.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title bout Friday evening in New york city, of setting up a pre-fight act in which Ryan was actually gone to by a paint can as she left her hotel previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority selection, with the courts racking up the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Garden was actually profoundly individual for both, as Ryan had been collaborating with Mayer's former longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted ways along with Koroma when he determined to team up with Ryan, a move she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the place Friday, she was struck through an open coating can easily coming from an unknown man. She mentioned she really felt something "smash" into her tummy, and afterwards found a male in a hoodie go to a car and also drive away. Ryan was unscathed and also continued to the place after modifying outfits in her accommodation room.She and her crew told ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan pointed out just before the fight. "It was undoubtedly a create coming from her team. What else will it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I am actually from the U.K. That understood what time I was actually visiting of my accommodation to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually looking for her second win this year.