FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly expressed interest in a collaboration between his agency and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

WASHINGTON >> 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.

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.

In the call with top agents, Kash Patel, the new director, discussed fitness standards, playing on the bureau’s hockey team and partnering with Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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 is considering bringing in trainers from the UFC to beef up agents’ martial arts and self-defense skills.

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).

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

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.

Reports say that Kash Patel aims to strengthen the FBI through collaboration with the UFC, whose CEO, Dana White, is a wealthy businessman known for supporting President Donald Trump's re-election.