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The bubble IS the gate.He was talking about how his portals (which he has always referred to as gates) couldn't bring them as far as he wanted due to the energy the punches were outputting. The gates collapsing under excess energy was already established the previous chapter.
”The gate can’t handle this much energy!” he says, as we literally see the bubble morphing in the background. He contained the attack in his gate. This just shows he was holding back against Garou back on the surface.
He is still containing the blast in his own gate, even if for a moment, which is massively impressive.