.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Professional for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name battle Friday evening in Nyc, of setting up a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was hit through a coating can as she left her lodging earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number decision, along with the judges racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Landscape was actually profoundly personal for both, as Ryan had actually been actually dealing with Mayer's previous long time instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer split techniques along with Koroma when he determined to partner with Ryan, an action she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the location Friday, she was hit by an available coating may from an unidentified guy. She said she experienced one thing "shatter" in to her belly, and after that found a guy in a hoodie go to an auto and drive away. Ryan was unimpaired as well as advanced to the location after altering garments in her hotel room.She as well as her team told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is going to acquire it," Ryan stated prior to the match. "It was actually absolutely a create coming from her group. What else will it be actually? It is actually come to be. I am actually coming from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was coming out of my lodging to visit the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.