.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a name match Friday night in New York, of coordinating a pre-fight act in which Ryan was actually reached by a paint can as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through large number decision, along with the judges racking up the fight 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Yard was actually profoundly personal for both, as Ryan had actually been actually partnering with Mayer's former longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques along with Koroma when he decided to deal with Ryan, a relocation she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the venue Friday, she was actually hit by an available paint can easily coming from an unidentified guy. She claimed she really felt something "smash" right into her stomach, and afterwards found a man in a hoodie run to a vehicle as well as dispel. Ryan was actually uninjured and continued on to the location after transforming clothes in her lodging room.She as well as her team informed ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is going to receive it," Ryan said before the fight. "It was actually absolutely a create from her group. What else would it be? It is actually got to be. I'm from the U.K. That recognized what opportunity I was actually visiting of my accommodation to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually looking for her 2nd succeed this year.