.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Professional for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title struggle Friday night in Nyc, of coordinating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was hit through a paint may as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority decision, with the judges scoring the bout 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was heavily personal for both, as Ryan had been dealing with Mayer's past longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted ways with Koroma when he chose to deal with Ryan, an action she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the place Friday, she was actually struck by an available coating can easily coming from an unknown male. She said she really felt one thing "shatter" right into her stomach, and after that observed a man in a hoodie go to an automobile and dispel. Ryan was actually uninjured and also continued to the location after altering garments in her lodging room.She and her staff said to ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, an allegation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan stated before the battle. "It was actually undoubtedly a create from her crew. What else would certainly it be? It's reached be. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was actually showing up of my resort to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her 2nd succeed this year.