.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title struggle Friday evening in Nyc, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was gone to through a paint may as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority selection, along with the judges racking up the battle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Garden was deeply private for both, as Ryan had actually been collaborating with Mayer's former longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split methods with Koroma when he determined to deal with Ryan, a step she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the place Friday, she was hit through an available coating may coming from an unknown man. She stated she experienced something "wreck" right into her stomach, and after that observed a male in a hoodie run to a cars and truck as well as dispel. Ryan was uninjured as well as continued to the place after changing outfits in her lodging room.She and also her group said to ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan pointed out before the battle. "It was definitely a setup from her crew. What else would it be? It's got to be actually. I am actually from the U.K. Who understood what time I was actually showing up of my resort to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her second win this year.