SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In front of a sold-out, Friday night crowd at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center, Paulo Eduardo Rossetto (Colorado, Brazil) was flawless, winning Round 1 of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event while leading the Missouri Thunder to a 172-86.75 victory over the Kansas City Outlaws. 

The opening night of the three-day event in California’s capital featured the fifth installment of the Monster Energy Team Challenge, presented by Camping World, an extension of the PBR Teams league that brings head-to-head, team vs. team bull riding games to the sport’s elite individual tour.

As action got underway between the two teams, Rossetto was tasked with Blown Away. In what proved to be a perfect pairing, The 27-year-old was awarded an unrivaled 88.25 points, clinching Round 1 and 28 Unleash The Beast (UTB) points.

Rossetto rose from No. 35 to No. 29 in the world standings after his momentous first night in Sacramento.  

Missouri’s second score was logged by Felipe Furlan (Sales Oliveira, Brazil) while Kansas City’s came courtesy of Miguel de Jesus (Campo Alegre de Goias, Brazil). 

With their scores also counting towards the opening round of the main event, Furlan advances to Saturday ninth having earned 11 UTB points, rising from No. 34 to No. 32 in the world. Jesus earned 14 points, heading into Round 2 in sixth place. He moved up one spot from No. 39 to No. 38. 

Luciano De Castro (Guzolandia, Brazil), who rides for the Arizona Ridge Riders in the PBR Teams league, shared second place on the opening round’s leaderboard with Vinicius Pinheiro Correa (Aimores, Brazil). 

Producing matching 88-point scores and earning an identical 17.5 UTB points, Castro defeated Rogue One while Correa bested Electric Kitty. 

Sitting at No. 6 as the night began, Castro moved up three spots to No. 3 while Correa moved from No. 36 to No. 32. 

Bob Mitchell (Steelville, Missouri) finished third, collecting 16 UTB points for his 87.5-point ride aboard Mouse Trap. The successful night jumped Mitchel from No. 53 to No. 44. 

Rounding out the Top 5 was New York Mavericks standout Leonardo Castro (Cassilandia, Brazil).

Castro outlasted Buckshot for 87 points. Collecting 15 UTB points, Castro moved up one spot to No. 13.

Action for the PBR Long Live Cowboys PBR Sacramento presented by Cooper Tires will continue with Round 2 on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 6:45 p.m. PT. 

Both nights of competition in Sacramento will be available LIVE and FREE on PBR’s X channel (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 Sacramento continues Saturday, Feb. 1.

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 Sacramento
Golden 1 Center – Sacramento, California
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, 88.25-0-0-0-88.25-28 Points.
2. Luciano De Castro, 88-0-0-0-88.00-17.5 Points.
(tie). Vinicius Pinheiro Correa, 88-0-0-0-88.00-17.5 Points.
4. Bob Mitchell, 87.5-0-0-0-87.50-16 Points.
5. Leonardo Castro, 87-0-0-0-87.00-15 Points.
6. Miguel de Jesus, 86.75-0-0-0-86.75-14 Points.
7. Kaique Pacheco, 85.75-0-0-0-85.75-13 Points.
8. Austin Richardson, 85.5-0-0-0-85.50-12 Points.
9. Felipe Furlan, 83.75-0-0-0-83.75-11 Points.
10. Lucas Martins Costa, 80.5-0-0-0-80.50-10 Points.
Brady Fielder, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Lucas Divino, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dalton Kasel, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Julio Cesar Marques, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Keyshawn Whitehorse, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Derek Kolbaba, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Cort McFadden, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Anderson de Oliveira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Sage Steele Kimzey, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Claudio Montanha Jr., 0-0-0-0-0.00
Kaiden Loud, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Adriano Salgado, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Sandro Batista, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Clay Guiton, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dener Barbosa, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Koltin Hevalow, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Andrew Alvidrez, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dawson Branton, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Mason Taylor, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Eduardo Aparecido, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Joao Ricardo Vieira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Boudreaux Campbell, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Rogerio Venancio, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Alex Cerqueira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Manoelito de Souza Junior, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Caden Bunch, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Trace Redd, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Marcus Mast, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Grayson Cole, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dawson Gleaves, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Leandro Zampollo, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Eric Henrique Domingos, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Ethan Winckler, 0-0-0-0-0.00

Photo courtesy of Andy Watson/Bull Stock Media