Overview
- Pereira was selected for the Forrest Griffin Community Award, a UFC Honors President’s Choice award personally chosen by President and CEO Dana White.
- As the 2026 recipient, he will receive a $25,000 donation from the UFC Foundation directed to a charity he chooses.
- He will be recognized on stage during the UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on July 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
- The UFC says he will collaborate with artist Ant Kai to create and auction a one-of-one pair of gloves through the Gloves for Good Program, with proceeds going to The Instituto Poatan.
- Pereira founded The Instituto Poatan in São Paulo in 2024 to provide free tutoring, English, computer literacy, nutrition, and jiu-jitsu for underprivileged youth, with the UFC citing 500-plus enrollees and some media now reporting higher totals.