LINCOLN, Neb. – As an electric Saturday night crowd in Lincoln, Nebraska watched on, Flavio Zivieri (Balsamo, Brazil) rode supreme, delivering the high-marked ride of the event inside Pinnacle Bank Arena to win the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour’s Boot Barn PBR Lincoln. 

Zivieri was electric in Round 1, teaming with Cadillac Kind (Summit Pro Rodeo) for an unrivaled 85 points. 

While the reserved Brazilian was bucked off in the championship round, upended by Wowza (Cornwell Bucking Bulls) in 3.98 seconds, his opening score proved enough to clinch Zivieri the win. 

The event victory was just the second of Zivieri’s career, and first since January 2023. 

Courtesy of the golden finish, Zivieri earned a crucial 108 points in the race to be crowned the 2025 Velocity Tour Champion. Despite the win, Zivieri was injured in the championship round, unable to attempt the $10,000 Larry the Cable Guy’s Git-R-Done Bonus Bull Mr. Koolie (Whitney/A Lazy J Rodeo Bulls/Cornwell Bucking Bulls). 

As a result, runner-up Mauricio Moreira (Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil), who rides for the New York Mavericks in the separate PBR Teams league, earned the chance to attempt the multihyphenate entertainer’s prized animal athlete. 

Moreira secured the silver showing courtesy of an 84.5-point ride atop The Agenda (5G Farms/S Cattle/Cornwell) in Round 1. The affable Brazilian was denied the event win in the final round when he was sent airborne by Pearl’s Ghost (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger) in 2.2 seconds. 

After earning 68 Velocity Global points, Moreira returned to the arena to attempt Mr. Koolie in the $10,000 Larry the Cable Guy’s Git-R-Done Bonus Bull. Moreira nodded with confidence, but Mr. Koolie emerged the supreme athlete, tossing Moreira in a quick 2.36 seconds to earn a 42.5-point bull score. 

Mr. Koolie has now been ridden just four times in 59 outs, boasting an impressive, 93.22% buckoff rate. 

The Florida Freedom’s Yan Victor Cunha (Assis Brasil, Brazil) and two-time PBR World Champion Jess Lockwood (Volborg, Montana) tied for third, each going 1-for-2 to earn 45 Velocity Global points. 

Cunha and Lockwood both logged 83.5-point rides in Round 1, with Cunha outlasting Tulsa King (Cornwell Bucking Bulls) and Lockwood conquering Mystery (Clay Struve/Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger). 

Conner Halverson (Gordon, Nebraska), Lucas Martins Costa (Frutal, Brazil) and Davi Henrique de Lima (Candido Mota, Brazil) tied for fifth. 

Halverson, Costa and Lima each covered their Round 1 bovine athlete opponents for 82 points, collecting 25.67 points in the battle for the 2025 PBR Velocity Tour Championship. 

They made the requisite 8 atop Air Liner (Summit Pro Rodeo), Emma’s Pet (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger) and Lord Farquaad (L4 Livestock), respectively. 

In the bull pen, Midnight Fire (L4 Livestock) and Tyrone (Cornwell Bucking Bulls/Rafter Bar J Cattle) bucked supreme, tying for the Bull of the Event honor, each marked an unrivaled 44 points. 

Midnight Fire lit up the scoreboard in Round 1 when he tossed Leonardo Lima (Vale do Paraiso, Brazil in 1.18 seconds, while Tyrone wowed the crowd in the championship round when he upended Cunha in 4.65 seconds. 

The PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour next travels to Eugene, Oregon April 4-5. 

PBR Eugen at Matthew Knight Arena begins at 8 p.m. PT on Friday, April 4, and 7 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 5. 

PBR RidePass on Pluto TV will offer re-airs and on-demand replays of PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour events and is available on desktops, laptops and mobile devices via www.pluto.tv.

PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour
Boot Barn PBR Lincoln
Pinnacle Bank Arena – Lincoln, Nebraska  
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2- Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Flavio Zivieri, 85-0-0-85.00-108 Points.
2. Mauricio Gulla Moreira, 84.5-0-0-84.50-68 Points.
3. Yan Victor Cunha, 83.5-0-0-83.50-45 Points.
(tie). Jess Lockwood, 83.5-0-0-83.50-45 Points.
5. Conner Halverson, 82-0-0-82.00-25.6666 Points.    
(tie). Lucas Martins Costa, 82-0-0-82.00-25.6666 Points.
(tie). Davi Henrique de Lima, 82-0-0-82.00-25.6666 Points.
8. Alex Junior da Silva, 81.5-0-0-81.50-17 Points.
9. Jean Fernandes Pereira, 81-0-0-81.00-15 Points.
10. Carlos André de Oliveira, 77.5-0-0-77.50-11 Points.
11. Ednélio Almeida, 76.5-0-0-76.50-9 Points.
12. Zane Cook, 66.5-0-0-66.50
13. Christian Clay Oliveira, 53.5-0-0-53.50
Grayson Cole, 0-0-0-0.00
Lucas Fideles Souza, 0-0-0-0.00
Callum Miller, 0-0-0-0.00
Bob Mitchell, 0-0-0-0.00
Manoelito de Souza Junior, 0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Rogers, 0-0-0-0.00
Douglas Lino de Souza, 0-0-0-0.00
Max Castro, 0-0-0-0.00
Alex Marcilio, 0-0-0-0.00
Junior Patrik Souza, 0-0-0-0.00
Thomas Hudson, 0-0-0-0.00
Hayden Harris, 0-0-0-0.00
Paulo Ferreira Lima, 0-0-0-0.00
Luke Parkinson, 0-0-0-0.00
Marco Eguchi, 0-0-0-0.00
Dustin Martinez, 0-0-0-0.00
Dalton Krantz, 0-0-0-0.00
Matt Hennelly, 0-0-0-0.00
Leonardo Lima, 0-0-0-0.00
Matt Triplett, 0-0-0-0.00
Jon Bradney, 0-0-0-0.00
Charlie Hayes, 0-0-0-0.00

Photo courtesy of Kami Freeman/Queen of Hearts Creations