Professional Bull Riders' Champion Bull Bushwacker Gets Bushwacked!

TULSA, OK --(Marketwired - August 18, 2013) - The streak has ended at 42!

Bushwacker, the 1700-pound bull owned by Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls, dubbed the 'Baddest Body in Sports' by ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue and the first animal to be featured in the issue, was defeated in Tulsa, Okla. Saturday night by PBR star J.B Mauney at the Express Employment Professionals Classic presented by WinStar World Casino, part of the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series.

Mauney rode the 2011 World Champion Bull for 95.25 points to win the event and $46,605, but more notably, stopped the record-setting streak of Bushwacker, the bull some have called the best bucking bull ever.

It took nine times, but finally the 26-year-old from Mooresville, N.C., made a full 8-second ride on his nemesis whose PBR-record of 42 consecutive buckoffs at BFTS events, and 56 in his career, have established him as the greatest.

To watch the streak-ending ride, visit: http://www.pbr.com/en/media/videos/2013/8/jb-mauney-makes-history-riding-bushwacker-for-9525-points.aspx

"It's about time," proclaimed an elated J.B. Mauney, who said he's never felt as great as he did tonight in Tulsa where he won his first Built Ford Tough Series event of 2013 with a ride that will go down as one of the most memorable in PBR history.

Kent Cox, Bushwacker's handler, and Mauney, whose skin was completely covered in goose bumps, embraced one another immediately afterward.

"If it had to be anybody it had to be J.B.," said Cox. Cox has hauled Bushwacker his entire career for owner Julio Moreno.

Mauney came into the final round Saturday night in second place. After making his second qualified ride in the event, he said he was sticking to his original game plan, which he boldly stated would be selecting Bushwacker in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round.

"Everything's going great right now. When you feel good, you ride good," he said. "I'm picking the way J.B. picks [big picks in big moments]."

Mauney had tied for fifth in the event during the opening round Friday night and then moved into first for most of the second round after riding Razorbuck (BMC Bucking Bulls/Owen Ranch) for 89.25 points. However, Round 1 winner Brendon Clark reclaimed the lead with an 86-point ride on Home Brew (Wolf Creek Cattle & Rodeo CO LLC) in the second round.

Clark selected Showboat (Circle T Ranch & Rodeo) with the first pick in the championship round draft followed by Mauney's crowd-rousing selection of Bushwacker.

"Those first two bulls I had, I knew nothing about," said Mauney, who added that was how he had to approach his matchup with Bushwacker. "I have to just go at 'em jump for jump."