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Night 3 Goes the Other Way. Alves Regains No. 1 Spot

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For this being the 20th Anniversary of the Professional Bull Riders World Finals, this is THE most dramatic PBR World Finals ever.  Everybody up’ed their game for Friday night.  From the opening 91.25 point ride by Stormy Wing (winning the round)  to the closing rides that again changed the leader board.  The Thomas & Mack Center was not quiet very much or for very long…

J.B. Mauney rode Excavation for 89 points and an ear shattering audience applause.  Only to sit back and watch two-time defending PBR World Champion Silvano Alves ride Showboat for 89.5 points and finished second in the round to regain his familiar position as the No. 1 ranked bull rider in the world.

But it is still either man’s game…  Alves has just a 19.75-point advantage.  The narrowest margin of any lead this season.

“This is the tightest race I’ve ever been in – even coming into the Finals – and it’s like two fighters trading blows,” said Mauney, who was clearly exhausted afterward. “It’s been a long time since my mouth’s been dry before I got on a bull and it’s happened every night since I’ve been here.

Silvano Alves will have the second pick in tonight’s bull draft for Saturday’s fourth round followed immediately by Mauney, who has the third pick by virtue of their Round 3 finishes.

Round 4 of the 2013 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at Thomas & Mack Center. It will air live on CBS SN at 9 p.m. ET.

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As it stands today

2013 Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough World Finals

Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Points) …

1. J. B. Mauney, 88.75-93.75-89-271.50 points.

2. L.J. Jenkins, 86-89.75-88.5-264.25 points.

3. Guilherme Marchi, 87.5-86.25-83-256.75 points.

4. Silvano Alves, 73.75-89.5-89.5-252.75 points.

5. Cody Nance, 89-0-86.5-175.50 points.

6. Ty Pozzobon, 85.5-86.25-0-171.75 points.

7. Claudio Crisostomo, 83.25-0-87-170.25 points.

8. Matt Triplett, 80.25-0-88.75-169.00 points.

9. Eduardo Aparecido, 86.75-0-80.75-167.50 points.

10. Stormy Wing, 0-0-91.25-91.25 points.

11. Joao Ricardo Vieira, 0-91-0-91.00 points.

12. Brant Atwood, 0-90.75-0-90.75 points.

13. Kody Lostroh, 0-87.5-0-87.50 points.

14. Renato Nunes, 87.25-0-0-87.25 points.

15. Austin Meier, 0-0-87-87.00 points.

(tie). Markus Mariluch, 87-0-0-87.00 points.

17. Edevaldo Ferreira, 0-0-86.75-86.75 points.

(tie). Jory Markiss, 0-86.75-0-86.75 points.

19. Jordan Hupp, 0-0-86.5-86.50 points.

20. Ryan Dirteater, 86.25-0-0-86.25 points.

(tie). Valdiron de Oliveira, 0-86.25-0-86.25 points.

22. Luke Snyder, 0-0-84.5-84.50 points.

23. Mike Lee, 0-0-84-84.00 points.

24. Fabiano Vieira, 0-0-83.75-83.75 points.

(tie). Gustavo Pedrero, 0-83.75-0-83.75 points.

26. Shane Proctor, 81.25-0-0-81.25 points.

Agnaldo Cardozo, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Alex Aparecido Marcilio, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Ben Jones, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Billy Robinson, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Brendon Clark, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Chase Outlaw, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Chris Lowe, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Douglas Duncan, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Emilio Resende, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Lachlan Richardson, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Marco Eguchi, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Nathan Schaper, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

Sean Willingham, 0-0-0-0.00 points.

 

 

JB Owned the Night

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JB Mauney in Las Vegas

Night number one was a settling in and getting the feel of the land.  Not good, not bad.  Just a “Hello, The PBR is in town.” Night number two was different, it belonged to one man, JB Mauney.  Being that he and two-time defending World Champion Silvano Alves ride last set kept the house filled to the very end again!  Something you just don’t normally see this early in the battle.

Mauney won Round 2 with 93.75 points on Smackdown and has a commanding but not a solid 6.75-point lead in the Finals average.

J.B. has always been in control of his destiny and his emotions.  But many of us in the press pit are commenting on just how focused J.B. is this time.  He seems to be more focused than I have ever noticed him to be wife his wife Lexi by his side this entire finals.  He even admits that she has made him more grounded than ever and has felt that not only in his riding but his emotions as well.

We all used to see J.B. get angry and throw his bull rope and see that affect the rest of his weekend but now he has gotten in control of those outbursts and also has grown up this year.  Instead of throwing his rope and getting angry he now vents and lets it go to focus on the next round and tonight was the milestone of his attitude change.

Coming into tonight he was 173.50 points out of the number one spot in the world and he knew it.  With only two rides left in night number two of the 2013 PBR World Finals it came down to himself and Silvano Alves.  The entire Thomas & Mack arena were on the edge of their seats waiting to see what would happen at night’s end and it did not disappoint.  J.B. climbed aboard his bull and rode to the eight second whistle to a tune of 93.75 points that erupted the crowd in Las Vegas.

Once all the scores were tallied it was J.B. sitting in the number one spot in the world not to mention the number one spot in the overall average thus far.  The 20th anniversary of the PBR and the 2013 PBR World Finals are setting records for the closest race in the history of the company.

Its only night number 2!  Things will only get much more intense as the nights progress to see who will hoist the championship trophy over their head on Sunday afternoon.

 

Photo by Tom Donoghue