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UFC fighters get all sorts of opportunities to make a little extra cash outside the cage. Maybe it’s a Monster sponsorship or a Jose Cuervo commercial. And soon it could be a plum gig training FBI agents self-defense if Dana White and new FBI director Kash Patel have their way.
Patel generated lots of headlines and raised eyebrows last week when he suggested a partnership with UFC could help agents beef up their hand to hand combat abilities. The idea of getting law enforcement to train in combat sports like boxing and Brazilian jiu jitsu isn’t new at all, but looping in the UFC certainly is. And it’s no fleeting fancy.
Patel was cageside at UFC 313 and spoke to White about the idea.
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during Trump’s victory speech, which he used to thank his cadre of podcasting buddies for making everything possible.
In the first UFC pay-per-view following Trump’s win, the president-elect and half the power players in his incoming administration showed up cageside to celebrate. And now Trump’s FBI director Kash Patel is looking to integrate the organization into the training regiment for agents.
The promotion has certainly come a long way from events held in Dotham, Alabama that couldn’t even be bought alongside pornos on cable pay-per-view.
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