.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a name fight Friday evening in Nyc, of managing a pre-fight act in which Ryan was hit by a paint can as she left her resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number choice, along with the judges racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Garden was actually greatly individual for both, as Ryan had actually been partnering with Mayer's previous longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques along with Koroma when he decided to work with Ryan, a step she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the place Friday, she was actually struck through an available coating may from an unknown man. She stated she felt one thing "smash" in to her stomach, and afterwards found a guy in a hoodie run to an auto and also drive away. Ryan was unscathed and continued to the site after modifying garments in her hotels and resort room.She and also her crew said to ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan pointed out prior to the battle. "It was actually most definitely a create coming from her group. What else will it be? It is actually come to be. I'm from the U.K. That understood what time I was visiting of my hotels and resort to go to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered coming from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her second succeed this year.