.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With MMA for Sin city SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title bout Friday evening in The big apple, of orchestrating a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was actually hit through a paint can easily as she left her hotels and resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority selection, with the judges scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Backyard was actually heavily individual for both, as Ryan had been teaming up with Mayer's former longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split techniques along with Koroma when he made a decision to work with Ryan, a step she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the venue Friday, she was actually struck by an open coating can easily from an unidentified male. She said she experienced one thing "smash" in to her tummy, and then found a man in a hoodie run to a cars and truck as well as repel. Ryan was uninjured and also advanced to the site after modifying clothes in her resort room.She as well as her team informed ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan mentioned prior to the battle. "It was certainly a setup from her team. What else would it be actually? It's reached be actually. I'm from the U.K. That knew what time I was actually appearing of my hotels and resort to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually trying to find her 2nd win this year.