.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title struggle Friday night in New York, of managing a pre-fight act through which Ryan was struck by a paint can easily as she left her accommodation previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a large number choice, with the courts racking up the struggle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Landscape was actually greatly private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually dealing with Mayer's former longtime coach Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques with Koroma when he chose to work with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the site Friday, she was struck through an open paint can from an unknown male. She said she really felt something "shatter" in to her stomach, and then observed a man in a hoodie go to an auto and dispel. Ryan was actually unscathed and continued to the site after changing clothes in her resort room.She as well as her group told ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, an allegation Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is going to get it," Ryan claimed before the match. "It was actually certainly a setup coming from her staff. What else will it be? It's got to be. I'm coming from the U.K. Who recognized what opportunity I was coming out of my hotels and resort to visit the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was seeking her second succeed this year.