensive robots violently disassemble their opponents. We’ll ask Kenny how he preps for a match, what he’s looking for, and his favorite fight of all time.

 

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This week’s combat robotics news:

BattleBots builders took home top prizes at Motorama 2022
Blade gets everyone’s autographs: facebook.com/TeamORBY/posts/901615427172938 
Blade vs. Lucky post-fight recap: facebook.com/TeamORBY/posts/901175193883628 
Blip breakdown: facebook.com/battlebots/posts/10158338265216406 
Bloodsport vs. SubZero post-fight recap: facebook.com/bnsrobotics/posts/5111496768909781 
Cobalt on “coping with carnage”: facebook.com/RoboticDeathCompany/posts/1993327854390576 
Deadlift vs. Icewave post-fight recap: facebook.com/robogymrobotics/posts/5314482948604506 
Double Jeopardy is reapplying to S7: facebook.com/teamdoubletroubledoublejeopardy/posts/969217903702377 
Hydra’s Jake Ewert on the S6 judging criteria: facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/5212479562098150 
Glitch is in on the Big Bot Bits poker chip GoFundMe: facebook.com/glitch.battlebots/posts/154765093589612 
HUGE is selling replica eyes: hugebattlebots.com/huge-merch/huge-replica-angry-eyes 
HyperShock does a detailed cost breakdown: facebook.com/HyperShockTV/photos/a.1626817397536137/3054248544793008 
Latest Kraken build log: facebook.com/KrakenBattleBot/posts/345715240888093 
Kraken begins selling poker chips: facebook.com/KrakenBattleBot/posts/360882132704737 
P1’s smaller bots competed at Moto: facebook.com/AberrantRobotics/posts/1147793136053039 
Retrograde vs. HUGE post-fight recap: facebook.com/bnsrobotics/posts/5107422939317164 
Riptide appearing on Xometry: facebook.com/riptidebattlebot/photos/a.104516085263687/165572255824736 
Rotator on Robocast: facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=358452362951993&id=100063616960932 
Rusty vs. HyperShock is this year’s Hexbug Rivals kit: facebook.com/teamironforce/posts/354702849994706 
SawBlaze wheel and fork up for auction: facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/346258577507563 
Skorpios’ ground-shaving forks: facebook.com/SkorpiosBattleBot/posts/343539941115301 
Skorpios vs. Whiplash post-fight recap: facebook.com/SkorpiosBattleBot/posts/342109197925042 
SubZero AMA on Reddit: facebook.com/SubZeroBattleBot/posts/453245013259223 
Switchback vs. Slammo post-fight recap: facebook.com/switchbackontv/posts/301051865424903 
Whiplash vs. Skorpios post-fight breakdown: facebook.com/FastElectricRobots/posts/353840600081422 

 

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