See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:51 BST, 1 June 2026 | Updated: 15:54 BST, 1 June 2026
This is the horrifying moment a matador was gored through his leg and tossed about by a raging bull in front of a crowd in Spain. Brutal footage showed Paco Ureña getting gored after masterfully dancing around the giant beast at the Las Ventas arena in Madrid. He was seen guiding the bull around his body with his cape, leaping back when the animal gets too close. But the matador's luck ran out, and the bull's horns hooked under his right arm, flinging him upwards before he falls to his knees. The horrified crowd was heard gasping and groaning as they anticipated the harm about to be inflicted on Ureña. As he is about to get up, the bull catches his left leg with its horn and lifts him up into the air. The matador was carried for several seconds before he drops to the floor. The bull was about to trample him, but a group of matador assistants - also known as 'cuadrillas' - quickly came in and covered the bull's eyes with their own capes, giving Ureña enough time to escape. As he is about to get up, the bull catches his left leg with its horn and lifts him up into the air Paco Ureña was seen guiding the bull around his body with his cape, leaping back when the animal gets too closeHe was seen hobbling away, with a deep wound in his leg. Local media reported that he suffered a 30cm goring at the event.Last month, a top Spanish matador was left recovering in hospital after he was gored in the groin during a bullfight in front of hundreds of spectators in Madrid. Alberto Duran, 36, was performing in the final qualifying round of the Copa Chenel bullfighting tournament in Valdemoro, south of the Spanish capital.Footage showed the bull rearing its head into Duran's groin and catching him with its horns as it thrust the bullfighter into the air. Audience members recoiled in horror as the matador managed to run away from the animal. Duran was rushed to the hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery for a serious injury to his testicles.While the initial surgery was completed without complications, doctors later detected a blood clot in one of Duran's legs, meaning he had to undergo a second, urgent procedure.
