The Austin Gamblers (6-6) kicked off their homestand with a 177.55-87.5 win over the Florida Freedom (5-7), jump started by a monster 91.25-point ride by Sage Steele Kimzey (Strong City, Okla.) on Smooth Whiskey for the highest score of the evening. Three-time PBR World Champion and 2024 PBR Teams Champion Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) backed up the ride in the second with 86.3 points on Pop My Collar, extending his ride streak to seven consecutive games. Bruno Carvalho (Alvares Florence, São Paulo, Brazil) earned the lone ride for Florida worth 87.5 points on Tijuana Two-Step after subbing in for a re-ride opportunity.

Leme leads the PBR Teams MVP Race with 883 points as the only rider to have 10 rides on the season through 12 outs. He leads the race by 90.1 points over the Missouri Thunder’s Paulo Eduardo Rossetto (Colorado, Brazil), who is 9-12 on the season.

The Arizona Ridge Riders (8-4) won their third consecutive game, outriding the Oklahoma Wildcatters (4-8) three rides to one in a dominant 265.65-89.55 win. Arizona scored first in the matchup as Eduardo Aparecido (Gouvelandia, Brazil) scored 88.35 points on Max Bet in the second. Oklahoma’s Kaiden Loud (Kaufman, Texas) responded with an 89.55-point ride on Joker to take the lead for the Wildcatters before Everton Natan da Silva (Viradouro, São Paulo, Brazil) rode J Lazy S for 87.3 points in the third, regaining the lead for Arizona. The final qualified ride of the meeting came from Elizmar Jeremias (Anapu, Brazil), worth 90 points on a re-ride opportunity aboard Woody, marking Jeremias’ third 90-point ride of the season.

In a rematch of the 2025 PBR Teams Championship Semifinals that came down to just two points, the Missouri Thunder (7-5) once again edged the Texas Rattlers (6-6) by a narrow margin, 268.35-267.65. Rossetto bested Show Me The Money in the first for 88.25 points, his fifth straight qualified ride dating back to Sunrise, Fla. Texas took the lead in the bottom of the frame when Brady Fielder (Clermont, Queensland, Australia) scored 89.2 points on Magic Burner. He was backed up by Daniel Keeping (Montague, Texas) in the second with 89.05 points on Fury to extend Texas’ lead. In the fourth, Missouri’s Macaulie Leather (Calliope, Queensland, Australia) recorded a monster 91.05-point ride on Black Eyes to put the Thunder ahead by just over a point . In the final frame, Maverick Smith (Cabool, Mo.) extended the Thunder’s lead with 89.05 points on Dirty Bomb. Texas’ João Ricardo Vieira (Itatinga, São Paulo, Brazil) needed 90.15 points or more for the walk-off win, and he conquered Husky, but the 89.4-point score came less than a point shy of catching the surging Thunder, who won their fourth straight game.

The Carolina Cowboys (8-4) won their third straight game, needing just one ride to edge the New York Mavericks (1-11) 88.7-88 Friday night. Adriano Salgado’s (Batatais, São Paulo, Brazil) 88.7-point ride aboard The Heat in the third frame gave Carolina the advantage that stood. New York’s Marco Rizzo (Quitman, Ga.), the 2026 PBR Rookie of the Year, bested El Chapo in the fifth for 88 points, coming up just shy of Salgado’s score.

The second day of Gambler Days presented by Tecovas at Moody Center resumes Saturday, Aug. 22 at 6:15 p.m. CT. All five of Saturday’s games will be carried LIVE at 6:30 p.m. CT on the CW. Tickets are still available to purchase at ticketmaster.com and PBR.com.