Nashville Stampede sweeps Freedom Days, opens two-game PBR lead
NXTbets Pro | Published On: August 9, 2026
Nashville Stampede
The Nashville Stampede swept Freedom Days in Sunrise, Florida, to improve to 7-1, extend their franchise-best win streak to seven games and open a two-game lead in the PBR Teams standings. Nashville handled the weekend with balance and depth, going 10-for-15 overall and getting rides from Alan de Souza, Daniel Feitosa, Rogério Venâncio and Riquelmi Silva. That run gave the Stampede a clean sweep and reinforced their place at the top of the standings after another strong set of trips.
Nashville’s weekend showed how quickly a team can separate itself in this format when several riders deliver. The Stampede did not lean on one big score or one standout ride. They put together a full-team effort across the event, and the results showed it. Going 3-0 at Freedom Days gave Nashville another benchmark in a season that has already moved beyond the early sprint stage. The seven-game streak stands as a franchise best, and the two-game cushion in the standings gives the Stampede a little more breathing room as the schedule moves on. For a team that entered the week with momentum, the sweep only added to it. The Stampede now carry both the record and the lead that come with sustained success, and they did it by stacking rides across the weekend instead of relying on narrow margins or late saves.
Florida Freedom
The Florida Freedom left Sunrise with a different kind of weekend win, one built on staying unbeaten on their home dirt and earning a second straight victory at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida edged the New York Mavericks 89-86.8, and Austin Richardson delivered the key ride with an 89-point effort on Blazin Halos Late Night Toss. That score gave the home crowd one more reason to leave with confidence, and it kept Florida’s home record in the event intact.
The Freedom did enough to hold off New York in a close matchup, and Richardson’s ride gave the team a needed lift in a tight score line. In a PBR Teams event, margins matter, and Florida found a way to stay ahead when the Mavericks pushed them. The result also helped the Freedom protect the kind of edge that comes from performing well in front of home fans and on familiar dirt. Two straight wins at Amerant Bank Arena give Florida a strong platform, even with the Stampede taking the week’s biggest team result. The Freedom did not match Nashville’s sweep, but they still checked an important box by winning at home and keeping their unbeaten mark there alive. That kind of response matters in a season where every round can reshape the standings and every ride can shift the tone of a team’s stretch run.
PBR Teams
The rest of the PBR Teams card also produced clear results. The Austin Gamblers beat the Missouri Thunder 178.1-90.6, the Carolina Cowboys defeated the Oklahoma Wildcatters 261.95-175.45 and moved above .500, and the Arizona Ridge Riders beat the Kansas City Outlaws 266.9-174.4. Each scoreline pointed to a decisive night for the winning side, with the Cowboys adding the extra note of climbing back over the break-even mark. Those results gave the weekend a broader shape beyond Nashville’s sweep and Florida’s home win, and they kept the standings movement active across the league.
Taken together, the event showed a mix of separation at the top and teams trying to build momentum behind it. Nashville turned in the strongest overall performance with its 3-0 run and 10-for-15 weekend, but other clubs also left with useful wins. The Gamblers, Cowboys and Ridge Riders all produced comfortable margins, which matters in a league where every clean ride can add pressure to the next team in line. PBR Teams is next scheduled to return for Stampede Days in Nashville, Tennessee, giving the Stampede a chance to defend its lead in front of its own fans and giving the rest of the field a quick opportunity to respond.
