.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title fight Friday night in Nyc, of managing a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was actually reached through a coating may as she left her resort previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority choice, along with the courts scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Yard was actually heavily individual for both, as Ryan had been actually teaming up with Mayer's former long time instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means along with Koroma when he chose to partner with Ryan, a technique she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the place Friday, she was hit through an available paint can easily coming from an unidentified male. She mentioned she felt something "shatter" into her stomach, and afterwards observed a man in a hoodie run to a cars and truck as well as repel. Ryan was uninjured and also continued to the place after altering clothing in her resort room.She as well as her crew informed ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan claimed just before the fight. "It was actually certainly a create from her group. What else would certainly it be? It's got to be. I am actually from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was visiting of my resort to visit the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually trying to find her second succeed this year.