.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title battle Friday evening in New York, of managing a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was gone to by a paint can as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number decision, with the judges racking up the bout 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 teaming up with Mayer's past longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques with Koroma when he decided to collaborate with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the venue Friday, she was hit by an available paint can easily from an unidentified male. She mentioned she really felt one thing "smash" right into her belly, and then observed a man in a hoodie run to an auto as well as drive away. Ryan was unimpaired as well as continued on to the site after changing clothes in her lodging room.She as well as her crew told ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camp, an allegation Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan mentioned prior to the match. "It was certainly a create from her crew. What else will it be actually? It's come to be. I'm from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was actually emerging of my accommodation to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back coming from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.