In an unusual collaboration, FBI Director Kash Patel has announced that the Bureau will be partnering with the UFC, recruiting a group of current and former UFC figures to help train FBI personnel at the bureau's academy in Quantico, Virginia.
The two-day seminar, announced by the UFC in a statement on Wednesday, is scheduled for March 14 and 15 and is billed as a first-of-its-kind training session for FBI academy students and senior staff. The full list of fighters named in the official announcement includes Justin Gaethje, Jorge Masvidal, Chris Weidman, Claudia Gadelha, Michael Chandler, Manel Kape, and Renzo Gracie. UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard is also expected to take part in the Quantico seminar, although he is not a fighter.
