Sorry about the lack of fights for a while again. Here is the rest of Round 1.

Battle Raptor 3 vs. Van Tango

ROBOTEERS STAND BY€¦

3€¦2€¦1€¦ACTIVATE!

Both robots are similar, with the flipper and axe weapon combination and they approach each other with caution. Battle Raptor 3 is first to make a move though and slides round to the side of Van Tango and easily slides the flipping scoop under the 10mm high ground clearance. The flipper fires through 180o and easily tosses over the 100kg Van Tango, but Dave is quick to react and the axe fires flipping Mr. Tango back to his wheels.
Battle Raptor 3 rushes in again looking for another opportunity to attack, but Van Tango quickly gets out of the way and spins on the spot and fires the axe catching Battle Raptor 3 on its way through. The Solarized robot spins on the spot and releases the axe throwing The Raptor across the arena! Stunned, Battle Raptor 3 moves away as Van Tango comes rushing in and smashes into the arena wall.
Battle Raptor 2 turns around and collides into the side of Van Tango and gives it another flip, but this time it bounces onto its side and comes back down onto the scoop. Now there is a change of tactic as Battle Raptor 3 starts pushing Van Tango across the arena and smashes it into the pit release tyre! Van Tango fires its axe/flipper in rage and Battle Raptor decides to toss it onto it€™s back. Van Tango fires the axe again to try and self right but Battle Raptor just won€™t give it any room to do so and slams it into the corner of the arena.
The Raptor backs off and watches, as Van Tango tries to self-right but can€™t as it is stacked against the arena wall. Battle Raptor turns around and backs into Van Tango and fires its pneumatic axe, which puts a nice hole in the plastic layer of armour. Battle Raptor drives in again and rams into Van Tango, and sticks the axe in once more, this time dragging Van Tango away€¦
But as The Raptor starts its journey towards the pit, Van Tango fires its weapon once more and gets off the axe! The weapon fires again and now Van Tango is back on its wheels and away, spinning on the spot madly! Battle Raptor turns around and goes towards Van Tango very carefully. The Raptor takes a risk and charges straight into Van Tango and unluckily gets a whack from one of the side spikes and gets hurled across the arena again! Suddenly, Van Tango is free and the battle has turned.
Van Tango goes back on the attack and tosses Battle Raptor over with its launch pad. Battle Raptor self-rights but Van Tango comes charging in and rams the Raptor down the pit!

CEASE!

Van Tango waits for his chance, tosses Battle Raptor over and puts it in the pit.

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PowerPoint Reaches Pressure-Point vs. Automatic Schmuck

ROBOTEERS STAND BY€¦

3€¦2€¦1€¦ACTIVATE!

Automatic Schmuck being the fastest by quite a long way slides across the arena and collides with PRP, just getting under the skirts and gives it a nasty hit with the already up to speed bar. Stunned and bruised, PRP rolls away getting its own spinning bar up to speed. Automatic Schmuck flies into the action once more, gliding under PRP€™s blade and getting a shot in on the skirts.
PRP again slowly backs away, but Automatic Schmuck is straight back in and takes another shot at the skirt, ripping it from the body! What a horrible thought. Mr. Haka turns PRP around, with the bar going at a frightening speed. Automatic Schmuck cruises in again and hits the side panel, causing a scar but at the same time jumps in the air and gets a taste of its own medicine from PRP€™s spinner. Both robots are looking battered and only a minute of the fight has passed!
Tom wasn€™t expecting a PRP attack and this time approaches with caution, and dodges round the side of PRP. Automatic Schmuck€™s extra speed means it can get round to the back where the skirt was removed and gets the wedge under and starts ploughing forwards and smashes PRP into the arena wall. Smashed into the wall and smashed by the bar, what a killer attack!
That might have just finished PRP off, because there doesn€™t seem to be any drive movement€¦ The clock lights up on the wall and the end for PRP is near as Automatic Schmuck spins on the spot.

10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6 €¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2â ‚¬Â¦1€¦OUT!

CEASE

There was never really any way PRP could have won that fight, Automatic Schmuck goes sailing through!

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And finally the€¦ err Christmas Rumble Round 1 has ended, here is the Round 2 line-up:

Round 2

The Reindeer vs. Van Tango
Clawdius Decimus Murderous vs. Automatic Schmuck