"I feel great right now. I still don't believe it. I know how much I worked these past four years and still don't believe it,” Marchi stated. “I'm proud of this year. Everybody has had strong bulls and a long season and I had a fantastic World Finals and picked good bulls. I realized my American dream."

The crowd also witnessed the final rides of retiring legends Adriano Moraes (Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil) and Justin McBride (Elk City, Okla.). McBride covered his seventh round bull, Pearl Snap, owned by Boyd/Floyd Bull Company, for 93.5 points and the round victory.

Marchi’s fellow Brazilian Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) took the 2008 PBR World Finals Event title with a total of 625.25 points, riding seven of eight bulls. He received scores of over 90 points on three of his seven bulls. The Thomas & Mack crowd also saw Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas) take the title of the 2008 Daisy Rookie of the Year.

"I felt great coming into the event in Vegas,” Cates said. “I think this year was an outstanding year for rookies although everyone was a rookie as some point in their career and I don't want to overlook other greats like Justin McBride, Guilherme Marchi, and Adriano (Moraes).”

Eighteen of the season’s top 45 riders successfully rode the some of the world’s top bucking bulls in today’s seventh round with the top 15 moving into the eighth and final Championship Round with only three riders covering their short-go attempts.

INJURY REPORT:
Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) suffered a laceration to the chin.

PBR BUILT FORD TOUGH WORLD FINALS PRESENTED BY WRANGLER
ROUND SEVEN: 1) Justin McBride (Elk City, Okla.) 93.5 points on Pearl Snap (Boyd/Floyd Bull Company), $25,000; 2) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 92.75 points on Ricky Bobby (HD Page/Bill & Betty Morrison), $18,000; 3) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) 91.75 points on Red Bull (Teague Bucking Bulls, LLC), $12,000; 4/5) Brian Canter (Randleman, N.C.) 91.5 points on Chester (Mendell/Jaeger), $7,500; 4/5) Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) 91.5 points on Walk the Line (Chad Berger/Clay Struve), $7,500; 6/7) Kasey Hayes (Liberal, Kan.) 91 points on Bad Action (Chad Berger/Clay Struve); 6/7) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 91 points on Outsider Mayo/Hooker).

ROUND EIGHT (SHORT-GO): 1) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 89 points on Fist Full of Dollars (Ravenscroft/Gene Owen), $30,000; 2) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 87 points on Camo (Boyd/Floyd Bull Company), $23,000; 3) Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) 84 points on Pandora’s Box (Chad Berger/Winston Loe), $17,000.

BUILT FORD TOUGH SERIES POINT STANDINGS:
1) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 16,841.5 points, $1,528,696; 2) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 13,014.75 points, $495,157; 3) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 11,850 points, $251,949; 4) Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, BZ) 10,620 points, $287,878; 5) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) 10,184.25 points, $298,852; 6) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 9,771 points, $528,765; 7) Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) 8,628.25 points, $225,999; 8) Mike Lee (Decatur, Texas) 7,633.75 points, $310,841; 9) Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.) 7,482.5 points, $110,710; 10) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) 7,301 points, $143,956.

FINAL EVENT STANDINGS:
1) Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) 625.25 points, $250,000; 2) Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil) 622.5 points, $135,000; 3) J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.) 545.75 points, $80,000; 4) Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) 542.75 points, $54,000; 5) Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas) 538 points, $43,000; 6) Justin McBride (Elk City, Okla.) 453 points, $32,000; 7) Renato Nunes (Buritama, SP, Brazil) 451.5 points, $26,000; 8) Valdiron de Oliveira (Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil) 449.75 points, $21,000; 9) Zack Brown (Santa Fe, Texas) 445 points, $16,000; 10) Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) 442.25 points, $11,000.

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About the PBR:
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, ESPN, VERSUS, and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 400 hours of prime time programming annually, PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over 1.5 million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., with additional offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. The PBR prides itself in its 1,000 plus stock contractor relationships and over 1,200 PBR bull riders competing in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in five countries.