The Latest: Trump celebrates his 80th birthday with Iran deal and UFC cage fight at the White House

President Donald Trump has confirmed a deal with Iran that he said would allow oil traffic to begin again through the Strait of Hormuz.

The announcement, made on social media, came just a couple hours before the president was slated to celebrate his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary with an unusual White House event: a UFC show featuring seven fights within an eight-sided, wire-mesh cage.

UFC Freedom 250 is set to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern on the White House South Lawn.

Here’s the latest:

Lopes knocks out Garcia

Diego Lopes knocked out Steve Garcia in the second round of the first fight of the UFC Freedom 250.

Lopes connected with a left hook that knocked Garcia down and then finished him off before the referee stopped the fight.

UFC Freedom 250 at the White House begins

The UFC Freedom 250 event started with a featherweight fight between Diego Lopes and Steve Garcia.

Garcia walked out of the White House draped in an American flag a...