.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Professional for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title match Friday night in New York, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was actually struck through a paint may as she left her hotel previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority choice, along with the courts racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Garden was profoundly individual for both, as Ryan had actually been actually collaborating with Mayer's past long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split means with Koroma when he chose to partner with Ryan, a step she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the place Friday, she was actually hit through an available coating can easily from an unknown male. She said she experienced something "shatter" into her stomach, and afterwards found a man in a hoodie go to a cars and truck and also repel. Ryan was actually uninjured and advanced to the place after altering garments in her resort room.She and her crew informed ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan pointed out before the battle. "It was actually most definitely a setup from her team. What else would it be actually? It's reached be actually. I am actually from the U.K. That understood what time I was actually visiting of my lodging to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually seeking her 2nd win this year.