.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title match Friday evening in Nyc, of managing a pre-fight act through which Ryan was actually reached by a coating can easily as she left her hotel previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number selection, with the judges racking up the battle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Landscape was deeply private for both, as Ryan had been dealing with Mayer's former long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split techniques with Koroma when he decided to collaborate with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the venue Friday, she was actually hit through an available paint may from an unidentified male. She mentioned she really felt something "smash" into her belly, and then saw a guy in a hoodie go to an auto and also drive away. Ryan was actually unscathed as well as continued on to the place after transforming clothing in her hotel room.She and her staff informed ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan mentioned before the fight. "It was actually most definitely a create from her group. What else would certainly it be? It's got to be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. Who understood what time I was actually coming out of my resort to visit the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated coming from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually seeking her 2nd gain this year.