FBI Director Kash Patel has suggested that the FBI and the Ultimate Fighting Championship establish a formal relationship to improve agents’ physical fitness, according to sources briefed on a virtual meeting between the agency’s new leader and the heads of its 55 field offices.

It hasn’t been made clear what Patel would expect the UFC to do to help boost the agents’ fitness, but word about the proposal spread to agents around the country quickly, reported ABC News.

The entertainment giant is led by CEO Dana White, who helped boost President Donald Trump’s election.

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