On an entertainment level, MMA has succeeded where Pankration failed. Years ago, MMA was still in its infancy and under fire from politicians asking for it to be banned. The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Champiosnhip) took heed of this and made many changes, adding the ‘Unified rules’, weight categories, rules and regulations. The changes the organisation made became the accepted rules worldwide for MMA. However, the organization realised the potential for MMA as a combat sport, they knew that ‘all-out fighting’ was something that fans wanted to see. As such they got rid of the dangerous elements but kept the sport intact as an all out combat system. Pankration Athlima went the other way, stripping down its techniques and applying many rules. As such, the sports version was barely recognisable as Pankration.