Arizona Ridge Riders beat No. 3 Nashville, finish 3-0 homestand
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 11, 2026
Arizona homestand sweep
The homestand ended at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, with a 175.70-88.15 victory over the No. 3 Nashville on Saturday. It capped two straight wins in front of its own crowd. The Ridge Riders opened the set Friday night with a 179.20-88.80 win over the Oklahoma Wildcatters, then backed it up against Nashville a day later. Both results came by wide margins, and both kept the opposition below 90 points. Arizona handled the homestand from the first ride to the last one. The win over Nashville carried extra weight because the Stampede came in ranked No. 3. Arizona answered that challenge and turned the matchup into another lopsided score line. The sweep moved the Ridge Riders into fifth place in the PBR Teams standings and ahead of the Texas Rattlers on the tiebreaker. For Arizona, the weekend delivered more than a perfect home mark. It delivered a clear jump in the standings, a pair of convincing wins and a strong finish to the home stretch.
Arizona riders deliver
Everton Natan da Silva and Cody Jesus provided Arizona’s two scored rides against Nashville. Jesus posted 88.70 for his first qualified ride of the season, a mark that gave the Ridge Riders another reliable score in the win over the No. 3 team in the standings. The team did not need a long list of scorers to control the night, just timely rides that kept pressure on Nashville and kept Arizona on top of the matchup. The Saturday result came one night after another strong showing from Arizona in Glendale. The numbers from the weekend were spread across the roster and across the event. Elizmar Jeremias earned a season-high 90.5 points on American Made, a ride that stood out among the individual performances. That score gave the weekend another high point beyond the team results. Arizona did not rely on one rider to carry the home set. It got production from Jesus and da Silva against Nashville and a season-best ride from Jeremias during the same stretch. Against a top-three opponent, that depth mattered.
PBR standings shift
The rest of the weekend produced a strong set of results around the PBR Teams standings. The No. 1 Missouri Thunder beat the Carolina Cowboys 179.20-175.60, and the No. 2 Austin Gamblers followed with a 177.85-88.65 win over the New York Mavericks. Both results showed the top of the league still producing big scores. The Kansas City Outlaws added to the weekend’s clean results by finishing 3-0. The Oklahoma Wildcatters turned in one of the biggest team totals of the stretch, posting a franchise-best 352.90-point performance in a 4-for-5 win over the Florida Freedom. Those numbers gave the league a busy, high-scoring feel from top to bottom. Arizona’s climb fit into that picture. The Ridge Riders moved up while other clubs across the field kept posting strong results, and that made the jump to fifth place and the tiebreaker edge over Texas more valuable. The Thunder, Gamblers, Outlaws and Wildcatters all left their own marks on the weekend, but Arizona still carved out one of the clearest storylines. It finished perfect at home, beat the No. 3 team and improved its place in the standings. That combination gave the Ridge Riders a useful push heading out of Glendale.
