Pankration
by The Pankration was an ancient blood sport that had pretty much no rules. Many people died and were servilely crippled in this dangerous sport.
The Pankration was a blood sport in the ancient Greek Olympics. It is the most gruesome sport ever made and took the toughest men in Greece to participate in it. In this sport anything was allowed to kill your opponent or to make him surrender, accept eye gouging and biting.
Pankration was introduced in 648 BC, about 128 years after the Olympic games were introduced. There is no doubt that it became one of the most popular sports in Greece. The gruesome sport was created to honor the gods and to keep their soldiers fit for war.
The Pankration consisted of two men fighting it out on their knees that could do anything they wanted accept eye gouging and biting. The fight would go on until someone surrendered or died. Often the players priority would of been to dislocate the opposition’s fingers.
To become a Pankratiast you must have been able to endure nine months of training and no act of violence. The Pankration was what most of the Olympic followers came to see. The winner in the Pankration would have been awarded the olive wreath on the fifth day, this wreath was known as a gift from the Gods.
There are still sports based on the Pankration in America.
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