Tom Aspinall's teammate claims Alex Pereira previously declined fight offer

Phil de Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, has stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to fight Tom Aspinall. De Fries believes that Aspinall is better than Francis Ngannou and that different opponents present different stylistic challenges for Tom. He suggested that a fight with Pereira would have been excellent for Aspinall. The post asks fans to weigh in on which fighter would be a more difficult stylistic matchup for Pereira: Aspinall or Ngannou.