Watch: 28-Year-Old Bull Rider Clinche 87 Points by Taming the ‘Savage Beast’

PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) nationally televised bull riding competition, Unleash the Beast (UTB) is currently underway. During this event, the world’s top 30 bull riders will go head to head against the fiercest bulls out there. The entire weekend, Cooper Davis from Jasper Texas has been sitting at the top of the leaderboard.

Now, the 2016 PBR World Champion finally tamed the bull on Sunday afternoon in Billings, Montana. This is his second win at the Unleash The Beast (UTB) event in the 2023 season at the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Wrangler Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires.

Cooper Davis shoots to the top 5 in the world title race

The current world leader, Kaique Pacheco from Itatiba, Brazil, continued to gain ground as the world No. 2 and the two-time PBR World Champion. Jose Vitor Leme from Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil, remained on the sideline due to an injury. Cooper Davis’ win took him from no. 5 to no. 4 in just three days. Earlier, Pacheco only had a lead of 2.5 points. However, as the weekend closed, he had a lead of 118.5 points over the second.

On Friday night, as the three-day weekend at First Interstate Arena at MetraPark got underway, Davis captured his fourth-round win of 2023 Unleash the Bull season and won the first round with a score of 88.75. Davis began the weekend placed sixth place, but soon, he rode blazing in on Taylor’s Cowtown Throwdown and won over hearts. The 2022 Carolina Cowboy in the separate PBR Team Series was paired with Toasted and seemed cool, calm, and collected throughout the night.

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As soon as he launched from the chutes riding the bull, his skills were clear, and it also became transparent why he was a world champion. He made the full 8 seconds on the back of the ferocious bull. There is no doubt about the fact that Cooper Davis is after the world title. After sharing second place with Lucas Divino from Nova Crixas, Brazil, because of the matching 87-point scores in Round 2, Davis has now set his sights on Championship Sunday.

Montana win impresses fans

Cooper Davis was paired with Savage on Sunday, and once again, the rider burst from the chutes like he meant business. He collected another 87-point score. Davis selected Ricky Vaughn as his final competition for the weekend. As the evening went on, the bovines were dominating all players except one, the number 1 Pacheco.

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While merely climbing, Ricky Vaughn ensured that Davis had got the event aggregate; he couldn’t stay atop the bucking monster for more than 3.83 seconds. Still, he remained at the top of the leaderboard. Davis’ 3-for-4, first-place finish moved him from No. 6 to No. 4 in the UTB standings and earned him a check for $46,490.67.