After fights, English scattered (6)
I believe the answer is:
sparse
'scattered' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'after fights english' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fights' becomes 'spars' (sparring is a kind of fighting).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'spars' put next to 'e' is 'SPARSE'.
(Other definitions for sparse that I've seen before include "Meagre, scanty" , "Thinly dotted about" , "not packed together" , "Meagre; scarce" , "Thinly spread" .)