Sunday, March 15, 2026

Kash Patel to Have FBI Agents Trained by UFC Fighters

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.

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Kash Patel has announced a bizarre collaboration in which UFC fighters will train prospective FBI agents.

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-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) Mar 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM

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There's the signpost up ahead....Your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-12 10:07 AM

This is part of Dummkopf Trumpf's "Russification" of Amerika.

Machoism, brutality, he-mans as icons, gladiator mentality, like in Chechnya.

The FBI Defensive Tactics (DT) course is excellent as it is. The FBI agents were taught enough to deal with KGB operatives, Hell's Angels, mobsters, etc. I was lucky to have attended their 40-hour DT course last century.

FBI agents don't need to waste their time with UFC macho stuff. Once every two months on the pistol range to keep up marksmanship and an annual DT refresher would suffice.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-12 11:21 AM

UFC fighters are one punch away from being homeless. This country is cooked.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-12 12:13 PM

So was Joe Rogaine last century until he caught his big break with the UFC after Fear Factor.

Now he's made an oligarchic fortune as a TV tumor and carnival barker.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-12 12:27 PM

Someone explain to me how and why this is a bad thing.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-12 03:35 PM

Do FBI agents get into a lot of brawls?

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-12 03:38 PM

" Do FBI agents get into a lot of brawls?

#6 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2026-03-12 03:38 PM | FLAG: "

From AI:

" FBI self-defense training at Quantico includes 100+ hours of firearms instruction, defensive tactics, and, as of March 2026, specialized hand-to-hand combat training with UFC fighters. The curriculum focuses on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for ground control, boxing for striking, and high-intensity, realistic scenario-based drills to prepare agents for active shooter situations and suspect "

So, again I ask, how and why is this a bad thing?

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-12 03:48 PM

Again I ask, do FBI agents get into a lot of brawls?

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-12 03:50 PM

They need more contestants for Trump's WWE event.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-12 03:52 PM

They need more contestants for Trump's WWE event.

That's probably closer to the truth. Government cheese to some administration buddies.

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-12 04:30 PM

" Again I ask, do FBI agents get into a lot of brawls?

#8 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2026-03-12 03:50 PM | FLAG: "

Brawls? I don't know. What I do know is they go through rigorous self defense training and this is before this UFC contract. So why is training with the best on the physical aspects of self defense a bad thing?

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-12 04:45 PM

In other news, Lewzer gave Jake Paul his "complete and total endorsement" for office today.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-12 05:24 PM

Ballwasher the ignorant MAGAT ---- thinks some toothless Romanian is a qualified FBI instructor. Huh

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-12 05:33 PM

So why is training with the best on the physical aspects of self defense a bad thing?

#11 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

No sense of the ridiculous.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-12 05:35 PM

FBI plans to lower standards for incoming recruits

www.nytimes.com

How is this a bad thing?

~ Patricide Jeff ~

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-12 06:02 PM

So why is training with the best on the physical aspects of self defense a bad thing?
#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Further confirmation that you cannot see.
UFC is not a self-defense sport.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-12 06:30 PM

He can get away with crap like this because the idiotic base thinks the FBI operates like a Tom Cruise movie. Only morons would think this is a sound idea.

#17 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-03-15 05:18 PM

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