I would hardly call it a 'fight' between these two elephants!

The first one was a young male in Musth (probably for the first time) whilst the second ellie was a (younger) male who was not in Musth and who, sensibly, backed away shortly after the brief encounter between the two.

Young males, after being ejected from the matriarchal herd, often test their strength against each other but it is only when they reach maturity that 'real' fights occur.

This 'fight' was simply an encounter between two young males and the male on the right, sensibly, decided that it was not worth his while entering into a fight and left the waterhole.

Domination fights between mature, unattached, male elephants are not only extremely aggressive and noisy but also, on occasion, can result in serious injury or even the death of the 'weakest' animal.

Elephants are, in 'real' fights, competing for the priveledge of mating with the females and passing on their genes - the winner will be the one who has the most strength (and determination) and his 'prize' will be to mate with all of the reproductive females in the herd. He may even have to 'fight' with several other mature males before achieving his goal.