Two male lions get into scuffle over female

The video shows a scuffle that took place between two male lions in the African wild, both interested in the same female.
As in the human world, so in the natural world, when two males are both seriously interested in the same female, things can get tricky and sometimes messy. Males fighting over females can take on many forms, but when you are a lion, it is all out aggression that involve teeth and claws and some loud growling and snarling. There is no negotiation involved or holding back. While on safari in the Kruger National Park, we came across a pride of lions nearby a watering hole. Some of the pride members were already walking away from the water while one male was lying down some distance away, staring at another male lion attempting to impress a female. It was clear that the male lion really wanted to be close to the female and not let her out of his sight. Looking at the reaction of the lioness, she was not interested in the clingy male lion. While the male lion tried to stay close to the female the whole time, the female was making plans on how to ditch this guy. The lioness tricked the male into thinking she was going to lie down, only to jump up again, taking her gap to run away. While this was happening, the one male staring down from the distance, decided this was his opportunity and ran after the fleeing lioness. The dominant male was having none of that and intercepted the incoming male before he could get to the female. It all exploded into a cloud of dust, with teeth and claws flying combined with loud growling and snarling noises. This totally took me by surprise and was stunned by all the action in front of me, even though it all happened very quickly. The fight was short but intense before the one male decided he had to get out of there and ran off with the dominant male right after him. I lost sight of them as they ran off and disappeared into the thickets, not to be seen again. It was incredible to see such behaviour and power from Africa’s biggest cat out in the wild.