Dramatic somersaults

Two horrifying somersaults from the first two bulls, both in the execution of the suerte suprema (supreme move); the battered men, Luis David Adame and José Fernando Molina, were treated in the infirmary for various wounds, and both came out to continue the fight, further demonstrating that bullfighters do not belong in this world. Adame returned to the ring with graceful gait, unlike Molina, who was without a jacket, wearing jeans, and with hesitant movements due to the tremendous beating he had endured.

But both crossed the ring to greet their second bulls with a long, kneeling exchange in the middle; and both demonstrated not only a heroic feat worthy of their class, but also a commendable disposition, even though their efforts were not rewarded with a trophy.

The blow Adame suffered was tremendous. He was poised to go in and kill his first bull, and at the moment of the encounter, he was caught by the bull's taleguilla. The bull shook him violently and threw him to the sand. The bullfighter managed to stagger to his feet until he collapsed before his companions could assist him.

The Mexican was a tidy bullfighter with mobility, steadiness, and a bouncy charge, which he bored with many shallow passes. Another bullfighter who offered him opportunities was the fourth; he began with a muletazo switched behind his back, and, given his opponent's nobility, he executed two final series of natural passes; another, respectable, with his right hand, and a circular pass with his opposite leg bent, which failed to excite the bull and the bullfighter's attitude as they deserved.

José Fernando Molina made a very good impression once again, thanks to his courage, resilience, and artistic approach. He more than justified himself before his disabled, and much-reproached, first bull, before whom he barely managed to draw a single natural pass. He pricked the bull twice before delivering a low, counter-thrust, in which the bull managed to hook him in the groin area. Once on the ground, he launched himself into the air and fell plumb to the sand.

He came out with a pained expression to fight the fifth, skillfully handled the long initial exchange and capoteado with ease before toasting the crowd.

Right there, in the center of the ring, he knelt, and more than one person wondered if he would be able to get up from such an awkward position. But he did, after a muletazo switched to the back and several long right-hand passes, which he finished off, already standing, with the obligatory chest pass. The bull, frail and showing his face in each encounter, nevertheless allowed him to show his good judgment with muletazos with both hands, stemming from good positioning and a better attitude. Again, he failed with the sword, and what could have been a well-earned ear came to nothing.

And Christian Parejo, who displays good manners and even better taste in the handling of tricks, didn't disappoint. Against his first, which lacked stability and was difficult to behave, he executed four very commendable natural passes, skillfully exploiting the animal's meager caste; he refused to give in to the very lackluster sixth, but ruined everything with an ugly final slump.