Aspinall's teammate claims Pereira previously declined to fight Tom

Phil de Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to fight Aspinall. De Fries believes Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane and that the matchup would be stylistically interesting for Tom. The post asks fans to weigh in on which fighter would be a more difficult stylistic matchup for Pereira. Details about when this alleged offer occurred or the specific circumstances were not provided in the post.