The Lion, when portrayed on a flag or coat of arms, traditionally symbolizes bravery, valor, strength, and royalty. It is regarded as the king of beasts. Body roughly vertical, forepaws raised to strike (or to display the claws to best advantage).
The position of the hind legs varies according to local custom. The lion may stand on both hind legs, braced wide apart, or on only one, with the other also raised to strike.
The American Pit-bull or American Staffshire Terrior has its own (bad-ass reputation) for being a dog that will not give up in a fight, and has been known to attack bears in England during the 18th century.
Originally, these dogs were bred to keep the bull in line when it was being brought in from the fields for castration. The dogs would protect the owner from getting gored by the bull.
They accomplished this by biting the bull on the nose and hanging on, despite sometimes being injured by the bull...Thus they were given the name Bull Terriors or Bulldogs.
When MMA fighter Andrei Arlovski first entered the UFC, he was somewhat thrown to the lions. In only his second fight in the UFC, he faced, and lost to, Ricco Rodriguez and next, heavyweight contender Pedro Rizzo. Despite those early defeats, wins over Ian Freeman and Vladamir Matyushenko propelled Arlovski back into the UFC elite.
With somewhat ease, Arlovski went ahead and put a six-fight win streak together. Frank Mir, who was heavyweight champion of the UFC at this time, had unfortunately got involved in a motorcycle accident and was stripped of his title.
An interim title was put together and such, as most things in life. When one door closes, another one opens. Andrei Arlovski fought for the interim title against Tim Sylvia. Andrei won the title by submission after applying a vicious ankle lock that made "Big Tim" tap out.
By Andrei's own admission, after winning the title he partied non-stop, and didn't train properly for the second and third meetings with Sylvia. Arlovski lost both fights and sunk deeper in the rankings.
Andrei has started to look like the old "pitbull" we used to know and has once again put together a winning streak. Arlovski has been training with legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach. Roach has trained many boxing champions, such as Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao.
Most recently, it was announced that Arlovski would be participating in the newly rescheduled "Affliction" pay-per-view event in co-promotion with well-known Boxing promoters GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS on Jan. 24, 2009 .
Arlovski will be fighting former "Pride FC" champion and current WAMMA heavyweight champion, Fedor Emelianenko, for the WAMMA heavyweight belt.
Yes...Fedor is the lion that came from Pride as most Lions do. Only, in my respectful opinion, I truly believe that this Lion is the runt of the litter.
Very much overrated and over-hyped (came close to losing a decision against Mirko Cro cop) and has only fought a low level of competition from his own organization, Fedor has been selective in his choices of fighters (gatekeepers, middleweights, many unknown Japanese fighters etc...).
So now the lion has entered on some new territory; this territory is being guarded by a ferocious, fighting pitbull. Usually a dog is no match for a cat. Only, in this case, I'm hoping the pitbull locks on with his powerful submissions and slays the lion dead!!
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