Phil de Fries claims Alex Pereira previously declined fight with Tom Aspinall

Tom Aspinall's teammate Phil de Fries has stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to face Aspinall. De Fries believes Tom is better than Ciryl Gane and that different opponents pose different stylistic challenges. He expressed that a fight with Pereira would be excellent for Tom. The post asks readers to weigh in on who would be a more difficult stylistic matchup for Pereira between Aspinall and Gane. No additional context or timeline for the alleged declined fight offer was provided in the original post.