UFC President Dana White confirmed that FBI Director Kash Patel is seriously considering a partnership with the mixed martial arts organization to train FBI agents. Patel spoke to White about the potential collaboration during a UFC event on Saturday.

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Kash Patel is considering bringing in trainers from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to beef up agents' martial arts and self-defense skills, according to four people familiar with the plan laid out on a call this week with FBI field offices.

FBI Director Kash Patel recently expressed his interest in putting FBI agents through UFC training, according to multiple reports.

The UFC is overseen by Dana White, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump who has endorsed the president in all of his campaigns.

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel, whose ambitious plans to reform the nation’s top law enforcement agency have unsettled many within the bureau, has proposed strengthening the FBI’s ranks with assistance from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Kash Patel has barely been FBI Director long enough to figure out how to control the office thermostat, but he’s already floating bold and bizarre transformations to the bureau.

FBI Director Kash Patel, inspired by a prominent UFC fan, proposes bringing UFC trainers to enhance agents' self-defense skills. The controversial idea, perceived as 'surreal,' is part of Patel's broader strategy to decentralize the FBI,

That wasn’t just some off-the-cuff remark from FBI director Patel — the feds really could be working with UFC fighters in the near future.

FBI Director Kash Patel is “dead serious” about contracting with the UFC to help train rank-and-file agents, according to the organization’s president, Dana White. Patel, a Las Vegas resident, was in attendance for UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night and discussed the potential plan with the head of the Las Vegas-based fighting organization.