The lion will usually stand and fight rather than flee.

"When two lions or elephants are fighting, who is going to suffer?"

The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn And sent him out of town.

As indicated by the name, it shows a lion and a lioness fighting over a wild boar.

These were rubberneckers, the kind of people who would have crowded the Colosseum to watch the lions fight the Christians.

"I always wondered what the crown felt like when the lion and the unicorn fought over it."

The lion is always fighting.

While the two lions are fighting Simba finds out that the lioness is his friend Nala.

In historical accounts where lions and tigers have fought in captivity, the tiger often came out the victor.

The audience would judge the quality of the martial art schools according to how the lions fought.