.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title fight Friday evening in Nyc, of setting up a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was actually hit by a paint can easily as she left her hotels and resort previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through large number selection, along with the judges racking up the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was actually heavily private for both, as Ryan had been actually teaming up with Mayer's previous longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means with Koroma when he made a decision to collaborate with Ryan, a step she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the location Friday, she was struck through an available paint can coming from an unidentified man. She said she really felt something "smash" right into her stomach, and afterwards saw a guy in a hoodie run to an automobile and also repel. Ryan was actually unimpaired and continued on to the site after changing garments in her hotel room.She and her group said to ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, an allegation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan claimed prior to the fight. "It was definitely a create coming from her crew. What else would certainly it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. That recognized what time I was actually visiting of my lodging to go to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually looking for her 2nd gain this year.