.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a name match Friday evening in New york city, of setting up a pre-fight act through which Ryan was gone to by a coating can easily as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through large number selection, along with the courts racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Backyard was profoundly private for both, as Ryan had been actually dealing with Mayer's former long time coach Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways along with Koroma when he made a decision to partner with Ryan, a technique she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the location Friday, she was actually struck through an available paint may from an unidentified guy. She mentioned she experienced one thing "wreck" right into her stomach, and afterwards viewed a guy in a hoodie run to a car as well as dispel. Ryan was unscathed and also advanced to the place after altering outfits in her accommodation room.She as well as her group told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan claimed just before the match. "It was actually certainly a create from her group. What else would certainly it be? It's come to be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was showing up of my resort to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her 2nd win this year.