New FBI director Kash Patel is trying to beef up the coaching his brokers obtain and which will lead to a relationship with the UFC.
Throughout a teleconference on Wednesday with the 55 heads of the varied FBI subject places of work throughout the US, Patel reportedly proposed enhancing the company’s martial arts coaching with assist from fighters and coaches from the UFC. A number of shops reported that Patel floated the concept lengthy with doubtlessly permitting the UFC to develop packages to assist with the bodily health of brokers working with the FBI.
“In the event that they’re making an attempt to up their bodily health, the UFC may be very particular of their health,” Wealthy Frankel, the previous particular agent answerable for the FBI’s Newark, N.J., workplace, told ABC News.
In fact, the UFC has maintained a really shut relationship with the brand new administration, which was led by UFC CEO Dana White and his longstanding friendship with President Donald Trump. White campaigned for Trump throughout his push for re-election and even spoke in the course of the celebration after he received this previous November.
Simply days after his victory, Trump attended UFC 309 in New York Metropolis and sat cageside to look at the motion with a number of members of his household in addition to billionaire Elon Musk and musician Child Rock. Trump has been a mainstay at a number of UFC occasions over the previous few years and he typically praises the athletes who compete within the group every time requested about his attendance.
Whereas creating a proper relationship between the FBI and UFC can be one thing new, many blended martial artists and trainers have labored with regulation enforcement in years previous.
Greg Jackson, who coaches UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones amongst many others, has taught self-defense to cops in New Mexico and even labored with SWAT group officers to assist train them the right way to bodily management folks throughout a raid.
John McCarthy, who remains to be arguably the best-known referee to ever work in MMA, has labored as a Los Angeles Police Division ways and self-defense teacher as nicely.
Whereas Patel reportedly talked about the potential of working with the UFC, there’s no phrase how rapidly he may really try to implement a relationship with the promotion or a possible coaching program as he prepares to information the company after being confirmed to his place simply days in the past.
