Later in that year, he made his introduction to the world of bullfighting in the Monumental de Las Ventas in Madrid where he cut one ear from his second bull, thus earning his first prize. El Fandi finished his bullfights in 1999 successfully. On October 31, he killed six bulls and cut five ears. Around this time, Emilio Miranda Casas and Santiago López began to represent El Fandi in his career. Emilio Miranda was the well-known and prestigious manager of the bullring in Granada. López was a retired matador, or bullfighter, and an agent to bullfighters with a lot of experience and a good reputation. Both men believed David could be the great bullfighter Granada was waiting for; however, it would be a long road. David needed to improve his fundamentals, Santiago López worked hard with him. The year 2000 began with one goal in mind: El Fandi was going to become a matador in la Feria del Corpus (a weeklong fair in Granada honoring its city-saint, Corpus Christi). However, just before his alternativa (a bullfight in which the junior bullfighter is presented to the crowd as a matador), he suffered a fracture in his right elbow in a bullfighting accident in Murcia. However, despite the fracture, El Fandi decided to fight and become a matador on June 18, 2000. That afternoon, while wearing protection on his right arm and fighting mainly with his left, El Fandi cut two ears and became a hero in Granada. Professional life 2001 In 2001, El Fandi had to compete in more bullfights and in bigger bullrings. Despite this, he triumphed again in Granada and surprised everyone with his skillful fighting, his abilities with the cape, and his powerful killing blade. He ended 2001 competing in a total of 39 bullfights, and his average of ears per bullfight was the best of his class. 2002 The biggest test of this year for El Fandi was fighting in Las Ventas in Madrid, where he had two bullfights. However, in his first afternoon in Madrid, El Fandi proved to the country that he was a revolutionary bullfighter. He triumphed in important bullrings like Valencia, San Sebastián, Pamplona, Bilbao, Málaga, Murcia, Algeciras, Alicante, Badajoz and La Linea de la Concepción. Later that year, in Granada, El Fandi experienced an incredible week of bullfighting. He triumphed three times, lived a memorable bullfight, and then pardoned the life of