But speed in the pankration is only a man's defence.

In those days, the pankration was a contest for fighting men.

Spartans do not practise the pankration as we know it.

The kind of fighting they do is called American Pankration.

The pankration was also a favorite sport in Roman imperial times.

"In pankration, one uses any means possible to defeat his enemy.

It was true; he had been chosen along with Autolykos to fight the pankration.

Pankration competitions were held in tournaments, most being outside of the Olympics.

The pankration was a form of wrestling with one difference: the athletes were allowed to use their fists.

Combat sports were also popular with spectators, especially the now extinct pankration.

After watching a professional pankration tournament, Shlemenko immediately wanted to try it out.

The Games are almost on us; for a man fighting the pankration, his own troubles are enough.

Pankration allowed competitors to use all striking and grappling techniques.

There were neither weight divisions nor time limits in pankration competitions.

Wrestling was less rough than the pankration and required less space.

Unlike boxing and the pankration, wrestling practice was conducted at full bore.

A more accurate historical parallel is pankration, the most popular event of the ancient Olympics.

But he had ceased to practise the pankration.

The pankration was an old style of unarmed combat.

Pale and pankration were both practiced in the nude.

The stadion event was occasionally replaced by boxing or pankration.

He gave predictions that are now three hours old," Otto Pankration said. "

Other variations on the format included boxing or pankration instead of the stadion race.

The term pammachon was older, and would later become used less than the term pankration.

The Pankration A blend of boxing and wrestling with very few rules.