As a novillero Cerro appeared in public for the first time at a bullfighting event on 29 March 2008 in
Puebla del Prior,
Badajoz. In May of the 2010 bullfighting season, Cerro won the
Oreja de Oro ("Golden Ear"), the prize awarded to the victor at the II World Meet of Bullfighting Schools, which was held at
Aguascalientes in
Mexico. That same month, he was a semifinalist at the
I Máster Internacional de Escuelas Taurinas held at
Nîmes, France, as well as winning first prize at the
XVI Ciclo de Novilladas de las Escuelas Andaluzas — which was a
capote de paseo (a kind of cape used as adornment rather than for bullfighting, typically worn for occasions such as
paseíllos before the crowd at the bullring at the beginning of a bullfighting event). He won the "Promotion of New Bullfighting Talents" contest for
novilleros without
picadores at the
Maestranza in
Seville on 29 July after cutting two ears off a calf raised by Carlos Núñez in the final. Not long afterwards, in August, he would raise the trophy for the best bullfighter at the Bullfighting School Competition of Andalusia. As the season ended on 1 October, he came away with success, being borne shoulder-high from the
Zafra bullring in Badajoz after fighting six young bulls from different ranches. Cerro was the first bullfighter ever to face six bulls in one
corrida at Zafra. Two months later, on 1 May, he cut one ear at
La Monumental in
Barcelona and four more at
Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz on 8 May. Seven days later, he presented himself at the Real Maestranza in Seville, where he cut one ear. Late this same month, on 30 May, he appeared at
Las Ventas in
Madrid, sharing billing with the Mexican Diego Silveti and the
Segovian
Víctor Barrio, fighting young bulls from the El Ventorrillo ranch. On 19 July he cut one ear at the
Plaza de Toros de Valencia. On 13 August, he got two ears in
Dax,
France, and five days later he fought bulls at the Real Maestranza in Seville. On 19 September he cut two ears in
Navalcarnero,
Madrid, following this with a further two ears in
Algemesí,
Valencia ten days later and two more in
Guadarrama, Madrid on 2 October. In the 2012 bullfighting season, Cerro saw 17
novilladas, reaping 19 ears and one tail along the way. He appeared on three afternoons in Seville and two in Madrid. On 14 July he cut two ears in
Ávila, and that same month he earned two more in
Roa,
Burgos. Upon arriving back at the hotel, though, he collapsed and had to undergo emergency
surgery for a broken arm. On 6 September, he cut one ear in
Villaseca de la Sagra,
Toledo, cutting a further two two days later in
Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid. On 16 September he cut two ears in
Los Navalmorales, Toledo. The 2013 bullfighting season brought Cerro 23
novilladas in which he reaped 13 ears and one tail. On 7 April at Las Ventas he vied for the final of the prestigious
Novillada Contest organized by
Canal+, and met with success, but in the actual final, held on 28 June, likewise at Las Ventas, he got seriously gored once he had delivered the
estocada (the sword thrust meant to kill the bull). He shared the billing at the final with fellow Extremaduran Tomás Campos and the Mexican Brandon Campos (no kin). On 26 May, he cut one ear at the Real Maestranza in Seville. On 23 June, he had to deliver the
estocada to five bulls at Las Ventas in the
mano a mano (a bullfighting event at which there are only two bullfighters on the bill rather than the usual three) with Sebastián Ritter, because Ritter had the misfortune of being gored by the first bull that he faced. On 5 July, Cerro fought in
Pamplona and on 27 October in
Lima,
Peru.
As a matador The 2014 bullfighting season marked Cerro's passage to the rank of
matador de toros. From the
maestro José Ortega Cano's hands, on 13 April, he took the
alternativa at the bullring in his birthplace, Navalmoral de la Mata,
Cáceres with bulls from the Alcurrucén ranch, cutting four ears and one tail. Standing as "godfather" at the ceremony was the
Frenchman Sébastien Turzack Castella (known professionally as Sebastián Castella), while the witness was Miguel Ángel Perera from Badajoz. The bullfighter's most important triumph came on 19 June – the
Feast of Corpus Christi – when he cut two ears at the
Granada bullring, fighting together with José Tomás, who was appearing once again in Spain, and
Finito de Córdoba. On this afternoon, though, he would not be borne shoulder-high through the main gate out of respect for his fellow bullfighter from
Galapagar (Tomás), who had been wounded at this event. Cerro's
alternativa was confirmed at Las Ventas on 15 August, with bulls from the Toros de El Torero ranch. Standing as "godfather" this time was the
Madrileño César Jiménez, while Pepe Moral, from Seville, stood as witness. Cerro received ovation after ovation, but while he was fighting the afternoon's sixth bull, he was gored in the left thigh and ended up undergoing surgery in the bullring's own infirmary. The 2015 bullfighting season found Cerro first at the Joseph-Fourniol bullring in
Vic-Fezensac, France on 24 May. On 1 June came his first appearance at the
Feria de San Isidro ("
Saint Isidore's Fair" — a yearly event at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid) together with the
Salamancan Eduardo Gallo and the
Colombian Sebastián Ritter with bulls bearing the Partido de Resina
brand. On 10 August, he was awarded three ears in
Miajadas, Cáceres, fighting a
corrida with bulls supplied by the Adolfo Martín Andrés ranch. In early 2016, Cerro put an end to his ties with José Ortega Cano; this was by mutual agreement. and henceforth it was to be the bullfighter Luis Miguel Calvo and the
bull rancher Antonio Rubio, owner of the Peñajara de Casta Jijona ranch, On 7 May, before his own people's eyes in Navalmoral de la Mata, the
maestro cut seven ears from six bulls from different ranches. Three months later, Cerro would come back to the bullrings to solidify a great September. He would begin with three festivals: day 3 in
Velada, Toledo, where he got both his bull's ears and his tail; five days later, in
Castuera, Badajoz, where he left a Jandilla bull earless; and on day 10 in
Oropesa, Toledo, he cut three ears from bulls from the Víctor Huertas ranch. The following Saturday, the
maestro fought in the first
corrida that was being organized in
Segurilla, Toledo; it was a
mano a mano with Salvador Cortés, from Seville, as the other bullfighter on the bill. Cerro cut one ear from a Peñajara bull. Two days later, he returned to a festival, in
Casatejada, Cáceres, where a great afternoon culminated in a
mano a mano with the Toledo bullfighter Eugenio de Mora, at which Cerro cut four ears and two tails from two magnificent young Alcurrucén bulls. He would end the season on 24 September in
Talavera de la Reina, Toledo at the "La Otra" ("The Other") bullring together with the
Madrileño Miguel Abellán and Sergio Blasco, facing some extraordinary bulls supplied by the Antonio Bañuelos ranch, from one of which Cerro cut one ear with a strong request for the other ear, and from another of which he cut a further ear after requesting an
indulto. Putting the icing on the cake this season was Cerro's winning the prize for the 2016 season's best
faena in
Talavera de la Reina, Toledo at the I
Joselito El Gallo City of Talavera Awards. In the 2017 bullfighting season, Cerro fought bulls at two festivals, in
Chillón,
Ciudad Real, where he did a circuit of the bullring with the greatest trophies, and in
Velada, Toledo, cutting two ears from a great bull from the Peñajara ranch. Cerro began the 2018 bullfighting season in late July at the festival in
Nombela, Toledo with a
mano a mano with Miguel Abellán; he cut three ears from young bulls from the El Freixo ranch. He was announced at
Mombeltrán,
Ávila in mid-August, and there he cut the tail off a magnificent young bull from the La Guadamilla ranch. He then had to wait almost two years before he was once again announced at a bullfight. That was in
Méntrida, Toledo, where he was left listening to silence from the stands as he fought his two bulls. Cerro began the 2019 bullfighting season with a declaration of intentions in
El Tiemblo, Ávila, where he was borne out shoulder-high after cutting three ears from two notable bulls from the Peñajara ranch. On 15 August he fought bulls at the
Cenicientos, Madrid, Bull Fair together with Alberto Lamelas and Javier Jiménez, and with bulls supplied by the Dolores Aguirre ranch. On 21 September, he fought two bulls in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo together with Eugenio de Mora and
Morenito de Aranda. On 3 February 2021, it was announced that Cerro had broken with his
apoderado Antonio Rubio.
As a bullfight director By 2023, Cerro's participation in bullfighting had taken on a more managerial character. He works as a bullfight director for many events in
Extremadura, but he also has a day job working for a company whose job is to clear and close farms. He says of this newest stage in his career: Cerro sees his new role in bullfighting as the most important one because he has more responsibilities and he is the one who must keep an eye on everything and everybody at a bullfighting event. He evidently has a hands-on approach, even seeking to avoid tragic outcomes whenever there is a mishap with a bull at one of his
corridas. He has physically intervened at times in the bullring when there have been life-threatening situations during a bullfight. Cerro tries to remove the bull as quickly as he can, sometimes even risking his own life to keep the bull off the stricken bullfighter, earning him the epithet "the lifesaver". ==Family==