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demmiblue

(39,635 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:17 AM 13 hrs ago

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

JustAnotherGen

(38,005 posts)
3. I almost
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:20 AM
13 hrs ago

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

(26,049 posts)
10. How does that find a kidnapped woman?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:27 AM
12 hrs ago

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

Baitball Blogger

(52,202 posts)
11. So, I guess when the FBI agents get the boot they can always
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:34 AM
12 hrs ago

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

(196,127 posts)
28. Yeah I'm certain that the FBI has extensive hand-to-hand combat training
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:26 AM
11 hrs ago

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

(7,946 posts)
12. The 11 year-olds are in charge
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:37 AM
12 hrs ago

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

(11,666 posts)
31. That's what I said first time I watched it
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:36 AM
10 hrs ago

No way it's gonna take 500 years

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

ruet

(10,244 posts)
15. Every time I see FBI agents...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:06 AM
12 hrs ago

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

LudwigPastorius

(14,594 posts)
17. How about teaching recruits...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:47 AM
11 hrs ago

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

(11,225 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
11 hrs ago

but alas, it is apparently real.

Jacson6

(1,936 posts)
23. They are going to train bean counters and lawyers to fight UFC style?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:56 AM
11 hrs ago

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

flvegan

(66,196 posts)
29. What's the current anti-doping policy at the FBI?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:32 AM
10 hrs ago

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

Hope22

(4,682 posts)
30. I can't imagine the FBI folks being stupid enough to think this is interesting.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:34 AM
10 hrs ago

Patel playing to the orange one……

Crowman2009

(3,500 posts)
33. All this UFC manly MMA training isn't going to stop bullets.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:42 AM
10 hrs ago

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

chowder66

(12,168 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
10 hrs ago

No joke.

Ocelot II

(130,248 posts)
36. I suppose that scrawny bug-eyed twerp thinks UFC is the height of manly manhood,
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:49 AM
10 hrs ago

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

(2,262 posts)
37. What will they charge for 'consulting'?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:49 AM
10 hrs ago

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
9 hrs ago

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

(14,594 posts)
48. "show fighters"
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:24 PM
9 hrs ago

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

(250 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
6 hrs ago

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

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,042 posts)
47. Hold someone down and beat them till they tap out?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:17 PM
9 hrs ago

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

(24,124 posts)
49. Kra$h Partel!
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:27 PM
8 hrs ago

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

Ha ha. It is to laugh.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,245 posts)
52. This is like a stale lounge act
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:17 PM
8 hrs ago

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

IcyPeas

(25,359 posts)
56. They should read some books instead.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:55 PM
6 hrs ago

That'll weed the idiots out.

What next? Monster trucks on the white house lawn?

Everything is a made for tv gimmick.

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,789 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
6 hrs ago

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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