Staged?? Not sure how you see that from such a short clip. Bloated belly? Could of been a full belly. I think old mate was bloody lucky and the lion perhaps died as it bit him. I've seen the end result of what a lioness done to a mates arm, it shredded his forearm in seconds. That one in the clip only had a wee chew on him. As for the stiff leg, we have all seen animals go stiff just as they die. And I for one would put in another shot for safe keeping, those teeth are too big. I think it's legit. Old mate would never live it down if it was staged, pretty hard to say it happened if you don't have the scars to prove it.