Watch: Rodeo Champion Scores Big Riding Bull on Day 3 of Thunder Days 2023 Competition

The season’s most exciting and thrilling event Thunder Days has come to an end. In an epic extra out, last year’s winner the Texas Rattlers once again claimed the championship this time, thanks to  Brady Fielder’s 89-point ride on Lapua. The event witnessed many closed games and incredible rides in an effort to claim the event.

At Thunder Days this year, some professional bull riders achieved incredible feats. Joao Ricardo Vieira, the thirty-nine-year-old bull-riding veteran, had his 400th career ride at the event, proving that there is still a lot in him to give the sport. Joao Lucas Campos of Missouri Thunder was selected as the most valuable player of the event. Another achievement was made by Oklahoma Freedom Rider on day third of the event which also caught the eye of the bull riding enthusiasts.

Bull Rider’s incredible score at Thunder Days

The game between Oklahoma Freedom and Missouri Thunder was the last game in Professional Bull Riding Thunder Day’s third day. The team arrived at the arena and the first chance was given to Oklahoma Freedom. They field out their Brazilian bull rider Alisson de Souza for the first ride. The thirty-year-old from Taubate, Sao Paulo has three ninety-point rides and eleven event wins.

His unleash ranking is 76 in the world and has earned $421,000 in his career to date. The professional bull rider was to ride Exodus, the bull with a 91% buck-off percentage. To date, no rider was able to hold on to the bull for eight seconds. The highest time one approached was Casey Roberts Souza’s teammate for 6.74 seconds.

The Oklahoma Freedom wanted its first ride to go perfectly to put pressure on the opponent and take advantage of their mistakes. Souza came knowing the challenge and adjusted himself on the bull in the gate and as the gate opened his ride started.

The bull as expected tried all the skills, moves, and angles to buck off the rider. But, Souza was firm in his hold and belief to get through the eight-second ride and give his team a good start. During the ride right before the whistle, his hat fell off but that didn’t bother the rider who was all focused on his work. He scored an epic 88.25-point ride. This ride had pressure on the opponents who later also gave big rides which led to a tight game.

Oklahoma Freedom won the tight bullriding game

The last game of the Thunder Days between Oklahoma Freedom and Missouri Thunder was one of the highest-scoring games of the event. After Alisson de Souza’s 88.25-point ride on Exodus, the Thunders responded with Joao Lucas Campos’s 87.5-point ride on Out of Control. The situation remained the same until Thunder’s Kate Madsen scored an 88.25 ride on Dang Dang. On the last ride for Oklahoma Freedom, the scoreboard was 175.5–88.25 in favor of Thunders. In the tight situation, Caden Bunch of Freedom rode on Milk Mustache and scored an 85.25 points ride, but was short by 2.5 points giving the Missouri Thunder their win.

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Alisson de Souza’s ride is a perfect show of determination and courage to over the obstacles one faces in his sports life. Riding on Exodus the bull who bettered every rider before him is an incredible feat of a champion.

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