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.

FBI Director Kash Patel is considering bringing in trainers from the Ultimate Fighting Championship 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.

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

FBI Director Kash Patel suggested during a call with field offices that the Ultimate Fighting Championship and his agency could form a relationship to help agents develop their physical fitness.

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

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,

President Donald Trump is a huge fan of the UFC, having attended an event in New York, days after winning the election in November.

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.