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demmiblue

(39,733 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:17 AM Mar 12

Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents This Week, Calling It A "Historic Opportunity"

Just weeks after joining the U.S Men’s Olympic hockey team in the locker room to celebrate their Gold Medal victory in Italy, FBI director Kash Patel is celebrating what he sees as another athletic milestone.

“I’m thrilled to announce this historic seminar between the FBI and the UFC at Quantico,” said Patel in a statement released today by the UFC. “This is a tremendous opportunity for our FBI agents to learn and train with some of the greatest athletes on earth — helping the world’s premier law enforcement agency be even better prepared to protect the American people.”

The training will provide insight into UFC fighters’ training methods as well as fighting techniques and tactics. It will take place at the FBI Special Agent Academy in Quantico on March 15 and 16 and is for “academy students as well as senior FBI staff from around the world.”

Patel first floated the idea in a teleconference with the heads of the FBI’s 55 field offices just after he took charge at the Bureau last year.

UFC CEO Dana White is a longtime supporter of President Trump, having spoken at the RNC in 2024 and at Trump’s victory rally in 2025. The duo have also announced a UFC fight at the White House on Trump’s birthday.

https://deadline.com/2026/03/kash-patel-ufc-fighters-train-fbi-agents-1236750897/


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Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents This Week, Calling It A "Historic Opportunity" (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 12 OP
Historically stupid clown show Renew Deal Mar 12 #1
Ummm okay. 😳 MustLoveBeagles Mar 12 #2
I almost JustAnotherGen Mar 12 #3
I wonder who kacekwl Mar 12 #4
Will It Be As Much modrepub Mar 12 #42
It's so crazy I can't say the words. Diamond_Dog Mar 12 #5
When I'm at a loss for words...well..ya got me on this one. BattleRow Mar 12 #45
Maybe they can get this guy too... wcmagumba Mar 12 #6
Only if "historic" means another silly photo opportunity. nt BootinUp Mar 12 #7
The Monosphere is in control - and the results are pre dick table. 617Blue Mar 12 #8
I have another name for it. bluescribbler Mar 12 #32
Of course he is. Why not? Swede Mar 12 #9
How does that find a kidnapped woman? Johonny Mar 12 #10
You properly headlock your witnesses? leftstreet Mar 12 #19
So, I guess when the FBI agents get the boot they can always Baitball Blogger Mar 12 #11
Yeah I'm certain that the FBI has extensive hand-to-hand combat training underpants Mar 12 #28
The 11 year-olds are in charge Prairie Gates Mar 12 #12
Idiocracy got the timeline wrong. alittlelark Mar 12 #13
That's what I said first time I watched it FoxNewsSucks Mar 12 #31
These clowns are a national embarrassment malaise Mar 12 #14
Every time I see FBI agents... ruet Mar 12 #15
This is The Onion, YESSSS??? PLEASE tell me this is The Onion!!! niyad Mar 12 #16
How about teaching recruits... LudwigPastorius Mar 12 #17
Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit Gaugamela Mar 12 #18
I checked and double checked to see if this was Borowitz (even though I just read today's Borowitz) or the Onion, Amaryllis Mar 12 #20
what next? UFC Night live from the White House will become a weekly thing? OGBuzz Mar 12 #21
All Circus ThoughtCriminal Mar 12 #22
They are going to train bean counters and lawyers to fight UFC style? Jacson6 Mar 12 #23
Rough times coming at FBI HQ... Buns_of_Fire Mar 12 #50
Had to google UFC. Have to do this a lot on DU. Thanks goodness for Goggle. efhmc Mar 12 #24
lolol Solly Mack Mar 12 #25
New techniques on how to body slam children and law abiding adults Deuxcents Mar 12 #26
Why not Lucha Libre wrestling training, too? They could wear those really cool masks! Ocelot II Mar 12 #27
What's the current anti-doping policy at the FBI? flvegan Mar 12 #29
I can't imagine the FBI folks being stupid enough to think this is interesting. Hope22 Mar 12 #30
All this UFC manly MMA training isn't going to stop bullets. Crowman2009 Mar 12 #33
I bet those agents can't wait to have ballsacks in their faces and some fighters have been known to shit their pants. chowder66 Mar 12 #34
Can't wait for the thumb wrestling tournaments!! chowder66 Mar 12 #35
I suppose that scrawny bug-eyed twerp thinks UFC is the height of manly manhood, Ocelot II Mar 12 #36
What will they charge for 'consulting'? Bobstandard Mar 12 #37
ding ding ding, we have a winner! Eugene Mar 13 #58
Yes, let's sharpen our tough guy image. pandr32 Mar 12 #38
Why? C_U_L8R Mar 12 #39
Can't wait to see Beef Supreme ... sleroy49 Mar 12 #40
Just f*ck!ng ridiculous... maspaha Mar 12 #41
This maladministration thinks it's a reality television show. LoisB Mar 12 #43
Great.... multigraincracker Mar 12 #44
Frickin' show fighters Alansworld Mar 12 #46
"show fighters" LudwigPastorius Mar 12 #48
Seems like there objective is to make it look "good" for tv (assuming you think show fighting is good tv) blue_jay Mar 12 #55
Hold someone down and beat them till they tap out? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 12 #47
Kra$h Partel! Kid Berwyn Mar 12 #49
I hope the F.B.I. agents kick their ass. pwb Mar 12 #51
This is like a stale lounge act Keepthesoulalive Mar 12 #52
;-{).... Goonch Mar 12 #53
More dumbfuckery Bristlecone Mar 12 #54
They should read some books instead. IcyPeas Mar 12 #56
Overgrown 12-year-old Kash Patel announces RIDICULOUS new plan to have UFC fighters train FBI agents! LetMyPeopleVote Mar 12 #57

JustAnotherGen

(38,057 posts)
3. I almost
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:20 AM
Mar 12

burst into tears when I read the title of this op.

THIS is what America is now.

I need the dominant culture to start making moves against this govt right after their March at the end of the month.

Make them FEAR you. They don't fear the dominant culture and this is why this shit continue. Not just the Regime - but every single one elected to Federal Office.

Johonny

(26,204 posts)
10. How does that find a kidnapped woman?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:27 AM
Mar 12

He does know he's failed on historic levels on the biggest case of the past few years...

Baitball Blogger

(52,375 posts)
11. So, I guess when the FBI agents get the boot they can always
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:34 AM
Mar 12

Last edited Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:32 AM - Edit history (1)

learn to wear tights and try out for wrestle mania?

Seriously, here I thought we had amassed enough lethal training skills from the various Eastern practices, like karate, judo, taekwondo...to name a few. I mean, so many ways to come up with defensive tactics as well as lethal strikes. Now, I guess, they can add entertainment to the list.

underpants

(196,550 posts)
28. Yeah I'm certain that the FBI has extensive hand-to-hand combat training
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:26 AM
Mar 12

as well as training to getting someone to the group to secure the situation. I’m sure it doesn’t take 5-8 of them to never really get a skinny VA Nursevto the ground.

🙄 Jesus, I’ve seen one let alone two bouncers getting someone down better than those ICEholes in Minneapolis

Prairie Gates

(8,190 posts)
12. The 11 year-olds are in charge
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:37 AM
Mar 12

Good Lord.

The FBI is claiming (obviously falsely) that Iran wants to drone strike California but the FBI Director is focused on MMA bros training FBI agents?

Truly we're in the realm of Idiocracy.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,729 posts)
31. That's what I said first time I watched it
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:36 AM
Mar 12

No way it's gonna take 500 years

Although, I didn't think it would be this fast

ruet

(10,302 posts)
15. Every time I see FBI agents...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:06 AM
Mar 12

scrapping with people in the streets I think to myself, "I sure with these FBI guys could fight better".

LudwigPastorius

(14,744 posts)
17. How about teaching recruits...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:47 AM
Mar 12

not to drop their weapon, or be disarmed, in the first place?

Then they wouldn’t need to learn how to kickbox from pugilistic entertainers.

Amaryllis

(11,306 posts)
20. I checked and double checked to see if this was Borowitz (even though I just read today's Borowitz) or the Onion,
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:55 AM
Mar 12

but alas, it is apparently real.

Jacson6

(2,019 posts)
23. They are going to train bean counters and lawyers to fight UFC style?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:56 AM
Mar 12

I guess the accountant never knows when he will have to fight over a pencil when he is over looking the books.

flvegan

(66,289 posts)
29. What's the current anti-doping policy at the FBI?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:32 AM
Mar 12

Can't be very good having let in Patel, the biggest dope they could possibly have.

Hope22

(4,760 posts)
30. I can't imagine the FBI folks being stupid enough to think this is interesting.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:34 AM
Mar 12

Patel playing to the orange one……

Crowman2009

(3,529 posts)
33. All this UFC manly MMA training isn't going to stop bullets.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:42 AM
Mar 12

Didn't help the Russian in the Ukrainian war, and it didn't help the USA in Vietnam.

chowder66

(12,257 posts)
34. I bet those agents can't wait to have ballsacks in their faces and some fighters have been known to shit their pants.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:44 AM
Mar 12

No joke.

Ocelot II

(130,584 posts)
36. I suppose that scrawny bug-eyed twerp thinks UFC is the height of manly manhood,
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:49 AM
Mar 12

despite the fact that FBI agents spend a lot more of their time working on computers and doing paperwork and interviewing witnesses and other investigation than they do running down alleys in the dark and arresting violent criminals. But this is all for show, for the amusement of Dear Leader as well as his own fantasies. I wonder if he got his Florsheim shoes?

Bobstandard

(2,307 posts)
37. What will they charge for 'consulting'?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:49 AM
Mar 12

They certainly won’t do it for free. There is probably a sumptuous no-bid contract in place that cant be revealed for ‘security reasons.’

Alansworld

(26 posts)
46. Frickin' show fighters
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 12:36 PM
Mar 12

I spent over 40 years in martial arts and sparred every Friday for 7+ years, full contact. These bozos can’t hold a candle to real fighters. And I’m not talking about myself. We have special forces trained in hand to hand that would kill these twits while they’re lining up their first move. I have met several. They don’t show off, push people around, or otherwise draw attention to themselves.

LudwigPastorius

(14,744 posts)
48. "show fighters"
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:24 PM
Mar 12

Exactly.

I remember Bruce Lee saying that, in a real fight, there is no reason to kick your opponent anywhere above the knee.

Your objective is to take your attacker down in the quickest and most effective way possible. …a punch in the throat, or go for the eyes or groin. None of those things are legal, or taught, to UFC fighters.

blue_jay

(264 posts)
55. Seems like there objective is to make it look "good" for tv (assuming you think show fighting is good tv)
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:40 PM
Mar 12

and not to actually be effective... I just have no more words for these a-holes.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,818 posts)
47. Hold someone down and beat them till they tap out?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:17 PM
Mar 12

That's all what a lot of UFC matches I've watched have been.

There are probably better instructors for practical law enforcement which includes de-escalation.

Kid Berwyn

(24,438 posts)
49. Kra$h Partel!
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:27 PM
Mar 12

Little NAZI is undoing the penal institution the Big NAZI Jedgar Hoover built.

Ha ha. It is to laugh.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,307 posts)
52. This is like a stale lounge act
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:17 PM
Mar 12

With has beens and never beens. Everyone is bored of their schtick.

IcyPeas

(25,491 posts)
56. They should read some books instead.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:55 PM
Mar 12

That'll weed the idiots out.

What next? Monster trucks on the white house lawn?

Everything is a made for tv gimmick.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,984 posts)
57. Overgrown 12-year-old Kash Patel announces RIDICULOUS new plan to have UFC fighters train FBI agents!
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:59 PM
Mar 12

This is a stupid stunt




FBI Director Kash Patel just announced the most unserious, clown-show "training" program in law enforcement history: a two-day "historic seminar" with the UFC at the FBI Academy in Quantico on March 15-16.

Agents and senior staff from around the world will now learn "fighting techniques and tactics" from Dana White's professional cage fighters to supposedly "better protect the American people."....

This comes right after Patel shamed himself by crashing the U.S. Men's Olympic hockey team's gold-medal locker room celebration in Italy.

Now he's turning the FBI's elite training facility into a mixed-martial-arts boot camp while the country deals with the consequences of Trump’s already disastrous war with Iran.
The UFC calls it part of the FBI's push for "exciting, innovative training options" to "revamp and improve" preparation.

Excuse me, what the hell does the UFC know about the serious work the FBI is supposed to be doing?

This is beyond unserious; it's just embarrassing. The FBI Director treating Quantico like a UFC tryout gym makes Patel and Trump look like complete idiots who think protecting America means learning how to throw elbows instead of doing actual police work.

While families bury their dead and the economy suffers, the administration is playing fight club with pro wrestlers.

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