The long-awaited commitment of Australian basketball star Roman Siulepa has become official.

Siulepa, the No. 1 prospect in Australia, has committed and enrolled to Pitt, a source tells Pittsburgh Sports Now.

PSN first reported that Pitt would land Siulepa and has since been working on monitoring Siulepa’s situation after it was revealed that he was a top target for the Pitt basketball program.

NEWS: Australian forward Roman Siulepa has enrolled at Pitt, Daniel Moldovan of Lighthouse Sports told ESPN.

Siulepa had an explosive showing at the FIBA U19 World Cup, posting 18.9 points, 8.1 rebounds in 29 minutes per game, leading the event in free throw attempts. pic.twitter.com/4OSJx8h2LW

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) July 18, 2025

Sources indicated over the past few months that Siulepa was waiting to complete the FIBA U19 World Cup before committing. The 6-foot-7, 220-pound small forward put together an impressive tournament, averaging 18.9 points, 8.1 rebounds in 29 minutes per game, while hitting on 41.6 percent of his shots from the floor.

This comes as one of Capel’s biggest commitments of his Pitt tenure with Siulepa having major upside as an NBA prospect.

Siulepa is described as an “overpowering physical presence, that fears no battles or collisions and is terrifying in transition and is developing into an unstoppable force on the glass.”

Siulepa played a full season for the South West Metro Pirates in the NBL1 and the Tasmania JackJumpers and his teammate was former Pitt standout Lamar Patterson, who has been trying to recruit him to Pitt.

Last year before signing with the JackJumpers, Siulepa was one of the most sought-after international prospects before deciding to stay in Australia.

Siulepa won MVP of the NBA’s BaSiulepa won MVP of the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp and MVP of the Australian U20 National Championship.

This isn’t the first Australian prospect in Pitt’s 2025 recruiting class after the Panthers landed 6-8 forward Henry Lau out of Sydney, Australia.

Along with Roman Siulepa and Lua, Pitt’s freshman class includes Omari Witherspoon, Kieran Mullen and Macari Moore.

Pitt returns several other players, including Beebah Cummings, Cameron Corhen Papa Amadou Kante and Amdy Ndiaye. The Panthers have brought in four transfer portal prospects: Barry Dunning Jr., Damarco Minor, Nojus Indrusaitis, and Dishon Jackson.

Professional wrestlers famously break their bodies doing what they love to entertain the fans. In sports entertainment, wrestling’s rough nature has garnered a bevy of heartbreaking behind-the-scenes stories. But for the superstars, it all seems worth it. Now, you can hear it from the WWE superstars themselves as they tell their stories, which is accompanied by some rare backstage footage. Netflix has just released the trailer for WWE: Unreal. The documentary plays on the reputation of wrestling’s stigma with casual viewers — that it’s faked. However, it still has real-world consequences.

The stars featured in the five-episode documentary will include Triple H, Cody Rhodes, John Cena, Rhea Ripley, CM Punk, Jey Uso, Bianca Belair, Chelsea Green, Charlotte Flair, and Xavier Woods. The description reads, “For the first time ever, step into the WWE writer’s room and outside the ring with your favorite WWE Superstars, where the drama is just as intense offstage as it is under the spotlight.” Each episode will be 50 minutes in length. Omaha Productions, NFL Films, Skydance Sports and WWE bring this documentary to Netflix with Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Lee Fitting, Ben Houser and Marc Pomarico as executive producers. Erik Powers is the showrunner and the series is directed by Chris Weaver.

The WWE has produced some incredible documentaries about their talent and programming over the years. Many of which offer deep dives you won’t get anywhere else. Considering Netflix has been on the multi-part documentaries train for a while now, this one focused on WWE should be an incredible combination. Paul “Triple H” Levesque – who serves as WWE’s CCO (taking over more duties once Vince McMahon left) – had previously teased, “Seven days a week, 365 days a year. This is a calculated, coordinated production…We’re gonna lift the curtain.”

Netflix acquired broadcast rights to WWE Raw last year for $5 billion. The streamer’s debut episode landed nearly 5 million views worldwide. In a press release a few months ago, Netflix said, “While full details remain under wraps, WWE: Unreal is part of Netflix’s rapidly growing partnership with WWE — one that kicked off in a major way in January 2025 with Raw, streaming live on Netflix on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.  Since the premiere, dozens of superstars have stepped into the WWE Raw ring, including The Rock, John Cena, and the Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, and the Raw after WrestleMania on Monday, April 21 is set to be the biggest spectacle of the year.”

WWE: Unreal starts streaming on Netflix on July 29. Look out for our interview with CM Punk and Rhea Ripley in the near future!

Dustin Poirier bids farewell to the octagon when he battles Max Holloway in his final ever MMA fight at UFC 318.

“Diamond” is hanging up his gloves after UFC 318 at the end of an incredible 16-year career in MMA.

In that time, Dustin Poirier became a fan-favorite to UFC fans and even won the Interim UFC Light championship in 2019 from his upcoming opponent.

This fight will be Poirier’s third bout against Max Holloway, where he will be hoping to make it 3-0 at the top of a packed card at UFC 318.

However, Holloway is a different fighter from their earlier bouts and is now considered one of the greatest Featherweights in UFC history. He will want to finally get a win over Poirier in what will be a tense and emotional main event.

Ahead of UFC 318, the experts at Bloody Elbow have made their staff picks for the two main event fights, as well as the Performance of the Night and the Fight of the Night.

Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3 prediction

• Jamie Theodosi – Max Holloway
• Donagh Corby – Max Holloway
• Jordan Ellis – Max Holloway
• Ross Markey – Max Holloway

While it would be a fantastic story to see Poirier going out with a win, the Bloody Elbow experts have unanimously predicted that Holloway will leave UFC 318 with the win.

Poirier hasn’t fought since losing to Islam Makhachev in June last year, as he missed out on the chance to become the UFC Lightweight champion proper.

“Diamond” has had a mixed record in the last few years, losing three of his last five fights since winning back-to-back bouts against Conor McGregor, in what were some of Poirier’s best performances to date.

This poor record at the end of his career hints that Holloway will win the fight against Poirier, at the third time of asking.

The Hawaiian fighter was on a three-strike win streak before being knocked out by Ilia Topuria, although it is hard to hold that loss against him, given how dominant Topuria has been since.

This should be a close fight between two icons of the UFC, but it is hard to look past Holloway when picking the winner in Poirier’s swansong.

Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov prediction

• Jamie Theodosi – Paulo Costa
• Donagh Corby – Paulo Costa
• Jordan Ellis – Roman Kopylov
• Ross Markey – Paulo Costa

The co-main event of UFC 318 has been moved around a lot before finding its home just before Poirier’s final fight.

Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov was supposed to take place at UFC 317 before being moved to UFC 319, then back to this show on July 19.

Jordan is backing Kopylov to win the bout after picking up back-to-back wins in his last fights, while Costa is still licking his wounds after his UFC 302 loss to Sean Strickland.

Despite his record of four losses in his past five fights, Jamie, Donagh, and Ross are all predicting Costa to end his poor form to beat Kopylov in the fight, turning the tables on the Russian and ending his own good form in the process.

Fight of the Night

• Jamie Theodosi – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
• Donagh Corby – Dan Ige vs Patricio Pitbull
• Jordan Ellis – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
• Ross Markey – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier

The main event is expected to be the best Fight of the Night at UFC 318, with Jamie, Jordan, and Ross all predicting it to win that night’s bonus.

Their previous two matches both impressed, and this being Poirier’s last fight, he will want to go all out to put on the best performance he can, even if he doesn’t walk out the winner.

However, Donagh thinks that the undercard bout between Dan Ige and Patricio Pitbull will win the Fight of the Night bonus.

Pitbull suffered defeat in his UFC debut, and time is running out to make himself a fixture in the promotion.

He will need to be at his best to take on Ige, who will hope to build on his KO win at UFC 314 to catapult himself towards a title shot, at the Brazilian’s expense.

Performance of the Night

• Jamie Theodosi -Daniel Zellhuber
• Donagh Corby – Daniel Rodriguez
• Jordan Ellis – Dan Ige
• Ross Markey – Dan Ige

The experts have three different picks for who will win the coveted Performance of the Night bonus at UFC 318.

Jamie is predicting Daniel Zellhuber to earn the Performance of the Night bonus when he takes on Michael Johnson.

The Mexican fighter is 3-2 in his UFC career so far, and he will hope to build some momentum against a fighter who handily beat his last two opponents to end a poor run of results.

Meanwhile, Donagh is backing Daniel Rodriguez to earn a $50,000 bonus at UFC 318. He is fighting the impressive Kevin Holland, who is deadly in the octagon but is susceptible when facing a top fighter, as Rodriguez hopes to be.

“D-Rod” has a history in boxing and is deadly with his hands in the UFC, so he will be aiming for a knockout win against Holland at UFC 318.

Finally, both Ellis and Ross think that Ige will have too much for Pitbull on July 19 and will put away the Bellator legend, potentially for good, in his second UFC fight.

The Kentucky basketball staff continues to lay the groundwork for its 2026 recruiting class, with 5-star guards Jordan Smith Jr. and Tay Kinney among their top targets.

Smith, a dynamic scorer and elite perimeter defender, was planning to wait until next spring to commit, due to the uncertainty created by the transfer portal.

However, he recently told Joe Tipton of On3 and Rivals his timeline is now “up in the air.” That news opens the door for Mark Pope and the Wildcats to stay aggressive in their pursuit.

Smith doesn’t have any official visits set yet, according to Tipton, but Kentucky is one of the seven schools he hopes to visit, along with Arkansas, Duke, Louisville, Syracuse, Indiana, and Georgetown.

While Tipton believes Arkansas and Duke are early favorites, Pope’s fast-paced, NBA-style offense and Kentucky’s tradition of sending guards to the league continue to resonate with top talent.

Meanwhile, Pope and his staff are also keeping a close eye on Kinney, a top-15 point guard who’s drawing serious attention across the country. Louisville is thought to be in a strong position, and while the Wildcats remain in the mix, another SEC school could be surging ahead.

Kinney recently scheduled an official visit to Arkansas, who is becoming a significant player in this recruitment, according to Tipton.

“I really think Arkansas is shaping up to be a serious contender,” Tipton wrote.

Texas, Oregon, Indiana, and Purdue are also involved.

Both Smith and Kinney would fit seamlessly into Pope’s offensive system, with their versatility and high motors. As Kentucky reshapes its identity under Pope, securing a dynamic backcourt duo in the 2026 class could be pivotal to building a future national title contender.

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