03.07.25 - Unleash The Beast
2025 Unleash The Beast Game Notes: Little Rock
World's top-ranked bull riders set to invade Simmons Bank Arena March 8-9.
By Andrew Hatfield
ROCKIN’ IN LITTLE ROCK: This weekend, PBR’s elite 2025 Unleash The Beast returns to North Little Rock,
Arkansas. The sixteenth stop of the 24-event 2025 individual season is the twelfth time and tenth consecutive season the top tour has bucked into Simmons Bank Arena. Arkansas will host the PBR for two days of action on Saturday, March 8, at 7:45 p.m. CT, and Sunday, March 9, at 1:45 p.m. CT.
SAGE STEELE KIMZEY SUPERB IN MILWAUKEE: Sage Steele Kimzey went 3-for-3 to win his first event of the season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last weekend, rising from No. 5 to No. 2 in the Unleash The Beast standings. Kimzey rode Skippy for 89 points in the opening round before covering I Hate You for 88 points to win Round 2. Holding the lead heading into the championship round, the Oklahoma cowboy topped Eyes On Me for 88.25 points for a dramatic walk-off victory. Kimzey’s first victory of the season made him the twelfth different cowboy to win an event title this season and brought him within 127.25 points of No. 1 Brady Fielder. Kimzey looks to continue his climb up the standings on That’ll Play in Round 1 on Saturday.
Fielder maintained his spot atop the standings for the sixth consecutive week by also going 3-for-3 inside Fiserv Forum. The Aussie rode Easy Labor for 86 points in Round 1, Bugatti for 85.25 points in Round 2 and UTZ BesTex Smokestack for 89.75 points in the championship round to finish fourth. Fielder attempts to strengthen his hold on the No. 1 spot in the 2025 gold buckle race by riding Bittersweet in the opening round in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Photo courtesy of Josh Homer/Bull Stock Media