.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title match Friday evening in New york city, of managing a pre-fight act in which Ryan was actually struck through a paint can easily as she left her resort previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number decision, along with the judges scoring the bout 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was actually profoundly individual for both, as Ryan had actually been actually dealing with Mayer's previous long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer split methods with Koroma when he decided to partner with Ryan, a relocation she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the venue Friday, she was actually struck through an open paint can from an unidentified guy. She claimed she really felt something "shatter" in to her belly, and then found a man in a hoodie run to a car as well as repel. Ryan was actually uninjured as well as continued on to the location after transforming clothes in her hotel room.She and her group said to ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan claimed prior to the match. "It was actually certainly a setup from her crew. What else will it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. Who knew what opportunity I was emerging of my resort to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her 2nd gain this year.