Hydra and Defender face off.Defender immediately drove over the top of Hydra, snapping one of its long yellow forks and landing upside down. Defender righted itself and did the same again, as Hydra misfired before successfully throwing Defender over. Jason Vasquez's bot landed upright but could not get underneath Hydra's low profile design as it was flipped again. Upon driving into the corner of the BattleBox, Hydra slid underneath Defender again and threw it considerably higher, landing on the arm of the pulverizer and detaching one of the arena signs. Last up for Hydra in the Fight Night rounds was against newcomer Glitch, who won its first fight by judges' decision against veteran Ghost Raptor.

Hydra was counted out with under a minute to go, ending Team Whyachi's season at the quarter-final stage. Despite its exit, Hydra finished as the only robot to defeat the eventual season champion, SawBlaze, during the competition. From Dorchester, Wisconsin, he might be named after a character from ancient folklore but when he takes aim at you, he doesn't myth. It's HYDRA!" Hydra charges down Petunia from the start of the match.Jake Ewert's bot missed with its first flip and was almost grabbed by Petunia for its trouble. Hydra missed again and narrowly avoided a grab once more. Hydra got underneath its opponent and threw Petunia into the air, but the Dutch robot landed right-side up. Hydra got in position and threw Petunia on its head, but it self-righted and the fight continued.Hydra is a heavyweight robot built by Team Whyachi which has competed in every BattleBots season since World Championship IV under the captaincy of Jake Ewert.

Hydra faced Ribbot who, for this fight, used its undercutting horizontal spinner. This was a weapon type Hydra had rarely encountered since its debut, so Jake Ewert opted to weld Hydra's wedgelets together to form a solid wedge. Hydra vs. TantrumHaving eliminated Aren Hill's Blip from the competition, Hydra had to face the robot he took to this stage in the 2020 season - Tantrum. This team is known as Villains, but you wanna know the truth? Earlier today, I accidentally left my keys up on the arena roof. He offered to launch me up there cause I didn't have a ladder. But I passed because I've seen all his victims land and splatter. Anyway, my keys are still up there if anyone knows of a fire escape or something. In the meantime, make it loud for HYDRA!" We're gonna go with our SawBlaze config, where we go with the piano key wedgelets. I'm gonna have to try to sideswipe them and get to them before he can come around my side. I'm hoping to break that arm so he can't self-right anymore." — Jake Ewert pre-fight This bot is flipping fantastic. It's a member of Team Whyachi that'll make you fly-achi. Reach for the sky-dra, it's HYDRA!Are these two of the biggest flips we've ever seen?" — Kenny Florian after seeing DeathRoll get launched into the air for a second time Hydra's special configuration for HUGE.Hydra's second opponent was Jonathan Schultz and HUGE. Before the fight, Team Whyachi installed an attachment dubbed the "Hydragate" - 28lbs of steel tubing capitalizing a design flaw in HUGE in that its weapon is shorter than its wheels. The attachment was designed to be wide enough catch HUGE by the wheels and push it around the arena while HUGE was unable to flank around it. Hydra's final flip on Rusty.Hydra continued its assault, scooping Dave Eaton's robot up and driving it across the BattleBox before launching Rusty at the drivers' booths. In spite of this, all three judges voted in favor of Hydra, pushing it to a 3-1 record to round out of its Fight Night schedule. Hydra was the first modern BattleBots competitor to physically split a robot apart without the use of a spinning weapon, doing so against WAR Hawk.

This bot comes from Wisconsin, the land of cheese and dairy. If you're lactose intolerant, this might be kind of scary. It'll turn you into swiss, cause its flipper doesn't miss. Make you crumble like ricotta, it's one. Big. Botta. It's HYDRA!" Hydra vs. Witch DoctorHydra's first fight was a main event against the previous season's runner-up, Witch Doctor. There's not much Jake Ewert can do. Just sit there, and there comes the count-out!" — Chris Rose as a count begins on Hydra Judges' scorecards for the fight.The fight went to the judges, who awarded the fight in favor of Tantrum on a split decision. This controversial decision meant Hydra bowed out of the 2021 season at the semi-final stage.Hydra vs. End GameReturning for World Championship VI, Hydra started its campaign with a Main Event against the reigning champion End Game. For this battle, Hydra and End Game both teased extremely long fork additions to the front of their bots, though only End Game followed through with the idea. In World Championship IV, Hydra's paint changed color from purple to teal depending on the lighting. Last year, he had a Buzz. He wondered Woody hit the ceiling? He goes Hamm and he Rex bots if that’s how he’s feeling. Those were Toy Story references, in case you didn’t get their barn. And now this bot will launch you into infinity and beyond. It’s HYDRA!” Hydra vs. ROTATORHydra's first Fight Night opponent of World Championship VII was a Main Event against former quarter-finalist ROTATOR.

Hydra vs. UppercutFor Hydra's final match of the 2020 Fight Night season, they were placed against a mightily impressive Uppercut. Kenny Florian: " WOAH! Jake wants to keep going!" Chris Rose: " Jake Ewert can't resist landing one last flip... even if it means taking this match to a decision. What's he doing?!?" — Chris and Kenny react as Hydra forces a judges' decision Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.This fight lasted the full three minutes, and despite its late weapon concerns, the judges awarded Hydra the unanimous decision to once again move to 3-0. Hydra watches on as Whiplash is counted out.With just over a minute gone, Whiplash appeared unable to self-right and a count began, ending the team's season at the Round of 16 stage. Remember that old video game, NBA Jam, where you could jump from half court and still put down a slam? I always thought that was merely an optical illusion until i saw this bot launch people that high. Now it's a logical conclusion. Boom Shaka Laka, he's on fire. It's HYDRA!" Despite the team's pedigree and success, Hydra and Son of Whyachi are the only Team Whyachi robots to make it past the Round of 16.