2021
world champion bucking bull preview By Kelly B. Robbins
Photos by Andy Watson / BullStock Media
Fall is here and will soon usher in changing colors and cooler temperatures. But fall also means it is time for the PBR World Finals! This year the Finals are back at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for a last hurrah. In 2022, the Finals moves to the Dickies Arena in historic Fort Worth and will be held in May. But it really doesn’t matter where or when the Finals are held, it is a guaranteed time of great bull riding, intense competition, and fan delight! So far, 2021 has been a year of domination in the race for both the PBR World Champion Bull Rider and the PBR World Champion Bull. Number one ranked, and current reigning PBR World Champion Jose Vitor Leme’s ride atop the
standings has been historic, and perhaps one of the greatest ever. As of this writing, Leme has seven event titles, 19 round wins, and 21-90+ point rides, far surpassing the old record of 16-90+ point rides in a single season. His 43 qualified rides, and 66.15% riding percentage lead the season as well. Woopaa, the number one ranked bull contender, has had eleven outs and has been ridden seven times in 2021, for an average ride score of 95.59! Woopaa’s bull score has been 46 or more points in ten of the 11 outs. Woopaa also is leading the contenders with seven YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event honors. And PBR history was made when Leme and Woopaa met in Tulsa at the BOK Center in July, where the two battled it out for the highest ever PBR score of 97.75 points! The 2021 YETI World Champion Bull will be the bull with the highest average score from their top eight regular-season outs, and two outs at the PBR World Finals November 3-7 in Las Vegas. 124 Woopaa is the number one ranked bull contending for the PBR Yeti World Champion Bull title, with a world average bull score of 46.94 as of this writing. Woopaa has dominated the bull standings so far this season. Woopaa is owned by Larry Barker of Barker Bulls and
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Jose Vitor Leme and Woopaa (Barker Bulls / Hookin’ W Ranch) team up for 97.75 points, the highest marked ride in the history of the PBR, in the 15/15 Bucking Battle in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Humps-Horns.com · 19 · November 2021
