.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title bout Friday evening in New york city, of coordinating a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was actually hit by a coating can as she left her resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number decision, along with the courts racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was heavily private for both, as Ryan had been teaming up with Mayer's previous long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted methods with Koroma when he determined to team up with Ryan, a move she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the place Friday, she was actually struck through an open coating may coming from an unknown guy. She said she really felt something "wreck" right into her stomach, and after that found a man in a hoodie go to a cars and truck and also dispel. Ryan was uninjured and also continued on to the venue after altering garments in her hotel room.She and her group told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan said just before the match. "It was certainly a setup coming from her crew. What else would it be actually? It is actually got to be. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was emerging of my hotel to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better coming from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was seeking her second succeed this year.