.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title struggle Friday night in New York, of setting up a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was actually gone to through a coating can easily as she left her lodging previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a large number decision, along with the courts scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Yard was actually greatly private for both, as Ryan had actually been collaborating with Mayer's past long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways with Koroma when he determined to collaborate with Ryan, a step she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the site Friday, she was actually hit through an open paint may from an unknown man. She said she felt one thing "smash" in to her tummy, and then found a man in a hoodie go to a cars and truck and drive away. Ryan was unimpaired and also advanced to the location after altering outfits in her lodging room.She and also her group said to ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, an allegation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan said before the battle. "It was actually most definitely a create coming from her group. What else would certainly it be? It's come to be. I'm from the U.K. That recognized what opportunity I was actually coming out of my accommodation to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually seeking her second succeed this year.