熊坑
Bear Pit
熊坑是纽约地下的格斗场。名字容易让人想到铁笼与野兽，可有人去看过之后抱怨：
“我听说你在熊坑里打架，但我去的时候，根本没有熊，那甚至都不是坑！就是两个人在圈里互相打架！”
“I heard that you fight in the bear pit, but when I went, there were no bears, it wasn't even a pit! It was a circle with two people punching each other!”
劳什在这里打出了“熊坑冠军”的名号。他向别人介绍这地方时，口气一贯如此：
“这不是一个字面意义上的熊坑，它是格斗俱乐部，赢家会因为输给我而获得荣誉”
“It's not a literal Bear Pit, it's a fight club where the winner gets the honor of losing to me.”
这个头衔他常挂在嘴边。他曾断言西尔芙在熊坑里撑不过三分钟；阿波罗则放话说，自己随时都能夺走这个称号。而当有人把他放倒，对方的回敬往往是：
“现在谁才是熊坑冠军？！”译
“Who's the Bear Pit champion now?!”
对另一些人来说，熊坑意味着生计。比波普曾在坑里挥拳。他对阿波罗坦言，为得分而战与为吃饭而战是两回事：
“我不是在贬低你，我相信你天赋异禀。但是为得分而战和为温饱而战完全是两码事”
“It's not a knock on you, I'm sure you're a helluva talent. But fighting for points is very different than fighting to eat.”
他还说，若今日一切顺利，自己便不必再回到坑里。
“今天一切顺利我就不用再在坑里打架了”
“All goes well today I won't need to fight in the pit anymore”
熊坑也留下了仇怨。赛凌一直记着劳什在这里对莱尼做过的事，动手时一句话便点明了缘由：
“这是对你在熊坑里对莱尼所作所为的惩罚”
“That’s for what you did to Lenny in the Bear Pit.”
口袋也曾拿熊坑打趣，说若夺不回公司，至少在那里还有前途。
“好吧，就算我没能夺回我的公司，至少我在“熊坑”还有前途”
“Well, if I don't retake my company at least I have a future in The Bear Pit.”
空骨丹尼提起这位冠军时，同样带着几分敬意。在他看来，近距离看冠军出手是一种荣幸：
“能近距离看熊坑冠军出手，是种荣幸。”译
“Getting to watch The Bear Pit champion up close is a privilege”
而当他击倒这位冠军，又拿“冠军”二字当作自己装备威力的明证：
“连熊坑的冠军也挡不住奇美拉 Mark 1 的威力。”译
“Not even the Bear Pit champion can stand against the might of the Chimera Mark One”
连画家也盯上了这里。阿紫觉得熊坑该有人去画格斗海报，还嫌没人为此付她酬劳：
“他们应该付钱请我去给熊坑作画……”译
“They should pay me to paint the bear pit…”
