Gored bullfighter makes triumphant return to the ring

A Spanish bullfighter who lost the sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a horrific goring, returned to the bullring just five months after his injury.

On Oct 8, a bull’s horn ripped into Juan Jose Padilla’s lower jaw and caused his left eyeball to protrude as spectators screamed in horror.

On Sunday night, wearing an eye patch and speaking with a lisp, Padilla, 38, fulfilled what he described as an unquenchable desire to once again face massive 1,100lb fighting bulls with the aid of only a cape and sword.