.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With MMA for Sin city SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a name struggle Friday evening in New york city, of coordinating a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was reached through a paint can easily as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority selection, along with the courts racking up the battle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Garden was actually deeply private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually working with Mayer's previous long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer split methods along with Koroma when he decided to team up with Ryan, an action she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the place Friday, she was actually hit through an available coating can easily from an unidentified man. She mentioned she really felt one thing "wreck" into her tummy, and then saw a man in a hoodie run to a car and also drive away. Ryan was actually unscathed and also advanced to the venue after modifying garments in her accommodation room.She and her crew informed ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan stated prior to the battle. "It was undoubtedly a create from her team. What else would certainly it be? It's got to be actually. I'm from the U.K. That recognized what opportunity I was coming out of my hotel to go to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her second win this year.