Starting lineups, draw revealed for 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast – Eliminations Day 4
Fourth and final Eliminations round set to conclude opening stage inside Cowtown Coliseum Sunday, May 11.
By James Youness
FORT WORTH, Texas – After missing a major chunk of the season due to injury, two-time World Champion Jose Vitor Leme is NOT playing around during this year’s Eliminations drama.
In fact, squarely positioned into the No. 13 rank ahead of Sunday’s fourth and final go, he’s extremely likely to continue his spicy run inside AT&T Stadium, as he’s currently positioned to qualify by both his Top 15 rank and a Top 5 effort in this weekend’s aggregate.
Considering he’s second on the big board leading into Championship Sunday and just one of two men with 3-for-3 starts, alongside No. 5 Clay Guiton, we’d say the Austin Gamblers star has been effectively saving some juice to let it loose throughout these final eight showdowns.
Set to dance with Pegasus during Championship Sunday’s slate while trailing Guiton by a mere 3.5 points in the aggregate, he’s keeping himself in the running for those ever-important, event-ending UTB points.
Despite tons of dramatic outs and race-impacting scenarios left to play out in Round 4, only seven men have a mathematical shot of capturing the opening-stage win due to Guiton and Leme’s flawless runs so far.
Knowing this afternoon’s eventual winner collects 200 UTB points means someone’s going to get one hell of a leg up when it comes to the World Championship race. And with the runner-up rider taking home 125 UTB points, plenty of dents can be made to No. 1 Dalton Kasel’s lead, depending on who exits Cowtown Coliseum via podium placements.
Of course, seeing both Kasel and No. 2 Brady Fielder come alive in Round 3 reminded Leme, Guiton and just about every other bull rider in the building that there’s plenty of work to be done.
With both of the Top 2-ranked cowboys coming off odd 0-for-2 starts on the weekend, Kasel stamped the scoresheet by covering The Kraken (88.75 points), while Fielder survived the 8 aboard Bueno (86 points).
Which means the pair of season-long standouts will continue to defend their respective leads atop the pack when Championship Sunday’s slate inside Cowtown Coliseum begins!
Just two spots outside the Top 10, yet currently inside the Top 15, thus giving himself a solid chance of securing a spot within next weekend’s Championship finale, No. 12 Austin Richardson skyrocketed four positions Saturday night, courtesy of his round-winning, 90.25-point dance with Rank Frank.
After seeing the pack combine for just 17 total rides during Round 1 and 2, the boys kicked things up a notch during the third perf, besting 13 of 39 attempted bovines.
It’s not an eye-popping rate, per se, but the bulls deserve some sincere credit, as they’ve been strutting their stuff throughout each of the first three rounds.
With the fourth iteration of competition set to feature another rank pen, the world’s top-ranked animal athletes will be out in full force once again Sunday. Knowing they surrendered just seven conversions the first time around suggests riders are going to need to work for it. Each and every second along the way!
With several cowboys doctored out of Round 4, including Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, Anderson de Oliveira, Eduardo Aparecido, Leandro Zampollo, Afonso Quintino, Dawson Branton and Michael Lane, a pathway to Jerry World is that much clearer for those who can show up and show out, with just 38 men set to give it a go in Round 4.
All we have to do now is pack the historic venue one last time and see which 20 contestants will be onto AT&T Stadium and who’s sticking around for next week’s Ride For Redemption.
Lineups and draw are in for the fourth and final 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast – Eliminations showcase, so we’re taking a closer look at Sunday afternoon’s matchups, rematches and everything you need to know ahead of Day 4’s action-packed slate!
With the premier series wrapping up the opening weekend of World Finals festivities in Fort Worth, Texas, May 11, we’re breaking down starting lineups for competition inside Cowtown Coliseum (With coverage set to begin at 1:45 p.m. CT via PBR’s YouTube channel, the PBR App and RidePass).
ELIMINATIONS DAY 4 STARTING LINEUPS Marcus Mast vs. Ghost Face Ashton Sahli vs. Night Hawk *Ethan Winckler vs. Doze You Down Thiago Salgado vs. Fire Zone Bob Mitchell vs. Black Harbor Bruno Carvalho vs. Buck Nasty Vinicius Pinheiro Correa vs. Mercy *Boudreaux Campbell vs. Nefarious *Mason Taylor vs. Crazy Party Joao Ricardo Vieira vs. Coal Train Daniel Keeping vs. Washita Lightning *Felipe Furlan vs. Army Slasher Adriano Salgado vs. Haymaker Derek Kolbaba vs. Lari’s Speck *Hudson Bolton vs. Top Dollar Elizmar Jeremias vs. Vindicated Koltin Hevalow vs. Workin’ Man Julio Cesar Marques vs. Slick Rick *Kaiden Loud vs. Ridin’ Salty Dener Barbosa vs. DirtyBru *Daylon Swearingen vs. Cool Whip *Sandro Batista vs. Say When Alan de Souza vs. Man Hater Claudio Montanha Jr. vs. Umm Jose Vitor Leme vs. Pegasus *Austin Richardson vs. Constant Payne Lucas Divino vs. Magic Potion Leonardo Castro vs. King Tut Clay Guiton vs. Sam’s Shot Kaique Pacheco vs. Punchy Pete Andrew Alvidrez vs. Fast Flow *Keyshawn Whitehorse vs. Big Bank *Cort McFadden vs. Preachers Kid Luciano De Castro vs. Yahoo *Sage Steele Kimzey vs. Electric Kitty John Crimber vs. Exodus *Brady Fielder vs. Ricky Vaughn Dalton Kasel vs. Tigger *Denotes Rematch
REMATCHES Austin Richardson vs. Constant Payne (86.75 points in Houston, Texas) Boudreaux Campbell vs. Nefarious (2.78 seconds in Sacramento, California; 3.51 seconds in Las Vegas, Nevada) Brady Fielder vs. Ricky Vaughn (88.5 points in Tacoma, Washington) Cort McFadden vs. Preachers Kid (5.45 seconds in New York, New York; 90 points in Louisville, Kentucky) Daylon Swearingen vs. Cool Whip (3.91 seconds in Fort Worth, Texas; 5.2 seconds in Duluth, Georgia) Ethan Winckler vs. Doze You Down (84.5 points in Grand Forks, North Dakota) Felipe Furlan vs. Army Slasher (7.98 seconds in Billings, Montana) Hudson Bolton vs. Top Dollar (3.68 seconds in Wichita, Kansas) Kaiden Loud vs. Ridin’ Salty (3.21 seconds in Kansas City, Missouri) Keyshawn Whitehorse vs. Big Bank (3.87 seconds in Fort Worth, Texas; 4.55 seconds in Fort Worth, Texas) Mason Taylor vs. Crazy Party (2.11 seconds in Albuquerque, New Mexico) Sage Steele Kimzey vs. Electric Kitty (6.68 seconds in Houston, Texas; 6.75 seconds in Sacramento, California) Sandro Batista vs. Say When (89.25 points in New York, New York)
OUT DUE TO INJURY/OTHER Paulo Eduardo Rossetto (injury) Anderson de Oliveira (injury) Eduardo Aparecido (injury) Leandro Zampollo (injury) Afonso Quintino (injury) Dawson Branton (injury) Michael Lane (injury)
FOLLOW ALONG This weekend’s 2025 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast – Eliminations in Fort Worth, Texas, is set to conclude Sunday, May 11 at 1:45 p.m. CT as the world’s most talented bull riders duke it out inside Cowtown Coliseum during the weekend’s final action-packed showcase!
The stream for Eliminations begins Sunday, May 11 at 1:45 p.m. CT. New this year, The Cowboy Channel will also stream the opening four rounds of action, with coverage beginning at 2 p.m. CT.
