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OOTA is an acronym in the sport of robot combat that stands for "Out Of The Arena", often used in the situation where a competitor robot is thrown into an area of the arena that eliminates it from further fighting in the battle.
"oh Behemoth they're out of the arena, they're gone!"
- Jonathan Pearce, 2001, Mayhem Battle between Behemoth, Stinger and Thermidor 2 in Robot Wars Extreme 1.
"Raging Reality tossed them out of the arena"
- Jonathan Pearce, 2002, Melee battle between Raging Reality, Brutus Maximus, Razer and W.A.S.P in Robot Wars Series 6
"Tombstone- oh my god it got thrown out of the arena!"
- Chris Rose, 2020, One on One battle between Tombstone and End Game in Season 5 of BattleBots
"OOOOOOHHHH!!! Punted out of the arenaaaaa!"
- Chris Rose, 2020, One on One battle between Uppercut and Gemini in Season 5 of BattleBots
"that was an insane OOTA done by X-Robot!"
- just an example of the acronym being used, nothing from official media
- Jonathan Pearce, 2001, Mayhem Battle between Behemoth, Stinger and Thermidor 2 in Robot Wars Extreme 1.
"Raging Reality tossed them out of the arena"
- Jonathan Pearce, 2002, Melee battle between Raging Reality, Brutus Maximus, Razer and W.A.S.P in Robot Wars Series 6
"Tombstone- oh my god it got thrown out of the arena!"
- Chris Rose, 2020, One on One battle between Tombstone and End Game in Season 5 of BattleBots
"OOOOOOHHHH!!! Punted out of the arenaaaaa!"
- Chris Rose, 2020, One on One battle between Uppercut and Gemini in Season 5 of BattleBots
"that was an insane OOTA done by X-Robot!"
- just an example of the acronym being used, nothing from official media
by Sir K. January 17, 2026
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