Bull Riding Champion Daylon Swearingen Clinches First Victory at Unleash The Beast 2024 Chicago

The persisting season and past have witnessed the younger talent majorly dominating the grounds of PBR. Austin Richardson, Cassio Dias, the teenage phenomenon, John Crimber, and more have proved promising growth for the bull riding industry. Today, as they continue to make their presence known with the Unleash The Beast settling in, the thrill is only rising.

UTB has invited the finest of bull riding athletes for a showdown; seven weeks in a row. Each stop has fetched its champion amid a fierce battle of points and rise. Today, as the tour reached Chicago to provide more grounds for its athletes, it was an arena for a veteran and previous champion to dominate.

Bull riding world champion on the ground to dominate

It was round 1 of UTB Chicago inside Allstate Arena on the 12th of January, and Daylon Swearingen probably attained the unexpected. The 2022 PBR World Champion had an arrival delay, for the event and went ahead to secure the initial victory of the stop. Swearingen, 24, took on Midnight Magic as he landed at the arena with the contest already underway. A matched stride of the duo earned the Carolina Cowboy an impressive 88.25-point ride. “The promotion’s biggest rising star,” the New York Post called him following his 2022 victory, and the rider has performed to stand by it.

In the crowd-filled arena on Friday, Swearingen dominated the 22-rider contingent to find a spot on the top. His UTB points not only pushed him from 25th in the standings to 21st, but in doing so, he also left behind the No. 1 Austin Richardson and No. 2 Cassio Dias. While the bull riding champion garnered a much-needed lead, the competition for round 2 might not be simple.

Anticipation steps into round 2

Following Swearingen on the points table was Boudreaux Campbell. The 25-year-old, with a 38% ride rate, put up 87.25 and tied with Ridge Riders’ Keyshawn Whitehorse. Trailing along, UTB No.2, Cassio Dias further framed the qualified rides table. The youngster rode atop Ihop, delivering an 87-point ride while garnering 15.5 UTB points. The thrill for the evening persisted when Nashville Stampede’s Mason Taylor joined the Top 5 and did so with a tie alongside Dias.

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7-time PRCA bull riding world champion Sage Kimzey at 85.5, Brady Fielder, the first Aussie to win a UTB event at 85, and rising star John Crimber with 83.5 were other notable rides on the list. Round 2 will see a continuation on the 13th of January, followed by the round 3/final round. On the 19th of January, Tulsa, Oklahoma, will stand as the next host of UTB.

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