.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Professional for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title battle Friday evening in New york city, of setting up a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was gone to through a coating may as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a large number choice, with the courts scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Garden was profoundly individual for both, as Ryan had been teaming up with Mayer's past long time instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted methods along with Koroma when he made a decision to collaborate with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the location Friday, she was struck through an open paint can from an unidentified guy. She mentioned she felt one thing "wreck" into her stomach, and after that viewed a male in a hoodie go to a vehicle and dispel. Ryan was actually uninjured and also continued to the location after altering clothes in her accommodation room.She and her group informed ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually rejected." Mikaela Mayer is going to acquire it," Ryan pointed out just before the match. "It was absolutely a create coming from her group. What else will it be actually? It's reached be. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what time I was emerging of my accommodation to head to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated coming from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her second win this year.