.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Sin city SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title battle Friday night in New York, of orchestrating a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was actually reached by a coating can as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through bulk selection, along with the courts scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Yard was actually deeply personal for both, as Ryan had been partnering with Mayer's previous longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques along with Koroma when he chose to partner with Ryan, a step she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the venue Friday, she was actually hit through an open paint can easily coming from an unidentified man. She claimed she felt one thing "wreck" into her stomach, and after that viewed a man in a hoodie run to an auto as well as repel. Ryan was uninjured and also continued to the place after transforming garments in her lodging room.She and also her group said to ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan mentioned prior to the match. "It was certainly a setup from her group. What else would certainly it be? It is actually reached be actually. I'm from the U.K. Who knew what time I was emerging of my hotel to visit the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually looking for her 2nd win this year.