Shocking photos show the horrific moment Matador Lorenzo Sanchez almost lost his fight with a bloodied bull at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring on Sunday.
Sanchez was set to kill the animal and finish the fight, when he was charged at and thrust into the air by the bull.
After landing, Sanchez howled with pain before being pinned to the ground by the desperate animal, which then plunged its horn into the bullfighter's neck.
Covered in blood, Sanchez amazingly managed to escape the ring where he was assisted by onlookers. Reports suggest he has already been discharged from hospital.
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On Sunday, May 3, 2015 bullfighter Leonardo San Sebastian was gored by a bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain. Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Paco Urena is gored by a Pedraza de Yelte's ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Paco Urena is gored by a Pedraza de Yelte's ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Bullfighter Leonardo San Sebastian is gored by a bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 3, 2015. Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Bullfighter Leonardo San Sebastian is gored by a bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 3, 2015. Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Dec. 28, 2014 photo, Karla de los Angeles, one of Mexico's few female bullfighters, is gored by a bull during a bullfight in Mexico City. The 26-year-old bullfighter who suffered a pair of gashes to the thigh and buttock when she was gored twice by the bull says she is determined to return to the ring by mid-January, two days after she and several others were gored by what she described as a "very smart" bull. (AP Photo/Gabino Acevedo, Cuartoscuro.com) MEXICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN MEXICO - MANDATORY CREDIT - CREDITO OBLIGATORIO (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Bullfighter Antonio Puerta, centre bottom, gets help from a bullfighters "banderilleros" after he was gored by a bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino is gored by a bull during a bullfight at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino is gored by a bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino is gored by a bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Roman grabs the horn of a Guadaira ranch fighting bull after being tossed during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 26, 2014. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the San Isidro's bullfighting fair is the biggest event and attracts the top bullfighters to perform. The lucky bullfighter Roman was tossed by the bull but was not gored, so was able to continue the fight. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Roman grabs the horn of a Guadaira ranch fighting bull after being tossed during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 26, 2014. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the San Isidro's bullfighting fair is the biggest event and attracts the top bullfighters to perform. The lucky bull fighter Roman was tossed by the bull but was not gored, so was able to continue the fight. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino, center, in background, is helped by his colleagues after a Torrestrella' ranch bull gored him during a bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Colombian bullfighter Sebastián Ritter bleeds from his left leg after being gored by a bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid Sunday, June 23, 2013. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is gored during a bullfight of the San Isidro's fair at the Las Ventas Bullring in Madrid, Thursday, May 17, 2012. Castella continued with the bullfight, bleeding from his injured groin. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is gored during a bullfight of the San Isidro's fair at the Las Ventas Bullring in Madrid, Thursday, May 17, 2012. Castella continued with the bullfight, bleeding from his injured groin. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla performs during a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza, Sunday, March 4, 2012. Padilla, who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla performs during a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza, Sunday, March 4, 2012. Padilla, who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla pauses before a bullfight in the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza, Sunday, March 4, 2012. Padilla, who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla lies on the arena after being gored in the face by a bull during a bullfight in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, Spain. A Spanish bullfighter is likely to suffer facial paralysis and lose the sight in one eye after a terrifying goring, the hospital treating him said Saturday. Padilla, 39, suffered eye, bone, muscle and skin damage when the bull pinned him to the ground and gored him. Surgeons had not been able to repair a severed facial nerve, the statement from the Miguel Servet Hospital said. (AP Photo/Elena Munoz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla lies on the arena after being gored in the face by a bull during a bullfight in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, Spain. A Spanish bullfighter is likely to suffer facial paralysis and lose the sight in one eye after a terrifying goring, the hospital treating him said Saturday. Padilla, 39, suffered eye, bone, muscle and skin damage when the bull pinned him to the ground and gored him. Surgeons had not been able to repair a severed facial nerve, the statement from the Miguel Servet Hospital said. (AP Photo/Elena Munoz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla covers his face after being gored by a bull during a bullfight in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, Spain. A Spanish bullfighter is likely to suffer facial paralysis and lose the sight in one eye after a terrifying goring, the hospital treating him said Saturday. Padilla, 39, suffered eye, bone, muscle and skin damage when the bull pinned him to the ground and gored him. Surgeons had not been able to repair a severed facial nerve, the statement from the Miguel Servet Hospital said. (AP Photo/Elena Munoz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spain's bullfighter Jose Tomas flips up and down after being pushed by an El Pilar ranch fighting bull during a bullfight, in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Tomas, one of Spain's top matadors known for a daring bullfighting style, came back to the bullring after a year recovering from a goring in Mexico that almost cost him his life.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spain's bullfighter Jose Tomas performs with an El Pilar ranch fighting bull during a bullfight in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Tomas, one of Spain's top matadors known for a daring bullfighting style, came back to the bullring after a year recovering from a goring in Mexico that almost cost him his life. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 15: Bullfighter Ivan Fandino is gored during San Isidro Bullfight Festival and he is helped by Miguel Abellan (R) and Miguel Angel Perera (L) at Las Ventas Bullring on May 15, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 15: Bullfighter Ivan Fandino is gored during San Isidro Bullfight Festival at Las Ventas Bullring on May 15, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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SEVILLE, SPAIN - APRIL 25: Bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla performs after been gored during the bullfighting at April's Fair on April 25, 2015 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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SEVILLE, SPAIN - APRIL 25: Bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla is gored during the bullfighting at April's Fair on April 25, 2015 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2009 file photo, bullfighter Jose Tomas is gored by a bull during a bullfight at the Monumental Bullring in Barcelona. Jose Tomas, one of Spain's top matadors known for a daring bullfighting style was seriously injured after being gored Saturday by a bull named Navegante in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish matador Manuel Jesus 'El Cid' is gored during the third bullfight of San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 9, 2009. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas is gored by a bull during a bullfight at the Monumental Bullring in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, July 5, 2009. The bullfighting season in Spain runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish matador Israel Lancho is gored by a Palha's ranch bull during a bullfight at the San Isidro's fair in Las Ventas bullring in, Madrid, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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French matador Sebastian Castella is gored by a Fuente Ymbro's ranch bull during a bullfight in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday July 9, 2008, at the San Fermin festivities on The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, which attract tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. The San Fermin festival gained worldwide fame in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises.' (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Spanish matador Jose Tomas is gored by the bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Sunday, June 15, 2008. Jose Tomas who returned to Las Ventas for the second time this month after a six-year absence, is known for his fearlessness and is often regarded as one of the greatest bullfighters of all times.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A bull gores a horse ridden by Alvaro Montes during a bullfight on horseback at the San Isidro festival at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid Saturday May 24, 2008. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Paul White) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A young calf gores a reveler in the bullring of Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 9, 2007. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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OLIVENZA, SPAIN - MARCH 08: Francisco Rivera is gored during his return to bullfighting at Olivenza Fair on March 8, 2015 in Olivenza, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 30: Miguel Abellan is gored by a bull during San Isidro Fair on May 30, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 20: Spanish matador Antonio Nazare is gored by a bull during the San Isidro Fair at Las Ventas bullring on May 20, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. For the first time since 1979, the bullfight was cancelled after the three bullfighters were injured by bulls. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) (credit:Europa Press via Getty Images)