Tom Aspinall's teammate claims Alex Pereira declined fight with Tom

Phil de Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, has stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down the opportunity to fight Tom. De Fries believes that Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane 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 represents a more difficult stylistic matchup for Pereira between Aspinall and Gane.