Heat Semi-Final 1/16:
Gabriel II v Nitro-Gene 4.0

In round one Gabriel had a tough encounter with Acronyms FTW, but eventually won by dumping Frank into the pit.

Nitro-Gene had an even tougher fight against Intrigue, an awesome axe robot which eventually met the fury of Pauls 1000psi flipper capable of flipping 1600kg!

Booth 1: Joey McConnell
Booth 2: Paul Cuomo

5,4,3,2,1, INCAPACITATE!

Nitro-Gene is the quicker of these two machines, and Paul dispalys this advantage now as he speeds around to the side of Gabriel and ram it into the angle grinder!
FLIP!
Gabriel flies away from the wall, but lands upside down!
Joey self-rights and goes into a spin, waiting for Paul to hit those spikes!
CRASH!
Paul took a chance, and it paid off!Both robots spin away, but Nitro-Gene missed Gabriels spikes and can now ram Joey again!
CRASH!
This time its into the corner, but both bots get flipped by the spike!
Gabriel self-rights and comes on the attack, getting underneath Nitro-Gene and ramming it into the wall!
CRASH!
The rear shirt is all buckled and bent, and now Gabriel tries to flip Nitro-Gene again!
Paul lands on the rails, and would flip back in, but hes the right way up after being flipped by the spike and is powerless to stop himself falling out of the arena!
Slowly, slowly...
Paul wobbles precariously on the edge, then manages to reverse back into play- but back onto Gabriels flipper!
FLIP!

THE FIRST HEAT SEMI-FINAL IS OVER!

In a surprise result, Nitro-Gene bites the dust as Gabriel heads through to the heat final!

Heat Semi-Final 2/16:
Liar 2 v Weapon Synergy

Liar 2 flipped Cyrilium 2 OOTA in round one, but here its outnumbered 5-1, although with a weight advantage of 80kg!

Weapon Synergy battled the Botles Reunited in its eliminator, winning on a judges decision!
But Daniel could be flying here as each cluster weighs in at just 20kg!

Booth 1: Martijn M Benschop
Booth 2: Daniel Stickler

5,4,3,2,1, TERMINATE!

Weapon Synergy splits up and circles Liar 2, wating for the truth to come out!
But Martijn comes on the attack, easily getting under Rammer!
FLIP!
It soars up in a graceful arc, coming to rest OOTA!
Disc comes in on the attack, but Martijn spins and gets that side-wedge in underneath!
FLIP!
Disc flies over onto its side, and Martijn then gets the front wedge underneath!
FLIP!
Disc joins Rammer OOTA!
But now Claw comes in and grabs Liar 2 from behind, then forces it into the angle grinder!
Flipper comes in to try and get Matijn OOTA!
FLIP!
But Claw didnt let go, and so Liar 2 is freed from Weapon Synergys clutches and remains in the arena to get its own back on Flipper!
FLIP!
Another cluster can now be seen on the camera tracks!
In comes axe, and bashes Martijn on the side wedge!
But again Martijns weight adavnatge comes into play, this time allowing Liar 2 to shunt Axe into the corner, where it is propped up on the wall by the spike!
This time Liar 2 only needs to use a side wedge!
FLIP!
Claw is now the only one left in the fight, and comes in on the attack, only for Martijn to drive straight underneath!
FLIP!

FLIPPING FANTASTIC!

Liar 2 goes on to meet Gabriel II in the heat final!

Coming Next, a middleweight heat!
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