WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, the burly mixed martial arts fighters made their entrance past the solemn, hulking marble statue of America's 16th president and jogged down the steps

White House grounds have hosted concerts and Easter egg rolls, but never a live sporting event, let alone an MMA cage-fighting spectacle.

Show goes on for Trump’s 80th birthday event – featuring a 92ft ‘Claw’, thousands of seats and a fighting cage – despite ominous weather forecasts