Episode 8 was the eighth of nineteen episodes which covered Season 2.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots. Spanning the lightweight and heavyweight divisions, this episode contained three fights in total. Destructive shell spinner Ziggo first faced Afterthought 2.0 before Vlad the Impaler took on Tazbot. Later on, crowd favorite Nightmare clashed with Long Beach 1999 champion and two-time heavyweight rumble winner BioHazard. This episode premiered on January 16, 2001.