Overview
- Gallagher told the Energized Show that repeated schedule changes and poor facilities derailed his preparation before the Ali AlQaisi bout in Dubai.
- He described being moved from a crowded room with no mats to a small boiler room with a tile floor and debris while trying to warm up.
- During the disruption, Gallagher says an ACA staffer aggressively confronted his team, after which his coaches decided he should not fight.
- At the event, AlQaisi told the crowd Gallagher refused to fight because he did not like the warm-up area, shaping the initial public narrative.
- Gallagher met ACA leadership the next day, received an apology, and both sides expressed intent to rebook the fight in Russia on December 5.