Spain’s ‘greatest matador’ gored by bull in comeback from retirement
The man admired by many Spaniards as the finest bullfighter ever seen is recovering in hospital after being gored by a bull during his comeback from retirement.
José Antonio Morante, more commonly known by his matador’s moniker Morante de la Puebla, suffered the injury on Sunday, while bullfighting in Seville. Video footage showed him being lifted off his feet as the bull’s horn punctured his buttock, before colleagues drew the animal away from him by distracting it with their capes.
After initially being in a very serious condition with the 10-centimetre wound, which perforated his rectum, Morante is now recovering.
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Sorry but no. Bullfighting is actually very unpopular in Spain. It's a relic of the past that's kept on life support by conservative politics.
Very happy to hear he has been gored by the bull. Couldn't have happened to a worse person. And this is always the reaction of pretty much everyone I know whenever this happens
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Really? I think these events could be memorialized as a sort of messed up cultural thing to look back upon, but using such a banal word for it feels pretty odd in its own right
Yeah, people don't often realize the bull is literally being tortured by getting stabbed. Then it's eventually killed. I mean if you're killing animals for food do it as humane as possible, but for a show? No.
Super hot take time: giving the bull a chance to go out swining isn’t that much worse than having it put down ”humanely” in a factory, spending it’s last time in a line that reeks of blood.
The real crime is against entertainment. Who am I supposed do be rooting for here? Apparently not the underdog that’s outnumbered and surrounded by a bunch of dirty spaniards with swords and near zero chance of winning.
Who watches this? Seriously!
I suppose 'many' is a relative term. As a pure number of people I'm sure there are tens of thousands of Spaniards who love the 'sport'. But as a percentage of the population, yeah you're right - the large majority think it's stupid and want it gone.
Of course it's "technically" correct, but I'm a bit tired of Spain being known for bullfighting and people not realizing that it's actually very unpopular here.
Like also tourist shops in Barcelona still sell bullfighting related articles, even if corridas were actually legally banned for many years in Catalonia (ban reversed by the conservative constitutional court years later). It just shows that this shit is still something people think about when thinking of Spain
To a worse person? I can think the president of certain centric community that's very pro-bullfighting and directly responsible for killing thousands of grandpas...
It's just a phrase. For positive stuff you say "couldn't have happened to a better/nicer person" so that's the opposite. I can think of quite few worse people that'd deserve to be gored by a bull
I wasn't aware of that. Thank you for sharing.
Heck yeah. Go bull!
Spaniard here.
Bullfighting is nowadays extremely niche of the extreme right wing retards. No normal person like t, let alone knows the name of that arschloch.
We are happy the bull managed to win a small fight.
Man, I love the EU.
German username and uses the word Arschloch
English comment
This is the world I want to live in!
Plus, his username is "ich will hier raus", lol
L'europe c'est comme ça ;)
Boa noite.
A real European, just as Umberto Eco intended
the spanaird gored the fool.
I’m glad to hear this—hopefully it will be completely gone soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dmlze5UbUQ
That was all well and good, but I was hoping it was the video if the matadors asshole getting reemed by the bull and not a live concert song in spanish that's apparently anti bull fighting.
The video is all over the net ... here ya go friend.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16251219/bullfighter-gored-bum-matador-rushed-hospital/
The point I was trying to make was that we've been protesting it since the 90's and it's almost extinct.
Yeah. I heard damned near everyone is against it there.
I always root for the bull.
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If the bull wins it should get to retire.
Fuck that. It should level up and get to pick improved armor and weapons and then go back to gore more asshole matadors.
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Well, the traditional thing is the opposite, his whole bloodline is ended
Well thats dumb he won. What is he too dangerous now?
Yes, exactly. Because this has never been about "fairness" or "fighting a worthy fight" as supporters of corridas like to pretend. it's just about slowly torturing to death an animal in front of a live audience.
Disgusting. There is no sport in that. Might as well fight a ill tempered chicken then.
I say let's keep it unbanned, but matadores now have to go into the ring empty fisted and no picadores are allowed so that they can't whittle down at the Bull's capabilities. Just a 1 on 1 match to the death with both "athletes" at peak performance
Oh the bewolf technique. That is certainly sporting. But I say keep it even and let the matador get a horned helmet. 😅
Nice one, bull. Right up the arse. 😁👍
When you kill animals for sport, you can't be upset when the other team shows up.
its only fair the animal responds in kind.
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"when you finally convince her to do stuff with your butt"
https://youtu.be/7rwUdL9qXjk
The 10 cm wound perforating his rectum is the second biggest asshole, after the bull fighter himself.
he ripped a new asshole.
How's the bull?
I assume proud. He should be.
The bull will have to be proud from the afterlife, since killing them is the whole point of the performance. But you're right, he absolutely should be proud, good aim. And since he's taken down the supposed "finest bullfighter ever", we can recognize and remember this bull as the now undisputed champion of bullfighting, and the actual finest bullfighter ever. Let him be an inspiration to all future bulls fighting in this deplorable sport. Even though the bulls never win, I will celebrate their efforts to make as many humans lose as possible.
IIRC bulls who win their fights are studded out to breeders. Bulls who lose are available at the concession stand.
Unfortunately not quite that straightforward. Bulls that win usually still die from their wounds. If they survive, and if the matador believes the bull showed exceptional skill, they can be "spared" and are returned to the owners with a prize (though this is extremely rare)
I think this bull showed exceptional skill.
Not really, that's only if they survive and are pardoned, which is very rare. The normal thing is for the Bull's bloodline to be ended
Putting forth the proposal this bull gets the nicknames “Rectum Ralph”.
I've been giving Spain too much credit lately, but I forgot that this shit is still legal. Barbaric traditions from the past should stay in the past.
Yes but most people absolutely hate it. And some parts of Spain forbid it already.
Oh no is the bull ok
awww. poor guy. Maybe next time he shouldn't have participated in the torture of a live animal.
In fairness, torturing a dead animal draws even smaller, weirder crowds.
This brings me joy. I hope the bull is alright.
Deserved.
Good job bull
So soon after a millionaire was stomped into paste by elephants?
I think things are actually getting better.
My favorite is still the killer whales capsizing rich people's sailboats. Although that would have been even better if the orcas had eaten the free snacks.
Nature is healing
That reminds me of the old expression "a sucking chest wound is Nature's Way of telling you you've been in a firefight." I think Sun Tzu said that but I'm not sure.
Harambe has risen.
Nature is healing.
"Healing"
trampled, elephants also use thier gigantic heads to try to smush you too. there was another story where an african woman was harrassing/killed an elephant the whole herd came to her funeral area, when she died of natural causes, and wrecked the whole funeral and destroyed her grave area.
You're trying to turn that story into something its not and paint that woman as evil when she was just going about her day. Sometimes wild animals just do crazy shit.
I'm glad that my community in Spain doesn't permit this animal abuse anymore.
Are you in Canarias? Because in Catalonia, where it was banned, the constitutional court reversed the ban as punishment for the independence movement (while leaving the canaries ban standing, clear double standard). So it's sadly not officially banned in Catalonia any more, but of course no corridas actually happen as they'd get no money from the Generalitat.
When u just know it's gonna need more than a band-aid
hes getting a prostate check.
Oh no, I hope he didn't injure his horns!
Perspective switch
I am amazed how one can use these words while being totally oblivious to the feelings of pain and being scared that the animals go through.
You're not murdering animals for entertainment if you feel things like empathy or shame.
What do you mean? Torero feels pain and fear, which helps him to see the bull's perspective. Wrong?
I must have missed the part here where the torero had a change of heart.
Today he learned being poked by sharp things hurts
He survived? They should let the bull in the hospital to finish the job
In Spain these guys will actually kill the bull in the Arena (hence the name "matador" - literally "killer"), so this is only fair.
PS: Mind you, not that "just" the part of torturing of the bull (the only part done in Portugal) is much better.
I love the photo. That horn looks like it's getting a full tour of that fucker's Spanish colony.
To the moon!
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Good
Cheers. Hoping he has lasting injuries and has trouble walking until his final days. Animal cruelty isn't cool.
well the bull tore him a new a-hole, he will have permanent injuries.
He's gonna have anal seepage for the rest of his life. Gonna have to wipe multiple times a day, even when he hasn't pooped. It's gonna itch insanely all the time. And if he doesn't keep up on wiping, it'll chafe like hell for a few days.
Have you been reading my diary!?
No, I've been wiping my butt five times a day since I was 15.
No sweat off my back, I tell you what.
Don't you think?
I don't know anyone who doesn't root for the bulls, fuck bullfighting, fuck bullfighters, fuck the running of the bulls too. I hope everyone involved gets lifechanging injuries.
It's indeed animal abuse imo
Same with foxhunting, barbaric traditions
Spain is cool but this corrida thing? I think they should get rid of it
Mess with the bull, you get the horns.
Played stupid game, won stupid prize.
Messed with the bull, got the horns.
Here's hoping the bull had a little fun getting this motherfucker back for all of his fallen comrades.
It didn't. It was terrified, in horrible pain, bleeding out, and just trying to defend itself.
Given how the bulls are treated prior to the bullfighting ... good!
And afterwards. And During.
Get rekt!
And those things never heal right.
Should have stayed retired. Other athletes that come out of retirement and find they've lost a step aren't usually at risk of anal impalement
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Is he … smiling with that horn in his ass?
Probably thought this was his grand finale.
"I never thought I'd go like this."
"I mean, I hoped, but I never thought it'd happen"
the bull is.
Good
lol. lmao even.
He can't. For a while at least.
Awwwwwesome!
Yesss. I hope for this all the times i hear from matadors.
Is it just me or does the headline make it sound like the bull is the one who came out of retirement for this?
"...bull in comeback from retirement" Sounds like the comeback was successful :P
(Is there a c/ for ambiguous headlines?)
Also, while a proctological exam is important at that age, it's probably better to see a trained MD
Does it say why the bull came out of retirement?
Finally some good news
Anyone got a link to the video of it happening?
My dude got Ghadaffied by a bull lmao
That's going to leave a mark.
This isn't a happy story like many here believe.
Now, if someone helped to finished the job, then I'd say it's time to celebrate.
I'd also settle for MRSA assisted closure.
I image this like Gladiator where Maximus is actually the bull being the main character
Spain's greatest bull gore's washed up matador..
They don't do themselves any favours animal wise there's this, pushing donkeys of diving boards and I've also seen articles with them allegedly using dogs/cats as live shark bait for fishing a half dozen times in British papers.
It's weird I'm kind of half respecting them right now for standing up to Trump/USA but then I remember these things.
Apparently, only a minority of Spanish citizens actually support this caliber of animal cruelty. The rest of them have, thankfully, done the sane and compassionate thing and evolved past this barbarism and its excuses. Here's hoping that more people understand why this shit belongs in the dark ages with dogfighting, cockfights, and betta fish fighting.
Forgive my ignorance but what's the hate with bullfighting? Are the bulls treated harshly? If so, that's understandable
They are. I believe that, traditionally, they kill them.
Only after torturing them for hours though
That's crazy
They are tortured with hooked ribbons, called banderillas that just piece the skin in order to enrage them and "prove the skill and bravery" of the matador before they even start trying to kill the bull. A skilled matador can kill the bull quickly, but a poor one can require multiple stabs over 30 minutes or longer.
I went on a highschool trip to Spain, and a bullfight was one of the events. It was horrific. The matador was not skilled, and the poor bull died incredibly slowly and painfully. I'm actually getting a little choked up just recalling it.
I will assume this is not a troll question. Corridas follow a strict protocol and rules.
First, they get several men in the arena to evaluate the bull, the matador will tease him and other men incite him to complete his charges, so that he doesn't stay on the matador in the center. Fresh and not well evaluated, he could be a risk for the matador.
Second: picadors (horse back) pierce the bull and try to slice through his neck muscles, so that he can't raise his head no more, or not too much.
Then, the matador pitch some banderillas on its back.
To kill it, they use swords they get all the way in, then incite the bull to turn left and right so that the sword will cause additional internal damages.
When the bull finally falls, the matador cuts its ear as a trophy. Sometimes the bull is still agonizing.
I let you decide if that's torture, fair fight, or whatever justification they use to keep that tradition alive.
I wasn't aware of the piercing, banderillas, killing, or ear cutting that's gruesome