UFC's Justin Gaethje would be willing to help Kash Patel train FBI agents: 'I love representing this country'

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New FBI Director Kash Patel has a consenting participant, UFC combatant Justin Gaethje, to assistance amended agents' fitness.

In a teleconference with the FBI’s 55 tract offices connected Wednesday, Patel said helium wants the FBI and UFC to signifier a narration that would pb to programs to heighten fittingness among the agents, ABC News reported.

UFC combatant Justin Gaethje is down to assistance Patel execute that goal.

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Justin Gaethje during UFC 300 astatine T-Mobile Arena. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

"I would emotion to beryllium portion of immoderate portion of that. I emotion representing this country. I can't hold to alert this flag, locomotion into the Octagon. It's been a portion since I've been arrogant to beryllium an American, and we're backmost there. I'm excited to correspond this country," Gaethje said via TMZ.

"Anytime anybody astatine that presumption needs my help, I'm much than willing."

Gaethje is presently preparing for a combat connected March 8 successful Las Vegas, but aft that the lightweight contender is acceptable to assistance Patel.

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Kash Patel, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference successful 2023, has been nominated successful 2024 by President-elect Donald Trump to pb the FBI. (IMAGN)

"I deliberation there’s much skilled radical (than myself), but I got nary kids, nary wife. So if Patel needs idiosyncratic to retired determination and service immoderate justice, I would emotion to beryllium portion of that team."

UFC President Dana White and Patel cognize each other, but contempt the relationship, the UFC has not been made alert of immoderate accusation regarding a imaginable collaboration, a UFC root told Fox News Digital connected Thursday. The FBI declined comment.

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