.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With MMA for Sin city SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title battle Friday evening in Nyc, of managing a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was gone to through a coating can as she left her resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority choice, with the judges racking up the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was actually heavily private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually partnering with Mayer's previous longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means with Koroma when he determined to work with Ryan, a step she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the location Friday, she was actually struck through an available coating may from an unidentified guy. She claimed she really felt something "shatter" right into her stomach, and after that viewed a male in a hoodie run to a vehicle and also dispel. Ryan was unscathed as well as continued to the place after changing outfits in her hotels and resort room.She and her group told ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan said before the battle. "It was undoubtedly a setup coming from her staff. What else would certainly it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was actually showing up of my resort to go to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back coming from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her second gain this year.