.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a name battle Friday night in The big apple, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was gone to through a coating can as she left her lodging previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through bulk choice, with the judges scoring the bout 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Garden was heavily individual for both, as Ryan had been teaming up with Mayer's previous longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways along with Koroma when he made a decision to partner with Ryan, a technique she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the place Friday, she was actually hit through an open paint may coming from an unidentified male. She mentioned she really felt one thing "smash" into her belly, and afterwards viewed a male in a hoodie go to a car as well as dispel. Ryan was uninjured and continued on to the site after transforming clothing in her resort room.She and also her team said to ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is going to obtain it," Ryan mentioned prior to the battle. "It was most definitely a setup coming from her crew. What else will it be? It is actually got to be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. That knew what opportunity I was actually showing up of my accommodation to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.