.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Sin city SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title match Friday evening in New York, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was struck by a paint can easily as she left her lodging earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number choice, along with the courts scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Backyard was heavily personal for both, as Ryan had actually been actually teaming up with Mayer's former longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split techniques along with Koroma when he determined to partner with Ryan, a relocation she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the place Friday, she was actually struck through an available paint can easily coming from an unknown male. She mentioned she experienced one thing "wreck" into her belly, and then found a guy in a hoodie go to an auto and drive away. Ryan was unscathed as well as advanced to the site after transforming garments in her lodging room.She and her team informed ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an allegation Mayer has denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan said prior to the match. "It was certainly a create from her group. What else would certainly it be actually? It is actually got to be. I'm from the U.K. That recognized what time I was coming out of my accommodation to visit the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was seeking her second gain this year.