.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title struggle Friday night in New York, of managing a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was struck through a coating may as she left her lodging previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a large number choice, along with the courts racking up the battle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Landscape was profoundly private for both, as Ryan had been actually collaborating with Mayer's past longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split techniques along with Koroma when he chose to partner with Ryan, a technique she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the venue Friday, she was struck by an open coating can from an unidentified guy. She mentioned she experienced one thing "wreck" in to her tummy, and then observed a male in a hoodie run to a car and dispel. Ryan was actually unscathed and also continued to the site after altering clothes in her resort room.She as well as her team said to ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an allegation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is going to acquire it," Ryan said prior to the battle. "It was most definitely a create coming from her crew. What else will it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I am actually from the U.K. Who recognized what time I was actually coming out of my accommodation to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her 2nd succeed this year.