Phil De Fries claims Alex Pereira previously declined Tom Aspinall fight

Phil De Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, has stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to fight Aspinall. De Fries believes that Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane and that the stylistic matchup would be different. He considers it would have been an excellent fight for Tom. The post includes speculation about which heavyweight would be a tougher stylistic challenge for Pereira.