.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Professional for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title battle Friday evening in New York, of managing a pre-fight act through which Ryan was hit through a paint may 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) by majority selection, with the courts racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Landscape was profoundly individual for both, as Ryan had been actually dealing with Mayer's previous long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted methods with Koroma when he chose to team up with Ryan, a technique she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the place Friday, she was struck through an available paint can easily from an unknown male. She claimed she really felt something "smash" in to her belly, and then saw a guy in a hoodie go to a cars and truck and also dispel. Ryan was unscathed and also continued to the place after modifying garments in her hotel room.She as well as her group told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan mentioned prior to the match. "It was actually certainly a setup from her team. What else will it be? It's come to be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. Who recognized what opportunity I was visiting of my hotel to go to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually trying to find her 2nd gain this year.