Claudio Montanha Jr. wins PBR’s Duluth Invitational

In front of more than 15,000 energetic fans over the course of the two-day PBR (Professional Bull Riders) event, Brazilian Claudio Montanha Jr.  was victorious in the Championship Round on Sunday at the 25^th PBR: Unleash The Beast, Duluth Invitational winning his first buckle of the season at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia. 

 

Montanha Jr. rode Wham Bam (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls/6-C) for the required 8 in Round 2 to start the day, before earning the highest marks in the Championship Round with 89.50 points aboard Buck John (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls).

With the win, Montanha Jr. earned 500 points towards the PBR world standings and moved up one spot in the standings from No 4 to No. 3. He also takes home a paycheck of $37,085.00.

With a big day on Sunday, Texan Cody Teel finished in second place and rose from No. 13 to No. 5 in the world standings. Teel earned 86.25 points on Charge (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls) in Round 2. The lanky bull rider was all business in the Championship Round when he selected two-time YETI World Champion Bull, Sweet Pro’s Bruiser (D&H Cattle Co./Buck Cattle Co.). But for the second week in a row, Bruiser came out on top as he threw Teel to the ground in 6.15 seconds.

Photo of Claudio Montanha Jr. on Buck John –
PHOTO CREDIT TO ANDY WATSON, BULL STOCK MEDIA

The only other rider to record a score in the championship round was Paris, Tennessee’s Cody Nance. The 30-year old put up 85 points on Church Bells (Melissa Cox/Wallgren Bull Co.) to finish third in Duluth. Opening Championship Sunday, Nance rode Buck Naked (Broken Arrow Bucking Bulls) to 79 points.

Nance earned 300 points towards the world standings along with $13,985. He rose eight spots in the standings, from No. 14 to No. 6.

Eduardo Aparecido  conquered Zacchaeus (Davis Rodeo Ranch/Fogle) for 85 points in the opening round of the night, but he hit the dirt early in the Championship Round to finish fourth. It’s the second week in a row that Aparecido has finished in the Top-5 of an event, this weekend earning180 world points and $13,985.

Continuing his climb up the world standings, Aparecido is now ranked No. 8 in the world.

Round 1 winner, Tye Chandler  earned his best finish of the year with a fifth place showing in the Peach State. Despite not riding either of his bulls on Sunday, Chandler finished the weekend with 120 world points and a paycheck for $7,480.

For the third time this year and the third week in a row, Bruiser was named the YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event with his buckoff of Teel, which earned him a 45.75-point bull score.
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