Alex Pereira is one of the most popular fighters in the UFC. With just seven appearances in the Octagon, he has become a fan-favorite. Furthermore, he went on to win the UFC middleweight championship in under a year against his kickboxing rival, Israel Adesanya. He also won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 295 after beating Jiri Prochazka. While MMA fans are aware of Pereira’s professional journey, they need to know about his life outside the Octagon.
While Pereira lived with his ex-girlfriend Merle during some of the biggest UFC fights of his career, he also has two sons from his previous marriage. One of them is named, Alessandro Vidal Silva, and the other one is named, Lohan Vidal Silva. Both of them are very young with Alessandro being 12 years old. However, there is no information regarding Lohan’s age.
The Brazilian fighter shares a good bond with both of his sons which can be seen through various social media posts shared by ‘Poatan‘. Both of his sons can be seen having the time of their lives in the infamous roller-coaster post shared by Pereira.
Furthermore, Alex Pereira has passed on his pranking abilities to both Alessandro and Lohan. In a viral Instagram reel shared by ‘Poatan‘, his sons tried to prank the UFC light heavyweight. One of them decided to wear a scary costume and hide near the staircase to scare their father while the other one was recording the video. However, Pereira was not scared at all as he almost knocked his son out cold.
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Just as ‘Poatan’ raised his fist to attack, his son fell down and started to calm Alex down. Furthermore, the master of pranks, Alex Pereira was not impressed by their performance as he called it a dumb prank. While Alex usually likes to keep his kids out of the limelight, Alessandro got into a heated beef with a UFC superstar.
Alex Pereira’s son has a long-standing beef with Israel Adesanya
Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya are known for their epic rivalry. ‘Poatan‘ holds two victories over Izzy in the world of kickboxing. Furthermore, he went on to defeat Adesanya for the third time when they faced each other at UFC 281. However, Izzy finally got his revenge when he knocked out his bitter rival at UFC 287.
However, Izzy surprised everyone by mocking Alessandro Vidal Silva who was already crying after his father was knocked out. Adesanya got close to the kid and then mimicked how Pereira fell on the ground after the KO. While fans called him petty, he was just responding to an incident from 2016.
During the second kickboxing match between Pereira and Adesanya, the Brazilian knocked out Izzy and Alessandro decided to mock his father’s rival. The 7-year-old kid got inside the ring and hit himself with a water bottle to imitate Izzy. ‘The Last Stylebender‘ took it personally and hit the young boy back with his own taunt.
Furthermore, Alessandro took some more shots at Izzy before UFC 281. In the second episode of UFC 281 Embedded, Lohan claims that they are going to watch their father beat another guy. However, Alessandro corrected him by saying, “The same guy for the third time.”
Israel Adesanya even talked about this beef in a podcast with Joe Rogan. “I think he yelled at my face or whatever…the kid came next to me and just laid on the ground,” said Izzy. Furthermore, during an episode of the Impaulsive podcast, Adesanya claimed that Alessandro’s action rubbed him the wrong way. Hopefully, the beef between these two is settled now.