 Morães would again win the average at the NFR in 1996, and in 1997 was on track to win his second PBR world title until breaking a leg during that summer, forcing Adriano to sit out the rest of the year while Michael Gaffney overtook him for the world title.Morães did become the first man to win a second PBR world title, which he won in 2001.His success on that circuit was instrumental in the expansion of the PBR tour to include events in Brazil.