Guilherme Marchi wins PBR in Kansas City with 622 Q Ride!
Veteran rider and 2008 PBR World Champion Guilherme Marchi (Tres Lagoas, Brazil), the athlete with the most qualified rides in PBR (Professional Bull Riders) history, went a perfect 3-for-3 to win the 25th PBR: Unleash The Beast, Caterpillar Classic at Sprint Center in Kansas City Sunday afternoon. Marchi used an 83.75-point ride in the championship round to propel him past Marco Eguchi (Poa, Brazil) for his victory of the season.
Marchi,
the winningest rider in Kansas City, now with four titles in the City
of Fountains, earned 470 points, catapulting from No. 23 to No. 7 in the
world standings.
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| Photo By: Andy Watson, Bull Stock Media |
Marchi began the day with an 83.75-point ride aboard Hy Test (Phenom Genetics) in Round 2 before racking up the same score of 83.75 points on Smooth Air (GT Bucking Bulls) during the championship round. With the three rides, Marchi continues to add to his totals as he now has 622 qualified rides, the most in the 25-year history of the PBR. Marchi was the only rider to be flawless inside the Sprint Center.
“I
appreciate these wins more,” Marchi laughed. “My body is not the same
as it was, I’m sore all the time but it makes it so much better when I
do win.”
Eguchi finished second after an 87-point trip on Milky Jones (Phenom Genetics/JCL Bucking Bulls) but was unable to take the victory when he bucked off Old Fort Days (K-C Bucking Bulls/Spark-lin Acres) in 3.93 seconds in the championship round.
The 28-year-old earned 390 world points along with $18,480.00. Eguchi is now ranked No. 16 in the world.
The No. 1 rider in the world, Dener Barbosa (Paulo de Faria, Brazil) finished in third place after an 85.75-point ride aboard Breaking Bad
(Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls) in the championship round. He earned 340
points towards the world standings and takes home $16,250 for the
weekend. Barbosa extended his lead over fellow Brazilian and No. 2 Claudio Montanha Jr. (Ribeirão dos Índios, Brazil) to 419.17 points.
Derek Kolbaba
(Walla Walla, Washington) finished fourth, earning 215 world points.
Unable to compete in Round 1 of the Caterpillar Classic on Saturday due
to travel issues, Kolbaba made up for that with two rides on Sunday.
He covered Chute Boss (Owens/Wyatt) for 87.25 points in Round 2 before riding Smooth Wreck
(Owens/Wyatt) for 83.5 points in the championship round. Kolbaba takes
home a paycheck for $10,950, and is now ranked No. 11 in the world.
2017 Rookie of the Year Jose Vitor Leme
(Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) rounded out the Top-5, collecting 115
points towards the world standings along with $7,480. Leme covered Pile Driver (Dakota Rodeo-Chad Berger/Clay Struve/Ken Barnhard) for 88.75 points in Round 2, but was unable to record a qualified ride on Cochise (Jane Clark/Gene Owen) in the championship round.
Leme is ranked No. 13 in the world standings.
The YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event was Fearless (D&H Cattle Co.), who dispatched Luciano De Castro (Guzolandia, Brazil) in 3.57 seconds in Round 1 on Saturday night.
Fans
will be able to watch the action in its entirety on CBS Sports Network
and on PBR.com/ondemand. The Championship Round can be seen on CBS
Sports Network, Sunday at 8:00 pm ET while Round 2 and the Championship
Round can be seen starting at 8:00 a.m. ET on Monday, February 11 on
PBR.com/ondemand.
The
Top 35 bull riders in the world will now head east on I-70 for the St.
Louis Invitational presented by Express Employment Professionals next
weekend at Scottrade Center. The action will begin on Saturday, February
17 at 6:45 p.m. and will wrap up on Sunday, February 18 at 1:45 p.m.
In other PBR action over the weekend, Ueberson Duarte
(Itambacuri, Brazil) won the Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour (RVT)
Youngstown Invitational event in front of a sold-out crowd at the
Covelli Centre in Ohio.
During the championship round of the two-day event, Duarte rode Otis (Mike Miller Bucking Bulls) for 87 points after an 84-point ride in Round 2 on Down Draft (C Check Bucking Bulls). He earned $6,000 and 120 points towards the world standings.
Winners of each RVT event in 2018 will be guaranteed at least one opportunity to compete at a regular-season PBR 25th:
Unleash The Beast event. Thanks to his victory in Youngstown, Ueberson
earned an invitation to the Badboy Mowdown in North Little Rock,
Arkansas March 2-3.
Bryan Titman
(East Barnard, TX) snagged his first event win of the season at the
PBR’s RVT Greenville Invitational Saturday night at the Bon Secours
Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
Titman took the buckle after scoring 84 points aboard Bad Check (Circle J & K Cattle) in Round 1 and then covered Bugle Boy (Rickey West Bucking Bulls) in the championship round for 86 points. The 29-year-old picked up 120 points toward the world standings and $6,500 along with an invite to the Duluth Invitational on March 10-11. ~ PBR Media
Titman took the buckle after scoring 84 points aboard Bad Check (Circle J & K Cattle) in Round 1 and then covered Bugle Boy (Rickey West Bucking Bulls) in the championship round for 86 points. The 29-year-old picked up 120 points toward the world standings and $6,500 along with an invite to the Duluth Invitational on March 10-11. ~ PBR Media
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