Modern Pankration has been changed to fit modern standards and rulesets for the safety of fighters. Bouts are contested in an arena called a palaestra, It’s a point-oriented competition that’s sanctioned by the sport’s major organisations, such as United World Wrestling (UWW).
In order to unify the rules and participation, UWW has adopted weight categories for competition.
There are two rulesets in modern pankration defined by the UWW: Traditional and Elite.