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A Peruvian bullfighter has been branded the “worst matador in the world” after being brutally gored on the buttocks and leg during his debut in Madrid.
A video captured the horrifying moment Andrés Roca Rey, 27, is impaled by one of the beast’s enormous horns before being thrown into the air like a rag doll.
He then somersaults before crashing into the sand and curling into a ball to try to protect himself.
The crazed animal then launches a second attack and tears through the matador’s uniform, shaking him violently as bystanders rush to help him and he lies crumpled on the ground.
Peruvian bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey has been branded the “worst matador in the world” after being brutally gored on the buttocks and leg during his debut in Madrid.
A video captured the horrifying moment the matador is impaled by one of the beast’s huge horns before being tossed into the air like a rag doll.
The young man then somersaults before falling to the ground and curling into a ball to try to protect himself.
They try to calm the angry 3,000-pound creature by using colorful sheets to try to distract it from the injured bullfighter.
Meanwhile, fortunately, the battered and bruised young man is able to stagger to his feet and limp out of the Las Ventas bullring, relying on helpers.
Roca Rey would have been injured in the gluteus and would undergo surgery at the medical center in the bullring.
The medical report states that the bullfighter suffered ‘a wound caused by a bull’s horn in the proximal posterior third of the right thigh, with two paths, one 15 centimeters forward that caused injury to the hamstrings and hematoma in the sciatic nerve and another 15 centimeters inward, which caused damage to the gluteus maximus muscle.’
The act was the bullfighter’s first bull of the sixth bullfight of the Autumn Fair that was held this afternoon.
And this was not the first time the young man made headlines, as he previously caught the media’s attention when a shocking video emerged of him being gored by a rampant bull in 2016.
The incident marked the fourth time Roca Rey was gored that year.
He had recovered only a few days after being knocked unconscious during a previous event.
Footage shows the bullfighter nearly failing, leaving one witness wondering if he should consider a different career.
The beaten and bruised young man manages to stagger to his feet and limp out of the Las Ventas bullring, while relying on helpers.
The act was the first bull of the bullfighter of the sixth bullfight of the Autumn Fair that was held this afternoon
Passersby rushed to help the young man and distract the animal as it lay on the ground.
The bull can be seen catching Lord Rock King with his horns as he attempts an extravagant pass with his mantle.
Stunned spectators can see the teenager being sent spinning around the bull’s horns before being thrown to the sandy floor of the arena.
Then, during a heart-stopping moment before help can arrive, the young bullfighter is gored and trampled by the angry 1,400-pound animal.
Onlookers feared the worst when his apparently lifeless body was carried away by helpers while others attempted to tame the bull.
The extent of his injuries has not been made clear, but he is said to have suffered a concussion and a fracture to his right cheekbone and was ordered to rest by doctors.