.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a name struggle Friday night in New York, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was actually reached by a coating may as she left her hotel previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by bulk selection, along with the courts scoring the bout 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Garden was profoundly private for both, as Ryan had actually been collaborating with Mayer's past longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted methods with Koroma when he chose to collaborate with Ryan, an action she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the site Friday, she was hit through an open coating can from an unknown man. She mentioned she felt something "shatter" right into her belly, and afterwards found a male in a hoodie go to a car and dispel. Ryan was unscathed and also continued on to the place after modifying outfits in her hotel room.She and also her team said to ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is going to get it," Ryan claimed before the match. "It was actually definitely a setup coming from her team. What else would it be? It is actually reached be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. Who recognized what time I was coming out of my resort to visit the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her second succeed this year.