GLENDALE, Ariz. — The struggling Kansas City Outlaws recorded three straight victories at Ridge Rider Days, accomplishing something they had spent much of the 2026 PBR Teams season trying to do.

They found consistency.

Why was that such a big deal?

Because these were the 2024 regular-season champions. A franchise that once sat atop the standings had spent much of 2026 near the bottom, struggling to put together the performances that had made them champions two years earlier.

And they were doing it without two of their biggest stars.

Koltin Hevalow was recovering from a broken femur, while 2024 PBR World Champion Cassio Dias had been dealing with a groin injury following a wreck in Greensboro.

Two riders Kansas City would certainly have preferred to have available.

Yet with six regular-season games remaining, the Outlaws were riding a four-game winning streak.

Something had changed.

But what? And why had it taken so long?

Kansas City opened Thursday night against the Florida Freedom, the 2025 regular-season champions.

The Outlaws covered three of their five bulls, putting 262.40 points on the board while Florida managed just 85.85.

Sandro Batista got things rolling with 87.60 points aboard Young Buck. Eric Henrique Domingos followed with 87.40 aboard Hay Walker, and Maikon Calixto Rocha added 87.40 aboard Bayou Boy.

Three consecutive qualified rides.

That’s the kind of performance Kansas City had been searching for all season.

But one game wasn’t enough to suggest the Outlaws had everything figured out.

The next night, they faced the No. 2 Nashville Stampede, who entered Friday’s competition with a 17-10 record, two games behind league-leading Missouri. The inaugural PBR Teams champions from 2022 had plenty at stake, but Kansas City had no intention of letting Nashville stand between the Outlaws and another victory.

Kansas City didn’t need three qualified rides this time.

Two were enough.

Batista covered Lari’s Speck for 87 points, while Heitor Santos Ferreira delivered 89.35 aboard Mike’s Motive.

Nashville answered with 171.40 points, but Kansas City edged the Stampede with 176.35.

Just 4.95 points separated the teams.

Then came Saturday.

The Texas Rattlers stood between Kansas City and a perfect weekend.

The Outlaws found a way to win again.

Three games. Three victories.

And they had accomplished it without Hevalow and Dias in the lineup.

A team that had struggled throughout the season suddenly looked like it might be making its way back up.

But there was still something missing from the story.

Kansas City left Glendale at 13-16, sitting seventh in the league.

The Outlaws hadn’t erased their earlier losses, but they had something they needed heading into the final stretch.

Momentum.

With six regular-season games remaining, Kansas City still has an opportunity to climb.

Three games await at Maverick Days in New York, October 16–18.

Then the regular season will conclude October 23–25 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

Their own homestand. Their own fans. Their own home dirt.

Could the Outlaws keep that hot streak going?

If they could somehow go 6-0 over the remaining games, who knows what might happen?

Of course, those games still have to be won. Nothing is guaranteed. The outcome could change in the blink of an eye.

But there was something even more interesting about Kansas City’s weekend.

Everybody could see what the Outlaws accomplished in Glendale.

The victory that might have told us the most, however, happened somewhere else.

One week earlier, at Rattler Days in Fort Worth, Texas, the Kansas City Outlaws faced the Missouri Thunder, the No. 1 team in the league.

Missouri entered at 18-7.

Kansas City stood at 9-16.

On paper, this wasn’t the team Kansas City was supposed to beat.

Paulo Eduardo Rossetto made the whistle aboard Crossroads for 88.15 points, putting Missouri on the board.

Then Kansas City answered.

Batista accepted a re-ride after receiving 78 points aboard What’s Poppin and covered The HONDO for 88.60.

Domingos followed with 88.65 aboard Max Bet.

Two qualified rides. 177.25 points.

And Missouri couldn’t answer.

Kansas City defeated the league leaders 177.25-88.15.

Now, why was that such a big deal?

Because the Outlaws had beaten the team everybody else was chasing, even while missing two of their biggest names.

Yet one victory couldn’t erase months of inconsistency. They still had to prove it wasn’t a one-night exception.

That was the question they carried into Glendale.

Kansas City had already beaten Missouri.

Then came Florida. Then Nashville. Then Texas.

Four consecutive victories against four different opponents.

The first showed that Kansas City could defeat the league’s best. The next three showed that the Outlaws could sustain that success across an entire weekend.

It didn’t guarantee another victory, and it didn’t make them the favorites to win the PBR Teams Championship in Las Vegas.

But with their final three regular-season games scheduled on their own home dirt, Kansas City has an opportunity to do something about the standings while there is still time.

For much of the year, the Outlaws had been trying to prove they could still win.

Now the question is whether they can keep winning when it matters most.

And perhaps that was what everyone had missed while watching three undefeated nights in the Arizona desert.

Kansas City didn’t find its answer in Glendale. It found it against Missouri in Fort Worth.

Glendale proved the Outlaws could find consistency—and do it without two of the riders who had helped make them regular-season champions.

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