Phil De Fries claims Alex Pereira declined Tom Aspinall fight

Phil De Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to fight Aspinall. De Fries expressed his belief that Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane and would present different stylistic challenges than Gane does for Pereira. He suggested the matchup would be an excellent fight for Tom. The post posed a question to fans about which opponent presents a more difficult stylistic challenge for Pereira. No timeline or context for when Pereira allegedly declined the fight was provided.