Yeah it all depends on bulldog vs. non bulldog on what's the best way to handle it.
All that beating over the head and lighting them up and this and that will not work on bulldogs. Bulldogs need to be broke apart with break sticks and separated immediately. It's actually easier to break up bulldogs IMO since they are almost always just in hold, whereas non-bull breeds are usually biting/snapping like crazy at each other. I've never been bit breaking up accidents when it was bull breeds, but I HAVE been bit when breaking up some cur dogs.
not to be confrontational (i enjoy your posts) but they will quit if you knockem out.
i know its not the nicest thing in the world to talk about, but when you lay one out cold, 9 times out of 10 he sees things way different when he comes to.... im not talking about conditioned dogs in the pit, but this applies to most bulldogs people use to catch hogs with, as well.
No worries.

Well yeah, of course they'll quit if you knock 'em out. As far as if they'd do it again after they wake up....depends on the dog. I'm sure that may indeed work for some. I can put money on it though, that any of my bulldogs in that situation, (who have never been in a pit btw), would wake up, and go right back to doing what they were doing beforehand.