.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title bout Friday night in Nyc, of setting up a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was actually struck by a paint may as she left her resort previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number decision, along with the judges racking up the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Landscape was actually greatly private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually working with Mayer's former long time coach Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means with Koroma when he decided to collaborate with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the place Friday, she was actually hit through an available coating may from an unknown male. She stated she experienced something "smash" in to her belly, and after that viewed a man in a hoodie run to a cars and truck as well as drive away. Ryan was uninjured as well as advanced to the location after transforming garments in her lodging room.She and also her crew told ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan claimed just before the battle. "It was actually absolutely a create coming from her crew. What else would it be actually? It's reached be. I am actually from the U.K. That knew what time I was appearing of my lodging to go to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back coming from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her second succeed this year.