NEW YORK CITY – On a raucous Saturday night inside a sold-out Madison Square Garden, Keyshawn Whitehorse (McCracken Spring, Utah) rode lights out, delivering a monster 90-point ride to win Round 2 of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast’s Monster Energy Buck Off at The Garden, presented by Ariat,

Following a 2.81-second buckoff dealt to him Friday night by Simon (K-C Bucking Bulls/Daniels Cattle Co.), Whitehorse, who rides for the Arizona Ridge Riders in the separate PBR Teams league, reset himself on Saturday to dominate Tyrone (Cornwell Bucking Bulls) for a mammoth 90.75 points to win Round 2.

Collecting 29 Unleash The Beast points, Whitehorse rose from No. 26 to No. 17 in the race for the 2025 PBR World Championship. Whitehorse is also now fifth in the event standings.

New York’s own Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York) improved to a perfect 2-for-2 to overtake the event lead. After riding Knucklehead (K-C Bucking Bulls/TCB Ranch) for 83.25 points in Round 1, Swearingen brought the electric Empire State crowd to its feet on Saturday when he bested Velvet Revolver (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilson) for 87.5 points.

2022 PBR World Champion Swearingen, who also rides for the Carolina Cowboys, earned 13.5 Unleash The Beast points for his Round 2 ride. He climbed from No. 37 to No. 36 in the standings as he chases his second gold buckle.

Atop the race for the 2025 PBR World Championship, No. 1 John Crimber (Decatur, Texas) extended his lead over No. 2 Dalton Kasel (Muleshoe, Texas) courtesy of a 14^th-place finish in Round 2.

After being tossed by Whiskey Trip (Lari Crane/Gene Owen) in 4.59 seconds in Round 1, the Florida Freedom’s Crimber rebounded by conquering Crazy Party (Blake Sharp/Michael Floyd) for 85.5 points in Round 2. Netting 8 Unleash The Beast points, Crimber now leads No. 2 Kasel, who is 0-for-2 inside The World’s Most Famous Arena, by 81 points.

Returning to the top of the event leaderboard, the New York Mavericks’ Mauricio Moreira (Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil) is second.

Moreira delivered his second 84.75-point ride in New York City, this time teaming with 50 Shades (McCoy Rodeo/Rockin’ Rafter P Ranches) in Round 2. He earned 8 Unleash The Beast points and remains No. 38 in the standings.

Vinicius Pinheiro Correa (Aimores, Brazil) is third courtesy of his 2-for-2 performance through the opening rounds.

On Saturday night, he paired with Don’t Come Easy (Blake Sharp/Chris Utz/Carey Brothers) for 82.75 points, garnering 8 Unleash The Beast points. The Brazilian newcomer rose from No. 32 to No. 31 in the standings.

Rounding out the Top 5 in fifth and the final rider to register two qualified rides in New York City is the Kansas City Outlaws’ Sandro Batista (Pedra Preta, Brazil).

After covering First Class (Dave Martin/Mike Miller Bucking Bulls) for 78.25 points in Round 1, Batista climbed the standings in Round 2 when he rode Old Testament (Jo-Z Bucking Bulls/K-C/Spark-lin Acres) for 82.25 points. Batista earned 8 Unleash The Beast points and climbed from No. 30 to No. 28 in the World Championship race.

Action for the 2025 PBR Monster Energy Buck Off at The Garden, presented by Ariat, concludes with Round 3 and the championship round on Sunday, Jan. 5. Action gets underway at 2:45 p.m. ET. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com, MSG.com and PBR.com.

All three nights of competition in New York City will be 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 stream for PBR in New York City continues on Sunday, Jan. 5.

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 Monster Energy Buckoff at The Garden, presented by Ariat
Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York 
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Round 4-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Daylon Swearingen, 83.25-87.5-0-0-170.75-23.5 Points.
2. Mauricio Gulla Moreira, 84.75-84.75-0-0-169.50-20 Points.
3. Vinicius Pinheiro Correa, 78.25-82.75-0-0-161.00-15 Points.
4. Sandro Batista, 78.25-82.25-0-0-160.50-15 Points.
5. Keyshawn Whitehorse, 0-90.75-0-0-90.75-29 Points.
6. Jose Vitor Leme, 89.75-0-0-0-89.75-28 Points.
7. Kaiden Loud, 0-88.5-0-0-88.50-17.5 Points.
(tie). Hudson Bolton, 0-88.5-0-0-88.50-17.5 Points.
(tie). Mason Taylor, 88.5-0-0-0-88.50-18 Points.
10. Austin Richardson, 0-88.25-0-0-88.25-16 Points.
11. Derek Kolbaba, 0-88-0-0-88.00-15 Points.
(tie). Dener Barbosa, 88-0-0-0-88.00-16.5 Points.
(tie). Clay Guiton, 88-0-0-0-88.00-16.5 Points.
14. Boudreaux Campbell, 0-87.5-0-0-87.50-13.5 Points.
15. João Ricardo Vieira, 87.25-0-0-0-87.25-15 Points.
16. Andrew Alvidrez, 0-86.75-0-0-86.75-12 Points.
(tie). Dawson Branton, 86.75-0-0-0-86.75-14 Points.
18. Lucas Divino, 0-86.25-0-0-86.25-10.5 Points.
(tie). Brady Fielder, 0-86.25-0-0-86.25-10.5 Points.
20. Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, 0-86-0-0-86.00-8.5 Points.
(tie). Alex Marcilio, 0-86-0-0-86.00-8.5 Points.
22. Julio Cesar Marques, 0-85.75-0-0-85.75-8 Points.
23. John Crimber, 0-85.5-0-0-85.50-8 Points.
(tie). Sage Steele Kimzey, 85.5-0-0-0-85.50-5 Points.
25. Rogério Venâncio, 0-84.75-0-0-84.75-8 Points.
26. Cort McFadden, 0-84.5-0-0-84.50-8 Points.
(tie). Luciano De Castro, 0-84.5-0-0-84.50-8 Points.
28. Claudio Montanha Jr., 84-0-0-0-84.00-11 Points.
29. Alex Cerqueira, 80-0-0-0-80.00-9 Points.
Dalton Kasel, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Adriano Salgado, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Anderson de Oliveira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Daniel Keeping, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Koltin Hevalow, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Elizmar Jeremias, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Kaique Pacheco, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Thiago Salgado, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Marco Rizzo, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Rogers, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Jake Morinec, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Nick Tetz, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Caden Bunch, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Tanner Eno, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Leandro Zampollo, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Marcelo De Souza Dias Junior, 0-0-0-0-0.00

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