CHICAGO – With a sold-out, Saturday night crowd watching on, Brady Fielder (Clermont, Queensland, Australia) rode lights out, delivering a perfect 3-for-3 performance to win the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event inside Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, catapulting from No. 19 to No. 3 in the heated race for the 2025 PBR World Championship. 

Fielder is attempting to become just the second Australian World Champion in PBR history, following in the footsteps of his countryman, 1997 PBR World Champion Troy Dunn (Bloomsbury, Queensland, Australia).

“I’ve been working for this,” Fielder said. “I thank God for blessing my life and am thankful to get the win here this weekend. We’re here to ride our bulls. I’m just doing my job and thankful it worked out.”

The affable Aussie, who rides for the Texas Rattlers in the separate PBR Teams league, winning the Great 8 Award in the 2024 season for registering the league’s highest riding percentage, was dominant in Round 1, delivering the top score of the night when he went the distance aboard DirtyBru (Universal Pro Rodeo/Rachel & Dustin Powell/Delmas/Williams) for 89.25 points. 

Fielder remained atop the leaderboard as Championship Saturday got underway. He teamed with Bucking Bill (Lucas Manning Bucking Bulls) for 89 points to secure the top pick in the championship round bull draft.

As the last man to leave the chutes, Fielder earned the walk-off win by conquering Tulsa Time (Kelly & Cami Heath) for an event-best 89.75 points. Courtesy of the golden finish, the second Unleash The Beast win of his career, Fielder earned a check for $52,390 in addition to a crucial 153 Unleash The Beast points. He surged from No. 19 to No. 3 in the world, moving within 178.5 points of No. 1 John Crimber (Decatur, Texas). 

The Florida Freedom’s Crimber finished fourth, earning 64 Unleash The Beast points, increasing his lead over No. 2 Dalton Kasel (Muleshoe, Texas) to 98 points. 

Crimber also delivered a 3-for-3 effort, covering Gunsmoke (Lucas Manning Bucking Bulls) for 86.5 points in Round 1, Bugatti (Phenom Genetics/Dragonetics/Sankey/Wallace) for 89 points in Round 2 and Blue Duck (Grin/Jacobson/Davis Rodeo Ranch/McCoy Rodeo) for 85.5 points in the championship round. 

Kasel, a member of the 2024 PBR Teams Champion Austin Gamblers, finished 10th at PBR Chicago. Going 1-for-3 to collect 19 Unleash The Beast points, Kasel earned his lone qualified ride of the event in Round 1 when he bested Blackstone (Clay Struve/Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger) for 88 points. 

Returning to the top of the event leaderboard, the Nashville Stampede’s Anderson de Oliveira (Novo Mundo, Brazil) finished second. 

After riding Peanut (LH Cattle/Buentello Bucking Bulls) for 86.25 points in Round 1, the tenth best score, Oliveira surged to second in the event when he won Round 2 via an 89.5-point score on Fringe Minority (Sterk Bucking Bulls). 

Oliveira then punctuated his time in the Windy City with an 87.25-point trip on Buffalo Heifer (Sterk Bucking Bulls) in the championship round. 

Leaving Allstate Arena with 104 Unleash The Beast points, he rose from No. 24 to No. 8 in the world, propelled within 243.5 points of No. 1 Crimber. 

Sophomore contender and Oklahoma Wildcatter Cort McFadden (Novice, Texas) parlayed a perfect 3-for-3 effort of his own into a third-place finish, earning 81 Unleash The Beast points. 

McFadden’s 8-second efforts were registered on Mouse Trap (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Diggers Bucking Bulls) for 87.25 points in Round 1, Rafter P Construction’s Smooth Over It (McCoy Rodeo/Rockin’ Rafter P Ranches) for 86.25 points in Round 2, and Doze You Down (Premier Livestock/Rafter KL) for 89 points in the championship round. 

Chasing his first gold buckle, McFadden climbed from No. 11 to No. 6 in the standings. He is now 214.75 points behind the top spot. 

Rounding out the Top 5 in fifth was Alan de Souza (Taubate, Brazil).

The Nashville Stampede rider topped Black Pearl (Sterk Bucking Bulls) for 77.25 points in Round 1, declining a re-ride opportunity, before outlasting Rank Frank (Rafter G Rodeo) for 89 points in Round 2 and Hunting Trip (Universal Pro Rodeo/Rachel & Dustin Powell/Delmas/Williams) for 88 points in the championship round.

Souza earned 51 Unleash The Beast points, climbing from No. 40 to No. 33 in the standings. 

In the bull pen, Ridin’ Salty (Drink LMNT/McCoy Rodeo) bucked supreme, crowned the YETI “Built For The Wild” Bull of the Event. Out in the championship round, the powerful animal athlete posted an unmatched 46-point score for his 2.49 seconds of work against the New York Mavericks’ Leonardo Castro (Cassilandia, Brazil). 

Both nights of competition from Chicagoland were available LIVE and FREE on PBR’s X account (https://x.com/PBR), RidePass on Pluto TV, PBR’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@pbr), PBR’s mobile app (https://qrco.de/bdtdKp), and PBR’s app on connected TVs, including Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku and Google TV. 

The PBR Unleash The Beast next travels to Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, for Michelob ULTRA PBR Houston. The event begins at 7:45 p.m. CT on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan.18. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online at ToyotaCenter.com, AXS.com and PBR.com, and at Toyota Center’s Box Office.

PBR RidePass on Pluto TV will offer re-airs and on-demand replays of PBR Unleash The Beast events and is available on desktops, laptops and mobile devices via www.pluto.tv.

PBR Unleash The Beast
PBR Chicago
Allstate Arena – Rosemont, Illinois 
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Brady Fielder, 89.25-89-89.75-268.00-153 Points.
2. Anderson de Oliveira, 86.25-89.5-87.25-263.00-104 Points.
3. Cort McFadden, 87.25-86.25-89-262.50-81 Points.
4. John Crimber, 86.5-89-85.5-261.00-64 Points.
5. Alan de Souza, 77.25-89-88-254.25-51 Points.
6. João Ricardo Vieira, 86-87.25-0-173.25-35 Points.
7. Luciano De Castro, 85.25-82.5-0-167.75-22 Points.
8. Leonardo Castro, 81.75-78.75-0-160.50-12 Points.
9. Claudio Montanha Jr., 89-54-0-143.00-22 Points.
10. Dalton Kasel, 88-0-0-88.00-19 Points.
11. Austin Richardson, 87.5-0-0-87.50-17 Points.
12. Dawson Branton, 0-87.25-0-87.25-14.5 Points.
13. Dener Barbosa, 0-87-0-87.00-13 Points.
(tie). Koltin Hevalow, 87-0-0-87.00-13.5 Points.
(tie). Mason Taylor, 87-0-0-87.00-13.5 Points.
16. Hudson Bolton, 86.75-0-0-86.75-12 Points.
17. Boudreaux Campbell, 86-0-0-86.00-8.5 Points.
18. Keyshawn Whitehorse, 0-85.75-0-85.75-10 Points.
(tie). Vinicius Pinheiro Correa, 0-85.75-0-85.75-10 Points.
(tie). Rogério Venâncio, 0-85.75-0-85.75-10 Points.
21. Jake Morinec, 84.75-0-0-84.75-8 Points.
22. Alex Cerqueira, 0-84.5-0-84.50-8 Points.
23. Jose Vitor Leme, 84.25-0-0-84.25-8 Points.
(tie). Eduardo Aparecido, 84.25-0-0-84.25-8 Points.
25. Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, 83.25-0-0-83.25-8 Points.
26. Manoelito de Souza Junior, 69-0-0-69.00
Julio Cesar Marques, 0-0-0-0.00
Lucas Divino, 0-0-0-0.00
Derek Kolbaba, 0-0-0-0.00
Sandro Batista, 0-0-0-0.00
Kaiden Loud, 0-0-0-0.00
Andrew Alvidrez, 0-0-0-0.00
Adriano Salgado, 0-0-0-0.00
Clay Guiton, 0-0-0-0.00
Elizmar Jeremias, 0-0-0-0.00
Kaique Pacheco, 0-0-0-0.00
Daylon Swearingen, 0-0-0-0.00
Mauricio Gulla Moreira, 0-0-0-0.00
Alex Marcilio, 0-0-0-0.00
Cody Jesus, 0-0-0-0.00
Briggs Madsen, 0-0-0-0.00
Andrei Scoparo, 0-0-0-0.00
Leandro Zampollo, 0-0-0-0.00
Ethan Winckler, 0-0-0-0.00

2025 PBR Unleash The Beast Standings
(Place, Rider, Events, Wins, Top 5's, Points, Total Winnings)
1. John Crimber, 8, 2, 4, 447.00, $132,255.00
2. Dalton Kasel, 7, 1, 3, 349.00, $94,300.00
3. Brady Fielder, 6, 1, 2, 268.50, $68,080.00
4. Julio Cesar Marques, 8, 1, 2, 261.33, $73,781.67
5. Lucas Divino, 8, 1, 2, 253.50, $61,516.67
6. Cort McFadden, 8, 0, 2, 232.25, $40,782.50
7. Derek Kolbaba, 8, 1, 2, 220.00, $57,740.00
8. Anderson de Oliveira, 6, 0, 2, 203.50, $35,840.00
9. Sage Steele Kimzey, 7, 0, 1, 184.25, $40,925.00
10. Keyshawn Whitehorse, 7, 0, 1, 184.00, $26,169.17
11. Jose Vitor Leme, 7, 1, 1, 183.50, $55,883.33
12. Sandro Batista, 8, 0, 1, 170.33, $29,250.00
13. Kaiden Loud, 8, 0, 1, 166.50, $32,817.50
14. Claudio Montanha Jr., 8, 0, 1, 162.50, $20,140.00
15. Hudson Bolton, 5, 0, 1, 147.00, $15,340.00
16. Dener Barbosa, 8, 0, 1, 142.00, $15,125.00
17. Luciano De Castro, 7, 0, 1, 140.50, $12,700.00
18. Austin Richardson, 8, 0, 1, 138.50, $18,890.00
19. Andrew Alvidrez, 6, 0, 1, 130.75, $28,683.33
20. Adriano Salgado, 8, 0, 1, 127.33, $21,290.00
21. Koltin Hevalow, 8, 0, 1, 123.50, $15,825.00
22. Leonardo Castro, 7, 0, 1, 121.25, $19,725.00
23. Mason Taylor, 8, 0, 1, 116.83, $10,816.67
24. João Ricardo Vieira, 7, 0, 0, 112.00, $11,400.00
25. Vinicius Pinheiro Correa, 4, 0, 2, 102.50, $13,050.00
26. Clay Guiton, 8, 0, 0, 100.50, $9,708.33
27. Dawson Branton, 7, 0, 0, 99.50, $8,900.00
28. Daniel Keeping, 5, 0, 1, 99.00, $14,700.00
29. Elizmar Jeremias, 8, 0, 1, 91.00, $10,900.00
30. Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, 8, 0, 0, 88.75, $5,387.50
31. Eduardo Aparecido, 6, 0, 1, 88.50, $9,700.00
32. Kaique Pacheco, 7, 0, 0, 77.00, $6,400.00
33. Alan de Souza, 5, 0, 1, 74.00, $8,940.00
34. Rogério Venâncio, 8, 0, 0, 63.58, $2,000.00
35. Boudreaux Campbell, 8, 0, 0, 60.33, $815.00
36. Daylon Swearingen, 4, 0, 0, 56.50, $4,275.00
37. Thiago Salgado, 7, 0, 0, 51.50, $7,200.00
38. Alex Cerqueira, 7, 0, 0, 48.00, $1,290.00
39. Mauricio Gulla Moreira, 7, 0, 0, 40.50, $2,783.33
40. Marco Rizzo, 6, 0, 0, 26.25, $0.00
41. Jake Morinec, 4, 0, 0, 25.25, $2,400.00
42. Wyatt Rogers, 3, 0, 0, 22.00, $600.00
43. JaCauy Hale, 3, 0, 0, 18.00, $4,000.00
44. Cassio Dias, 1, 0, 0, 14.50, $700.00
45. Eduardo Matos, 3, 0, 0, 13.50, $525.00

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