.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name fight Friday night in Nyc, of setting up a pre-fight act in which Ryan was reached by a paint can as she left her lodging previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority selection, along with the judges racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was heavily private for both, as Ryan had been working with Mayer's previous long time train 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 hotel for the venue Friday, she was actually hit through an available coating can easily from an unknown guy. She said she really felt one thing "smash" into her tummy, and then viewed a guy in a hoodie run to a cars and truck and repel. Ryan was unimpaired as well as continued to the place after changing clothes in her accommodation room.She as well as her team informed ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is going to receive it," Ryan mentioned prior to the fight. "It was undoubtedly a setup coming from her staff. What else would certainly it be? It is actually come to be. I am actually coming from the U.K. Who recognized what time I was actually appearing of my hotel to visit the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her 2nd gain this year.