.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Professional for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a name fight Friday evening in New york city, of coordinating a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was actually hit through a paint may 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 bulk decision, along with the judges racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Landscape was actually heavily individual for both, as Ryan had been collaborating with Mayer's former longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques with Koroma when he decided to deal with Ryan, a technique she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the venue Friday, she was struck through an available coating can easily coming from an unknown man. She mentioned she experienced one thing "smash" into her tummy, and after that observed a male in a hoodie run to a cars and truck and drive away. Ryan was unimpaired as well as advanced to the location after altering outfits in her lodging room.She and her group said to ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan pointed out just before the fight. "It was definitely a setup coming from her team. What else would certainly it be? It is actually reached be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. That recognized what time I was actually coming out of my hotel to head to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually trying to find her second succeed this year.