Riders dominate opening round, going 18-for-40, covering 45% of the bucking bovine athletes Friday evening inside SNHU Arena
By Kacie Albert
MANCHESTER, N.H. – As a raucous Friday night crowd watched on inside SNHU Arena, Adriano Salgado (Batatais, Brazil) rode supreme, winning Round 1 of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Salgado, who rides for the Carolina Cowboys in the separate PBR Teams league, was one of 18 riders to convert in Round 1, as the 40 contenders covered a torrid 45% of the evening’s bucking bulls.
Salgado lit up the scoreboard when he went head-to-head with Lights Out (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilson). Remaining in perfect time with the bull, Salgado made the requisite 8 for an unrivaled 89 points.
The affable Brazilian earned 28 Unleash The Beast points for the Round 1 win. He rose from No. 30 to No. 24 in the race for the 2025 PBR World Championship.
The Texas Rattlers’ Claudio Montanha Jr. (Ribeirao dos Indios, Brazil), Austin Gamblers’ Kaique Pacheco (Itatiba, Brazil) and Carolina Cowboys’ Derek Kolbaba (Walla Walla, Washington) tied for second, each garnering 17 Unleash The Beast points for their matching 87.5-point rides.
Montanha bested Kodiac (Blake Sharp/UB Bucking Company), Pacheco conquered Sin City (LH Cattle Co./2T Cattle Co.) and Kolbaba bested Chupacabra (Blake Sharp/UB Bucking Company).
In the standings, Montanha climbed three positions from No. 19 to No. 16, Pacheco climbed from No. 20 to No. 17, and Kolbaba rose from No. 33 to No. 29.
Rounding out the Top 5 and tying for fifth with matching 87-point rides were the Nashville Stampede’s Kaiden Loud (Kaufman, Texas), Arizona Ridge Riders’ Keyshawn Whitehorse (McCracken Spring, Utah), Oklahoma Wildcatters’ Cort McFadden (Novice, Texas) and Missouri Thunder’s Paulo Eduardo Rossetto (Colorado, Brazil). Each rider netted 13.5 Unleash The Beast points.
Loud topped Pneu Dart’s Gold Standard (Mike Miller Bucking Bulls), rising two positions in the World Championship standings from No. 24 to No. 22.
Whitehorse made the whistle on Rip Tide (Davis Rodeo Ranch), remaining No. 26 in the standings.
Topping Whiplash (Blake Sharp/CB and Traci Lee/Richardson Land & Cattle), McFadden rose from No. 28 to No. 27 in the Unleash The Beast standings.
Via his qualified ride on Chuck (LH Cattle/Broke Spur Ranch), Rossetto climbed from No. 34 to No. 32.
Action for the 2025 PBR Manchester will conclude with Round 2 and the championship round on Saturday, Dec. 21. Action gets underway at 7:45 p.m. ET. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online at PBR.com, SNHUArena.com and ICTickets.com.
Both nights of competition in Manchester will be available LIVE and FREE on RidePass on Pluto TV, PBR’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@pbr), PBR’s mobile app (https://qrco.de/bdtdKp), and PBR’s app on connected TVs, including Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku and Google TV. The stream for PBR Manchester continues Saturday, Dec. 21.
PBR RidePass on Pluto TV will offer re-airs and on-demand replays of PBR UTB events and is available on desktops, laptops and mobile devices via www.pluto.tv.
PBR Unleash The Beast
PBR Manchester
SNHU Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
- Adriano Salgado, 89-0-0-89.00-28 Points.
- Claudio Montanha Jr., 87.5-0-0-87.50-17 Points.
(tie). Kaique Pacheco, 87.5-0-0-87.50-17 Points.
(tie). Derek Kolbaba, 87.5-0-0-87.50-17 Points.
- Kaiden Loud, 87-0-0-87.00-13.5 Points.
(tie). Keyshawn Whitehorse, 87-0-0-87.00-13.5 Points.
(tie). Cort McFadden, 87-0-0-87.00-13.5 Points.
(tie). Paulo Eduardo Rossetto, 87-0-0-87.00-13.5 Points.
- Dener Barbosa, 86.5-0-0-86.50-11 Points.
- Sandro Batista, 86.25-0-0-86.25-10 Points.
- Leonardo Castro, 86-0-0-86.00-9 Points.
- Hudson Bolton, 85.75-0-0-85.75-8 Points.
- Boudreaux Campbell, 85.5-0-0-85.50-8 Points.
- Julio Cesar Marques, 84.75-0-0-84.75-8 Points.
(tie). Luciano De Castro, 84.75-0-0-84.75-8 Points.
(tie). Daniel Keeping, 84.75-0-0-84.75-8 Points.
- Vinicius Pinheiro Correa, 84.5-0-0-84.50-8 Points.
- Rogério Venâncio, 83-0-0-83.00-8 Points.
John Crimber, 0-0-0-0.00
Dalton Kasel, 0-0-0-0.00
Sage Steele Kimzey, 0-0-0-0.00
Jose Vitor Leme, 0-0-0-0.00
Koltin Hevalow, 0-0-0-0.00
Lucas Divino, 0-0-0-0.00
Mason Taylor, 0-0-0-0.00
Elizmar Jeremias, 0-0-0-0.00
Eduardo Aparecido, 0-0-0-0.00
Clay Guiton, 0-0-0-0.00
Austin Richardson, 0-0-0-0.00
Dawson Branton, 0-0-0-0.00
Thiago Salgado, 0-0-0-0.00
Brady Fielder, 0-0-0-0.00
Vitor Losnake, 0-0-0-0.00
Nick Tetz, 0-0-0-0.00
Heitor Santos Ferreira, 0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Rogers, 0-0-0-0.00
Jake Morinec, 0-0-0-0.00
Ky Hamilton, 0-0-0-0.00
Tanner Eno, 0-0-0-0.00
Eduardo Matos, 0-0-0-0.00
