FBI Investigates ISIS Threats Against Tim Kennedy; ‘Let Those Cowards Come’

The Federal Bureau of Investigations is looking into ISIS terror threats made against UFC middleweight contender Tim Kennedy.

Kennedy revealed the FBI investigation on Wednesday, posting on his official Facebook page, “Just spoke with the FBI regarding some recent credible threats towards me by ?#?ISIS?. They were not overly thrilled with my response… “Let those cowards come”

While many might laugh off Kennedy’s “let those cowards come” comment as typical fighter bravado, for those that don’t know, he is one of a select few individuals in the world to say it, mean it, and can back it up.

No, his 18-5 record as a mixed martial artist doesn’t qualify him to back up such a statement to a legitimate terrorist threat, but his 12-plus years in the military does. Kennedy joined the U.S. Army in 2004, where he became a Green Beret serving in the elite 7th Special Forces Group. He transitioned to the Texas Army National Guard in 2009, where he currently serves as a sergeant first class. Kennedy also recently started Sheepdog Response, a group that teaches people about “all aspects of protecting yourself and others, including, striking, grappling, weapons, and situational awareness.”

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The current threats against him that are under investigation were nothing uncommon for Kennedy. He told the Army Times that, like many high-profile military figures, he typically receives such threats 5 to 10 times per day on his various social media accounts.

This time, however, the FBI felt that some of the threats were credible enough to follow up on.

“Apparently a couple of them were legitimate in trying to, from what the FBI said, plan stuff,” Kennedy told Army Times.

“They said, ‘Are you aware of this stuff?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ They said, ‘We think this is somewhat credible,’” Kennedy said. “Then I said, ‘I’m kind of desensitized to this stuff, so maybe you should tell me what my level of alarm should be.’”

Kennedy has never been shy about engaging those who hurl threats his direction and is not deterred by them.

“These are just nasty, evil, disgusting human beings who disrespect human life. I teach people how to live with threats like this. Who would I be to be cowering to a bunch of gutless cowards acting like a bunch of tough guys online?”

(Photos courtesy of Tim Kennedy on Facebook)