The FBI is moving into blended martial arts — for a weekend, that’s.
The FBI and the MMA promoter UFC mentioned on Wednesday that UFC fighters will journey to the FBI’s Particular Agent Academy in Quantico, Virginia, this weekend to supply a two-day coaching seminar for academy college students and senior FBI workers. UFC athletes and matchmaker Mick Maynard will “present perception into how they practice for competitors, in addition to display particular methods and techniques,” in accordance with the 2 organizations.
“I’ve super respect for the FBI and the work they do on daily basis to guard this nation,” mentioned UFC CEO Dana White, a good friend of President Donald Trump, in a assertion. “Our UFC fighters are a few of the baddest women and men on the planet and they’re heading to Quantico to coach the most effective FBI brokers in blended martial arts. It’s an unbelievable alternative for our athletes to expertise, and we’re proud to assist the FBI in strengthening their protection methods.”
Fighters attending the two-day seminar embrace present interim UFC light-weight champion Justin Gaethe, the primary UFC BMF champion Jorge Masvidal, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, former UFC strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha, former UFC light-weight title challenger Michael Chandler, prime UFC flyweight contender Manel Kape and blended martial arts star Renzo Gracie.
FBI director Kash Patel, a UFC fanmentioned the partnership was “an incredible alternative for our FBI brokers to be taught and practice with a few of the biggest athletes on earth — serving to the world’s premier regulation enforcement company be even higher ready to guard the American folks.”
ABC Information reported final yr that Patel needed to launch a partnership with the UFC to assist increase federal brokers’ health. Trump can also be a UFC fan, and the UFC plans to host a “Freedom Fights 250” cage match on the White Home’s South Garden on June 14 – Flag Day, and the president’s eightieth birthday.
The announcement comes weeks after Patel sparked outrage over his love for one more sport, ice hockey, after he partied with the U.S. Olympic males’s hockey staff in Milan. The FBI mentioned Patel traveled to Italy aboard a authorities jet for safety conferences.
