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[man] I'm still struggling,
trying to figure out how to explain
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why somebody would do this.
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[man 2]
Yes, sir, yes, sir! Let's do it!
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[man] If I want to win, I gotta be
the best, making every ride count.
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[man]
It's like trying to control an explosion.
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[man 3]
Bull riding is the last gladiator sport.
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[man 4]
It's David versus Goliath.
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[Eli]
Nobody wants there to be a wreck,
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but nobody's gonna turn away
when it's happening.
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[man 6]
These guys have families...
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girlfriends, wives and kids.
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[woman]
Dear Heavenly Father,
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we ask that you watch over
and protect him as he rides.
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[man 7] Me trying to talk him
out of bull riding,
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it's not gonna happen.
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He's not gonna change,
and it's his life.
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[man 8] Professional bull riding
has always been an individual sport.
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One man, one bull...
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[man 9] And now,
everything is about to change.
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[announcer]
Please welcome the PBR teams!
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[Kate] Eight squads,
five riders per team,
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but only one PBR team's champion
when we get to Las Vegas.
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[man 10]
There's only one way to be the best,
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and that's be better than the best.
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[man 11] When you
walk down that hallway, it's go-time.
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It's do or die.
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[man 12] It's not a question
of if you're gonna get hurt...
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Finish him!
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...it's when.
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I look myself in the mirror
and I'll say, you fuckin' be a champion.
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You fuckin' ride!
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{\an8}[Kate] This is
the inaugural PBR teams' draft tonight.
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Eight teams will build their rosters
for the very first time
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within a brand-new league of PBR teams.
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[Daylon] It's exciting. And now,
they took it to a team deal, like...
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{\an8}and just kinda seeing
how everything's played out.
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[Ezekiel] At the end of the day,
I want to beat the best.
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That's why I came to the PBR,
is because I wanted
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{\an8}to go against the very best bulls,
the very best riders.
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[Eli] When it comes down to it,
my job's the same.
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{\an8}I don't care if it's on a team,
I don't care if it's individual,
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as long as I'm riding bulls for money,
it doesn't matter.
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[Kate] What do you say we kick it off
with the PBR teams commissioner,
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Sean Gleason. He's joining us now
on the draft floor.
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Welcome, everybody,
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to the inaugural PBR team series draft.
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PBR was founded by 20 bull riders
that were going up and down the road,
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riding in rodeos, risking their lives,
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and couldn't make a living
doing what they were doing.
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[crowd cheering]
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At that point in time,
they had entry fees,
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{\an8}they had fuel charges. They had to pay
to participate in their sport.
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{\an8}And then, they didn't get paid
unless they won.
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They wanted to be compensated at the level
of the risk that they were taking
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and the popularity of their discipline
within the rodeo.
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The founders broke away from rodeos,
invested a thousand dollars apiece,
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and started the PBR with a dream
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that they could create
a better future for themselves
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and the bull riders
of the next generation.
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{\an8}[♪ country music playing]
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Now, PBR is the fastest-growing sport
in America.
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Bull riding is unlike any other sport
in its individuality.
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[man 13]
Ride that bull!
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[Sean] These guys learn how
to ride bulls at a very young age,
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usually taught by their uncle
or their dad
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or somebody that got on bulls
back in the day.
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[man 14]
Pick your arm up! Pick your arm up!
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[Sean] It's something that they
have to perfect on their own.
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But the bulls are getting bigger,
stronger, faster and more athletic.
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And we need our cowboys to do the same.
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By putting the cowboys
into the team environment
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and giving them the structure and coaching
that they've never had before,
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we're gonna bring a little bit of the NFL
to bull riding.
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Hey, Zeke, are you in the draft?
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Yes, sir.
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[Sean] Everything that happens here
tonight in these five rounds
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is going to change the game
for professional bull riding.
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I'm nervous, but nowhere near as nervous
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as some of the coaches
and general managers,
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and some of the athletes
waiting backstage.
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[Michael] We're here, and I think
everybody's ready to go.
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{\an8}I think I'd rather climb on
a couple of bulls, even at my age,
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{\an8}than deal with this. This is
making me a little bit nervous.
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{\an8}When they asked me to be a coach,
and I started thinking
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{\an8}how to put a bull riding team together,
me and Austin Dillon
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{\an8}was butting our heads together,
it was a lot of things we was thinking.
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{\an8}We need a really good lefty,
we need a really good righty.
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Hey, but this guy's got
a good mental attitude.
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Trying to put the best team we could do.
It just hadn't been done before.
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[announcer]
Prior to today, they're not just...
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{\an8}Come on, we gotta do this...
Eli, one.
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[Kate] The entire league has put together
a team of coaches that have been there.
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{\an8}They've strapped their hand
into a bull rope.
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[Sean] They're gonna have to learn
how to actually communicate to people
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and teach and educate,
and they gotta learn patience.
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Which, I've never met a bull rider
that actually has patience.
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I just wanna know who is going to be
the number one pick in this draft.
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Who's it gonna be?
They're telling me the pick is in.
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With the very first pick,
in the very first draft
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of the PBR team series,
The Austin Gamblers
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take two-time PBR world champion
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Jose Vitor Leme.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Kate] This is a guy who constantly is
on the forefront of rewriting history,
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the two-time champ who's broken more
records than any other PBR rider.
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That is Leme.
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Jose is the most uniquely talented
bull rider that I've ever seen.
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[announcer] The man who seems
to eat pressure for breakfast...
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Ninety-eight and three quarters!
It's another record-setting ride!
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[JJ]
He's a machine.
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{\an8}He's a five-foot-three
Brazilian Tom Brady.
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[announcer]
No score has been better
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in the history of the PBR!
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Back-to-back world champion!
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[JJ] He's a Brazilian Derek Jeter.
He's a Brazilian Michael Jordan.
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All three of those are arguably, you know,
some of the most talented,
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if not the most talented in their sports.
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Everything they did,
everything they said, all business.
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That's Jose.
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[announcer] You cannot overstate how much
Jose Vitor Leme means to this sport.
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If he can stay healthy and if he keeps
competing at the highest level,
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Jose's got a chance to truly define
himself as the greatest of all time.
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[Jose speaking Portuguese]
In the team series,
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my biggest goal is
to win the biggest title...
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to make my team become the champion and...
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to do my job, 100%.
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When I want something,
I try to do everything I can to get it.
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[Michael] As a coach, you want
an individual like Jose to raise the bar
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{\an8}for everyone in competition
because you're gonna strive to be the best
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{\an8}and if you're gonna be the best,
you have to beat him.
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[Sean] There's so much talent
still available.
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Now that Daylon Swearingen
is the 2022 World Champion,
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maybe he becomes the number three pick.
In my rankings, that's what I would do.
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Daylon won the '22 World Championship
back in May.
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[announcer] Swearingen goes big
aboard the money bull, Big Black!
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[Michael] On that day,
he was the best bull rider in the world.
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{\an8}[Daylon] I've wanted to be the best
at this. Jose's a great bull rider.
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I mean, ever since he came over
from Brazil,
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he's just lit up the United States.
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He's won the past two World Championships.
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And then, I stopped him here
this year, you know.
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So, I mean, there's definitely a rivalry.
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{\an8}[Jerome] I told Austin from the beginning,
I said, we gotta get Daylon.
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{\an8}I helped Daylon growing up,
I know what makes Daylon click.
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We get along. We need Daylon.
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[Sean]
With the number three pick
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in the 2022 PBR team series draft,
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the Ariat Texas Rattlers select...
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- reigning champion...
- [Jerome] Golly. Dang it!
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[Sean]
Daylon Swearingen.
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[Jerome] He didn't want that.
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His ass...
He is not happy. I'm telling you.
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[Kate] ...the third overall pick
in the very first PBR...
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[Jerome]
Will they trade?
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I want Eli first.
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When the draft was coming around,
I think we had a list of 267 guys.
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We knew what we were looking for.
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[Sean] With the eighth and final pick
of the first round,
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the Oklahoma Freedom select
Eli Vastbinder.
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[Kate] You can't get a more flux player
than Vastbinder.
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Veteran of the group,
leader of the locker room...
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[Sean]
And I love that he's 31 years old.
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A lot of guys are gonna be looking
to build that young superstar.
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Eli's a father, he's grounded, he's
a great number one pick for the Freedom.
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[Michael] Eli had been in
the top ten a couple years.
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His age, his maturity,
he'd never ride hurt.
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There was a lot of things that go into
what makes him a round one draft pick.
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[Eli] I love it. I love this sport.
There's nothing else I'd rather be doing.
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{\an8}The thrill of success,
the thrill of conquering the bull...
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That's my why.
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[Jerome] Hey, hey-hey-hey.
Hold on, hold on.
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It happened.
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[Jerome] Oh. Oh!
So, we can trade for Daylon?!
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- Yes.
- [Jerome] Go, go, go, go!
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We gotta do some trading.
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We have our first ever trade
in the PBR team series!
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The Texas Rattlers are trading
Mason Taylor and Daylon Swearingen
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{\an8}to the Caroline Cowboys for Cody Jesus,
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{\an8}João Ricardo Vieira and
the number 26 pick.
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[crowd cheering]
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{\an8}[Cody] Daylon,
he just wins the 2022 world title
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and a few days to pull the guy
out of the draft.
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It just worked. It's crazy.
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Only go for that fourth spot.
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[Cody]
Twelve was the better deal earlier.
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Yeah, right, we kept 23.
You're right, we did get a better deal.
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[Sean] These teams have selected
five riders tonight.
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They have an active roster of seven.
Free agency begins tonight at midnight,
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and anybody that was not drafted
can sign with any team.
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[Ezekiel] I can not think of
a single day of my life
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that I did not want to be a cowboy.
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{\an8}A lot of my earlier years
were spent in Rockdale, Texas.
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I got to be a country kid.
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I had a best friend named John.
All we did is ride horses all day
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and try to be cowboys.
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I was a freshman in high school, or so,
whenever I started riding bulls, actually.
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That's when things
really got serious for me,
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but then, that's where things
got complicated as well.
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My mom and dad, they separated.
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It was kind of a back and forth thing
from Rockdale to Baytown,
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which is huge.
That was an experience in itself
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because I'm an African-American guy
and the way I'm dressed now
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is the way I liked to dress then;
a polo shirt, some jeans and some boots.
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At that point, young African-American kids
hadn't really ever seen that, you know.
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I was probably five foot two or
five foot four at that time.
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I was a little bitty dude, but I tried to
take on half the varsity football team
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'cause they wanted to pick on me.
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It also helped me grow up.
I learned a lot about myself
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and where I wanted to go in life.
I wanted to be where the horses were.
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Got the opportunity to come to Morning
Star Ranch for Christian youth camp.
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{\an8}[Andy] What do you know?
God, I missed you, man.
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{\an8}[Ezekiel]
I missed you, too.
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{\an8}[Andy] Zeke was a huge surprise for us,
the first time we met him.
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All the horseback riding we did out here,
you remember.
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- Yeah.
- You actually ride pretty good now.
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- Yeah. [laughs]
- [laughs]
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- Surprise. [laughs]
- [laughs]
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[Andy] He had
such great leadership abilities,
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even at 12 years old.
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I ask all the kids that come here, what is
your dream, what do you want to be?
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A lot of 'em are like... I don't know,
I don't have a dream...
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Well, you're never gonna get it
if you don't have one.
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I said, "Zeke, what is your dream?"
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He said, "I want to be a bull rider
and a preacher."
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I said, all right, well, I'm gonna pray
that you get your dream.
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[Ezekiel] Once I turned 18, then I
really started figuring out bull riding.
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There was no doubt in my mind
that I could make it in the PBR.
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[announcer] He rides too damn good!
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No match for Zeke!
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[Ezekiel]
I then got swarmed by the media.
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I did Good Morning, America twice.
I done GQ.
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{\an8}Did my SnapChat series.
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[Matt] In terms of
media attention and hype,
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I don't think we've ever seen this before.
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{\an8}Most guys in the sport have always kind of
shied away from cameras. Not Zeke.
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Rodeo superstitions right here.
Always gotta wear winning socks.
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Hey, man, what're you doin'?
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I've tried to build a brand
around my name.
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[announcer] There's a dance coming,
Forth Worth!
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[Ezekiel] Through all my hard work,
I've developed a real talent for this.
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I just gotta prove myself,
I'm a, I'm a bull rider.
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As long as you stay humble,
the sky's the limit.
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- Mm.
- You need all the help you can get.
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All the help you can get.
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You know, Zeke wasn't drafted
on draft day.
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[Ezekiel]
Heard 'em call out each round.
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First round draft pick,
second round draft pick.
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By the time we got to the third round,
I was like, oh, it's got to be this round.
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But after it got down to the fourth round,
then ultimately the fifth,
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I realized that it was over for me.
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[Kate] Each team
now has their first five.
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[Ezekiel] It was kind of
a slap in the face.
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It was gut-wrenching.
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[JJ] Zeke was a really well known rider
within the PBR, wildly popular.
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But some people felt that Zeke's attention
was more on Zeke,
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more on Zeke's PR.
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- What's up, TikTok?
- [JJ] More on everything outside the dirt
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{\an8}and off the bull, than inside the dirt
and on the bull.
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We're heading out to the practice pit
in Dayton, Texas.
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[JJ] The more that we dug into this,
the more we thought about it,
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Are we looking at somebody
that's a reality star
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that's trying to become a bull rider?
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Or is a bull rider
that's got caught up in some PR?
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The more we looked at it,
we thought it was the latter.
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- You know, get him in the right path.
- Yeah, for sure.
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As long as he's not, you know,
as long as he'll listen and not...
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Yeah, yeah...
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{\an8}We all love the attention. Ezekiel
loves the attention and he's good at it.
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{\an8}He's very charismatic,
he's very approachable.
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{\an8}I mean, he's really the whole package.
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{\an8}But there's a lot of noise out there
for him.
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Whether that's interviews
and the social media aspect...
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I heard about that new chicken sandwich.
Thought I'd go try it out.
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What he needs to make it to that next step
in his bull riding career is focus.
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We need to get on the horn. We
need to get on the horn and do this.
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You have his number?
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We felt like Zeke had the talent,
and if he didn't have full dedication,
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if there was anybody that could pull it
out of him, it was gonna be Jose.
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- [country music playing]
- [cattle mooing]
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Sometimes I just look to this buckles
and remember all the events
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{\an8}where I won, and, uh, it's pretty cool,
you know.
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All the events have their special prize.
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And all the time when they
put something different in there,
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I want, I want to win. [chuckles]
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[speaking Portuguese] I grew up
in the city of Ribas do Rio Pardo,
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in Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil.
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I think that for everyone who rides bulls
in Brazil...
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the dream is to start by becoming
a Brazilian champion,
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and then coming here...
and trying to become a world champion.
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And today, thanks to God
and my dedication, I am.
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God only knows how much
I've dedicated myself.
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I worked hard during the training...
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Always riding every day on bulls
so that I could...
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So that I could improve day by day,
learn more...
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Try to be who I am today.
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[announcer]
Jose Vitor Leme!
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[fireworks exploding]
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Prior to launching PBR teams,
there was some skepticism.
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These are guys that are very much used to
nodding their heads by themselves,
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and working hard by themselves.
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[coach] Cowboys,
they were in the locker room together,
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they were in the bucking chutes together,
but they weren't a team.
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[Daylon] I don't know how to be
part of a team.
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{\an8}I've never been part of a team
professionally.
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{\an8}I'm not really sure how to handle it.
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Either way, my goal is
to be the best at this.
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In the team series, there can only be
one MVP. It's gonna be me.
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[Kate] All these guys, at certain points
have won events,
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had the high-marked ride.
Now, can they do it together?
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{\an8}[Kate] For two decades, Kansas City
has been a key stop on the PBR schedule,
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but this is a new era in bull riding.
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To win here, it takes a team.
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[announcer] This is the moment
we've all been waiting for,
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to see this arena, to feel
this excitement, this energy.
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This is going to be one for the ages.
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It's gonna be a shootout to the finish
here, this Kansas City weekend.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Kate] This is brand new, so
here's the big picture of PBR teams.
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Every team will play and face off
every night of competition.
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A game, it consists of five riders
from each team.
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Five best outs wins the game.
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[man]
The rules are easy to understand.
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You gotta stay on for eight seconds
to get a score.
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[timer buzzes]
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[Kate] One hand in the rope,
one hand in the air.
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Your free arm cannot touch the bull
at any time during that eight seconds.
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[man 5] The guy that gets on the bull
that bucks the hardest
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and can make it look the most
effortless is gonna be the winner.
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[man 14] So, the highest score
is the hardest bull to ride.
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We just put five guys together,
and the five scores are compared
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to the five scores of the other team.
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[Kate] We'll do this 28 times
through eleven different cities
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and eventually crown a PBR teams'
champion when we get to Las Vegas.
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Feel that stretching out,
feel that stretch. It's all the way down.
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Buck kicks, ready, go!
Don't spur yourself. Buck kicks.
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Set the tone tonight, boys.
Get to set the tone tonight.
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[Kate] Game number one,
Missouri Thunder, Austin Gamblers.
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Jose Vitor Leme, the easiest decision
Coach Gaffney ever had
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{\an8}was drafting him first. The big key here,
other guys have to step up.
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{\an8}[Michael] There's high expectations
of our team. We have a lot of talent.
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There's no question
that they want to be the best.
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[all]
Gamblers!
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[Michael]
And it's fine to talk the talk,
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but to walk the walk
is two totally different things.
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[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
the starting line-up for Austin Gamblers!
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Being on a team,
everybody has to get the job done.
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[Ezekiel] Before, it was,
you know, if I buck off, it's on me.
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But now, it's like if I buck off, I could
potentially lose this game for my team.
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You gotta take advantage
of every opportunity you get.
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[announcer] Jose Vitor Leme,
gonna be the lead-off man
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now for the Austin Gamblers.
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Why not start with your home-run hitter?
Go right out of the park
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the very first match-up of the game.
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[Jose speaking Portuguese]
From the very beginning,
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I was appointed as captain
of the Austin Gamblers.
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For me, it was an honor.
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[Michael]
Go after 'em, Jose! Attaboy!
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[announcer]
Kansas City, let's get ready!
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[Jose speaking Portuguese]
You have to guide your teammates
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only to the right path.
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[Michael]
Couple deep breaths.
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Ten seconds! Ride like you do, champ!
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[man 15] All day now, Jose!
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[Jose speaking Portuguese]
It's a big responsibility.
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[Michael] Ride like you do!
Go to 'em!
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Do it little brother!
Do it little brother!
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[overlapping shouting]
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[Michael]
Attaboy! Attaboy!
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[timer buzzes]
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[Kate] All day long!
Time for celebration!
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{\an8}[announcer]
The Austin Gamblers strike first.
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{\an8}- 86.25 points for Jose Vitor Leme.
- [Michael] Way to be!
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[Kate] Missouri Thunder,
they want to get on the board here.
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[man 15] Be a cowboy right now.
Be a cowboy, let's go, hustle! Yeah!
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[timer buzzes]
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{\an8}[Kate] For eight seconds, it's Thunder
takes the lead away from Austin!
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{\an8}[man 16]
We got a game on our hands!
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[Jose speaking Portuguese]
I'm very competitive,
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and I don't like to lose at anything,
not even video games.
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It's hard to hold back your emotions.
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To not get upset.
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In my role as a leader,
it's hard to hide that...
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my mood.
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[announcer]
The pressure is on.
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Who else is gonna step up
for the Gamblers here?
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[man]
Keep moving! Don't give up!
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- [announcer] Ooh!
- [Kate] Ooh! Tough landing.
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[announcer] Coach Michael Gaffney
will do everything he can
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to correct every mistake that's
been made by his team thus far.
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{\an8}[Kate] Well now, Missouri Thunder,
they're looking to keep the lead.
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{\an8}All right, ass down, Jesse,
get outta there!
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Go, Jesse! Go, Jesse!
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Get out there! Get out! Go!
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[crowd] Oh!
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Do it, Lucas!
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[announcer] Lucas Divino,
the 28 year old right-hander ready.
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All right, Lucas! Attaboy! Attaboy!
Get on there!
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Get on there! Attaboy!
Get on there!
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[Kate] Divino does it!
His team needed him to step up!
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Austin takes the lead away
from the Thunder!
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[announcer]
Missouri Thunder!
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[overlapping shouting]
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[timer buzzes]
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00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:09,806
[Kate]
Another one down for Missouri.
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Thunder now, they've got
just one attempt remaining.
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00:23:12,517 --> 00:23:15,812
What that means for the Gamblers this game
is still alive.
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00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:20,900
Who do they look to? Ezekiel Mitchell,
the free agent. He's aboard Magic Potion.
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[Michael] You beat this.
Be ready for whatever.
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00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:37,375
You could... either way. Either way.
You can do this!
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00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:40,586
You can do this! Keep going after it,
big cowboy!
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Big cowboy tonight! Keep gettin' there!
Keep gettin' there!
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You hear me?!
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Get up there! Get up there! Attaboy!
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00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,472
That a boy! That a boy!
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Oh-oh-oh!
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[Kate] Some tense moments
right after that buck-off.
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Both bull and Mitchell safe,
but not happy with the result there.
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[Michael]
Dammit!
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[announcer] That bull just had
his sights set on Zeke from the word go.
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- I got around there.
- Yeah. He's losing his hat.
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00:24:16,247 --> 00:24:17,373
Good effort.
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00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:20,459
He didn't get you outta there, did he?
Not there.
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00:24:20,543 --> 00:24:22,962
[Ezekiel]
Not there. [indistinct]
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00:24:23,045 --> 00:24:24,505
Hey. Hey... Yeah.
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00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:27,258
[Ezekiel] My hand just rolled out.
Right there, it just rolled out.
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00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:29,218
He didn't get you outta here, though,
did he?
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00:24:29,302 --> 00:24:30,303
You left here good.
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00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:31,846
I know, and I wanted to kill him.
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00:24:31,929 --> 00:24:34,307
I know. That's the mindset
that you needed, though...
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00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:35,766
- Aah!
- Yeah.
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00:24:37,059 --> 00:24:38,144
Argh!
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00:24:39,729 --> 00:24:42,523
[Michael]
I'm proud of you. That's all right.
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00:24:43,774 --> 00:24:46,986
He can't buck me off.
That bull's never bucked me off. Ah!
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00:24:47,069 --> 00:24:48,070
No.
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00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:49,697
[Kate]
Austin, they're done.
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00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:51,407
Missouri Thunder, it all comes down
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to their number one draft pick,
Colten Fritzlan.
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[announcer] My magic crystal ball
says he's gonna ride this one
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for eight seconds. The question is,
what will the numbers be?
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00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:03,753
Get up there! Get up there!
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00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:07,965
Get up there! Get up there!
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00:25:10,927 --> 00:25:12,220
[timer buzzes]
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00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:16,265
[Kate] Looked left, went right!
Fritzlan on his feet!
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00:25:16,349 --> 00:25:19,310
Missouri Thunder fired up!
445
00:25:19,393 --> 00:25:21,312
[announcer]
All business, all focus!
446
00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:27,485
[Kate] He needs 86 and a quarter.
This home state is saying he got it.
447
00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:32,531
And he did! Eighty-six and three-quarters!
Missouri takes the game!
448
00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:38,871
[man] Whoo!
449
00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:45,169
[groans]
450
00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:49,465
[clears throat]
451
00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:00,851
[Ezekiel] We all shoulda
done our fucking jobs.
452
00:26:00,935 --> 00:26:04,897
[indistinct remarks]
453
00:26:07,775 --> 00:26:09,527
I'm supposed to ride that son of a bitch.
454
00:26:15,866 --> 00:26:18,035
The thing about it is,
is we just gotta focus.
455
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,496
When I look at you guys,
I don't think it's a lack of effort.
456
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:23,749
You just gotta just fuckin' battle it
every time. Every time.
457
00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:40,433
[Cord] You two, remember to take off
your wedding rings.
458
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,936
{\an8}I was the bull rider out in Houston
one time,
459
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,272
I had my ring on, he said,
"You wear that ring when you're riding?"
460
00:26:46,355 --> 00:26:47,606
I said, "Yeah, I switch hands."
461
00:26:47,690 --> 00:26:50,568
He's like, "I wouldn't do that
if I were you." It ripped his finger off.
462
00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:51,652
- Don't say that.
- He hung it on the chute.
463
00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:52,737
I'm serious as a heart attack.
464
00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:55,656
I switch. I'd put it on my right hand
when I rode.
465
00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:59,243
[indistinct], like two years ago,
it ripped all the skin off his finger.
466
00:26:59,327 --> 00:27:00,369
[gasps]
467
00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:02,997
{\an8}I'll take tape and I'll tape my finger
right here,
468
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,624
{\an8}and then it'll just slide, or make it
to where it doesn't come off
469
00:27:05,708 --> 00:27:07,251
or nothing can get underneath it.
470
00:27:12,423 --> 00:27:15,092
I don't know what I would do
without my wife.
471
00:27:16,761 --> 00:27:17,762
I don't know.
472
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,067
Look at Blake hanging over the side.
473
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:35,154
[Page laughs] I know.
She loves to lean out the side.
474
00:27:35,237 --> 00:27:39,617
But she also likes, eventually the tire
will catch her eye.
475
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:41,410
[Eli] That seatbelt is just amazing,
isn't it?
476
00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:44,914
[Page] Hey, don't chew on that, baby.
Girl... [whooshing noises]
477
00:27:46,374 --> 00:27:50,961
[laughs]
478
00:27:51,045 --> 00:27:56,801
Page was with me before I had any money.
You know, before I had won anything.
479
00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:58,761
We lived in this trailer house
for two years,
480
00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:01,680
me, her and
a handful of other bull riders.
481
00:28:01,764 --> 00:28:05,518
I was gone rodeoing
ten months out of the year.
482
00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:09,688
She was back here, working. There
was times where she was paying my way
483
00:28:09,772 --> 00:28:12,691
and paying for me to go to
the bull ridings and helping me out.
484
00:28:12,775 --> 00:28:17,321
{\an8}It was just a lot of going to rodeos
and practicing.
485
00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:20,574
{\an8}He was just always on the move.
486
00:28:20,658 --> 00:28:25,413
{\an8}[Eli] Since day one, I told her that
there's a better life coming.
487
00:28:25,496 --> 00:28:30,835
Just hold out, and I promise you
that it's gonna be worth it.
488
00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:37,049
[Page] Can you smile?
Blaire, you look so relaxed.
489
00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:39,718
[Eli] Nothing like a little Sunday cruise,
huh, Blaire?
490
00:28:39,802 --> 00:28:42,721
I was 30 years old
when Page come up pregnant.
491
00:28:42,805 --> 00:28:44,265
That was a big time in my life.
492
00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:46,976
I kinda went through a point
where I was struggling,
493
00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:51,647
um, more so than I ever did
with bull riding or anything.
494
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:57,903
I'd been a rodeo bum and
didn't have to answer to nobody.
495
00:28:57,987 --> 00:29:01,991
And now, I've got a baby on the way,
and not just one, two of 'em.
496
00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:09,039
I was excited, but I had no idea
what I was getting myself into.
497
00:29:10,291 --> 00:29:13,961
We had the girls at 30 weeks,
they come premature.
498
00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:16,755
Whitney Blaire was healthy as could be,
499
00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:19,049
Vicky Blake had a little bit
of a heart condition.
500
00:29:20,050 --> 00:29:22,386
[Page] She had transposition
of the great arteries.
501
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:26,098
And it's where your pulmonary
and your aorta aren't crossed
502
00:29:26,182 --> 00:29:28,809
the way they should be,
so your blood doesn't get oxygen.
503
00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:33,022
So, as soon as she came out,
she was intubated and taken to the NICU.
504
00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:38,402
[Eli] She ended up having heart surgery
on her, and everything come out great.
505
00:29:38,486 --> 00:29:41,989
Stayed in NICU with them for two days.
506
00:29:42,072 --> 00:29:46,118
Flew out and flew to Las Vegas to the PBR,
my very first PBR World Finals.
507
00:29:47,203 --> 00:29:53,167
[announcer] Night number one of the 2021
PBR World Finals has finally arrived!
508
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:54,793
[Cord]
Go on and get it now, Eli!
509
00:29:56,670 --> 00:29:59,507
[Page] We would FaceTime
whenever I would go to the NICU
510
00:29:59,590 --> 00:30:03,677
so he could see the girls.
We watched every round, of course.
511
00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:05,262
And screamed at the TV.
512
00:30:09,683 --> 00:30:12,603
[announcer]
Go, Eli, go!
513
00:30:13,938 --> 00:30:16,649
[Kate] This crowd is cheering
because they just marked you at 91!
514
00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:18,067
What do you make of that out?
515
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:22,863
I dreamed of being here since I was a kid.
It's definitely a dream come true.
516
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:28,369
[announcer] He's gonna want to change
that bull's name to Hell, Yeah!
517
00:30:28,452 --> 00:30:31,497
He just became the best scorer
of the finals.
518
00:30:31,580 --> 00:30:34,083
Ninety-two and three quarters!
519
00:30:35,543 --> 00:30:38,837
Started the week out really good.
I had a couple of 90-point rides.
520
00:30:38,921 --> 00:30:43,884
And then, one of my bulls,
he slammed me on my shoulder,
521
00:30:43,968 --> 00:30:46,804
which ended up separating my shoulder
and breaking a rib.
522
00:30:49,098 --> 00:30:53,060
He's extremely tough,
and I'm not a huge worrier.
523
00:30:53,143 --> 00:30:57,273
But as far as he was still gonna get on
and compete... I don't know.
524
00:30:58,107 --> 00:31:01,860
I showed up there with bigger problems
than riding bulls on my mind,
525
00:31:01,944 --> 00:31:05,489
and so it was easy to not think about it
and just let my body take over.
526
00:31:06,657 --> 00:31:12,288
[announcer] Nobody is cowboying-up
more this week than Eli Vastbinder.
527
00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:14,707
Ninety-two and three quarters!
528
00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:19,461
Every score he's had has been
over 90 at the finals. Unbelievable!
529
00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:23,173
He's busted up ribs,
he's crawling out of the arena.
530
00:31:23,257 --> 00:31:25,801
Most guys that we look at,
they come into their rookie season,
531
00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:29,179
they're 18, 19, maybe in their early 20s.
532
00:31:29,263 --> 00:31:31,890
But at 30, Eli becomes
the rookie of the year.
533
00:31:33,017 --> 00:31:35,144
[Eli]
It was a big moment in my life.
534
00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:37,688
[announcer]
Vastbinder is getting better and better.
535
00:31:37,771 --> 00:31:40,649
He's a rookie, but he's
been riding bulls a long time.
536
00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:43,068
[Eli]
I was definitely riding for the girls.
537
00:31:43,152 --> 00:31:47,114
When Eli came home from Vegas,
he's trying to lift the car seat up,
538
00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:48,991
but because of his ribs and his shoulder,
539
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:53,037
he can barely get it lifted up
into the car.
540
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:57,499
And so, the nurse is looking at us like,
you're gonna take a baby home?
541
00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:02,129
You can't even pick up the car seat.
But we made it work, we figured it out.
542
00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:04,340
Can you smile? [laughs]
543
00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:08,260
- [cooing]
- [Page] Good job. Yeah. Yeah.
544
00:32:09,553 --> 00:32:10,679
[Eli] Come on.
545
00:32:12,306 --> 00:32:16,602
Having the girls, it's really changed
my whole career, bull riding-wise.
546
00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:20,606
You know, it's kind of put a fire in me.
And then, when it's all said and done,
547
00:32:20,689 --> 00:32:24,234
you know, it's gonna set them girls
and us up.
548
00:32:24,318 --> 00:32:26,236
This is my job.
549
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:32,326
[Page] His goal is to provide for us.
That's the way we accomplish those goals
550
00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:36,080
is through him riding bulls and,
um, earning money.
551
00:32:36,163 --> 00:32:39,667
And so, he's not gonna quit,
that's for sure.
552
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:42,670
[baby]
Da-da-da-da-da-da.
553
00:32:42,753 --> 00:32:44,546
[Eli]
Da-da-da.
554
00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:59,561
This is a sport where the majority of us
grew up dreaming of something.
555
00:33:00,896 --> 00:33:02,648
Our way to get it is to win.
556
00:33:09,613 --> 00:33:13,075
I can either do this
for these next couple years,
557
00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:15,703
set ourselves up for the future...
558
00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:21,542
or go get a job making $10, $15 an hour.
559
00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:28,090
My wife, me and the kids,
560
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:31,468
this is the only way I have
to give us everything we want.
561
00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:34,930
In this sport, if you don't ride,
you don't eat.
562
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,974
This is the only option I got.
563
00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:41,311
[announcer] ...number-one pick
from North Carolina, Eli Vastbinder!
564
00:33:42,563 --> 00:33:44,898
[Kate] Game number two,
it's the Carolina Cowboys,
565
00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:48,318
the Oklahoma Freedom.
Different strategy on both sidelines.
566
00:33:48,402 --> 00:33:52,573
You see Vastbinder, their top draft pick,
he'll be last to go, the anchor.
567
00:33:52,656 --> 00:33:56,952
Carolina Cowboys, they start with their
top draft pick in Daylon Swearingen.
568
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,788
[announcer] They want a statement made,
they want to get on the board early.
569
00:33:59,872 --> 00:34:03,167
They want to put scoreboard pressure
into the other bucking chute.
570
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:06,754
Daylon really gets these guys pumped up
and, uh, this bull he's got tonight
571
00:34:06,837 --> 00:34:09,965
ought to be a good matchup. So, we gotta
step up to the plate and make it count.
572
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:11,049
[Kate]
Here we go...
573
00:34:11,133 --> 00:34:12,968
[crowd cheering]
574
00:34:16,638 --> 00:34:19,308
- [timer buzzes]
- Daylon Swearingen, the reigning champ
575
00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:22,394
{\an8}sails to eight.
Carolina, first on the board.
576
00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:24,897
[Cord]
We're rolling, let's go!
577
00:34:25,731 --> 00:34:27,941
[Kate] As for the Freedom,
can they answer?
578
00:34:28,025 --> 00:34:32,029
[Cord] All day long, now! Get over there!
Go ahead! There you go!
579
00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:36,784
[Kate] Kolbaba, quick to steal that
momentum away from the Carolina sideline!
580
00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:39,036
The Freedom, they're on the board.
581
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:40,454
[announcer]
Here we go!
582
00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:44,666
[Eli] This bull riding stuff
is mostly mental.
583
00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:48,629
Your mind is a crazy, funny thing.
584
00:34:49,797 --> 00:34:53,008
[Jerome]
Hustle! Hustle! Oh! Great buck today.
585
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,219
[whistles]
Yip yip yip.
586
00:34:55,761 --> 00:34:59,056
[Eli] Your mind's out to defeat you,
every time.
587
00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:00,933
Right before you're gonna get on,
588
00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:02,935
your mind's gonna tell you
you can't do it.
589
00:35:03,018 --> 00:35:05,646
[crowd cheering]
590
00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:08,649
[Kate]
Carolina Cowboys celebrate.
591
00:35:08,732 --> 00:35:10,442
[announcer]
It comes down to this:
592
00:35:10,526 --> 00:35:14,696
Eli Vastbinder has to ride eight seconds
to win the game.
593
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:17,032
[Eli] And your mind's gonna tell you
you're gonna get hurt
594
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,785
and you're not capable of riding this bull
and you're not gonna win,
595
00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:21,620
and them guys are better than you.
596
00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:27,918
[Cord]
Eli! [whistles] We're ready.
597
00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:29,670
[Eli]
It's just straight panic mode.
598
00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:37,261
[crowd cheering]
599
00:35:39,513 --> 00:35:42,933
[Eli] But no matter how scared you are,
you saddle up and get on anyways.
600
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:49,606
It's really what being a cowboy
and bull rider is all about.
601
00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:52,359
[Cord] Hey, don't let off the gas, now!
Go ride him!
602
00:35:52,442 --> 00:35:55,362
Go to work now.
All day long now, keep riding!
603
00:35:55,445 --> 00:35:58,574
Frickin' take their trophy away from 'em,
Eli. Go win this sucker.
604
00:36:00,701 --> 00:36:03,537
Now ride! Get over there!
605
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:07,249
Go ahead! Finish it! Finish it!
There ya go!
606
00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:09,960
Keep riding, keep riding!
Keep riding! Stay on!
607
00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:11,753
Use your head! Go, go, go!
608
00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:22,639
[Cord] Get up.
609
00:36:22,723 --> 00:36:25,100
[Kate] Eli makes his way
to the sidelines.
610
00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,436
[announcer] Our sports medicine team
moving into place there
611
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,438
to help him out of the arena to safety.
612
00:36:30,981 --> 00:36:33,984
It is deafening quiet
in this building right now.
613
00:36:34,067 --> 00:36:36,945
And it just goes to show you
the respect our fans have
614
00:36:37,029 --> 00:36:38,822
for these incredible athletes.
615
00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:40,908
[Kate]
It's been a weekend to forget.
616
00:36:44,286 --> 00:36:45,787
[Eli yells]
617
00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:50,918
It's my back, and my knee
feels like it's tweaked.
618
00:36:52,419 --> 00:36:53,921
{\an8}[medic]
Your chest...
619
00:36:54,004 --> 00:36:57,424
My chest doesn't hurt yet,
but I feel it getting there.
620
00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:07,601
[Cord] Yeah, he's in there getting
worked on right now. And he's hurtin'.
621
00:37:07,684 --> 00:37:11,939
You watch the video in slo-mo,
he twisted his knee pretty good.
622
00:37:12,022 --> 00:37:13,607
Just hoping it looked bad.
623
00:37:15,275 --> 00:37:17,194
Injuries are not unavoidable
in this sport.
624
00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:20,280
{\an8}It... it comes with the territory.
It's dangerous,
625
00:37:20,364 --> 00:37:23,909
{\an8}but I think all the guys know that and
know what they're signing up for already.
626
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:33,418
[Eli] Ah!
627
00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:36,588
Does that hurt worse than anything else?
628
00:37:36,672 --> 00:37:39,591
And that hurt over on this inside
when I did that? Huh?
629
00:37:39,675 --> 00:37:41,093
[Eli] Yeah.
630
00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:51,937
[man] This sport isn't something that you
do thinking that you're gonna get by it
631
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:55,607
without ever getting hurt.
That's just the nature of the beast.
632
00:37:55,691 --> 00:37:58,151
I think danger is what this game is.
633
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:02,239
Like, if you had to say,
what's one word for this sport?
634
00:38:02,322 --> 00:38:04,324
Would... would it not be "danger"?
635
00:38:13,917 --> 00:38:15,669
[narrator]
This season on The Ride.
636
00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:17,963
[man 16]
Fear is taught. You know?
637
00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:20,674
We wasn't taught fear.
638
00:38:21,341 --> 00:38:25,554
[man 17] In PBR teams,
you cannot win with one great athlete.
639
00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:28,348
If I want to win, I gotta be the best,
making every ride count.
640
00:38:28,432 --> 00:38:30,517
- [shouts]
- "We" is better than "me."
641
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,310
You don't gotta go through it alone.
642
00:38:33,979 --> 00:38:35,856
[rider 2]
You start second-guessing yourself;
643
00:38:35,939 --> 00:38:37,399
What if I'm not cut out for this?
644
00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:39,943
Flip that switch right fucking now.
645
00:38:41,028 --> 00:38:42,821
So many things that can go wrong.
646
00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:43,905
[Kate] Oh!
647
00:38:43,989 --> 00:38:45,449
[Eli]
So many things that can go bad.
648
00:38:45,532 --> 00:38:46,533
[announcer]
Oh, boy!
649
00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:49,161
There isn't one time I don't pray
before he gets on.
650
00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:53,415
There's not another sport out there
that comes with this amount of danger.
651
00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:56,460
[Sean] Top 15 guys in the world.
Two of them got killed riding bulls,
652
00:38:56,543 --> 00:38:57,711
and I got paralyzed.
653
00:38:57,794 --> 00:38:59,755
Just shows you how tough
this sport really is.
654
00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:02,174
[Kate] You have to love it
and crave it so much
655
00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:04,634
that you want to come right back
and do it again.
656
00:39:04,718 --> 00:39:06,428
You gotta get back up
and get back on.
657
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:10,098
[Ezekiel] You gotta go ride bulls.
That's what we do, we ride bulls.
658
00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:11,933
[announcer]
Guys, I got goosebumps.
659
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:13,685
The hair on the back of my neck
is standing up.
660
00:39:13,769 --> 00:39:17,439
[Kate] Doesn't waste any time
getting back in the ride column!
661
00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:21,276
There's a target on my back. Those guys
are gonna ride even harder, even better.
662
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,570
[announcer]
He did it! Are you seeing this?!
663
00:39:23,653 --> 00:39:25,030
[crowd cheering]
664
00:39:27,074 --> 00:39:30,202
[announcer]
I love this sport!
665
00:39:31,161 --> 00:39:35,499
Hey, hey. This is fucking war now.
From now until Vegas, this is war.
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