Firefly Season 2, Episode 3: New Land

Mal is standing in a circle of raucously shouting men in a dark smoky room with a dirty floor. He is not wearing a shirt, and his upper body is badly beaten. His lip is swollen and bleeding, he has bruises on his cheeks and chin, and his right eye is puffed up, but his fists are clenched and raised. Standing across from him in the human circle is another man with a thick black beard. He also has no shirt on, and seems to be beaten at least as badly as Mal is. This man, however, is a few inches taller than Mal, and very large. Both men appear to be on the verge of collapsing. After a few moments of cautious circling, the large man roars and rushes Mal, picking him up and slamming him onto the floor. Mal, now on the ground with the bearded behemoth on top of him, covers his face from being pounded by the other man. After trading a few blows, Mal manages to roll over so that he is on top of the bearded man, and continues to hammer on him until he is thrown off to the side. Both of the men slowly rise. The bearded man spits out blood, and a tooth.

Man (gravelly voice): That was my favorite tooth!

Mal: Are you kiddin’? That rotten piece o’ bone? Don’t show me you’re least favorite tooth.

The men continue to circle each other.

Mal: Duncan, you’re a worse fighter than you are a loser.

Duncan: You cheated! Ain’t nobody in the verse’ can throw horseshoes like that! They was magnetized! You owe me thirty platinum!

Mal: That’s not gonna happen Duncan. I need that money to buy things. Like band aids for the job you did on my face. Admit you lost and I might not remind you what dirt tastes like.

Duncan: I ain’t admittin’ nuthin’ to a (Chinese expletive) petty thief like you!

Mal (fists clenching): Petty thief?

Duncan: You’re a low down, dirty, pathetic—

Mal dashes forwards and sends a massive right hook into Duncan’s jaw. The sheer force of the blow knocks Duncan to the floor. Other than a little drool, nothing more comes out