Moreira joins the New York Mavericks ahead of
Aug. 9-10 inaugural homestand
NEW
YORK, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The newest
PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Team, New York Mavericks, today
announced a new rider acquisition, signing four-time PBR World
Finals qualifier Mauricio Gulla
Moreira (Gavião Peixoto, Brazil) to the team's reserve roster.
"Mauricio showed up to training camp as an invite, worked hard
and showed that he has the physical and mental tools to contribute
to the team," said Head Coach of the New York Mavericks and 2024
Bull Riding Hall of Fame inductee, Kody
Lostroh. "He's already got experience and success at the PBR
level, and I believe, in our program he can take his success even
higher. We are looking forward to having him on the team," Lostroh
adds.
Professional bull riding is second nature to Moreira with his
own father winning the 53rd bull riding competition at the
prestigious Barretos rodeo in Brazil in 2008, when he was just 9 years old.
His biggest motivator has always been his dad and honoring his
roots, he brings energy, athleticism and strength to the team.
In the separate PBR Unleash The Beast individual competition
series, Moreira finished inside the Top 10 in 2021 and 2022. At the
2022 PBR World Finals, he registered the high-marked ride of
the event, scoring 94.25 points on WSM's Jive Turkey in Round 2. He
was a second-round pick in the inaugural PBR Team Series Draft,
selected by the Arizona Ridge Riders in 2022.
The New York Mavericks complete roster now includes:
- Vitor Losnake (Piratininga, Brazil)
- Leonardo Castro
(Cassilandia, Brazil)
- Braidy Randolph
(Stephenville, Texas)
- Ederson Santos (Ilha
Solteira, Brazil)
- Hudson Bolton
(Milan, Tennessee)
- Marco Rizzo (Quitman, Georgia)
- Maverick Smith (Mt. Grove, Missouri)
- Leandro Zampollo (Pirassununga, Brazil)
- Romario Leite (Brotas,
Brazil)
- Eikson Pereira (Minaçu, Brazil)
- Mauricio Moreira (Gavião
Peixoto, Brazil)
The New York Mavericks will host their debut Maverick
Days homestand on August 9-10 at
Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New
York. The bull riding action at Barclays Center begins at
7:45 p.m. ET on Friday, August 9, and
7:45 p.m. ET on Saturday, August
10.
Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and PBR.com,
at the Barclays Center Box Office, or by calling PBR customer
service at 1-800-732-1727. Two-day ticket packages are available,
offering fans a 15% discount on select price levels.
For more information about New York Mavericks,
https://pbr.com/teams/new-york-mavericks, New York Mavericks on
Facebook, @NY_Mavericks on Instagram, or @NY_Mavericks on
Twitter.
The PBR Camping World Team Series next travels to Oklahoma City for PBR Wildcatters Days, the
three-day homestand for the Oklahoma Wildcatters, July 12-14. Action begins at 7:45 p.m. CT on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13 and 1:45
p.m. CT on Sunday, July 14.
On the opening night of action in Oklahoma City (July
12) the Mavericks will take on the Missouri Thunder,
followed by the Nashville Stampede (July. 13) and Carolina Cowboys
(July. 14). Watch PBR events LIVE on Merit Street, a new television
network launched this year by #1 syndicated TV host, Dr. Phil.
About the New York Mavericks:
The New York
Mavericks team is owned by Avenue Sports Fund, which acquired the
sanctioning rights from Professional Bull Riders in February 2024. The Avenue Sports Fund, which is
led by Avenue's Marc Lasry, provides
capital solutions to a wide variety of established teams and
leagues across the globe, as well as investments in emerging sport
properties to capitalize on areas of exponential growth.
About the PBR Camping World Team Series:
The PBR
Camping World Team Series is an elite league featuring the
world's top bull riders competing on teams in five-on-five games
leading to a Team Championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. During the 2024 season, the
league's third, each of the 10 teams – Austin Gamblers of
Austin, TX; Arizona Ridge Riders
of Glendale, AZ; Carolina Cowboys
of Greensboro, NC; Florida Freedom
of Sunrise, FL; Kansas City
Outlaws of Kansas City, MO;
Nashville Stampede of Nashville,
TN; New York Mavericks of Brooklyn, NY; OK; Oklahoma Freedom of
Oklahoma City, OK; Missouri
Thunder of Ridgedale, MO; and
Texas Rattlers of Fort Worth, TX–
will host a homestand. Neutral-site games to be announced are
planned as well.
PBR Teams, launched in July 2022,
builds on the existing structure of professional bull riding with
the same basic rules for judging and scoring qualified 8-second
bull rides. In events staged in a tournament-style format, all
teams compete in head-to-head matchups against a different opponent
each day. Each game features five riders per team squaring off
against another team. Full team rosters are comprised of seven
riders on the Protected Roster and five Reserve riders. The team
with the highest aggregate score of qualified rides among its
riders is declared the winner of each game. All PBR Teams events
are carried on either the CBS Television Network, streaming live on
Paramount+, or Merit Street Media.
PBR is part of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment
company. For more information, visit PBR.com, or follow on
Facebook at Facebook.com/PBR, Twitter at Twitter.com/PBR, and
YouTube at YouTube.com/PBR.
Media Contact:
Chan Desai
813-678-6828
cdesai@zimmerman.com
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