CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.

The FBI plans to offer the Ultimate Fighting Championship an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat, according to a document released by the agency in September.

The UFC, according to the bureau, is “the sole qualified vendor” capable of providing tactical training that meets FBI standards. The justification for the contract cited the “expertise” the multibillion-dollar global media business has in mixed martial arts, striking techniques, grappling and takedowns.

The bureau said that market research determined that “no other vendor can provide comprehensive training encompassing all required skills at the necessary expertise level within the required timeframe.”

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    1 day ago

    But if people would just vote differently and stop doing purity tests then the system would fix itself /copium

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      19 hours ago

      I mean little improvements at least. Vote for a candidate you can agree with on some and then keep moving the needle in that direction. But it doesn’t seem to happen in America and times are getting hard so people are shifting to the right.