Justin Gaethje entered UFC 313 hoping he’d be considered for the next shot at lightweight champion Islam Makhachev if victorious, and it appears he just might be.

Although nothing has been set in stone, Dana White and one of his biggest hitters have positively reacted to Kash Patel mulling over UFC training FBI agents.

LAS VEGAS – Dana White doesn't think the UFC 313 main event lived up to his expectations, but that doesn't deter him from running it back. In that main event, Magomed Ankalaev dethroned Alex Pereira to become champion.

That wasn’t just some off-the-cuff remark from FBI director Patel — the feds really could be working with UFC fighters in the near future.

FBI Director Kash Patel is “dead serious” about contracting with the UFC to help train rank-and-file agents, according to the organization’s president, Dana White. Patel was in attendance for UFC 313 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena and discussed the plan with the head of the Las Vegas-based fighting organization.

Dana White thinks Alex Pereira “might be the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world” with the right type of win over Magomed Ankalaev.