Phil de Fries claims Pereira previously declined fight with Tom Aspinall

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 Tom is better than Francis Ngannou and that opponents match up differently stylistically. He suggested this would have been an excellent fight for Tom. The post includes discussion about which opponent would be stylistically more difficult for Pereira between Aspinall and Ngannou. No timeline or specific details about when Pereira allegedly declined the fight were provided.