Victor Hernandez injured after natural bullfighting in Las Ventas
Madrid bullfighter Victor Hernandez delivered a memorable natural bullfighting performance at the Autumn Fair in Las Ventas before suffering a serious goring in his left leg during a quite. The young matador, compared to early Jose Tomas, cut an ear on his first bull and received praise from the legendary torero's father. The event, featuring Uceda Leal and Fortes, was overshadowed by the injury that prevented a greater triumph.
The fourth bullfight of the Autumn Fair at the Las Ventas Bullring, on October 5, 2025, drew 20,439 spectators in a full house. The lineup featured Uceda Leal, Fortes, and young Victor Hernandez, with bulls from Puerto de San Lorenzo (first, second, and sixth) and Fuente Ymbro (third, fourth, and fifth), all five-year-olds of serious presentation.
Uceda Leal opened with a 623-kilo Puerto de San Lorenzo bull, earning an ovation for an elegant faena with empaque-filled right-hand passes, though he faltered on the left. He dispatched the rest briefly due to poor game, receiving silences.
Fortes, on the second and fifth, showed willingness but lacked great flight. His extraordinary thrust to the fifth Fuente Ymbro bull, dull and high-headed, earned a lap of honor. On the first, he was correct with weighty muleta passes, gaining an ovation.
The star was Victor Hernandez, born in 1999. On his first, a thin Fuente Ymbro bull that was manso and noble, he delivered a natural recital: tight statuaries, deep left-hand series that thrilled the arena. 'This is for you', he dedicated to Jose Tomas's father, who attended due to similarities with his son in the 90s. After a thrust with a warning, he paraded a well-deserved ear. The father told him: 'This is how you bullfight', like a blessing.
However, in a tafalleras quite to Fortes's fifth, he was tossed and gored in the left calf. The medical report notes a 15 cm outward wound with muscle damage, operated under general anesthesia in the ring's infirmary and transferred to Fraternidad Muprespa-Habana Hospital. Grave prognosis, preventing continuation. Uceda handled the sixth manso in his place.
Hernandez's valiant, classical performance left flashes of pure bullfighting, contrasting the bad luck that sent him to the hospital.