De Fries claims Alex Pereira previously declined Tom Aspinall fight

Tom Aspinall's teammate Phil de Fries stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down the opportunity to fight Aspinall. De Fries believes Tom would be better than Ciryl Gane as an opponent for Pereira, though he acknowledges they present different stylistic challenges. The post asks fans to vote on which fighter would be the more difficult stylistic matchup for Poatan. No specific timeline or context was provided for when this alleged refusal occurred. The details remain limited beyond de Fries' claim about Pereira declining the potential matchup.