KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As the inaugural TKO Takeover, presented by VeChain, got underway Thursday night in Kansas City, Missouri, The World played spoiler, beating Team Missouri at PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Knockout Kansas City, presented by $VET.

Despite the loss, the evening featured a special moment for the Kansas City Outlaws. The event marked the first time the Outlaws competed at home after being crowned the 2024 PBR Teams Regular-Season Champions. Before they competed alongside the Missouri Thunder on Team Missouri, the Outlaws were presented their Regular Season Championship Medallions, while their commemorative banner was unfurled in the rafters of T-Mobile Center.

Team Missouri began the night with its roster set, with the 8-man lineup featuring Maikon Calixton Rocha (Orindiuva, Brazil), Koltin Hevalow (McAlester, Oklahoma), Cassio Dias (Sao F. de Sales, Brazil) and Julio Cesar Marques (Tatui, Brazil) from the Kansas City Outlaws and Trace Redd (Malad, Idaho), Boudreaux Campbell (Crockett, Texas), Dawson Gleaves (Amarillo, Texas) and Felipe Furlan (Sales Oliveira, Brazil) from the Missouri Thunder.

They waited patiently in their locker room to see which riders from the PBR Teams league’s other eight teams would comprise The World.

When the dust settled, The World included riders from the Austin Gamblers, Oklahoma Wildcatters, Carolina Cowboys and New York Mavericks, who won their three-on-three rivalry games earlier in the evening.

For Austin, they tapped Dener Barbosa (Paulo de Faria, Brazil) and Ramon de Lima (Rio Branco, Brazil) to represent them on The World, while Oklahoma selected Dustin Herman (Dudley Shoals, North Carolina) and Tate Pollmeier (Ft. Scott, Kansas).

Action inside T-Mobile Center began with two scoreless games, as PBR’s animal athletes dominated the showdowns between the Austin Gamblers and Texas Rattlers, and the Oklahoma Wildcatters and Arizona Ridge Riders. Austin and Oklahoma earned their spots on Team World courtesy of their final ranking from the 2025 PBR Teams season.

Carolina went 2-for-3 to defeat the Nashville Stampede, 166.25-0.00, as both Murilo Henrique de Oliveira (Periera Barreto, Brazil) and Eric Henrique Domingos (Perola, Brazil) made the requisite 8. Their scores earned them a second out inside T-Mobile Center as Cowboys Assistant Coach Robson Palermo elected for Oliveira and Domingos to be their representatives on The World.

New York earned the final berth to The World by besting the Florida Freedom 86.5-0.00. The Mavericks’ lone score was recorded by Marco Rizzo (Quitman, Georgia). Rizzo was joined by teammate Leandro Zampollo (Pirassununga, Brazil) as the Mavericks riders joining The World.

Outscoring the home-state favorites by one ride score and 71.75 points, The World beat Team Missouri 245.25-173.5.

The World’s winning performance was championed by scores from the Carolina Cowboys’ Domingos and Oliveira, and an 8-second effort from the Austin Gamblers’ Barbosa.

While Rocha and Redd both delivered for Team Missouri, it was not enough to deliver a win in the Show Me State.

The Kansas City Outlaws will return to T-Mobile Center for their fourth annual homestand, Outlaw Days, on Oct. 2-4. Tickets for the event are on sale now and start at $20, taxes and fees not included. They can be purchased online at AXS.com, PBR.com, Kansascityoutlaws.com and t-mobilecenter.com, or by calling PBR customer service at 1-800-732-1727.

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