Lohan Pereira, the son of Alex Pereira, won a grappling match on Friday by submission in less than one minute. Championship Rounds posted the clip on X late Friday night with the caption “Alex Pereira’s son, Lohan, just won his grappling match in less than a minute,” and it got passed around quickly from there. MMA Mania picked up the story Saturday morning under a “Chama choke!” headline, a nod to his father’s famous catchphrase.
Lohan wasn’t the only Pereira on the card. According to MMA Mania, both of Alex’s sons stepped into the cage Friday for separate grappling matches. The outlet described Lohan’s finish as slick and the win as an easy one, and the posted footage doesn’t argue with that. DovySimuMMA also shared video on X, noting the win came in Round 1. The sources don’t identify Lohan’s opponent, the event or the result of his brother’s match.
The family business
It isn’t exactly news that the Pereira kids train. Fans have seen plenty of footage of Alex working striking with his sons, which makes sense given that his whole reputation is built on the left hook that took him from kickboxing to UFC gold. The less publicized part is the mat work. MMA Mania reported that the boys, both in their teens, have been training mixed martial arts for years with their father and head coach Glover Teixeira, meaning they’re getting strategy and technique from two former UFC champions. That’s a decent pair of instructors for a high schooler.
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The grappling piece shouldn’t surprise anyone who has looked past the highlight reels. Alex rarely shows submission skills inside the Octagon, but he holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Plinio Cruz. His best-known title moment came at UFC 303 on June 29, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, when he beat Jiri Prochazka in a light heavyweight championship fight. Prochazka never forced him to show the ground game, but the belt is real, and so is the camp that trains it.
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Teixeira’s presence matters here too. He’s one of the most respected grappling-heavy veterans of his era, and a teenage kid with that kind of coach in his corner is going to be drilled on fundamentals long before anyone lets him chase flashy entries. The fact that Lohan’s match ended inside a minute suggests the fundamentals are taking.
Quick take
I’ll keep my expectations proportional to the evidence, which is one short clip of one teenage grappling match against an unnamed opponent. But I like this more than another viral pad-work video of a fighter’s kid throwing his dad’s signature punch. Striking footage gets clicks. A sub-minute submission in live competition tells you somebody in that gym is making sure the kids can survive on their backs, and that’s the part of a fighting education that usually gets skipped when the father is a knockout artist. The next thing I’d want to see is Lohan against a grappler who survives the first minute and makes him work a second attack, because that’s where you learn whether a kid has a game or just a good opening.
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