.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title bout Friday night in New york city, of orchestrating a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was struck through a paint may as she left her accommodation previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a large number decision, along with the judges racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Yard was profoundly individual for both, as Ryan had been partnering with Mayer's previous long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques along with Koroma when he made a decision to work with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the location Friday, she was hit through an available coating can easily coming from an unidentified male. She claimed she felt something "smash" right into her stomach, and after that found a guy in a hoodie run to an automobile and dispel. Ryan was unimpaired as well as continued to the place after altering clothes in her hotels and resort room.She and also her crew told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, an allegation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan mentioned just before the match. "It was most definitely a create coming from her staff. What else will it be actually? It's reached be. I am actually coming from the U.K. That recognized what time I was visiting of my hotels and resort to head to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was seeking her 2nd succeed this year.