Bullfight injury, as matador gored through chin in Madrid, Spain
Spanish bull fighter suffers horrific injury as bulls horn enters beneath the chin and comes out of mouth.
Bullfight injury as Matador gored through chin with horns coming out of mouth. (WARNING – The video contains scenes which may distress you.)
[media id=262 width=610 height=340]Spanish, Portuguese and some Latin country’s love bullfighting. It is a cultural activity which has been practiced for centuries.
The excitement, the crowd and the risks which lay in the bull ring hits record viewers each year, though the sport has lost popularity in some countries in recent years.
However, nothing could have prepared the matador, spectators or anyone for what happened in Madrid on Friday when a Spanish matador, Julio Aparicio, was gored from under his chin.
As can be seen on the video footage, the bullfighter lost his balance while the bull was coming towards him and dropped to his knee which is when the half-ton bull struck.
The scene was horrible as you can see from the video on top, but please be advised that if you’re fainthearted, DO NOT WATCH THE VIDEO, it is very graphic.
The thousands of crowd looked on in horror as the matador was tossed by his chin like he was a doll. He was lifted back on his feet by his aids with blood pouring from his mouth and under his chin and remarkably he was not unconscious and managed to rush out of the ring.
The 41-year-old bullfighter is currently in intensive care with doctors saying they expect a full recovery after no arteries or major veins were damaged.
The bullfighter’s surgeon, Dr. Maximo Garcia Padros operated on Aparicio for six hours to reconstruct his throat, jaw, tongue, and roof of his mouth.
Padros said on Sunday “The horn entered the base of the jaw, just above the vocal cords,”
“It is an injury which seemed worse at first sight but luckily no major damage were done to the important areas. We have made reconstructions to Aparicio’s palate and jaw.”
According to reports the 41-year-old matador is currently communicating with writing on a piece of paper for things which he wants and to answer questions.
The Aparicio’s father, Julio Aparicio Martínez, who was a former bullfighter himself has told local news agencies that his son was in better condition but he has still not visited him.
Martínez said “I only know what I’m told, which is the he is in better condition, but I do not go to see him, I find myself unable to see my son in that condition.”
Doctors say they expect a full recovery and that there are no life threatening injuries. It has not been said if the bullfighter will ever return back to the arena.
The bull which injured Aparicio, was later killed by another matador.
Can you really feel sorry for Julio Aparicio who kills bulls in public spotlight as a sport (bloodsport). Write your thoughts and comments bellow.
the only sadness here is that the bullfighter was not mortally wounded.
this is a savage tradition, and proof that humans are intellectually stunted and constantly suffering from an inferiority complex.
pathetic.
really? i love all you bleeding hearts. “oh noes! da bull got pokeded and dieded! da horrorez!”
when in reality its hardly diffrent then what would happen to him in a slaughterhouse. and they use all the parts of this bull for something. man is a barbaric animal. bottom line.
on topic i do think this vid is funny as hell. on in a billion chance tht it would happen but thats what you get for messing with a 2+ton beast with a few stickers and a red curtian. lulz.
“The horn entered the base of the jaw, just above the vocal cords”.. Shame it missed his brain!
Most of these comments are from mind numb PETA idiots. Since when is animal life more important than human life? Whether you agree with bullfighting or not is irrelevant. This is a HUMAN.
Bull loses the contest he’s dead, bull wins the contest he’s dead. Com’on the bull.
The bull won the match. Why is he still put down. I think if this sport is to continue, they should change up the rules. Let the bull live out the rest of his life on some huge field and a bunch of cows for him to enjoy. He’s earned it.
The only good matador is a dead matador. Having seen a bullfight I can say first hand that it is barbaric. They push a barb up into its anus before it goes into the ring to make it angry and frightened so it’ll attack the matador. Only an idiot would think that a bull is a natural born killer and would attack a man just because he’s standing there.
That’s what you get for messing up with animals. And why messing up with them? Leave the bulls alone.
Some people say they are not extinct because of human caring for them: ahah! they’ve been here for longer than us 😉
Other people say it’s a cultural matter… right… how can you then point the finger at (some) Afghan men mistreating women (whom also put bombs in Madrid)?
It’s some people’s culture, right?
And by the way: I totally ban the sentence “Spanish, Portuguese and some Latin country’s love bullfighting.”. There are people and people!
I concur with others who have said that it is too bad the coward with the small penis waving the red flag didn’t get hurt worse. Like maybe having to be fed through a stomach tube for the rest of his hopefully short life.
Barbarians these creeps are. RIP Bull.
@ michel
You said this;
“Bullfighting is much more than simply a sport, it is a cultural tradition, a heritage, and an artform. Animal rights groups, and flaming left-wing liberals are only simplifying this truth, and doing so by ignoring the big picture, and focusing on this tradition from a merely technical standpoint – which is misleading to those who live in Spain and other coutnries where the bullfighting is popular, and will vouch that to simplify or widdle it down to a mere public execution is the only truly barbaric and primative action that is going on. The barbaric and primative thought/perspective of these same animal rights groups – that humanity is just a bunch of mass, atoms, technical/scientific matter, that move, and by will, do so intentionally, that there is no room for culuture, for heritage, for religion, or any of these other things that fall outside the simplified and simplistic view they choose to hold and dare to demand others to agree with is ridiculous.”
So you’re saying we should keep on sacrificing people to the gods? It’s tradition so i guess its ok… Let’s start by sacrificing you, would make the world a better place…
I’m just waiting for news of someone going on a rampage in those stadiums with a flamethrower or something… They’d be doing the right thing….
And the idiots couldnt even let the bull live? i wouldve stabbed the matador, like they do if the bull loses.. Those guys are a bunch of losers, i hope they all get gored by bulls..
I feel bad for Senor Aparicio, but he is slaughtering these animals, in public, to entertain people. I don’t know that I can feel sympathy for someone who can do such a thing.
Congratulation to the bull, May he rest in peace !
too bad the bull didn’t get him in the chest and kill him.
Bull = PWN Julio
Hey, these Spaniard (combined form: Spanish and Retard) idiots do this for entertainment, THAT was ENTERTAINMENT! All the bull has is it’s natural defences, these guys should go in totally naked. That would be fair. Hell, paint their Spanish-asses red while they’re in there. OLE! (I’m rooting for the bull, not the idiot.) Why didn’t Bush go after them too, they’d never have expected it.