Alex Pereira reportedly declined fight with Tom Aspinall, says teammate

Phil de Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, claims that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to fight Tom. De Fries stated he believes Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane and that the matchup would be stylistically different for Tom. He added that a fight with Pereira would have been excellent for Aspinall. The post includes details that are limited beyond this claim about Pereira declining the matchup.