.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Sin city SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title fight Friday night in Nyc, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was hit by a paint can as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority selection, along with the courts scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Yard was actually greatly individual for both, as Ryan had actually been collaborating with Mayer's former long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means along with Koroma when he made a decision to team up with Ryan, a relocation she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the location Friday, she was actually hit by an available coating can easily coming from an unknown man. She claimed she experienced one thing "smash" into her belly, and after that viewed a male in a hoodie run to an automobile as well as repel. Ryan was actually unimpaired and advanced to the place after changing clothes in her accommodation room.She and her group said to ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan claimed before the fight. "It was actually most definitely a create coming from her crew. What else would it be? It's got to be. I am actually from the U.K. That understood what time I was visiting of my lodging to go to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her second gain this year.