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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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

" Only morons would think this is a sound idea.

#17 | POSTED BY ANGRYDAD AT 2026-03-15 05:18 PM | FLAG: "

Only morons think this is a bad idea. I've asked multiple times why this is a bad idea and nobody has provided an answer.

#18 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-15 09:25 PM

#18 | Posted by StinkerBell

Jesus wept...what an appallingly ignorant child you are...

#19 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-03-15 09:40 PM

That's not an answer.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-15 09:42 PM

"I've asked multiple times why this is a bad idea"

You believe hand to hand combat takes place in a ring, with a referee to enforce the rules, and they get time outs.

You're stupid. That's why this is a bad idea.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-15 09:52 PM

Snoofy,

Hardly anyone pays attention to you. I read some of your posts and choose to ignore almost all of them. And I'm not the only one.

Think about that.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-15 11:25 PM

They need more contestants for Trump's WWE event.

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

"Contestants" lol

Found the only poster to have watched Boxing Contests on the Kinetograph.

#23 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-16 08:20 AM

You believe hand to hand combat takes place in a ring, with a referee to enforce the rules, and they get time outs.

You're stupid. That's why this is a bad idea.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-15 09:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

The military has been hosting seminars taught by UFC fighters for 19 years. They more or less know what they're doing.

#24 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-16 08:22 AM

I've asked multiple times why this is a bad idea and nobody has provided an answer.

#18 | Posted by BellRinger

Because we shouldn't be farming out our national security training to entertainers/athletes who've been hit in the head too many times?

DC is performance art these days. Buncha self-serving wannabes.

#25 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-16 09:24 AM

It's public performance art externally, internally it's what they call a morale event. In the UFC business office it's a tax write-off.

For a fraction of what they wasted on ice they could have gotten Gracie training for every law enforcement agent at all levels in the country, and they would shoot a lot less people as a result.

#26 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-16 09:52 AM

"they would shoot a lot less people"

Republicans don't want that.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 09:59 AM

It's public performance art externally, internally it's what they call a morale event. In the UFC business office it's a tax write-off.
#26 | Posted by sitzkrieg

In a money-saving venture, all Trumpist federal agencies should be gathered under one Department of Sound and Fury.

#28 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-16 10:30 AM

Don't give them ideas. The administration is setup to be a reality show, brought to you by crypto scams.

#29 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-16 11:04 AM

We would all be better off and morale would improve tremendously all around if LEOs spent their training time learning the skills and attitude that Akido provides combined with the brute force of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which would enable officers to control, subdue, and handcuff suspects using leverage and techniques that reduces harm rather than lethal force or strikes that increases harm.

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-16 12:36 PM

"reduces harm"

Republicans don't want that either.

Republicans want police behaving like ICE.

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 12:47 PM

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

#5 | Posted by BellRinger

Somebody explain to me why republicans love watching nearly naked men squeezing each other on the ground?

#32 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-16 01:40 PM

Someone explain to me how and why this is a bad thing.
#5 | Posted by BellRinger

Maybe you'd care to explain why it's a good thing.

You obviously just assumed it was good, because Trump and Patel are the ones doing it.

That is the only viable starting place for you asking why it's bad.

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 01:44 PM

"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."

Ooh, so something big must have happened prior to March.

Do we get to see the review of FBI Agents engaging in violence that determined agents needed additional training in HTH combat?

And do we get to see the bidding process by which UFC was selected to deliver this training?

No, because neither of those things exist.

This is violence porn for Republicans, nothing more.

#34 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 01:49 PM

It was the same bidding process they used to get the UFC Freedom 250.

I think that name is stolen from Cleetus McFarland.

#35 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-16 02:22 PM

Historically, FBI SAs were basically well-trained, well-armed, well-heeled lawyers and accountants, based on the five-point entry program. The other three entry-points were linguist, scientist, and diversified.

The late Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning played an FBI SA who joined under the diversified program as a former sheriff; the driver for FBI NYFO SAIC Jim Fox was a former NYPD officer. (I met him years ago).

FBI agents don't want to wrestle with suspects. They want to conduct safe, well-prepared raids and promptly bring suspects before federal magistrates and then ensure air-tight convictions.

Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel cut the FBI Academy to a meager eight weeks from a robust four-month program which covered investigations, counterintelligence, Constitutional Law, defensive tactics, raids, vehicle driving, firearms use, hostage negotiation, fraud detection, crime scene investigation, wiretapping, surveillance, disguise use, undercover training, as well as currency and drug identification.

The federal agents that received boxing or more hand-to-hand combat training at FLETC were Border Patrol agents or DUSMs who may be operating alone against dangerous individuals.

The few FBI SAs I knew were educated white collar investigators who were able to keep up with AUSAs and federal judges in court.

Today, enlisted US Army Military Police soldiers receive more training at BCT and AIT than FBI SAs.


#36 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-16 02:38 PM

And do we get to see the bidding process by which UFC was selected to deliver this training?

My guess would be because it takes the best from all forms of combat.

Judo: Throws and Takedown Control.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ): Submissions and Ground Game.
Muay Thai: Striking with All Eight Limbs.
Boxing: Hands, Footwork, and Head Movement.

UFC kind of puts it together.

Somebody explain to me why men love watching nearly naked men squeezing each other on the ground?

Because training is important? I get it you try to make this some "gay" thing. Obviously you've never had to physically defend yourself, to have even bothered with training or discipline in some kind of combat sport. Good for the mind, spirit, and body.
You've grown up in a world were you can say things online and there are no physical repercussions.

My guess is you're completely different in real life though. I often wondered why American males were so feminine, I think this explains. You hide online, and avoid the real world because you'd get a black eye. This is why women dominate you. Just look at women graduating at higher rates than men in the US. Out earning you, then choose not to mate with you.

Your soft, and your post indirectly admits it.

#37 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 02:49 PM

And do we get to see the bidding process by which UFC was selected to deliver this training?

My guess would be because it takes the best from all forms of combat.

Judo: Throws and Takedown Control.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ): Submissions and Ground Game.
Muay Thai: Striking with All Eight Limbs.
Boxing: Hands, Footwork, and Head Movement.

UFC kind of puts it together.

Somebody explain to me why men love watching nearly naked men squeezing each other on the ground?

Because training is important? I get it you try to make this some "gay" thing. Obviously you've never had to physically defend yourself, to have even bothered with training or discipline in some kind of combat sport. Good for the mind, spirit, and body.
You've grown up in a world were you can say things online and there are no physical repercussions.

My guess is you're completely different in real life though. I often wondered why American males were so feminine, I think this explains. You hide online, and avoid the real world because you'd get a black eye. This is why women dominate you. Just look at women graduating at higher rates than men in the US. Out earning you, then choose not to mate with you.

Your soft, and your post indirectly admits it.

#38 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 02:49 PM

I often wondered why American males were so feminine, I think this explains. You hide online, and avoid the real world because you'd get a black eye. This is why women dominate you. Just look at women graduating at higher rates than men in the US. Out earning you, then choose not to mate with you.

Your soft, and your post indirectly admits it.

#37 | Posted by oneironaut

Sounds like you're saying that conservative men are such insecure emotionally unstable babies that they'd commit physical assault if their masculinity is challenged in public.

I often wondered by conservative men are so obsessed with masculinity.
I often wondered why GRINDR gets so overloaded that it crashes when republican conventions come to town.
I often wondered why pornhub reports trans porn is most popular in the deep south.
I often wondered why you obsess over masculinity, then select a cult leader who wears high heels, a girdle, a diaper, and more makeup with a drag queen, with softer hands than a brand new baby.

#39 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-16 02:55 PM

media.istockphoto.com

#40 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-16 02:59 PM

Women in China are second class citizens with little representation in politics.... just the way 1not2Nuts likes it.

#41 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-16 03:05 PM

UFC kind of puts it together.

#38 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

MMA puts it together. Mixed Martial Arts.

UFC is a promotional organization.

It's a marketing stunt.

#42 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-16 03:07 PM

I'd pay to watch Christopher Wray beat the snot out of Patel in a UFC cage!

#43 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-16 03:11 PM

I often wondered why American males were so feminine,

I often wonder why Asian people are so androgynous.

#44 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 03:16 PM

conservative men are such insecure emotionally unstable babies that they'd commit physical assault if their masculinity is challenged in public.

Conservative men are much more likely to commit domestic violence.

It's usually due to the fact their frontal lobe is less developed.

#45 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 03:22 PM

It's a marketing stunt.

That's all this administration has to offer.

$5000 DOGE checks

Lower food and gasoline prices.

$2000 tariff refund checks.

Low cost health insurance.

Releasing oil from the strategic reserve.

It's ALL marketing gimmicks.

#46 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-16 03:34 PM

Is the bug-eyed freak hoping that UFC fighters will be able to solve the Nancy Guthrie case for him?

#47 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-16 03:41 PM

" Somebody explain to me why republicans love watching nearly naked men squeezing each other on the ground?

#32 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2026-03-16 01:40 PM | FLAG: "

Oh, so now UFC fighters are all gay? I thought is was verboten on the left to make gay slurs.

#48 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-16 11:28 PM

"I thought is was verboten on the left to make gay slurs."

You have separate rules for left and right.
That's what makes you a bigot, and incapable of being an honest broker.

#49 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 11:41 PM

48.

Calling someone "gay" isn't a slur. And that's not what Speaksoftly was talking about.

Lotsa lesbians on the LPGA tour, so they say. Slur? Another double standard?

#50 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-17 06:23 AM

"Calling someone "gay" isn't a slur."

It is to Republicans!

#51 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-17 08:24 AM

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

#5 | Posted by BellRinger

Because it's probably unnecessary given the level of training they're already receiving.

This is just more comical dude bro nonsense from the joke we have in charge of the FBI.

And of course, the jokes we have like you who support it because you have no standards or principles.

#52 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-17 11:44 AM

Someone explain to me how and why this is a bad thing.
#5 | Posted by BellRinger

It's a waste of taxpayer dollars.
But you only care about taxpayer dollars, when a Democrat is spending them.

#53 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-17 11:46 AM

" Because it's probably unnecessary given the level of training they're already receiving"

Do you believe that whoever is handling the training knows more about grappling than a ju jitsu expert?

Maybe this isn't really necessary. It's certainly not some kind of a scandal but hey, it's you and a bunch of other hyper-ventilating lefties searching far and wide for any reason to get sand in your mangina.

#54 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-17 12:07 PM

"Do you believe that whoever is handling the training knows more about grappling than a ju jitsu expert?"

Well if that's your angle, UFC is mixed martial arts.

A Jiu Jitsu expert will know more about the art than a MMA fighter.

#55 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-17 12:14 PM

Do you believe that whoever is handling the training knows more about grappling than a ju jitsu expert?

Do you think they don't receive any grappling training?

Also, if you've gone to ground you're already in trouble.

#56 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-17 12:26 PM

Grappling is just one aspect of what an FBI agent might encounter in the field. I used it as an example. Superior training is just that - superior. Like I said, maybe this isn't really necessary but acting like it's scandalous makes no sense. It's as if being better trained for a potential physical altercation is somehow a bad thing. Like I said, it makes no sense.

#57 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-17 12:41 PM

but acting like it's scandalous makes no sense.

For me it's just stupid frat boy dude bro nonsense.

A caricature that professionals in the bureau are probably rolling their eyes at because it's coming from a loser sack of s*&^ who thinks watching MMA makes him a hard fighting man who has something to offer the rest of us.

Meanwhile, he's an opportunistic momma's boy with zero actual accomplishments to speak of in any realm.

#58 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-17 12:44 PM

" Somebody explain to me why republicans love watching nearly naked men squeezing each other on the ground?

#32 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2026-03-16 01:40 PM | FLAG: "

Oh, so now UFC fighters are all gay? I thought is was verboten on the left to make gay slurs.

#48 | Posted by BellRinger

You can't even read. I said that republicans like watching nearly naked sweaty men squeezing each other on the ground.

Which is probably for the same reason that GRINDR crashes when republicans come to town.

#59 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-17 01:08 PM

because it's coming from a loser sack of s*&^ who thinks watching MMA makes him a hard fighting man who has something to offer the rest of us.

#58 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-17 12:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

If that's the case then there's hope. There's hope Kash decides to prove how tough he is by sparring Sean Strickland.

This administration wants viral footage. No much would go viral faster than that.

#60 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-17 03:07 PM

Like I said, maybe this isn't really necessary but acting like it's scandalous makes no sense.
#57 | Posted by BellRinger

If you don't think Kash Patel's behavior in aggregate is scandalous, then you wouldn't possibly be able to see how this is just one tree in that forest.

Can you see the forest? Yes or no.

#61 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-17 04:10 PM

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