We€™re halfway through the second round now, and two more machines are still on their quest to become the next champ. In the heats, MORD bounced around, flipped, stacked and finally sent 360 out of the arena. It then met Die-Ceratops Invertus in the heat final, managing to send it down one of the Roulette€™s pits. Manic Monsoon looked to have met a tough opponent in Orka MK 3, but after a seesaw pushing match, Orka was grounded by its too low ground clearance. That was the only luck it needed, as it flipped over the Srimech-less Agitator in a matter of seconds. We move into the Unimmediate Peril arena for this match up.

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MORD drove in with the scoop already raised, hoping to use the flywheel in this match up and also hoping the extra manoeuvrability will give it an edge. Monsoon charges forwards, but MORD just manages to turn and drive forwards out of the way! Both robots spin to face each other, and Monsoon charges straight at MORD! Richard manages to turn MORD so that the spinning flywheel faces Monsoon, and both machines are spun away by the blow, ending up side to side!

With the flywheel stalled, MORD lowers the scoop and tries to get under the side of Monsoon, but the skirts get in the way, and Monsoon is pushed sideways a little before driving away and coming in at MORDs front, managing to slip under the scoop and push MORD backwards into the wall! Monsoon backs off to attack MORD again, but MORD spins away from the attack, and Monsoon just barely stops before it crashes into the wall, turning around and getting under the side of MORD before it has a chance to get away, lifts it up and pushes it around before tipping it over completely!

This doesn€™t bother the invertible MORD, but Richard needs a vital split second to change directions on his controls, and Dan uses that time to get under MORD again and slam it into the wall! The scoop on MORD rises and MORD spins around and hits the side of Monsoon with the flywheel, bouncing the pusher away! MORD reverses and spins up the flywheel again, dodging Monsoons charge and hitting the side again! Monsoon is spun into the wall and MORD attacks again, managing to buckle one of the skirts! Monsoon replies by turning around and getting under the flywheel and lifting MORD over!

Mord lands awkwardly due to the scoop being up, and seems to have become immobilised on its own scoop! Monsoon backs off, sensing victory, and MORD doesn€™t seem to be moving! The countdown starts, and finally the scoop of MORD moves, tipping MORD onto its side, where it rolls over onto its wheels! Immediately, Monsoon is back on the attack though, shoving MORD backwards! MORD is slammed hard into the wall and bounces off, managing to run away from Monsoon, before spinning to face it! Monsoon charges MORD head on, but the scoop on MORD€¦ Lowers?

Monsoon charges straight into the scoop, and with the extra weight MORD now has more leverage than Monsoon! This causes Monsoon to go over the lip of the scoop! The scoop rises, and Monsoon is tipped up, but not over! MORD drives forwards to try and make Monsoon tip over, but can€™t seem to manage it, so Richard compromises by shoving MORD backwards into a wall, stacking it! The lifter on Monsoon tips MORD off the wall, but straight back onto MORD€™s scoop! Now MORD is under Monsoon more fully, Richard is able to fully lift Monsoon over!

The siren wails and the house robot for this fight is Bane, but neither roboteer pays it much heed as Monsoon self rights. MORD attacks the arm as it raises though, trying to stop Monsoon from righting itself. The blow knocks Monsoon over, but the lifter stays raised, apparently broken! This doesn€™t stop Monsoon using the rest of the scoop to shoot under MORD though, smashing it into the nearby wall! Bane is approaching now, and Monsoon hurriedly gets away from the house robot, which decides to target MORD!

MORD manages to just slip around Bane though, and as Bane begins the process of turning ponderously around, Monsoon goes in for slam on MORD! MORD spins around though, and manages to get under the damaged skirt to tip Monsoon over again! The weight causes the lifter to retract, but as Dan finds out to his dismay, the lifter still isn€™t working, so he€™s resigned to trying to finish off MORD without it. Richard doesn€™t intend to give him that chance though, and rams under Monsoon, trying to feed it to Bane!

The fingers close in on Monsoon, but as ever it can€™t seem to do much against the hardox armour, and Monsoon is actually able to use its high power to tear itself out of Banes grip, and slam into MORD€™s side! MORD is robot-handled sideways and slammed hard into the wall, and Monsoon looks to be going for a breakdown kill here, as another siren wails and the pit descends! MORD gets away from between the wall and Monsoon, but Monsoon is right behind MORD, and catches it from behind, shoving it scoop first into the wall!

MORD is bounced away from the wall, and ends up with a few precious seconds fpr Richard to work out which way MORD is running, while Monsoon sorts itself out and spins to face MORD again! MORD spins away from the next attack just in time, and Monsoon ends up slamming into the side of Bane! Bane turns around to attack Monsoon, but Monsoon has gotten itself into Bane€™s blind spot, and Banes own fingers are stopping it from getting Monsoon! Monsoon slips around the rear of Bane, only to be caught by MORD, which charges the pit head on, pitching first Monsoon down it, then itself!

Well we have a double pitting, but Monsoon was the first down, meaning it€™s out! MORD makes other robots die, and it€™s through to the quarter finals!