Perez's success with COHAB helped legitimize Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a serious competitive discipline in Chile and attracted the attention of major international organizations. Following COHAB's formal establishment, notable teams including PSLPB Cicero Costha, Ryan Gracie Academy, and Gracie Humaita all expanded into the country — a direct reflection of the student base, competitive culture, and institutional infrastructure that Perez's early efforts helped create.
His trajectory, from a lone practitioner seeking instruction online in 2003 to the leader of a 400-student, multi-city academy formally launched in 2008, stands as one of the more remarkable grassroots BJJ development stories in South American martial arts history.