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niyad

(135,056 posts) Mon Jun 15, 2026, 03:51 PM Yesterday

Is Pankration* next for those bloodthirsty monsters? the lions

in the coliseum? What brutal insanity will they come up with next?

*Pankration: an ancient greek form of mixed martial arts dating from roughly the 7th century BCE (some scholars date it back to the 2nd millenium BCE). In some cases, it was a fight to the death.

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Is Pankration* next for those bloodthirsty monsters? the lions (Original Post) niyad Yesterday OP

Here is something I had heard about oberle Yesterday #1

oberle

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1. Here is something I had heard about

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Mon Jun 15, 2026, 04:37 PM

Yesterday

It's taken from the Marine Corps website:

Service members from all branches of the military challenged each other’s fighting skills during the 6th Annual Pankration Tournament at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Fieldhouse, May 15.

Pankration is a competition where members of different teams battle each other utilizing styles often seen during Mixed Martial Arts events.

So, I guess it's here.

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