.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a name bout Friday night in New York, of managing a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was reached by a coating may as she left her lodging earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through bulk selection, along with the judges scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Yard was actually heavily personal for both, as Ryan had been actually teaming up with Mayer's previous longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means along with Koroma when he decided to team up with Ryan, a relocation she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the site Friday, she was struck through an open paint may from an unidentified man. She claimed she really felt something "shatter" into her belly, and afterwards saw a man in a hoodie go to an auto and dispel. Ryan was unscathed and also continued on to the location after changing clothes in her accommodation room.She as well as her staff informed ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan said prior to the battle. "It was undoubtedly a create from her group. What else will it be? It is actually got to be. I'm from the U.K. That understood what time I was appearing of my accommodation to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.