FORT WORTH, Texas – Ahead of the second of three stages for the 2025 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Finals: Unleash The Beast, the organization today announced the field of riders who will compete during Ride For Redemption on May 14-15 at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. Ride For Redemption will award the final five berths to the World Finals – Championship on May 17-18 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, completing a field of 25 riders. where the 2025 World Champion will be crowned.
Ride For Redemption will follow a new four-round, progressive elimination format.
On Wednesday, May 14, 22 invited riders will take on two bovine athletes as they look to claim one of five spots available on the second day of Ride For Redemption. Following two rounds of action, the five riders with the highest aggregate scores will advance to the following day.
The riders competing Wednesday night include: five riders from the weekly PBR Stockyards Showcase events, the 2025 WRCA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) Rodeo Corpus Christi Champion, 10 PBR Teams invites, any of the five Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour invites from the Eliminations stage who failed to qualify for the Championship and the five riders ranked No. 6-10 in the Velocity Global standings.
Those riders are:
Ezekiel Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas)- Velocity Global Standings Invite
Alex Cerqueira (Iguatemi, Brazil) – Stockyards Showcase Invite
Joao Lucas Campos (Porto Feliz, Brazil) – Velocity Global Standings Invite
Callum Miller (Warwick, Queensland, Brazil) – Velocity Global Standings Invite
Bob Mitchell (Steelville, Missouri) – Velocity Tour Invite
Marco Rizzo (Quitman, Georgia) – PBR Teams Invite (New York Mavericks)
Grayson Cole (New Ringgold, Pennsylvania) – Velocity Global Standings Invite
Caden Bunch (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) – PBR Teams Invite (Nashville Stampede)
Murilo Henrique de Oliveira (Pereira Barreto, Brazil) – PBR Teams Invite (Carolina Cowboys)
Aaron Williams (Pismo Beach, California) – Velocity Global Standings Invite
Yan Victor Cunha (Assis Brasil, Brazil) – PBR Teams Invite (Florida Freedom)
Braidy Randolph (Stephenville, Texas) – PBR Teams Invite (Texas Rattlers)
Lucas Martins Costa (Bastos, Brazil) – Stockyards Showcase Invite
Kase Hitt (Dickson, Oklahoma) – PBR Teams Invite (Oklahoma Wildcatters)
Joao Henrique Lucas (Bastos, Brazil) – WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi Champion
Guthrie Long (Pecos, Texas) – Stockyards Showcase Invite
Marcus Mast (Middlebury, Indiana) – Velocity Tour Invite
Junior Patrik Souza (Pedro Gomes, Brazil) – Stockyards Showcase Invite
Ashton Sahli (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada) – Velocity Tour Invite
Maikon Calixton Rocha (Orindiuva, Brazil) – PBR Teams Invite (Kansas City Outlaws)
Maverick Smith (Cabool, Missouri) – PBR Teams Invite (Missouri Thunder)
Jean Carlos Teodoro (Mirante Do Paranapanema, Brazil) – Stockyards Showcase Invite
*Note 1: The Arizona Ridge Riders and Austin Gamblers did not have any roster members who had not already qualified for the 2025 PBR World Finals and/or available to compete at Ride For Redemption
*Note 2: Velocity Tour invites Michael Lane and Afonso Quintino did not advance via Eliminations, but will not compete in Ride For Redemption.
On Thursday, May 15, those five riders who have advanced will join the 20 riders who didn’t qualify for the Championship during the Eliminations stage. All 25 riders will attempt one bull in Round 1. The five riders who advanced via Wednesday’s aggregate will only advance to Round 2 if they cover their opening round bull, while the remaining 20 riders are guaranteed to compete in both rounds. The Top 5 bull riders in Thursday night’s two-round Ride For Redemption aggregate will advance to the PBR World Finals – Championship at AT&T Stadium on May 17-18. While no Unleash The Beast points will be awarded during Ride For Redemption, the event will award $45,000 in prize money across the four rounds of competition.
The remaining competitors who will compete during Ride For Redemption on May 15 and did not advance via the 2025 PBR World Finals – Eliminations, held May 8-11 at Cowtown Coliseum are:
Leonardo de Castro (Cassilandia, Brazil)
Lucas Divino (Nova Crixas, Brazil)
Claudio Montanha Jr. (Ribeirao dos Indios, Brazil)
Eduardo Aparecido (Gouvelandia, Brazil)
Anderson de Oliveira (Novo Mundo, Brazil)
Julio Cesar Marques (Tatui, Brazil)
Elizmar Jeremias (Anapu, Brazil)
Adriano Salgado (Batatais, Brazil)
Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York)
Felipe Furlan (Sales Oliveira, Brazil)
Joao Ricardo Vieira (Itatinga, Brazil)
Daniel Keeping (Montague, Texas)
Leandro Zampollo (Pirassununga, Brazil)
Thiago Salgado (Navirai, Brazil)
Boudreaux Campbell (Crockett, Texas)
Mason Taylor (Maypearl, Texas)
Vinicius Pinheiro Correa (Aimores, Brazil)
Ethan Winckler (Winnie, Texas)
Dawson Branton (Jefferson, Oregon)
Bruno Carvalho (Alvares Florence, Brazil)
Ride for Redemption will begin at 7:45 p.m. CT on both Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15.
Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the Cowtown Coliseum Box Office, online at PBRWorldFinals.com and AXS.com or by phone at (800) 732-1727.
For more information about the 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast and to see the complete event schedule, visit PBRWorldFinals.com.
Stay tuned to PBR.com for the latest news and results and be sure to follow the sport on all social media platforms at @PBR.
Photo courtesy of Bull Stock Media
