.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name match Friday evening in New york city, of managing a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was actually reached through a coating can as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number choice, along with the judges racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was actually greatly private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually working with Mayer's past longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer parted methods along with Koroma when he made a decision to partner with Ryan, a technique she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the place Friday, she was struck by an available coating may coming from an unknown male. She said she really felt one thing "shatter" right into her belly, and after that observed a man in a hoodie go to a car and repel. Ryan was actually uninjured and advanced to the place after modifying garments in her resort room.She as well as her crew said to ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan claimed before the battle. "It was undoubtedly a create coming from her crew. What else will it be? It is actually reached be. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what time I was actually visiting of my lodging to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually seeking her 2nd succeed this year.