BACK TO BUCKING: This weekend, the PBR will launch the 2025 Unleash The Beast season in Tucson, Arizona, at Tucson Arena. The first event of the 24-event 2025 individual season will mark the sixth time in history the premier series has traveled to Tucson and the third consecutive year. The Grand Canyon State will host the PBR for two days of action on Friday, November 15, at 6:45 p.m. MT and Saturday, November 16, at 6:45 p.m. MT.

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2025 PBR POINTS SYSTEMS: The 2025 PBR Unleash The Beast (UTB) season begins Friday night in Tucson, Arizona, keeping the same elite tour point structure as 2024 but removing PBR Majors. The 2025 World Champion will be the rider who earns the most Unleash The Beast points. Points accumulated in non-UTB events domestically, as well as PBR’s international tours, will be tallied as Velocity Global points. Velocity Global points, which will also be used to crown the 2025 PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour Champion, will help determine the athletes who can earn a future draw spot on the elite Unleash The Beast following the tour’s first four events. In addition, for each point a rider earns at a lower-level event, a quarter (1/4) Unleash The Beast point will be awarded. For example, if a rider earns 100 points by winning a Velocity Tour event, they will earn 25 points in the Unleash The Beast standings, which gives riders a baseline to start from if they make the top tour. A rider will not appear in the Unleash The Beast standings until they have debuted at a 2025 Unleash The Beast event. 

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